[Archived] Rovers v Oldham

[Bigdoggsteel]

Dack hasn't been at it since winning the player of the month award 

[Bigdoggsteel]

Just now, Lihamylly said:

Someone go and buy TM Football Manager pc game so he can tinker all he wants without hurting us anymore.

It's nothing to do with tinkering. 

Players attitudes and application is the problem. Question marks over mowbrays motivational skills too 

[LDRover]

Needs Dack on the pitch but needs 2 up front. Can't play Dack in a four man midfield. He has to solve that conundrum

[SoldierMo]

Cowards football from TM

[rovers11]

Shocking. Top 2 now looking a very long shot. Abysmal so far. Why on earth has a he played Bell in an attacking role?

[Torgeir]

Just now, Preben said:

Oldham are managing it

Not really, they've caught us twice on the break and seem happy to sit back for the most part.

[Roboftherovers82]

100% we  losing next  week away 

[Exiled in Toronto]

Outplayed, outfought, outsung.

This fixation with Mowbray being the only problem is doing my head in. We are the Arsenal of this division: fancy dans with no   bollocks for a fight. I think we have two players with the right attitude: Dack and Smallwood, both from humble beginnings and know what it takes. The rest look like they think this is all beneath them. Misplaced passes all over the field. Who is winning their personal battle? Who is even joining battle. If we don’t lose this we’re too good for this division attitude we are done.

And we can forget about teams parking the bus. Word has got out, our back four are mugs, all of them. Get at them and you’ll score for sure.

[Fraserkirky]

Don't how Tony is getting the blame here, everyone seemed pretty happy with team. Getting out fought, and we are so slow with possession. Dack was been poor

[skous18]

Dack Payne and Bennet are at least trying all the rest have beeeeen shit.

5 defenders at home to Oldham is crazy. I would take Williams and Smallwood off for Armstrong and Evans

something like that

Nyambe Mulgre Downing Bell

Payne Dack Evans Bennet

Graham Armstrong

[Bigdoggsteel]

Oldham have lost their last 5 away games and only won once away all season. Incredible 

I don't blame mowbray. It's the @#/?ing players. 

[Husky]

I noticed Plymouth had a couple of decent looking players last week - I wasn't sure if they were ones they'd just signed on loan during the transfer window or not.

I see this guy that's scored twice today was signed on loan from Wolves.

It seems other teams have bolstered their ranks, but I'm not sure what we did exactly . . . We didn't even replace Chapman. I look at our bench and don't see anyone that could potentially come on and change the game either.

[USABlue]

I wonder if Mowbary will try to hold it at 2-0, worked last week.  

 

[tomphil]

I stand corrected on my earlier comments of Bell on the wing !!!!!

A left back on one wing and a midfielder on the other WTF, we now resemble the shambles of the start of the season. This game reminds me so much of the Barnsley fixture at home last season when not surprisingly Mowbrays tactics and team selection were a shambles also along with the players application.

Not good enough by a long way the guy is coaching like a clown at the min and he clearly can't motivate this lot now for some reason.

Dozy @#/?tards the lot of em.

COME ON !!

[Roboftherovers82]

oldham not  beaten rovers in  last 8 or 9 visits guess  that  is  changing today

[Tugay's Right Foot]

Just now, USABlue said:

I wonder if Mowbary will try to hold it at 2-0, worked last week.  

 

Yes, the old damage control. Evans on later then.

i would take off Williams and Bennett and try with Armstrong and Travis. Just anything but status quo

[Lihamylly]

Just now, USABlue said:

I wonder if Mowbary will try to hold it at 2-0, worked last week.  

 

Just to be sure, I'd get sixth defender on the pitch right from the start of second half.

[barry_]

Just now, Torgeir said:

Not really, they've caught us twice on the break and seem happy to sit back for the most part.

Oldham aren't sitting back.

They're attacking us, not allowing us time.

[RevidgeBlue]

Just now, Bigdoggsteel said:

Dack hasn't been at it since winning the player of the month award 

Are you there? Hes the only one putting in any effort.

Have to put this down to Mowbray once again, on this occasion bottling out of dropping either Williams or Bell and sticking Bell on the left wing to shoehorn him in the side.

His innate conservatism is killing us now we're getting down to the nitty gritty. The team looks completely flat lifeless and devoid of enthusiasm.

[barry_]

sub warming up but can't see who

[Tom]

Travis is on for Smallwood and Armstrong for Downing 

[Roboftherovers82]

we  need to  score in  next    5 mins for any  chance of  a  draw

[Doug]

Very poor half. Bell and Williams very poor. Plenty of Oldham fans and in good voice. Come on this half Rovers!! 

[Butty]

1 minute ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

Oldham have lost their last 5 away games and only won once away all season. Incredible 

I don't blame mowbray. It's the @#/?ing players. 

So you don't think Mowbray was wrong to start such a defensive team and change formation from the 4-3-2-1 which is served us well for the majority of the season? The players haven't turned up but Jesus TM has got it all wrong today and you can't even suggest otherwise.

[perthblue02]

5 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

Dack hasn't been at it since winning the player of the month award 

Today though Oldham's game plan seems to be working against him, defend narrow in midfield and stop Dack.  Unfortunately with not having two proper wingers the chance to disrupt their plan is looking lost, be interesting to see what the second half plan B is from us.