[Archived] Blyth Spartans Vs Blackburn Rovers

[novella]

To be fair we played like a pub team and we still should have scored a fair few.

Positives:

- That starting 11 dont usually come anywhere near the first team.

- Mark Bunn didnt have to do much but looks assured in goal. good kicking.

- Another positive result for sam.

- Moekoena will be sold.

[Rovermatt]

We escaped with the win and no injuries. That's all that matters. Other than that it was dreadful.

[brfcshabba]

The Blyth defender handled Roberts better than Onouha did last week

[Tim Southampton Rover]

How did Roberts do after he caame on? Nobody has even mentioned him so it cant have been very much!

One of his efforts from 6 yards nearly wen out for a throw in!!

Summed up the entire game really!

[Guest Kamy100]

Played badly but still could have been 3 or 4 up if finishing had been better. Thought that Carlos looked like the one player out there capable of doing something different and great free kick. Last 10 minutes we were very poor and Blyth should have equalised. Still through to the next round, no injuries and Sam is still unbeaten.

[j166429]

It wasn't a great game, but you have to remember that minnows almost always raise their game against the bigger sides and put everything behind it. Against a relegation threatened second-string, they were gonna fancy their chances of snatching something. Football isn't always black & white, but I do agree that a lot of our players tonight didn't sell themselves. Zurab & Bunn looked the only highlights.

I know what you're saying Topman, but we were still playing against a team that get together (after work!!) to train probably about twice a week for about 3 hours a session. I would be very very ashamed if I had just played in the blue and white halves....That lot will probably be out on the raz!!

[benhben]

I thought Villanueva had been released

[Anti-Dingle-Brigade]

Zurab, Bunn and Carlos looked decent enough. The rest were OK.

Mokoena looked like he couldn't cut it in their league, never mind ours.

[Lathund]

Treacy, Zurab and Bunn (Although he had little to do) were the only halfway decent players IMO, and even then they didn't show a lot. Derbyshire, Vogel and Mokoena certainly didn't put themselves any closer to being selected for the first team. You'd expect Olsson and Simpson to bomb forward a lot in a game like this and create problems for Blyth, but they did very little of the sort.

[j166429]

Zurab, Bunn and Carlos looked decent enough. The rest were OK.

Mokoena looked like he couldn't cut it in their league, never mind ours.

I thought Treacy and Judge were absolute pants!

[Amo]

I know what you're saying Topman, but we were still playing against a team that get together (after work!!) to train probably about twice a week for about 3 hours a session. I would be very very ashamed if I had just played in the blue and white halves....That lot will probably be out on the raz!!

It was just one of those unfortunate things you have to get out of the way. It's done now, and Sam will know who is and who isn't closer to the first-team.

[John]

Simpson looked ok in parts, but also very poor at points. Olsson looked scared tonight, or maybe cold! He was rubbish.

[American Rover12]

Odd, I though Treacy and Carlos both had great games. Bunn too for his first start. Embarrassing to have to run to the corner to kill off the game. I can not say this any more plainly then I am about to, but Aaron Mokoena is the worst footballer in the world.

[brfcshabba]

I thought Treacy and Judge were absolute pants!

Treacy was one of our better players. At least he ran with the ball and created chances

[j166429]

It was just one of those unfortunate things you have to get out of the way. It's done now, and Sam will know who is and who isn't closer to the first-team.

I agree. At least we know who shouldn't be playing.

[Barrymaffia]

Thought we were very poor throughout the game. Matty was awful up front and the midfield none existent. Even though we played our second string these are footballers who were hoping to come through to the first team but with a performance like that !!!!!!

Hope Sam has a clearout!!!

I feel like we have just lost.

[j166429]

Treacy was one of our better players. At least he ran with the ball and created chances

So he should be able to run with the ball and create chances. He's a professional football player for goodness sake!

[RoverRich]

I thought Treacy and Judge were absolute pants!

I was just about to ask how those 2 got on cos I was hoping they had decent games to put a bit more pressure on breaking into the first team.

I didn't get to see the game but that sounds like a good thing! Can't believe we struggled to beat a team 118 places worse than us and that we needed Roberts and Andrews to help us out. I was hoping Haworth and Doran would get runs out instead of those 2 to see what they could do. I know it was a second string team but still with 64% of the possesion (according to BBC) it should have been more comfortable than 1-0. Oh well, the main thing is the win and at least we are through to the next round.

[AlanK]

Very dissapointed at the footballer Derbyshire is turning in to.

Some of the others won`t wear the shirt again. They were given an opportunity and let themselves down badly. Both full backs are championship level at best.

Still, a win is a win and it was always going to be a tricky tie.

[Tom]

Job done, we got through with no injuries to first teamers.

Funny that the first person people jump onto is The Axe, the clearance was awful but otherwise he was decent enough in an unpreffered position (superb goal saving tackle as well), would people have rather risked an injury to Samba?

Derbyshire was the pick of the bunch as far as shocking performances go, he was just awful.

Carlos looks like he could create stuff but was a little off the pace.

dull night all round really

[Tim Southampton Rover]

Big Sam impressed by Grella and Treacy.

[McClarky]

Phew! Lets all just hope and pray that we don't get a run of injuries because that lot were pretty useless. I am really annoyed that such a weak team was played, where were all the 1st teamers? I'm not having this too many games arguement at all, they haven't played for a more than a week and as professional footballers surely, even in these pampered times, they are able to play a game of football every once in a while. I can see the advantage of playing a few reserves who are pushing for a place but a whole team was an uneccesary gamble which almost backfired.

[Anti-Dingle-Brigade]

Mokoena was terrible all night. He managed to lose a header when nobody was challenging him. His head is more of a charged electrolite than a 50 pence piece.

[philipl]

A scrubby 1-0 win; I'll happily take a few more in the coming weeks thank you.

[Tim Southampton Rover]

To be fair to Mokoena, he dug us out of a few dodgy situations as well as put is in some.

He wasn't the worst player on the pitch today but he certainly showed everyone that he should be shipped out in the transfer market if we get an offer in for him.