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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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Post by stevek192 on Mar 29, 2024 17:46:01 GMT
Manager clueless team totally lacking motivation.
Keeper- Not strong enough or tall enough Non league standard
Full backs both League Two standard Hoole and Gordon
Centre halves Taylor and Wilson look totally disinterested
Midfield we have some decent players but with only one player up front they have little to do but to defend. Tactics under Taylor are a total embarrassment.
Owners- A bag of wind started with the 1m JCH scandal and I have seen nothing to make me believe anything other than League 2 football looking a lot closer than the Championship.
With the football shown under Taylor there will be no need for any increased capacity.Clueless from top to bottom.
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Post by stevek192 on Mar 9, 2024 19:45:25 GMT
Personally i think we lost the game today in paying too much respect to the opposition and picking a very defensive team. What todays game did tell me was 1. We need an experienced keeper who is built to stand up to crosses into the box and the challenges that take place. 2. Hoole is definitely not the defensive answer as gets caught out of position too often. 3. We need a second striker to play up front with Martin and two decent strikers to back up on the bench 4.Most important we need to press from the front and not allow teams to dictate when we are at home.
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Post by stevek192 on Mar 7, 2024 13:08:27 GMT
Claremont Gas, As far as I know there is no video evidence whatsoever as it seems nobody other than a linesman from miles away saw anything. Whether that is lucky or unlucky for Wilson I don't know but certainly there can be no grounds for appeal without it! Agree with you on Baggott. Afetr his first game I thought what the bloody hell have we signed here but since then he has shown why we signed him.
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Post by stevek192 on Mar 4, 2024 11:33:29 GMT
You don't want your side to play non league sides too many times as in the build up to the season the idea scenario is to increase the standard of the opposition to at least the level you are playing. A friendly against Torquay would always be good due to its location but I agree with whoever said that for local sides it gives them a good chance to kick a professional footballer. The pre season should be for the Manager to decide what is best for his build up but the most important thing for a good start is to have recruitment pretty well completed by the first friendly.
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Post by stevek192 on Mar 4, 2024 11:08:11 GMT
After the initial couple of games where time was added for anything I think it has pretty well gone back to last years standard and therefore the five minutes was about right but in truth it is about what Orient deserve for their cheating throughout the game. I really dont want teams like Orient , Wycombe and Stevenage to succeed. Anyway does Wellins really think if they couldnt find a way past us in 95 minutes they would have in any amount of injury time? I actually thought the game flowed pretty well and five minutes was about right. The three points made up for the robbery when Orient equalised at the Mem.
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Post by stevek192 on Mar 3, 2024 16:02:22 GMT
Claremont Gas without any evidence seemingly available and nobody else seems to have seen anything your comments on Wilson seem very harsh. I would almost have given the entire team and substitutes 8 for the heroic performance. As for the Orient fans saying we were poor I would say sour grapes b ecause really we probably created as many real chances as them in the first half and wouldnt have been far behind them in the second as they actually created very few chances. Corners yes they had loads but at the end of the day the number of corners mean nothing. I would say that Orient are a good footballing side with no punch whatsoever and a bunch of cheaters when it comes to falling over!
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Post by stevek192 on Mar 2, 2024 19:54:59 GMT
He is a fantastic footballer who has worked hard to build his fitness at an age when most players live on their past. I have little doubt that he will score a lot of goals next season as well and we should ensure it is for us. He is a great example for any up and coming striker.
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Post by stevek192 on Mar 2, 2024 19:49:26 GMT
Claremont Gas, You must hate Wilson to give him a 3. Nobody in that squad today deserved less than a 6.They battled from beginning to end to restrict a good side on form to very very few actual chances and for the first time in god knows how long we didnt really look like conceding despite a ridiculous amount of corners conceded. Every player put their body on the line for the team. i think Wilson has had a couple of bad performances since he was injured but today was definitely not one of them. A silly sending off maybe but it could easily have been anybody with that referee.
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Post by stevek192 on Feb 29, 2024 21:37:49 GMT
If you look at the finished South Stand it does not take a genius to see that this is NOT a temporary stand and football wise it is the best stand at the ground. If similar was built all around the ground we would have a ground we could be proud of especially if it was built the same height as the existing east stand. I am convinced if we had the money then a ground of capacity around the 22000 could be built. As I have said before the actual land area is the same as Goodison Park.
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Post by stevek192 on Feb 21, 2024 18:55:24 GMT
Oh no now the Return of the dust as if Roady returns wasnt bad enough. Where have you both been? Can you not go back there? I am sure every supporter is able to have an opinion as to whether they have their Rovers back and also know if they have without being told. This in all honesty is not about the sacking of JB. With or without either him or Matt Taylor how can anybody feel with these owners that they have their Rovers back when I have never thought until this season that I had lost them!! So many things that supporters have complained about coupled with numerous Board changes, a supporters club that is split, the cock up which has caused the new stand to be empty for so long, the JCH signing, ticketing. six weeks to find a replacement Manager and release of a letter just before season tickets go on sale which is the first we have heard from the new owners in an age. Do you really feel we have our Rovers back?
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Post by stevek192 on Feb 21, 2024 18:37:21 GMT
Never mind lads it don't matter because as we all know "We have our Rovers back". In 60 years I have never felt any worse as regards where our team are. Yes we have had far worse times on the pitch and far worse times off the pitch but together this period takes some beating. Any new project takes a time and we have had god knows how many rebuilds but I cant recall any time i have felt worse than with the combination of decision making owners who seem to make decisions on other than football reasons with no real clue on what they are doing together with a Manager who whether it was his decision or the owners or a combination failed us miserably in the window. On health grounds I havent attended a fixture in two years an d worrying from my viewpoint im not sure if as a sofa supporter I am worse off or better off. One thing i certainly know are I feel a mile away from Having my Rovers back and not until I have faith in both the owners and the Manager will i feel like I have.
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Post by stevek192 on Feb 21, 2024 10:28:24 GMT
The truth is that out of every hundred youngsters probably one makes it with even a League 2 team. Pirate names us thousands of players but how many are youngsters from this area? The days of lower clubs producing their own players were over when the rules were changed and made to so favour the top clubs. The truth now is that top clubs are paying so much for young talent that it makes it nigh on impossible for lower clubs to be able to afford these players even if they fail with the top clubs. If we followed what this writer is suggesting we will end up with all local players but Bristol Rovers will be playing well down the pyramid lost forever with your Torquay or Yeovil. Just as an example when was the last big,physical striker produced from this area? Unfortunately it has taken City twenty odd years of being the top local team to start producing their own talent and the truth is that unless you are playing Championship football then the value of your talent does not come to the fore. Any player who manages to play twelve of so Championship games suddenly is worth millions yet somebody who plays twice as many games in League 1 or 2 is unlikely to make the club £400,000. This is football today- Crewe were always used as an example of a club that brought through their own youngsters and granted they have produced some great stars but WHERE ARE CREWE NOW? Do we really want this for our club?
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Post by stevek192 on Feb 21, 2024 9:58:50 GMT
I could bid a million pounds for a player if i had no intention of actually signing the player. This is the sour taste i still have on the JCH deal. I shall wait till the summer to make up my mind about the Manager but more importantly the owners. Talk is of a complete rebuild but this is not totally necessary as we will still have some good players left from this season. For example Brown has shown signs of being a very skilful player who could do a good job for us. He has not yet matched his Exeter form but perhaps this is because he has not yet found his place in the team. Wilson is another who recently has struggled but was a good player for Plymouth and the sort of player who many on here were saying was a great coup. Maybe yet he will prove that it is not his legs gone but a bad period of form due to return from injury. I think MT will be stupid just to write off players. Yes i appreciate that he will need to cut the wage bills-most Managers do have that stipulation but will the owners again come out with their Top 8 budget or will the Andy Tilson record signing remain during these owners tenancy? If it does the chances of Championship in 3 years are nothing short of a pipe dream.
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Post by stevek192 on Feb 17, 2024 15:57:28 GMT
So Roady why did you return? Could have done us all a favour.
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Post by stevek192 on Feb 12, 2024 21:30:20 GMT
Roady answer this for me. You said that the Manager had peanuts to spend in the January window but also you stated at least three quality players that the Manager wanted in the summer and one would definitely sign. What makes you think that these owners are suddenly going to pay good money? Are these three players you mention willing to play for peanuts? Where do you see good signs from this Manager that he can build a good side? Has he built one before? You are talking rubbish- you cant say now that players will sign for next year when they dont know what division we are going to be in.
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Post by stevek192 on Feb 12, 2024 10:27:58 GMT
RD I do very much hope I am talking utter tripe. Nothing would please me more. I hope Roady is right and these new players of Championship quality will come in. I laugh when I hear Taylor talking about the squad in the same way as JB did when he came in- now that was a squad of useless players. The squad we have now is,when all are fit a good squad that needs a few changes and a complete change of attitude and tactics. In January we basically needed a striker (two if you take into account losing Collins, a centre half due to recent injuries and a reliable left back. The one thing I have never agreed with is having so man y loans that are regular players. IMO you should have your own team with the loan players boosting the squad and pushing your first team. I fully believe also that whoever is Manager at the beginning of the season should be the Manager at the end of the season. This would cut out the ridiculous situation that football is in at the moment when Managers are sacked after four of five games. IMO the only thing that is important is the position a team is in come May. I am worried the position we will now find ourselves in May and so heres hoping we pick up some surprise results as soon as possible.
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