Checkatrade Trophy Bristol Rovers vs Yeovil Official Thread

I'm assuming 2 from 4 go through to the knockout stage of this

Any win is a good win and we needed this. Tough match Burton away and hopefully we will go into it with more confidence now on the back of this result

Bonham kept us in the game and was my MOM

Rodders had his best half of football for us so far and got a goal to top it off (albeit deflected)

Sercombe passed well from central midfield but not sure I would want to rely on him and Upson as the midfield pair in a league 1 match

AJ looked dangerous and took his goal very well

Matthews did well apart from his final ball

Kelly had an easy game and looked comfortable compared to his last outing at Bradford

After a dull 1st half we stepped up the pace after the break and got a well deserved win.
Great goal from jakubiak and kyle bennett and alex rodman really caught the eye.
Tidy performances from everyone else although upson was guilty of too many misplaced passes.

Scab report :-

we have to sign this Goalie in January

Leds - poor

Clarke - Solid

Broadbent - ok most of the times

Kelly - Had a good game

Rodman - man of the match

Sercs - slow start got better as the game went on

Bennett - looks flash but NO end product - could not pass the ball for Toffee tonight

Matthews - Quality but one dimensional

Upson - controlled the midfield

Jack - took his goal Well but drifted in and out of the game


Tom Nichols - poor service to him and shots both outside the box 

The young un - not on long enough but was out jumped twice


Good game and enjoyed by the 1100 or so SCABS

Onward and  upward we go

Disagree with MOTM. Unfortunately it was Bonham again.

Saved 3 one v ones.

You're right, we need to sign him in January.

How did Deon Moore look when he came on? I saw him a couple of times in pre-season and thought he looked promising.

Me either, listened on the radio and always want us to win.
I wouldn't go to the final if we got there.

Another good dose of Northern Soul classics in the build up to the game.
I thought we just shaded the first half, but then gathered momentum in the second.
Good all round performance but special mentions for:
J.Clarke - captain for the night and a calm and assured performance at RCB.
Jakubiak - lively with an eye for goal. Dangerous throughout the evening.
Rodman - grew in influence as the game wore on. Reminded me a little of Monkhouse.
Upson, Matthews and Sercombe all had a good game.
Tom Nichols, luke Russe and Deon Moore all given a few minutes towards the end
The only out of touch player seemed to be Leadbitter. Overlapped well but not at his best.
Their No7, Rhys Browne, was a real t**t. Kicking ball away at free kicks twice in
the opening minutes,then a really nasty elbow challenge on Matthews. Subbed at half-time.