13 hours ago, bazza said:

 Hedges hadn't a clue that Clark was there as he tried to clear it.

He had 3 or 4 players behind him at that point, including his goalkeeper who should 100% be letting him know that Clarke IS there!

You can't really fault Ipswich's record in competitive football matches, 1 narrow defeat to Leeds in around 30 games?!

Very, very hard to see us getting anything here I'm afraid - unless of course everything clicks into place and we convert a few early chances.  I mean its surely going to happen sooner or later right?

I think its time for Leo to start in goal but I still expect JDT to ask him to prove his worth vs Cardiff in the cup first.

Hopefully Siggy gets the last 30 mins, but again he might need to put a shift in Vs Cardiff first.

I'm gonna go for a perhaps slightly ambitions 1-1 draw.  Early goal for Moran cancelled out with a late, late Hirst equaliser......

3 hours ago, LeftWinger said:

Genuine question - is our style of play burning us out by half time?

In the last 4 games we've had more expected goals in the 2nd half once - compared to the opposition having more expected goals in the second half in all 4 games. 

The plan as I see it, is to fly out the traps like mad men, get a few goals then reduce the tempo.

However.

When the goals don't come we have an issue!  Obviously can't maintain that tempo for 90 minutes, I don't believe we ever plan to though.

JDT and the team need to learn how to adapt and adjust the game plan if the goals don't come in the first 30.

When we lost games early last season we were dreadful, utterly dreadful.  So much so I wasn't sure JDT was the one.  In the games we've lost this season I don't think we've even been that bad at all for the most part.  Also believe we'll give someone an absolute pumping in a game when we're a little more fortunate in front of goal.

Great coverage from the club on last nights game....not seen a thing since the lineup. Appreciate we had a first team game but surely we had someone covering it FFS.

Looks like Sigurdsson played 75 minutes so hopefully not too far from 1st team involvement.

Not ideal having your 2 midfielders in yellows is it. Wharton needs hooking for JRC I think. Possibly even Trav for Garrett too. Mowbray will have them diving all over the place looking for a red now 

16 minutes ago, rigger said:

And you would believe Mowbray why ?????

Yeah, fair point. He did utter his famous "let's see" words too 🙄

1 minute ago, islander200 said:

He isn't fit 

No but Mowbray was alluding to him at least making the bench if you listen to his comments earlier in the week. 

Dack hasn't even made the bench......

Sigurdsson, Tronstad and Gilsenan all starting tonight 👍

6 minutes ago, only2garners said:

I don't know where the idea has come from that the weather is going to be terrible at Ewood tonight. There has certainly been a lot of rain and there is likely to be some more this afternoon but by 6pm the Met Office is forecasting sunshine with a 40% chance of a little light rain during the game.

I'm amazed people still trust the Met office to get the weather bang on.......

39 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

 

He'll be off as soon as a better club comes along - it won't be long

He was as good as gone if Slot had left Feyenoord by all accounts.  Judging by how they're playing at the moment (17 goals scored in their last 3 in the league!) - I imagine he'll be getting more attention soon.  He swerved Spurs but more lucrative jobs will arrive I bet......

He really is becoming a crock Gallagher, 28 years old and injured every other week.  Doesn't bode well for the later stages of his career.

14 minutes ago, USABlue said:

I think we are onto a whuppin here.  Su derland seem to score for fun and we ship em for fun.  3-0 to Lemon Drizzle United.  Sunderland have 3 shots on target where as we spur about 5 gilt edged chances.

We don't ship goals for fun at home tbh, Preston aside last season but the less said about that one the better.

3 hours ago, Boylerhaus said:

Anyone know how Siggy got on with his 45 minutes on Sunday? In line for the bench tomorrow?

Soon find out in the presser I presume......

He's fat, he's blunt, we all think he's a........ I think you know the rest

33 minutes ago, sabino said:

Silly question, but here goes,....

Do they show the live match video on the concourse screens in the BBE?

Yes

4 hours ago, BRFC4EVA said:

Not sure where else to put this, but any news on the Sunday game where a few were supposed to get a run out (ie Siggy)?

Women's team played yesterday, did we stick wigs on a few of the blokes? 

4 minutes ago, sharpysharps86 said:

I thought he did ok. New team in a new country, getting used to a much higher standard than what he's used to. If Szmodics had scored the one on one then we'd all be praising him for a brilliant assist to set Sammie up as it was a genuinely great ball. I think he showed some good touches and good instinctive movements when we were in possession.

When Rovers didn't have the ball he looked a bit lost, you could see Sammie was trying to guide him and give instructions. Coming on for the last 30 mins or so of what was a pretty chaotic match can't have been easy to get up to the pace of the game.

As he's a permanent signing I think we have to really back the kid and give him our support. Physically he looks like he could be a real nuisance for defenders at this level, but time will tell whether he fits with JDT's style of play.

Yep we need to stick with him and make sure he gets the minutes, there's going to be some frustrations I'm afraid, just hope people don't get on his back if he misses a chance or 2. Young lad, new country, new league and ultimately quite a unique style of play under JDT. It was probably a bit of an eye opener yesterday as it was such a close game. Ideally we would have been 5 nil up for his debut!

He looks a unit for sure, let's hope he proves to be a handful for opposition defences 👍

36 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

In all what time? He had a history of injury at Plymouth which saw him play less than half of the minutes last season and he had a bad injury the season prior, their fans warned us he is subject to injury issues and that is what we have found here with 2 issues already.

He is a good player but throughout there were huge gaps between our midfield and defence.

His issues here have been with fitness. I'm not gonna keep waffling on about it but nothing has suggested in his time at Rovers that he's made of glass like you say. Judge him on his time here not his alleged injuries somewhere else.

13 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Because he has a history of injury issues that Plymouth fans warned us about (along with praising him in terms of quality) and he will have spent basically the first quarter of the season in the treatment room.

We can only hope, but his start here doesnt bode well. The alcohol etc stuff is just hearsay.

He has not been injured in all that time, not sure why people are not grasping it. His I jury that he does actually have now was inflicted in a game and when you see the incident, unsurprising. 

19 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Ennis has one problem that Szmodics doesnt, he is made of glass.

How do you know this?

18 minutes ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

Szmodics is a good example of why rushing to judgement of players is not a good idea. This time last year there were many on here who were saying that we had had our trousers pulled down by Peterborough in signing him; now he is our talisman. Players should be given a fair chance to show their worth.

Szmodics development gives me hope for Ennis. When he trapped from posh he was absolutely nowhere near the athlete he is now, although he did look burnt out when he came off. Seems a likeable chap in the dressing room too, definitely a tick for GB on this one.

Enjoyed it, bit nervy at the end like but we survived.

Might just be me but we're far more enjoyable to watch this season, not quite Keegan-esque but it's better than last season when we created 3 chances a game at this stage (granted we seemed more clinical then).

I'm calling it now, Carter will be our next biggish money sale, he's improved so much and motm for me today. Under the guidance of Ayala and Hyam I guess.

Dolan on the other hand has taken bulking up too far and is looking a shadow of the player that burst onto the scene.

Finally, time to start docking wages of these officials, absolutely appalling. 

That's great news to be fair ^

2 hours ago, imy9 said:

Does this not suggest a lack of fitness as opposed to being injured? Something that JDT commented on when he first arrived. He was also playing in a one up front system alongside the best striker in the division so would explain his lack of mins too?

from what I have seen he will be a good signing- let’s not call him injury prone after 7 games of the season (that’s not me quoting you)

We definitely can't call him injury prone yet, as for as I know he's only had 1 actual injury which is the current one. Prior to that the issue was fitness, or terrible lack of. From what I've seen there's still work to be done there too if he's going to fit into this team. Fans are (understandably) showing frustration now, he's been here for months and we've barely seen him, it's disappointing. With a limited budget and lack of goals we most certainly have no room for passengers. Fingers crossed he's back playing soon.....