MATCHWATCH : Blackburn Rovers (h)

[Snowflake Royal]

Sooo NGW is playing LB and LW?

See edited post above.

Ah I see. So kinda like a back 3 but from someone who plays too much FM.

Call it a fluid shape that transitions between a 3, 4 and 5 in defence, pivoting around a midfield trio in an inverted 'V'

[TiagoIlori]

I just don’t get why we don’t always play like this. Teams aren’t good enough in this division to play out from the back. Teams have been stopping us from doing it for years.

Tbf of the managers that tried it I don’t recall any being good managers, just look at the state of their careers. Might be a different story if they were actually coached properly.

I get what you’re saying but if the press is intense enough then the players just don’t have the technical ability to play as quickly as they need to consistently play out from back. Most of the prem don’t either. Any dickhead can sprint at a player on the edge of their box though.

Oh yeah, beating the press is definitely not an easy thing to do. That’s when the manager has to change things up when it’s not going to plan. We’ve been very hard done by managers who live or die by their tactics in recent years I feel.

[CountryRoyal]

Good save Lumley well done.

[Snowflake Royal]

That's the best save Lumley has made this season.

[Tails]

Ayala is a oxf*rd.

[Brogue]

Wow should have been a peno to burn

[Snowflake Royal]

Eeeek. That looked a pen to me, Nice to be on the right side of one of them

[NewCorkSeth]

Thats even for the pen we should have had.

[CountryRoyal]

Definitely seen them given but if anything it’s slightly evened up.

[Snowflake Royal]

TBF, the ref didn't give a foul when someone went straight through the back of Long, so consistent

[Snowflake Royal]

Really nice to see Long and their keeper have a little mutual love in for the shot and save before the corner.

[Brogue]

Goal

[Snowflake Royal]

Hoilett has oxf*rd buried that.

Miles out from a narrow angle. He's got no right to score from there. Keeper no hope.

[CountryRoyal]

Their lad been watching Lumley on Sat?

Tbf that was a lot more impressive than Washington’s.

[Royal_jimmy]

Deserved 2nd goal

[NewCorkSeth]

Hoilett has oxf*rd buried that.

Miles out from a narrow angle. He's got no right to score from there. Keeper no hope.

Need him to do that every time instead of crossing it out of play.

[genome]

I'm feeling rigid

[Brogue]

When was the last game we won a game by 2 clear goals? Peterborough at scl September 14th 3-1

When was the last time we won a game to nil? Blackburn march 19th at the scl 1-0

When was the last time we won 2-0? -notts forest 5th December 2020 at the scl

[NewCorkSeth]

When was the last game we won a game by 2 clear goals?

When was the last time we won a game to nil?

When was the last time we won 2-0?

Never I dont think?

[NewCorkSeth]

Sorry Ian, that's def a back 3. Look at where the lads line up.