davulsukur

No surprise he's gone. Sunderland are ambitious and were clearly expecting to be hitting the playoffs as a minimum. 

I'd be concerned that they might move for JDT, might have the same issues with the idea of a young/development playing squad but if they make an approach, could see him wanting to speak to them. 

Give him a bit of money to play with in January and show some ambition and he'll be gone. He'll get paid more as well.

16 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

who are the kids in our team then? 

Leonard, Moran, Wharton, Carter, Wahlstedt, The whole bench.

Comfortably one of the worst results we've had for a while.

Sheff Wed have redefined crisis club, they are an absolute shambles.

FFS!

Typical Rovers

Get in!!

Good job we can look to the bench to turn it round.....

Dingles 1 up already as well, just to compound our misery 

1 down already.

We aren't great at turning games around. Could be a long afternoon.

22 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Now Sigurdsson is injured. That bench is totally pointless.

Bloody hell, he's injured as well!

Not many options if things aren't working today.

On 29/11/2023 at 23:21, Mattyblue said:

Big Dack fans too…

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/waddley-cack.1620589/

Classic Rovers, follow up a couple of good wins with a loss against a poor team. Fully expect us to bottle this, especially as we're not far off the top 6.

-----------------Wahlstedt

Brittain----Hill-----Carter----Pickering

------------Tronstad---Wharton

Moran--------Szmodics-----Sigurdsson

---------------------Leonard

Down to the bare bones is an understatement, probably a full bench of academy lads.

4 hours ago, tomphil said:

Harsh on Dolan just when he had found his good form again and silenced the internet critics.

Awkward for the team as well seeing as it'll probably mean a change in style not having two busy guys who press. Hopefully JDT reaches into his box of tricks and comes up with something that will suit the potentially good more traditional number 9 we have.

How long is Dolan out for?

Yes Harry!!!

I'm ready......

As always football....

.....kick me in the nuts

FFS!

Don't throw this away!

Just now, LDRover said:

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.

Yep, just feels like we are waiting for a goal to go in for Birmingham now.

Keep making mistakes at the back and we'll get punished soon enough.

Birmingham look to have us figured out already.

If JDT is out thought by Rooney, then good help us all 

Dolan off

Leonard on

We certainly take some insane risks at the back 

That's twice already we've given them a chance

Just now, Proudtobeblue&white said:

Dolan clattered and not even a free kick!

Yeah, not sure how nothing was given for that.

Trav in at RB for Scotty W but otherwise unchanged.

On 27/11/2023 at 16:26, joey_big_nose said:

Garrett came on and played inside right very well. I think JDT has come to a similar conclusion with him to Travis - not good enough technically on the ball to be a pivot, but if you let him press, cover ground and get into tackles he can be pretty useful.

Not sure where Garrett would play in our starting 4231. I think the only place he'd get a go is probably - as bizarre as it sounds - number 10. Or I could see us using him at left back if Pickering got injured in the same way we use Travis at right back. I cant see anyone displacing Tronstad or Wharton from the deeper midfield roles, and if one of them was injured I think Moran would be drafted in from further forward to keep that technical quality on the half turn.

I was thinking about Rovers whilst cycling home from work tonight and I got the feeling that Garrett would start tomorrow in the 10 role behind Szmodics.

I like Garrett and think he could develop into a useful player for us. Not sure why JDT is trying to turn him into an attacker but your suggestion of him not being quite good enough technically as one of the holding mids seems like a fairly logical conclusion tbh.

Moran! 

0-2

Scotty!!!

Get in!

2 hours ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

Ennis out for "two weeks or so".

Absolute waste of time and effort. 

You couldn't make this up. 

So Gallagher and Ennis are just permanently crocked now? 

Let's hope Leonard hits some form.