A fine win for Rovers and a fine performance from debutant goalkeeper David Raya. It is evident that Bowyer has never been entirely happy with any of his goalkeepers so lets hope we have one to finally fill the gloves of our legendary Brad Friedel.
Although in the end, this was a comfortable win, Rovers still give us nervous moments at the back and let us not forget that Leeds had an early penalty appeal waived away and it took a good save from Raya later on to keep things level before the break
However, this isn't the moment to be negative and their are many positives to take from Saturday's game. Ben Marshall's performances are difficult to predict at the best of times but he looks like he may be finding a bit of form before Rovers crunch FA cup quater final replay against Liverpool. Jordan Rhodes (ever since I suggested we sell him) seems to doing his best to prove me wrong with another goal. And we kept another clean sheet to build confidence nicely.
But the most pleasing thing for me was that Rovers actually performed well against 10 men, dominated the possession (57%) and kept going for more goals when we could have coasted at two nil. The only slight niggle was that we only had 5 shots on target all game. This is one area of our game that we definitely need to improve on
Anyway, I can't wait for tomorrows game against Liverpool and all I can say to Brendan Rogers is please play Kolo Toure! His performance against Arsenal last Saturday warmed the cockles of my heart.... Come on Rovers, fans let's have that Ewood Roar back tomorrow and make our ground a seething cauldron of pressure. Afterall, Rovers have nothing to fear and everything to gain. If I was a scouse fan I would be worried!
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