Rovers v Rotherham Utd. (h) Wed. 16th Dec. 7.45pm

[G Somerset Rover]

We are absolute guff. Play-offs? You are having a laugh.

[Gone to seed]

Just now, Lihamylly said:

Did we just get the first shot on goal? Is this getting interesting now?

No. It isn't

[benhben]

Get Dolan or Chapman on for Gallagher. Shockingly bad going forward. 

Need some quality 

[Bigdoggsteel]

Has he lost them? Very poor

Get Roy Keane in lol 

 

[bazza]

That was absolute shite.

[Fraserkirky]

Absolutely dreadful first half. Totally sick of this crap. Out worked, out ran, out muscled and out thought.

[CambridgeRover]

Rothwell needs to be further forward

Get Gallagher off for a proper winger

Get Johnson off for anyone

[joey_big_nose]

This has fallen into exactly the same pattern as we have experienced whenever we play against 3 at the back. We lose all the space and dynanism that we have against a back 4. We just don't create chances.

Really thought we would have a plan B... We need an extra midfielder on the pitch and get wider. Front three are currently  totally isolated, midfield overwhelmed.

 

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

1 minute ago, LDRover said:

Again I'm finding myself questioning Buckley's bottle. He should be buzzing all over this pitch but he's hiding and taking a back seat. 

Lad's not good enough for this level. End of.

Davenport should be ahead of him.

Hell Lyons deserves a start ahead of him as well.

[simongarnerisgod]

Just now, benhben said:

Get Dolan or Chapman on for Gallagher. Shockingly bad going forward. 

Need some quality 

two wide players and two strikers is a step to far for tony

[Exiled_Rover]

Thank goodness Douglas is only on loan, he's absolutely finished at this level.

[booth]

Why didn't he buy a wide player if he wanted to play this way?

Same old same old int'it.

Douglas terrible again.

[roversfan99]

Like watching paint dry.

[G Somerset Rover]

Just now, Fraserkirky said:

Absolutely dreadful first half. Totally sick of this crap. Out worked, out ran, out muscled and out thought.

Yet we were gonna stick loads past them many on here were saying? ‘We always thrash the little teams’.

I feared Mowbray’s death run wasn’t quite over with just the one draw and two defeats.

[Bigdoggsteel]

If Gallagher isn't going to dominate players with his size and strength at all, what is he going to do to be useful to the team? I'm not saying he doesn't try

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

1 minute ago, benhben said:

Get Dolan or Chapman on for Gallagher. Shockingly bad going forward. 

Need some quality 

I agree we need a winger on but who do they cross to?

[davulsukur]

Poor half. 

We say it every week but he really, really needs to bin off this Gallagher outwide rubbish. He's woeful.

 

[Paul Mellelieu]

Need I say more?  

[G Somerset Rover]

1 minute ago, booth said:

Why didn't he buy a wide player if he wanted to play this way?

Been this way ever since he joined. I would say ‘stop playing strikers on the wing FFS!’ but I’ve given up with Mowbray on this. Just like I know he’ll never ever sort our defence out.

[simongarnerisgod]

a decent side would stretch this rotherham team all over the park and get in behind them,ffs all we do is pass it square in front of them

[ben_the_beast]

In the majority of our games recently we've lost the ability to control possession in midfield. Constantly playing it back to the back line for pointless possession. We just can't seem to maintain that possession higher up the pitch anymore and its costing us.

Also Douglas is awful.

[bluebruce]

1 minute ago, LDRover said:

Again I'm finding myself questioning Buckley's bottle. He should be buzzing all over this pitch but he's hiding and taking a back seat. 

I'm finding myself questioning his overall usefulness. Im on the verge of making my mind up on him (for now of course, always happy to see a marked improvement). For now, so far, overall since he got his debut, he hasn't shown enough for me to see what some people jizz about. I think he is technically decent but nowhere near as much so as some make out, sometimes his passing is dire and lately he keeps giving the ball away in games. I don't think his game intelligence is as good as it should be for a player of his type (frail but technical). I also agree he doesn't seem brave enough.

So far from this game he would be straight back on the bench Saturday if at all possible.

[booth]

1 minute ago, davulsukur said:

Poor half. 

We say it every week but he really, really needs to bin off this Gallagher outwide rubbish. He's woeful.

 

Even as a striker he's not great, and he expects him to do a job as a wide man.

I'm sure we could have purchased a decent wide player for £5m.

[Bigdoggsteel]

4 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

This has fallen into exactly the same pattern as we have experienced whenever we play against 3 at the back. We lose all the space and dynanism that we have against a back 4. We just don't create chances.

Really thought we would have a plan B... We need an extra midfielder on the pitch and get wider. Front three are currently  totally isolated, midfield overwhelmed.

 

Ya, good point. They are getting back and packing their final third with midfielders to support the CBs. It nulls us unless Rothwell or Elliot do something amazing. We just simply do not move the ball quickly enough ,often enough wide and with quality 

Edited December 16, 2020 by Bigdoggsteel

[Doogs]

I have lost all hope under Tony. Even forgot we wer playing today..