Rotherham (H) Match Thread

[Jattdogg]

10 minutes ago, Bordersfox said:

Why do I get nervous when I read that 

.....Waiting....

[lgfualol]

Need a big bloke in the box for games like this

[PhillippaT]

1 minute ago, lnkstern said:

Just for reference...

 

The ref for today's match is Darren Bond.

[jayfox26]

Fatawu gets booked for nothing and Winks is deliberately pulled back after going past his man and no yellow. The inconsistencies are incredible. All refs make mistakes and miss things but I just don't understand how they consistently get it wrong when it comes to booking players. Very odd 

[KingsX]

[StriderHiryu]

3 minutes ago, JimJams said:

Not sure why Wilf isn't hammering that one on goal.

Yeah he had the time to take another touch if he wanted. That was a much better opportunity than the way it played out.

 

I think Ndidi will get hooked today, not his best performance.

[JimJams]

Might be a game for Yunus down the middle.

[trabuch]

I'm starting to really hope Rotherham get relegated. Total lack of ambition. I mean, I know we are good, but at least make some sort of effort to play a game.

[Fazzer 7]

Well the second half can't be any worse
 

[dmayne7]

4 minutes ago, JimJams said:

How many established Premier League teams do you think will go into games against us thinking "Shit, better play 12 at the back!" ?

None? How many do you think are going to let us have the ball without much pressure? None? So the point is, if our philosophy is possession orientated we need to be better at doing something with that considering we'll have far less of it next year. We go through the motions so often and rely on the sheer amount of possession and overwhelming individual quality to get us over the line. That won't work next year. And we're hardly going to see us become a counter attacking team under Enzo. He's married to this philosophy so he need to make sure they're were maximising what we can do with this style of play.

[Dahnsouff]

Good thing is, Jannik is getting so high up the pitch due to their low block, he can start taking pot shots from just outside their area. 

[Beachyboy]

Just now, st albans fox said:

when you don’t get the early goal then playing your first eleven becomes the wrong call in games like this 

 

hindsight …… ….

I'm not sure of this widely held view that players cannot play 2 games in a week, the 2nd 11 although capable are clearly a level below, Coady/Souttar/ Casadei and Cannon clearly need to show more in training to get a place, a few others coming back from injury, suprised Hamza didn't get a run out though, Enzo seems to like him, perhaps Ipswich where we will have less of the ball Is actually more of a Hamza game.

[Chrysalis]

1 minute ago, Tielemans63 said:

Up the tempo second half, and we'll be fine. 

This is the issue, its another training session half.

[Noahfence]

I’ll become worried if it’s still the same at 60 minutes 

[Bordersfox]

1 minute ago, Jattdogg said:

.....Waiting....

You've never waited this long in your life 😂

[FoxesWalk]

5 minutes ago, kristianity77 said:

Probably the most boring 45 minutes I've seen this season.  

Real glad I had to buy two game passes in order to watch this one, after the first one didn’t work… £20 well spent so far 😂

[wardyfox86]

11 men, the manager and the tea lady behind the ball. Was never going to be an interesting spectacle.

 

That is why we're better away, and against the teams that show even a modicum of ambition.

[Stinkenzo]

If people don't like this then I dread to think what they're gonna be like when we're winning considerably less than 80% of our matches next season 

[Benji]

We’re too nice. Players and crowd.  They need to be reminding this ref constantly of the time wasting.  2 minutes added on after it takes as long for one of their long throws.

[Dahnsouff]

That pull back on Winks, without a retrospective yellow was just piss poor officiating. 

[ARM1968]

My son said at least this ref won’t be as bad as the one in the last game. I think the ref must have heard him, as he quite obvious said, hold my fuching beer. 

Edited 23 December 2023 by ARM1968

[Chrysalis]

That clearance at end by vesty probably the biggest sprint any of our players made in that half.

[Vazman]

3 minutes ago, Flappit said:

Rotherham are outstanding at the "dark arts". We need a far better ref to spot all the pulls and trips. 

The Ref is awful again.

[lnkstern]

1 minute ago, Dahnsouff said:

Good thing is, Jannik is getting so high up the pitch due to their low block, he can start taking pot shots from just outside their area. 

 

I would absolutely love a screamer of a goal from either Jannik or Wout.

 

Faes has already taken at least one pot-shot on goal that went well over the bar.

[BKLFox]

Took them 20 seconds to take that throw in just before the break, ref has to get a grip