Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2017 19:38:07 GMT
Seems to think we'll be up there at the end of the season though DC will be happy with where we are in the table.
Confirms a few thoughts on here, though no mention of the UWE stalling or plug being pulled on the training site which is disappointing...
“Bristol [sic] can beat teams three or four nil. But they have also been on the end of some big defeats as well.
“They have vulnerabilities, but they also have some real strengths, I can see where they get their goals from.
“Matty Taylor is a threat, as is Ellis Harrison. But we are also a threat. It should be a very good game.”
There was nothing to separate the two sides at the Memorial Stadium back in September, the match finishing in a keenly-contested 1-1 draw.
Erhun Oztumer’s 16th-minute curler put the Saddlers ahead, but Rovers top scorer Matty Taylor equalised with a hotly-disputed penalty 11 minutes later.
“I think we have improved since that game,” Whitney added. “I felt we should have had one, if not two penalties in that fixture.
“But they put us under pressure late on, I think they had 15 corners in the last 25 minutes.
“But our squad has improved and the staff has improved since then. We are a stronger unit now.
“Bristol Rovers are in a good position in the league and I think, being honest, their gaffer will be happy with that having come up last season.
“They have come a long way in just a couple of seasons and I think at the end of the campaign, they will be there or thereabouts – flirting with the play-offs. Hopefully we will be there flirting with them.”
Confirms a few thoughts on here, though no mention of the UWE stalling or plug being pulled on the training site which is disappointing...
“Bristol [sic] can beat teams three or four nil. But they have also been on the end of some big defeats as well.
“They have vulnerabilities, but they also have some real strengths, I can see where they get their goals from.
“Matty Taylor is a threat, as is Ellis Harrison. But we are also a threat. It should be a very good game.”
There was nothing to separate the two sides at the Memorial Stadium back in September, the match finishing in a keenly-contested 1-1 draw.
Erhun Oztumer’s 16th-minute curler put the Saddlers ahead, but Rovers top scorer Matty Taylor equalised with a hotly-disputed penalty 11 minutes later.
“I think we have improved since that game,” Whitney added. “I felt we should have had one, if not two penalties in that fixture.
“But they put us under pressure late on, I think they had 15 corners in the last 25 minutes.
“But our squad has improved and the staff has improved since then. We are a stronger unit now.
“Bristol Rovers are in a good position in the league and I think, being honest, their gaffer will be happy with that having come up last season.
“They have come a long way in just a couple of seasons and I think at the end of the campaign, they will be there or thereabouts – flirting with the play-offs. Hopefully we will be there flirting with them.”
