Bristol Rovers v Rochdale - Official Match Thread

Well that was dire to say the least. Two poor teams and Rovers looked like a draw was all they were concerned about,as if they thought we were safe already
so they needn't bother too much. Both goalies had little to do. And why are our corners so bad?

It annoys me too, we float them in time again, same with Freekicks.

Corners normally with no pace and loop, you could queue for a pasty by the time the ball reaches the box.

The freekicks are pathetic, also floated and normally way off the back post. Why not hit the ball with some pace toward the penalty spot, across the goal?

We give the GKs every chance of coming for the ball.

I'd fancy them to do better at home to Fleetwood than us against Barnsley.

That's one in a long time, how often have scored from set pieces in recent seasons, 1 or 2 then?

Yeah probably but then I look at Accrington who are playing a Plymouth fighting for their lives at home and Doncaster and Pompey away on 48 points and Shrewsbury who have a couple of tough fixtures and still think we have enough even if such an unlikely scenario does play out. Just want us to put in one last shift away from home this season at Fleetwood and salvage a scrappy point to eliminate all mathematical possibilities of us going down on the final day.

There were times you could see Nichols was trying his best running his socks off like a madman. Unless I confused him with Ollie (the two Clarke’s the only players leaving the field with any credit for me today).

As to quality however he had none.

I'm sure the stats are available somewhere. Only worthwhile when compared against the other sides - I expect the overall goals direct from corners stats across all pro football is very low. 

I thought Bradford was bad, but that was maybe worse? TN was abysmal! Why GC waited until the 73rd minute to replace him was unbelievable. Even Reilly did more in 5 minutes than TN in 73. It looked like, as long as we had a point, GC was happy, but while there was a chance Rochdale would 'steal' a goal we were always in danger! Rodders was ineffective and their centre two had the measure of JCH. Better performances by Sercs and OC today, although it was easier for Sercs to score than miss that first half chance, he was much better than he has been recently. I said at the time that the easy chances we had would 'come back to bite us on the bum' and they did! Too many passes going astray, balls given away and, to be honest, 'Dale were the best of two woeful teams! GC doesn't have a Plan B and the team has no width or pace, unless this is sorted pre-season, I can see another tortuous season at home! Can't see us getting anything more this season, but hopefully we'll end up staying up because of our away form and GD? Renewed my ST this week, but am now wondering if it was a wise move?

Sorry pal but I am not parting with 415 of my hard-earned pounds to reinvest in a season ticket to continue watching something that has had 22 failed attempts to inspire me this season. I'm all for supporting the club but there needs to be something given back to convince me to give up my time and money.