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Post by dudelebowski on Feb 12, 2022 17:48:37 GMT
Only a point in a ‘must win’ but it ain’t over yet. Big 3 points Tuesday night is required, reduce that figure to 7 points off with 2 games in hand. We’re barely in the hunt, but while we are there’s always a chance. Up until last Tuesday I was starting to believe, now we need a couple of wins to get that feeling back. Start Tuesday night, have to keep believing whilst we have these games in hand. Hopefully a big atmosphere night against a side we know well
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Post by rememberhalifax on Feb 12, 2022 17:54:31 GMT
As a stand alone result not bad, but after Oldham needed 3, Mansfield no great shakes were they? IMHO with the players we have we should be creating more chances, feel a bit for Thomas, MOM last home game , no chance since, odd.
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Post by lastminutewinner on Feb 12, 2022 17:55:55 GMT
As a stand alone result not bad, but after Oldham needed 3, Mansfield no great shakes were they? IMHO with the players we have we should be creating more chances, feel a bit for Thomas, MOM last home game , no chance since, odd. Collins needs someone like Loft or Clarke to play off. He was a bit isolated especially in the first half and was left to chase lost causes
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Post by meadgas on Feb 12, 2022 17:58:02 GMT
Very flat and pedestrian first half, their movement off the ball was far better. Second half much improved and deserved point, penalty all day long for me. Not often they don't score so a good clean sheet.
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Post by Gassy on Feb 12, 2022 18:06:51 GMT
I think that’s the season over tbh. I said previously that Sutton, Oldham, Mansfield & Sutton will require a minimum of 7 points to show we’re playing off contenders and so far we have 2 points in 3 of those games.
Not really good enough tbh, with our budget we should be doing a lot better.
It’s worrying as well that we’ll potentially need a squad reset (after already having a squad reset) as well with the amount of players we’ll lose in summer at end of contracts or returning back on loan.
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Post by kampucheagas on Feb 12, 2022 18:07:48 GMT
Will be a good point when we sneak into the play offs last game of the season
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Post by Okebournegas on Feb 12, 2022 18:07:55 GMT
Crap first half , much better second half , Defence much better with Taylor back , stone wall penalty not given but totally toothless upfront , we should be at least troubling the opposition keeper but his kit doesn’t need washing tonight. Really concerns me that yet again we have been left with no out and out goal scorer and so far appears that our new striker is another injury prone dud, After the celebration from Clarke scoring against Scunthorpe , I thought he’d be back but yet again out. Sorry to be a kill joy but I still think we are no where near good enough for a play off spot !!
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Post by Okebournegas on Feb 12, 2022 18:09:28 GMT
I think that’s the season over tbh. I said previously that Sutton, Oldham, Mansfield & Sutton will require a minimum of 7 points to show we’re playing off contenders and so far we have 2 points in 3 of those games. Not really good enough tbh, with our budget we should be doing a lot better. It’s worrying as well that we’ll potentially need a squad reset (after already having a squad reset) as well with the amount of players we’ll lose in summer at end of contracts or returning back on loan. Totally agree with all of this , we should be doing much better and it’s going to a season wasted. No excuses , we should be doing much better.
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Post by gulfofaden on Feb 12, 2022 18:17:33 GMT
Mansfield played for 45 minutes as well. The wind was a big factor in that. Blowing the ball towards the blackthorn end. It was hardly a gale force wind, just a strong breeze, the fact is we rarely play well for more than 45 mins. We also failed to test the goalie even once, I'm not sure what Thomas has to do to get more game time over Anderson who rarely creates anything. He got us a penalty the other week
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Post by aforce on Feb 12, 2022 18:24:01 GMT
Barton has to take blame here was a very flat game and Mansfield were here for the taking. Far too negative to play 1 up front all game. Totally disagree pal, both teams were poor first half, second half we was th team who went for it with positive football an were a bad decision away from claimin th haul of points. Positive football? Don’t think we had a shot on target. We seem goal shy and that’s our reason, tactically we seem to be flogging a dead horse. This is such a poor league, and what are we like 16th for a reason after nearly 30 games
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Post by aforce on Feb 12, 2022 18:25:23 GMT
As a stand alone result not bad, but after Oldham needed 3, Mansfield no great shakes were they? IMHO with the players we have we should be creating more chances, feel a bit for Thomas, MOM last home game , no chance since, odd. Yea I find the Thomas situation baffling, he gave him a rocket, he suddenly gets his sh** together, gets a mom performance last home game then taken straight out the team to a sub not used, gonna do wonders for his confidence
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Post by yattongas on Feb 12, 2022 18:25:30 GMT
Still can’t get over the fact that bloody BLATANT penalty wasn’t given 🤬
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Post by RD on Feb 12, 2022 18:25:36 GMT
I think that’s the season over tbh. I said previously that Sutton, Oldham, Mansfield & Sutton will require a minimum of 7 points to show we’re playing off contenders and so far we have 2 points in 3 of those games. Not really good enough tbh, with our budget we should be doing a lot better. It’s worrying as well that we’ll potentially need a squad reset (after already having a squad reset) as well with the amount of players we’ll lose in summer at end of contracts or returning back on loan. Totally agree with all of this , we should be doing much better and it’s going to a season wasted. No excuses , we should be doing much better. Agree. Decent performance and point today, but when you see the quality in the squad, you can't help but wonder how we can only be Midtable. On the whole it isn't good enough.
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Post by Okebournegas on Feb 12, 2022 18:27:55 GMT
Totally agree with all of this , we should be doing much better and it’s going to a season wasted. No excuses , we should be doing much better. Agree. Decent performance and point today, but when you see the quality in the squad, you can't help but wonder how we can only be Midtable. On the whole it isn't good enough. It’s so frustrating, like you said , we have a lot of quality in the squad but it’s just not working.
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 12, 2022 18:31:22 GMT
Totally disagree pal, both teams were poor first half, second half we was th team who went for it with positive football an were a bad decision away from claimin th haul of points. Positive football? Don’t think we had a shot on target. We seem goal shy and that’s our reason, tactically we seem to be flogging a dead horse. This is such a poor league, and what are we like 16th for a reason after nearly 30 games Barton's brain washed the fans into now blaming the ref when we don't win, if we had been given a pen and scored then that would have been our only decent shot on target. With Thomas benched and Evans out injured we didn't have one player on the pitch who could actually create anything. Tuesday's now a massive game as with only a couple of other mid week fixtures next week a win would have us moving up the table, another draw or loss and it'll effectively be season over for another year and you have to start wondering whether Barton is the right manager to take us forward.
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Post by aforce on Feb 12, 2022 18:34:01 GMT
Positive football? Don’t think we had a shot on target. We seem goal shy and that’s our reason, tactically we seem to be flogging a dead horse. This is such a poor league, and what are we like 16th for a reason after nearly 30 games Barton's brain washed the fans into now blaming the ref when we don't win, if we had been given a pen and scored then that would have been our only decent shot on target. With Thomas benched and Evans out injured we didn't have one player on the pitch who could actually create anything. Tuesday's now a massive game as with only a couple of other mid week fixtures next week a win would have us moving up the table, another draw or loss and it'll effectively be season over for another year and you have to start wondering whether Barton is the right manager to take us forward. Spot on post
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Post by daniel300380 on Feb 12, 2022 18:36:18 GMT
I think that’s the season over tbh. I said previously that Sutton, Oldham, Mansfield & Sutton will require a minimum of 7 points to show we’re playing off contenders and so far we have 2 points in 3 of those games. Not really good enough tbh, with our budget we should be doing a lot better. It’s worrying as well that we’ll potentially need a squad reset (after already having a squad reset) as well with the amount of players we’ll lose in summer at end of contracts or returning back on loan. Season is far from over yet. It's harder after the last few results. Win on Tuesday and we will be 9 points behind Sutton with 2 games in hand and 7 behind Newport with 2 games in hand, with plenty of games to go. Win one those games in hand and the gap will be 4/6 points. Still playing without a striker, hopefully one will be back soon. Typical Rovers to lose to a team near the bottom and not lose away to a team with a great home record and at home to team on a great run.
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 12, 2022 18:46:43 GMT
I think that’s the season over tbh. I said previously that Sutton, Oldham, Mansfield & Sutton will require a minimum of 7 points to show we’re playing off contenders and so far we have 2 points in 3 of those games. Not really good enough tbh, with our budget we should be doing a lot better. It’s worrying as well that we’ll potentially need a squad reset (after already having a squad reset) as well with the amount of players we’ll lose in summer at end of contracts or returning back on loan. Season is far from over yet. It's harder after the last few results. Win on Tuesday and we will be 9 points behind Sutton with 2 games in hand and 7 behind Newport with 2 games in hand, with plenty of games to go. Win one those games in hand and the gap will be 4/6 points. Still playing without a striker, hopefully one will be back soon. Typical Rovers to lose to a team near the bottom and not lose away to a team with a great home record and at home to team on a great run. But what if we don't win that's the issue as we never seem to be able to close the gap, is Barton really capable of making up into a play off, or better side, as he's now had two transfer windows and we're still only a mid table side? What is really going on with Loft as how can a minor back injury keep him for so long.
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Post by socrates on Feb 12, 2022 18:49:22 GMT
It feels flat now because we just drew 0-0 and probably would have won it if the ref had gone to spec savers but if we can get the 3 points Tuesday - one of our games in hand with only two other games in our division that night then we’ll be 7 points off with still games in hand on most sides. And 51 points still left to play for. There’s still a long way to go yet people and over the last 8 games form table we’re 4th so are in good form points wise. Keep the faith UTG
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Post by Big Jock on Feb 12, 2022 18:50:13 GMT
Positive football? Don’t think we had a shot on target. We seem goal shy and that’s our reason, tactically we seem to be flogging a dead horse. This is such a poor league, and what are we like 16th for a reason after nearly 30 games Barton's brain washed the fans into now blaming the ref when we don't win, if we had been given a pen and scored then that would have been our only decent shot on target. With Thomas benched and Evans out injured we didn't have one player on the pitch who could actually create anything. Tuesday's now a massive game as with only a couple of other mid week fixtures next week a win would have us moving up the table, another draw or loss and it'll effectively be season over for another year and you have to start wondering whether Barton is the right manager to take us forward. Have your opinion Topper, but don’t ever refer to other supporters as being brain washed ok pal! It’s f**kin patronising an condescending.
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