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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2013:12:31:16:59:49 by Deadly Submarine.

0-0 for this one I think

there improving under Clough would be happy with a draw

another dip on the rollcoaster after riding high with the 1-0 win, a 3-1 defeat i would say

IF we play against Shrewsbury the way we did first half, we will get beat.
If we play against Shrewsbury the way we did second half we will win.

But I'd be more than happy with a draw.

0-0

SWA

WE'LL LOSE 5-0

How can we start a game with no defensive cover? What's happened to everyone?

no mcnulty or Wallace only 6 subs 1 down and holmes injured not a good half

2-0 down not good,Baxter back to haunt us, make that 3-0 now trapdoor bolt being undone looks like it will open on Wednesday when Wolves put us to the sword.
Where`s Hateley why not on the bench just to make the numbers up also may have done better at fullback in place of Power!



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another second half collapse - clearly not fit
no excuse for poor subs bench, hateley,mcnulty, otsemorbor- all injured? or victims of RM's man mamagement?
If the likes of callum morris were good enough for the bench a couple of months ago why not now? may explain poor reserve performances if no incentive of promotion

- I just don't think we are fit enough!

Why didn't we offer the johnny king stand to wolves, no discounts 1500 all full price tickets, take them all if you want them, wolves could afford it, and it would fund some decent players (open to debate as to whether DP would recognise them) in January.
New Year - New Owner - New Manager.

As regards the Trust, not enough information to justify their involvement - who would comprise the new board, what are the skills they are bringing & how much have the trust board put in themselves? (Any truth in the suggestion that part of their plans are for all none playing /coaching staff to be made redundant?)

Roll on Wolves

Wers all the players gone mcnulty wasnt injured no explination of wer hately is.......ronnie has lost the plot i think

seems odd that mcnulty Edwards & otsemobor were not in the squad not sure why

i know edwards has a hernia, but the likes of hately, mcnulty, ostembor, even some of the reserves like morris, no sign of any of them, no explination aat all off ronnie were they are ??

I was told by the lad sat next to me that McNulty was ill[a virus]. We were second best throughout-they wouldn't have been flattered if they'd scored more but we made them look good-we were pretty dire overall with a couple of honourable exceptions. Robinson was the worst player on the pitch,so bad that many of our fans applauded when he was substituted. Jose Baxter showed in patches why we should have signed him but feigned injury a couple of times trying to get our players in trouble notably just before half time when he went down holding his face and got treated for a ''leg injury'' then was running around like a spring chicken moments later.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2013:12:29:19:15:13 by Hoots Mon.

Apparently Ridehalgh is going back to Huddersfield in which case we are in urgent need of a left back.

We basically have 4 defenders if the loanees go back.[Taylor,Holmes,Goodison,Horwood] 2 of whom are injured. Wonderful state of affairs-not.

Hateley can play right back, so that could count as a fifth, but new players need signing, however a possible reason for not signing them longer, may have been because of the takeover, because if you get owners that can finance more expensive loans, it makes no sense to sign a £300 a week player like Edwards until May, if you can possibly get a loanee for 10x that in January, with new monied owners.

Then I ate his Liver.......... with some baked beans and a can of coke.

The difference was today was taking the first chance that came the way of each side.

Our poor defending allowed them their first and minutes later, Lowe does brilliantly to beat the Keeper to a header, run towards goal but his chance is blocked....

..that goes in and the way we were playing at the time I think we may well have won.

Add to that the most blatant handball you will see in the build up to their third goal, a Sheff Utd player not getting sent off for a two footed challenge and all round poor and picky officiating and we can count ourselves unlucky today.

Robinson was unfit from the start and spent the first half having a go at others and in particular one moment when he was totally at fault and yet volleyed abuse at Horwood.

I never thought I'd see the day Rovers fans cheered his number going up to be subbed off but today it happened and although it doesn't help to do this it wasn't a surprise it happened.

As for the defence, Horwood should have been back in ages ago anyway but if Ridehalgh is going back then a back-up player is needed. Taylor was my MOTM today and McNulty was ill and should be back Wednesday.

Right back is an issue but with Hateley injured too it is desperate times.

Ash scoring a goal will do him some good confidence wise.

Then I ate his Liver.......... with some baked beans and a can of coke.



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Deadly Submarine
The difference was today was taking the first chance that came the way of each side.
Our poor defending allowed them their first and minutes later, Lowe does brilliantly to beat the Keeper to a header, run towards goal but his chance is blocked....

..that goes in and the way we were playing at the time I think we may well have won.

Add to that the most blatant handball you will see in the build up to their third goal, a Sheff Utd player not getting sent off for a two footed challenge and all round poor and picky officiating and we can count ourselves unlucky today.

Robinson was unfit from the start and spent the first half having a go at others and in particular one moment when he was totally at fault and yet volleyed abuse at Horwood.

I never thought I'd see the day Rovers fans cheered his number going up to be subbed off but today it happened and although it doesn't help to do this it wasn't a surprise it happened.

As for the defence, Horwood should have been back in ages ago anyway but if Ridehalgh is going back then a back-up player is needed. Taylor was my MOTM today and McNulty was ill and should be back Wednesday.

Right back is an issue but with Hateley injured too it is desperate times.

I may be in a minority of one but I thought that the ref had a good game. However I thought he got JLAA's booking wrong and, having seen photo 15 on the official site, I see what you mean about the two footed tackle, though I and the lad next to me both said yellow card at the time. If Lowe wasn't so isolated up front, he could have set up a tap in for somebody else. But as per normal, there was nobody within yards of him.

They had nine shots in the first half,5 on target and we also had a good number of narrow escapes .Apart from Lowe's two shots, I don't remember any efforts we had in the first half.

The 'handball' for the third goal was three quarters of the length of the pitch away from our goal, so we had plenty of chance to stop the move.

Taylor, Lowe and Koumas were the only ones who did okay today.

We should have defended it but if the obvious handball is given the game stops, we have the ball just inside our half and they don't score in that instance.

@ goosed -

McNulty was ill
Hateley was injured.

We now also have injured: Holmes, Goody, Thompson, Wallace, Edwards, Otsemebor

& Baggie + Sodje won't be selected either - Ronnie would rather go one man short on the bench then select them.

Pritty big wage bill for people not available there - think we all agree on that.

Jennings & Robbo just come back from injury not 100% fit too and Ridehalgh going back to Huddersfield soon with question marks over the other loanees.

Ronnie needs to sort it out come Jan.

why hasnt it been mentioned that hately was injured before game answer that ??

One thing I couldn't understand in the first half. Their right back was booked and then didn't have to make a single tackle for the rest of the game. Robbo went walk about from our left side for most of the game. Peterson did well in his first game, playing on the left, but looks very limited on the right as he doesn't have the pace to go past players. I think it would have been worth moving him across and putting pressure on a player on a yellow card. The game at Crewe springs to mind when Danny Holmes got a second yellow. Why do we insist on getting most of our defenders up for dead ball situations? They very rarely score (Sunday was unusual) and we quite often get hit on the break - it cost us dear at Sheffield. Let the attack attack and make the defenders do the job we desperately need them to do - clean sheets are a must in 2014.

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We should have defended it but if the obvious handball is given the game stops, we have the ball just inside our half and they don't score in that instance.

The ball was in their half not ours.

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Hoots Mon

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Deadly Submarine
We should have defended it but if the obvious handball is given the game stops, we have the ball just inside our half and they don't score in that instance.

The ball was in their half not ours.

Well there we go. An even more crucial point for the game not to have been stopped then! Disgrace!