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Go Ahead Eagles 4 Blackburn Rovers 2
9:14pm Friday 3rd August 2012 in Blackburn Rovers match reports
MORTEN Gamst Pedersen showed what he still has to offer as he made a scoring return to Blackburn Rovers' first team tonight.
Rovers Norwegian hasn't played in a competitive game for the club since last season's relegation and is understood to be a player the club are willing to offload this summer.
The news of Pedersen's availability has met with mixed response from the Ewood faithful, having spent eight years at the club, and he showed the quality he still possesses with a fierce 20-yard free kick in last night's 4-2 defeat to Dutch outfit Go Ahead Eagles.
Few players in the Championship have the quality Pedersen can deliver and, with his experience also invaluable, there will be a lot hoping the club reconsider his future.
David Goodwillie also scored a brilliant long range strike, after the hosts had raced into a 2-0 lead, but a Grant Hanley own goal in the second half saw the Eagles retake the advantage.
Manager Steve Kean was missing the match for personal reasons, while midfielder Danny Murphy was rested from the trip as a precaution after feeling a pain in his metatarsal.
It will be a comfort to the travelling Rovers fans that they still have the likes of Murphy, Dickson Etuhu and hopefully a couple more additions to come into the side, because last night's display was not good enough against a side paid substantially less than they are.
The Eagles, based in Deventer, over ran Rovers in midfield for large periods as many of Kean's fringe players once again failed to make the most of their opportunity.
Defensively it was a horror show as Eagles got down Rovers' flanks at will, with makeshift centre half Bradley Orr clearly out of position. If Rovers aren't going to sign another centre half, they need to recall Ryan Edwards from Rochdale sharpish.
Rovers' squad included several players not yet seen this summer, with Pedersen and Mark Bunn starting after injuries and Simon Vukcevic named on the substitutes bench for the first time.
It is difficult to see many of the starting XI pushing for a place in the team for the Championship opener at Ipswich, with perhaps only David Dunn and Bradley Orr the exceptions.
The lack of match practice for many of them showed as well as Rovers struggled to get their game going against a mediocre Dutch second tier outfit.
Ruben Rochina, Edinho, Pedersen, Grant Hanley and Goodwillie have all been used sparingly in the pre-season campaign to date and it showed.
In fact, it was the hosts who dominated the opening exchanges as they raced into a 2-0 lead within 20 minutes.
The opener came on 15 minutes as Xander Houtkoop was given the freedom to fire home after Adam Henley had misjudged a cross from the right.
Just four minutes later, the lively Joey Suk rifled home a second goal from close range after Jarchinio Antonia exploited the space down the left to send a deep cross into the box.
It got worse for Rovers on the half hour mark as Bunn limped out of the action shaking his head, to be replaced by Jake Kean.
Only a brilliant point blank stop from Kean prevented Jop Van der Linden from making it 3-0 before the break with Goodwillie having Rovers' first attempt of note in the dying seconds as his header was saved.
The Scot got Rovers back into the game seconds later with a sublime curling 25-yard strike that flew into the top corner. It was perhaps more than the visitors deserved.
Rovers were back in it just minutes after the break as Pedersen rifled home a free kick. Parity didn't last though as Hanley turned into his own net after Houtkoop's shot had struck the post.
Vukcevic made a welcome second half appearance and almost scored with his first touch as his lob was just hacked clear by a covering defender.
Marnix Kolder made it 4-2 on 71 as the home fans sang 'always look on the bright side of life' to their visitors.
Rovers: Bunn (Kean 30), Morris, Henley (Nunes 66), Hanley, Orr, Rochina (O'Sullivan 77), Dunn (Vukcevic 67), Pedersen (Petrovic 61) Olsson (Ribeiro 66), Goodwillie, Edinho (Jorge 35) SUBS: Robinson, Dann, Formica, Givet, Gomes, Lowe
Comments(40)
dallydally
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9:25pm Fri 3 Aug 12
carlmc1
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9:27pm Fri 3 Aug 12
RUinsane
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9:34pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Deadwoodchamps
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9:43pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Le Nay qatt!
Port Vale 1 Rovers 4
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9:45pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Go ahead chickens 2
Go ahead shabby and get shut .
RUinsane
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9:50pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Personal reasons, he's probably out looking for a couple of new midfielders as our new offering of 25 midfielders couldn't hold the dutch under 9's champions out for long. Bostik central here we come.
awh
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10:04pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Deadwoodchamps wrote:Oh look, a chimp managed to use Google translate.
Jekk biss il-blu kellhom ġwienaħ!
Le Nay qatt!
carlmc1
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10:06pm Fri 3 Aug 12
A Darener
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10:11pm Fri 3 Aug 12
A Darener
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10:12pm Fri 3 Aug 12
RUinsane
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10:14pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Deadwoodchamps wrote:Nagħaġ dippjar huwa dak li inti tagħmel l-aħjar
Jekk biss il-blu kellhom ġwienaħ!
Le Nay qatt!
RoverPool
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10:20pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Deadwoodchamps
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10:29pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Tista 'tara u tisma' l-Tumbleweed b'ġentilezza rolling madwar l-ħaxix.
Huma jgħidu l-faqqiegħ jikber fl-abbundanza ....... istess bħall-fools li jappoġġjaw tim tagħhom, dejjem jinżammu fid-dlam!
bburnrover
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10:37pm Fri 3 Aug 12
ronnie clayton
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10:47pm Fri 3 Aug 12
azza234
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11:26pm Fri 3 Aug 12
carlmc1 wrote:yes ive heard of them
As anyone ever heard of this team before? Go ahead Eagles manage to get 4 against us, I fear how many Ipswich might get.
azza234
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11:34pm Fri 3 Aug 12
RoverPool wrote:exactly dnt read to much into pre season it means jack sh1t and what do some ppl want if what is true about murphy wud u of wanted to see him play then he might of injured him self more and probs wudnt of started the season murphy will try and keep himself match fit then risk injuring himself more u dnt play that many games that he did for fulham without being fit enough
Though I admit Kean's inadequences in setting up a defense - sorry in setting up a team full stop. This is only pre-season - it is about fitness as much as anything else. At Fleetwood we were great 1st half - changed half the team - and then were poor second half. Its pre-season - it happens.
azza234
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11:41pm Fri 3 Aug 12
carlmc1 wrote:go ahead eagles are in the dutch top league Eredivisie
As anyone ever heard of this team before? Go ahead Eagles manage to get 4 against us, I fear how many Ipswich might get.
OnePostThenTheOther
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4:36am Sat 4 Aug 12
D E F E N C E
F U L L B A C K S
C E N T R E B A C K S
D E F E N D I N G M I D F I E L D E R
Dan11
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7:30am Sat 4 Aug 12
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DEFENDERS
WE NEED DEFENDERS
WE GOT RELEGATED LAST SEASON, BECAUSE OUR DEFENCE WAS SHOCKING.
DEFENDERS
WE NEED DEFENDERS
WE GOT RELEGATED LAST SEASON, BECAUSE OUR DEFENCE WAS SHOCKING
Dan11
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7:36am Sat 4 Aug 12
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Very Very concerning.
Coeur de Lion
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8:51am Sat 4 Aug 12
Kean out
Hendry out
Anderson out
Comical Ali out
Venkys out
Agnew out.
Coeur de Lion
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8:57am Sat 4 Aug 12
Port Vale 1 Rovers 4 wrote:Excellent!!!!
Go ahead eagles 4
Go ahead chickens 2
Go ahead shabby and get shut .
smellthecoffee
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9:05am Sat 4 Aug 12
Rovers 1495
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9:29am Sat 4 Aug 12
Dan11 wrote:4-2 against a pub team is shocking ... can whoever was in the dugout please take note ... we need some players who can f*cking defend
Henley, Hanley, Orr all will be in the first team squad as defenders. Really the defence is not good enough, but Kean would rather play fantasy football with unknown Portugese midfielders and forwards.
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DEFENDERS
WE NEED DEFENDERS
WE GOT RELEGATED LAST SEASON, BECAUSE OUR DEFENCE WAS SHOCKING.
DEFENDERS
WE NEED DEFENDERS
WE GOT RELEGATED LAST SEASON, BECAUSE OUR DEFENCE WAS SHOCKING
carlmc1
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10:29am Sat 4 Aug 12
azza234 wrote:No they arent, I have checked them out now and they are in the second tier of the Dutch league. They finished 9th last season. I had never heard of them before personally, it would appear that they are a failry small town club, with a stadium that holds around 6,000.
carlmc1 wrote: As anyone ever heard of this team before? Go ahead Eagles manage to get 4 against us, I fear how many Ipswich might get.go ahead eagles are in the dutch top league Eredivisie
alfa111
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11:09am Sat 4 Aug 12
Port Vale 1 Rovers 4 wrote:HA,ha very witty fella like it.
Go ahead eagles 4
Go ahead chickens 2
Go ahead shabby and get shut .
A Darener
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11:12am Sat 4 Aug 12
Road Runner Road Runner
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11:23am Sat 4 Aug 12
The way Dutch football is set up will run rings around these simpletons running BRFC - lower league or not !
Another 4 goals conceded and still those over in Pune will not pull the trigger and rid us of the odious one and his coherts.
I'm stinking sick of this circus that shows no sign of abating.
Never forgiven the way this lot have decimated a once well run club.
B'stards and swine the lot of them.
Arte et labore
MxMave
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2:43pm Sat 4 Aug 12
azza234 wrote:Second tier mate, read the article.
carlmc1 wrote:go ahead eagles are in the dutch top league Eredivisie
As anyone ever heard of this team before? Go ahead Eagles manage to get 4 against us, I fear how many Ipswich might get.
MxMave
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2:48pm Sat 4 Aug 12
RoverPool wrote:2 weeks to kickoff and you think a team should be giving fitness runouts to players who are transfer listed? What are treadmills for, friendlies are about getting a squad to gel and finding tactics to deploy during the season. We will play ipswich with a squad that has never played together before.Look at last year in hong kong, that was an early warning that things wernt right.
Though I admit Kean's inadequences in setting up a defense - sorry in setting up a team full stop. This is only pre-season - it is about fitness as much as anything else. At Fleetwood we were great 1st half - changed half the team - and then were poor second half. Its pre-season - it happens.
carlmc1
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3:30pm Sat 4 Aug 12
pbirty
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4:15pm Sat 4 Aug 12
azza234 wrote:they are in the second league mate, finished 9th.
carlmc1 wrote:go ahead eagles are in the dutch top league Eredivisie
As anyone ever heard of this team before? Go ahead Eagles manage to get 4 against us, I fear how many Ipswich might get.
peely
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6:56pm Sat 4 Aug 12
earwego
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11:58pm Sat 4 Aug 12
Port Vale 1 Rovers 4
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9:03am Sun 5 Aug 12
Road Runner Road Runner wrote:More to come today woody , the only thing nijmegen are famous for is that joy division played there , this result against go ahead is so embarrasing that even the LT hide it from the Rovers pages
More of the hopelessly inept rubbish endured.
The way Dutch football is set up will run rings around these simpletons running BRFC - lower league or not !
Another 4 goals conceded and still those over in Pune will not pull the trigger and rid us of the odious one and his coherts.
I'm stinking sick of this circus that shows no sign of abating.
Never forgiven the way this lot have decimated a once well run club.
B'stards and swine the lot of them.
Arte et labore
WE SHALL OVERCOME SOME DAY
Plasticbertrand
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9:45am Mon 6 Aug 12
PS Whoever thought of 'Comical Ali' as a nickname is a genious, he's a great sidekick to the Tandoori Pickled Scotch Egg.
rover69
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8:37pm Mon 6 Aug 12
A Darener
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8:38pm Mon 6 Aug 12
Plasticbertrand wrote:Meeting is this Saturday!
Wasn't there a meeting at the weekend with Shabby and Blackburn Rovers supporters at King Geroge's Hall. If so how come LET have not done a report on it ?
PS Whoever thought of 'Comical Ali' as a nickname is a genious, he's a great sidekick to the Tandoori Pickled Scotch Egg.
carlmc1 says...
9:24pm Fri 3 Aug 12