Luton Town v Rovers Sat 21st Nov. 3pm

[Tom]

Plenty on Twitter raging that Brereton didn’t get a penalty, the booking is a joke but not sure how it could be a penalty outside the box 

Edited November 21, 2020 by Tom

[Paul Mani]

Worst I’ve seen us play. Sure the ref was piss poor and those two decisions at the end genuinely mind blowing. But that performance was pretty abject....said it before, if Mowbray was ever going to lose his job, it’s this season!

We need to win three on the bounce soon to get us back in the running.

Think we missed Holtby today.

[Admiral Nelsen]

 

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

Honestly, Kaminski is the difference. 

 

MoM alongside Rothwell for me. 

[Darrenbot]

All the talk about the ref is giving Mowbray another excuse after a listless performance once again.Stuck in midtable with a midtable manager.

[jim mk2]

Yet another soft goal given away by poor defending and the surprise was we actually equalised.

Poor performance overall and typical of a mid-table side that's going nowhere. 

 

[Doogs]

Negative Tony gets a point against the world champions...

[rovers11]

We were poor today so not a bad point in that respect. However, we’ve now played 12 games and are sitting firmly in mid table and 7 points off the play offs. That’s very poor, especially when we have the top scorer in the league. 

[mustard]

Just now, Tom said:

Plenty of Twitter raging that Brereton didn’t get a penalty, the booking is a joke but not sure how it could be a penalty outside the box 

Unless they mean first penalty shout where he's bundled from behind as about to finish?

[Tugay's Right Foot]

Just now, mustard said:

He didn't deserve a yellow for the supposed dive, which is what it was for I imagine.  If it was just no foul given, and he reacted like that, would probably still be yellow but he couldn't be blamed for being angry and in that refs face.  Utter joke.

Think it was given for a dive and free kick given the other way

[Exiled_Rover]

Just now, CambridgeRover said:

So I googled the ref and his name is Darren Bond and he comes from a "footballing family" and was born in Lancashire. 

Now if that isn't the start of a football conspiracy theory I don't know what is 

Like most conspiracy theories, it gets the basics wrong. It was Gavin Ward. 

[Dreams of 1995]

Just now, darrenrover said:

Don't bother, just give him a business card from the local opticians.

Unfortunately he’s from Surrey

I was looking at ex goalkeeper Gavin Ward ?

[AllRoverAsia]

Just now, Tugay's Right Foot said:

The card was out for diving wasn’t it? Not dissent

Yes

[mustard]

Just now, jim mk2 said:

Yet another soft goal given away by poor defending and the surprise was we actually equalised.

Poor performance overall and typical of a mid-table side that's going nowhere. 

 

Lenihan was nowhere near his man as per.

And his distribution was absolutely shocking.  Needs dropping for Ayala IMO.

[Waggy76]

Mid table Tone !

[Tom]

Anyway ref aside there’s plenty of opportunity to win that game and it took them scoring for us to ever look like doing it it seems 

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

We've scored 22 goals. 16 of those came in the 4 games we've won. The other 6 in the 8 games we haven't won. 

Feast or Famine. 

[bazza]

Just now, West Yorks Rover said:

Where in Lancs ?

Surrey. It's near Burnley.

[tonygreenbank]

Gavin Ward has got previous in this league. He regularly gets criticism from managers! I have to say I can’t believe how he didn’t give us a free kick for the assault on Armstrong. I wasn’t convinced it was a pen with Brereton.

However, feeling very frustrated tonight.

 

[booth]

Just now, Tom said:

Plenty on Twitter raging that Brereton didn’t get a penalty, the booking is a joke but not sure how it could be a penalty outside the box 

Brereton was outside of the box but the one with Armstrong should have been given.

[Blue blood]

I appreciate it doesn't help having a crap ref, but let's be honest, we're not very good are we? 

I mean, ok on paper we look like a good side, but we haven't beaten a single decent team. We've hammered the dross, and that's highly laudable, but to not have beaten a single one of the 7 or 8 decent teams we've played is pretty poor and worrying. We're going nowhere fast. Season will be over by January.   

[yellowsubmarine]

Just now, mustard said:

Lenihan was nowhere near his man as per.

And his distribution was absolutely shocking.  Needs dropping for Ayala IMO.

Whats new? Lenihan always think he's Beckham and trying those long field passes, which never finds anyone. You just knew we are going to lose possession, the moment the ball gets out of his feet.

[davefarnworth]

Mid table mediocrity this season. Nice paycheck for our Tone and Mr Waggott. In these days of covid and job losses, I hope they sleep well at night while we fans suffer their dross

[booth]

Just now, yellowsubmarine said:

Whats new? Lenihan always think he's Beckham and trying those long field passes, which never finds anyone. You just knew we are going to lose possession, the moment the ball gets out of his feet.

I don't want to diss Gallagher on the day he finally gives us a goal, but it was infuriating how many balls were aimed at his head (not just by Lenihan) when the guy can't jump.

[bazza]

I listened to Radio Lancs, 95.5 fm. Two excellent commentators who thought Rovers played well and were unfortunate not to win.

Who were they? The chap with the cockney accent was full of praise for us.

[bluebruce]

2 minutes ago, GHR said:

Was thinking that, two forward balls he had near the end, both were as bad as each other.

The commentators had just talked about Rovers trying a patient buildup play, then he got the ball and just lumped it nowhere. Then did it again shortly after.

I don't understand how or why he keeps doing this. Given he is usually poor at it and our game is about possession now (even if I have my issues with that), surely TM should be reading him the riot act and telling him to literally never lump it up unless it is as part of a counter attack. If then.

Annoyingly he keeps doing the same thing in my FM game at the moment in the Prem, and it's the main reason I'm thinking of getting shut.