bluebruce

BB having a mare.

I don't go memorizing everything so can't describe them to you no, but he created several openings for players if they had more nouse about them. We only created one clear cut chance as a team all game, but in the positions Dolan found himself in he did excellently. He has however been quiet this half and made a couple of poor decisions with the final ball. But also teed up Downing. These spectacles are not rose tinted. If anything I'm a miserable git, especially right now! But this lad frightens defences.

Wow from their goalie there. Brilliant. Should be level.

This Rovers side. So many games where we knock on the door all game but never find the key. Meanwhile we leave ours wide open.

.....I'd suggest actually watching the second half mate.

On that goal, I feel like Johnson would have kept backing off until his back was touching the net if the lad had kept going.

To each their own, but I honestly think you're blind to it. Makes things happen nearly every time he is on the pitch.

Nobody fucking moves for him to release the ball earlier.

Johnson allowed way too much space for that shot too. Need a CB immediately.

I'm not convinced Dack is quick enough at changing direction to ever play that role effectively for us. Fucking hell that's dire from Pears. Shouldn't have been starting today.

Honestly. Dolan is just making a mockery of the fact TM hasn't given him considerably more game time recently.

Absolutely. Sick of it being so screamingly obvious yet our professional management team insisting on playing the same way.

In a general sense totally agree but he has done a few nice things today. Christ we should have buried that!

Actually dont think Buckley is playing too badly tbh and I'm not a fan. That Dolan can still do these skills so consistently on this horrid bobbly turf is ridiculous.

Downing has played well, a couple of risky backwards passes aside. Dolan hasn't been in the danger area with the ball in space much, sure, but his touch, control, dribbling and intelligence has been streets ahead of the rest. Some of the lads just not on his wavelength or he would have been creating chances. Once someone does free him up in that danger area he will roast this lot. Doncaster also putting 2 or 3 men on him as soon as he gets the ball.

In fairness to Bell he clearly took a knock about 7 or 8 minutes in that seems to be troubling him. Dolan easily our best player so far.

Ffs even Doncaster, sans Whiteman, can sit back and hit us on the break and create better chances than us from it.

Wouldn't that only guarantee 5 of the 15 points required?

People did identify back then that Ayala as our only CB recruitment was a risk with his injury record, as Williams and Lenihan are not strangers to the treatment room. I'm not as good as some at trawling through old posts but I'm moderately sure I remember you saying it wouldn't be a problem. It's ok to be wrong sometimes. Might be easier to say 'yeh Tony and I underestimated how injury prone this backline would be in a congested fixture schedule with corona around, we should have recruited another CB'. I'll do it. Because although I initially said we had to get two CB in, when one had the resume of Ayala I got a little excited and decided that whilst I'd like another and had my concerns, we would probably be alright with what we had at CB and the youth lads could potentially cover a shortfall. One other thing I underestimated there was how little faith TM actually had in Carter (not that the lad had particularly impressed me). Wharton's lengthy injury was a surprise too, as I don't think he had an injury record of note. But on the other hand, Lenihan hasn't broken down which was always a possibility. On balance we have probably only done slightly worse for injuries there than you'd expect in such a busy schedule.

It's literally just a re-hash of information from November. An interview with Waggott in November where he discussed what would happen if a bid for Arma came in, and a tweet from some Twitter account in November claiming West Ham were interested. Nothing to see here at the moment.

That's not entirely true, it either contributes to the financial security of the club or allows us to sign more players of a decent quality. A player adding monetary value is also usually a sign they added value on the pitch.

Nope, it's some people in India's money. Was the irony of your post lost on you?

The LT says we have been training at Ewood as the pitches at Brockhall are frozen. I'm expecting the pitch to be an absolute state, as it was already bad. Not good for a side that likes to try possession football. Hopefully it forces us into playing the more direct game that actually suits us.

Tbf I wouldn't want us to line up with a 15 year old Holtby.....

Have you watched Whiteman a few times? Not in the slightest. And I usually remember everyone down to some of our youth team players who never got first team games. Must have made a great impression!!