[Archived] Rovers v. Charlton Athletic - Saturday 19th October - 3pm kick off.

[bluebruce]

We just can't maintain any sort of momentum, can we?

[yoda's brother]

Leon best...Billy big keans.

Just scrapping for a point here..total frustration.

and dingles go in front

what have we become.

[K-Hod]

Too much dicking about in the final third when all it needs is someone to put their @#/? foot through it!

[Proudtobeblue&white]

DJ for Marshall

[K-Hod]

and dingles go in front

what have we become.

F***ing horse dung that's what.

[G Somerset Rover]

Surely about time we scored a late goal for once?

[K-Hod]

This is sh1t.

The refereeing has once again been g@sh.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

We've been absolute garbage today. Very poor sub's by bowyer. As good as we were against Watford its these games that we need to win. 6 mins extra time

[Ianrally]

There is a gap forming at the top of the table now. 6 points between Reading in 7th and Derby in 8th. This is a game to win for us to stay in touch as it is also 6 points between 8th and 20th.

[SamTheShrew]

More likely to be lower than half way than anywhere near playoffs

[K-Hod]

I swear to god this ref may as well have a Charlton shirt on. Unbelievable.

[G Somerset Rover]

7 points off the last play off spot already. As I said earlier, may as well plan for the transfer embargo now as you'd have to say there's no chance of us going up.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Awful performance.

This should have been a home banker but Charlton came to frustrate and we simply did not have the nous to unlock their defence.

Really bad result.

[broadsword]

We're a club that's been through terrible self-inflicted trauma, de-nuded of its best players who've been replaced by young players looking for a second- or third-chance, free transfers complemented with existing staff nobody else wants.

Our inconsistency doesn't surprise me. Mid-table beckons, I'd wager. It does feel very sad, as if an era of 2nd-/3rd tier mediocrity is being ushered in. As well as, of course, finances that are as watertight as the Titanic.

The previous wins were very welcome, but I'd be astonished if we could sustain a run like that for long enough to get a play-off berth.

Depressing days.

[Amo]

Terrible result.

[rovers11]

Disappointing result and performance. There is no such thing as a home banker in the championship and everyone can beat everyone else so I don't buy that this should have been an easy win.

Charlton got an early goal, sat back, defended well and we didn't have enough quality to break them down.

Bad day at the office. 7/8 points of the play off teams. Not brilliant but not bad either. I'd take that at this stage, particularly after last season.

[adopted scouser]

Savage thunderstorm with torrential rain, thunder and lightning.

Even God's laughing at everyone trudging up Livesey Branch Rd

[RockinRover]

Can you hear that? The sound of the doom mongers stampeding back towards the message board?

Waiting on the posts..

[Sparky Marky]

Can you hear that? The sound of the doom mongers stampeding back towards the message board?

Waiting on the posts..

Hmmm...

[RevidgeBlue]

Worst home display under Bowyer imo, very strange, we seemed completely flat today unlike in recent home displays and before Hanley got sent off v Wigan.

Best is really starting to annoy me - he complains about being left out of the side then when he does come into the side he puts no effort in whatsoever, he has no movement in him and is completely static when he doesn't have the ball. I also thought Marshall and Kilgannon had very poor games and only Dann played well throughout imo.

Cairney was excellent first half but faded out of it second and KIng showed some decent flashes in the second without ever really rediscovering his recent red hot form.

[Bucksrover]

Poor performance from pretty much everyone. Slow to start, generally lacking.

I wish i had known they weren't going to turn up before i drove 200 miles to get here. Now to drive home

[Audax]

Sometimes after such breaks, there are cobwebs, can't be explained, close to 3 weeks since the last win, have to get the winning ways back.

[broadsword]

Poor performance from pretty much everyone. Slow to start, generally lacking.

I wish i had known they weren't going to turn up before i drove 200 miles to get here. Now to drive home

Ouch.

Hats off to you, sir.

[Tom]

Abysmal

The line up was correct IMO but that's about it

Kean made no major mistakes but still managed to come for two deep balls he had no reason to and nearly lost it each time

Kane was just rubbish and Spurr not much cop today

Apart from being slack on one costly occasion the back 2 had nothing much to do

The wingers were crap first half but King was much better in the second

The central midfielders were both decent at least

In the first half I thought Rhodes and Best were fouled a lot but given nothing by the ref but make no mistake both of them were shocking, I lost count of the times Rhodes tried to lay it off to someone but put it 10 yards behind them and Best was equally wasteful with both of them missing our best 'chances'

The ref was a shocker but nothing to change the outcome of the game

I can't for the life of me work out why we are reluctant to pump a free kick into the box rather than going sideways then backwards

All in all that was close to as bad as anything under Kean or Appleton

[arbitro]

For me it was a similar performance to the Huddersfield match as the build up play was far too slow. When we have played well this season we have done so by playing a high tempo game. We played straight into their hands today and allowed them to get players behind the ball. The fitness guys really need to build up Josh Kings fitness. Today was the third time in the last four games he has gone off with cramp.

Lots to work on for the management this week on the training ground.