We're the Millers - Rotherham United FC

[Sammuthegreat]

Any chance of some screenshots of your squad? Always interesting to see a little club overachieving.

 

[TheLuckDuck]

Any chance of some screenshots of your squad? Always interesting to see a little club overachieving.

I keep forgetting to do a squad report at the end/start at each season so here's a few of the key players:
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[TheLuckDuck]

SEPTEMBER
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Last month was poor, we're going to have to improve

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Rotherham United 4-1 Brentford
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Jensen, Cowling, Poole, Doumbia, Tierney, Nadal (Crossley 60), Andrews (Evans 80), Ekangamene, Kruithof, Williams, Tomasic (Young 65)
We went with a 4-2-3-1 today and, although it took a while to get going, it really paid dividends in a dominant win

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Leicester City 2-5 Rotherham United
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Jensen, Cowling, Poole, Doumbia, Tierney, Andrews (Crossley 62), Nadal, Ekangamene, Kruithof, Williams, Tomasic
More goals! Another dominant performance a Richard Williams took over hat-trick duties from Kristijan Tomasic

LEAGUE CUP THIRD ROUND
Manchester United 0-1 Rotherham United
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Pickford, Cowling, Poole, Doumbia, Tierney, Nadal (Crossley 62), Andrews, Ekangamene, Kruithof, Williams, Tomasic (Young 75)
5 in 3 for new boy Tomasic

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Rotherham United 1-0 Watford
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Jensen, Cowling, Poole, Doumbia, Tierney, Nadal (Crossley 66), Andrews, Ekangamene, Kruithof, Williams, Tomasic (Young 66)
Not as dominant as the other league gaems and the own goal was a bit fortunate, but a win's a win

LEAGUE TABLE
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The 4-2-3-1 sees us shoot up the table​

 

[TheLuckDuck]

OCTOBER
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Last month was good, more of the same please!

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Manchester City 1-2 Rotherham United
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Pickford, Cowling, Poole, Doumbia, Tierney, Nadal (Crossley 71), Kessie, Ekangamene (Tomasic 71), Kruithof (Andrews 61), Williams, Young
JORDAN PICKFORD YOU WONDERFUL MAN! An excellent save from John Stones' late penalty spared Doumbia's blushes and allowed us to hang on to the three points

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Norwich City 0-2 Rotherham United
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Pickford, Daniels, Poole, Doumbia, Tierney, Nadal, Kessie, Ekangamene, Smith (Andrews 61), Williams, Tomasic
A great win without a couple of key players against a tricky Norwich side

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Rotherham United 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
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Pickford, Cowling, Poole, Doumbia, Tierney, Nadal (Andrews 73), Kessie, Ekangamene, Kruithof (Smith 58), Williams, Tomasic
Should have been so much more

LEAGUE CUP FOURTH ROUND
Huddersfield Town 2-1 Rotherham United
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Pickford, Cowling, Poole, Golla, O'Neill, Crossley, Andrews (Evans 81), Ekangamene (Tomasic 81), Smith, Williams, Young
Well, that's embarrassing

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Rotherham United
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Pickford, Cowling, Poole, Doumbia, Tierney, Nadal, Andrews (Kessie 66), Ekangamene (Young 66), Kruithof, Williams, Tomasic
Another good win! I'm enjoying the 4-2-3-1!

LEAGUE TABLE
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Could we be part of a breakaway group?​

 

[TheLuckDuck]

NOVEMBER
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We have a very tough month coming up

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Rotherham United 1-0 Manchester United
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Pickford, Cowling, Poole, Doumbia, Tierney, Nadal (Crossley 68), Kessie, Ekangamene, Kruithof, Williams, Tomasic (Young 53)
What a performance! A very good performance saw us pick up an incredible trio of points

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
West Ham United 0-0 Rotherham United
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Jensen, Cowling, Poole, Doumbia, Tierney, Nadal 44, Kessie, Ekangamene, Kruithof (Andrews 66), Williams, Tomasic (Young 66)
Cheers Andre, *****

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Rotherham United 1-0 Everton
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Pickford, Cowling, Poole, Doumbia, Tierney, Andrews (Evans 71), Kessie, Ekangamene (Young 71), Kruithof, Williams, Tomasic
A dominant performance that really should have yielded more goals

LEAGUE TABLE
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A solid month but the goals seem to have dried up​

 

[TheLuckDuck]

DECEMBER
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Time for the festive slog

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Chelsea 2-0 Rotherham United
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Pickford, Cowling, Poole, Doumbia, Tierney, Nadal, Andrews (Kessie 63), Ekangamene, Krutihof (Smith 63), Williams, Tomasic
A really tight game where defensive frailties cost us

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Middlesbrough 0-4 Rotherham United
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Pickford, Cowling, Poole, Doumbia, Tierney, Nadal, Andrews (Crossley 64), Ekangamene, Kruithof (Smith 64), Williams, Tomasic
That's more like it! A huge win in the North East to get us back on track

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Newcastle United 4-2 Rotherham United
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Pickford, Cowling, Poole, Doumbia, Tierney, Nadal 29, Andrews, Ekangamene, Kruithof (Crossley 63), Williams, Tomasic (Young 63)
A lack of discipline screwed us over here

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Rotherham United 1-0 Southampton
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Pickford, Daniels, Poole, Doumbia, Tierney, Andrews (Crossley 61), Kessie, Ekangamene (Young 61), Kruithof, Williams, Tomasic
To struggle against ten men the way we did was embarrassing

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Rotherham United
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Pickford, Cowling, Poole, Doumbia (Golla 76), Tierney, Andrews, Kessie (Evans 76), Ekangamene, Kruithof, Williams, Tomasic
*Shivers*

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Rotherham United 4-0 Bristol City
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Pickford, Cowling, Poole, Golla, Tierney, Andrews, Kessie (Evans 69), Ekangamene, Kruithof (Smith 69), Williams, Tomasic
An excellent way to round off a month that should have yielded a lot more points

LEAGUE TABLE
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10 from a possible 18. Not great​

 

[TheLuckDuck]

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MILLERS DRAW LAZIO IN EUROPA LEAGUE
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Rotherham United have drawn Italian giants S.S. Lazio in the First Knockout Round of the Europa League

The two time Serie A winners also lifted the European Cup Winners Cup in 1999 and have a high European pedigree having navigated a group containing Wolfsburg, KV Mechelen and Ukrainian side FC Vorskla Poltava

Rotherham got into this round having topped Group I, dropping just 3 points in 6 games after losing 1-0 in Marseilles

That blip aside, Rotherham were impeccable, beating Romanian side Dinamo Bucuresti 5-0 both at home and away from home

They also beat Marseille 3-1 at home which was coupled with 3-1 victories over Villarreal both home and away
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[TheLuckDuck]

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QUIET JANUARY AS ROTHERHAM FOCUS ON LEAGUE
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A quiet January has seemingly benefited Rotherham United as the Millers have shrugged off their usual new year malaise, flying through January with an unbeaten record, winning 6 and drawing 1 of their 7 games

The Millers kicked off the month with a 3-1 home win over league leaders Arsenal, inflicting on the Gunners their first league defeat of the season. Rotherham soon followed this up with a 1-0 win in the FA Cup away to Sunderland and a 3-2 win away at Southampton

Rotherham soon topped these wins with possibly their greatest wins of the month, toppling Liverpool 3-1 before smashing Brentford 6-1 at Lionel Road, with 4 Millers players getting on the scoresheet

A slightly disappointing 1-1 draw with Leicester followed before they ended the month with a big 3-0 win in South Wales as they navigated their way past Swansea City in the FA Cup
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[Sammuthegreat]

All a bit easy, isn't it

 

[TheLuckDuck]

All a bit easy, isn't it

I wish that were the case for the next few months

 

[TheLuckDuck]

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MILLERS FANS DESPAIR AT INCONSISTENT FEBRUARY
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An inconsistent month plagued by injuries has seen Rotherham United slip to 4th in the Premier League, with many fans worrying the slide may continue

The Millers, who started the month at the top of the league have seen results dip in recent weeks, as they kicked off their month with a 3-0 defeat to Watford

This match also saw top scorer Kristijan Tomasic damage his Achilles tendon, rendering him unavailable for the rest of the season

The Millers followed that up with a draw against Manchester City and a win over Norwich before crashing out of the FA Cup 4-2 to Liverpool

The Millers ended the month with a disappointing 0-0 draw with South Yorkshire rivals Sheffield Wednesday

Some solace, however, came in Europe, as Rotherham overcame Lazio 3-0 on aggregate. They will face Wolfsburg in the next round
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[TheLuckDuck]

MARCH
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No Tomasic, no problem? Let's hope so

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Rotherham United 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
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Pickford, Cowling, Kessie, Doumbia, Tierney, Nadal (Crossley 64), Andrews, Ekangamene, Kruithof, Williams, Young
A win here would have all but secured our spot in the top 4

EUROPA LEAGUE SECOND KNOCKOUT ROUND FIRST LEG
Wolfsburg 0-2 Rotherham United
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Pickford, Cowling, Kessie, Doumbia, Tierney, Nadal (Crossley 63), Andrews, Ekangamene (Salcedo 63), Kruithof, Williams, Young
A scintillating first half display leaves us with one foot in the final

EUROPA LEAGUE SECOND KNOCKOUT ROUND SECOND LEG
Rotherham United 1-0 Wolfsburg
Rotherham win 1-0 aggregate
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Pickford, Cowling, Kessie, Doumbia, Tierney, Nadal (Crossley 65), Andrews, Ekangamene, Kruithof (Smith 65), Williams, Young
A routine victory sets up a quarter final clash with Inter

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Rotherham United 0-1 West Ham United
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Pickford (Jensen 29), Cowling, Kessie, Doumbia, Tierney, Nadal, Andrews, Ekangamene, Kruithof, Wright, Young (Crossley 62)
Injuries meant 16 year old Brad Wright made his debut in a disappointing defeat to West Ham

LEAGUE TABLE
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At least Europe is going well​

 

[TheLuckDuck]

APRIL
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The Europa League is hotting up

EUROPA LEAGUE QUARTER FINAL FIRST LEG
Internazionale 1-4 Rotherham United
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Pickford, Cowling, Poole (Kamara 62), Doumbia, Tierney, Nadal, Andrews (Crossley 62), Ekangamene, Kruithof (Smith 78), Williams, Young
A night that will go down in Rotherham history as we went to a European powerhouse and played them off the park. A top quality performance that shows that the potential is there, but the consistency is lacking

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Everton 2-1 Rotherham United
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Pickford, Cowling, Poole, Doumbia, O'Neill, Kessie, Andrews (Evans 75), Nadal (Crossley 75), Ekangamene, Williams, Young
Consistency = Lacking

EUROPA LEAGUE QUARTER FINAL SECOND LEG
Rotherham United 4-2 Internazionale
Rotherham win 8-3 on aggregate
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Pickford, Cowling, Kessie, Doumbia, Tierney, Nadal (Crossley 70), Andrews, Ekangamene, Kruithof (Smith 70), Williams, Young
A comfortable victory as we embarrass Inter over the two legs

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Rotherham United 2-1 Chelsea
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Pickford, Daniels, Kessie, Doumbia, O'Neill, Nadal (Crossley 68), Andrews (Evans 89), Ekangamene, Smith, Williams, Young
The triumph of the fringe players! Five backups in the firs eleven and we somehow pulled it off, mainly through luck and the combination of Craig Young and Tom Smith

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Southampton 1-1 Rotherham United
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Pickford, Daniels, Kessie, Doumbia, Tierney, Nadal, Andrews (Crossley 59), Ekangamene, Smith, Williams, Young
They had one shot on target

EUROPA LEAGUE SEMI FINAL FIRST LEG
Rotherham United 2-1 AFC Ajax
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Pickford, Cowling, Poole, Doumbia, Tierney (O'Neill 50), Andrews (Crossley 66), Kessie, Ekangamene, Smith, Williams, Young
Orgest Miloti, Rotherham legend

LEAGUE TABLE
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Should have had top 4 sewn up by now​

 

[ManicBadja]

Awesome stuff in Europe!!!

 

[TheLuckDuck]

Awesome stuff in Europe!!!

Cheers mate

 

[TheLuckDuck]

MAY
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Make or break

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Rotherham United 2-0 Middlesbrough
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Pickford, Cowling, Kessie, Doumbia, O'Neill, Nadal, Andrews, Ekangamene, Smith (Crossley 62), Williams, Young (Wright 62)
A routine win sets us up nicely for Europe

EUROPA LEAGUE SEMI FINAL SECOND LEG
AFC Ajax 1-4 Rotherham United
Rotherham win 6-2 on aggregate
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Pickford, Cowling, Kessie, Doumbia, O'Neill 63, Nadal, Andrews (Evans 63), Ekangamene, Kruithof (Daniels 63), Williams, Young
We did what we threatened to do in the first leg as we completely blew Ajax away here in Amsterdam. We continued to dominate even after O'Neill's stupid red card

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Bristol City 1-3 Rotherham United
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Pickford, Daniels, Kessie, Doumbia, P.Smith, Nadal (Crossley 63), Andrews, Ekangamene, Kruithof (T.Smith 63), Williams, Young
Champions League. Secured.

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Manchester United 0-3 Rotherham United
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Pickford, Daniels, Poole, Doumbia, P.Smith, Nadal (Crossley 67), Andrews (Kessie 79), Ekangamene, Kruithof (T.Smith 67), Williams, Young
This was incredibly frustrating as it is proof we are a very good side, but just not consistent enough

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Rotherham United 0-0 AFC Bournemouth
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Pickford, Daniels, Kamara, Nielsen, O'Neill, Noble, Pulis, Salcedo, T.Smith (Kruithof 68), Williams (Young 68), Wright
I don't care

LEAGUE TABLE
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Arsenal won the league with a 94th minute penalty. Fix?
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[TheLuckDuck]

2022 EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL
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ROTHERHAM UNITED v MANCHESTER CITY
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LINEUPS
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Rotherham go for an attacking 4-2-3-1 whilst Man City opt for a 5-3-2

ROUTE TO THE FINAL

ROTHERHAM		MAN CITY
1st	GROUP	1st
3-0 vs Lazio	1st Round	8-1 vs Celta Vigo
3-0 vs Wolfsburg	2nd Round	4-1 vs Lyon
8-3 vs Inter	QF	3-2 vs Schalke
6-2 vs Ajax	SF	1-0 vs Liverpool

KICK-OFF
9th Minute-Nice play from Man City here, and its Grimaldo, beats one, shoots... straight at Pickford
16th Minute-Isco whips the ball in, hal cleared by Rotherham only as far as Rudiger who shoots.. BLOCKED!

HALF-TIME
Rotherham United 0-0 Manchester City
Man City have been the better of the two sides
SUBS: Brian Kristensen replaces Carlos Soler for Manchester City. Rotherham remain unchanged.

SECOND-HALF
61st Minute-Sergio Aguero replaces Jonathan Tah for Manchester City
67th Minute-Ilkay Gundogan replaces Renato Sanches for Manchester City
76th Minute-Franck Kessie replaces Andre Nadal for Rotherham United
84th Minute-Ekangamene stands over the free kick, he plays it short to Kessie on the edge of the box who strikes it... WHAT A GOAL!!! ROTHERHAM LEAD!

FULL-TIME
Rotherham United 1-0 Manchester City

Rotherham win the Europa League!
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[ManicBadja]

****** **** mate! Well done. A great win against a very strong looking City time!

 

[issteo]

Congrats mate well deserved!!

 

[TheGoat2017]

Manager takes full credit for the inspired substitute methinks?