v Cardiff City (a) 04/10/2022

[Armchair supporter supremo]

Spineless team apart from Ayala, S Wharton & Hyam  i wouldn't want to go to war with any others in the squad, they'd all surrender at the first sound of gunfire. 

We haven't a single senior centre midfielder in the whole squad that you can rely on consistently for anything

Edited October 4, 2022 by Armchair supporter supremo

[Cherry Blue]

  On 04/10/2022 at 21:02, chaddyrovers said:

I am gutted we missed that Penalty. Wish Sky hadn't shown that Keeper penalty stat before the penalty. Feel for Hirst tonight. 

The overall performance wasn't good enough. BBD, Dolan and Hedges all off form tonight. Buckley was awful. I still feel we aren't using Callum Brittain enough in the attacking third. 

Anyway, we moved on and let's go and beat Rotherham on Saturday now. I would stick with the 4-2-3-1 formation, but I would drop Ayala, Dolan and Buckley for Scott Wharton, Hirst and Morton. 

 

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How can you feel for Hirst ? He missed a spot kick dont pamper him.

[Andy]

Penalty takers are decided before the match, not on the fly (except for shootouts).

Hirst was the taker on the field and he took it, badly.

Its the rest of the game that was more concerning; we were dreadful for the vast majority.

A half decent team would have scored a hatful against us tonight.

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[neophox]

Travis was poor tonight and Ayala looked shaky but did some great tackles...

[jim mk2]

Damien Hirst would have made a better job of that pen... and it would have been more artistic

[alcd]

  On 04/10/2022 at 21:01, jim mk2 said:

Where is the leadership on the field? Answer: there isn't any. Dack or another senior pro should have grabbed the ball and taken the pen

Where is the leadership off the field? Answer: None, because no decent manager would keep telling his team to play that way

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[rigger]

  On 04/10/2022 at 20:50, simongarnerisgod said:

mola is`nt match fit according to jdt

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Mola looked poor on Saturday for the U21s, against a very poor Utd side. I would say Mola is sixth choice center-half. 

[Mashed Potatoes]

  On 04/10/2022 at 21:04, BigBar said:

Genuinely calm here so more of a discussion than a pop, do you not think it's possible to be in a flattering position? We have won a few games where we didn't deserve which is part of football, I get that. But your not at all concerned by his tactics and selections. Yes football is knee jerk and wrongly so at times but I'm baffled by JDT and his approach and his apparent reluctance to address short comings and the game develops.

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So what do you propose ?

[Dan]

  On 04/10/2022 at 21:04, neophox said:

Would you really play Hirst???

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The manager plays him, so Chaddy would play him. 

[Mercer]

Utter rubbish.

Got what we deserved - feck all.

Penalty should never have been given as never a free kick that led to it.  Why the feck let Hirst take it - miss might finish him as a Rovers' player if ever he was going to be a player.

Selection appalling.  How can you leave Wharton S out and how the hell is Buckley better than Wharton A.  A feckin joke Buckley given a new 5 year contract - think the lad's a joke player.  Szmodics - we've spunked an awful lot of money up the wall.  Painfully obvious our starting midfield not up to it.

Utterly punchless.  A dire, dire night.

Serious concerns for me now about JDT

[Angry_Pirate]

That had to be Ayala's worst performance in his professional career. But tactically he is set up to fail.

You have to laugh by how shit that was. I genuinely think some of our players and staff would try to put out a forest fire by blowing at it.

[Tricky]

  On 04/10/2022 at 21:03, Exiled in Toronto said:

A lot not to like about that but senior pros letting a 20 yr old sub loanee take a last minute penalty is the most cowardly thing on a football pitch I’ve ever seen. Absolute disgrace.

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 Very England manager'esque

[Silas]

  On 04/10/2022 at 20:56, OsloRover said:

Why Hirst why? We had Gally and Dack out there

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Would genuinely have preferred Ayala to him.

A 31 year old cool head. 

Why give it the new young lad and heap all that pressure on him....at an away ground.

Really stupid. 

[davulsukur]

  On 04/10/2022 at 21:03, neophox said:

There was a lot of pen takers on the pitch...this is really strange decision...Hirst cost us 1 p.

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Honestly, I don't think there is.

Not sure I'd be confident in any of them taking one. 

Dack possibly but hasn't he missed his last couple?

[yoda's brother]

  On 04/10/2022 at 20:57, rovers11 said:

Yup worst game of the season for us. That penalty miss in injured time confirms that. What a sucker punch.

JDT I really want to like you as our manager but too many shocking performances.

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this

 

[jim mk2]

  On 04/10/2022 at 21:04, Armchair supporter supremo said:

Spineless team apart from Ayala, S Wharton & Hyam  i wouldn't want to go to war with any others in the squad, they'd all surrender at the first sound of gunfire. 

We haven't a single senior centre midfielder in the whole squad that you can rely on for anything

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Pickering didn't do much wrong and neither did Brittain.

Ayala was a liability

The rest should be made to walk home

[BigBar]

  On 04/10/2022 at 21:03, AllRoverAsia said:

I didn't turn off but said to myself he'd miss. He hadn't kicked the fucking ball since coming on.

AND he took the ball and demanded taking it.

Useless pleb

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Struck it like a centre half.

[neophox]

Think we will win 23 games and lose 23 games ending up with 69 points.

[Mashed Potatoes]

  On 04/10/2022 at 21:05, Cherry Blue said:

How can you feel for Hirst ? He missed a spot kick dont pamper him.

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Because we are supporters who want to help him do better, not jurors judging him.

[BankEnd Rover]

  On 04/10/2022 at 21:00, Andy said:

I know it’s ‘the journey’ and all that.

But just fuck off.

And that Wallace and Gromit lookalike Robinson is an annoying prick.

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Haha, if you’ve ever watched Space Jam, he’s Looks like the blue alien dudes. 

[Gav]

You pay peanuts you get monkeys.

Venkys out.

[alcd]

This playing around at the back is utterly ridiculous. Keeping doing the same thing and expecting a different result. 

[Wendal]

Seen enough to call it now, JDT’s tactics are a shambles and he’s either an idiot for not seeing how it breaks down in the same way every game this season or incapable of fixing it.

We will be relegated with this clown in charge.

[Armchair supporter supremo]

  On 04/10/2022 at 21:06, jim mk2 said:

Pickering didn't do much wrong and neither did Brittain.

Ayala was a liability

The rest should be made to walk home

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Just meant in general not just on todays game (which i have seen any of) 

[BankEnd Rover]

  On 04/10/2022 at 21:06, davulsukur said:

Honestly, I don't think there is.

Not sure I'd be confident in any of them taking one. 

Dack possibly but hasn't he missed his last couple?

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Yeah no one would of scored it. It just had that feel. I turned my phone off fully expecting it to still say 1-0.