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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 20:46:47 GMT
DC knows a damn sight more about the team than we do and he decided Lines was a better option in the last 30 mins than Mansell, even though posters on here feel Lines is a liability? I thought Lines by his standards put in a decent shift yesterday, in what is only his second game back from injury. If Easter had gambled when Lines shot across the goal he'd have put us two up and Lines would have been instrumental in both goals. DC only knows more about the team than the fans because we are doing ok. If we were doing badly he wouldn't... I only asked what your point was.
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Post by RD on Jan 26, 2016 22:35:09 GMT
Yep and I felt it should have been Lines - all about opinions. A point was a good one though so can't really complain. Yep yours and DCs and know which one I would chose to listen too Yawn
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Post by philbemmygas on Jan 27, 2016 7:55:46 GMT
I thought him and Browner were arguing a lot today and didn't someone Lines and Mans don't speak, not great if true. Hardly arguing just different view points? Manse shock Lines hand when handing over the Captain's arm hand so any talk of a fall out is probably nonsense. Its complete Horse Carp
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Post by fanboy on Jan 27, 2016 8:24:14 GMT
I think Linesy has played a key role in two very good results against good teams.
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Post by socrates on Jan 27, 2016 20:22:59 GMT
I think Linesy has played a key role in two very good results against good teams. [br Yeah I agree. He's battled more and won more of the ball in his last two games against Oxford and Plymouth than he did in all his games last season and I've been impressed with the way he's working hard to get back in the side. He's our most creative midfield player by a country mile and was the difference last season between us being a good conference side and a top one. I think he's been as good in our last two games as Stuey and Mansel perhaps even better than Sinclair. His passing creates goals and he's still capable of surging runs through the middle , something that without him out team completely lacks. I haven't been his biggest fan in the past but I'm growing to him lately because he's changed his game slightly to fit the DC way and I think he's still a good league 2 footballer. If we let him go he'd go to Plymouth or Pompey or somewhere and they'd love him and we would miss him.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2016 22:13:12 GMT
I think Linesy has played a key role in two very good results against good teams. [br Yeah I agree. He's battled more and won more of the ball in his last two games against Oxford and Plymouth than he did in all his games last season and I've been impressed with the way he's working hard to get back in the side. He's our most creative midfield player by a country mile and was the difference last season between us being a good conference side and a top one. I think he's been as good in our last two games as Stuey and Mansel perhaps even better than Sinclair. His passing creates goals and he's still capable of surging runs through the middle , something that without him out team completely lacks. I haven't been his biggest fan in the past but I'm growing to him lately because he's changed his game slightly to fit the DC way and I think he's still a good league 2 footballer. If we let him go he'd go to Plymouth or Pompey or somewhere and they'd love him and we would miss him. Sorry, I think this is far too positive. Lines is not as effective as he could be. He gets loads of set pieces and we don't pose a danger. He sits in deep positions in space and takes an easy option more often than not. He can and hopefully will become more of an attacking threat. We have 3 defensive midfielders and an old head in Lawrence. Lines has to step up imo.
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Post by socrates on Jan 27, 2016 22:16:54 GMT
[br Yeah I agree. He's battled more and won more of the ball in his last two games against Oxford and Plymouth than he did in all his games last season and I've been impressed with the way he's working hard to get back in the side. He's our most creative midfield player by a country mile and was the difference last season between us being a good conference side and a top one. I think he's been as good in our last two games as Stuey and Mansel perhaps even better than Sinclair. His passing creates goals and he's still capable of surging runs through the middle , something that without him out team completely lacks. I haven't been his biggest fan in the past but I'm growing to him lately because he's changed his game slightly to fit the DC way and I think he's still a good league 2 footballer. If we let him go he'd go to Plymouth or Pompey or somewhere and they'd love him and we would miss him. Sorry, I think this is far too positive. Lines is not as effective as he could be. He gets loads of set pieces and we don't pose a danger. He sits in deep positions in space and takes an easy option more often than not. He can and hopefully will become more of an attacking threat. We have 3 defensive midfielders and an old head in Lawrence. Lines has to step up imo. Lines is an old head too and in my opinion since he's come back to Rovers he has stepped up. I've been much more impressed with him second time round than I was first time round.
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Post by RD on Jan 28, 2016 6:32:04 GMT
Sorry, I think this is far too positive. Lines is not as effective as he could be. He gets loads of set pieces and we don't pose a danger. He sits in deep positions in space and takes an easy option more often than not. He can and hopefully will become more of an attacking threat. We have 3 defensive midfielders and an old head in Lawrence. Lines has to step up imo. Lines is an old head too and in my opinion since he's come back to Rovers he has stepped up. I've been much more impressed with him second time round than I was first time round. His attitude definitely appears to have improved. He has a reasonably good touch too in fairness. However, all this talk of him being our most creative player - how many assists has he got this season? I think he flatters to deceive. Most of his passes are sideways or backwards.
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Post by socrates on Jan 28, 2016 7:36:01 GMT
Lines is an old head too and in my opinion since he's come back to Rovers he has stepped up. I've been much more impressed with him second time round than I was first time round. His attitude definitely appears to have improved. He has a reasonably good touch too in fairness. However, all this talk of him being our most creative player - how many assists has he got this season? I think he flatters to deceive. Most of his passes are sideways or backwards. I dunno how many assists but he does seem to be involved in most of our attacks. He could do better of course every one of our players could. Taylor's second top scorer in the division and there's loads of Gasheads who think he's not good enough. That's football. Edit : just looked and he's top with 5.
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Post by Langford Gas on Jan 28, 2016 7:44:44 GMT
i'm thinking it must be difficult playing in front of 10,000 managers
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Post by RD on Jan 28, 2016 8:52:24 GMT
i'm thinking it must be difficult playing in front of 10,000 managers No need to be silly about it. He plays in front of about 7,000 or 8,000 at best.
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Post by RD on Jan 28, 2016 8:53:48 GMT
His attitude definitely appears to have improved. He has a reasonably good touch too in fairness. However, all this talk of him being our most creative player - how many assists has he got this season? I think he flatters to deceive. Most of his passes are sideways or backwards. I dunno how many assists but he does seem to be involved in most of our attacks. He could do better of course every one of our players could. Taylor's second top scorer in the division and there's loads of Gasheads who think he's not good enough. That's football. Edit : just looked and he's top with 5. I have to admit, that's more than I thought - especially as he hasn't played that many games in comparison to the rest of the midfield. Is that all in the league or does that include cup competitions too? (after all, we have played a vast amount of cup ties ) Perhaps I am being harsh then.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 28, 2016 8:58:49 GMT
Lines is an old head too and in my opinion since he's come back to Rovers he has stepped up. I've been much more impressed with him second time round than I was first time round. His attitude definitely appears to have improved. He has a reasonably good touch too in fairness. However, all this talk of him being our most creative player - how many assists has he got this season? I think he flatters to deceive. Most of his passes are sideways or backwards. Lines drving run into the penality area led to our goal on Saturday, whilst it wouldn't be classed as an "assist" as such but without his run the goal wouldn't have followed. As far as him sitting deep surely he was just playing the Ollie Clark deep role when we were playing 3-5-2, which I assume he was instructed to play on Saturday until we went 4-4-2?
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Post by CrispPusher on Jan 28, 2016 9:10:32 GMT
If Lines wasn't from Filton, he'd be getting dog's abuse for his displays so far this season. Lines the first time around was a good player and he did well in non-league, this season back in the league his set-pieces have gone down hill and his performances are reminiscent of Rob Quinn.
Obviously people will strongly disagree as they are blinkered by the 'he's one of our own' stuff yet at the same time are happy to slate Bristol lad Ollie Clarke whilst performing better!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2016 9:35:06 GMT
i'm thinking it must be difficult playing in front of 10,000 managers Or paying footy punters who are debating issues on a public forum. Would you and your mate prefer it if nobody cared?
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Post by socrates on Jan 28, 2016 9:36:16 GMT
If Lines wasn't from Filton, he'd be getting dog's abuse for his displays so far this season. Lines the first time around was a good player and he did well in non-league, this season back in the league his set-pieces have gone down hill and his performances are reminiscent of Rob Quinn. Obviously people will strongly disagree as they are blinkered by the 'he's one of our own' stuff yet at the same time are happy to slate Bristol lad Ollie Clarke whilst performing better! Personally I couldn't give a monkeys if he's from Filton or Faro I'm basing my opinion on football not geography..
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Post by WeAreTheGas on Jan 28, 2016 9:48:35 GMT
Not had the best of seasons, but thought he was decent at Oxford and put in his best performance of the season v Plymouth.
He was sitting too deep and constantly spraying Hollywood balls around before he was dropped, but that's why DC dropped him and he's been much better since he's come back into the team IMO.
He's never been, and never will be, one to go flying into challenges. But he made some very good interceptions in midfield on Saturday to break up Plymouth attacks.
And as has been said above, the driving surges through midfield with the ball have returned recently, and there's not many midfielders in L2 who offer that (that I've seen, anyway).
Needs to add more goals, but he's getting there I think.
EDIT: Having said all that, I'd probably drop him v Accrington! Don't think the pitch up there will suit him at all, and it's a game for battlers IMO.
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Post by Langford Gas on Jan 28, 2016 10:57:47 GMT
i'm thinking it must be difficult playing in front of 10,000 managers Or paying footy punters who are debating issues on a public forum. Would you and your mate prefer it if nobody cared? My Mate ?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2016 11:47:36 GMT
i think lines is trying very hard to do what the manager wants him to do now as opposed to doing his own thing before he got dropped.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2016 15:42:45 GMT
Or paying footy punters who are debating issues on a public forum. Would you and your mate prefer it if nobody cared? My Mate ? Marmite.
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