11 minutes ago, Doug said:

Looking like another piss poor turn out 😔

Out of interest, how do our attendance numbers look in comparison to other clubs? Is everyone seeing a drop in attendance or is it just us? 

Liking the look of this Poveda kid...

Didn’t watch the game, but just feeling a bit frustrated looking at the table.

We could be sitting in 3rd right now if we hadn’t dropped those 2 points at Luton.

It’s been a great start to the season and we now have 3 more winnable games coming up. Can we keep up this form?

That is absolutely criminal and pathetic.

So close from Nyambe!

Just now, bluebruce said:

Magloire on for Rothwell. Formation change?

5-3-2

We've taken our foot off the gas... time to make a change or 2 to freshen things up.

That was a dive from Dolan for me.

2 minutes ago, perthblue02 said:

The EFL announced yesterday that the game was selected / changed for overseas broadcast. no idea why as it was supposed to be the Blackpool game

Pain in the arse that they can do this at short notice when they have already got the subscriptions in for the ifollow feeds.

Way out of practice finding an alternative to rovers tv, no luck today

 

It's on Kayo Sports in Aus.

1 minute ago, TheRoversReturn said:

Can anyone clue us in on what happened in the first half? Quite a few of the regular posters probably didn't get to see anything.

How did we play? Is Gally really up front or did TM get bored after 35 minutes and tell him to hug the touchline? Does Nyambe look fit and should we take Lenihan off as a precautionary measure?

Back 4 looks solid, not much threat from Luton. Don't think any need to take Lenihan off just yet. 

Gally is playing up front but has been the poorest/quietest of the 3 attackers. Dolan and Brereton both quite lively and making things happen. 

Buckley has  been excellent again today. He's really turning into a bit of a box-to-box midfielder, putting in some crunching tackles all over the pitch, but also making things happen with his range of passing. He's going to have a great season IMO. 

Just now, yankfan said:

Happy we’re 2 up. Tidy finish from Dolan, all it too was 2 deflections for us to find him, and good work for Pickering goal. All in all one of the worst half’s of football I’ve seen in a while. For most of the half both sides have been chasing bad touches and lumping balls forward. 

Game was absolute dogshit until our goal, it's been okay since then. Hoping to see some magic from Butterworth or Khadra in the 2nd half.

1 minute ago, TheRoversReturn said:

It's complete bullshit. We're paying the price of a Young Adult season ticket yet never going to the ground, no need for staff throughout the year to help us or stewards to guard us. We just want to watch the game online. 

It used to be a pain when it was 79quid a season but since increasing the price by 125% then now...It's just not good enough.

I agree, it's pretty ridiculous. We're only 6 games in and we've already had 2 games broadcast internationally, so not available via RoversTV. I'm against illegal streams and want to pay to watch, but they really don't make it easy...

3 minutes ago, TheRoversReturn said:

FFS. I can watch us concede after a millisecond against West Brom but I don't get to see us smashing Luton.......

Can someone post the actual formation? Who is up front?

Gallagher up front again. Same 4-3-3 as we've played most weeks.

Now that is a beauty!! Pickering's first goal!

We have been god awful so far... more so than usual if that's possible.

He did get the ball, but it was an awful clumsy challenge.

6 hours ago, booth said:

We spent money a while ago, and the money was badly spent when you look at the the return we've had from it - a lot of money in this league.

As I said I'm not bothered about £5m-10m players. As it stands we haven't spent a penny on a permanent signing yet. Would it be too much to ask for some decent championship players who can do a job? Other teams pick them up. An experienced midfielder? Or a decent replacement for Armstrong? (he's going to be very missed as the season goes on)

I can only guarantee one thing about the players we've brought in, they are inexperienced.

We have one of the highest wage to turnover ratios in the league. I think it’s been made clear a million times before already that we don’t have the money for wages.

I’m sure we can bring in an experienced player on a crazy wage but that then has flow on effects on the rest of the squad as they (or their agents) will want matching terms.

This is going to be as good as it gets unless we either get promoted or more people start buying season tickets.

If we kept Poveda on and taken Brereton off, we would've won.

Decent enough point though I guess.

Dolan is so frustrating to watch. Does so much right, but doesn't know when to release the ball.

2 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

Is the Chile call up saga getting to him? 

I can't read the comments on the official Instagram, it's totally spammed with #freeben

Too much Pepsi.

Brereton has to be hooked. We will lose this otherwise.

Wow...

Brereton has been really poor today. Defence looks shaky. We're going to need a big improvement in the second half. Just need to hold on to the lead til half time.

Beautiful from Gally! Finally being played up front 🙂

Gallagher is playing up front.

4-2-3-1 with Poveda, Brereton and Clarkson forming the 3.