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Post by 68 on Sept 12, 2017 23:28:04 GMT
- We missed 4 great chance (3 by Harrison) - 2 really good ones - 4 goals to us
- They scored 3 goals which could easily have been prevented - their only "shots on target" - no goals to them
- We were outnumbered in central midfield
- How can a defender lie on the ball in the penalty area, stopping the game, and it result in a drop ball? - 1 goal to us
- We scored 2 goals - 2 goals we scored
- Other than that we played really well and should have won...
Agree with all your points except i dont think we played well. If everything I mentioned had gone the right way it could have been 7-0? The margins on each were quite small but incredibly important.
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Post by Okebournegas on Sept 12, 2017 23:39:55 GMT
Well that's exactly what DC said after - disappointed Smith didn't save the first 2 goals and too many players looking like they are not up to top 6 L1 standard - they either take that onboard and improve as otherwise they will be left playing bottom L1 /L2 football. At least DC tells it like it is. He might tell it like it is in your words, but he didn't sign the left winger or defensive midfielder he kept banging on about, and quite frankly, some of the summer signings are looking questionable too. [b I agree with you ref the left winger and cdm but who in your opinion are looking questionable as I think we have signed some very good players this summer.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 23:41:03 GMT
First half. Created several chances with the wind and rain advantage but failed to take any. Oldham were playing to get to the break on level terms and almost took the lead when they hit the bar. Second half. Oldham attacked us more and we failed to deal with them and the weather. A combination of naive defending and poor goalkeeping gifted them a two goal lead. We brought Gaffney and Lines on and immediately improved, quite simply because they were much better than Harrison and a dreadful Ollie Clarke. We scored two goals in quick succession and then gifted them the lead when three of our players were outwitted by one of theits. Naive defending is a kind way of putting it. Another game that showed we are three or four players short of a reasonable team. Not good enough , end of story.
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Post by asparagas on Sept 12, 2017 23:44:35 GMT
Good first half just missing a goal. Very weak down the right hand side, with the final two goals coming from throw ins , in the corner where the thrower wasn't closed down quickly enough and allowed to attack us, we looked scared, the final goal with 3 of our players chasing one of theirs was kids stuff.
Such a shame but we're creating chances, shame defending seems very difficult for us at the moment. Good news is that I heard Sinclair say he should be in contention for Saturday
My team would be
Slocombe Bola Sweeney Lockyer Parts
Nichols Sincs Sercombe Bodin
Telford Gaffney
Harrison played well tonight was unlucky, but for me better as an impact player.
UTG
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Post by pirate on Sept 12, 2017 23:59:07 GMT
He might tell it like it is in your words, but he didn't sign the left winger or defensive midfielder he kept banging on about, and quite frankly, some of the summer signings are looking questionable too. [b I agree with you ref the left winger and cdm but who in your opinion are looking questionable as I think we have signed some very good players this summer. I think we needed a goalscorer, so to spend an alleged (club historian) 300k on Nichols is questionable - he might look tidy in possession, but hasn't scored in 615 minutes of football for us. I think Sercombe has looked ok, but 150k could have probably got us better on a free, spent on wages possibly. All the rest have question marks over them so far in my view, that isn't saying they won't come good, just that at this stage they haven't shone for us for whatever reason. All about opinions and mine is we could have done much better with our recruitment.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2017 0:13:51 GMT
Agree with all your points except i dont think we played well. If everything I mentioned had gone the right way it could have been 7-0? The margins on each were quite small but incredibly important. If we took our early chances we would have won but i thought we were disjointed and oldham adapted better to the conditions over 90 minutes. We lost too many 50-50 balls as well imo.
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Post by gasant on Sept 13, 2017 1:08:13 GMT
So 7 games in and we are Won 3, lost 4. Start of last year we Won 3, lost 4. Not evolution, but on the games we have lost i feel more confident than the start of last season. Looking at the Oldham forum it is like they won the FA cup final. DC talks about pressure of expectation as he did when we were in the conference.
Can we expect him to over achieve every year and be happy to? This man is going places and wont be out of a job after Rovers that's for sure. It is a shame we didn't back him/he couldn't find suitable players within the budget but i trust him more than our other recent managers to improve what we have out on the training field.
He has done with many of our "at the time" conference players.
If he can do that with the new additions then i really think we can take off. It might not be this year but we know we build well as the season progresses and we have a stronger team now than this time last year i feel. Despite results.
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Post by oldgas on Sept 13, 2017 4:02:16 GMT
First half. Created several chances with the wind and rain advantage but failed to take any. Bury were playing to get to the break on level terms and almost took the lead when they hit the bar. Second half. Bury attacked us more and we failed to deal with them and the weather. A combination of naive defending and poor goalkeeping gifted them a two goal lead. We brought Gaffney and Lines on and immediately improved, quite simply because they were much better than Harrison and a dreadful Ollie Clarke. We scored two goals in quick succession and then gifted them the lead when three of our players were outwitted by one of theits. Naive defending is a kind way of putting it. Another game that showed we are three or four players short of a reasonable team. Not good enough , end of story. Not surprising we lost really, not when you consider we were playing Oldham AND Bury!
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Post by oldgas on Sept 13, 2017 4:05:04 GMT
Agree with all your points except i dont think we played well. If everything I mentioned had gone the right way it could have been 7-0? The margins on each were quite small but incredibly important. The ref was that twat Huxtable, as soon as I saw his name in the programme I had my worries.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2017 5:38:06 GMT
Flattest start to a second half I've ever seen, from both rovers & fans, it was quite odd.
Terrible performance from a few players last night, how can leadbitter keep making schoolboy errors & surely the keeper has to come off if injured? he was limping in the end.
Tom Nichols has potential but he always tries the hardest option, hopefully he'll come good.
Can't believe how little we tested there keeper in those weather conditions, surely it's part of a match plan?
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Sept 13, 2017 5:44:56 GMT
If everything I mentioned had gone the right way it could have been 7-0? The margins on each were quite small but incredibly important. The ref was that twat Huxtable, as soon as I saw his name in the programme I had my worries. What has Huxtable so wrong? All I ever hear or see is our fans moaning about him. He refereed one of our games last year and was fine.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2017 5:48:53 GMT
A few comments from tonight 1- DC makes too many changes. 2- He picked one of the most lightweight teams I can remember seeing. 3- He selects out of form players. 4- Smith was obviously injured, why did he stay on the pitch. 5- Our movement was non-existent up front until Rory came on. 6- I'm not a Byron fan, but thought he played well. 7- Billy was played out of position, but that's not an excuse for not defending. 8- Thought with the exception of Leads, the defence played well. 9- Smith should have saved the first 2 goals. 10- Oldham were nothing special, just not as bad as us. Did you post that he made too many changes during the 2 promotions and the high finish last season? Thats his style,where have you been?? I dont think any keeper would have saved the 1st goal with the fierce wind behind him and no pressure from our midfield,no wonder it flew in. Well DC thinks the first one should have been saved presumably because the keeper had a clear view and the distance but I tend to agree putting the blame on Smith for the first is a bit hard. But the second was certainly savable and down to Smith's poor positioning and poor reactions.
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Post by 68 on Sept 13, 2017 5:57:08 GMT
The ref was that twat Huxtable, as soon as I saw his name in the programme I had my worries. What has Huxtable so wrong? All I ever hear or see is our fans moaning about him. He refereed one of our games last year and was fine. Thought he was pretty good except a drop ball when the player lies on it to stop the game? That can't be right can it?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2017 5:59:46 GMT
Forgetting the game for a minute. How embarrassing was it to hear a portion of young fans in the North Terrace singing about German bombers and the IRA?! I'm so glad a bunch of us retorted by singing that their songs were outdated and that in all likelihood they "had school in the morning". The world is scary enough at the moment without our own fans becoming all "Britain first" on us. Agreed, suspect they were copying some of the idiots who waste their money watching England and particularly the ones that traveled to Germany earlier this year. Fools the lot of them. Thankfully I did not hear it but well done for putting them in their place.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2017 6:05:26 GMT
Missed a trick not getting Dean Austin in as a coach. Highly-rated, now at Northampton as assistant to Hasselbaink, who have beaten Donny and Pompey since their arrival, conceding 1 goal. Thanks marcus for all your help during 3 fantastic seasons but were bringing in dean austin,oh and dc hope you dont mind but hey thats how it goes! No one said sack Marcus but I recall DC saying he would see how things went before deciding whether to replace Yates. Well I think we have seen have things have gone and possibly there is a need for someone to help out on the defensive side of the game.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Sept 13, 2017 6:05:45 GMT
What has Huxtable so wrong? All I ever hear or see is our fans moaning about him. He refereed one of our games last year and was fine. Thought he was pretty good except a drop ball when the player lies on it to stop the game? That can't be right can it? I agree. Compared to the usual sh**e we have, he done well. But yes that decision at the end was really bizarre.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2017 6:19:26 GMT
We were simply shocking tonight no other explantion a very poor performance against a very poor side Why we played Smith in goal tonight I dont know had a total shocker of a game, should of stuck with the youngster Andre. On todays performance can see DC releasing Smith come at the end of the season. Would like to see more of Andre though should play him in the Checkatrade cup think we may have a gem just needs more game time Too early to form a view on Andre but young keepers certainly need game time as the experience in games very different to training. Yes, it would be good to see Andre get games in the Checkatrade. Not that impressed with either keeper signed (Smith or Slocombe) and I was expecting better given their CVs but that said it was a big ask expecting Smith to play having only had a half day in training this last month.
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Post by chilly1883 on Sept 13, 2017 6:39:54 GMT
Woeful goalkeeping, plus very tame, amateur defending, stopped us getting a result. We seriously need to stop the amount of goals we're conceding. Be lucky to finish half way if we continue like this. There was only one team in it in the first half, but you need to score when dominating.
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Sept 13, 2017 6:47:34 GMT
First half. Created several chances with the wind and rain advantage but failed to take any. Bury were playing to get to the break on level terms and almost took the lead when they hit the bar. Second half. Bury attacked us more and we failed to deal with them and the weather. A combination of naive defending and poor goalkeeping gifted them a two goal lead. We brought Gaffney and Lines on and immediately improved, quite simply because they were much better than Harrison and a dreadful Ollie Clarke. We scored two goals in quick succession and then gifted them the lead when three of our players were outwitted by one of theits. Naive defending is a kind way of putting it. Another game that showed we are three or four players short of a reasonable team. Not good enough , end of story. And we get upset when we get called "Bristol" let alone a completely different place!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2017 6:59:20 GMT
What has Huxtable so wrong? All I ever hear or see is our fans moaning about him. He refereed one of our games last year and was fine. Thought he was pretty good except a drop ball when the player lies on it to stop the game? That can't be right can it? That was an outrageous incident. A clear case of cheating which was left unpunished. Justice would have seen a penalty given.
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