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Good pod fellas, nice and insightful. Blades fan

From the “skills” video, it seems Gueye might be feeling quite isolated in Blackburn. His limited English proficiency could be a barrier, and aside from Mafoumbi, who is a lot younger, not in the first team, and speaks French, there might not be many others he can easily communicate with on a day to day basis. This language gap, combined with his frustration over not scoring goals, might prevent him from fully expressing himself during training and matches. It also doesn't help him that Ohashi has come in, scored a few goals and has the vocal backing of the fans. That gives anyone time to settle in on and off the pitch whereas Gueye is clearly feeling pressure to show what he's about. The ideal scenario is that us fans get right behind him, vocally show him how much we want him to do well but as Mark said in the video, the groaning is starting to appear and that doesn't help anyone really.

I've been asking the same question of Eustace for weeks: Why are Gueye and Yuki not allowed to be on the pitch at the same time?? They seem a match made in heaven, and it looks like they get on well in training. I get wanting to have another option, but clearly new ideas are needed, and you don't necessarily need an option if you're already getting goals from a strong pairing starting the game.

Any pacey free agents available now?

It's very clear to me that we need a pacey, creative striker who scores lots of goals. But getting that player is the difficult part.

I think Gueye Confidence has gone since Burnley sending off. Not sure what was said behind closed doors. But he doesn’t seem to be playing the same as he was before then. Though technique not good then he could run with the ball and stuck with him even was cumbersome at times. He was also doing some good lay offs and movement back then as well On Lewis Baker on be very strange with Eustace doesn’t trust him as I always read he was someone Eustace wanted. For me feels like he doesn’t want to drop Travis maybe because he is captain maybe because what happened last year. Due to that Baker can’t get in as he can’t do Tronstad role

Excellent pod lads. I think if we'd scored first against Watford they would have crumbled and we would have almost certainly taken all three points. So the Hyam and Weimann chances were pretty glaring. I'm prepared to give Hyam the benefit of the doubt. Firstly, he's a defender and so it would be harsh to expect his finishing ability to be that of a striker's. The ball's come back to him in the heat of the moment and he's hit the underside of the bar. The fact the ball then bounced down on the line before hitting the post for good measure is borderline ridiculous. If you ran that scenario another ten times a goal is scored on nine occasions. It's just unlucky. But I agree with Mark - you have to hold Weimann to a higher standard. Weimann isn't the attacker you bring in to score 20+ goals a season. He does have a tendency to score important goals though , as he's already shown. And so you expect him to deliver at key moments under pressure. Cantwell's chip through-ball was absolutely delicious. All Weimann had to do was pull the trigger on his weaker left-foot into the far-right corner and the points would have been in the bag. But he tried to over-complicate it by taking a heavy first touch and then lobbing it over the bar. Watford's goalkeeper is Daniel Bachmann. He is one of the worst goalkeepers in the entire division. You don't have to try that hard to get the better of him. Just hit the ball in his general direction and he'll palm it into his own net. It was a missed opportunity at the weekend, but it's also important to remember Watford are unbeaten at home. We played pretty well and on another day we get out of Vicarage Road with something to show for it. Big test coming up at the weekend though. Gustavo Hamer is arguably one of the best players in the league. We're going to need someone to sit on him.

We create very little. its not like gueye has missed any chances

Again the physical aspect is a too much to ignore. Other teams are bigger stronger and faster. You can combat lack of technical ability with more physicality yet we continue to suffer from this for years.

I think everyone needs to calm down about refs taking a few seconds before making big decisions. Giving penalties red cards etc are big events in a game so they need a couple of seconds to process things, they are not robots.

Batty?

You say we ain't got money Venkys do

Great pod, agree with Yuki in the No10 role and Gueye up top

The crowd shout and player tantrums got the penalty A stronger ref would have said no pen

I said it several pods ago and I'm sadly being proved correct, Gueye is not a clinical striker and can't be. He would only work with two up top where he can knock the ball down for the other guy who can find the back of the net. He can't play up there on his own

We've nobody who can take a decent corner or free kick

Matt Jansen. Assisted a goal for Nolan against Arsenal years ago.

I think we'll see a few changes at the weekend. Baker in for Cantwell (i'd put him in number 10 but I expect JE will put him out wide again), Brittain for JRC, Batth for Carter, and maybe Gueye in for Ohashi.

With Dolan being as active as he is off the ball and being the trigger for the press, Do you think we gain enough from that to warrant what we could be losing from not playing Cantwell in the 10, we know Cantwell can play out wide but he isn't blessed with pace and we rarely dominate the ball, can we constantly get him chasing fullbacks back most of the time, or do we want him conserving his energy for when he gets on the ball?

I feel all our issues and strenghts came to the fore, defensively solid but no pace and too little rotation. Still a good point we take it.

If dolan dosent sign a contract and leaves I'm not overly worried, he's had years to prove himself in a set position and hasn't, he's had years to calm down and do the simple things but still dosent. Dolans best points this season have been when he's out wide running at a fullback, which is where he should be he's no where near good enough at no.10 and has shown he's a detriment on more than one occasion. Hedges, duberry, and siggudson all can do what dolan does except they keep it simple when needed.its frustrating with dolan because he has talent, but has the same issue or have and he's gaslighted by people around him and isn't developing.

I agree we did rush. At times it felt like we was acting like we was 1-0 down the way we was forcing the issue. When we should be trying calm down just make them work the ball instead just losing it in our half with poor passing. I’d like to see Cantwell centre and Siggy on left and Dolan on the right at home game. For Celeb owner we’ve got have our very own Matt Smith we just need him make big friends with a big money Hollywood star joint own with him

AJ odudu?

Great stuff as always fellers. We are not playing great but what a base to work and develop from..... Ten games in and 4 points off the top. We'd of took that good and proper. Up the Rovers !

Matt Jansen

Hi guys. I think you do a full pod link this to discuss ideas on how to boost attendances at Ewood. Club really needs to think massively outside the box. Doing ticket checks now which I agree with, very tempting to get cheaper entrances when buying one off if no one ever checks. I think a full list of ideas should be given to the club and then agree a master plan before next season. Yes the ground is too big, Jack god bless him went a bit OTT. I think a massive encouragement to attract towns Pakistani and Indian population as ewood is still sadly a largely white male crowd. Something has to be done. A new model. Maybe develop a big park and ride/drop off zone behind the Darwen end on that random grassy land.

Celebrity owners of Rovers. Dr Who Matt Smith. A fan so would always put the club first...and wrestler Shawn Michaels, another fan due to family connections, who would lay the smackdown on Burnley 😂

Will Ferrell and Tom Hanks could be really fun and obviously bring a ton of influence & financial backing.

Hmm Duff ?

Matt Jansen

I sit in the jack walker lower tier next to the darwen end and I watched beck in second half and he should of been moftm every time the player tried to take him on he cut across and won the ball didn’t get beat once

I definitely didn’t leave ewood feeling as negatively as you did

We were terrible Mike. We are getting away with it at the moment. Swansea were by far the better team with good passing and movement whereas we can’t pass the ball to save our lives. We are really in need of some pace up front if we want to play counter attacking football and we desperately need a number 8 in the middle of the park who all the plays can go through, Travis and Tronstad are not that person.

I am very happy for the win and the clean sheet. The only problem is that I am not used to us winning one nil so it just ends up being a nervous wait to see if we are going to concede or not. Still after the sickening away results, I am glad we are back on track.

odd second half. Becky very good, Maktar had some great moments but some awful moments too. Cantwell quite good. Delighted with win

Dolan is OK at home but still needs improving. Hedges is ok again Weimann is ok Could go on! We are full of players that are ok . Hopefully we get some money to spend in January and push on. Think we are punching at the moment In our position and have been lucky to get the points we have so far .

Not watched the match, but judging from your observations it seems like were employing some decent trigger tactics, St. Pauli did this really well last season, where the pass into a trigger man would set up their final third play, but its quite a smart adaptation to use that in early build up, glad to get a win and seems like something were going to build on

I have always supported Hedges but I think that we need more from somebody playing that position. Surely he is just keeping the spot warm for ACD now.

I certainly didn't think Swansea were the better team. They only really had one clear cut chance at the end when it flashed across the goal. We should have finished at the end though when Weinman (I think) was through with Ohashi

Watching this match with the Swansea commentators just makes me appreciate ours all the more. I feel for Swansea supporters, he's so dull.

Do you have the save percentage or saves/shots faced numbers? I feel like stats those could help tell a story as well. Great stuff as always, lads!

Savage after Bellamy

Roy Vernon and Mike England best Welsh players Rovers had with Bellamy Hughes and another cant remember

Tip tap ok for world class players

Love these more in-depth pods guys, really interesting.

long throws shoot on sight and 75% long balls. No one else does it, sod it. Go direct. Would love to know the % of goals given away by teams by tip tap