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Post by helpliner on Jan 1, 2023 18:35:48 GMT
Just pleased to win, scruffy performance some of the passing not crisp enough, with a few additions we could challenge for a play off position. Interesting month ahead worried that Azza might go, if we get a bumper fee it would soften the blow, as long as we have someone lined up. He was asked a direct question when he was interviewed after the match "Will you still be wearing the Rovers badge at the end of January", he replied "I'm here for the next two and half years"
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Post by lastminutewinner on Jan 1, 2023 18:41:36 GMT
A lot of Cheltenham fans saying our 2nd goal was way offside. F.uck em like, but anyone have a decent view? I must admit i thought that too, haven't seen the replay yet though. Wade Elliott: "The second goal was about six yards offside. It's not even a close one, or a marginal one you can understand the linesman getting wrong. It's six yards. If the linesman's job isn't to look across the line and get offsides"
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Post by dudelebowski on Jan 1, 2023 18:42:45 GMT
One I’m glad we got out of with 3 points in tact. Other than 2 lovely bits of play for the goals, that was a horror show all over the park. As sloppy as we’ve seen under JB. But ya can’t knock winning when you play poorly!
Notice Belshaw was stuck to his 6 yard box for the entire match, not sure wether that was pure fear or direct orders from the gaffer.
Great crowd, the predicted awful atmosphere and bar Connelly gifting them a way back into the game, my 2-0 Collins & Coburn shout was smack on😁
Roll on a new ground tick at Cambridge after they get pumped at Hillsborough tomorrow!
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Post by pucklegas on Jan 1, 2023 18:45:39 GMT
Just pleased to win, scruffy performance some of the passing not crisp enough, with a few additions we could challenge for a play off position. Interesting month ahead worried that Azza might go, if we get a bumper fee it would soften the blow, as long as we have someone lined up. He was asked a direct question when he was interviewed after the match "Will you still be wearing the Rovers badge at the end of January", he replied "I'm here for the next two and half years" Would love that to be true Martyn, but my grey hair and experience in life still makes me anxious 🏴☠️
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Post by gashead4ever on Jan 1, 2023 18:46:57 GMT
we have 2nd best strike force and 2nd worst defense
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Post by eric on Jan 1, 2023 19:00:39 GMT
Coburn and Collins awesome again. Stupid mistake by Connolly was a momentum changer and gave them all the encouragement they needed. I don’t think there is a keeper in the world who could have kept their goal out, it whistled past Belshaw’s earhole like a rocket - you’d have to really have it in for Belshaw to attach any blame to him. Watched the replay a couple of times and Coburn did look half a yard offside as the ball was played but it wasn’t the best camera angle - nowhere near the six yards their manager has allegedly suggested.
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 1, 2023 19:01:05 GMT
Yes we do! And one of them gave a defence splitting pass for our first goal. 😉 UTG!
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Post by gasandelectricity on Jan 1, 2023 19:01:59 GMT
Having watched the replays the second goal looked very offside. Shame they never show replays of offside goals so that we can see if the other Coburn goal was offside. That said it looked like the right call at the time.
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Post by gasandelectricity on Jan 1, 2023 19:03:39 GMT
Coburn and Collins awesome again. Stupid mistake by Connolly was a momentum changer and gave them all the encouragement they needed. I don’t think there is a keeper in the world who could have kept their goal out, it whistled past Belshaw’s earhole like a rocket - you’d have to really have it in for Belshaw to attach any blame to him. Watched the replay a couple of times and Coburn did look half a yard offside as the ball was played but it wasn’t the best camera angle - nowhere near the six yards their manager has allegedly suggested. I think the difference might have been that the Lino thought the ball was released earlier than it was, and that we got away with it from that. Nice to get some refereeing / line decisions in our favour for once though! Thought the refereeing was relatively good today. Not perfect but good up to what we normally see.
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Post by Somersetgas on Jan 1, 2023 19:08:43 GMT
I thought it was a good first half performance, second half we got there in the end, three points were gained. I was disappointed in the lack of atmosphere in the ground today, it felt really flat. For once no grumbles on the officials who I thought did a good job on the whole and not whistle happy. Even the linesman on The East side made decisions quickly and without the ref telling him.
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Post by eric on Jan 1, 2023 19:08:47 GMT
Coburn and Collins awesome again. Stupid mistake by Connolly was a momentum changer and gave them all the encouragement they needed. I don’t think there is a keeper in the world who could have kept their goal out, it whistled past Belshaw’s earhole like a rocket - you’d have to really have it in for Belshaw to attach any blame to him. Watched the replay a couple of times and Coburn did look half a yard offside as the ball was played but it wasn’t the best camera angle - nowhere near the six yards their manager has allegedly suggested. I think the difference might have been that the Lino thought the ball was released earlier than it was, and that we got away with it from that. Nice to get some refereeing / line decisions in our favour for once though! Thought the refereeing was relatively good today. Not perfect but good up to what we normally see. Possibly. I haven’t seen a replay of the assist from Evans for Coburn which was disallowed, seemed very similar with perhaps a slight delay in the ball being played. One given the benefit of the doubt the other not perhaps? Typical of Evans’ luck at the moment although I thought he was a lot better today than recently - he’s such a talent we must persevere with him. You’re probably right about the officials being better today. Didn’t come away as angry as normal so them not being the centre of everything and blending into the background is probably a good sign. My god we’ve had some sh** refs this season so perhaps credit due today.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 1, 2023 19:39:28 GMT
I must admit i thought that too, haven't seen the replay yet though. Wade Elliott: "The second goal was about six yards offside. It's not even a close one, or a marginal one you can understand the linesman getting wrong. It's six yards. If the linesman's job isn't to look across the line and get offsides" The West Stand Linesman had a shocker for most of the game, he let shirt pulls go without flagging and also ignored most of Cheltenham's blatant offsides. Not sure how he missed the one when May was around 10 yards offside.
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Post by twertonboy on Jan 1, 2023 19:40:36 GMT
Our second wasn’t offside, you can clearly see that on the highlights, I think we’re going through a dodgy patch at the moment, so glad to get all points today, Adam may looked like a real threat for them and I can see why he scores most of their goals, Gibson’s distribution is very poor at the moment, When we have the ball there’s no options centrally and that’s why we just go along our defence then to our wing backs and back again…something needs to change with our pattern of play in my opinion as we seem to be too slow and predictable with this and it has goals being conceded through this all over it… Collins dropping back for the ball and starting something seems to be our only hope at the moment
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 1, 2023 19:41:20 GMT
Just pleased to win, scruffy performance some of the passing not crisp enough, with a few additions we could challenge for a play off position. Interesting month ahead worried that Azza might go, if we get a bumper fee it would soften the blow, as long as we have someone lined up. He was asked a direct question when he was interviewed after the match "Will you still be wearing the Rovers badge at the end of January", he replied "I'm here for the next two and half years" It doesn't really matter what AC or the club say as if a Championship club are determined to sign him this month then he'll go, hopefully, they won't be. 🤞
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Post by worrelsterlingalbion on Jan 1, 2023 19:43:06 GMT
Well that pretty much covers the description of game of two halves. Thought we were excellent first half, kept the ball really well whilst also creating plenty. 2nd half the polar opposite, from the moment we gifted them a way back into the game everything we did well 1st half we did badly in the 2nd. However we hung on and to be on 34 points at this point of the season is definitely a massive plus. Without a doubt we need another centre half in the window although the most important piece of business we can do is to keep Collins & hopefully Cobern here come February.
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Post by dudelebowski on Jan 1, 2023 19:45:27 GMT
Our second wasn’t offside, you can clearly see that on the highlights, I think we’re going through a dodgy patch at the moment, so glad to get all points today, Adam may looked like a real threat for them and I can see why he scores most of their goals, Gibson’s distribution is very poor at the moment, When we have the ball there’s no options centrally and that’s why we just go along our defence then to our wing backs and back again…something needs to change with our pattern of play in my opinion as we seem to be too slow and predictable with this and it has goals being conceded through this all over it… Collins dropping back for the ball and starting something seems to be our only hope at the moment Funny how we see it differently, for me the back line had no options at all from Evans & Finley most of the game. Hence the constant long ball lark, was a throwback to GC ball except this squad are awful at that hoofing it game. I guess JB didn’t fancy the surface this week.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 1, 2023 20:06:48 GMT
Our second wasn’t offside, you can clearly see that on the highlights, I think we’re going through a dodgy patch at the moment, so glad to get all points today, Adam may looked like a real threat for them and I can see why he scores most of their goals, Gibson’s distribution is very poor at the moment, When we have the ball there’s no options centrally and that’s why we just go along our defence then to our wing backs and back again…something needs to change with our pattern of play in my opinion as we seem to be too slow and predictable with this and it has goals being conceded through this all over it… Collins dropping back for the ball and starting something seems to be our only hope at the moment JB seems to have been happy with our constant passing across the back line as he highlighted in his presser we made over 400 passes in the first half but only 100 in the second half. I sense we're missing Rossiter big time, as Coutts is half the player JR was before his injury. Not sure if Evans is missing him or just totally off his game.
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Jan 1, 2023 20:21:21 GMT
We needed the win and got it by any means necessary, onto a tough couple of away games now!
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Post by Sir Trevor B'Sol on Jan 1, 2023 20:32:16 GMT
Our second half performance was poor until some fresh legs and energy were introduced.
Cheltenham brought THREE substitutes on at half time. They brought on a group of forward thinking players and caught us cold.
This third match in a short period of time meant some leg weary BRFC players. Sometimes the explanation for a change in performance during a match stares you in the face but is not immediately picked up.
Luckily for us the momentum change at half time did not result in a defeat.
UTG.
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Jan 1, 2023 20:39:21 GMT
Very much needed win. The change by JB in the second half made a difference. Need more good recruitment if we want to challenge for the play offs. UTG. Please stop with the play off berths and promotion. We are bang average at this level but it’s a good platform to work from. 2 awful and giveaway losses and a win is hardly play off form. Sorry as not personal but I think it’s nonsense, especially in how we defend
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