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Post by markczgas on Jan 29, 2019 23:33:44 GMT
Just wanted to bang this up before we get anymore Steve K disaster threads.
Gas played superbly tonight. First half especially - some superb one touch footie even in tricky situations in our own half. Playing like that we will comfortably stay up. Every player played to a good or very good standard. Ok we had to weather periods in the 2nd half with them having a lot of the ball but in the last 10 didn't see them scoring - until a rocket out of the blue.
So to all you doom mongers - get down the Mem and off your keyboards - GC has got the boys playing with a lot of heart but also bags of skill and we need 8K plus gates, with the Mem rocking and we will start moving up that table no probs.
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Post by Icegas on Jan 30, 2019 0:28:59 GMT
Just wanted to bang this up before we get anymore Steve K disaster threads. Gas played superbly tonight. First half especially - some superb one touch footie even in tricky situations in our own half. Playing like that we will comfortably stay up. Every player played to a good or very good standard. Ok we had to weather periods in the 2nd half with them having a lot of the ball but in the last 10 didn't see them scoring - until a rocket out of the blue. So to all you doom mongers - get down the Mem and off your keyboards - GC has got the boys playing with a lot of heart but also bags of skill and we need 8K plus gates, with the Mem rocking and we will start moving up that table no probs. I agree we played very well but were up against a side with championship quality throughout there side. 2-2 was the correct result.
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Post by socrates on Jan 30, 2019 0:29:13 GMT
Just wanted to bang this up before we get anymore Steve K disaster threads. Gas played superbly tonight. First half especially - some superb one touch footie even in tricky situations in our own half. Playing like that we will comfortably stay up. Every player played to a good or very good standard. Ok we had to weather periods in the 2nd half with them having a lot of the ball but in the last 10 didn't see them scoring - until a rocket out of the blue. So to all you doom mongers - get down the Mem and off your keyboards - GC has got the boys playing with a lot of heart but also bags of skill and we need 8K plus gates, with the Mem rocking and we will start moving up that table no probs. Well said . Cogs has come in for a lot of stick already but he’s steadied the ship , we’ve won more than we’ve lost and he’s made us very hard to beat. I’m not sure what people were expecting !!
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Post by socrates on Jan 30, 2019 0:38:42 GMT
I was surprised that he took Nichols off and not Reilly though. Reilly did ok tonight but Nichols was the best player on the pitch and seemed to have more energy left than his partner too. 10 minutes after the sub it became even clearer than Reilly was shattered and then we made another change bringing Reilly off and went to 5 at the back . I would have just subbed Reilly for Jak and left the shape but overall can’t hsve too many complaints about tonight or the last 7-8 games or whatever it is. Before DC was sacked I was certain we were going down but now I’m not so sure. I think we’ve got a good chance of staying up but I really want to see Nichols played alongside Jakubiak, as I think with Nichols creativity and Jakubiaks strength and poaching Nichols could put him through 1 on 1 rather than us forcing it so much.
UTG
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Post by Captain Jayho on Jan 30, 2019 0:46:32 GMT
Just wanted to bang this up before we get anymore Steve K disaster threads. Gas played superbly tonight. First half especially - some superb one touch footie even in tricky situations in our own half. Playing like that we will comfortably stay up. Every player played to a good or very good standard. Ok we had to weather periods in the 2nd half with them having a lot of the ball but in the last 10 didn't see them scoring - until a rocket out of the blue. So to all you doom mongers - get down the Mem and off your keyboards - GC has got the boys playing with a lot of heart but also bags of skill and we need 8K plus gates, with the Mem rocking and we will start moving up that table no probs. Good to see a positive post mate, and thanks for the brief match report. Hopefully we can turn up like this for every other game this season and get some points on the board.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 0:54:57 GMT
I was surprised that he took Nichols off and not Reilly though. Reilly did ok tonight but Nichols was the best player on the pitch and seemed to have more energy left than his partner too. 10 minutes after the sub it became even clearer than Reilly was shattered and then we made another change bringing Reilly off and went to 5 at the back . I would have just subbed Reilly for Jak and left the shape but overall can’t hsve too many complaints about tonight or the last 7-8 games or whatever it is. Before DC was sacked I was certain we were going down but now I’m not so sure. I think we’ve got a good chance of staying up but I really want to see Nichols played alongside Jakubiak, as I think with Nichols creativity and Jakubiaks strength and poaching Nichols could put him through 1 on 1 rather than us forcing it so much. UTG As i saw it reilly was very tired and coughlan was going to take him off. Nichols signalled that he had an injury which prompted coughlan to take tom off instead. This messed us up a bit because reilly was totally spent and it made the next substitution a bit awkard imo as it wasnt sensible to bring payne on but other options meant changing the team set up.
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 30, 2019 6:20:36 GMT
Just wanted to bang this up before we get anymore Steve K disaster threads. Gas played superbly tonight. First half especially - some superb one touch footie even in tricky situations in our own half. Playing like that we will comfortably stay up. Every player played to a good or very good standard. Ok we had to weather periods in the 2nd half with them having a lot of the ball but in the last 10 didn't see them scoring - until a rocket out of the blue. So to all you doom mongers - get down the Mem and off your keyboards - GC has got the boys playing with a lot of heart but also bags of skill and we need 8K plus gates, with the Mem rocking and we will start moving up that table no probs. Good to hear markcz. Still in Oz but looking forward to Pompey away when I get back. It’s very very close at the bottom and teams and managers who keep their nerve despite disappointments will survive. I bet Oxford will be just as disappointed as us. A loss followed by a win will still be ok and not all teams will have Posh’s quality. UTG!
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Post by Henbury Gas on Jan 30, 2019 6:28:05 GMT
Agree about Nichols came off with a slight limp. Up to that point he was by far the best Rovers player on the pitch and his best game for us in a LONG time.
Never in doubt he was going to score that Pen
Special Notice to Reilly up front with him, ran and ran his knuts off all night and gave their two quality Centre backs a Torrid time
onwards and upwards
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Post by pirate on Jan 30, 2019 6:32:38 GMT
Graham Coughlan is keeping the faith:
“I said to the lads if they keep believing, if they stay positive, there is no reason why this club can’t mount a top six challenge over the next 18 months.”
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 7:35:36 GMT
I was surprised that he took Nichols off and not Reilly though. Reilly did ok tonight but Nichols was the best player on the pitch and seemed to have more energy left than his partner too. 10 minutes after the sub it became even clearer than Reilly was shattered and then we made another change bringing Reilly off and went to 5 at the back . I would have just subbed Reilly for Jak and left the shape but overall can’t hsve too many complaints about tonight or the last 7-8 games or whatever it is. Before DC was sacked I was certain we were going down but now I’m not so sure. I think we’ve got a good chance of staying up but I really want to see Nichols played alongside Jakubiak, as I think with Nichols creativity and Jakubiaks strength and poaching Nichols could put him through 1 on 1 rather than us forcing it so much. UTG 1 Nichols asked to come off 2 We played 4-4-1-1 yes must agree with you regarding TN now perhaps all you TN knockers might see he’s are best forward.
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Post by worrelsterlingalbion on Jan 30, 2019 7:35:42 GMT
Nice to see a positive view completely agree we were excellent all round last night. The work rate alone deserved more than we got but we also played some good stuff as well. The challenge now is to go & do that on a regular basis if we do I'm confident we'll be ok.
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Post by mjhgas on Jan 30, 2019 7:41:47 GMT
Agree - decent performance against a strong opposition.
Craig & Lockyer excellent.
Rodman flattered to deceive; all round team effort was good.
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Post by socrates on Jan 30, 2019 7:52:17 GMT
Graham Coughlan is keeping the faith: “I said to the lads if they keep believing, if they stay positive, there is no reason why this club can’t mount a top six challenge over the next 18 months.” In which division ?
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Post by pucklegas on Jan 30, 2019 7:58:33 GMT
Good report very good display Nicho outstanding
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Post by neilv93 on Jan 30, 2019 7:59:15 GMT
Agree with almost all of the OP but thought our midfield were poor second half - lots of mis-placed passes, in particular one where they booted the ball at the ref and all Sercs had to do was play in THD with a simple pass and he just booted it out.
However, we were very good first half and still played well enough second half to merit a result despite their possession domination. 2-2 the fair result IMO.
Nichols was excellent (did he win the penalty or was it Rodman?) and I think if we had another striker alongside him that could put the ball in the net - same old story - we'd be fine.
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Post by peterparker on Jan 30, 2019 8:18:49 GMT
I was surprised that he took Nichols off and not Reilly though. Reilly did ok tonight but Nichols was the best player on the pitch and seemed to have more energy left than his partner too. 10 minutes after the sub it became even clearer than Reilly was shattered and then we made another change bringing Reilly off and went to 5 at the back . I would have just subbed Reilly for Jak and left the shape but overall can’t hsve too many complaints about tonight or the last 7-8 games or whatever it is. Before DC was sacked I was certain we were going down but now I’m not so sure. I think we’ve got a good chance of staying up but I really want to see Nichols played alongside Jakubiak, as I think with Nichols creativity and Jakubiaks strength and poaching Nichols could put him through 1 on 1 rather than us forcing it so much. UTG 1 Nichols asked to come off 2 We played 4-4-1-1 yes must agree with you regarding TN now perhaps all you TN knockers might see he’s are best forward. Taking Reilly off though conceded time, space and momentum to Peterborough as we sat deep and tried to see the game out. trouble was did nothing to disrupt the flow. no ankle taps, no running people off the ball.
A shocking sub and tactical mistake that cost us the 3 points.
Shame Nichols was injured. far and away our best player and the one thing he gives upfront is constant movement and an option for a pass
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Post by bluestone on Jan 30, 2019 8:27:05 GMT
Great post!
My only slight frustration last night was that GC did not use our third sub. It was plain to see that we were under the cosh and the midfield was being overrun. Imo he should have brought Upson on as this would have disrupted their play. At 90 mins he really should have made the sub just to wind down the clock if for no other reason.
Left feeling very frustrated that we could have been 19th in the table instead of 23rd but really enjoyed the game and thought we played them off the park in the 1st half.
Well done to the boys & GC, keep that up and I think we can survive.
UTG!
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 30, 2019 8:29:14 GMT
Cogs said Reilly had run his socks off coming off shattered, I don't think he had any choice particularly with another game coming up on Saturday, just annoying we can't even trust Payne to put some effort in for 10 or so minutes at the end of a game. I don't think Nichols was injured as such just shattered as well.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 8:30:03 GMT
Agree with almost all of the OP but thought our midfield were poor second half - lots of mis-placed passes, in particular one where they booted the ball at the ref and all Sercs had to do was play in THD with a simple pass and he just booted it out. However, we were very good first half and still played well enough second half to merit a result despite their possession domination. 2-2 the fair result IMO. Nichols was excellent (did he win the penalty or was it Rodman?) and I think if we had another striker alongside him that could put the ball in the net - same old story - we'd be fine. Nichols definately won the penalty, picked up the ball halfway between our penalty box and the halfway line directly in front of us in the WE. Carried the ball well into their penalty area on the right, turned inside the defender who clipped his heels when wrong footed.
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Post by markczgas on Jan 30, 2019 8:53:57 GMT
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