Not a good half. We look disjointed. We've struggled to get a grip on the game in midfield. Anything decent we've created has come from a long ball, but a lot of them have gone wayward as well. To his credit Best looks more of a presence in the air than Mag at the moment.
We're without Kashi and our two top scorers. We should remember this. Any team in the league would struggle with that, and any team in the league would desperately miss Kashi.
But Robinson has had ~2 weeks on the training ground to figure out how to play without Kashi and we still seem to be lost. JFC has looked to drop in between the center backs at times, but it's still unclear to me how he and Aribo are meant to be playing. Is it one sits and one has more freedom, like with Kashi? Are both supposed to be sitting? Are both supposed to be roaming? Whatever it is, it's not working. That is made harder by the fact that Rovers have been smart and sat off of our defenders, pressing out midfield. And as we know, Jason Pearce isn't going to hurt you with the ball at his feet.
We need to get it down and play more. We need to play through midfield. Joe Aribo is more than technically good enough for this division. We just seem to have lost some of the belief and swagger with the ball that we had earlier in the season, and we don't have Kashi to dictate play.
We can get something out of this game. Blackburn don't look like world beaters. But we need to be better going forward and we need to be much better at marking runs from midfield into our own penalty area.
Been watching on the stream. Dreadful unopposed goal to concede, and reeves missed the only chance we have fashioned when he ought to have buried it. We look very poor all over the pitch, only Pearce playing on good old pro memory looks any good, and that isn't saying much. The second half needs to be about five times better or we will end up getting very severely thrashed.
Tbf 1 0 at half time means we are still in the game. I was expecting worse so I'm not giving up yet
In 2017 (as a Calendar year) we've come from behind to win twice... In games where we've conceded first we've got a point on four occasions (Peterborough & Bury this season the only games) We've lost 10 times where we've failed to score this year (five times this season)
I'll be shocked if we do score to be honest!! - It aint what we do
Not a good half. We look disjointed. We've struggled to get a grip on the game in midfield. Anything decent we've created has come from a long ball, but a lot of them have gone wayward as well. To his credit Best looks more of a presence in the air than Mag at the moment.
We're without Kashi and our two top scorers. We should remember this. Any team in the league would struggle with that, and any team in the league would desperately miss Kashi.
But Robinson has had ~2 weeks on the training ground to figure out how to play without Kashi and we still seem to be lost. JFC has looked to drop in between the center backs at times, but it's still unclear to me how he and Aribo are meant to be playing. Is it one sits and one has more freedom, like with Kashi? Are both supposed to be sitting? Are both supposed to be roaming? Whatever it is, it's not working. That is made harder by the fact that Rovers have been smart and sat off of our defenders, pressing out midfield. And as we know, Jason Pearce isn't going to hurt you with the ball at his feet.
We need to get it down and play more. We need to play through midfield. Joe Aribo is more than technically good enough for this division. We just seem to have lost some of the belief and swagger with the ball that we had earlier in the season, and we don't have Kashi to dictate play.
We can get something out of this game. Blackburn don't look like world beaters. But we need to be better going forward and we need to be much better at marking runs from midfield into our own penalty area.
Neither of whom are Strikers though...
I know its a position we're weak in yet one of the biggest issues is the Strikers we do have, cant score anyway
Not a good half. We look disjointed. We've struggled to get a grip on the game in midfield. Anything decent we've created has come from a long ball, but a lot of them have gone wayward as well. To his credit Best looks more of a presence in the air than Mag at the moment.
We're without Kashi and our two top scorers. We should remember this. Any team in the league would struggle with that, and any team in the league would desperately miss Kashi.
But Robinson has had ~2 weeks on the training ground to figure out how to play without Kashi and we still seem to be lost. JFC has looked to drop in between the center backs at times, but it's still unclear to me how he and Aribo are meant to be playing. Is it one sits and one has more freedom, like with Kashi? Are both supposed to be sitting? Are both supposed to be roaming? Whatever it is, it's not working. That is made harder by the fact that Rovers have been smart and sat off of our defenders, pressing out midfield. And as we know, Jason Pearce isn't going to hurt you with the ball at his feet.
We need to get it down and play more. We need to play through midfield. Joe Aribo is more than technically good enough for this division. We just seem to have lost some of the belief and swagger with the ball that we had earlier in the season, and we don't have Kashi to dictate play.
We can get something out of this game. Blackburn don't look like world beaters. But we need to be better going forward and we need to be much better at marking runs from midfield into our own penalty area.
Neither of whom are Strikers though...
I know its a position we're weak in yet one of the biggest issues is the Strikers we do have, cant score anyway
In our system a big part of the strikers' job is to create space for those attacking players to get goals. I agree Magennis hasn't been as good as he should, but it's not like he (and now Best) have been missing sitters of late. I think our bigger problem is that we're just not creating anything. Our only chance came from a long ball and a great bit of control from Best.
Blackburn RoversVerified account @Rovers 55s55 seconds ago More 50mins: Superb double save from Raya! The Rovers keeper keeps out Solly's crisp strike on the turn at full stretch, before denying Best at point-blank range on the rebound! 1-0
Blackburn RoversVerified account @Rovers 6s6 seconds ago More 52mins: Mulgrew loses possession to Best, who breaks into the area and Downing makes a superb covering challenge. 1-0
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We're without Kashi and our two top scorers. We should remember this. Any team in the league would struggle with that, and any team in the league would desperately miss Kashi.
But Robinson has had ~2 weeks on the training ground to figure out how to play without Kashi and we still seem to be lost. JFC has looked to drop in between the center backs at times, but it's still unclear to me how he and Aribo are meant to be playing. Is it one sits and one has more freedom, like with Kashi? Are both supposed to be sitting? Are both supposed to be roaming? Whatever it is, it's not working. That is made harder by the fact that Rovers have been smart and sat off of our defenders, pressing out midfield. And as we know, Jason Pearce isn't going to hurt you with the ball at his feet.
We need to get it down and play more. We need to play through midfield. Joe Aribo is more than technically good enough for this division. We just seem to have lost some of the belief and swagger with the ball that we had earlier in the season, and we don't have Kashi to dictate play.
We can get something out of this game. Blackburn don't look like world beaters. But we need to be better going forward and we need to be much better at marking runs from midfield into our own penalty area.
We look very poor all over the pitch, only Pearce playing on good old pro memory looks any good, and that isn't saying much.
The second half needs to be about five times better or we will end up getting very severely thrashed.
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I know its a position we're weak in yet one of the biggest issues is the Strikers we do have, cant score anyway
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48mins: Dack's corner is headed behind again. 1-0
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49mins: Dack's next corner finds Mulgrew, who heads wide. 1-0
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50mins: Superb double save from Raya! The Rovers keeper keeps out Solly's crisp strike on the turn at full stretch, before denying Best at point-blank range on the rebound! 1-0
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52mins: Mulgrew loses possession to Best, who breaks into the area and Downing makes a superb covering challenge. 1-0