Rotherham Utd v Leeds Utd Match Thread

[Cjay]

Another open goal missed, feeble effort

Yep another one who should have done better, although a left back in the cf position is quite fun

[The Subhuman]

Lol

[Irish Ian]

Just got off the road after a five-hour drive from Chicago and started reading the thread..........

Irish Ian: You. Are. Awesome.

Glad I brought you a smile John

[1964white]

Thank goodness for that.....phew, the first half sounded awful, but luckily we picked up in the second

We were so shocking Swannie it was difficult to tell who was the bottom four team

[1964white]

8 minutes added ...the opposite of fergie time

The board indicated four minutes, we played six mate

[1964white]

West Brom, Boro have replays derby and Bristol City have another cup game to play at least! We can really concentrate on one game at a time with no distractions, Boro won’t enjoy coming down here on a cold and wet night!!

Boro' game is at their place NW

[Irish Ian]

We're not clinical enough Ian

Agreed. Neither do we seem to have any goal scoring threat from around the box.

[1964white]

Imagine if we can produce our Derby form and beat Norwich and then Boro in successive matches

We're capable as we've shown many times this season WR as long as we don't waste the first 45 minutes as better teams would punish us if we played like we did in the first-half today

[1964white]

Hopefully we will also have a settled back 4 etc again soon and have less of the round pegs. Would be good to have some more game changers on the bench too, having the likes of Brown and Bamford to bring on could be huge.

And Dallas

[1964white]

Hernandez has been poor for a while for me and I'd much rather see someone else start instead of him.

Am I seeing things, tell me you are joking Dan

Pablo ran the show in the 2nd half, we wouldn't have won that game if not for his quality play.

We are so reliant on Hernandez it's scary, we'd be ordinary without him

[weasel]

Boro' game is at their place NW

Then it will be even colder and wetter.

[gessa]

Boro' game is at their place NW

I think he meant the cup replay against Newport.

[1964white]

I genuinely think we've missed Phillips in Midfield.

One of our most improved players this season, he has been magnificent contrary to what anyone thinks. Ironic how we've lost three games without KP in his DM role

Where did our defensive midfielder Forshaw go for Rotherham's goal ?

[1964white]

What options do we have?

Philips into midfield and Roberts the only real possibilities at the moment.

Don't need to consider any options on this crazy idea

[weasel]

Again various players being knocked. This is not a team full of world superstars, this is not a team full of players that will produce outstanding performances every week. We have gone from a team that couldn't string 2 passes together under Heckingbottom to a team that largely comprises of the same players playing some great football at times and having a 3 point lead at the top of the table. If Heckingbottom had been left in charge and given Bielsa's transfer budget we'd have been predicting bottom 6. Appreciate these players who are giving it their all, playing badly or playing well this team gives their all for 90+ minutes every week. We didn't hit the heights today but we still bossed the second half and got another late winner. People moaning about KP yet Rotherham, for all the talk of aerial dominance, had 2 shots all game and they were from distance. One flew in and the other nearly did but if you limited the opposition to 2 shots from there every week then 9 out of 10 weeks you are getting a clean sheet. People knocking Alioski for missing a chance, conveniently overlooking the fact that he has been covering every blade of grass overlapping all match yet still had the energy to burst past static defenders into a centre forward position. Pablo gets his criticism yet even when his passes don't come off he continues to try to create great chances and also has worked his b*lls of this season when we haven't had the ball.

This team is a great team, they play for each other, they work for each other, they never give up. They are a special bunch - learn to love them, all of them.

[1964white]

Yep another one who should have done better, although a left back in the cf position is quite fun

Had time to control the ball & bury it

[1964white]

I think he meant the cup replay against Newport.

Ahh !

[Cjay]

Had time to control the ball & bury it

Like he did just last week which was more difficult.

He panicked, but Douglas has missed easier chances so not going to let Ali be slaughterd

I think he is great at left back.

[Haighy]

Am I seeing things, tell me you are joking Dan

Pablo ran the show in the 2nd half, we wouldn't have won that game if not for his quality play.

We are so reliant on Hernandez it's scary, we'd be ordinary without him

Totally agree.
He's class.

[Haighy]

Don't need to consider any options on this crazy idea

You're joking... liability is Phillips!
Bench next week !