why are all these posts about old games old managers and old times on here ?
Is it cos you dont go to the game ?
OK then.
In no particular order:
We were excellent going forward in the first half delivering a number of good crosses especially from Goodship.
In the first half Rovers tactics mirrored ours against Oxford and, like Oxford, we took advantage twice but should have had four goals - a Macca chance at the far post and an effort that hit the post.
Nathan was lucky that, when he was daydreaming and picked up a back pass, Rovers didn’t take advantage.
Having seen every game this season I foresaw the second half performance and cashed in my tenner at 5-1 for £48.
Our defence is not even Conference South standard.
Elvis and Nathan have been great but they are shell shocked.
Kiernan is worse than Steve Hatter and Warren May. At least they gave their best and tried every game. Kiernan couldn’t care less and as usual was a disgrace.
Milligan is worse than John Spicer. At least JS had the decency to recognise his own incompetence and disappeared after getting himself sent off. He is lazy, uninspiring and a waste of a shirt.
Dieng is a midfielder who doesn’t like to run around. Centre back ought to be a good position for him but he is hopeless in the air and constantly out of position.
Macca is improving, Demi was hard working, Mantom is doing well, Goodship ought to be up alongside Hopper, can play football and knows where the goal is.
Hopper is a star and if we weren’t such **** I’m sure there would be Championship clubs looking to pay £500k £750k for him.
Humphreys came on and put in a shift - he’s surprisingly quick for a big man- and had one very good run and shot in the second half.
So half of our team are fine as are John White and Hutchinson who didn’t play.
We need an experienced keeper, an entire defence and to get rid of the bad apples particularly Milligan, Lennon and Kiernan.
I went into the game with low expectations and really enjoyed the first half. No Oxley, no sideways passing at the back and no five man defence plus sweeper in front - what’s not to like? They all did their best (Milligan and Kiernan excepted) but with that defence we have very little chance unless we attack all game as we did in the first half.
The vitriol aimed at our players should be better targeted.
Is that better?
Now let’s go back to old times.
It wasn’t that long ago that we were four down at Rovers after about 30 minutes and Lambert had got all of them........or when Anthony put through his own goal in the last seconds to lose us another game at Rovers.......or Harrold scored a penalty four minutes from the end to condemn us to another defeat at the Memorial Ground.
Happy days.
