v Luton Town (a) - 29/1/22

[G Somerset Rover]

You take a point given we’re not far off half of our B team out there, but it’s tough to take with Bournemouth and QPR winning.

Simply have to bring in 2-3 decent players by Monday evening. Anything less isn’t good enough. 

[booth]

Just now, Miker said:

Why was Kamisnki so incensed?

Lockyer stinking the pitch up probably.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Take that point and run with an under strength squad like today.

Other teams creeping up fast though!🙄

[RoverCanada]

Two things that irrationally bother me:

1) Nathan Jones' constant preening

2) Cornick's stupid hair

Just now, Miker said:

Why was Kamisnki so incensed?

I think he was saying Cornick hit him in the balls?

[oozy]

Our back 3 are just on a different level at the moment.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

Good point under the circumstances.  Tricky place to go with half your team out. 

Massive window for us now. 

2-3 astute signings to cobble through  and 4-5 players to return end of Feb for the run in. 

[Beanie01289]

Have to take that point with all the players missing 

[bluebruce]

1 minute ago, CD_93 said:

Decent point. Blackpool levelled with Fulham but long way to go.

We aren't realistically going to finish above them. But I still can't help but check their scores...

[Miker]

1 minute ago, WacoRover said:

Punched in groin?

Luton are an absolutely disgraceful side. I didn't see what happened with Kaminski, but must have been pretty bad if he was that angry!

[neophox]

A point and we're still second in the league. What we all can see this is a battling team with alot of spirits. Ayala coming on and being a real nuisance upfront last 15 mins was great to see.

A said before last year we'd lost this game. Take the point. Now on to next game.

[booth]

1 minute ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

You take a point given we’re not far off half of our B team out there, but it’s tough to take with Bournemouth and QPR winning.

Simply have to bring in 2-3 decent players by Monday evening. Anything less isn’t good enough. 

Bournemouth and QPR will have tougher games.  Swansea for us next week, we should be beating them but we need a few players back. Skeleton crew today.

[Butty]

Under the circumstances, a great point.

[imy9]

So so proud of the team.

hopefully we should have a lot of our attacking players back for the next game.

[superniko]

A fairly solid 0-0, I thought we were lucky to be level at HT but 2nd half they did nothing and a point was fair enough overall. 

I think I counted 7 academy players out of 11 on the pitch at one point, very impressive but obviously shows our lack of depth. 

Our best 10 minutes was around the hour mark and it was the time Buckley was growing into the match more, making that substitution even more bizarre, as we did absolutely nothing afterwards. 

Back line were superb again, especially Van Hecke. 
Travis the other man who stood out to me, it was his kind of match (scrappy). Likewise Johnson did a job and fair play he’s managed back to back 90 minutes.

It puts a little bit more pressure on the Swansea match, but a win there and we’ve got to be delighted with 4 points from the 2 fixtures (and 4 points clear of 3rd).
For a bit of perspective, Luton were favourites for this match and getting through Boro (50/50) and Luton (Luton favs) with 4 points and no Brereton, Dolan, Rothwell, Pickering (Khadra for 1 match) as well as others, has to be seen as a success 

Now let’s get back to loaning some 16 year old lads and selling Rothwell to our rivals! 

 

[Miker]

We have to keep going and keep the belief. One point at Luton is okay.

We have to make sure we don't lose our confidence like last season. Constant injuries, incompetent refereeing and teams bullying us. We have to rise above it and keep pushing ahead. 

We definitely need more firepower given injuries, but I thought Zeefuik looked okay and JRC looked much better today, which is promising at least.

[RoverDom]

Didn't mind Ayala coming on but Buckley looked like the only person who'd have been able to put it on his head. 

Take a point  didn't lose. You can't win every game and we were never going to be running away with automatics. If we get 2nd it'll be a scrap so days like today are not a cause for concern. 

Shows we need a couple of bodies in the door in the next couple of days though

[frosty]

Take that. 9 clean sheets in 11 is it? That's superb and our defence alone should keep us up there.

Though we can't afford to have games where we have that 11 that ended the game or anything close to it....

[neophox]

West Brom lost 2-0 at Millwall...they are on a really poor run. Seems QPR are on a run. Reading dreadful side.

 

[LDRover]

Great point that. Looking back on the last 2 games and 4 points is a good return

[Mr. E]

What a fight this was. Players on both sides must be exhausted.

For the rest of season though we need Rothwell and Ben back in the team, injury free....I fear anything less and the wheels will come off, as we are stretched to the very limits. We need to hit some stretch of injury luck. 

[USABlue]

Good point in isolation.  The mist noticable thing for me today, how much better we looked going forward once Gallagher went off, I hope Mowbary noticed too.  Keep on trucking.

[roversfan99]

Overall a dissappointing day, many if our rivals getting 2 points over on us. Suppose though with circumstances against us with no attackers, a point away at Luton isnt horrendous though.

Back 3 were superb, Travis and Johnson both good too. Thought the decision to play Zeefuik in a forward position was the wrong one but thought he had a poor game, none of his runs led to anything. Rankin Costello was poor, his crossing is not up to scratch. Gallagher and Butterworth did nothing nor did Buckley who also kept wasting set pieces.

[neophox]

Zeefuick has really been thrown in to it...will make him better.

[West Yorks Rover]

1 minute ago, Butty said:

Under the circumstances, a great point.

I was just going to post the same, Great to see the lad's refusing to be bullied by the dirtiest team and manager, in 

the league.

[DE.]

Just now, neophox said:

West Brom lost 2-0 at Millwall...they are on a really poor run. Seems QPR are on a run. Reading dreadful side.

 

The bottom five - with the exception of Derby - are all way, way below the division standard tbh. The fact Derby are within 8 points of safety is remarkable really. One look at their GD compared to those around them (0 compared to -19, -22, -30, -25) shows that they shouldn't really be in the same bracket.