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v Coventry City (a) - 1/10/2024
rovers11 replied to jim mk2's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Ohashi and Weimann off. ACD and Gueye on. Second best so far. -
I don't think we're top 2 material but I certainly think we're top 6 material. I don't see many good teams about in this league this season. Any team that is solid and efficient, which we are, will go very close this season. We also haven't really seen Cantwell and ACD yet this season and they are our two best attacking talents imo. When they are fully fit and firing, they will take our attacking play up a level or two. I don't think a front line of Weimann, Hedges, Dolan, Ohashi is quite good enough and we saw that first half today.
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We're looking in very good shape this season. Solid as a rock defensively and goals all over the team. Cantwell needs to start games. He was magic when he came on. Dolan had a good game too. Batth deservedly man of the match. Two home games in a row now we've won very comfortably with around half an hour to spare. Obviously the sending off changed the game but I think we'd have gone on to win anyway. We are a real force this season. Don't wanna get carried away but I have a very good feeling about this season. The squad balance and strength in depth feels like the best we've had in a long, long time.
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I wasn't able to see the game today but it sounds like we didn't play that well and a draw was about right, with some poor officiating again. 3 tough away games and we haven't lost any of them. And 3 home wins out of 3. Very happy with that start. Need to get Cantwell and Duberry in the starting line up ASAP. They are the two who can unlock defences.
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v Bristol City (h) - 14/9/2024
rovers11 replied to philipl's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Really loving the look and feel of this Rovers side. It's got everything that I feel the best Rovers sides have had in the past - solid, well organised, hard working, get stuck in, and some quality up top. Eustace is following the Hughes/Allardyce blueprint here. Get in some experienced pros, be hard to beat, and get some quality up top. It feels like a real shift in mentally from the club from previous seasons where we have essentially beena youth club. The main goal has all been about developing players and "creating value". Not this season. Eustace was not having that! We won 3-0 yesterday and didn't even get out of first gear. I can't remember the last time that happened. We didn't even have our best team on the pitch. Cantwell, Duberry, and Gueye would be starters when everyone is available (although Yuki has to be in the team somewhere!). That is some talent right there. Beck is the new Warnock. Class player. What a gem. We obviously can't get carried away after 5 games but we certainly have the ingredients for a top 6 finish in a weak league. We are hard to beat, have shown we have the resilience to come back from losing positions, experience all over the pitch, goals galore, fantastic options off the bench, some excellent attacking talent, added some pace in Duberry, and a manager who knows the league inside out. We're in for a very, very good season I think! -
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rovers11 replied to RoversClitheroe's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Signings of the summer = the new recruitment team? I'd give them 10/10 given the restrictions in budget again. I think they did much better than we could have hoped for. They have gone for a mix of experienced championship talent and gambles from abroad. There's no way GB and the previous recruitment team would have pulled these signings out of the bag. Two of the gambles - Gueye and Ohashi - look very impressive so far. The GK position is one where I'd like us to have gone for proven talent but it wasn't to be. -
v Burnley (a) - 31/08/2024
rovers11 replied to Proudtobeblue&white's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
The best thing about today is that it feels like this was the start of normal service returning and us becoming the better team out of the two again. Burnley have one shot at promotion and then they're back in the lower trenches of the championship again for a long time. They are still one of the better teams in the league this year which says a lot as I don't think they're even that good. A very weak league. -
v Burnley (a) - 31/08/2024
rovers11 replied to Proudtobeblue&white's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I thought we were superb second half. We would have won that game with 11 men and we almost did with 10 men. We look like a very well drilled team, and with the little bit of magic that Cantwell and Duberry can provide, we can be a very good team indeed. Beck was brilliant. What a debut that was. Gueye was really good before he got sent off. Stupid red to get though. I thought Eustace was bang average last season but he's now looking like the manager I thought he would be. -
v Burnley (a) - 31/08/2024
rovers11 replied to Proudtobeblue&white's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Beck MOTM by a mile. Been fantastic. -
v Burnley (a) - 31/08/2024
rovers11 replied to Proudtobeblue&white's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Knew it! -
v Burnley (a) - 31/08/2024
rovers11 replied to Proudtobeblue&white's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
We're gonna get a red card today. -
v Burnley (a) - 31/08/2024
rovers11 replied to Proudtobeblue&white's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Pears, Dolan, Hedges are not good enough to be starting games regularly. All need taking out after today. Hyam heading into that category too. Batth should be ahead of him. -
v Burnley (a) - 31/08/2024
rovers11 replied to Proudtobeblue&white's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Ref clearly seen saying offside. -
v Burnley (a) - 31/08/2024
rovers11 replied to Proudtobeblue&white's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
We've barely had a kick and been poor...but we should be 2-1 up. Don't think I've seen a worse offside decision. Great goal from Weimann. We need to improve second half or we will lose this one. Burnley aren't a patch on what there were 2 years ago but they're still one of the better teams in the league. -
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rovers11 replied to RoversClitheroe's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
After years and years of dismal windows, it feels good to be on the right end of one for a change. We've had an excellent window and without doubt our best one for a long time. Of course, no guarantees they will work out but I'm certainly more confident they will than the recruits we made last year. I think we push for play offs this year with that squad. Perhaps lacking a goalscorer but I think there's enough goals within the squad to offset that. -
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rovers11 replied to RoversClitheroe's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Great signing! Cantwell and pacy left winger to go. -
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rovers11 replied to RoversClitheroe's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Sorry, it was poorly worded. I meant they have been given little money to spend despite us bringing in a huge amount from player sales. -
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rovers11 replied to RoversClitheroe's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Duberry and Cantwell all but done apparently. Excellent signings. The new recruitment team have pulled it out the bag this window. They've done very well inspite of very little money being made available from player sales. -
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rovers11 replied to RoversClitheroe's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Pacy wingers on both wings and Cantwell as the playmaker. Very tasty. -
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rovers11 replied to RoversClitheroe's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Solid signing and bags of championship experience. Adds some extra squad depth in CM but I don't think he's any better than what we already have. The signings tomorrow (if they happen!) could well be the game changers we need. -
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rovers11 replied to RoversClitheroe's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
If the GK turns out to be good then I think those 4 get us very close to top 6 if we stay relatively injury free. We have added lots of championship experience; some potential match winners in Ohashi, Cantwell, and Duberry; and a strong presence up top in Gueye. The championship is really weak this season so you don't need to be that great to do well. BUT none of those 4 players have signed yet. -
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rovers11 replied to RoversClitheroe's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Anyone else getting nervous all these deals are gonna fall apart?! All apparently are very close to being done deals! We've been here before though. We get Baker, Duberry, Cantwell, and Toth in then we've had our best window for a long, long time. We'd be genuine top 6 contenders given the league is weak this year. If we can add a pacy left winger too then that would a bonus but I'd be very happy with the four above. -
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rovers11 replied to RoversClitheroe's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I live in the Brighton area so I have heard lots about him in the local press and from Brighton fans. He's very good! Arsenal wanted to keep him which says everything. -
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rovers11 replied to RoversClitheroe's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
The Brighton guy would be a game changer imo. Turns us from a mid table team to play off contenders. I think he's that good. -
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rovers11 replied to RoversClitheroe's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
He did. Said it's all been agreed but there will be a "stringent" medical tomorrow given the wages involved. He also said the Hungarian GK is flying over tonight and he's heard good things about him. We have spoken to the Brighton guy but he's got a few options so we'll see. Also interested interested in Dembele even if we sign the Brighton guy, but price will have to drop. It could even be a loan.