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Post by Gas-Ed on Jan 19, 2021 21:23:21 GMT
Looks like tbone's wish will be granted - Hanlan limps off to make us even more toothless up front. Ive been a big fan of Hanlan all season but since he missed that pen and the other sitter in that game a couple of weeks ago he seems half the player. Thing is he could have had a hat trick in that game but still scored one which is the sign of a good forward getting in to scoring positions having shots , scoring some , missing some. But yeah since then he’s been terrible. The trouble with Hanlan is he is going to be flogged to death because we have nothing else. He won’t get a break from the action regardless of his confidence, form or fitness. I feel for the lad. He isn’t a goalscorer and never has been, yet Garner pinned all of his hopes on him to score the goals for this side. It’s got to be tough for him. If we don’t get someone for Hanlan to play off we are going down without a doubt. Daly is good but never fit and Ayunga is not good enough at this level. |
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Post by terry on Jan 19, 2021 21:23:53 GMT
Have supported the rovers for 63 years and in that time we have had some great players but never have we had such brilliant passers all we need is confidence
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2021 21:24:07 GMT
Tisdale lost us that before a ball had been kicked. Embarrassing starting XI. There’s no excuse to ever start a match with only 1 attacking player on the pitch. I’d expect us to be more adventurous than that if we were playing Man City, let alone Crewe. He ballsed that. I suspect he’s been watching too much Man City |
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Post by tbonegas on Jan 19, 2021 21:24:47 GMT
Looks like tbone's wish will be granted - Hanlan limps off to make us even more toothless up front. Ive been a big fan of Hanlan all season but since he missed that pen and the other sitter in that game a couple of weeks ago he seems half the player. Thing is he could have had a hat trick in that game but still scored one which is the sign of a good forward getting in to scoring positions having shots , scoring some , missing some. But yeah since then he’s been terrible. Never been impressed with him. His control of a football is awful, he loses the ball 99% of the time,and misses chances far too much. Sadly Ayunga doesn't appear to be up to the job either. |
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Post by Gas-Ed on Jan 19, 2021 21:26:05 GMT
Have supported the rovers for 63 years and in that time we have had some great players but never have we had such brilliant passers all we need is confidence We passed well under Trollope and we went down that season too. It’s like a chef being brilliant at cutting veg. It doesn’t make you a good cook. We are toothless in both boxes. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2021 21:26:20 GMT
Too many players that just aren't good enough. Defending is absolute sh**e for want of a better word. If he has to play Grant then why not play him in his correct position in the back to add a bit of pace. We have actually played pretty well tonight with Crewe only getting anywhere due to our defensive mistakes on all their goals. Need to get rid of most of our defenders in the summer and start again on the defence. Ayunga was dreadful when he came on as was Koiki. Thought Barratt did ok but thank god Rodman didnt come on any earlier. We look good until we get near to the goal and to be honest I don't see us picking any points up from Peterborough or even our guaranteed three points at Oxford. So basically we look good so long as the ball is not near our goal...or theirs? Well that’s only 2/3 of the pitch we have to sort out, I can see why everyone thought we were unlucky now. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2021 21:28:26 GMT
Have supported the rovers for 63 years and in that time we have had some great players but never have we had such brilliant passers all we need is confidence Remember lee Matthews? He was brill! X |
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Post by Gaswood on Jan 19, 2021 21:28:35 GMT
Much better 2nd half but I was disappointed with Ayunga when he came on - he doesn’t seem up to speed and didn’t really add anything. Hanlan played well although I do wish he’d take an earlier shot sometimes.... thought Barrett did well when he came on too without being spectacular..... Agree with all of this. Barrett looks to be getting more comfortable each game and fingers crossed once he settles he will start trying more of the things we were told he can do and saw in his Reading clips. Aside from the result, I actually really enjoyed the game tonight. End to end at times, we were pressing more in the final 3rd. Just a shame we came away empty handed. We were without Nicholson and Oztumer too, so it’s frustrating we didn’t have that pressing figure to open something up. Onwards and upwards...hopefully! |
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Post by gasheadbatesy on Jan 19, 2021 21:29:42 GMT
Tisdale lost us that before a ball had been kicked. Embarrassing starting XI. There’s no excuse to ever start a match with only 1 attacking player on the pitch. I’d expect us to be more adventurous than that if we were playing Man City, let alone Crewe. He ballsed that. He can only pick what’s available |
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Post by dukegas on Jan 19, 2021 21:30:23 GMT
Our defending is atrocious, really need a good defensive coach like yesterday, our awareness at the back is downs league standard, why oh why when we are passing our from defence we pass it to a rovers player which has an opposing player right on his back, this could have given them 3 goals in the final twenty minutes alone, it’s pathetic, passing throughout the game was poor , Ayunga is not league one Standard, head down and bungles into defenders, it’s embarrassing to watch, we need Daly, Ozzy and Nicholson back ASAP
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Post by gashead1981 on Jan 19, 2021 21:30:25 GMT
We were unlucky to lose that IMO. Good display from us, just didn’t defend set pieces and crosses properly which ended up shooting us in the foot and giving Crewe the three points. Positives were, we’ve had more possession and shots on target away to a Crewe side that are flying, 9 games unbeaten for them. Hanlan, Westbrooke, Ehmer and McCormick the standout performers for us. We had some spells where we dominated the possession and camped in their half, need to be more creative with the possession. Firmly believe that we can turn this around, however we need a little bit more going forward and to sort our defending crosses and deadballs. Big couple of weeks ahead for Tisdale. I’m not sure how you can say we were unlucky with the awful defending we showed we were capable of tonight. Crewe sold 2 of their best players today, one of them their captain, any other team would have had 5 before half time. |
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Post by kampucheagas on Jan 19, 2021 21:31:50 GMT
Ive been a big fan of Hanlan all season but since he missed that pen and the other sitter in that game a couple of weeks ago he seems half the player. Thing is he could have had a hat trick in that game but still scored one which is the sign of a good forward getting in to scoring positions having shots , scoring some , missing some. But yeah since then he’s been terrible. The trouble with Hanlan is he is going to be flogged to death because we have nothing else. He won’t get a break from the action regardless of his confidence, form or fitness. I feel for the lad. He isn’t a goalscorer and never has been, yet Garner pinned all of his hopes on him to score the goals for this side. It’s got to be tough for him. If we don’t get someone for Hanlan to play off we are going down without a doubt. Daly is good but never fit and Ayunga is not good enough at this level. Totally agree. There’s a quality player in there but it’s unfair to pin ALL your hopes on him alone. In an ideal world I’d like to see him in the 3 behind a new target man, with Nicholson and McCormick alongside. Lots of work for Tisdale but in my eyes we have a dangerous player in Hanlan, maybe not as a lone target man. |
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Post by terry on Jan 19, 2021 21:32:26 GMT
I blame the nhs instead of prescribing expensive drugs for manic depression they just enrol them on the fans forum . If we had nicholson oztumer and daley available we would be flying
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 19, 2021 21:33:15 GMT
Ive been a big fan of Hanlan all season but since he missed that pen and the other sitter in that game a couple of weeks ago he seems half the player. Thing is he could have had a hat trick in that game but still scored one which is the sign of a good forward getting in to scoring positions having shots , scoring some , missing some. But yeah since then he’s been terrible. Never been impressed with him. His control of a football is awful, he loses the ball 99% of the time,and misses chances far too much. Sadly Ayunga doesn't appear to be up to the job either. But unless PT/TW come up with somebody better this month all we can do his support him and hope he scores the goals which keep us up. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 19, 2021 21:35:13 GMT
I blame the nhs instead of prescribing expensive drugs for manic depression they just enrol them on the fans forum . If we had nicholson oztumer and daley available we would be flying Not sure they'd have stopped any of Crewe's goals? |
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Post by WeAreTheGas on Jan 19, 2021 21:35:34 GMT
Tisdale lost us that before a ball had been kicked. Embarrassing starting XI. There’s no excuse to ever start a match with only 1 attacking player on the pitch. I’d expect us to be more adventurous than that if we were playing Man City, let alone Crewe. He ballsed that. He can only pick what’s available Correct - Rodman, Koiki, Barrett & Ayunga were all available. I’m amazed anyone can try and defend him starting that match with 7 defensive-minded players & 1 forward. |
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Post by worrelsterlingalbion on Jan 19, 2021 21:36:29 GMT
We are so frustrating to watch, did brilliantly to get ourselves back into the game then managed to throw it away by gifting Crewe another absolutely dreadful goal. I dont think we played badly at all tonight with Ehmer, Kilgour and particularly McCormick having good games but the fact is you cant give sides a 2 goal start and expect to win games. That was bad enough but having dug ourselves out of that hole only to go and do the same thing again was criminal.
Big couple of weeks for Tisdale leading into the end of transfer window, desperately need a couple of players in along with getting the likes of Oztuhmer, Nicholson and Daly back into the side. Definitely think with a couple of additions we have more than enough to pull clear of the bottom 4 but once again we're looking at needing to make big squad changes come the summer
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Post by darkbluegas on Jan 19, 2021 21:38:58 GMT
4th when Coughlan left, 18th when Garner left, now 19th, it must be getting around to my turn soon. Funny how we don’t seem to hear much from Starnes at the moment. Probably busy planning his next strategic masterstroke
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 19, 2021 21:40:20 GMT
We were unlucky to lose that IMO. Good display from us, just didn’t defend set pieces and crosses properly which ended up shooting us in the foot and giving Crewe the three points. Positives were, we’ve had more possession and shots on target away to a Crewe side that are flying, 9 games unbeaten for them. Hanlan, Westbrooke, Ehmer and McCormick the standout performers for us. We had some spells where we dominated the possession and camped in their half, need to be more creative with the possession. Firmly believe that we can turn this around, however we need a little bit more going forward and to sort our defending crosses and deadballs. Big couple of weeks ahead for Tisdale. I’m not sure how you can say we were unlucky with the awful defending we showed we were capable of tonight. Crewe sold 2 of their best players today, one of them their captain, any other team would have had 5 before half time. Says the poster who thought Craig was past it last season! Leahy seems to have taken Craig's place organising the defence, which is odd given that Ehmer's come in as captain, perhaps we need to sign a CH to replace Davies and leave Ehmer at RB Plus we had 3 of our best players missing in Jaakola, Ozt & Nicholson plus Daly is the only other striker who can score at this level. |
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Post by axegas on Jan 19, 2021 21:40:54 GMT
We were unlucky to lose that IMO. Good display from us, just didn’t defend set pieces and crosses properly which ended up shooting us in the foot and giving Crewe the three points. Positives were, we’ve had more possession and shots on target away to a Crewe side that are flying, 9 games unbeaten for them. Hanlan, Westbrooke, Ehmer and McCormick the standout performers for us. We had some spells where we dominated the possession and camped in their half, need to be more creative with the possession. Firmly believe that we can turn this around, however we need a little bit more going forward and to sort our defending crosses and deadballs. Big couple of weeks ahead for Tisdale. I’m not sure how you can say we were unlucky with the awful defending we showed we were capable of tonight. Crewe sold 2 of their best players today, one of them their captain, any other team would have had 5 before half time. Maybe unlucky is the wrong word because as I said we shot ourselves in the foot with poor defending. Just thought that on another day we might of got something out of that game as in the second half we played well. Optimistic that with a few incomings and tweaks we can end this bad run we are on, but time shall tell. |
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