Bristol Rovers vs Rochdale Official Match Thread

The problem has been the same all season. Either we don’t have any strikers on the bench and now we only have Ayunga. I don’t like to bash him as he was surely bought to develop. How anyone at the club has let us go through a campaign with this strikeforce is beyond belief.

I’m bracing myself for League 2 when I finally punish myself by driving from Dorset on a Saturday, unless the club can find a gem from somewhere, seems to me all the potential signings have decided we are a basket case and possibly rightly so!

Tis needs to go to a back 4, not play Westbrooke and Harries, surely he’s seen enough now.

A good season to miss by the looks of it.

Our problem is Garner was a under 21s manager at the elite level and thought he could bring those players and principles to l1 adult level.

I thought PT could come in and iron out some of the flaws and instil a bit of realism but it’s boys vs men out there. They think they’re still at school.

Compare them to the players who’ve had to fight for their careers like we saw in the players who took us to two promotions from the conference. Players who’d tasted disappointment and the harsh reality of football. Those who’d been blunted and had high mental strength.

The project is failing.

How very depressing.
It looks very much like we are relegated. Not least because the manager does not appear to have a plan to get the best out of the players we have.

League record under Tis:

Pl 12
W 3
D 2
L 7

Not good, that!

I suppose we can only look at it objectively.

Coughlan quit so have no idea where he would have finished. Could have been 4th, could have been 1st or could have been 10th.

Garner took over and we finished 14th.

Garner before he was sacked had us in 18th.

Tisdale has us in 19th.

Chances are Garner may have improved with time, when he was sacked we were doing OK away from home if not at the Mem. 

I love the way posters think a new striker is suddenly going to change our fortunes, it's not like he's going to play in defence and also attack. Although it's odd Wael's seemingly cleared £20m of debts and paid out £m's on the training ground but we can't afford a decent striker. 

Sad but true Oldie.
We are one of those teams that benefit from having crowds, and as such have no passion without the crowds.
The lack of atmosphere exposes the players who can motivate themselves or not.
Ours cannot raise their game and just seem to be going through the motions.
The Mem is a demanding place. If the crowd were in at this level it can raise the team but also show their frustration at the lack of passion or fight in them.
There is nothing at present that makes these players realise what is required and Tisdale is obviously not motivating them and seemingly confusing with his poor tactics.