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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2021 19:18:22 GMT
They might not be here next season (with any luck). We’re in a transitional phase in a relegation battle, that is an awful place to be especially for a club like us who had notions of a long term vision and DNA not so long ago. We should only be committing to the end of the season on all fronts, manager, players, board members and no more because we simply don’t know where we go from there. Rushing into an appointment now when we are in such a dire position will see us handing out another 2 year contract to someone who might not keep us up and might not be appropriate for a struggle in league 2. Given the above, there is far more that could go wrong with a new manager vs keeping with people the players are familiar with just til the end of the season imo. Given BG signed a number of youngsters last January and this summer I assume they will be all here next season, unless we can somehow find another team to take them off our hands. The only players probably definitely leaving are the likes of Little, Rodman and Clarke who hardly figure now anyway. In the summer probably only Duff will be added to the managers presently available, if Cheltenham miss out on promotion, so I can't see the advantage in waiting. Clarke? |
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Feb 20, 2021 19:20:55 GMT
Going off track but how did TAA not get a card for that penalty? Should have been a red. That was never a pen! What’s TAA supposed to do exactly, not have a head? He kicked his leg out. Regardless of what you think if you give the pen then you have to give the red card IMO. |
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Post by stevek192 on Feb 20, 2021 19:47:03 GMT
Hargreaves is nowhere near League 1 standard. Bath City at best. Should have had Oztumer on the bench. Him and Nicholson work well together. McCormick played well but missed the easiest chance of the lot. We had at least three chances that were simpler to score than the first Akinde goal yet loads on here have said Akinde wasnt good enough.
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Post by Jester on Feb 20, 2021 19:50:32 GMT
So it appears my chance to be hero or villain has been restored. Gills away is usually a hiding to nothing but here goes anyway. I’ll be positive and predict a 2-1 victory with goals from Ayunga and Hanlan. Come on you blues. Don’t forget it’s a 1PM kick off. Never mind miltongas, it happens to us all! FWIW you still have a 50% win record which is much better than BG and PT! (and me and most of the other matchday thread creators).  And you're not gonna get a matchday thread to 56 pages like I did for Accrington! You've got to be brave, or foolish, like me and GGMI to keep creating matchday threads (and I do admire GGMI for his persistence and continuing hope!). I wish I wasn't quite so so easily disappointed as I seem to be nowadays. |
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Post by tbonegas on Feb 20, 2021 20:15:52 GMT
Hargreaves is nowhere near League 1 standard. Bath City at best. Should have had Oztumer on the bench. Him and Nicholson work well together. McCormick played well but missed the easiest chance of the lot. We had at least three chances that were simpler to score than the first Akinde goal yet loads on here have said Akinde wasnt good enough. Akinde was shocking whilst here. And a huge amount of his goals elsewhere have come from penalties. I hope you are not suggesting he should be playing for us? |
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 20, 2021 20:20:11 GMT
Hargreaves is nowhere near League 1 standard. Bath City at best. Should have had Oztumer on the bench. Him and Nicholson work well together. McCormick played well but missed the easiest chance of the lot. We had at least three chances that were simpler to score than the first Akinde goal yet loads on here have said Akinde wasnt good enough. Why wasn't Ozt on the bench as I haven't a clue? Since he went down with COVID he's hardly played for Rovers. He must be one of the poorest high profile loan players we've had for years. |
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Post by titchthephot on Feb 20, 2021 21:04:33 GMT
Hargreaves is nowhere near League 1 standard. Bath City at best. Should have had Oztumer on the bench. Him and Nicholson work well together. McCormick played well but missed the easiest chance of the lot. We had at least three chances that were simpler to score than the first Akinde goal yet loads on here have said Akinde wasnt good enough. Why wasn't Ozt on the bench as I haven't a clue? Since he went down with COVID he's hardly played for Rovers. He must be one of the poorest high profile loan players we've had for years. Covid has affected a lot of people long term. Some get short of breath and this would affect their fitness. None of us outsiders know what his problem is so it is wrong to make assumptions. |
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Feb 20, 2021 21:05:36 GMT
That game just said to me we are lacking quality up front. Regardless of what Widdrington says Or to put it another way: 'we've got nothing in the effing box!' |
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Feb 20, 2021 21:08:01 GMT
Hargreaves is nowhere near League 1 standard. Bath City at best. Should have had Oztumer on the bench. Him and Nicholson work well together. McCormick played well but missed the easiest chance of the lot. We had at least three chances that were simpler to score than the first Akinde goal yet loads on here have said Akinde wasnt good enough. Why wasn't Ozt on the bench as I haven't a clue? Since he went down with COVID he's hardly played for Rovers. He must be one of the poorest high profile loan players we've had for years. Also must be one of the only high profile loan players we've had in years! I think he'll be involved on Tuesday, presuming he's fit. He didn't really fit with the gameplan today. |
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Post by Gasshole on Feb 20, 2021 21:41:55 GMT
So it appears my chance to be hero or villain has been restored. Gills away is usually a hiding to nothing but here goes anyway. I’ll be positive and predict a 2-1 victory with goals from Ayunga and Hanlan. Come on you blues. Don’t forget it’s a 1PM kick off. Never mind miltongas, it happens to us all! FWIW you still have a 50% win record which is much better than BG and PT! (and me and most of the other matchday thread creators). And you're not gonna get a matchday thread to 56 pages like I did for Accrington! You've got to be brave, or foolish, like me and GGMI to keep creating matchday threads (and I do admire GGMI for his persistence and continuing hope!). I wish I wasn't quite so so easily disappointed as I seem to be nowadays. 50 % win record would get us very near the playoffs. I’d give Milts the nod for Tuesday. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2021 21:56:16 GMT
Hargreaves is nowhere near League 1 standard. Bath City at best. Should have had Oztumer on the bench. Him and Nicholson work well together. McCormick played well but missed the easiest chance of the lot. We had at least three chances that were simpler to score than the first Akinde goal yet loads on here have said Akinde wasnt good enough. Loads said Ayunga wasn’t good enough, then he was a world beater for one night only, now the jury is out again. Akinde had a rare good day at the office, nothing more than that and I would be questioning the recruitment again if we were looking to buy him- his two goals today mean he’s scored as many as Hanlan and Hanlan is a winger converted into a striker! |
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Post by Gassy on Feb 20, 2021 21:57:58 GMT
That was never a pen! What’s TAA supposed to do exactly, not have a head? He kicked his leg out. Regardless of what you think if you give the pen then you have to give the red card IMO. Haven't seen the incident, but didn't they change the rules a few years ago to mostly giving yellow cards and a penalty, instead of a red? Generally its seen as a double whammy basically, a goal and the red. |
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Post by gashead1981 on Feb 20, 2021 22:00:07 GMT
I think it would be sensible for us given our league position to have as many attacking options on the bench as possible.
I see no mileage in having Upson and Hargreaves on the bench and not Oz. At 1-0 I would have expected an immediate change too as it was clear that Jonah was getting nothing out of the back line.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Feb 20, 2021 22:00:44 GMT
He kicked his leg out. Regardless of what you think if you give the pen then you have to give the red card IMO. Haven't seen the incident, but didn't they change the rules a few years ago to mostly giving yellow cards and a penalty, instead of a red? Generally its seen as a double whammy basically, a goal and the red. They did change it but my understanding is that if its not a genuine attempt for the ball (which it wasn't) then it's a red. |
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Post by aforce on Feb 20, 2021 22:06:00 GMT
That game just said to me we are lacking quality up front. Regardless of what Widdrington says Or to put it another way: 'we've got nothing in the effing box!' Yea In all fairness today was lost because they had an experienced goal scorer proven at this level and we never it’s that simple as wasn’t a lot else in it. We all recognised the lack of an experienced forward at the start of the season and bg tw and ms thought otherwise |
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Post by Gassy on Feb 20, 2021 22:14:30 GMT
Haven't seen the incident, but didn't they change the rules a few years ago to mostly giving yellow cards and a penalty, instead of a red? Generally its seen as a double whammy basically, a goal and the red. They did change it but my understanding is that if its not a genuine attempt for the ball (which it wasn't) then it's a red. Thanks for posting. Tbh, it depends if TAA has lifted his leg/tried to bring him down whilst he's already on the floor. It's a penalty for me (after watching it a few times), but yellow/no card to seems fair from what I could see. I think its poor camerawork though, I'd like to see a better angle in slow-mo. If it shows that TAA whilst sliding had deliberately tried to trip him whilst going for the rebound, then I'd agree definite red. |
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Post by lastminutewinner on Feb 20, 2021 22:37:43 GMT
Hargreaves is nowhere near League 1 standard. Bath City at best. Should have had Oztumer on the bench. Him and Nicholson work well together. McCormick played well but missed the easiest chance of the lot. We had at least three chances that were simpler to score than the first Akinde goal yet loads on here have said Akinde wasnt good enough. Why wasn't Ozt on the bench as I haven't a clue? Since he went down with COVID he's hardly played for Rovers. He must be one of the poorest high profile loan players we've had for years. Oztumer still suffering with SHORTness of breath apparently |
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 20, 2021 22:45:57 GMT
Or to put it another way: 'we've got nothing in the effing box!' Yea In all fairness today was lost because they had an experienced goal scorer proven at this level and we never it’s that simple as wasn’t a lot else in it. We all recognised the lack of an experienced forward at the start of the season and bg tw and ms thought otherwise TW claims otherwise but lets not let the truth alter a Gaschat fact. |
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Post by aforce on Feb 20, 2021 23:26:48 GMT
Yea In all fairness today was lost because they had an experienced goal scorer proven at this level and we never it’s that simple as wasn’t a lot else in it. We all recognised the lack of an experienced forward at the start of the season and bg tw and ms thought otherwise TW claims otherwise but lets not let the truth alter a Gaschat fact. What truth? So with the benefit of hindsight he said that but didn’t hear this mentioned before even in his November interview? Show me the part when asked about his summer recruitment did he say we’ve actually shorted ourselves out in the experienced striker department? |
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 20, 2021 23:55:50 GMT
Haven’t read anything since watching us this afternoon. We played well but lacked any clinical finish. But yet again two big boots from the opposition and our CHs couldn’t deal with them. It happens time and time again. Must be soul destroying for everyone and I know Akinde is a big lump but even so, surely we should be able to deal with those. Otherwise the defence were ok.
UTG!
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