Appleton hails Blackburn Rovers' 'magnificent' display against Millwall in FA Cup quarter final
10:00am Monday 11th March 2013 in Sport
By Andy Cryer, Blackburn Rovers reporter
Josh King sees his header come back off the post at the Den
MICHAEL Appleton hailed a “magnificent” effort to keep Blackburn Rovers’ Wembley dream alive – but admits his walking wounded will need some patching up for Wednesday’s replay.
The Rovers boss was full of praise as his side battled to a goalless draw in a hostile quarter final at Millwall, with the winners of Wednesday’s replay meeting Wigan Athletic in an enticing Wembley semi final.
Already suffering with a lengthy injury list, Rovers will be without Adam Henley who limped out before the break with a recurrence of a hamstring injury.
Bradley Orr was set for an X-ray on his ribs last night, having also been forced out, while Leon Best and Josh King will be assessed after starting their first games for a while.
Appleton: “It was as though everything was going against us.
“We will have to make sure we look after the players and do nothing between now and then.
“It looks as though a lot of things are contriving against us. It is not easy at the moment but we have a group of players who are very, very determined.
“They have done ever so well in this competition so far this season. That is four games without conceding a clean sheet in the competition.
“The aim will be for another clean sheet on Wednesday and hoipefully we get the rub of the green at the right time.
“I thought everyone was magnificent today. We had to think quickly on our feet at times but we have a second chance to get to Wembley.”
Millwall put Rovers under heavy pressure at times yesterday but, aside from a distance strike from Danny Shittu, goalkeeper Jake Kean was relatively untested.
It could have been even better for the visitors had Jordan Rhodes not spurned a good chance in either half, but Appleton had few complaints about a battling draw.
He said: “It was a difficult day. I have lost two right backs and we had to chop and change. It would have been quite easy for the players to lie down and give up on the game.
“We switched off once which nearly cost us but apart from that I thought we looked solid and strong.
“Before the game obviously we didn't want a replay but there is an opportunity to play at Wembley for both football clubs and both will be delighted they still have a chance to get to Wembley and will be doing everything they can to get there.
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Comments(54)
leitchy
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10:21am Mon 11 Mar 13
Not sure if Best will be fit enough to play so would like to see Gomez given a start!
MatthewCA
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10:34am Mon 11 Mar 13
all the best.
Tatts
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11:14am Mon 11 Mar 13
Riverside 7
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11:32am Mon 11 Mar 13
Does anyone know why the replay has been scheduled for this Wednesday?
I was under the impression that the police insist on 10 days notice of cup replays.
With regard to Dunny, I have often criticised him for not playing enough games - especially this season.
However, it was good to see him back yesterday - surely he must be better than some of the players who have been selected in central midfield such as Murphy, Etuhu, Lowe etc.
Nevertheless I don't see him ever lasting a full 90 minutes.
I hope he can prove me wrong in the next 2 games.
glp
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11:41am Mon 11 Mar 13
ITV must have missed out the best bits of Rovers play from their highlight show because what I saw on TV was not good football.
Just shows how far the club as fallen in last 2 years if a 0-0 draw against Millwall is now the standard for a performance to be call magnificent !!!
Keen O to Get Kean Out
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12:05pm Mon 11 Mar 13
glp wrote:100% right , how are standards have fallen , we would have mocked the millwall 3 seasons ago, are you listening chicken farmers
"Magnificent display" Mr Appleton??????? ITV must have missed out the best bits of Rovers play from their highlight show because what I saw on TV was not good football. Just shows how far the club as fallen in last 2 years if a 0-0 draw against Millwall is now the standard for a performance to be call magnificent !!!
allan1957
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12:20pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Riverside 7 wrote:The games this Wednesday because next week is an international break, Chelsea and Man Utd are struggling to fit their replay in before the semi-final date
Awful game to watch but at least we are still in with a chance of a Wembley appearance.
Does anyone know why the replay has been scheduled for this Wednesday?
I was under the impression that the police insist on 10 days notice of cup replays.
With regard to Dunny, I have often criticised him for not playing enough games - especially this season.
However, it was good to see him back yesterday - surely he must be better than some of the players who have been selected in central midfield such as Murphy, Etuhu, Lowe etc.
Nevertheless I don't see him ever lasting a full 90 minutes.
I hope he can prove me wrong in the next 2 games.
Stone Island:
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12:29pm Mon 11 Mar 13
We haven't won a game since our unexpected victory over Arsenal. We need to start doing so, or we'll end up in a real relegation dogfight. We are only SEVEN points from the BOTTOM of this league, so this extra game against Millwall is the last thing we needed. We NEED to beat Burnley, because we'll not beat Blackpool, then it's Cardiff and Wednesday away.
Some people are still saying we have an outside chance of the play-off's. That's not being positive, that's delusional.
GameRoverMan
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12:35pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Keen O to Get Kean Out wrote:Unfortunately he's beginning to sound more like Kean by the minute. That was an appalling performance. We barely managed to string 3 passes together until Dunn came on.Hoofing down the middle hoping for a lucky flick on hardly constitutes penetrative attacking play. Whatever happened to playing it on the deck and crossing from the wings?
glp wrote:100% right , how are standards have fallen , we would have mocked the millwall 3 seasons ago, are you listening chicken farmers
"Magnificent display" Mr Appleton??????? ITV must have missed out the best bits of Rovers play from their highlight show because what I saw on TV was not good football. Just shows how far the club as fallen in last 2 years if a 0-0 draw against Millwall is now the standard for a performance to be call magnificent !!!
Hendog
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12:47pm Mon 11 Mar 13
They couldnt string passes together, nobody provided options for passes, nobody looked like they wanted the ball, second to everything. Non-existent midfield. Tactically every poor. Maintained a four-man midfield which was overwhelmed all game whilst keeping two ineffective players up front.
And... while we're being honest. Scott Dann was very poor yesterday. I dont remember him winning one header.
1952 rover
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12:58pm Mon 11 Mar 13
GameRoverMan wrote:Yes but he is not.
Keen O to Get Kean Out wrote:Unfortunately he's beginning to sound more like Kean by the minute. That was an appalling performance. We barely managed to string 3 passes together until Dunn came on.Hoofing down the middle hoping for a lucky flick on hardly constitutes penetrative attacking play. Whatever happened to playing it on the deck and crossing from the wings?
glp wrote:100% right , how are standards have fallen , we would have mocked the millwall 3 seasons ago, are you listening chicken farmers
"Magnificent display" Mr Appleton??????? ITV must have missed out the best bits of Rovers play from their highlight show because what I saw on TV was not good football. Just shows how far the club as fallen in last 2 years if a 0-0 draw against Millwall is now the standard for a performance to be call magnificent !!!
carlmc1
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1:05pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Stone Island: wrote:Hi Stone,
If Kean had called a performance like this 'magnificent', he'd have been hung drawn and quartered! It was dire, but I guess they got what Appleton wanted; a replay. He's a draw merchant. We haven't won a game since our unexpected victory over Arsenal. We need to start doing so, or we'll end up in a real relegation dogfight. We are only SEVEN points from the BOTTOM of this league, so this extra game against Millwall is the last thing we needed. We NEED to beat Burnley, because we'll not beat Blackpool, then it's Cardiff and Wednesday away. Some people are still saying we have an outside chance of the play-off's. That's not being positive, that's delusional.
We are actually only six points clear of the relegation zone and with the way we are playing at the minute, I can't see us getting a win in the next four. I am hoping I am wrong, because if we fail to win any of these then the pressure is well and truly on.
Appleton is looking to contain teams, but given that we have failed to score in all but one of our last 6 games, I am seriously beginning to question his tactics.
I was at Bolton and saw the game on T V yesterday and can honeslty say I found both games incredibily boring. I am all for sayg get behing the team, but please give us something to shout about!
CARover
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1:39pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Angry From Accrington
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1:57pm Mon 11 Mar 13
p.s. is the match on telly on Wednesday?
Nuttall Street
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2:21pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Stone Island:
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2:27pm Mon 11 Mar 13
carlmc1 wrote:Worrying times indeed. There are still thirty points up for grabs, so we could be very easily dragged into the bottom three if we don't start winning some games. It's hard to judge how many points should keep us up, because it's very tight below us. last season, Pompey went down with 40, whereas Leicester went down with 52 in 07/08 I think we need to win at least another 3 to be sure, and on recent performances, that's a tall order.
Stone Island: wrote:Hi Stone,
If Kean had called a performance like this 'magnificent', he'd have been hung drawn and quartered! It was dire, but I guess they got what Appleton wanted; a replay. He's a draw merchant. We haven't won a game since our unexpected victory over Arsenal. We need to start doing so, or we'll end up in a real relegation dogfight. We are only SEVEN points from the BOTTOM of this league, so this extra game against Millwall is the last thing we needed. We NEED to beat Burnley, because we'll not beat Blackpool, then it's Cardiff and Wednesday away. Some people are still saying we have an outside chance of the play-off's. That's not being positive, that's delusional.
We are actually only six points clear of the relegation zone and with the way we are playing at the minute, I can't see us getting a win in the next four. I am hoping I am wrong, because if we fail to win any of these then the pressure is well and truly on.
Appleton is looking to contain teams, but given that we have failed to score in all but one of our last 6 games, I am seriously beginning to question his tactics.
I was at Bolton and saw the game on T V yesterday and can honeslty say I found both games incredibily boring. I am all for sayg get behing the team, but please give us something to shout about!
Iiii1111
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2:53pm Mon 11 Mar 13
What's the point of the way your teams
play football..so we get another chance to bore the crowd and just maybe get another lucky break and beat Millwall (another poor team) for what? So we can turn up at Wembley defend with eleven behind the ball and bore everyone again....What's the point?.....gates are low but I guarantee
they'll get lower......no football fan will want to watch this garbage.....your team did not complete four consecutive passes yesterday...you should be appalled not praiseing the team....the club is in good hands!
noddy57
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2:55pm Mon 11 Mar 13
MxMave
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2:57pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Once again we play defensive longball against a team who are physically stronger than us. It took Appleton 80 mins to change the game and we finally started to look like we might be able to muster a shot on target.
This is the best chance of winning the FA cup we will have in a LONG time and I can't help but feel if we only had a bit of passion, desire and tactical nouse, there would be hope. Unfortunately i've watched many sides in this competition give bigger clubs a better game than Rovers are capable.
Anything less than progression to the semis and a win over Burnley should see the end of "10 men back" Appleton.
Bazzer
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2:59pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Hendog wrote:Scott Dann poor yesterday? He kept us in the game along with Grant Hanley.
Lets be honest people, the performance was abysmal. The result, is a good one, not a magnificent one. Keeps the Wembley dream alive. They couldnt string passes together, nobody provided options for passes, nobody looked like they wanted the ball, second to everything. Non-existent midfield. Tactically every poor. Maintained a four-man midfield which was overwhelmed all game whilst keeping two ineffective players up front. And... while we're being honest. Scott Dann was very poor yesterday. I dont remember him winning one header.
MxMave
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3:00pm Mon 11 Mar 13
noddy57 wrote:We want our Bowyer back!
Absolutely the wrong words to describe an inept performance by the Rovers,,magnificent it was not, and Appletons negativity is all too evident,,l would put gary bowyer in for the rest of the season and put batfink in charge of the reserves,and at the end of the season the guy with the most points gets to keep his job,,,
fishcake 75
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3:18pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Nuttall Street wrote:I could not agree more the man is either completely deluded or he is playing mind games.
MA, why on earth would you call being totally dominated by a poor Millwall side "a magnificent display?" The display was woeful. The result was lucky. The team quite simply cannot play football. When Kean kicks every single ball the full length of the pitch and he is coming a long way out of his area to do the same thing at free kicks it becomes obvious that this lack of football is your strategy. Training days must be short because there is only so much you can do stood at the far end of the pitch hoping for a lucky bounce and watching the ball sailing by high overhead. I am surprised that Madame Venky with her self-professed "philosophy of passing football" will let you keep doing this or is that just nonsense like your "magnificent display"? I am afraid Mr Appleton that you are starting to develop the same delusional traits that our former, much loved, leader Steve Kean used to adopt to to such good effect. I don't know what it is about Blackburn Rovers and their managers developing flights of fantasy. Perhaps it is training at a former looney bin that does it. Now, repeat after me: "We were awful at The Den. We will have to do very much better to beat Millwall at Ewood Park." Got it?
merlinrabbit
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3:42pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Angry From Accrington wrote:You wont be watching if it is will you?
This tells you just about everything you need to know about Appleton. A narrowly scraped nil nil draw that we never deserved against a miserable Millwall team and this is magnificient? This is a measure of the man's ambition and expectations and neither are good enough for season ticket surrender monkeys like me.
p.s. is the match on telly on Wednesday?
merlinrabbit
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3:50pm Mon 11 Mar 13
JPainter90
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4:08pm Mon 11 Mar 13
At half time it was clear that we were outnumbered in midfield and even still, Millwall looked useless. Half time should have been the turning point. A change of tactics could have easily turned that game on it's head. I would expect an 'up and coming' manager like Appleton to spot something like that.
I'm really going off Appleton now, his inexperience is showing and he is like watching paint dry on the touch line. There's no passion or grit in him. I sincerely hope you understand the importance of sunday, the crowd will come down on you like a tonne of bricks if we show the same dire performance against the filthy Dingles.
Hendog
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5:00pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Bazzer wrote:You must be joking. Luck kept Rovers in the game, luck and the fact Millwall are a very poor side. It's a very sad state when that performance by **** is hailed as keeping you in the game. Just because he was less s&£@e than the rest does not mean he wasn't s&£@e.
Hendog wrote:Scott Dann poor yesterday? He kept us in the game along with Grant Hanley.
Lets be honest people, the performance was abysmal. The result, is a good one, not a magnificent one. Keeps the Wembley dream alive. They couldnt string passes together, nobody provided options for passes, nobody looked like they wanted the ball, second to everything. Non-existent midfield. Tactically every poor. Maintained a four-man midfield which was overwhelmed all game whilst keeping two ineffective players up front. And... while we're being honest. Scott Dann was very poor yesterday. I dont remember him winning one header.
They hit the post and missed a sitter, Dann did not keep us in the game.
Hendog
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5:01pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Hendog wrote:Not sure why the first bit was asterisked all I wrote was Dann
Bazzer wrote:You must be joking. Luck kept Rovers in the game, luck and the fact Millwall are a very poor side. It's a very sad state when that performance by **** is hailed as keeping you in the game. Just because he was less s&£@e than the rest does not mean he wasn't s&£@e.
Hendog wrote:Scott Dann poor yesterday? He kept us in the game along with Grant Hanley.
Lets be honest people, the performance was abysmal. The result, is a good one, not a magnificent one. Keeps the Wembley dream alive. They couldnt string passes together, nobody provided options for passes, nobody looked like they wanted the ball, second to everything. Non-existent midfield. Tactically every poor. Maintained a four-man midfield which was overwhelmed all game whilst keeping two ineffective players up front. And... while we're being honest. Scott Dann was very poor yesterday. I dont remember him winning one header.
They hit the post and missed a sitter, Dann did not keep us in the game.
Hendog
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5:04pm Mon 11 Mar 13
kevaspin
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6:19pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Kean 6
Henley 6
Dann 7
Hanley 6
Olsson 5
Bentley 5
Lowe 6
King 3
Pedersen 5
Rhodes 4
Best 1
Please feel free to disagree with me, and before everyone starts telling me how Best needs time, forget it. He is the worst proffesional footballer currently in the championship and nothing will improve his attitude or his ability. Rovers under Appelton are being laughed at again, mark my words. Life long supporter, but embarrased by the state of things as they are. Could it be Appelton is Kean in disguise??????[
CARover
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6:50pm Mon 11 Mar 13
JPainter90 wrote:To your point he has no tactics as i said earlier a dour and ugly performance and he gets a second chance
Hardly magnificent. We hung on, we didn't take the game to them, we just took it as it came and hoofed a long ball every now and then. We were completely out of ideas and looked like a team who were playing for the replay.
At half time it was clear that we were outnumbered in midfield and even still, Millwall looked useless. Half time should have been the turning point. A change of tactics could have easily turned that game on it's head. I would expect an 'up and coming' manager like Appleton to spot something like that.
I'm really going off Appleton now, his inexperience is showing and he is like watching paint dry on the touch line. There's no passion or grit in him. I sincerely hope you understand the importance of sunday, the crowd will come down on you like a tonne of bricks if we show the same dire performance against the filthy Dingles.
GRAHAM HALSALL
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6:54pm Mon 11 Mar 13
GameRoverMan
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7:09pm Mon 11 Mar 13
kevaspin wrote:I agree 100% although I would have given King 1 and Dunn who you don't mention 7 for at least making something happen in midfield.
What a load of old tosh Appelton is coming out with. The Rovers were crap and thats putting it mild against a very very bad Millwall side. Appelton is starting to lie in the same way Kean did, he looks down or away all the time like he dosen't beleive a word he's saying.
Kean 6
Henley 6
Dann 7
Hanley 6
Olsson 5
Bentley 5
Lowe 6
King 3
Pedersen 5
Rhodes 4
Best 1
Please feel free to disagree with me, and before everyone starts telling me how Best needs time, forget it. He is the worst proffesional footballer currently in the championship and nothing will improve his attitude or his ability. Rovers under Appelton are being laughed at again, mark my words. Life long supporter, but embarrased by the state of things as they are. Could it be Appelton is Kean in disguise??????
passingfootball
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7:09pm Mon 11 Mar 13
there are no quick fixes and shortcut in this game, to produce sustainable success, improvement happens in small increments,steady and slow, it has taken the likes of cardiff years to develop the consistency at this level, to get to where there are, they have gotten used how to play teams through experience of playing these teams again and again
Angry From Accrington
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7:11pm Mon 11 Mar 13
merlinrabbit wrote:Might go down the pub and watch where I can have a few pints to numb the pain.
Angry From Accrington wrote: This tells you just about everything you need to know about Appleton. A narrowly scraped nil nil draw that we never deserved against a miserable Millwall team and this is magnificient? This is a measure of the man's ambition and expectations and neither are good enough for season ticket surrender monkeys like me. p.s. is the match on telly on Wednesday?You wont be watching if it is will you?
kevaspin
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7:26pm Mon 11 Mar 13
As for Passing Football's coments re "the guy" I take it that is a reference to Best is it? If it is, I new people would say he needs time, but he dosen't, he realy dosen't. Best is awful, shocking, allways has been always will be. He got a very lucky break in Pardew who thought he saw pottential in him when he was at Saints. Pardew eventually took him to Newcastle were he failed again, just check his career out on Wikapedeia. Granted he has been injured, but 26 goals in 7 years for a centre forward, is this the future for the Rovers.
Trust me Best is awful and he has a well bad attitude to go with it as well hence why clubs move him on all the time.
passingfootball
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7:30pm Mon 11 Mar 13
GRAHAM HALSALL wrote:the comments may have been made based on the number of unfit players that had started the game, plus the injuries to henley and orr where far from ideal, reduced an attacking option, there was a limit to changes that could have been made in the second half, they simply cut their loses and saw the game out, start again stronger position for the replay at ewood, if best and king had picked up an injury, he kept a sub spare just in case, instead of finishing the match with 10 men
i am sorry mr appleton magnificent display - you are mad - it was awful - you think yourself lucky you played such a bloody bad side as millwall. i thought he was supposed to be honest. players will think that their displays were satisfactory. still having sunk as low as we have , we have to put with these "magnificent displays." god help us.
Bazzer
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7:31pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Hendog wrote:Had Dann and Hanley not performed so well we would have been beaten easily. No, I am not joking.
Hendog wrote:Not sure why the first bit was asterisked all I wrote was DannBazzer wrote:You must be joking. Luck kept Rovers in the game, luck and the fact Millwall are a very poor side. It's a very sad state when that performance by **** is hailed as keeping you in the game. Just because he was less s&£@e than the rest does not mean he wasn't s&£@e. They hit the post and missed a sitter, Dann did not keep us in the game.Hendog wrote: Lets be honest people, the performance was abysmal. The result, is a good one, not a magnificent one. Keeps the Wembley dream alive. They couldnt string passes together, nobody provided options for passes, nobody looked like they wanted the ball, second to everything. Non-existent midfield. Tactically every poor. Maintained a four-man midfield which was overwhelmed all game whilst keeping two ineffective players up front. And... while we're being honest. Scott Dann was very poor yesterday. I dont remember him winning one header.Scott Dann poor yesterday? He kept us in the game along with Grant Hanley.
noddy57
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7:41pm Mon 11 Mar 13
MxMave wrote:here here,a straight swap with appy would be fine by me,
noddy57 wrote:We want our Bowyer back!
Absolutely the wrong words to describe an inept performance by the Rovers,,magnificent it was not, and Appletons negativity is all too evident,,l would put gary bowyer in for the rest of the season and put batfink in charge of the reserves,and at the end of the season the guy with the most points gets to keep his job,,,
kevaspin
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7:44pm Mon 11 Mar 13
passingfootball
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7:55pm Mon 11 Mar 13
kevaspin wrote:one thing going best has played at this level before, injuries may have prevents him improving his scoring record, he is in some ways similar to ckr in the way they may not be prolific but make openings for other players and improves their goal tallys,
Game Rover, I agree what you say re Dunn, and I'm not a Dunny fan, to old to slow and injury prone but he did make a difference which proves my point even more! The reason I didn't include him was the same as why I didn't include any of the subs.
As for Passing Football's coments re "the guy" I take it that is a reference to Best is it? If it is, I new people would say he needs time, but he dosen't, he realy dosen't. Best is awful, shocking, allways has been always will be. He got a very lucky break in Pardew who thought he saw pottential in him when he was at Saints. Pardew eventually took him to Newcastle were he failed again, just check his career out on Wikapedeia. Granted he has been injured, but 26 goals in 7 years for a centre forward, is this the future for the Rovers.
Trust me Best is awful and he has a well bad attitude to go with it as well hence why clubs move him on all the time.
dont think he'll start in the next match, might sit out the first half, cant be risking him, other strikers should be getting some games, should be using all our attaacking resources, dont have put all the burden on jordan rhodes, other teams put their better players out for a game, especially when there are 2 or three games in a week just to aviod them being jaded and retain their freshness in front of goall, the ideal thing in the next game is to score first, get in front and get it done as quick as possible, aviod getting involved in a long drawn out match, with extra time etc
passingfootball
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8:10pm Mon 11 Mar 13
kevaspin
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8:16pm Mon 11 Mar 13
CasBRFC
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9:02pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Bazzer wrote:I agree with you Bazzer, a clean sheet and HenDog has a go at the defence, were into the semi final draw for the FA Cup and numpties le HenDog still whinge but thats cos he's either a dingle or knows nowt!
Hendog wrote:Had Dann and Hanley not performed so well we would have been beaten easily. No, I am not joking.
Hendog wrote:Not sure why the first bit was asterisked all I wrote was DannBazzer wrote:You must be joking. Luck kept Rovers in the game, luck and the fact Millwall are a very poor side. It's a very sad state when that performance by **** is hailed as keeping you in the game. Just because he was less s&£@e than the rest does not mean he wasn't s&£@e. They hit the post and missed a sitter, Dann did not keep us in the game.Hendog wrote: Lets be honest people, the performance was abysmal. The result, is a good one, not a magnificent one. Keeps the Wembley dream alive. They couldnt string passes together, nobody provided options for passes, nobody looked like they wanted the ball, second to everything. Non-existent midfield. Tactically every poor. Maintained a four-man midfield which was overwhelmed all game whilst keeping two ineffective players up front. And... while we're being honest. Scott Dann was very poor yesterday. I dont remember him winning one header.Scott Dann poor yesterday? He kept us in the game along with Grant Hanley.
kevaspin
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9:36pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Hendog
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11:16pm Mon 11 Mar 13
CasBRFC wrote:That's the problem, we're forced into being happy with mediocrity. Watch Dann play, and not through rosé tinted specs. Compare him to central defenders in the Championship and don't follow the 7s and 8s the LET gives him every week.
Bazzer wrote:I agree with you Bazzer, a clean sheet and HenDog has a go at the defence, were into the semi final draw for the FA Cup and numpties le HenDog still whinge but thats cos he's either a dingle or knows nowt!
Hendog wrote:Had Dann and Hanley not performed so well we would have been beaten easily. No, I am not joking.
Hendog wrote:Not sure why the first bit was asterisked all I wrote was DannBazzer wrote:You must be joking. Luck kept Rovers in the game, luck and the fact Millwall are a very poor side. It's a very sad state when that performance by **** is hailed as keeping you in the game. Just because he was less s&£@e than the rest does not mean he wasn't s&£@e. They hit the post and missed a sitter, Dann did not keep us in the game.Hendog wrote: Lets be honest people, the performance was abysmal. The result, is a good one, not a magnificent one. Keeps the Wembley dream alive. They couldnt string passes together, nobody provided options for passes, nobody looked like they wanted the ball, second to everything. Non-existent midfield. Tactically every poor. Maintained a four-man midfield which was overwhelmed all game whilst keeping two ineffective players up front. And... while we're being honest. Scott Dann was very poor yesterday. I dont remember him winning one header.Scott Dann poor yesterday? He kept us in the game along with Grant Hanley.
Don't get me wrong he puts more in than most of them but just because he has decided to pull his socks up the last few games doesn't mean he wasn't appalling all thought the beginning of the season and really not that good on Sunday.
handyamBRFC
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12:33am Tue 12 Mar 13
lets talk about the football
especially BRFC...thanks
the reason in my opinion why we are so 's.....' in the championship is we don't have the midfield to cope with championship pressures.
Championship football is a different ball game and actually in my opinion prem. players don't necessarily make good championship players.
We need a complete midfield.
x 3 /4 players
The only way we can stand up and be counted in the championship is if we have the right physically strong players.
strong, physical, box to box ..etc..
but also we need hard as nails humans,
we need fighting dogs of war,
we need lion heart warriors,
we need the Battys,
we need snarling Sounesses
we need bad boys who will rip chunks out of opposition and shred them to bits.
we need the championship to be scared of BRFC because at the moment everyone knows how soft BRFC are especially in the midfield areas.
Very...very pooor
which impacts greatly on the poor defense giving them extra pressure making them look even worse
and the strikers who get few if any chances because of no link up play from midfield.
Roverthere
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3:52am Tue 12 Mar 13
GameRoverMan wrote:Only one problem, the current team cannot string more than two passes together. Stick with the long ball!
Keen O to Get Kean Out wrote:Unfortunately he's beginning to sound more like Kean by the minute. That was an appalling performance. We barely managed to string 3 passes together until Dunn came on.Hoofing down the middle hoping for a lucky flick on hardly constitutes penetrative attacking play. Whatever happened to playing it on the deck and crossing from the wings?
glp wrote:100% right , how are standards have fallen , we would have mocked the millwall 3 seasons ago, are you listening chicken farmers
"Magnificent display" Mr Appleton??????? ITV must have missed out the best bits of Rovers play from their highlight show because what I saw on TV was not good football. Just shows how far the club as fallen in last 2 years if a 0-0 draw against Millwall is now the standard for a performance to be call magnificent !!!
Bazzer
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8:55am Tue 12 Mar 13
Hendog wrote:A clean sheet. That is enough for me. And you still moan. In the post Uncle Jack era there were always going to be moaning stay aways when the inevitable decline set in. Congratulations.
CasBRFC wrote:That's the problem, we're forced into being happy with mediocrity. Watch Dann play, and not through rosé tinted specs. Compare him to central defenders in the Championship and don't follow the 7s and 8s the LET gives him every week. Don't get me wrong he puts more in than most of them but just because he has decided to pull his socks up the last few games doesn't mean he wasn't appalling all thought the beginning of the season and really not that good on Sunday.Bazzer wrote:I agree with you Bazzer, a clean sheet and HenDog has a go at the defence, were into the semi final draw for the FA Cup and numpties le HenDog still whinge but thats cos he's either a dingle or knows nowt!Hendog wrote:Had Dann and Hanley not performed so well we would have been beaten easily. No, I am not joking.Hendog wrote:Not sure why the first bit was asterisked all I wrote was DannBazzer wrote:You must be joking. Luck kept Rovers in the game, luck and the fact Millwall are a very poor side. It's a very sad state when that performance by **** is hailed as keeping you in the game. Just because he was less s&£@e than the rest does not mean he wasn't s&£@e. They hit the post and missed a sitter, Dann did not keep us in the game.Hendog wrote: Lets be honest people, the performance was abysmal. The result, is a good one, not a magnificent one. Keeps the Wembley dream alive. They couldnt string passes together, nobody provided options for passes, nobody looked like they wanted the ball, second to everything. Non-existent midfield. Tactically every poor. Maintained a four-man midfield which was overwhelmed all game whilst keeping two ineffective players up front. And... while we're being honest. Scott Dann was very poor yesterday. I dont remember him winning one header.Scott Dann poor yesterday? He kept us in the game along with Grant Hanley.
dangerous dave
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9:13am Tue 12 Mar 13
OUT WITH THE LOT OF THEM
Hendog
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12:02pm Tue 12 Mar 13
Bazzer wrote:Stay away?! I havent missed a home game all season including the cup and i drove to watch that pitiful performance on Sunday.
Hendog wrote:A clean sheet. That is enough for me. And you still moan. In the post Uncle Jack era there were always going to be moaning stay aways when the inevitable decline set in. Congratulations.
CasBRFC wrote:That's the problem, we're forced into being happy with mediocrity. Watch Dann play, and not through rosé tinted specs. Compare him to central defenders in the Championship and don't follow the 7s and 8s the LET gives him every week. Don't get me wrong he puts more in than most of them but just because he has decided to pull his socks up the last few games doesn't mean he wasn't appalling all thought the beginning of the season and really not that good on Sunday.Bazzer wrote:I agree with you Bazzer, a clean sheet and HenDog has a go at the defence, were into the semi final draw for the FA Cup and numpties le HenDog still whinge but thats cos he's either a dingle or knows nowt!Hendog wrote:Had Dann and Hanley not performed so well we would have been beaten easily. No, I am not joking.Hendog wrote:Not sure why the first bit was asterisked all I wrote was DannBazzer wrote:You must be joking. Luck kept Rovers in the game, luck and the fact Millwall are a very poor side. It's a very sad state when that performance by **** is hailed as keeping you in the game. Just because he was less s&£@e than the rest does not mean he wasn't s&£@e. They hit the post and missed a sitter, Dann did not keep us in the game.Hendog wrote: Lets be honest people, the performance was abysmal. The result, is a good one, not a magnificent one. Keeps the Wembley dream alive. They couldnt string passes together, nobody provided options for passes, nobody looked like they wanted the ball, second to everything. Non-existent midfield. Tactically every poor. Maintained a four-man midfield which was overwhelmed all game whilst keeping two ineffective players up front. And... while we're being honest. Scott Dann was very poor yesterday. I dont remember him winning one header.Scott Dann poor yesterday? He kept us in the game along with Grant Hanley.
That is why i feel i can comment
Bazzer
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5:55pm Tue 12 Mar 13
Hendog wrote:But there is no need to talk nonsense.
Bazzer wrote:Stay away?! I havent missed a home game all season including the cup and i drove to watch that pitiful performance on Sunday. That is why i feel i can commentHendog wrote:A clean sheet. That is enough for me. And you still moan. In the post Uncle Jack era there were always going to be moaning stay aways when the inevitable decline set in. Congratulations.CasBRFC wrote:That's the problem, we're forced into being happy with mediocrity. Watch Dann play, and not through rosé tinted specs. Compare him to central defenders in the Championship and don't follow the 7s and 8s the LET gives him every week. Don't get me wrong he puts more in than most of them but just because he has decided to pull his socks up the last few games doesn't mean he wasn't appalling all thought the beginning of the season and really not that good on Sunday.Bazzer wrote:I agree with you Bazzer, a clean sheet and HenDog has a go at the defence, were into the semi final draw for the FA Cup and numpties le HenDog still whinge but thats cos he's either a dingle or knows nowt!Hendog wrote:Had Dann and Hanley not performed so well we would have been beaten easily. No, I am not joking.Hendog wrote:Not sure why the first bit was asterisked all I wrote was DannBazzer wrote:You must be joking. Luck kept Rovers in the game, luck and the fact Millwall are a very poor side. It's a very sad state when that performance by **** is hailed as keeping you in the game. Just because he was less s&£@e than the rest does not mean he wasn't s&£@e. They hit the post and missed a sitter, Dann did not keep us in the game.Hendog wrote: Lets be honest people, the performance was abysmal. The result, is a good one, not a magnificent one. Keeps the Wembley dream alive. They couldnt string passes together, nobody provided options for passes, nobody looked like they wanted the ball, second to everything. Non-existent midfield. Tactically every poor. Maintained a four-man midfield which was overwhelmed all game whilst keeping two ineffective players up front. And... while we're being honest. Scott Dann was very poor yesterday. I dont remember him winning one header.Scott Dann poor yesterday? He kept us in the game along with Grant Hanley.
handyamBRFC
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1:36am Wed 13 Mar 13
A study of Neanderthal skulls suggests that they went extinct because they had larger eyes than our species.
As a result, more of their brain was devoted to seeing in the long, dark nights in Europe, at the expense of high-level processing.
kevaspin
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10:02pm Wed 13 Mar 13
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