GY v Blackburn rovers match thread

Quoted from Sigone

Hope we dont have to see Sam Jones play wide all season.  He worked his nuts off tonight but in a defensive roll.  Think we lose his goal scoring prowess and he doesn't create too much out wide.  That's the 4th pre-season game i've seen and hes played wide in every one.

Dave Moore has his work cut out tonight then!

Quoted from Hagrid

Dont think summerfield was any worse nor any better than any of our midfield 2 tonight- berrett or rose. None of them looked to do anything with the ball, just sideways passes

Seriously? I took a Blackburn fan with me tonight who thought our midfield tried to do more with the ball than theirs in the first half. I'd also add that Davies did more in midfield than Summerfield.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Seriously? I took a Blackburn fan with me tonight who thought our midfield tried to do more with the ball than theirs in the first half. I'd also add that Davies did more in midfield than Summerfield.

Yeah seriously- each to their own isnt it, i have no idea if that is RS's 1st choice midfield with 3 out injured but didnt inspire me much tonight.

Quoted from oldun

Must be concern over Jamey Osborn. Knee heavily immobilised and using crutches. There is a fear he has torn a crucial element ligament, but will need a scan.

Crucial element ligament?

Do you mean anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)?

Hope not. If so, he'll be out for 6 - 9 months - ie, out for the season.
Surely the GT would have reported that?

Got a scan this week JT said

Solid performance against league 1 title favourites. Dembele was good in the first half and we were pretty solid at the back, with the trailist left-back solid without being spectacular. I would prefer a better attacking leftback, but have we left it to late now. Poor performance from Berrett again and Summerfield didn't show much, although i liked Davies when he came on, and maybe he could be a better option in midfield?...upfront Vernon huffed and puffed, but had little support and was feeding off scraps, and surely Jones can't be persisted with out wide, he's wasted there. A goalscorer is still needed, and whilst i think we'll be hard to beat, it's hard to see were the all the goals are going to come from. I doubt Blackburn on this showing will be promotion contenders though, whilst for us we'll hold our own and with a couple of addittions we could still challenge for the play-offs. Onwards and upwards for our final pre-season game against Wigan. UTM

My first pre season match this season. Thought we outplayed blackburn overall, they had that bit more composure when passing it around but didnt have much energy about them and were lucky to win.
Sriki dembele did some really inpressive things in the first half, thought our defence looked fairly solid, thought most players who played made a decent contribution. I can't see us scoring enough goals with that attacking set up though.

Decent run out, gave me some confidence for the season ahead, be interesting to see how we eventually line up

I think people take pre season friendlies too seriously. We've scored shedloads of goals against weaker opposition and struggled to score against higher opposition, which is only to be expected. Formations and personnel change hugely during 90 minutes and trialists are thrown into the mix, so the consistency of a settled side won't be known until we get going proper against teams in our own division. I don't read too much into them and give them a swerve.

Quoted from jamesgtfc

Good workout tonight. Can safely assume Karleigh Osborne has signed. Jamey Osborne however did not look good hobbling around on crutches.

Hoped to see Roberts for a bit more than 10 minutes in the second half. Mustoe left his side wide open for much of the first half.

Osborne out till at least January I heard.

So Osborne, McAlister and Clements all injured, it's lucky we have so many midfielders!