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Post by Antonio Fargas on Feb 24, 2019 19:04:47 GMT
His forte used to be driving forward with the ball, then unleashing a rocket shot, but even that part of his game seems to have pretty much disappeared now. Dunno if he's been told not to shoot, or he's lost his mojo, but he had a chance just like that yesterday, and looked like he was shaping to shoot but just changed his mind and passed it off (badly).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 0:24:26 GMT
I think most of us were hoping for a peterborough type of performance,i mean it was obvious they had better players than us including class footballers like toney and tomlin but we played on the front foot and gave it a real good go. Against sunderland we were meek and passive,backing off all over the place and not expressing ourselves when in possession.
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Post by William Wilson on Feb 25, 2019 7:47:51 GMT
I think most of us were hoping for a peterborough type of performance,i mean it was obvious they had better players than us including class footballers like toney and tomlin but we played on the front foot and gave it a real good go. Against sunderland we were meek and passive,backing off all over the place and not expressing ourselves when in possession. Apart from THD, who marauded down the left wing time after time, trying to make something happen, they looked bereft of confidence. Why that should be, when they did so well against Peterborough, is anybody`s guess.
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Post by mehewmagic on Feb 25, 2019 14:00:19 GMT
Thanks Steve I imagine the team changes, or at least some of them were due to the toll from the sheer physical effort of Tuesday night - which was a battle. I wonder though if we had been given the first half free kick when their player was booked - in a similar position to the one they scored from in the second half - the result might have been different. The 'advantage' played was a 50-50 challenge on the edge of the box which resulted in our throw in on the half way line, how is that an advantage. Not long after they got their first gaol. In all honesty it probably wouldn't have made a difference in the end, but 0-0 at HT could have seen us see the game out for a point, perhaps. March looks really tough and with the way the 4 above us all won yesterday, I am really worried. Yesterday could have been the defining moment I fear. A game vs Sunderland was never going to be the defining moment. Defining moments are games like Wycombe, Peterborough, Portsmouth in the week. As poor as we were, people are basing too much on yesterday's game. Yes. Certainly some truth in that. It was also how other results (which recently had been very kind to us) suddenly went against us. However, if you can't really compete at home to many teams it is worrying. And a ticking timebomb in terms of ST sales next season and financial worries.
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Post by gasforeverman on Feb 25, 2019 16:38:06 GMT
Since the start of the year weve played 8 league games 5 draws 1 win 2 deafets 8points gained .
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Post by dragonfly on Feb 25, 2019 20:14:32 GMT
Checked through the highlights and it seemed that there were too many occasions when some of our Players arrived that little bit too late for a challenge and could not anticipate situations and not chasing back with conviction. They were not up for it and did not test Sunderland other than subtly going through the motions. It was an unforgivable performance and an insult to the people who paid to watch what should have been an entertaining match with BRFC fighting for survival in Div 1. Some of them simply turned up and took the wages.
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Post by makecoalyourgoal on Feb 25, 2019 21:00:23 GMT
I was there with a Sunderland friend of mine so felt pretty embarrassed after the match. The pertinent point was in Steve K's write up "If I had to describe the tactics yesterday it was Kick and rush without the set up to perfect it". Sunderland were very good at pressing and it often appeared they had three players surrounding a Rover's player with the ball. This lead to all the pressurised sideways passes, long hoofs and holding onto the ball too long. Problem is with no real width and a defensive set up we were destined to fail. As to whether Sunderland were any good, with us not testing them it's difficult to tell as they didn't need to get into top gear. Agree with Dragonfly, this should have been an entertaining match.
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