[Archived] Rovers vs Aston Villa preview

[hesfromburn]

BRILLAINT cross by orr!! (who has had a good game)

[Joar]

Expecting crap defending for the rest of the match, and a Villa goal 3 mins on overtime

[sam_rovers]

Why dont we have players in the box.. its 3 minutes into added time and we are trying to go for a winner... ridiculous stuff

[DE.]

Simply not enough.

[LeChuck]

Why couldn't we have played like that in first half? Kean has to stop picking Petrovic.

It just shows how important experience is. Our three most important players in that second half were Dunn, Pedersen and Robinson. I'd put Hanley in there too to be fair, he was immense. I hope Dann is ashamed that he needs a 20 year alongside him to carry him through games - hopefully Givet can take his place for the remainder of the season. Fair play to Orr, he was excellent in the second half (not just the cross).

If ever the old cliché "a game of two halves" was applicable, it was here.

[Mike Graham]

1v1

Not good enough

[hesfromburn]

Much better second half!! Night and day! Haha just seen a "mcleaish out" banner!!

[Joar]

Still convinced we're going down... The only two teams worse than Rovers are the two teams below us on the table

[Rover Down Under]

Was that a "Mcleish out" flag I just saw? Don't suppose we will see any slagging of Villa fans will we?

[blue_n_white99]

The Dingles are getting beat 3 - 2, this Saturday is definitely improving

[Clitherover]

Talk about a Jekyll and Hyde performance, if you'd have asked me whether we could get a point at half time I would have laughed.

[The Dart]

Coco must realise that a clean sheet today = 3 points, but I doubt it.

[Mercer]

Got out of jail after that first half performance but deserved the point after second half performance - whether that will prove enough is another issue.

Robbo superb, Hanley excellent and a Dunny cameo.

Frightening thing is that Kean got it so badly wrong in first half.

[rovers11]

Decent point. Didn't really gain anything but didn't lose any ground either. Very poor result for QPR again considering their run in, shocking result for wigan, Bolton got an expected loss. Good day for Wolves.

[AllRoverAsia]

I wonder who gave the half-time team talk. Robbo, Dunn or Coco?

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

We need WINS ffs!!

Why so poor in first half? why cant we make progress when sides around us drop points?....ominous signs.

We bumble on.

[magicalmortensleftpeg]

Not a terrible result. Considering the results around us, it was imperative to get something. We looked ok in the second half. The Olsson's looked fairly handy and Nzonzi did well.

[yellowsubmarine]

Really frustrating because why didnt we play like this in the first half?

Bad move to start Petrovic and Formica. No pace between them at all.

[G Somerset Rover]

I think one thing we can be certain of at Rovers right now is that Radosav Petrovic is not on a match fee bonus like Salgado et al.

[rovers11]

We need WINS ffs!!

Why so poor in first half? why cant we make progress when sides around us drop points?....ominous signs.

We bumble on.

The reason we are down there is because we can't get wins and take advantage of other sides results.

Why? Because we don't have enough quality (on and off the pitch).

[pick32]

Robbo was amazing and the extra training with Nzonzi is really paying off he looks world class. Tough decision for the manager with givet and lowe returning do you drop Hanley?

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

''TAKE THE POSITIVES AND KICK ON''

Yes,Teflon has just said it!

[LeChuck]

Really frustrating because why didnt we play like this in the first half?

Bad move to start Petrovic and Formica. No pace between them at all.

Pace wasn't the problem. Pedersen and Dunn took their roles in the second half and neither of them have pace.

Still not sure about Marcus Olsson. He's quick and has a reasonable touch but he rarely threatens to have any end product, and he's not up to speed with decision making at the moment. Having said that, his pace alone stretched Villa a bit.

Robbo was amazing and the extra training with Nzonzi is really paying off he looks world class. Tough decision for the manager with givet and lowe returning do you drop Hanley?

Why is it a tough decision? Drop Dann and Petrovic, both are horrendously bad.

[DE.]

Still not sure about Marcus Olsson. He's quick and has a reasonable touch but he rarely threatens to have any end product, and he's not up to speed with decision making at the moment. Having said that, his pace alone stretched Villa a bit.

To be fair, considering where he's come from, he's doing OK.

He already looks better than Petrovic who's had months to adjust.

[sam_rovers]

Robbo was amazing and the extra training with Nzonzi is really paying off he looks world class. Tough decision for the manager with givet and lowe returning do you drop Hanley?

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I'd hope our Central defence is Hanley and Givet from now on