shmmeee
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For me it says we need a better defence that gives away fewer chances and our main strikers fit.
Which is hardly mind blowing news.
Match Thread Blackburn Match Thread - 27th Feb - 3PM Kickoff - Ewood Park (15 Viewers)
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For me it says we need a better defence that gives away fewer chances and our main strikers fit.
Which is hardly mind blowing news.
PUSB-We_are_going_up
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According to this on average ratings our top 3 players in games they have played this season areYeah, go here and sort by xGF (expected goals for):Infogol
We’re 16th. For expected goals against were 21st
1) Hamer
2) Godden
3) Biamou
Id say decently accurate
Frostie
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9
His Shots on Target % is just 23%
Ranks 18th out of 21 players for us in Shots on Target %
Bear in mind even shots like his trickle straight to the goalkeeper last night count as a Shot on Target too. It's a woeful record.
PUSB-We_are_going_up
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I reckon if we sign Ostigard and a left footed Center back or two we should be ok next season defensively and they can only get better and to have quality cover like Fadz would be solid
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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I would be really surprised if we signed Ostigard. Listening to him speak, he is really ambitious.
He'll be knocking on the door to play at Brighton, if not I reckon he will go to a top division somewhere.
mark82
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Biamou's average xG is the highest in the squad, which shows he's at least getting in the right positions. If he was younger I'd say there was something to work with, but he's not.
Interesting to see he has third highest average rating in the squad on infogol though. Assume that's statistics based?
PUSB-We_are_going_up
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Bakayoko is probably 0 not because he scores all the time and not because he has no shots but because everyone expects him to not score
PUSB-We_are_going_up
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AFCCOVENTRY
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As they’re in free fall and lost 5 in a row, that means they will thrash us at the weekend. 
Paxman II
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You rarely lose 6 in a row. Something has to give. Will be difficult game this unless we start very brightly. let them get into any kind of stride and they are capable of good results. Go after their weaknesses. Left back, central defenders.
Confidence is a big thing here. Draw the most likely outcome and I'd take that. Just don't bloody lose again. Might be the game to add james in midfield, close them down and play just one up top.
Confidence is a big thing here. Draw the most likely outcome and I'd take that. Just don't bloody lose again. Might be the game to add james in midfield, close them down and play just one up top.
edgy
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AFCCOVENTRY
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Again they’re very good going forward. They still put 2 last Watford. A draw is still a decent result for us.
fernandopartridge
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We've not lost at Blackburn since 1997 (4-0 defeat where Dublin was sent off early on for an alleged elbow on Colin Hendry, I was there), albeit having only played there 5 times since (2 x Premier League and 3 x FA Cup)
cc84cov
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Remember that game
clint van damme
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When he never touched him! Apparently it's because there was intent.
Not long after a United player blatantly swung an elbow at someone and never got sent off because he never made contact.
Not that I'm still bitter about over 20 years later.
fernandopartridge
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After beating them 5-2 that time we had a pretty bad run there, definitely lost 4-0 on more than one occasion (recall Chris Sutton getting a hatrick for them one year not long after he'd signed)
ccfc1234
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I am slightly suprised but would be interested to get Grendel's scholarly perspective on this!
KenilworthSkyBlue
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To be fair what is there to be said. It just shows he's simply not clinical enough which I'm afraid translates into him not being good enough.
Little point in getting in the right positions if you're not going to put the ball in the back of the net - especially as a striker.
shmmeee
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O’Hares is higher.
Sky_Blue_Daz
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Ostigard to score Cov to win 1-0
The defeat at Swansea annoyed me we weren’t robbed or anything but shouldn’t have happened we were more than a match against supposedly one of the best teams in the league it puts that little bit of extra pressure on the Blackburn game which is very winnable in my opinion. We have to start converting our chances getting shots on target will help.
DazzleTommyDazzle
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A man after my own heart!
Frostie
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Assume he means Average xG per game.
Bugsy
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INTERVIEW: Mark Robins Blackburn Rovers Preview
Mark Robins wants his Sky Blues side to produce a “strong” performance when they travel to Ewood Park to play Blackburn Rovers tomorrow afternoon.
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....PUSB
Injury latest:
Julian da costa
The Frenchman had to go off at half-time at Swansea on Wednesday night with a suspected torn stomach muscle, replaced by Dabo who was on the bench for the first time since suffering medial knee ligament damage against Sheffield Wednesday last month.
“I don’t know how bad it is just yet but I would imagine he’ll be missing this weekend," said Robins.
"It depends on the severity of the injury. We'll be carrying out further tests today."
Matty Godden's prognosis after breaking down against Millwall on January 2 was that he could be out anything between two to three months with a plantar fascia foot injury.
But he started to jog again last week and Robins is convinced the striker is edging closer to a return.
The manager revealed on Wednesday night that he hoped to have the 29-year-old talisman back for the last ten games of the season.
But giving an even more encouraging update today, he revealed: “He’ll be training today.
"I will do some work with him after the main body of work and we’re trying to get him back as quickly as we can without putting him at risk."
Josh Reid
The 18-year-old left-back/ left wing-back might have been in line to replace Sam McCallum against Norwich had he been fit.
But unfortunately for the January signing from Ross County he picked up an injury in his first few days of training.
“He got injured really early," revealed Robins.
"He tore his hamstring after just two days’ training so he will be out for six weeks or so."
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Sky Blue Harry H
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Don't get caught too high up the pitch re; Armstrong running in behind, keep 11 men on the pitch, and we're in with a chance.
I rarely end up on opposition forums, but as I signed up last weekend regarding the training ground situation up at Rovers I thought I might as well post a quick view.
Our problems are currently down to poor management of the squad and the tactics we are trying to employ. We have brought in a ton of midfielders but up front wasted big money (£12 mill) on Brereton and Gallagher. For whatever reason, Mowbray doesn't like buying defenders. We started the season with 3 of the back 4 that got us relegated in 2017 and have never brought in much additional cover. A couple of injuries meant that on Wednesday night we had Jared Banthwaite (18yo - on loan from Everton and Harwood-Bellis (19yo - on loan from Man City) as our centre back pairing. As promising as they may be, they are young, inexperienced and had a hand in all 3 goals we conceded. i would imagine if Lenihan is half-fit he will be back in defence.
What we can be is very good on the break. I think in the reverse fixture you tried to come at us and it played into our hands. What we can't do is break teams down. We do not put balls into the box but prefer to tikka-tikka our way to goal. Unfortunately the players we have aren't good enough, so we end up with a lot of posession but doing very little. If you look how many goals we started the season scoring compared to now you can see oppositions managers have sussed us out.
If you are too open I think we will probably score a couple as there is enough attacking talent with Armstrong, Rothwell, Dolan and Elliot (ridiculously composed for a 17 year old. He probably lacks pace to be the superstar he gets touted as but he's going to be very, very good). However if you sit back, but any chance you get try and put pressure on the back line, you will force mistakes and may get some joy from a team completely lacking in confidence ( or one which has simply downed tools)
Our problems are currently down to poor management of the squad and the tactics we are trying to employ. We have brought in a ton of midfielders but up front wasted big money (£12 mill) on Brereton and Gallagher. For whatever reason, Mowbray doesn't like buying defenders. We started the season with 3 of the back 4 that got us relegated in 2017 and have never brought in much additional cover. A couple of injuries meant that on Wednesday night we had Jared Banthwaite (18yo - on loan from Everton and Harwood-Bellis (19yo - on loan from Man City) as our centre back pairing. As promising as they may be, they are young, inexperienced and had a hand in all 3 goals we conceded. i would imagine if Lenihan is half-fit he will be back in defence.
What we can be is very good on the break. I think in the reverse fixture you tried to come at us and it played into our hands. What we can't do is break teams down. We do not put balls into the box but prefer to tikka-tikka our way to goal. Unfortunately the players we have aren't good enough, so we end up with a lot of posession but doing very little. If you look how many goals we started the season scoring compared to now you can see oppositions managers have sussed us out.
If you are too open I think we will probably score a couple as there is enough attacking talent with Armstrong, Rothwell, Dolan and Elliot (ridiculously composed for a 17 year old. He probably lacks pace to be the superstar he gets touted as but he's going to be very, very good). However if you sit back, but any chance you get try and put pressure on the back line, you will force mistakes and may get some joy from a team completely lacking in confidence ( or one which has simply downed tools)
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fernandopartridge
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It does sound very much like Mowbray at Cov 15/16, an array of attacking talent (Armstrong, Jacob Murphy, James Maddison, John Fleck, Ruben Lameiras who all play in the top flight in England and abroad now) but by this stage of the season it'd been worked out.
We too had injuries at the back and mostly used sub standard players or young loanees.
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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Hi there, can relate to a lot of that. The bit about not liking to buy defenders being the big red flag.
He got out team playing some of the best football I have seen in a long time, but his man management was absolutely appalling. Defensively we were a wreck, and we fell away in the second half of the season (15/16 I think) when we were averaging 3 goals a game. We ended up finishing 8th, which was a joke with the team we had really. He had fall outs with one or two players, and then had certain favourites who would play no matter how poorly they were performing.
The next season, the team got stripped for spare parts and ten games in he resigned, with us failing to win a single game. We got relegated to League 2 that season.
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shepardo01
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Cheers BRFCHasta
As previously said - We are a good side to be playing in your current form;
With the exception of games where we have been down to 10 men - Vs you lot for example - nobody has taken us to pieces.
We seem to match teams at whatever level they are playing (be it teams at the top or bottom!) but more often than not, can't seem to edge them out.
We aren't a physical side, try to play football but our cutting edge at the top has been virtually non existent all season. If you score first, you'll more than likely win.
We do lack pace at the back - which could play into your hands if you do counter well, and we have at least one horrific mistake in us at the back each game too.
We too can have lots of possession (56% at Swansea on Weds) but like I said - rarely do anything with it.
This has been a really frustrating season as at times we have looked really good (all be it without winning games - usually due to horrific mistakes at the back) but have failed to pick up the amount of points that we probably should have.
What are the odds of the two kids playing at the back tomorrow? - and are there any rumours at to which names Mowbray will pull of of his hat and throw at the tactics board tomorrow (as you lot have alluded to on your forum!) Has he also been playing AA out wide??
Tough one to call - pressure on both sides (unless - as you say - your lot have downed tools and aren't playing for TM)
BornSlippySkyBlue
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Waxing gibbous
Liquid Gold
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I just have a really bad feeling about this one. We're playing well after letting go of some of the shackles, they're in free fall but they have an ex manager and an ex player.
It's a should win which means we'll lose and I'll be pissed off.
It's a should win which means we'll lose and I'll be pissed off.
Our local reporter is stating that Lenihan will return tomorrow with painkilling injections so one of the lads will be benched. There is an alternative anyway to bring Bennet in at right back and move Nyambe to Centre Half. That wouldn't go down well as the feeling is Bennet gets shoe-horned into the team as much as possible (one of Mowbrays 'favourites' as one of our posters above mentions).
Armstrong has been mainly up front most of the games. We have been playing Sam Gallagher (who might make a quarter-decent striker if played correctly) on the right wing most of the season, to much supporter disgust, but he's out for a few weeks.
There's a young lad McBride who's name is suddenly being spoken by supporters after 10 goals in 13 apps for the Under 23's. He was on the bench for the first time on Wednesday and is absent from the under 23 team playing today so he may feature. However we only play with one striker so he won't start. If we are behind, and we end up with 5 strikers on the pitch including one at right back (yep, it happened against Preston) he might feature then.
As for the midfield, it depends what names tumble out of Tonys Tombola tomorrow morning. Another young lad Dolan (19yo) started the season on fire after arriving from Preston but it seems he's had to make room for Harvey Elliot. I'd hope to see him given a start.
It's a shame with Mowbray as he comes across as a popular bloke when he arrived and did a great job getting us out of league one and back in the Championship. However every season features the post-Christmas slump , things are starting to turn sour and he's started with one or two jibes at the fans.
jimmyhillsfanclub
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After reading this thread so far, I can't get another 4-0 defeat out of my head.....