Wigan (a), FA Cup 3rd Round, 8/1/21

[jim mk2]

We should not be losing this. It's ridiculous. 

1st priority in the January window.... a new reserve goalkeeper

[Trinidad Rover]

Dear oh dear, some wild overreactions on here.

Actually think it’s a positive, focus on the league. It’s not our strongest XI and was probably the worst possible draw. We know Wigan don’t play football.

Moving on!

[DE.]

1 minute ago, bluebruce said:

And Wigan's fans can eat dick pies too.

'Premier League, you're having a laugh' what, because our sub goalie is shite?

Tbf we have been poor today. Haven't turned up at all. Hope this isn't the sign of our momentum coming to a screeching halt and the beginning of a Mowbray death spiral.

Edited January 8, 2022 by DE.

[duckson]

This is the Rovers from 3-4 months ago or last season, soft underbelly with mistakes a plenty.

[LDRover]

1 minute ago, yankfan said:

Davenport must be watching Pears thinking, what does it take to get in the side? 

In goal? To be fair I'd prefer him.

[yankfan]

I’d be concerned passing it back to Pears at this point. 

[G Somerset Rover]

A Shane Duffy of a performance from Aynsley Pears.

Edited January 8, 2022 by Gavlar Somerset Rover!

[bluebruce]

Max Power, Aasgaard, do Wigan intentionally recruit players with ridiculous names?

[BigBar]

Hard to recover from that for a keeper.

[jim mk2]

Just now, Trinidad Rover said:

Dear oh dear, some wild overreactions on here.

Actually think it’s a positive, focus on the league.

Focus on the league....someone had to say it

No, because a good cup run is just as important to morale as the league

[booth]

Pears has been outstandingly bad, but some of the players have to take a look at themselves. They thought they'd won before a ball was kicked. They can't even string a pass together.

[joey_big_nose]

To be fair to Pears he was awful last season, but played well this season and seemed reasonable to give him a spin in this game. 

But while you can just about get over one clanger in a game but two is unacceptable.

[RevidgeBlue]

Just now, Trinidad Rover said:

Dear oh dear, some wild overreactions on here.

Actually think it’s a positive, focus on the league. It’s not our strongest XI and was probably the worst possible draw. We know Wigan don’t play football.

Moving on!

Strongly disagree.

Needed a confidence building win to maintain the momentum and move on.

[yankfan]

Just now, LDRover said:

In goal? To be fair I'd prefer him.

I first made the comment about Johnson’s giving the ball away, now think he’d be better in goals than what we’ve got. 

[Exiled_Rover]

1 minute ago, DE. said:

Tbf we have been poor today. Haven't turned up at all. Hope this isn't the sign of our momentum coming to a screeching halt and the beginning of a Mowbray death spiral.

We've been poor and Wigan still haven't had a sniff.

[BigBar]

1 minute ago, RevidgeBlue said:

C'mon, You expect certain standards from a professional footballer.

Oh no I was serious. Unacceptable.  That period was just horrendous.

[jim mk2]

Seriously teed off...this is back to the bad old days of silly mistakes and losing games we should be winning

[bluebruce]

3 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

What did Pears do?

You cannot, absolutely cannot be a confidence player if you're a keeper. There is no hiding from mistakes.

Came to catch a cross and basically carried it straight into his net. I'm struggling to remember when I was last this angry with a goalkeeper, and I'm not even too invested in the FA cup this year.

[booth]

Just now, jim mk2 said:

Focus on the league....someone had to say it

No, because a good cup run is just as important to morale as the league

It's the manner of the capitulation. We've been so poor, including the first teamers.

It's easy to worry about a death spiral when you see something like this.

Wigan should be 3-1 up.

[bluebruce]

1 minute ago, BigBar said:

Hard to recover from that for a keeper.

A new reserve keeper just became a necessary January signing.

[yellowsubmarine]

At 1-nil our players thought we had it in the bag. Utter shite game management. Esp Ben. Maybe he thinks he a Chile superstar now, a third round FA Cup is not his cup of tea.

And Pears is the purest shit of all.

[bigbrandjohn]

Dolan is so wasteful

[OldEwoodBlue]

4 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

ben benson for the backup keeper slot

Don't be daft... He's only ever read the book.

[Miker]

If anything, this game is showing that we have a serious lack of depth in the squad.

Dolan can't play RB, Johnson and Van Hecke can't play the ball-playing defender role, Pears can't keep.

[West Yorks Rover]

It would be typical if we go into a downward spiral after losing to Wigan, they've always been bad luck to us.