Official Match Thread Rochdale vs Southend United. NL Play-off Eliminator.

[Chris Powell's mate]

Goodliffe is on the beach already: he had a dreadful half.
But the real issue is, apart from KAF, the ineffective midfield.
I don't care how 'tidy' Coker and Husin are; are they causing problems?
It's not the end of the world, but I think we've been caught in those headlights during the first 45.

 

[MisterStubbs]

Nothing really between the two teams really. 3 avoidable goals in the game. Just got to keep knocking on the door.

 

[Strykr]

Kendall and bonne for hopper and walker imo.

 

[RHB]

Needs a change up front

Yep, Kendall for Walker.

 

[It'sGrimUpNorth]

Not sure Hayes covered himself in glory either

Has he ever? It’s like the ball is covered in baby oil.

 

[CorkShrimper]

Really fortunate it's only 2-1. So many having nightmare games.

 

[RHB]

For me Hayes at fault for both.

Should have dived at the ball before it was slotted in fir the first and why oh why didn't he come out for the second.

Too hesitant

Because maybe he though Goodliffe would defend it, and he didn't.

 

[PIERS]

Taylor and goodliffe having a pair of shockers.

 

[TJC]

Our bench make us stronger IMHO. Just hope we strengthen quick enough

 

[Whispering Bob]

I’m a massive fan of both Taylor and Goodlife, both were below par first half, suspect a mixture of a bobbly pitch and no trust in their keeper?

 

[londonblue]

According to my son who checked frame by frame on his phone, our disallowed goal wasn't offside.

Not convinced myself though.

 

[BTS]

Husin has been awful, slow on the ball, bottling challenges, giving the ball away.

Definitely one to be replaced for next season if we're serious about getting out of this awful league

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

It's tight obviously.

 

[Medway Blue]

Hayes, Goodliffe and (uncharacteristically) Taylor have all had shockers first half. Need to wake TF up.

 

[It'sGrimUpNorth]

Hayes is ****ing dreadful

He’s not that good.

 

[Hooly]

Distinct lack of communication on too many occasions & I know everyone is going to blame Hayes but the rest of the back 3 haven't covered themslves in glory. They have a little bit of pace up front & that's playing havoc with us. We aren't coping well with them clsoing us down at the back.

KAF different class & the referee should be wearing blue.

 

[BTS]

According to my son who checked frame by frame on his phone, our disallowed goal wasn't offside.

He was quite a bit offside to be fair

 

[South Bank Hank]

Really fortunate it's only 2-1. So many having nightmare games.

And so it is. Everything to play for. And we’ll need to do a bit of what Gateshead did last week and force the tempo. We all know that can go one of two ways but at least we do have players on the bench for that purpose.

 

[Supershrimper]

According to my son who checked frame by frame on his phone, our disallowed goal wasn't offside.

Was a well worked corner. Honestly thought we had ****ed it up. Shame it was flagged as offside

 

[GBJ]

Kendall and bonne for hopper and walker imo.

Like for like won’t change anything, I feel.

I’m not sure what the answer is by the way, but we need to be a bit more dynamic than that.