v Plymouth Argyle (a) - 2/9/23

[ben_the_beast]

This ref is an absolute jokes. Three or four times I've counted Plymouth players swinging elbows when there's no chance of winning the ball. Countless times they've gone through the back of our players. 

Not seen a reply of the Szmodics penalty claim but in real time I thought it was. Then a couple or minutes later their player stops the ball on the ground with his arm.

Just a frustrating half and our performance declined the more the frustration set in. Plymouth have done nothing and very lucky to be ahead.

[Trinidad Rover]

Jordan Rhodes scored on his debut for Blackpool. 
 

Would have genuinely been a better option than anything we have.

[AllRoverAsia]

21 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

This manager has us playing great football. Shame we don’t have the players to match it. 
 

Rothwell would of loved JDT.

Pretty football is the modern way but putting it in the onion bag is what matters.

Serial misses like Hedges make all the good work pointless.

My rebuttal to what comes next is that we've all scored a worldie. Scoring the easy ones is what matters.

Edited September 2, 2023 by AllRoverAsia

[Bethnal]

Hedges miss was a blow for us, mentally. We began forcing it too much. 

There’s a lot of good pressing and build-up, but the extent to which we’ve applied this isn’t sustainable and we have looked more vulnerable as the game has gone on.

Some poor decision-making from the senior players (Gally and Hedges).

Adam Wharton might be struggling with the load and the fact that teams are targeting him. Big lessons to learn for his career, but understandable that he’s challenged by this.

JRC is the better RB outlet, but Brittain better than Pickering.

Moran has a good brain and an excellent touch. Clearly a young player, learning his trade but has a lot of intelligence and spark.

 

[booth]

Just now, jim mk2 said:

Back to earth with a bump after the training session game at Harrogate. And we should be leading but the usual culprits in attack just don't have the extra bit of quality. It's the little things that make the difference

 

Summer 2021 Adam Armstrong left 🤯

[OsloRover]

Just to throw a positive in there I’m pretty impressed by Moran. Clear upgrade on Dolan.

[yankfan]

The biggest change in the half was when Plymouth realized the ref was not interested in calling any fouls. From that point they’ve bullied our midfield 

[AllRoverAsia]

1 minute ago, ben_the_beast said:

This ref is an absolute jokes. Three or four times I've counted Plymouth players swinging elbows when there's no chance of winning the ball. Countless times they've gone through the back of our players. 

Not seen a reply of the Szmodics penalty claim but in real time I thought it was. Then a couple or minutes later their player stops the ball on the ground with his arm.

Just a frustrating half and our performance declined the more the frustration set in. Plymouth have done nothing and very lucky to be ahead.

The Ref is a tight shirt.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

3 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

Back to earth with a bump after the training session game at Harrogate. And we should be leading but the usual culprits in attack just don't have the extra bit of quality. It's the little things that make the difference

 

The little things like shooting on target or crossing a bloody corner.

[Andy]

That early miss from Hedges was incredible.

Travis does a lot right, but then his actual technical ability lets him down when it matters.

Wharton hasn’t been good today either.

And as for the short corners…

[DE.]

Boro losing again, this time at home to QPR. Only been a few matches but it'll looking really bad for Carrick there if they take nothing from today's match. 

[roversfan99]

Neat and tidy yet as to be expected, rubbish in the final third. Woeful miss by Hedges.

Not much to turn to on the bench either.

[simongarnerisgod]

4 minutes ago, Andy said:

That early miss from Hedges was incredible.

he`s ***** when he has time to think about it

[Exiled_Rover]

Oh good, Hyam is injured. 

[BankEnd Rover]

20 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I don't know, his end product was pretty poor too.

I know that, but he was unreal at carrying the ball. His change of pace is something we lack.

Ball falls with Travis, he has acres of space and may aswell give them the ball back. 

[garnersfags]

4 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

Think weve been pretty good, just usual struggles with final ball and finishing....

You can't rush these things.

As many have said, it was a positive transfer window, and why strengthen up front when we have 3 or 4 strikers who can all bag 4 or 5 goals a season. 

If staying with the same front line as last season, minus BBD, doesn't work, we have the January transfer window to possible recruit a championship quality goalscorer...

[G Somerset Rover]

5 minutes ago, Andy said:

And as for the short corners…

JDT is a smart bloke. Surely they can’t continue for much longer. We quite literally gift the opposition the ball back - every single time. 

[tonyoz]

Same story. Plymouth have one guy prepared to take a shot from outside the box and, via 2 deflections we’re one down. We are still trying to walk it into the net. Travis lost possession three times in the first 15 minutes when we were in the midst of impressive attacking moves. He’s not good enough.

They had a few dangerous counter attacks too where they cut through us too easy. It’s not over though.

[ItsRoverZ]

Dom hyam off!? Injury? Already bloody streched then

[simongarnerisgod]

hyam injured🤔

[G Somerset Rover]

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Oh good, Hyam is injured. 

There goes that bit of experience at the back. 1 day after the deadline shuts.

Could have had a Danny Batth to bring on if the fucking owners actually listened to the manager.

Edited September 2, 2023 by Gavlar Somerset Rover!

[Miller11]

Sounds like a broken nose or concussion for Hyam

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

So our experienced defender is off.  Thank God we brought in cover for him.  Possible hamstring.

[duckson]

Which version of Scott Wharton is out there? We shall see…

[Exiled_Rover]

Just now, garnersfags said:

You can't rush these things.

As many have said, it was a positive transfer window, and why strengthen up front when we have 3 or 4 strikers who can all bag 4 or 5 goals a season. 

If staying with the same front line as last season, minus BBD, doesn't work, we have the January transfer window to possible recruit a championship quality goalscorer...

We brought in a 4th division German player - we clearly has £0.