Don't they practice penalties every day in training??

2 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Interesting that JDT has picked by Adam Wharton instead of Tronstad. 

Rovers team and bench is solid and good quality. 

what did they say?

Not much, @chaddyrovers, to be honest. And certainly nothing we haven't already said.

It was a repeat of the outlines of a "He said; then He said"; but, like I said in my second post, "It was all very anodyne."

2 minutes ago, R0verb0y said:

Radio Lancs preview of the game currently dealing with the JDT response to Swag at yesterday's Press Conference.

In typical anodyne BBC way!

Radio Lancs preview of the game currently dealing with the JDT response to Swag at yesterday's Press Conference.

4 hours ago, arbitro said:

As a traditionalist I fully understand that mate but in this commercially driven world we live in money talks.

My granddaughter had her home kit ready for today as I really thought (perhaps naively) that we would be in it today. She is now wearing yellow but isn't happy because it's the only one she has without a name or number on it 😂😂.

Women, eh?! 😉😅😂🤣

On 09/08/2023 at 18:51, Danny O.Brien said:

Hopefully a lot of the players will still be hurting from the result there last season and will want to prove a point. In this league you can't tell how a game is going to turn out but I'm hopeful we will be more consistent this season. If we want to be competing at the top we need to steamroll teams like this. But given last season I'll take a win.

That's called professional pride and I'm confident that JDT will use it to, erm, remind the team of their responsibilities.

Cutting last year's team a - little - bit of slack, we played at Rotherham while the team was still getting used to the JDT style of football, even if - I wasn't there - they got bullied out of the game.

Reading their local press, they're already playing the "Poor little us; we've no real financial muscle to compete in the Championship" card. As they proved last Saturday by losing 4 -1 to Stoke City. (The second and third of those came during at least 8 minutes of first half stoppage time!)

Arguably as worrying was only drawing at home - then losing on penalties - when Morecambe knocked them out of the Carabao Cup during the week.

According to the stupid - really? after one match?! - league table [except, of course to tonight's Premier League table!!😉🤞], they're next to the bottom of the Championship. So the "form book" predicts an away win and I certainly hope the team will deliver one; hopefully without conceding a goal this year to make up for last year.

So I think the major interest for us will lie in whether Waldstedt will make his debut or merely be on the bench. My guess that the boss will take the view that we haven't signed him to keep the bench warm and that he'll make his debut. And record his first - of many🤞 - clean sheets.

Millers 0; Rovers 3 for me.

Oh, and my sympathies, too, to @USABlue.  It brings it home when you kind-of "know" someone who's suffered a misfortune like you have.

23 minutes ago, Atko's Engine said:

Haha, and I did @ROverbOy , Rollover onto Saturday, the dream is still alive...!

As I sometimes post about this Great Club Of Ours, 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞 !!

On 08/08/2023 at 19:10, Atko's Engine said:

Tomorrow's lottery numbers will be:

9, 15, 22, 29, 37 & 48.

10, 16, 24, 29, 34, 48.

Close, but no cigar; @Atko's Engine . Only enough to get you a free ticket for a future draw.

18 minutes ago, WacoRover said:

Might need to get Hyam on, maybe Pickering. What a downer, if we lost to a League 2 outfit

Listening to Radio 5, and we're just one of a number of Championship clubs who are, at best, no better than level with League Two clubs .

9 hours ago, RoverInverness said:

Mowbray tended to play a second 11 in the cups and JDT also tends to play a second 11 in the cups. The difference is the first team is now run as meritocracy. If a player plays well in cup matches he now knows he is in serious contention for a first team league start. Under Mowbray too much of the first 11 in the league were always guaranteed starters. He rewarded loyalty to himself above anything. He was also too scared of upsetting the dressing room to drop his high earners. He wasn’t the worst manager in the world, but JDT is on a totally different level when it comes to motivating the entire group, keeping the senior players on their toes and simultaneously letting all the players know exactly who runs the team - and all done with a big ruthless smile. Our improved cup performances under JDT are indicative of hugely improved group management of the entire squad. 

Dead right, @RoverInverness.

JDT's managing the squad like they're an international squad, imo - we're getting closer to what he wants as an overall squad, from whom he'll pick what he thinks is the best 11 + Subs to i) see off the opposition and ii) keep up levels of fitness. Given the comparative paucity of resources at Ewood, it seems the best approach.

I don't know who in the club's overall structure had the wisdom to appoint him as Head Coach - and this thread isn't the right place for that discussion, imo - but I'm glad they did.

Now, getting back to tonight's game; there are bound to be some changes from Saturday's win while bringing about a season's scoreline so far of Rovers 2; W.Midlands 0! after tonight's game.

Walsall, for some reason I can't explain, are a club for whom I've always had a soft spot; and while I don't expect them to win tonight - obvs! - they look like a team who could be difficult to beat. They lost away on Saturday to recently-relegated Morecambe, but only in the 93rd minute. Rovers to win by 2 or 3 to 1.

7 hours ago, KentExile said:

Wish I could like this twice, once because I think I agree with every word you wrote, but mainly because you correctly said "champing" instead of "chomping" 🙂 

You're a man after my own heart, @KentExile ; I've always thought you can't beat a good bit of pedantry!!😉👏

10 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Then we turned it round, went on a barnstorming run and flew into the top 2. That’s football.

His cup record however can’t be defended. Shocking from day one.

 

(Will the bloke  have to have retired to his lemon drizzle before this place stops going on about him everyday, by the way? 😁)

Nope! If there's one thing Rovers' fans have, it's long memories!!😉

Why would we stop when we have such long memories; and we've all - even me eventually - seen through his "I'm a nice guy, really." campaign?

1 hour ago, Polky said:

I normally sit near the away dug out, but was closer to the Darwen End yesterday.

Why was Corberan sent off?

As others have said, for bad-mouthing the officials, esp the Fourth Official.

That, and keeping proper stoppage time are the first indications of much-needed - imo - changes brought in by Howard Webb as Referees' Supremo (not his actual job-title, obvs!).

1 hour ago, only2garners said:

If you’ve bought a season ticket Roverboy, you’re in the official attendance whether you turn up or not. I wasn’t there either, having bought tickets for the World Cycling Championships in Glasgow in February well before the fixtures were out. Currently in place for the men’s road race.

I’ll be back for the Walsall game!

Well, give 'em a cheer for me, then, @only2garners !

31 minutes ago, Polky said:

Life is great when we get three points 😂

And all the sweeter when we do it the way we did it yesterday.

2 hours ago, bazza said:

Attendance would have been 16740 if I hadn't gone! 😄 Tried the Jack Walker upper for a change. Nearish to the front but still needing the eye of an eagle to see the players.

My thoughts......Dolan was terrible for most of the match. He has absolutely no end product. I could not believe how poor A Wharton was when he came on. He is obviously not match fit. Markanday was ok..ish. Needs more game time. Pears and back 4 were fantastic. Pickering is playing very well. Tron & Trav  solid. Szmodics & Leonard absolutely fabulous. Hedges and Brittain did ok.Have I missed anyone?

Delighted for the win and how we are playing as a team. Please don't leave us JDT. 

Well, in that case, @bazza, make it 16,742; because, although paid for on my season ticket, I couldn't occupy my new seat in JWU yesterday. And won't be able to until, hopefully, no later than after the international break early next month.🤞

Right; I've had a wonderful 1½ hours, reading through all the posts on here from the kick-off to just now. It's wonderful to sense the euphoria; wish we could bottle it!!

It's taken me back to the first time I felt such a feeling; mid-February 1975 when, in a crucial Division 3 game at Ewood, we (2nd in the Division at kick-off) overturned a 0-2 deficit v. Plymouth Argyle (1st in the Division at kick-off) and took their place.

Utter euphoria; there's nowt to beat it!

I hope that 48 years from now,  some of you young 'uns - anyone under 28 (my age at the date of that Plymouth game) - will be celebrating another Rovers euphoria moment.

46 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

 

 

He looks a bit pleased, doesn't he?!!

1 hour ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

A very fair assessment. 

Can you just imagine how Mowbray would have reacted to a result like that?!!

😉😅😂🤣

1 hour ago, BankEnd Rover said:

First half was poor I thought but my god that second half was very good to watch.

That back line was as good as I’ve seen play for a long time. All deserved man of the match and shout out to Brittain for his cameo.

Markanday did well but defiantly struggled in some parts but chuffed for scoring. Dolan came to light second half and linked well with SS.

My biggest shout is to Leonard. That first big chance he had second half would have been something if he scored. His hold up, and movement is up there with some of the best - can’t wait to see him develop!

My weekend starts tonight! Happy Saturday folks, buzzing! 

Glad you cleared that up for us, @BankEnd Rover. We'd never have guessed!!😉

1 hour ago, Gav said:

Mate of mine called me earlier to tell me he’d been given some complementary tickets, he sent me pick:

Slap bang in the middle of the WestBrom fans 😂

Is he still a mate, @Gav ?!

Well, I never remember giving as many 👍 for a thread!! The overwhelming reaction is of sheer happiness; just wish I could have been there.

1 hour ago, SuperBrfc said:

.... .... .... ....

Tronstad made a few wayward passes, but improved as the game went on. My initial thought is that he is a better version of Corry Evans.

.... .... .... ....

Isn't that what they call 'damning with faint praise', @SuperBrfc ?! 😉

1 hour ago, SuperBrfc said:

Finally, that fist pump from JDT at the end. Yes,Jon! it's you, the players and us fans who are in this together.

For those of us who weren't able to be - or see - today's game, it's sentiments like this which lift my spirits.

2 hours ago, WacoRover said:

Let’s see… where would I rather be? It will be 104 degrees (f) in Waco; 59 in Blackburn. 

But, I’m making the best of it, at least I get the game on TV. COYB!!!

It's called "Best of all worlds", @WacoRover !!

5 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Yes like I said we’ve generally been around c14k for a decade in this division, Coyle season the outlier as ST sales went markedly down that summer on the back of his appointment (unsurprisingly).

I'll never forget our away game at Wigan. At one point, I was discussing with one of their stewards who'd done more damage to the North West: Margaret Thatcher; or Owen Coyle.

We ended up by agreeing that it was too close to call!