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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 9, 2021 17:58:10 GMT
Day 7 A pretty confident debut. Unlucky with the first goal, possibly should have done better with the third
Ehmer 6 Good goal - a well worked training ground move Not really a right back though, can't cope with quick wingers Kilgour 8 An excellent game, don't think he put a foot wrong, great goal, some great interceptions and tackles Baldwin 7 Pretty effective and composed Leahy 7.5 Played really well, and then did a Leahy to gift them possession in a dangerous position! Then played well again.
McCormick 7 played well against a midfield that perhaps suited him in that they weren't L1 cloggers Upson 5 too slow and too many mistakes for me Westbrooke 7 Similar to McCormick, great free kick
Oztumer 6.5 Flashes of what he can do, but not enough. Wouldn't have subbed him though, unless it was precautionary for more important stuff to come
Hanlan 7 Battled well against higher level defenders and won his fair share of those battles Ayunga 6.5 A good performance winning a lot of aerial battles and some flashes of good first touches. Hope he takes a lot of confidence from that
Subs: Barrett 6 He doesn't "look" fit, but he did work hard. Grant 6 A bit rusty perhaps after injury, hopefully he can get back to full fitness quickly Rodman - nole imho
Ref 5 (7 first half, 3 second half) Sheffield United 7 Played some nice football at times against us as L1 opposition, but can see why they are struggling in the Premier. We should take a lot of encouragement that despite their struggles this season they are never beaten heavily in the Premier League, and we gave them a good game.
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 9, 2021 17:09:38 GMT
Sheff U deserved the win but with a half balanced referee we may have got a draw there. I thought when the ref holds both hands in front of him it means advantage. Is not an advantage when the opponent is running through on goal. Blades surely going down, a back three who can’t stay on their feet can only get you so far See I was confused by this. I thought he was giving an advantage for a foul by us that we didn't notice (watching this back - I can't see it?). If he was giving us an 'advantage', and he really is a Prem/Champ regular, then whoever does the refereeing appointment should consider knocking him down a few levels based on todays sh** show. No - we'll get him again next week if they do that, The Prem can keep him
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 9, 2021 17:00:08 GMT
No shame in that performance today. A number of dodgy/iffy Ref decision in that second half - the free kick we didn't get before they broke away, throw ins, corners, free kicks that should have been in our favour. It seemed like the Ref decided not to keep up with play second half. A real shame that Leahy had his one a game lapse to give the ball away after playing so well for the vast majority of the game. We do lack a bit of pace at the back, if we can find a quick right back in the window that would go along way to sorting that out imho
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 9, 2021 16:42:49 GMT
It's frustrating isn't it - a free kick we should have had just before they scored, now we should have had a corner....
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 9, 2021 16:26:48 GMT
Leahy been playing well, then instead of booting it out does one of his trademark passes to the opposition! Really frustrating
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 9, 2021 16:03:44 GMT
Why is Nicholson not playing? Missing him He'll be pleased to know how much you care
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 9, 2021 15:59:32 GMT
Playing really well. We seem to be prone to slipping/losing our footing more than them - what do players wear on their feet these days, not proper studs it seems. I've manged to link the laptop to the proper tv so watching on a big screen is great. Switched the tv over to the BBC goals program once the half finished to hear the girl reporter at the Mem say Ayunga wasn't getting much luck - I thought we was winning some great headers and had some good touches. If we can keep it tight, not sit off them around the edge of our box too much, and not have one of our usual clangers, we can do this. Come on Gas
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 9, 2021 14:32:07 GMT
Is that a Vicar of Dibley style score prediction? No No No 4 4 4 - 2 to the Gas!
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 9, 2021 11:49:27 GMT
It doesn’t say official match day thread tho... don’t trust it ..another Covid scam? Don't give out any personal details
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 8, 2021 19:47:27 GMT
It's Father Jack that sits and shouts - "Drink, Feck, Girls" etc., but I like the idea of Steve doing the same - "Clarke, Craig, McChrystal" or the like....
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 8, 2021 14:55:30 GMT
As someone too young to have ever watched a game at Eastville, I always wondered which pubs were Gas ones? ...all of them!
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 7, 2021 9:54:17 GMT
..read the third paragraph of the news report More that it doesn't work now, just a really odd shout. I was just suggesting that tippy tappy hasn't really worked for us and picking up on the report making that comment 65 years ago for the great Man U, sorry.
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 7, 2021 9:50:37 GMT
The link in the OP says 35872 Apologies and thanks the link won't open for me. No need to apologise. Here is the link content: Bristol Rovers 4-0 Manchester United (07-01-1956) On January 7th 1956, Rovers played what would go down as perhaps the biggest result in Bristol Rovers history. Performing well in the league and in a battle for promotion to Division One, Rovers played Matt Busby's Manchester United, a team by then nicknamed the Busby Babes, in a FA Cup Third Round Tie. Reporter Desmond Hackett described Rovers as the "£110 team with the million-dollar touch of class" in the Daily Express. This is in a song/chant by Ben Gunstone, called Tote End Boys. Bristol Rovers 4-0 Manchester United Biggs (2) Meyer Bradford (pen) (2-0 HT) at Eastville Stadium attendance: 35,872 Lineups Ron Nicholls Ray Wood Harry Bamford Bill Foulkes Frank Alcock Roger Byrne Jack Pitt Eddie Colman Denzil Hale Mark Jones Peter Sampson Jeff Whitefoot George Petherbridge Johnny Berry Alfie Biggs John Doherty Geoff Bradford Tommy Taylor Barrie Meyer Dennis Viollet Peter Hooper David Pegg
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 7, 2021 9:38:47 GMT
Before my time too. Just wondering what the attendance was for the match. Our record attendance of 38,472 was in 1960 just surprised against Man Utd it wasn't higher. Bet trying to get your hands on a match day programme for this is rarer than hens teeth. The link in the OP says 35872
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 7, 2021 9:37:38 GMT
Just shows tippy tappy football didn't work then, or now....... Odd shout. ..read the third paragraph of the news report
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 7, 2021 9:25:55 GMT
What a fantastic Newspaper clipping - I'd not seen that before. Just shows tippy tappy football didn't work then, or now.......
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 4, 2021 19:52:25 GMT
Is it on the BBC red button this time. ??I'm sure I read it was only on BT ?? It is. Only on Bt sport and Radio 5 live. Confirmed to me by Tom Gorringe last week. It's been discussed on a number of threads, here is the BBC web page detailing all the games and where they will be shown - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55276890We're on BT Sport Extra4. I'm not sure how to get this specific channel - I have the BT basic package with my internet service but this only gives BT Sport1 as I understand it.
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 4, 2021 15:29:22 GMT
Perhaps he's about to be convicted and jailed......?
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 2, 2021 16:57:00 GMT
A great and vital 3 points. Well done Gas. Happy New Year!
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 2, 2021 15:39:10 GMT
Great stuff! Come on Gas let's get another...
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