Superb Sammie, superb. What a finish that was.

Never in doubt !!! Sammie with great composure there.

Shit me this is dire.

Hate to say it but it's looking like a carbon copy of many of our games this season. Start well, look a class above, don't score when on top, opposition get a foothold, opposition score, we huff and puff but lose.

There's a lot of revisionism on El Tel the England coach and this mythical total football we played under him.

He only managed us in 5 competitive games, all played at Wembley, prior to that he presided over some of the most insipid friendlies ever seen against generally poor opposition.

We only won 2 competitive games in 90 minutes under him, one against the Jocks with a penalty save and Gazza special to thank for it plus a rout against a poor in-fighting Dutch side. The other 'victory' was against an average Spain side on penalties in the QF where they could count themselves unlucky to have a perfectly good goal disallowed in normal time. 

Added to that a poor draw against the Swiss in the group and a penalties defeat against an average German team in transition and it wasn't the new dawn some seem to claim.

However what I will remember him fondly for was the utter disdain he had for Jimmy Hill when they worked on the BBC together. He'd forgotten more about football than Hill knew...and he certainly let him know that.

1 hour ago, rigger said:

Wahlstedt pulled off a superb save in the first half.

Agreed. I don't rate him highly but that save was top drawer

9 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

Deary me. Who are you comparing him to, Harry Kane? How many 'great' finishers are there in the Championship? How many in the PL?

Every striker misses chances. He's not even a striker and he's the top scorer in the Championship. 

Bizarre criticism.

 

I'm with you on that. A poor finisher doesn't take those chances at Preston and Sheffield in the cup last year.

19 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Yep I was also in that crowd. I seem to recall Scottie Sellars getting at least one of the goals that day?

I think Ainscow scored as well? It was touch and go whether it'd be on or not as there were floods down that way. It was only confirmed mid morning when we were half way down there.

The song was memorable that day as there was some cladding behind the goals that the rovers fans were banging while we were singing. Sounded deafening at the time.

1 hour ago, onlyonejackwalker said:

😀

Its a 'blues' as in colour and conversely happiness 47er, but you know that already!!!! And yes we are happy tonight!

Don't try and make sense of football chants!

For years before matches in the early 80's we sang 'We are the Rovers, We are the Champions'....'We are the Rovers, Champions of Europe'....normally before losing at home to Swindon, or Port Vale, or Oxford. Real Madrid weren't panicking, but we kept singing it.

Remember being in a following of about 1000 at Ipswich in 87/88 singing that for the whole of the 2nd half in a 2-0 win.

Great times.

23 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Burger should be off - two bookable offences, neither of which he's been punished for. 

He approaches tackles with relish that lad

All comes from Wharton's lazy pass in his own last third compounded by a lack of effort to win it back. 

I'm the lad's biggest fan but my God he has a lot to learn.

Same script as most defeats this season. Start well, dominate the play, miss presentable chances, drop off after 20-25 minutes, concede from a rare chance conceded, heads drop, lose.

Hope the last bit changes tonight.

19 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

Mentions the 'CEO' again, and the budget cuts 🤣

And the coach

This keeper though....

Moran is a quality player

4 minutes ago, garnersfags said:

Did Ennis touch the ball????

He'll literally hit the bar later

Just now, Leonard Venkhater said:

Wyatt Earp..at least he can shoot himself in the foot like Wahlstedt and Pears...

Ha ha, superb!!!

Looked like a pen for me that

I have no idea what the keeper was thinking there giving Brittain the ball with 4 blue shirts within 5-10 yards of him.

Gregg has been entrusted with the war chest and he's provided the German Chris Brown and the second coming of Alan Fettis.

1 hour ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

Normal fear though...e.g. If Fritzl leaves and doesn't come back, who will feed us?

Great analogy!!!

Heard about this lad when he was at Fleetwood as he was rated as the best ever to come through their ranks. Looks a real player and can't quite fathom how Bournemouth can't find a place for him in their starting 11.

In regard to their goal I'm not going to dig him out for not saving the header but not coming out to claim it in the six yard box was very poor. 

8 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

Bollocks. Gave the ball away a couple of times but defended really well. 

Steady on chief, just an opinion. Won some good free headers but struggled when contested with. Plus from us playing out from the back and controlling possession his tendency to give the ball away had us under pressure more rather than dictating play.

Really hard fought win that and one I felt we deserved. Maybe a bit churlish to pick a couple of players out but Scott Wharton has definitely regressed to looking a bit of a liability and I'll take some convincing on the new keeper.

Nevertheless, I'm as happy as a pig in shit tonight.