Gas vs Scunthorpe matchday thread

Thought we started the game on the front foot yesterday. Taylor is quality, and scored a great goal. IMO Sinclair struggled, he did not seem to know his role and was regularly out of position. Scunny always looked like they had a bit extra, and took their first two goal very well. Linsey played well; DC has plenty to think about over the weekend, no doubt he will bringing in some more players asap.

It may be several players were nervous...first match of the season. Also many have not played at this level so might have been a bit guarded on the confidence side.
It's gonna be a bumpy ride and although if you are in the bottom six after ten games that's likely to indicate a season of struggle for the rest of the table you really do have to wait for game 20 for the table to start shaping up in a way it will resemble come final day.
Even then last season rovers were 12th and had lost 8 drawn 1 and won 8 (19 games...rovers had a game in hand for a while) .
It can't be relied upon that the season gets better as the team grows in character and belief but fans should not over react , don't forget the current manager is the most successful manager in the clubs history in terms of promotions won. If he were to gain another promotion at rovers he would have equalled all the other managers put together. Like players managers have dips in form even sir Alex did , it could be in the best interest of BRFC to keep DC for many years to come and have belief he will come through any bad spells.

Haha...yes I did it seems !...drawn three it should have been....well spotted :-)

While some people think Sinclair is a good player who runs about putting in tackles and blocks, he does wander out of position and this leaves holes in midfield. I'd like to think he can improve and perhaps slow down and be more accurate with his passing, but to be a top player you need anticipation and I am not sure he has that

Many times actually, unfortunately some people get a bit touchy when the truth is told, it shatters their illusionary perception of reality. A lot of our players are not good enough for league one, i'm sorry if that sounds harsh, unfair or upsets you in any way, and yes they did bloody well achieving promotion, but for a lot of them this league is a step too far.

Maybe just maybe, DC is just feeling his way in these first few games to see who can and can't hack it, same as the beginning of last season, it's all very well demanding more players immediately but those same people , if memory serve were goosing higgs for giving out 3 year contracts and having a largish squad, again maybe DC though a few more would leave during the close season ,in all honesty his hands are tied , every player from last year was promised a contract, many took the offer up so in effect that limits the amount of players he could bring in.

No, thought Leads looked OK esp in 352. Every time he attacked them they were worried and he did this several times in first half. He tried lots of 1-2s.  When we went 442 he looked vulnerable because we were being overwhelmed in midfield. Overall thought he was ok, better in first half than second but so were most of them.
UTG!