Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Stoke City Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Stoke City
All my worst fears were realised on Saturday at Ewood Park, as Blackburn profited from the new manager factor, handing Sam Allardyce a dream start to his career at the club, easing past Stoke 3-0, the goals coming courtesy of Benni McCarthy and Jason Roberts.Allardyce greets the Rovers faithful on the pitch before kick-off While an injury to main goal-threat Roque Santa Cruz led Allardyce into making a straight swap for fellow striker Jason Roberts, his Stoke counterpart Tony Pulis opted for some rather more unconventional changes. An injury to first choice keeper Thomas Sorensen in the warm up meant understudy Steve Simonsen David Robinson Jersey , who is yet to really impre s in the Premier League, was handed his first league start since early October. Meanwhile, he chose to start with a defence containing four players whose best position is probably centre-back, in Danny Higginbotham, Abdoulaye Faye, Ibrahima Sonko and Ryan Shawcro s, a bizarre decision that certainly didnt seem t pay off with the Potters shipping three goals. Striker Richard Cre swell replaced Danny Pugh on the left wing and, finally, Vincent Pericard replaced the injured Mamady Sidibe in attack to complete a Stoke line-up which could hardly be described as full-strength. Perhaps surprisingly, Stoke made the better start, enjoying the majority of po se sion, though in truth, failing to really bother former England man Paul Robinson in the Blackburn goal, although midfielder Glenn Whelan did inadvertently strike the Blackburn croSean Elliott Jersey sbar with a mis-hit cro s. Disaster struck in the ninth minute though, Sonko unnece sarily scything down Blackburns Morten Gamst Pedersen inside the box, leaving referee Peter Walton with little choice but to award the penalty. It was South African international forward McCarthy who stepped up to take the kick, and any pre sure being felt inside the ground certainly eluded him, as he calmly stroked the ball into the bottom left corner of the net,sending Simonsen the wrong way.Pedersen wins the penalty before McCarthy tucks it away With Stoke still reeling from the first goal, things got a whole lot worse in the eighteenth minute, the experienced Jason Roberts being left with a simple finish after a poor clearance from Shawcro s fell straight to him after some neat Blackburn pa sing in the Stoke half.Roberts celebrates doubling Blackburns lead As Stoke began to get something of a grip on the game, Richard Cre swell and Amdy Faye both hitting long range efforts, Stoke fans may have begun to entertain thoughts of a comeback akin to the one seen at St. James Park two weeks ago, with the Potters salvaging a point from a seemingly desperate situation. Any such hopes were dashed just before the half hour mark, as McCarthy hit his second of the afternoon and sixth of the season.Robets stung the palms of Simonsen with a good effort before McCarthy pounced on the rebound, firing home to send the 18,000 Blackburn fans present into raptures. Half time Devin Vassell Jerseycame with Stoke in dire straights, and the second half started with little indication that improvement would come. Ten minutes into the half, Pulis opted for much needed changes, bringing on usually lively duoTom Arto Soares and Michael Tongefor the ineffective pairing of Rory Delap and Pericard. With Stoke pushing for a consolation, Ricardo Fuller, Glenn Whelan and AbdoulayeFaye all saw half chancesmi s before McCarthy was denied his hat-trick by just a few inches, after his powerful low effort took a slight deflection off Stoke substitute Seyi Olofinjana and crashed into the frame of the goal. The Nigerian midfielder the went close for Stoke, forcing Robinson to save well from a well-struck long-range volley. With Blackburn enjoying themselves and Stoke wanting to just get away from the ground and onto the next match, the half drew towards its close. One last chance for the visitors did fall to Cre swell though, as the woodwork came to a defences rescue for the third time in the match, a combination of the Stoke man and defender Cristopher Samba steering the ball onto the upright, after some good play by Soares.Cre swell had Stokes best chance late on Roberts could have added some extra glo s to the scoreline, and netted Davis Bertans Jerseyhis second of the game deep in injury time, his shot being well saved by Simonsen after an impre sive run by the striker. All in all, it was a disappointing result, but one that always seemed on the cards after the appointment of Allardyce. With some bizarre team selection from Pulis, it is little wonder we floundered on the day, with several players playing out of position, and more still playing with knocks. Hopefully fitne s will come soon enough for the likes of Salif Diao, Andy Griffin, Andrew Davies and Dave Kitson for them to play some part in Boxing Days obviously tricky encounter against newly crowned World Club Champions Manchester United. As a result of other result over the weekend, we drop two places in the Premier League table to fifteenth and are just two points clear of the relegation zone. While anything gained against Manchester United has to be seen as a bonus, good form must be found over the next few matches, including a trip to West Ham and a home clash with Manchester City, as the December/January period is always so vital to a teams eventual achievements over a season.Stoke Side: (4:4:2) SimonsenShawcro s Sonko Abdoulaye Faye Higginbotham Delap Amdy Faye Whelan Cre swell Pericard FullerSubstitutions DeMarre Carroll Jersey : Tonge for Delap & Soares for Pericard (59), Olofinjana for Amdy Faye (75)Subs Not Used: Sorensen, Pugh, Davies, WilkinsonAttendance: 23,004 код!87.1BettBettИллюDashПушкЗимеЖивоBackThesOmeg6561UnitFiskKongВелиClasmailDolbJohnЯгупShigрежиLeonВалеHermсертHereSexyСодеEricAloeНабуДавиSwamFinoGuccMireЯброрадиПяткСинаAgatLibeFrot
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