5 minutes ago, M_B said:

I always say young Adam walks like one of those long distance walkers in the Olympics, it's all in the hips. 

Haha, he really does!

Wharton always looks like his limping, in the same way Duffer always used to walk round like he was knackered after 2 minutes. 

Just now, joey_big_nose said:

I thought Ennis did well personally? I thought our control on the game started to slip once he went off as we couldn't hold onto the ball up front.

Ennis controlled it further than I can kick it. He was poor. 

Just now, NeilInBristol said:

So true 

Not that he provides lots of goals but where is Gally? No mention of him in a while. It's Dec and our striker signing from June has just made his first 60mins. 

Gally's back in a couple of weeks apparently. We've missed him - not because he's a great striker, but because he's the best we've got at the club. 

10 minutes ago, sympatheticclaret said:

Gents,

Enjoyed my first visit to Ewood since 1988, courtesy of my Rovers supporting friend. I thought the Fanzone set up was excellent and great to briefly meet Miller11 & Herbie6590, the latter for the first time since 1981. For obvious reasons, I kept my usual allegiances quiet. I almost felt myself " going native ", when Rovers took an early lead, but quickly had a word with myself ..

Rovers were good value for their lead at half-time but, as others have said, the combination of tiredness of young players, and the  quality Watford had from the bench proved the difference. Both keepers made a belting save each, and I thought a draw would have been a fairer result. Before he tired, Adam Warton looked the standout player from both sides, you have a gem there ..

Salvation Army Band playing at half-time took me back years, a lovely touch and the sight of what was presumably a Granddaughter, arm in arm with an elderly Gent with a stick reminded me that, whatever the local rivalries, there is still far more that unites fans than divides them ..

Have a lovely Christmas, all, and best wishes for 2024 ... 

 

A scholar and a gentleman. All the best. 

10 minutes ago, Freddie_W said:

tronstad turning out to be a bargain my man of the match today.

He was fantastic today, along with AW. 

I thought Garrett showed promise as well. 

Just now, chaddyrovers said:

If Hedges was fit he would be starting most games. 

I wouldn't mind Liam Cullen from Swansea who had a good game against us

Yeah, I said a RW who's fit. Hedges would be starting most games as he's the best we've got, and I think he's a tidy footballer, but there's very little end product. We need better. 

Just now, chaddyrovers said:

I agree this squad need help in terms of signings like Full back, centre midfielder and attacking player who can either play wide or up front would be welcome additions to this squad

We didn't have a fit FB in the team today, and only Duru on the bench. Says it all really.

We haven't had a fit and in-form striker playing all season.

We don't have a Championship standard RW who's fit. 

I'd say the CM is the least of our worries.

We need a FB, RW and a striker in January as a minimum. 

5 minutes ago, longsiders1882 said:

No update sorry - & I stayed away as requested by quite a few.

One swallow does not make a summer and unfortunately we generally cannot win games where we are the better team and when we come up against good sides and well drilled ones we are to easy to score against. So todays win doesn’t represent a huge turnaround but at least we won’t set a new record low points total - though we could still equal it.

Merry Christmas to you all.

Nice of you to pop in after a win. See you again in March. 

Merry Christmas

Fuck off Burnley

1 minute ago, superniko said:

Leonard is young and raw, but jeez did you see the 45 from Ennis? We’ve been crying out for a number 9 for years. I’ve seen better ball control in the national league north 

I suppose there's the caveat that he's not match fit, but I've yet to see what Ennis offers. He looked every inch a League 1 plodder today. He couldn't hold up a corner shop with a rocket launcher, let alone the ball.

14 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

You seem very keen to berate the fans today. Wahlstedt made 2 errors that cost us 3 points. Thus on an internet messageboard that he wont see, he is getting criticised for that. No one has said that he did it on purpose. It has no effect on him. But he did fuck up twice and it cost us the points.

Sometimes Leonard is totally anonymous, hes a young lad who has played more than he should this season at this level due to a lack of money. 

If saying that on here is beating the players down and it questions the status of their support, then I suspect you have the thinnest of skin and/or zero counter argument in regards to their performance.

Or you're just hyper critical of everyone, especially the young academy graduates. 

40 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

All those things I agree with but no club a step up from us is going to take him based on his stats over the last 12 months.

While he does a lot of things well theres a lot of room for improvement. Closing out games is obviously one of them.

You couldn't possibly know that. 

And the point you're ignoring is that stats have context. The context is the budget he's working with and the league finish last season, the cup run last season, and the good season we are having this given the CONTEXT of the slashed budget and injury crisis. Intelligent owners of football clubs will see what a great job he's doing.

2 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

To confirm  ….. the owners did not sign some of the poor players we’ve taken on in recent years. That’s down to the managers and directors of football. That’s where equal responsibility lies

That's because those were the players they could afford....due to the budget...due to the shit owners.

You'll join the dots one day. 

9 hours ago, philipl said:

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/24008666.arnor-sigurdsson-hails-impact-genius-jon-dahl-tomasson/

Not surprised to see a player hailing JDT like this.

That it is Sigurdsson who has played under a national coach and Champions League management speaks volumes.

Here's hoping the glimpses we see of Sigurdsson class become the norm from his performances.

Noticeable he's only signed until 2025, which is when JDT's contract also expires. 

I thought we played well for the most part considering we were playing without a striker for most of it. Ennis is proving to be a real disappointment.

Both Wharton's were excellent, as was Tronstad. Carter and Travis were also good. 

Siggy and Moran flatter to deceive. 

Great to see Hyam back, the last 20 minutes proved how valuable he is. 

Felt sorry for Leo, pulled off some great saves and then got a bit unlucky with the two goals. He's just a young lad learning his trade though, mistakes will happen.

The lack of a decent squad cost us the points again. Watford weren't better than us until we ran out of legs in the last 20. Their expensively assembled squad won them the match. 

Injuries and our shit owners have killed us this season. 

Good to see Ewood a lot busier. 18k rather than 13k makes a huge difference. Well done to the Trust and all those involved. 

Merry Christmas one and all.

Up the Rovers. 

15 hours ago, simongarnerisgod said:

been hearing that there will be a small amount of money to be spent on transfers in january(no idea how much,likely to be a small amount) and  we`ll be looking for 2 more loans,don`t rule out our best young players departing for big money either

been hearing from where?

A bit of festive cheer. Hopefully back soon. 

A signed copy of Super Simon's book arrived yesterday. 

28 minutes ago, sympatheticclaret said:

6ft 4ins, 19 stone wearing a blue Barbour coat, face that's seen the bottom of a few Rugby rucks ... shouldn't be too hard to spot ! 😉

I must remember to be nicer to you. 😉

19 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

What I would say is the relegated sides this season are a step up from the usual rabble that come down.

Squads chock full of quality players as to be expected from long established PL clubs (less so Leeds but still an enormous wage bill). Luton, that lot and Sheff U will be more back to normal next summer.

Doesn’t excuse anything but they are bloody tough opposition for our stretched squad.

Watford are coming to a bit and starting to get the results their players should be getting. Saturday will be another tough afternoon where they will have one or two attacking players that could cause us problems that the non-parachute clubs don't have.

And then there's Hull soon after that who have been able to spend money and bring in the likes of Connolly. 

It's weird how the people who constantly moan about how shit things are at the club, are the same people who have wildly unrealistic expectations about how the team should be performing. Cognitive dissonance. 

1 hour ago, Blue blood said:

Disagree. I've said it before but if Hedges and Gally are the answer, it's a terrible question. Hyam is a huge loss but then having so few seasoned pros at the back is always going to make every absence worse. JRC huge loss too but as he is so injury prone it's not that surprising. 

The point was the team is weaker with those players missing.

Gally is better than anyone else we've tried up front this season, and Hedges is better than anyone else we've tried at RW. 

5 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Squad depth is clearly the issue here but we lack pace, have done for seasons since Rothwell left…Pacy winger is a must for me in January. 
 

Doubt that happens.

Maybe an approach for that young Palace winger we were interested in during the summer? We needed a right winger in the summer, and we still need one. 

Just now, Parsonblue said:

I think recent games have illustrated just how important Dolan is to the way we play.  At the time of his injury he was in terrific form and linked so well with Szmodics and Moran.  The three of them created chances with their quick interplay.  Also Dolan led the press in a way that Leonard isn't able to do because he is a different type of player.  In recent games both Moran and Szmodics seem to be dropping deeper and deeper and therefore have less impact on the game in terms of attack.  Again, it just illustrates how limited the options are for JDT - especially as two of the summer signings Ennis and Telalovic seems well short of the standard required at the moment.

Very true about Dolan, but Hyam, Gally, Hedges and JRC have also been huge misses. 

This season has been ruined by injuries, there's no other way of looking at it (and that's ignoring the shitshow of the last two transfer windows and the budget cuts)

It's to JDT's credit that he has been able to grind out enough wins to keep us within touching distance of the play-offs as we approach the halfway mark of the season. Add to the excellent season we had in 22/23 and it will be a huge surprise if he isn't poached at some point. 

1 hour ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Most of the team is mid table championship level but at the moment the “ strike  force “ is nowhere near that level. Teams without an attacking threat soon find themselves in trouble. The lads at the back will get demoralised when they find themselves defending and nothing is happening up front.

We're the 7th highest scorers in the league, and we have the league's top scorer.