There honestly can't be many teams like us, to look absolutely excellent and absolutely awful in large patches of the same game is bizarre. I don't believe fans of other clubs go through the wringer like we do. Great win!

These last 10 minutes have summed up why we have become an away team. When we have to force a game and work being pressed we look clueless.

7 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

We’re really scraping the barrel with that bench. Most of them have hardly played for the first team ever. It’s a vital part of the modern game.

For me that's what killed us against Preston, we didn't play badly we just ran out of players of quality when the subs came on.

Fair play to the club, we've been desperate to stop players walking away for bugger all. Long may it continue! 

Great news all around.

Superb Rovers! I love that we put them to the sword at the end after that has happened to us so many times. 

Even nicer that the Dingles and Nobbers had it done to them too!!!!

3 hours ago, bluebruce said:

I'm curious why we played every single fit striker at the club in a midweek u21 game 

Must admit, I was rather puzzled by that too!

14 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Football is cruel sometimes. Some of our approach play was excellent with crisp passing mostly off one touch and a real intensity to our play as we got on the front foot. The problem once again was the lack of an out and out striker who is clinical and could finish some of the chances we created. Lots of really good performances with Adam Wharton excelling for me until he tired late on. Hill and Tronstadt carried on from where they left off at Norwich with top notch performances. Preston were a cynical bunch and epitomise their manager. Woodman was wasting time after five minutes and how on earth they didn't gave another three booked is beyond me.

Tomasson is getting a great return from his players right now and one look at the bench tells you how difficult it is for him. If he had some backing I believe he could get us comfortably in the playoffs but he has been let down twice now. I hate losing but I honestly can see that Tomasson is doing his absolute best here right now so I am prepared to be patient.

Very fair assessment, losing last minute in a derby hurts, but we didn't play badly and the non existent striker came back to smack us in the mush yet again. I thought the build up play and short link up passing was some of the best I've seen this season and allowed us to break through their defence but alas again if we have no striker to aim for we are screwed.

We simply ran out of players in the end, we had to make changes due to fatigue and simply had nobody to bring on to solidify us. From the corner until the goal we had no shape whatsoever which is poor, but other than that I think we have had a right kick in the nuts there. 

14 minutes ago, Commondore said:

Wahlstedt is a tricky one, he LOOKS like the perfect keeper (big tall muscular yet athletic) and moves and throws himself just like keepers should, but then he still flaps at crosses or pushes shots back into the danger zone. I think both we and JDT/Broughton are praying that he can learn on the job at this stage. 

Bit of a sobering thought though, I watched the highlights from Luton-Liverpool, and Kaminski made several good (albeit not fantastic) saves only to hesitate at the cross that allowed Liverpool their equalizer. Maybe it's simply part of the game now, crosses come so flat, hard, and quick that keepers can't be expected to catch them like they used to 10-15 years back?

Wahlstedt's job now is to get that big red cross off his back. He will be singled out as a weak link at the back, opposition managers deserve sacking if they don't promote crosses 8-10 yards from the goal line and tell their players to follow in shots. He needs a few games mistake free, to calm the pressure and build confidence, the acid test is whether he can.

It wouldn't be the first time opposing managers play to our goalkeeping weaknesses, teams started to drop the ball between and Pears and the centre halves quite often to watch the carnage unfold! 

Hill is outstanding. He should be Premier League next season for somebody.

To pick between Pears and Wahlstedt as first choice jeeeez.

We just need to switch on here. We are giving them too much time and space. They are very poor.

1 hour ago, jim mk2 said:

 

12-year-old schoolboys 

Someone said it was like a Sunday league goalkeeper, which is in fact an insult to Sunday league goalkeepers. I've rarely seen amateur keepers make the gaffes Wahlstedt (sp?) did at Millwall and Chelsea. 

Both of our goalkeepers are liabilities. Tomasson has to be ruthless.  Bring Pears back until January and find a better goalkeeper in the next transfer window

If we are being honest too Reece James had a shot in the first half that went through his legs and was only stopped because it hit him on the arse on the way down.

Having never seen Leo play before we signed him I'm interested to know if his natural game was to punch the ball away. The more I watch him the more he looks completely unnatural at punching.

Burnley will be fine ... just need to get the drummer sorted 🥁🥁🥁

They were that good going forwards last season they didn't really need to defend. When they did need to defend they looked pretty ropey ... they look worse this season.

Holt did a strange interview with Radio Lancs in pre-season digging Coleman out about how big a squad he amassed in the relegation season and that he should never have let him build up so many players. He stated it cost the club an absolute fortune in scans and medical bills due to the squad size. 

I watched the management interviews too last week and thought it wasn't going to end well. Holt will refuse to pay them off and they won't walk so it could end up a miserable season for them. 

I'm not too sure how well Holts other businesses are doing but I saw Wilko owed them north of £350k when they went pop!

Pretty grim game, I'm just delighted to have won and not played well. The win stops us having to deal with the condescending post match interview from their manager telling us we "are the best footballing team we have played this season" after a defeat.

Great win, well in Rovers!

9 minutes ago, CambridgeRover said:

Carter Dolan Markanday Pickering Pears are all league one quality.

 

Very harsh on Carter, he's not started the season well but was excellent last. Doesn't bode well for a centre back when your mate is having a stinking season too.

2 minutes ago, Displaced Rover said:

Another opposition manager has had a lovely evening watching us knock it about nicely without offering any threat on their goal, as we roll over for another defeat. Great.

Give me shithousing our way to 1-0 wins all season any day. No points for style.

I'm with you, if you read the script of last night's game which was it being a scrappy game with poor finishing but a team got a late winner, we all know which team would have lost. We are still not in my opinion for all the good JDT has done, a team with any sort of grit when the chips are down.

I've noticed that Preston/Bolton are both giving away tickets in a ballot for members of the blue light card scheme (members of emergency services, military etc). They seem to just get it, an empty stadium makes no money. Having people in those seats watching (we must be mega to watch for a neutral) and enjoying their day will stand a far greater chance of creating future revenue than empty seats.

8 minutes ago, Mellor Rover said:

Oh and final point from me, those claiming the squad is too good to go down, we're a Szmodics hamstring away from disaster.

With how much work he is being asked to do and no obvious replacement on the sidelines in the squad currently, this isn't too far off.

I was at the game so didn't any commentary, did Pears get injured when Vardy beat him charging out his goal? AGAIN.

Just now, tomphil said:

We are in some ways but he has to address it matchday tactics are on him.

Number of times so many are committed forward into good positions then we play short pass tap ball slowly around their area. Comes to nothing, we lose it and are then wide open at the back the law of averages states teams with better forwards will punish you if you keep giving them opportunities.

 

Agreed, Sunderland broke on us way more than Leicester did today. If Leicester had that many breaks it could have been 6/7. A misplaced pass happens, when it gives them a 5 on 4 there is a flaw in the system.