Thought we played well and controlled the game for long periods. Rotherham were very direct and did cause us a few problems at set pieces. Al-Habsi made 3 decent saves and looked really solid. The back 4 dealt well with open attacks from Rotherham and I was particuarly impressed with McShane today (but then again, when isn't he excellent?!) Felt sorry for Liam Kelly, as it seemed to be a tactical switch. However, pushing JVDB in front of the CBs worked a treat. We attacked and probed well....but can we please buy/get in on loan a striker who can score/take pens. I was impressed with Yann again today...worked his socks off and held…
Just watched the Sky Sports highlights. Looks like Ali had an absolute blinder.
Lol at the BBC texter who reckons he is the worst keeper in the championship....bound to be an hna poster :roll:
Thought we struggled get to grips with Rotherham's directness early doors and they caused us a few problems from corners in particular. After that we totally dominated the ball for the rest of the 1st half without going anywhere. Apart from a 5 minute spell midway through the 2nd half when Rotherham caused us more problems from set pieces (Al Habsi made 1 superb save in particular), we absolutely bossed it. Should have scored well before we did - they couldn't live with us when we passed it quickly and had players moving off each other as proven by van den Berg's run for the pen and when Swift hit the bar. All in all, when we move…
Got home back south about an hour ago. Was a good win v a battling Rotherham side. The first half we were poor and really struggled against their physicality but second half we were awesome and should have won much more comfortably had it not been down to poor finishing from us (penalty included) and good defending by Rotherham. Was good to see Kelly start but was disappointed when he got subbed. But we played our best football with van den Berg in midfield and it changed the game without a doubt I think unless we buy a decent finisher in Jan then we are a nailed on mid table side Decentish turn out from our fans (644 in total) but…
Got home back south about an hour ago. Was a good win v a battling Rotherham side. The first half we were poor and really struggled against their physicality but second half we were awesome and should have won much more comfortably had it not been down to poor finishing from us (penalty included) and good defending by Rotherham. Was good to see Kelly start but was disappointed when he got subbed. But we played our best football with van den Berg in midfield and it changed the game without a doubt I think unless we buy a decent finisher in Jan then we are a nailed on mid table side Decentish turn out from our fans (644 in total) but…
Got home back south about an hour ago. Was a good win v a battling Rotherham side. The first half we were poor and really struggled against their physicality but second half we were awesome and should have won much more comfortably had it not been down to poor finishing from us (penalty included) and good defending by Rotherham. Was good to see Kelly start but was disappointed when he got subbed. But we played our best football with van den Berg in midfield and it changed the game without a doubt I think unless we buy a decent finisher in Jan then we are a nailed on mid table side Decentish turn out from our fans (644 in total) but…
With the exception of Swift. Difficult to see where the goals are going to come from this season from the front players. Even when there are chances we rarely seem to hit the target or cause the opposition keeper any real problems. At least Stam made the substitution early in the game. While Kelly was probing with his passing. Simply offered nothing in defence. Against what was a tall physical side. In the second half JVB also drove the team forward. Good to see someone pick up the mantle. Another 3 points in the bag, a clean sheet, and another game to work on the style of play.
This Championship game took place 3543 days ago in the 2016/2017 season.