22 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Good win. Not the best performance but 3 points is very welcoming 

Armstrong proving again why he should be our main number 9 striker. 

Kaminski is becoming a bargain of a signing. 

I’m still wondering how we managed to get Kaminski! He’s in the Belgium squad and left a club who were in the Champions League qualifying rounds.

Is it because of our new European scouting system or is it the manager or is it our historic standing in the game?

Needless to say I’m thrilled to bits he’s a Rover and he will have an important role in our development this season.

A bit nervy at times but Barnsley played well and we had to be at our dogged best to keep them out.

Kaminski MOM but special praise to Lenighan and Wharton who were on top form today.

On 21/11/2020 at 09:14, rigger said:

TM mentions that the rest of the players seem to put in an extra 10 or 20 percent into training when Dack is there. I would have thought ,getting that extra effort is the managers job.

My role as a manager within a school department was to create the conditions where other members of the department felt confident in coming up with ideas which drove us all forward.

What pleased me even more was when key pupils in a class setting felt confident enough to inspire their peers and positively influence their learning.

I smiled when I read that article and got exactly what Mowbray was saying. From afar he seems to have got the conditions spot on for moving positively forward.

2 hours ago, AdamRochina said:

if we end up drawing, TM has to walk its as simple as that.

You are pleased with the result tonight, are you? Why bring up our manager’s tenure when most PNE supporters are clamouring for Neil’s sacking. 

9 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

Fantastic team performance. Not sure we can read too much into it though because Preston were so poor it is hard to judge who has cemented their place.

A couple exceptions to that though :

1) Wharton was absolutely brilliant, and continuing a trend of the last few games. Seems to be a properly physical dominant defender of the old school. Was also pleasingly composed under pressure. Think he may be a real prospect for us.

2) Davenport showed some real bite and quality when he came on. With Rovers just starting on an intense seven week schedule of two games per week and the five sub rule I think he could finally get a run of games. Our system needs 2 of the 3 centre mids to get up and down and we only have Rothwell, Holtby and maybe Buckley who can do that. Surely Davenport will get a run next time we are short rather than playing Evans, Johnson or Trybull in a box to box role they can't deliver.

Wharton was great tonight. Perhaps we can put to bed the brilliance of Patrick Bauer!

Astonishing statistics for the possession in the game. 
I’m really chuffed for Gallagher as his running and physicality caused the sending off. It’s that effort as in the Coventry game that cause defenders to get sent off and thus make the game a little easier.

Holtby is an absolute gem and he and Rothwell can be really dynamic in this league.

20 hours ago, Darmond said:

Rovers Ladies will face Coventry United at the fantastically named Butts Park Arena tomorrow (Sunday, 22nd November) at 2pm,

 

Last Sunday, Coventry lost 9-1 v the newly full-time Leicester City & lost 4-0 in the Conti Cup v Sheff Utd midweek.

 

Last season we drew against them twice (one of them was the game Rovers Ladies played at Ewood Park).

 

If Rovers win, they will go up to 5th (of 11) in the League.

 

Coventry United will be providing a livestream of the game on their Youtube channel that can be found here:-

 

Rovers Ladies won 1-0 with a second half penalty.

Another enjoyable watch.

I’ve never seen Mark Venus so animated as he was at the end. I initially thought he came on to remonstrate with the ref but I think it was to prevent one of Johnson, Rothwell or Brereton getting a red card.

Gavin Ward has got previous in this league. He regularly gets criticism from managers! I have to say I can’t believe how he didn’t give us a free kick for the assault on Armstrong. I wasn’t convinced it was a pen with Brereton.

However, feeling very frustrated tonight.

My FotMob app is saying Elliott Bennett is playing up front with Arma and Brereton! Thank goodness I came on here to check!

Finished 0-0.

Very entertaining game and our left back Ali Johnson looks a good player. 
They missed a lot of good chances but our goalie made a couple of stunning saves.

We would actually have won the game but for a bizarre piece of refereeing disallowing a goal to give us a free kick!

HT 0-0 but an interesting watch. You can tell that Liverpool are the full time outfit and should be leading but Rovers are sticking in there.

50 minutes ago, Darmond said:

The match can be watched at

faplayer.thefa.com

although Liverpool will also have a feed on their Twitter @liverpoolfcw & Liverpool Youtube/Facebook (don't know if that will still be neutral commentary though).

 

The trend in women's football is towards being called Women or something else (Lionesses) because generally Ladies is seen as old-fashioned (is seen by some as implying needing help), Rovers just haven't got around to changing yet but I would expect if they ever got to the WSL, the FA may insist for branding purposes (no teams called Ladies in the WSL at the minute).

 

Last season, Women's Championship teams would stay in a hotel for longer journeys which would take up a large chunk of budget & becomes more of an issue when games were cancelled due to flooded pitches etc. however not sure if Covid has changed that for everyone this season.

 

Keep an eye out for our recent signing number 20 at left back, Ali Johnson - from Blackburn & went to the Rovers Academy age 6-16, left to play WSL for Liverpool & Bristol City & has now returned to Rovers.

Thank you for your reply. 
It did strike me as odd the different titles. I’m now wondering what some of the European teams names are!

I’ll certainly have a look at Ali Johnson as she must be looking forward to playing against Liverpool.

I’ll definitely be watching this afternoon.

51 minutes ago, rigger said:

Cav for me

Blackburn Reference Library often did for me?

Just now, Sparks Rover said:

Did you never go down Mr G's and find the Blackburn Ladies...?

Sorry Sparks I’m not understanding! 

Edit! Just spotted Coventry Ladies, London Bees and London Lionesses!

But still the majority are Women. Is there a good reason? Perhaps Natalie could tell us!

The Rovers Ladies v Liverpool Women is live this Sunday at 2pm on the FA channel or LTV. 
Also I’m curious as to why all the other teams in this league are “Women” yet Rovers are “Ladies?” 
 

2 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

Surely if he thinks that promotion is the aim and that the manager isnt capable of said aim then it is logical to want his removal?

I think you have clearly misunderstood my reply to Mercer.

His default position is that Rovers will not gain promotion under Mowbray. An opinion I totally understand and he’s entitled to it.

His comment today suggested a change of position in that he kept the door open to promotion as a possibility this season. That is why I said he can’t have it both ways.

What I don’t understand is why am I explaining myself to you!

3 hours ago, Mercer said:

Agree.

The one success criteria this season is promotion - full stop.

There can be no excuses - Mowbray has been backed to the hilt and he will have had four and a half seasons at it.

Play-offs without getting up is failure.

Up or out I say and if it becomes clear as the season progresses that we aren't going to make it then that is the time the axe should fall.

I would never have appointed him in the first place and I think there have been several times over his tenure when a lot of clubs would have given him the boot.

You have stated on more than one occasion that promotion under Mowbray is not going to happen and yet here you are suggesting that only promotion is to be classed as success!

You can’t have it both ways.

You will be delighted like the rest of us if we get back to the Prem but if we don’t then you will be heralded as a sage. What a great position to be in.

On 07/11/2020 at 10:58, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

There's a very interesting article about Nigel Pearson in my paper today. He's recovered from the Covid he caught early this year but it's revealed some heart problems. He lives in Devon now so wether he'd fancy a move up North is in doubt. The article sounds like he'd like to be back in football though.

I don’t know, Tyrone, if you get the Sunday edition of your paper but Andy Cole’s book is being serialised over this weekend and he mentions a certain Steve Waggott whom he engaged on the advice of his friend Paul Elliott to be his agent in the deal that took him to Newcastle from Bristol in 1993.

I am assuming it is our very own CEO. I can’t think there are many Steve Waggott’s in football!

I’m afraid he doesn’t come out of it very well. Cole is still angry about the fact that it cost him £30,000 for very little work to get the deal done.

On 06/11/2020 at 16:21, Ewood Ace said:

You'd have thought that they could have got Magloire a better loan move than Hartlepool.

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2020/november/magloire-makes-pools-move/

I think it’s only for 2 months. According to Jeff Sterling yesterday their main defenders are missing so Rovers agreed to help them out and give Magloire some game time in a competitive league.

A very welcome win and some encouraging performances today. Rothwell was my MOM for his aggressive runs but Johnson was very good too. He is benefiting from the intensive fitness programme at Brockhall. I thought Lenihan was back to his best form and Wharton looked very promising. Mowbray has compared him to O’Connell which is high praise. I don’t think anyone had a poor game against a decent QPR side.

My goodness that was 90 minutes of stress and anxiety. I’ve never been as happy to hear the full time whistle. A point gained but the performance was poor virtually throughout.

Boro were the better side tonight but our defending was much improved from recent games.

Williams MOM for me. His defending and willingness to drive forward and shoot were impressive; such a shame he got injured.

Brereton and Gallagher toothless up front and still to be wowed over Harvey Elliott. There is talent there but still like Dolan looks like a schoolboy playing a man’s game.

I agree with posters who are pointing out our injury list. It’s so frustrating watching us these last 3 games as we have the players to make us a decent outfit in this league.

Terrific game so far. Our left back Cirino looks good and what a talent Brennan is. A couple of storming runs into the box brought 2 good chances. Perhaps we might have had a pen. 
Our number 7 is a Dolan lookalike! 

I know this is a tenuous link to the match day thread but I’m curious as to the practicalities of actually fulfilling tomorrow’s fixture.

With Wales in total lockdown does the Rovers squad have to fly down on the Saturday morning or are they allowed to stay in a hotel overnight? If indeed there are any hotels open?

I suppose if the former then that might impact on performance. I’m not trying to get an excuse in early for a poor performance; just curious.

As for the score 1-1 for me.

14 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Bristol city having even worse luck than us with injuries

Weimann out for the season, Mawson out for 6 month and Sessegnon out for a spell 

I think injuries and COVID isolation are going to play a big factor this season. Rovers have already used 26 players in matches so far. It’s going to be difficult to rely on unchanged teams this time. Squad  depth will be key.