How many times is that now?

[Filo]

Another loss to a late injury time winner

[since-1969]

We need a striker who believes in his ability. Too many opportunities missed DF must be thinking the same .

[Copps is Magic]

Go on then, who's gunna be the first one to mention 'luck'?

Game lasts as long as it lasts.

[since-1969]

We saved a dubious penalty so how much luck do we need .

[eastender]

Lawlor should have done better with the goal, a bobbler from 25 yards.

[dickos1]

It's not luck, but if we take our own chances then it's just a consolation.

[since-1969]

Lawlor should have done better with the goal, a bobbler from 25 yards.

We should have out of sight by then !!

[PDX_Rover]

Lawlor is a bit susceptible to shots from range.

[Canadian Rover]

Looked like it took a deflection.

[rich1471]

The sbit was from distance but ut was no bobbler and his penalty save was good and like in another post we should have been out off sight we have to shoot more and stop trying to walk it in

[Copps is Magic]

It's not luck, but if we take our own chances then it's just a consolation.

What if they took their chances?

[idler]

They only needed the one taken to beat us.

[GazLaz]

Fourth time isn’t it? Rochdale, Shrews, Rotherham and today.

[eastender]

What's more annoying is that time was up and we were attacking, then Mason kicked it straight to their player instead of chipping it over his head.
They broke away and 5 seconds later it's in our net.

[Heffs right foot]

Not been today but it sounds hard to take ...must admit from 80mins checking phone constant and shitting mysen that we can hold on and then we concede....should have known better...how many times before we learn.

[les@donr]

We are failing to take our chances is what is costing us games. While the game is level either team can win the game last on by one goal, in our case it is usually the opposition.
Must ask why isn't Marquis scoring? Confidence or being shown up as not  good enough in a higher league?

[The Red Baron]

Marquis did a really good job of leading the line and holding up the ball. Thing is, he can't do that and be a goal poacher. We need the other strikers to do that and for more goals from midfield.

We should never have lost today. After the first 20 minutes we were the better side. How six minutes got added on is unbelievable.

[les@donr]

These are games we need to win or at the very least get a draw. Now we are looking over our shoulders at the bottom four, we are only 3 points above the drop zone. It now makes next Saturday's game against Oldham a must win game.

TRB, Thanks for your feedback, sounds as if Marquis is doing his best, but not given opportunities to score goals, that has to down to the manager's tactics, which need revising.

[drfchound]

We have been just outside the drop zone for weeks on end and yet still some supporters see this as ok and acceptable.

[Retdon1]

It's getting concerning how many times lawlor is getting beat from distance. Fair enough in there in the top corner but he should be doing better with others.

[Filo]

At least someone was happy with our result

https://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/punter-wins-pound40k-off-pound10-acca/131920

[since-1969]

Who would have thought Chesterfield winning at home !!

[Campsall rover]

Do we have a divine right to be in the top six. No we don't.
Do we have a Devine right to be in the top half. No we don't.
We have just got promotion from a poor quality league.
The standard in league 1 is much superior.
Some people on here have high expectations. This season is a season of consolidation in this league.
If we get relegated again then I agree that will be uacceptable.
We have 25 games to play, 75 points to play for.
For haven sake get a sense of reality. Let's see where we are at the end of Febraury.
If we are in and around the bottom 4 then I would suggest a change of manager.

[The Red Baron]

I thought we played well today and didn't deserve to lose. The trouble is that we don't score goals, particularly away from home, and it makes you vulnerable.

At the moment, if you give me 20th at the end of the season I'll take that.

[POD]

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Lawlor should have done better with the goal, a bobbler from 25 yards.

Just seen the goal.  It was a good 35 yards out and whilst it was well hit, a keeper should not be beaten from that distance if he has a reasonable starting position.  As the shot was made, he was way too far over to one side of the goal and couldn't recover.  A basic positional mistake from the keeper.  We would have been happy with a point, but everyone needs to concentrate right to the end. 
With regard to the penalty, how the ref could give that as inside the box from the position he was in is beyond me - unless the linesman intervened?

[Akinfenwa]

Regarding expectations, of the 40 teams newly promoted to League One over the previous 10 seasons:

• 8/40 finished in the top six (3 of these were promoted).
• 6/40 were relegated.
• The average final position is 13th.
• The average final points total is 60.

Let's not pretend that any team promoted to this league will automatically find it tough to compete. It's actually relatively rare for a promoted team to struggle in League One, and those who were expecting a solid mid-table finish from us this season are not being unreasonable in my book.

With 23 points from 21 games we are not currently on course to perform at the level of the average promoted side, and I can live with that. It's not a big deal. But a relegation battle is hardly encouraging, and relegation unthinkable.

[Heffs right foot]

Quite agree POD....just what I was thinking...

[dickos1]

Regarding expectations, of the 40 teams newly promoted to League One over the previous 10 seasons:

• 8/40 finished in the top six (3 of these were promoted).
• 6/40 were relegated.
• The average final position is 13th.
• The average final points total is 60.

Let's not pretend that any team promoted to this league will automatically find it tough to compete. It's actually relatively rare for a promoted team to struggle in League One, and those who were expecting a solid mid-table finish from us this season are not being unreasonable in my book.

With 23 points from 21 games we are not currently on course to perform at the level of the average promoted side, and I can live with that. It's not a big deal. But a relegation battle is hardly encouraging, and relegation unthinkable.

The average place to finish at the end of the season is 13th! And I'm sure some of those sides would at some point during the season be 4 points below 13th.
Let's wait until the end of the season before making daft comparisons

[Chris Black come back]

You would imagine that we are one of the larger and better resources sides to have been promoted from League Two in that reference period - so that is a perspective that ought to be considered also.

[dickos1]

Only comparison worth doing is where they all were after 21 games