On 17/02/2020 at 14:50, Sparks Rover said:

It's simple, put either Bennet or Del anywhere near that back 4 and you can kiss your arse goodbye to play offs. Under no circumstances 

Very Harsh on Williams, early season Del looked very good as a CB, the issue was him and Lenihan are too similar. Tosin offers something different. I actually have no issue with a fit Williams there for a few games. If he was at LB we'd have issues though.

1 hour ago, superniko said:

 

Leeds have an easy run in, expect the top 2 to remain the same as now.

Fulham have a horrible run, with Parker as manager I can easily see them slip out of the top 6 which would be a disaster with a squad and budget like they have.

Rovers beat Brentford and they're in the top 6 (albeit for maybe 2 hours!)

 

Nice Visual,

interesting for myself based on league positions our harder games are at home our easier ones are Away.

When the confidence is high that's a good think, but if that suddenly disappears it makes for a horrible run!

It's been scrappy, we where partially poor first 20 minutes of 2nd half. All that said anything but us winning would be undeserved. 

That being said we don't look like a playoff team. It's not all Tony's fault. He's done OK with the cards he had tonight 

Just now, philipl said:

According to the Beeb, Hull have had 23% possession so far. Is that right?

Probably edging up last 5 minutes. 

Looks like a very scrappy game 

Best side could have hoped for. But surprised no Chapman on the bench. Is he injured? 

Surely if josh King joins Man u. We might have flexibility for some late incomings. 20% clause I believe 

Adam Armstrong is such a strange one.

Great Goal today, but was not as confident as Bradley Johnson he'd finish it

Some days he's unplayable (especially when we where in League one). More often though he's awful. 

it's been nearly 2 years now, what do we think of him? Was he a good buy?

For what it's worth I still think he's a player who it'll suddenly all click for and he'll become amazing. A little like the last 6 months we had of josh King.

Edit: Actually the more I think about it he's like the player version of Tony Mowbray. Almost amazing but decision making let's him down and goes on these purple patches that give you such hope!

12 hours ago, matt83 said:

The golden generation of 2004 certainly took the view that club was more important than country. And what was it Carragher said in his book I felt bad missing a penalty for England but at least it wasn’t for Liverpool. 

For me it’s a close run thing always used to be club across the board but in all honesty since the Venkys and Kean some love for rovers died in me. Particularly the Kean era of the club vs the fans.

That said if I was to rank my desirable honours it would be:

1 rovers win prem

2 England win world cup

3 England win euros

4 rovers win fa cup

5 rovers win league cup 

6 rovers get any sort of promotion 

7 England win nations league etc.

 

From your list 

1 rovers win prem

2 England win world cup

3 rovers get  promotion from championship (secure our financial future) 

4 rovers win fa cup

5 England win euros

6 rovers win league cup 

7 rovers secure promotion league 1 and below

8 Burnley relegated

9 I win £10 on the lotto

10 England win nations league etc.

Just now, perthblue02 said:

Harrison Reed on 

What, you're allowed to play new signings straight away. Some one tell Tony 

36 minutes ago, FGS5635 said:

This entire window and arguably our season is dependant on the ability of Tosin at CB. If he is a success then so is the window. If he isnt, then the window and our season probably isnt.

A lot to stake on a young lad, no matter how highly rated

Agreed him and Walton ability are key. 

Yea the johnsons and Gallagher were nice to have but these 2 positions were key and major weaknesses last year. 

Same with lb but think Cunningham will be the answer there. 

My gut feeling is tosin will be good enough but Walton isn't 

So to rate the transfer window.

I believe we are stronger then we finished last season and would give it a 6.5/10

Goalkeeper 4/10

I'm disappointed we sold Raya and got Walton , I see it as a minor downgrade and even worse a problem we have to address again next season when his loan ends

Defence 7/10

I for one am glad we went for a LB over a CB today, although would have preferred both! I think tosin's physicality is something we have missed and believe he's good enough for a team looking to go for play off's. I also rate lenihan and think Williams is a decent back up. So overall we can field a decent CB paring although cover is thin on the ground.

I believe nyambe can be a good enough RB, it's just a shame Mowbray seems to only rate Bennet.  As for LB really glad we got Cunningham over the line. 

Overall defensively we are solid now but lack cover.

Midfield 8/10

Johnson is a good signing and downing isn't bad either. only downside is they are both fairly short term with them both the wrong side of 30. Shame we haven't shipped out smallwood. we are incredibly bloated in midfield options. and it could stop the likes of travis, davenport, buckley and Rothwell getting game time their development needs.

Attack 6/10

First did we keep dack or do clubs see his performances have dropped in 2019? we may one day regret rejecting WBA advances last summer.

Gallagher is fairly good, liked him last time he was hear and sort of feels like the graham replacement long term, I don't know where it leaves Armstrong and ben Brereton as number 9's though.

sham to see the nut leave but he's more likely to have found his level in league 1 then be someone who we eventually regret going in my opinion.

All that said we are stronger but still shy of playoff ready. the main issue is actually Dack. something has happened and he doesn't look the same player anymore. A dack we had in league 1/ first 3 months of championship with our additions could fire us as an outside shot but I think we'll be doing well to get top half at the moment.

Mowbray to make it all the way through the season, then binned during his trip to india next summer.

Just now, Mercer said:

Don't be such a d1ck.  He invited me to their home match against Wigan on Saturday.

Just messing around, no malice intended. 

Just now, Tugayisgod said:

He means he's coming here

Think it's not the message here it's more who it came from

Just now, Mercer said:

PNE friend just phoned to say they are also in for Cunningham

Weird reason for someone to call another person for. 

Just now, Stuart said:

I think he’s losing the plot. How long before he turns on the fans like Kean and Mowbray eventually did?

Tin hat on... 

I think Mowbray is right here. I'd be very surprised if Tyler took these comments personally. He will know at 20 going out on loan in league 1 is the right thing. 

Tin hat off

On 23/07/2019 at 20:31, bboy said:

alright was looking at the back of the board on our new signing

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2019/july/walton-will-be-a-huge-asset-for-us/

 

looks like;

 

       GK

RB  CB CB

       DMC  DMC  LWB

       CAM   CAM

RF-(slightly more defensive), LF

 

 

looks crazy but would make sence to Mowbray saying we won't play anyone in the centre

 

 

New article in the Lancashire telegraph seems to confirm my theory 

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/rovers/news/17800611.tactical-tweaks-rovers-shown-pre-season/

Just now, bboy said:

alright was looking at the back of the board on our new signing

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2019/july/walton-will-be-a-huge-asset-for-us/

 

looks like;

 

       GK

RB  CB CB

       DMC  DMC  LWB

       CAM   CAM

RF-(slightly more defensive), LF

 

 

looks crazy but would make sence to Mowbray saying we won't play anyone in the centre

 

 

a lot changed once Mowbray walked in

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2019/july/premier-league-keeper-arrives-on-loan/

alright was looking at the back of the board on our new signing

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2019/july/walton-will-be-a-huge-asset-for-us/

looks like;

       GK

RB  CB CB

       DMC  DMC  LWB

       CAM   CAM

RF-(slightly more defensive), LF

looks crazy but would make sence to Mowbray saying we won't play anyone in the centre

6 hours ago, CD_93 said:

Armstrong could be a great striker for us if he wasn’t being turned in to a winger.

I predict Armstrong will be our new Josh King. Never played correctly until it is too late

Just now, roverandout said:

It's approaching midnight so let's draw a line under all this, stop discussing it and move on

Agreed, for what it's worth hope it's carson we are after derby's 16/17 player of the season, reasonable wage. Will do a job for a season or 2.

Forester wage apart would be decent too. 

I think had the obvious holes in the squad already been filled then this would be a decent signing. 

As a result I'll hold out on being critical. It's all about opportunity cost. Have we prevented ourselves signing a 5m top half championship standard defender by bringing in Sam? 

Or is this just a chunk off a 15-20m war chest with the rest plowed into defence. 

I hope the latter, however realistically expect the former

But all this is not Sam's fault and hope he turns into a good one! 

3 hours ago, bboy said:

I personally disagree here, we have plenty of young heads in the squad already and bar rodwell our recruitment has only been u25's for a while. Be it your chapman's, davenport's or Brereton's, along with a strong u23 squad.

I feel it's right we are looking for experience and the calm heads that brings. Granted Downing maybe a little too far on that scale. Bringing in young players seems to only give Mowbray an excuse not to play them. Plus quality 24-26 Year olds are more expensive.

Just a follow up  we where the 9th youngest squad last year. We had a bulk of our squad at the 20-24 range. We definitely lack in the 28-32 bucket