Manor Farm vs Bristol Rovers friendly Match Day Thread.

Oops! set myself up for that!

At the time we had just lost the 🐍 for a fraction of his price and Bodin I think, because of their contact lengths. Up until then, we will given out short deals. Then we panicked and went the other way!!

Obviously it was a bit of a strollathon given the heat, the stage of their preparation and the quality of the opposition but looking at Little, calm and economical with the ball, it struck me that if he’s finally over his injuries and can perform like the player we thought we were signing last season then that’s another quality addition to the seven close-season new faces.

Decent run out in hot conditions.

Bit disappointing second half. We didn't keep the ball as well and let Manor Farm into the game. However, we still had chances to add more goals.

Keepers can't be judged as they had nothing to do and the defence was never under any pressure. Upson was surprisingly the pick of the midfield.

Ayunga looked a handful but failed to convert 2 or 3 very good chances.

Everyone looked a bit rusty as you would expect and Westbrooke, Ogogo and Mitchell-Lawson didn't feature at all.

As usual, very difficult to judge the team or individuals in a friendly against such low ranked opponents. Good to see the lads back in action though.

Great to see most of the younger lads perform well and is certainly something to look forward to as to who will get a chance when competitive action begins.

Thanks for setting up the streaming well worth the fiver, a few hiccups along the way but hay ho
All the best Bristol Manor Farm for next season and hope you make the F.A cup 1st round proper 👍

Not to be critical of the thread (had to pop out so just catching up with everything now) ... but the final score was?

Upson impressed me in the first half, controlled the game and looked intelligent in possession. If Garner wants to play possession based football next year I can see him having a role to play. It will also be interesting to see if Zain Walker breaks through into the first team at any point this season, I know he's highly rated by Rovers and he made some good passes and took his goals well.

In the second half, we controlled the game less and let Manor Farm have a few more chances. Rodman was probably our best player, looked dangerous on the right hand side. Setup the goal nicely for Tomlinson.

Hargreaves was lively, Mehew impressed me as well actually, hadn't seen much of him before today but he linked up with Upson well. Ayunga looks raw and evidently needs some shooting practice but with his strength and determination, I do think there is a player there.

A decent run out all in all, will be interesting to see how the squad manages the step up to playing against League 2 and potentially Championship teams if we have friendlies sorted against them.

I thought it was a good run out and it was very good to be able to see a Rovers performance after such a long lay-off. Everyone was a little rusty - as you'd expect.

First half, Upson looked in complete control of the midfield. I thought Walker looked sharp. Defence weren't tested, but looked strong and we got a lot of good movement down the flanks. Good to see Josh Hare back. Nicolson looked promising, without firing on all cylinders.

Second half was a bit more of a contest. Hargreaves looked very busy in Midfield. Ayungu looked a handful, but has plenty of rough edges. Rodman did pretty well and Tomlinson took his goal well.

Nothing particularly remarkable about the game, but there was a distinct change in style - mostly shorter passing, with balls to feet.

I hope Manor Farm were able to make a few bob out of the fixture. I wouldn't normally have gone, but forked out a fiver for the stream. Well done to the Gascast team for setting this up.