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Post by stevek192 on Jan 15, 2024 11:31:30 GMT
strads1983, So you let go the only player in our squad who knows where the net is? At the moment Chris Martin is the only striker worth keeping even if we bring another striker in and it seems unlikely that we will get a striker in on similar form to CM because that will cost £600,000 plus and why shouldnt it when you consider that our record transfer fee of £350,000 was back in 1989!! When the owners said it is possible for Bristol Rovers to reach the Premiership do they realise that to do that we would need to be spending in excess of 2m for players of even Championship quality. The only way of us getting Championship players is to sign players with a poor injury record and look where that has got us. I would suggest that the owners son is totally out of his depth!!
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 15, 2024 11:16:13 GMT
The only signs i get at the moment are a club in run down. The new owners have done nothing yet to justify themselves. They sacked JB with no idea who was going to replace him or his staff whom it was no surprise that most went. The window at the moment is a one way journey and my hopes for this season which were high are now just on getting to 50 points and another season. As regards JCH the truth is that if we want a top striker on form then we will have to pay in excess of £600,000 whoever we go for and IMO as our record signing dates back to 1989 at £350,000 is it any real surprise that in 2024 you need to play double that to get a proven goalscorer. We are nowhere near ready for the Championship where to get the sort of quality needed you need to be paying over 2m for a player. Since the new owners came in we seem to be heading back to the tinpot days!
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 15, 2024 11:02:58 GMT
At some stage in this window we have to turn the tide as if we lose many more we will be struggling to field a squad. Six out and none in is ridiculous when we are so short of defenders,midfielders and another goalscorer. We have too many players under no pressure for their place whatsoever such as Harvey Vale who stays on the pitch despite being unable to finish his dinner-his final ball be it shot or cross being mostly terrible. I have at this point in time no faith whatsoever in the new owners. Time will tell.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 15, 2024 10:47:34 GMT
Gasify, I think you are being a bit too much the other way with your post against us. No way on Saturday was there a gulf between the two sides. All home teams except us probably tend to start on the front foot and that was the case Saturday however that balanced out after 20 minutes and what was 70% possession for Barnsley ended up pretty well 50% by the end of the game with us having six or 7 clear opportunities. Even the home commentators were praising us for the way we played! We were the better side by a mile and had we scored one of the numerous good chances we had I am sure we would have gone on to win by 2 or 3.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 15, 2024 10:40:19 GMT
Burton beat us 4-1. If you watched that game we were the better side right up until woods got sent off then we succumbed to 2 late goals when going for it with 10 men. Weren't battered by the much better side at all we had more shots and possession. Cambridge we lost 2-0 and came up against our old nemesis the low block sides we just couldn't at the time break down. We had more possession. We weren't battered off the park by a far superior team at all. Wycombe we lost 3-2 and we were woeful after a heavy period of fixtures. We weren't battered off the park by a far superior team at all and we should of got a point if jevani brown had put away the easy chance at the end. I'm still waiting to be told a team we have played this season who have absolutely battered us and we have walked away feeling fair play there a great side. Reason. There isn't one. It's an awful league this year. Wycombe bullied us off the park up until they went down to 10. You can't say that our result at Burton was impacted by a sending off and then in the same sentence not recognise that the reason we nearly got a draw against Wycombe was that they went down to 10. I thought the first 15 to 20 mins on Saturday, Barnsley showed the size of the gulf between the two squads then they backed off a little. Controversially, I thought we rode our luck to get the win at Bolton.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 14, 2024 20:11:52 GMT
Those who have played in goal i would be very interested how good you were to think Cox should save that. The ball came from the other side and was passed across leaving their winger clear to shoot. I played hundreds of games in goal and no way whatsoever was he going to get in a position to save that shot. in fact he has let in very few goals that you could blame him for. To those who think otherwise try watching a few other games and see how many keepers manage to save shots from a similar position and being passed across from left to right.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 14, 2024 11:17:14 GMT
Cox let in two goals neither of which he could have been expected to save. We missed six gilt edged chances all of which would probably have ended in the net with a striker like JCH. If not JCH we would have to pay similar amounts to get any other striker who scores goals regularly. Agents are going to try to get the best deal for their man-thats not being greedy-that is their job. If you want a decent striker ten you have to pay a decent amount. Be fair we paid a record fee for Tilson in 1989 and in 2024 we are expecting to pay less to get a goalscoring forward- we are in cloud cuckoo land.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 13, 2024 17:41:10 GMT
Well im sorry lads but people on here blame the same players every week. Cox again had a good game .How can people not see the stuff he cuts out that means he doesnt face that many shots. Personally felt no player deserved heavy criticism.We went to a place we rarely get anything and were the better side and had we taken some excellent chances we would have won by three or four. There are definitely people on here who set out with the intention of criticising-probably why they are on here and not at the game-thank god. As i saw it Cox did two bad kick outs in the whole game - one was poor and went to a Barnsley player,the other into touch. He had no chance with either goal. Hardly a performance that lost us the game as has been the case most of the season. JCH signed and we would now be in a play off position. Him and Chris Martin up front would be as good a pair of strikers as there is in this division. The only thing i would agree with is that i think we should have our own first choice keeper but that is no criticism of Cox just how i think it should be. I have my doubts as well that Jed ward is anything other than a non league keeper.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 10, 2024 16:26:09 GMT
What is your definition of a big club? I think we fell off that mantle many years ago. We were officially a tin pot club whilst at Bath and I am not convinced that we are much more now as the Stand saga and the JCH transfer seem to prove. That "gap" seems to be getting wider and wider!!
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 10, 2024 16:16:17 GMT
Both him and Bogarde being returned is good news as neither has had more than a couple of good games this season and surely gives us good scope to bring a few in.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 10, 2024 16:10:21 GMT
fair point Pirate.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 10, 2024 16:08:37 GMT
You are defending the owners who so far have proved nothing whatsoever. I have followed Rovers too long to have any great hopes with them. I still wouldn't expect the Tilson record transfer to be broken- who would have thought when we signed him 30+ years ago that he would still be the record signing now!! Absolute farce the gap that has come about between us and City in that time. Anyway where they intend to take us will become clearer in the next couple of months.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 10, 2024 16:00:26 GMT
Hes got himself fit, is hitting the goals. Has never been quick so will last longer and score goals longer than those who rely on pace. I see an 18 month deal as being realistic and a deal to the end of the season as being a deal breaker and he will go elsewhere. As regards Taylor saying we are miles behind on recruitment I cannot see this being true as we are only 2 or 3 players short and I am convinced that JB would have got them and therefore why shouldnt Taylor. I feel that if we ever had the real intention of spending 1m I certainly have my doubts)then we should have continued after JCH or at least have the money available still for MT to get an experienced goalscorer in and one or two others.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 10, 2024 15:46:31 GMT
The computer has probably as much knowledge about our club as any of us!!
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 10, 2024 15:41:10 GMT
Probably because the owners had no intention of the deal going through and spending that money .It was probably a usual smoke screen to make us think they were prepared to put the money in but really werent. Now they come out and say we are going for the Premiership but without real financial clout the only place we will end up is back in League 2 or at the best a mid table League 1 club.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 8, 2024 11:53:59 GMT
There have been too many occasions this season where we have been very weak in challenges and come out second best and this was one of them. Connor Taylor whilst being excellent overall was the same at Wycombe. Our biggest problem is that all our current defenders have an error in them which is not surprising as three of our strongest defenders are missing due to injury.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 8, 2024 11:42:55 GMT
Think both Evans and Ward have been class in recent games. I hope to be looking at who we sign rather than who we lose.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 1, 2024 21:56:56 GMT
I agree RD. Somersetgas is entitled to his opinion but I disagree with it totally. There is no point whatsoever in your targetman pressing up on his own however fit or unfit he is if there is no back up to prevent the pass. If the team want to high press then it has to be done as a unit. Martin has proved he is a top striker with the goals he has scored which have been all types and the fact that he is the Championships 8th top scorer of all time really shows a lack of knowledge by Somersetgas comparison to Chris Beardsley. Note nobody set the world alight at QPR last season. Martin has proved that if you set him up he will score goals- we have ten other players to set him up!!
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 1, 2024 21:45:29 GMT
IMO Hoole is not up to League 1 standard at either RB or CB and gets caught out of position far too often. We always seem to concede when he comes on as substitute. We desperately need to sign two strong CBs in January and i would love JCH to sign and another winger if Sinclair is not going to be considered.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 1, 2024 21:24:30 GMT
What a stupid statement to make. If it was'nt for him it could have been 5or 6. That’ll be the “several really good stops” I clearly mentioned in my stupid statement. Fact is, the poor basics are a mile off. You clearly have never played in goal or had much to do with the role if you think his basic positional play is good overall, today included. The reaction saves were very good as I said, but reflex saves alone don’t change a lack of dominance in your box or clear decision making unfortunately well at least you have admitted in your reply that your statement was stupid. I have played in goal and probably much more than you but that is irrelevent. Coxs positioning is his main strength as he leaves his line and takes up good positions which stop attacks before they have happened as he did on a few occasions today. Again he was let down by poor defending which in fact got worse when Hoole came on. I today thought that Brown and Ward were both improvements. We seem to be very susceptible to teams who play little football but have physical strength and play to that strength. I always fear when we play teams we should beat as it seems to have the opposite effect. I will also repeat what i have said previously that JCH is the type of player we should be looking to sign now as well as a strong centre half and a midfielder who can make strong challenges. Cox is the least of our worries!!
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