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Post by thegasfc on Feb 17, 2018 17:08:51 GMT
Already started on twitter ffs
Didn't rate the substitutions at all.
Am in Wimbledon coming home now, awful substitutions - no need. No sign of injury, and takes off our two star players.
Nichols is a waste of space, and is a waste of money to be honest. Lost the ball so many times in his 15 minute cameo and lead to their goal...
Oh well. #UTG
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Feb 17, 2018 17:15:55 GMT
Don't worry. He'll come good.
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Post by dragonfly on Feb 17, 2018 17:17:13 GMT
DC really rates Nicholls as he did with Luke James. What does he see in these two? Whenever Nicholls comes on as sub he seems to achieve almost nothing - scratches head in bewilderment.
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Post by LJG on Feb 17, 2018 17:20:11 GMT
His Instagram does not portray a young man completely dedicated to being the best footballer he can be. BUT I hate it when people make judgements about players from distance so ...
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Feb 17, 2018 17:20:48 GMT
Didn't agree with the subs either. Bennett was dire. Would have subbed him off instead of Sercombe. Genuinely think the subs lost us the game. We looked too lightweight going forward. Moore for Clarke was fair but I would have brought on Gaffney for Bennett and gone 4-4-2 with Moore and Sercombe out wide.
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Post by thegasfc on Feb 17, 2018 17:51:33 GMT
Didn't agree with the subs either. Bennett was dire. Would have subbed him off instead of Sercombe. Genuinely think the subs lost us the game. We looked too lightweight going forward. Moore for Clarke was fair but I would have brought on Gaffney for Bennett and gone 4-4-2 with Moore and Sercombe out wide. Agree totally with that!
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Post by South Stand Ultra on Feb 17, 2018 17:54:39 GMT
Didn't agree with the subs either. Bennett was dire. Would have subbed him off instead of Sercombe. Genuinely think the subs lost us the game. We looked too lightweight going forward. Moore for Clarke was fair but I would have brought on Gaffney for Bennett and gone 4-4-2 with Moore and Sercombe out wide. Agree totally with that! Just as ggmi agrees with what's posted before him....... Lol........
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Post by Henbury Gas on Feb 17, 2018 18:08:31 GMT
Best player at the club by a long way
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Post by gashead1981 on Feb 17, 2018 18:18:11 GMT
His Instagram does not portray a young man completely dedicated to being the best footballer he can be. BUT I hate it when people make judgements about players from distance so ... I know what you mean tho LCJ... I don’t expect them to post videos of him running up and down the steps to the east stand after training but he comes across as someone who likes the champagne life
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Post by pgray on Feb 17, 2018 18:38:35 GMT
Already started on twitter ffs Didn't rate the substitutions at all. Am in Wimbledon coming home now, awful substitutions - no need. No sign of injury, and takes off our two star players. Nichols is a waste of space, and is a waste of money to be honest. Lost the ball so many times in his 15 minute cameo and lead to their goal... Oh well. #UTG I think DC is having to cover his own backside with this one. If you persuade the owners to spend 350k on a player you can hardly leave him out of the squad or playing reserve football. He has to play him otherwise he look like a berk for signing him in the first place.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 18:54:02 GMT
Don't worry. He'll come good. the thing is you can’t build a man up who refuses to acknowledge he’s at the bottom!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 18:56:30 GMT
The lad needs a dressing down and then an arm around his shoulder to build him back up to what he should be! A half decent striker!
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Post by singupgas on Feb 17, 2018 19:09:39 GMT
Not sure why the guys Instagram profile been brought up. What's wrong with It? Mainly football, his misses and a night out? The worst thing I saw was 4 - 2 result against us he posted and of last season.
Footballing wise. He is not setting the world a light.. needs to be seen to work harder and show more aggression. He is soft. Reminds me of Ellis when he was going through the motions.
I don't think our current system works for him either..I think he would benefit with a fast pace midfield behind him that is dynamic, can get the ball out wide but can also play through the middle. DC would have to recruit well to deliver this though.
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 17, 2018 19:33:07 GMT
Already started on twitter ffs Didn't rate the substitutions at all. Am in Wimbledon coming home now, awful substitutions - no need. No sign of injury, and takes off our two star players. Nichols is a waste of space, and is a waste of money to be honest. Lost the ball so many times in his 15 minute cameo and lead to their goal... Oh well. #UTG I think DC is having to cover his own backside with this one. If you persuade the owners to spend 350k on a player you can hardly leave him out of the squad or playing reserve football. He has to play him otherwise he look like a berk for signing him in the first place. DC gave Hammer a list he sorted out the transfers not DC, perhaps they were better options on the list Hamer missed out on? Back to today, Harrison apparently has an injury so subbing him surely made sense and Sercs had done little before being subbed, although we lost because Craig let his opponent have a free header not because our strikers had an off day. Having said that I'd have played Gaffers & Ellis for 10 mins just to see what they do together. Althpough Mensah is considered worse than Nichols what the hell were we thinking about when we spent upto £100K buying him!!
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Post by toddy1953 on Feb 17, 2018 19:36:01 GMT
The lad needs a dressing down and then an arm around his shoulder to build him back up to what he should be! A half decent striker! Perhaps DC should get him to read this forum over the weekend & report back his findings on Monday - he'll need some building back up then! Seriously, I think he is a tidy footballer, who, on DC's admission, is not playing in his preferred position. He might be at his best playing alongside a big CF, but if he can't adapt to the way DC plays then that's too bad for everyone. The thing that gets up everyone's nose is that we 'reportedly' paid over £300 grand for him, so obviously want to see goals from him. DC & MS would have thought he had the ability to fit into our style of play, but at present its not worked. I think DC should send him off to the development squad for a month to gain some confidence. If the effort wasn't there DC wouldn't have him in the squad. DC has got it right more often than not & it may well work out in the long run. Keep Calm Support Bristol Rovers UTG
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 19:47:44 GMT
Moore looked half decent when he came on.
f**k me the amount of times we broke and then we put our foot on the ball, stopped, had no ideas and passed back
The lack of movement off the ball was staggering today
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Post by socrates on Feb 17, 2018 19:58:07 GMT
Moore looked half decent when he came on. f**k me the amount of times we broke and then we put our foot on the ball, stopped, had no ideas and passed back The lack of movement of the ball was staggering today Yeah that was the most frustrating thing today . Everytime we played two or three consecutive passes together we seemed to end up back where we started and played a long ball. They were sh**e and if we’d plsyed it on the ground and more direct we would have destroyed them but we never looked to get around them or behind them other than a five minute spell in the first half. We got what we deserved in a way , even though we were the only side to try and play football, you can’t play it all in front of them and expect to win, you’ve got to get behind.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 20:05:45 GMT
To be fair to them they pressed us hard from the first minute.
I've said it before, any oppo manager who does their homework will play like that against us, cos we do have a few who are sometimes far from comfortable on the ball
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Post by Gasshole on Feb 17, 2018 20:30:49 GMT
Already started on twitter ffs Didn't rate the substitutions at all. Am in Wimbledon coming home now, awful substitutions - no need. No sign of injury, and takes off our two star players. Nichols is a waste of space, and is a waste of money to be honest. Lost the ball so many times in his 15 minute cameo and lead to their goal... Oh well. #UTG I think DC is having to cover his own backside with this one. If you persuade the owners to spend 350k on a player you can hardly leave him out of the squad or playing reserve football. He has to play him otherwise he look like a berk for signing him in the first place. Signings don’t always work out, for a variety of reasons. I’m sure DC recognises this and has a plan to offload any excess baggage . These things take time.
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Post by bluegas on Feb 17, 2018 20:33:38 GMT
Already started on twitter ffs Didn't rate the substitutions at all. Am in Wimbledon coming home now, awful substitutions - no need. No sign of injury, and takes off our two star players. Nichols is a waste of space, and is a waste of money to be honest. Lost the ball so many times in his 15 minute cameo and lead to their goal... Oh well. #UTG I think DC is having to cover his own backside with this one. If you persuade the owners to spend 350k on a player you can hardly leave him out of the squad or playing reserve football. He has to play him otherwise he look like a berk for signing him in the first place. You haven't really thought this through, have you? By playing him, DC allows him to demonstrate his ability - or lack of. If DC doesn't want to look a Berk,the obvious thing is NOT to play him, & make excuses for that.
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