v Wigan Athletic (h) - 6/2/23

[West Yorks Rover]

2 minutes ago, Drover said:

Jesus that was awful.

JRC MOTM

Too many anonymous players to name.

That's surely down to the manager if so many are under performing.

[neophox]

Thomas looks a great player... and his coming from a bottom side....says it all.... 

[Torgeir]

Diaz has played every minute this season it seems. Might be time to rest a couple of games and come back fresher.

Just needs a goal to get going again.

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, S8 & Blue said:

Thomas looks decent. Worked hard too.

Pace, power, direct and puts in a good ball. More of those please, Broughton.

[des]

Too people who know more about football then me, in the first half where we're our midfield the back four had no options in the middle of the park, Buckley looked lost and did not hurt or want the ball if he is our postmarked then weup the river without a boat never mind a paddle.  Our forwards are not up to the job and one of them needs to go to Spain now for me he should of been sold montgs ago he is a one season wonder..

The goalkeeper played ok and our new signing played well apa4t from that lets plan fir next season because this one seems to be a right off

[Paul Mellelieu]

Thomas, terrific, JRC decent.  Dack okay.  Defence okay.  

[neophox]

Gally played as the main striker in the middle but looked terrible to be fair....

[Gamst]

Mediocre. 

[Bbrovers2288]

Performance to echo the fans enthusiasm for the club just now I feel. 
 

Pitch is rotten too, should be massively apologising to Kelly who had an excellent game until the pitch kicked him 

[Andy]

I thought Trav is worth a shout, too.

He was shite earlier in the season, right dropped, but looked hungry again today.

Actually central to a lot of chances as well.

[neophox]

Had Brereton scored early after a superb Dack pass we should had stormed it...now we looked nervous and anxious...no guile or drive....think Dack and Sorba should had stayed on....

[roverinmontreal]

I’m not one of the ‘anyone would be better than…’ people, but just maybe it is worth giving Harry Leonard a game at this point. Ok there’s a good chance he won’t do any better, but if he gets lucky and scores on his debut the confidence that would inject could be invaluable for the rest of the season. Sure it’s a long shot, but we only really have long shots available at this point. 

[West Yorks Rover]

Just now, neophox said:

Gally played as the main striker in the middle but looked terrible to be fair....

Maybe he'd be better as a CB, some great CB's started off as CF's.

He'd have to toughen up.

[booth]

Better strikers and we win easily.

Add to that if we didn’t have a bunch of charlatans in suits, we sign o’brien and we control the game.

As someone said, the worst squad since the Coyle days.

[Polky]

“Back the lads until the end of the season, they need your support!”

Yet we keep seeing the same abysmal performances week in, week out. 
 
 

 

[SBlue]

3 minutes ago, neophox said:

Gally played as the main striker in the middle but looked terrible to be fair....

Should’ve started. 
 

Might have had a touch at least.

[Dan]

Just now, neophox said:

Had Brereton scored early after a superb Dack pass we should had stormed it...now we looked nervous and anxious...no guile or drive....think Dack and Sorba should had stayed on....

Definitely, once they went off we had zero attacking threat on the pitch, we could have played all night and not scored after the subs. 

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, neophox said:

Had Brereton scored early after a superb Dack pass we should had stormed it...now we looked nervous and anxious...no guile or drive....think Dack and Sorba should had stayed on....

Dack missed a sitter. He was fine today, but that's inexcusable.

[booth]

1 minute ago, West Yorks Rover said:

Maybe he'd be better as a CB, some great CB's started off as CF's.

He'd have to toughen up.

Some firm is missing a decent painter and decorator.

[neophox]

I would play Dolan ahead of Vale...

[JPTSwindon]

Okay…

Positives: Clean sheet, didn’t lose to Wigan (as often happens), JRC has really taken his chance, Thomas looked lively, Carter again did well, Pears did well.

Negatives: We failed to beat the team at the bottom of the league (again), Vale apparently played in the match (unconfirmed), possession didn’t equal good chances, goals are looking hard to find.

To be fair, decent performance which on another night we could and should have won. Someone other than Vale or Gallagher has to be tried in the next match.

[West Yorks Rover]

1 minute ago, neophox said:

Had Brereton scored early after a superb Dack pass we should had stormed it...now we looked nervous and anxious...no guile or drive....think Dack and Sorba should had stayed on....

Manager not really interested in winning the game, easier for him outside top six, to talk about the project.

[NeilInBristol]

11 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

We wee with the willy we've got, I guess.

Drop them both. Dack up front only. Why is he playing for crosses to these guys who haven't been scoring. Wrong game plan

[rovers11]

9 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Goals change games. Brereton-Diaz, JRC and Dack are all guilty of missing great chances tonight - same as it ever was since the World Cup break.

We were completely untroubled by Wigan, but we share the spoils because we don't have a striker on the books.

True, but this is not just about tonight. This side has been unwatchable all season. We are the worst attacking team in the league and the stats back that up. 

[NeilInBristol]

Just now, West Yorks Rover said:

Manager not really interested in winning the game, easier for him outside top six, to talk about the project.

This is sad but true. He doesn't seem to care about the game