Hull City v Rovers: Boxing Day, 26th December 2021

[Marlow Rover]

Blackburn Rovers players brand Hull City match postponement a "shambles' | ITV News Granada

Just to add my mate txt me at HT to say we played that first half with 9. Gallagher, Buckley and JRC being hopeless. However they were the three that TM dragged off 15 minutes or so later. Well spotted that man.

Tony Mowbray...5 Cut a disappointed figure as his team took so long to get going and even when dominant in the 20 minutes after HT didn't really trouble a rather nervous looking Baxter in the Hull goals. Seemed that McCann spent longer on his homework for this match than Mowbray did.

The phrase 'after the horse has bolted' springs to mind. As much as the referee's decisions were a major factor in our downfall, in my opinion the worst decision of the night was the one where Mowbray decided to play a 5-2-3 formation (Gally replacing Travis in the starting 11), completely killing Rothwell and Buckley in the process. Why on earth would you upset the balance of the team AND 'self-nullify' your creative assets in order to bring in that big lummox?!?

I was absolutely astounded... bloody Davenport must be desperate to leave the club and start again. Seemingly Mowbray doesn't trust him at all and his time with us is surely at an end when the manager goes out of his way to upset the balance of the team and pick Gallagher instead of you.

As for Buckley being hopeless... he was lost in a two-man midfield and offered no protection whatsoever. Even then he still played the three key-passes of the evening (to Brereton for the pen appeal, Khadra to go round the keeper and get cleared off the line, and through the lines to BB who laid in Edun for the half chance on the byline).

If TM doesn't trust Davenport and seemingly Johnson can't do more than 20minutes anymore, then we MUST look for a defensive minded midfielder for the second half of the season - this idea of going with three attackers is absolutely dead, especially with a back 5.

 

[tonygreenbank]

Whether it was my vegan meal or watching the Rovers last night, I had to take to my bed with a bad stomach early so missed the post match debate on here.
Small margins often have the biggest effect in competitive sport and last night was a clear example.
We would have won on Boxing Day I’m sure but yesterday our injuries coupled with their new owners galvanised the Tigers and they lived up to their name.
They were lifted by the crowd and played above themselves; whereas we were so slow and ponderous in that first half. JRC is a better player than he showed last night, Buckley is not Travis and how we missed him. It would have been fascinating to see him against Smallwood.
Our attack was toothless but I totally agree that it was a stonewall penalty which could have changed the game. Gallagher has to start the next 2 games up front as I don’t think we have any other choice. The new lad was invisible for 20 minutes then he does a Poveda which was brilliant to watch. BBD didn’t produce much and we miss him now for 2 games. Boro will be a difficult game on Monday and we saw Wilder there last night. He couldn’t have been too impressed.
Maybe the curse of the camera has struck again? Certainly the commentators kept telling us how bad we were!

 

[khmerblue]

I'm more than happy that Diaz is not breaking any pots ATM.When he comes back from Chile the transfer window should be shut.

 

[Barmitzvah Boy]

Dreadful 24 hours.

- Rovers performance
- the roadworks on the A63 after the match were a joke. The signage was tosh and many cars driving round in circles completely lost. I added 40minutes to my journey
- got flashed for speeding
- positive PCR this morning screws up my long weekend away and Rovers v Boro on Monday

F off World

I blame Boris!!!

 

[Wilpshire Blue]

Let's face it, January is becoming a nightmare.
The Huddersfield 0-0 is the best of the games we've played this month.
Out of the cup at Wigan.
Outplayed at Cardiff but managed to win and outplayed last night.
Mr Wilder will be no fool on Monday too.

Our performances are starting to slide and the enthusiasm and enjoyment the players seemed to have before Christmas is much diminished.
If the opposition has figured out how to play against us then our manager needs to counter this.

 

[Drog]

I'm more than happy that Diaz is not breaking any pots ATM.When he comes back from Chile the transfer window should be shut.

I know but I doubt we'll ever get a better chance of getting stupid money for him.

 

[khmerblue]

Says Moyes wants him,next you will be saying he is a shit manager.

 

[Drog]

No in fact he's a good manager. I wouldn't like to Stand in BBD's way should he get an offer to play for West Ham.

There's a vote on here you might like to participate in waggy. West Ham dealt blow on Brereton Diaz | FootballFanCast.com

 

[Marlow Rover]

Says Moyes wants him,next you will be saying he is a shit manager.

Says who? Moyes might be 'interested', but that's a long way from an actual bid and securing the player. Christ, if his scouts have been watching him for the last month or 6 weeks the reports are hardly going to be flattering are they!

He's had a remarkable 6 months has Brereton, but I just don't see PL quality in him. Moyes does have history of raiding the Championship - Bowen and Benrahma are testament to that... but those two (in my opinion) are a million miles ahead of Brereton as footballers.

 

[khmerblue]

Weyhey are you frogs Doppler ganger, he needs support on this issue.

 

[tonygreenbank]

Dreadful 24 hours.

- Rovers performance
- the roadworks on the A63 after the match were a joke. The signage was tosh and many cars driving round in circles completely lost. I added 40minutes to my journey
- got flashed for speeding
- positive PCR this morning screws up my long weekend away and Rovers v Boro on Monday

F off World

I blame Boris!!!

Gutted for you BB. That’s a catalogue of disaster! Stay positive

 

[Drog]

Weyhey are you frogs Doppler ganger, he needs support on this issue.

I don't need any support waggy. Just the evidence of my own eyes.

btw Are you ODB's doppleganger?

 

[Marlow Rover]

Weyhey are you frogs Doppler ganger, he needs support on this issue.

Funny thing really, but a LOT of fans I speak to pre and post match agree that Brereton is a limited footballer. He looks like he's going to fall over the ball most times he touches it.... I bet they laugh at him at Brockhall to be honest.... God only knows what Alexis Sanchez makes of him.
Ultimately, if he keeps working hard for the team and scoring who cares, I just have a sneaking suspicion he's had an outrageous purple patch and it won't necessarily continue.

Fans need a hero though - it was Rhodes for 4 or 5 seasons.... Were you his biggest fan as well? I hope you weren't one of those that serenaded him on to the pitch two weeks ago. Couldn't bloody believe it I think half the Blackburn End would have gone up if he'd scored!

 

[Drog]

Thanks for the post-match analysis Theno, always a great read, but a bit unfair singling out the strikers as I said in an earlier post. The mach was lost early in the first half by us giving Hull the impetus. Mowbray should have got Buckley further forward and on the ball more. He should have reverted to four at the back and got a deep central body in midfield to shore up a powder-puff midfield. The way Honeyman was allowed to run in for his goal was pathetic with midfield not doing the basics. It was school playground stuff!

Buckley and the ineffective Rothwell should have been further up the field supporting the strikers who were isolated. At least BB-D tried to make his own luck, whereas Gallagher's head tends to drop. The three substitutions smacked of desperation and were not strategic To be fair to Mowbray he seems to have realised that his tactics were off and his frustration was evident. He was let down by a one or two players last night mind.

I'm not saying whose right and wrong SLKS but I've just seen the Lancs Live ratings and they are pretty similar to my own for the strikers 4, 5, 5 for Gally, BBD and Khadra. I had em as 4, 5 and 7. On recollection I should have given Khadra a 6 perhaps.

 

[Drog]

Funny thing really, but a LOT of fans I speak to pre and post match agree that Brereton is a limited footballer. He looks like he's going to fall over the ball most times he touches it.... I bet they laugh at him at Brockhall to be honest.... God only knows what Alexis Sanchez makes of him.
Ultimately, if he keeps working hard for the team and scoring who cares, I just have a sneaking suspicion he's had an outrageous purple patch and it won't necessarily continue.

Fans need a hero though - it was Rhodes for 4 or 5 seasons.... Were you his biggest fan as well? I hope you weren't one of those that serenaded him on to the pitch two weeks ago. Couldn't bloody believe it I think half the Blackburn End would have gone up if he'd scored!

Jon Steadinho had a similar fan club for a time. Some prefer to watch the stats and not the player but I tend to work the other way around..

 

[Marlow Rover]

Jon Steadinho had a similar fan club for a time. Some prefer to watch the stats and not the player but I tend to work the other way around..

Fair play to him - kept us up that season didn't he... Found his level after that though, becoming a bit of a journeyman really.
Souness last season or so aside, we were so lucky with strikers for 20 years -The PL Winners, Jansen, Cole, Bellamy, McCarthy, Santa Cruz... even Yakubu! Was a privilege to watch some of them - Bellamy was my favourite of the lot - adored him.

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

I cannot understand why he just didn't slot Johnson in for Travis
Leave Buckley in the forward role and ok, play JRC in like for like replacement for Nyambe (JRC was miles offf the pace - hardly surprising though)

do feel this one is down to TM and some bloody awful decisions by a blind ref and his assistants - yet again!!

Maybe because Johnson is past it.

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

Thanks for the post-match analysis Theno, always a great read, but a bit unfair singling out the strikers as I said in an earlier post. The mach was lost early in the first half by us giving Hull the impetus. Mowbray should have got Buckley further forward and on the ball more. He should have reverted to four at the back and got a deep central body in midfield to shore up a powder-puff midfield. The way Honeyman was allowed to run in for his goal was pathetic with midfield not doing the basics. It was school playground stuff!

Buckley and the ineffective Rothwell should have been further up the field supporting the strikers who were isolated. At least BB-D tried to make his own luck, whereas Gallagher's head tends to drop. The three substitutions smacked of desperation and were not strategic To be fair to Mowbray he seems to have realised that his tactics were off and his frustration was evident. He was let down by a one or two players last night mind.

Drog never has a good word to say about BBD! He won’t admit he’s been wrong all along.

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

Jon Steadinho had a similar fan club for a time. Some prefer to watch the stats and not the player but I tend to work the other way around..

A striker is measured on goals alone, that’s all that counts. You’re looking the wrong way round.

 

[steve w]

Maybe because Johnson is past it.

Maybe but at least he has a bit of aggression in his play
Rothwell and Buckley were clearly not upto (or up for) the job
Their first goal was down to JR not tracking his man
Johnson might have done though