v QPR (h) - 26/2/22

[SuperBrfc]

How many more chances do we need?

[DE.]

Looking like another game where we'll get hit by a sucker punch and lose 1-0. It's truly incredible how abysmal the current side without BBD is at scoring goals. We've probably never had a collection of players on the field who are this incapable of putting the ball in the net. It's impressive in some respects but intensely frustrating to watch. 

495 minutes without a goal. 495 minutes! And it'd actually be over 500 if you take injury time and such into account.

What's sad is that we're actually doing well at most other aspects of the game (other than set pieces, which have been pathetic as usual). We look good in many respects, but if you can't score it really doesn't mean anything. Dolan has brought some real energy to our front line and shown just how little Buckley was contributing in terms of effort lately (playing poorly out of position I can accept, lack of effort not so much). 

Something needs to go in off an arse or an elbow. 

Edited February 26, 2022 by DE.

[joey_big_nose]

Near perfect half from Rovers.

Ive thought Johnson was finished for a while but he's been brilliant. Dolan superb. Khadra great except his finishing. It's been a really strong performance just without any goals....

[roverandout]

9 minutes ago, Gav said:

Quality ball, just to far for Gally to touch it in, real quality from Khadra. 

But if Gallagher had any proper striker instincts he would have anticipated that

[moerpho]

Looking past our inability to finish off our attacks I think we have been the dominating team this half. Keep it up and sooner rather than later we will score. Just worried QPR score a freak goal and Rovers confidence plummets. Still….I believe we will come away from this one with ay least 1 point. COYB!

[CambridgeRover]

1 minute ago, jim mk2 said:

Leave off .... he's one of the first on the team sheet

Leave off?? He is very poor. Can only say what my eyes see. 

People are deluded on him. Ball watching big head who contributes feck all

[davulsukur]

Just now, DE. said:

Looking like another game where we'll get hit by a sucker punch and lose 1-0. It's truly incredible how abysmal the current side without BBD is at scoring goals. We've probably never had a collection of players on the field who are this incapable of putting the ball on the net. It's impressive in some respects but intensely frustrating to watch. 

495 minutes without a goal. 495 minutes! And it'd actually be over 500 if you take injury time and such into account.

What's sad is that we're actually doing well at most other aspects of the game (other than set pieces, which have been pathetic as usual). We look good in many respects, but if you can't score it really doesn't mean anything. Dolan has brought some real energy to our front line and shown just how little Buckley was contributing in terms of effort lately (playing poorly out of position I can accept, lack of effort not so much). 

Something needs to go in off an arse or an elbow. 

We really, really needed to sign a striker in January. And it's been a problem ever since Tony said it wasn't.

[RoverDom]

We should be 2 up atleast. Soft upfront 

[simongarnerisgod]

can`t complain how we`ve played,sooner or later one of them will go in

[WacoRover]

Once again, it’s HT, and we cannot ask more of our defenders. 

Seven corners, nothing remotely close to the goal. poor

[jim mk2]

Just shows you can't expect players to "step up" when they're not natural goalscorers

Khadra's was inexcusable though; Johnson's just laughable

 

[Devon Rover]

Decent half. Very little to show for it due to the totally predictable lack of goalscoring instinct throughout this team. I don't blame the players, they are what they are. It was the January transfer window total failure that cost us. Cheers Tony and Venkys. 

[rovers11]

Impressive performance so far. Surely we're gonna score in the second half. 

[yoda's brother]

10 minutes ago, CambridgeRover said:

Lewis Travis, without Rothwell to carry him, showing how poor he is

bunkum

[Tugay-is-God]

Best performance in a while, that. 

But we just still can't find a goal, missing BB.

[bluebruce]

1 minute ago, joey_big_nose said:

Near perfect half from Rovers.

Ive thought Johnson was finished for a while but he's been brilliant. Dolan superb. Khadra great except his finishing. It's been a really strong performance just without any goals....

His corner and followup were pretty pathetic. He is scaring them with his pace though...well, he was...they probably feel quite relaxed about him getting in behind them now.

[jim mk2]

1 minute ago, CambridgeRover said:

Leave off?? He is very poor. Can only say what my eyes see. 

People are deluded on him. Ball watching big head who contributes feck all

 

All teams need a water carrier....he's ours

[davulsukur]

1 minute ago, CambridgeRover said:

Leave off?? He is very poor. Can only say what my eyes see. 

People are deluded on him. Ball watching big head who contributes feck all

Ball watching?

Only a few minutes ago he was alive to the danger when someone else messed up to close down and block a shot on the edge of our area.

Not sure where big head has come from either?

[yellowsubmarine]

We just cant score. We can play for another 500 mins. Nothing is happening for us right now.

[bluebruce]

2 minutes ago, moerpho said:

Still….I believe we will come away from this one with ay least 1 point. COYB!

Struggling to see it. We are the receive-sucker-punch specialists, and QPR are the late-sucker-punch specialists.

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, roverandout said:

But if Gallagher had any proper striker instincts he would have anticipated that

Why? That type of ball is never played in by us - he'd have to be psychic to anticipate that.

[West Yorks Rover]

QPR tend to come good, late in games bit of a worry that considering we can't score.

[jim mk2]

Dolan has been very good but I want to see him in the box scoring goals

Lots of chances both ends but this could end 0-0 unless QPR nick one late on

[Gav]

3 minutes ago, roverandout said:

But if Gallagher had any proper striker instincts he would have anticipated that

He did anticipate it, but he’s not 7ft 6” or he’d have scored. 

[roverandout]

3 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Why? That type of ball is never played in by us - he'd have to be psychic to anticipate that.

All top strikers have that anticipation.  Gallagher obviously isn't one