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Post by stevek192 on Apr 15, 2024 8:19:33 GMT
I would ideally play a formation with two strikers who pressurise the game and stop opponents walking out with the ball. Many teams play with one up front but have three attackers really because they pressurise the back four. Too often we play with only one player running around up top with no chance of pressuring and winning the ball. Saturday the inclusion of Rossiter allowed both Sinclair and Thomas to play an attacking game instead of having to spend all their time dropping back. When you see Rossiter playing you realise what a great class player he is and how far Conteh has to go to get anywhere near that level. The inclusion of Cox as well made a big difference because he is a better keeper than Ward but is not one of our own. Supporters hounded him out of the team but i think that Taylor should make an experienced keeper who is built strong enough to play in this division to be his first signing but not a loanee.
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Post by stevek192 on Apr 15, 2024 8:02:08 GMT
We need more than one decent striker Oldie even if we do keep Martin because you would hope that MT is going to change from the one up front which makes us a very defensive side which certainly is not our strength and hasnt been for years. We know very little about our owners and what financial clout they have or are willing to use. You can have an owner as rich as Lansdown but if he is not prepared to put the money into the club then it is no use and could easily take the club into administration. We will only find out by what happens over the summer and the sort of players we are signing For me an experienced keeper would be a good place to start then to make sure we have a balanced squad and are not overloaded with any particular area. what formation are you hoping we play? We play 1 up top like a lot of teams do now, be it 4-2-3-1, or 4-3-3. It's not the 1 up top that is the problem per se, it's the players filling those 3 or 4 positions
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Post by stevek192 on Apr 14, 2024 10:39:32 GMT
We need more than one decent striker Oldie even if we do keep Martin because you would hope that MT is going to change from the one up front which makes us a very defensive side which certainly is not our strength and hasnt been for years. We know very little about our owners and what financial clout they have or are willing to use. You can have an owner as rich as Lansdown but if he is not prepared to put the money into the club then it is no use and could easily take the club into administration. We will only find out by what happens over the summer and the sort of players we are signing For me an experienced keeper would be a good place to start then to make sure we have a balanced squad and are not overloaded with any particular area.
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Post by stevek192 on Apr 10, 2024 9:03:48 GMT
So after his wonderful speech a couple of months ago where is the owner to reassure fans as to what is happening with the football club? Where does he think we are in relation to his target of Championship in three years? All he has shown IMO is a total lack of knowledge of the game of football . The gaps on the terracing are the visible evidence on what has been and is a total disaster. Is there a team in this division or in fact the entire football league who we could beat or at least score against at the present time? I honestly cannot see any evidence that we will pick up another point this season. The season began with optimism- like or dislike Joey Barton there was a feeling around the fans that this would be our season- a club that was going somewhere. A £1m offer for JCH and that transfer deadline for me was the beginning of the end- a cock up of mighty proportions that began the slippery slope that these owners have brought to my club. We never really heard what JB thought of that decision but looking back I see it as the beginning of the end for JB. To me it was the move that would change the narrow defeats to narrow victories- a player who didnt need others to create goals for him. It was an almost unheard of move for our club-paying out a new transfer record on a player who was the best in the division at what he did-score goals and leading the frontline. Instead we lost one striker and got nobody. We made ourselves a laughing stock and I think at that stage it was the start of players starting to doubt what they had signed into. The decline in AC scoring was partly down to him but more to all our hopes of winning matches being on his shoulders and I feel he had made his mind up then that he would be on his way. JCH would have taken that pressure and relished it instead of totally wasting a season of his career. Peterborough yet again taught us a lesson in how to run a successful football club- by replacing their star striker with two new players on the assumption he would go and then stand by that decision. We on the otherhand ended up with nothing. There is little doubt in my mind that JB was angered by that farce but probably if he had said anything he would have been sacked then instead of further down the road. The sacking of JB could have been handled so much better if the owners had somebody in mind for the job- we will never know how much Wael had in this decision- but i feel very little. It was the new owner flexing his muscle but also showing that he had very little knowledge of running a football club. It took him months before his speech and now the repeated silence has seen us on a downward slope that has just kept getting worse. Does the owner even know that the standard of football being produced is dreadful to the eye? A good business man is not necessarily the right option to run a football club. Even a very rich owner is only as good as the amount of money he is prepared to put in to the football club. How much is he putting into the club and how much is being taken oucan't make accusations because we don't really know . We dont know how much is loans and how much money out of the owners pocket. We have to believe what the owners tell us and that is very little and not very often. We look like a ship that is out of control because the only evidence we as football fans have is what we see on the pitch and that at present is a decline of epic proportion. The new stand is the only visible evidence of anything the owners have put in and the numbers in that stand has gone down with the football produced. Now is the time for the leader to come out and lead before he has no one left to lead.
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Post by stevek192 on Apr 10, 2024 8:10:35 GMT
The man was a true legend and has never been replaced. Many have tried and failed miserably. You didnt need halftime entertainment because Keith was that. IMO it was a sad day when Keith was replaced.
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Post by stevek192 on Apr 8, 2024 12:23:44 GMT
No I dont know best but probably as much as a lot of others. When i say couldnt manage in League 1 or above i mean that although he took us to League 1 and took us to 10th,he did that with the majority of players that he acquired in the non league season. He did not have sufficient knowledge to get players of League 1 standard or better and this showed itself the season after finishing 10th when we were terrible and he should and probably would have been sacked earlier but for his previous achievement with us. I do agree however that although he was in charge when we went down it was John Ward who was clearly to blame for that event.
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Post by stevek192 on Apr 7, 2024 19:54:02 GMT
We were not 10th in the season he was sacked in League 1 we were dreadful and were thrashed at home in his last game and he was kept on too long that season and had it not been for his success with us would have been sacked earlier. I stand by my good League 2 Manager but no good any higher. Nice bloke and a true Gashead but not the answer now.
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Post by stevek192 on Apr 7, 2024 19:35:41 GMT
The failure to sign JCH was the turning point with this squad and I also think with JB. I believe it was the owners who let us down and sold Joey down the road. They were trying to show that we had cash to spend when we didnt really and they pulled the plug leaving us a striker short (even Loft was better than nothing) and the owners did the same in January getting £800,000 and not signing a striker thereby leaving CM as the only striker. Unfortunately i think we have more chance of League 2 football under these owners than Championship.
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Post by stevek192 on Apr 7, 2024 19:23:12 GMT
.Dc tarnished his record with us the season he was sacked when we were bloody awful. Cant see why anyone would want him back as he was a good non league and League 2 Manager but very poor in League 1 and the reason was because he had a wonderful knowledge of the Non League players and most of those players were also good enough to give League 2 a try. The problem was when we went to League 1 he had very little knowledge of players that were good enough to play in that division. IMO our gig mistake was having sacked JB we should have gone for a manager like Karl Robinson and not for a Manager who had been sacked having just rebuilt a team (Rotherham) who have been crap and now expect him to rebuild us!! Our owners are clueless when it comes to football.
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Post by stevek192 on Apr 3, 2024 19:55:01 GMT
Two days ago he was 6ft4in - today he’s only 5ft10in. Did his mum chuck him in the washing machine at too high a temperature yesterday? We bought him off wish. Didn't check the delivery when it first arrived. Past the return date now. GGMI read the thread. I thought he was well under 6ft but as I said wikipedia said 6ft 4. Somebody corrected me with 5ft 10 which IMO is too short to be a successful League 1 keeper or even tougher in League 2. So i asked again how many League keepers in any division are 5ft 10 or under. I will be very surprised if he manages to play a full season in the football league.
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Post by stevek192 on Apr 3, 2024 19:47:48 GMT
Thanks Gasify then I should be hung drawn and quartered because i live with 12 miles of the ground and watch on ifollow. I have followed them for 60 years and up to Covid home and away every week for about ten years since which ill health has left me on dialysis and thankful for being able to watch them. i imagine they look no better in real life than they do on the TV which is bad enough to make a saint moan. It sounds like you get no enjoyment out of watching Rovers, so why bother? Gasify you havent a clue have you. I watch them Home and away on Ifollow because i am not well enough to attend although i do have a season ticket for next season where i probably wont be well enough to attend many. I dont enjoy watching the performances like alot of games under MT but that doesnt make me any less a supporter than you. Many more dont seem to be enjoying the performances dished up under MT. Do you?
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Post by stevek192 on Apr 1, 2024 17:06:51 GMT
Thanks Gasify then I should be hung drawn and quartered because i live with 12 miles of the ground and watch on ifollow. I have followed them for 60 years and up to Covid home and away every week for about ten years since which ill health has left me on dialysis and thankful for being able to watch them. i imagine they look no better in real life than they do on the TV which is bad enough to make a saint moan.
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Post by stevek192 on Apr 1, 2024 16:57:07 GMT
5Ft 10 sounds about right and is that tall enough for a League keeper? I say again how many League keepers are under 6feet tall?
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Post by stevek192 on Mar 31, 2024 19:14:23 GMT
RD what a load of rubbish.When JB was here you felt this club was going somewhere. We were in most games we played.The football under MT is the worst since Garner. His interviews are as boring as his football.I take one look at the Rotherham team that he "built" and wonder what did the owner look at when he appointed him? MT is trying pretty hard to take us down this season and if we lose again Monday i fear where the next points will come from. I don't trust the owners and i certainly dont trust the Manager and together i see a disaster but really hope I am wrong.
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Post by stevek192 on Mar 31, 2024 19:00:37 GMT
Topper Gas s because our youngsters arnt good enough to play League football- Hoole is the best but he is atrocious and Jed will be lucky to have a League career as he is frightened to death when it gets physical. He looks shorter than 6ft 2.
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Post by stevek192 on Mar 31, 2024 18:57:57 GMT
Topper Gas the reason is because for quite a few years now the other side have taken the majority of the best youngsters and will continue to do so until we are at the same level which according to our owner is only a couple of years away. I will believe it when i see it. We were a better side with Cox in goal but I am not saying he is the answer. In backing my suggestion that Jed is a Non League goalkeeper I would ask anybody to come up with how many keepers with any League club are of Jeds height and build or less?JW's tallor and heavier than Jordan Pickford and he seems to be doing OK?? 6'2" seems an ideal height for a keeper. What's slagging off our youngsters who make the 1st team got to do with City getting the best in the area?
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Post by stevek192 on Mar 30, 2024 21:49:20 GMT
Well i am absolutely shocked as wikepedia shows him as 6ft 4 but i am shocked he is even 6foot .He certainly doesnt look that height or anywhere near it!! I stand corrected.
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Post by stevek192 on Mar 30, 2024 21:38:11 GMT
No way Cox is a better keeper, even if Ward is not yet ready for the No 1 jersey, you seem to have an odd dislike for any Rovers youngster. Topper Gas the reason is because for quite a few years now the other side have taken the majority of the best youngsters and will continue to do so until we are at the same level which according to our owner is only a couple of years away. I will believe it when i see it. We were a better side with Cox in goal but I am not saying he is the answer. In backing my suggestion that Jed is a Non League goalkeeper I would ask anybody to come up with how many keepers with any League club are of Jeds height and build or less?
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Post by stevek192 on Mar 29, 2024 18:08:18 GMT
My post is in reaction to most games since Christmas and looking towards next season. Personally I would have Javani Brown in the side as at least he is a bit creative. I would have brought Cox back today but he is not the answer. I fear that the players as a group are not impressed with how they are being asked to play and i have no confidence whatsoever in Matt taylor being capable of putting together a good team and even less faith in the Owners.
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Post by stevek192 on Mar 29, 2024 18:01:32 GMT
Sorry not League 1 standard and would struggle in League 2 where it is even more physical. Cox is the better keeper but we need to be signing an experienced keeper who can control his area and the defence and preferably 6ft3 or taller.
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