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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: Jonathan on October 02, 2021, 05:01:45 pm
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Showed some real fight today. Great result. Hopefully that silences the doubters and doom mongers at least for a short while.
You do NOT sack managers this early on. Give this team and manager time. We’ll have some bumps in the road, but stick with it.
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Big win that. They were a very good footballing team
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The possession tells a story. I chuckled when cukur scored, albeit from close range, but some were slating him pre match and did not want him to play.
Nice to a few yellow cards. There is some fight there.
Why did villca come off at ht?
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This is what you get when you show the fight and desire needed to win professional football matches. Could've crumbled after their equaliser but no they did all the basics well and showed desire and aggression. MK looked better than us technically but we stuck at it and got a deserved win, deserved simply due to providing a completely different attitude than Tuesday!!
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And are we not due players back for our next game?
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
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And are we not due players back for our next game?
I believe so. 2 week gap also. Crewe game off due to call ups.
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Fej will be in the squad for the next game.
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The possession tells a story. I chuckled when cukur scored, albeit from close range, but some were slating him pre match and did not want him to play.
Nice to a few yellow cards. There is some fight there.
Why did villca come off at ht?
Vilca hit the post early on and did one or two other good things. However, as the half went on he had three critical mis touches/controls, two of which led directly to the chances for them. The lad has something but does not have the basics of a regular pro.
The problem is Dierdre Barlow replaced him and unfortunately was just as bad.
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We were up against a high flying team that have spent loads of money. We were coming off a 6 nil defeat. Of course we were going to have spells where they looked better than us. But let’s not forget we could’ve been out of sight early on with the two that hit the post as well as the goal.
Players came out and straight away showed that they were up for putting Tuesday behind them.
Sack the manager? f**k off you fair weathers. It’s many of our so called supporters that aren’t mentally tough enough.
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Have you ever seen a player throw himself to the floor so regularly as Lewington. Tried refereeing the game too all shift.
He deserved that result the cheating t**t.
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
I was going nuts at Bostock, he infuriated me today. He backed out of almost every tackle.
He’s a luxury, he’s undoubtedly a very good player who I really rate but we aren’t good enough to have a central midfielder neshing every tackle.
I agreed with him going off.
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It was a weird game to assess because based on possession they dominated, but based on chances it was even. This is definitely one of those wins I will 'take' because confidence was getting very low in the squad. On Iplayer, they zoomed in on Cukur at the end and he was over the moon with his goal. I have doubted the lad, but he tapped one in today and his tenacity created the goal at Plymouth. If he can learn quickly he could make something of himself.
Dodoo and Hiwula have added to our attacking options undoubtedly but I feel we are knocking it long to them too often. We can be more composed in possession and build from the back.
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We were up against a high flying team that have spent loads of money. We were coming off a 6 nil defeat. Of course we were going to have spells where they looked better than us. But let’s not forget we could’ve been out of sight early on with the two that hit the post as well as the goal.
Players came out and straight away showed that they were up for putting Tuesday behind them.
Sack the manager? f**k off you fair weathers. It’s many of our so called supporters that aren’t mentally tough enough.
Has anyone actually called for him to be sacked?
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We were up against a high flying team that have spent loads of money. We were coming off a 6 nil defeat. Of course we were going to have spells where they looked better than us. But let’s not forget we could’ve been out of sight early on with the two that hit the post as well as the goal.
Players came out and straight away showed that they were up for putting Tuesday behind them.
Sack the manager? f**k off you fair weathers. It’s many of our so called supporters that aren’t mentally tough enough.
Has anyone actually called for him to be sacked?
On twitter loads have
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The possession tells a story. I chuckled when cukur scored, albeit from close range, but some were slating him pre match and did not want him to play.
Nice to a few yellow cards. There is some fight there.
Why did villca come off at ht?
Vilca hit the post early on and did one or two other good things. However, as the half went on he had three critical mis touches/controls, two of which led directly to the chances for them. The lad has something but does not have the basics of a regular pro.
The problem is Dierdre Barlow replaced him and unfortunately was just as bad.
Barlow has something though. His second touch was awful today though, but he does have good positional awareness I think.
I’d like to see Seaman get a chance though. He’s not done anything wrong and is a force down the right.
Bostock - undoubtedly quality but agree he needs to get stuck in. FFS.
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Good response today. Far from pretty but then I'm not expecting much pretty football this season. The issue is whether we can stay in the game when under pressure and we showed a different side today. A few more wins ground out like that would be very welcome.
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Bostock makes more tackles neshing out than Smith has all season.
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Honest endeavour and effort against a skilful side. Well done.
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
Not really that type of player though and needs younger runners alongside him but there is no doubting his quality. He sees things no other player in our teams sees and has a real calmness about him. I would rather have him playing in a no 10 role further forward. Its no coincidence that we showed more control today than we did against Ipswich and that is largely down to Bostock in my opinion.
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We have beaten a very good side today, Galbraith was everywhere for 90 mins of nonstop action, Bostock has class if only he could do the full game,
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
Not really that type of player though and needs younger runners alongside him but there is no doubting his quality. He sees things no other player in our teams sees and has a real calmness about him. I would rather have him playing in a no 10 role further forward. Its no coincidence that we showed more control today than we did against Ipswich and that is largely down to Bostock in my opinion.
Think you’re right - with 2 more defensive midfielders behind him. Wonder if when Owulu is back he could go left back and Rowe could slot into midfield next to Galbraith?
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Great result, well done. Teams and managers are fair game for criticism though, remember that before telling everyone to f off.
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We have beaten a very good side today, Galbraith was everywhere for 90 mins of nonstop action, Bostock has class if only he could do the full game,
Galbraith is the most talented player in the squad. With better players around him he would look a lot better.
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We were up against a high flying team that have spent loads of money. We were coming off a 6 nil defeat. Of course we were going to have spells where they looked better than us. But let’s not forget we could’ve been out of sight early on with the two that hit the post as well as the goal.
Players came out and straight away showed that they were up for putting Tuesday behind them.
Sack the manager? f**k off you fair weathers. It’s many of our so called supporters that aren’t mentally tough enough.
Has anyone actually called for him to be sacked?
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Great result, well done. Teams and managers are fair game for criticism though, remember that before telling everyone to f off.
Who has told everyone to f**k off? I said the people calling for the manager to be sacked already can f**k off. But I’d very much hope that’s only the braindead minority that seem to want everyone sacked.
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We have beaten a very good side today, Galbraith was everywhere for 90 mins of nonstop action, Bostock has class if only he could do the full game,
Galbraith is the most talented player in the squad. With better players around him he would look a lot better.
Agree that Galbraith is very talented but Bostock has talent, experience and calmness that sets him apart in this team. You can see why he was labelled as "the next big thing" back in the day & I believe we are lucky to have him & is the only thing that DM got right.
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Have you ever seen a player throw himself to the floor so regularly as Lewington. Tried refereeing the game too all shift.
He deserved that result the cheating t**t.
An absolute Rolls Royce of a player but what an absolute tosser! Was smoking a cigar for most of the game, was great to see him get rattled, how did he not get booked for his Cumbrian throw on Cukur? Loved how Cukur gave him it at the final whistle!
:woohoo:
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Is Olowu the new Ostler/Sharpe? :lol:
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When you look at the bigger picture you have to be over the moon to come out of that game with the 3 points. It was still mind numbing to watch but there was still a lot of heart on show. I just hope there is that level of effort from now until January because there is still a few who should be counting their stars to be playing at this level. Well deserved MOTM for Tommy as he completely lead by example this afternoon. Particularly good to see him pick Dodoo off the floor when we conceded. And Close also showed a bit of redemption from Tuesday night. Gutted we cant go to Crewe next week off the back of this win. Despise international weekends.
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Is Olowu the new Ostler/Sharpe? :lol:
Is that aimed at my spelling Dutch? I nearly got all the right letters in almost the right order!!!
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Hats off to the team today. Showed what a lot of us thought was missing in terms of heart, desire and fight. They were clearly a very good footballing side and I did fear the worst after 20 minutes and through most of the second half. We clearly lack some quality around the pitch, but that being said all most of us want to see is the team as a collective giving 100%.
Today they did that and we got what we deserved through shear hard graft.
Lots to work on but couldn’t ask for any more commitment than that today. Well done rovers.
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Wellens wasn't happy with Bostock. When he came off he said to him" Too much sideways not enough forward" For me he was the only one whose second touch wasn't a slide tackle. A well earned victory and we nearly blew them away in the first ten minutes. Nobody can question the players desire tonight and I have many times this year.
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Wasn't pretty but 10 out of 10 for fighting spirit and grinding out a result.
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Wellens wasn't happy with Bostock. When he came off he said to him" Too much sideways not enough forward" For me he was the only one whose second touch wasn't a slide tackle. A well earned victory and we nearly blew them away in the first ten minutes. Nobody can question the players desire tonight and I have many times this year.
Bit harsh from Richie if he did say that, he played some right forward passes into the box second half which as I have stated earlier only he would have seen. However tbf Richie changed it & we got the win so can't complain!
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Was it Richie or Noel Hunt that said it? Only mentioning it because I thought Richie was sat up in the stands.
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Is Olowu the new Ostler/Sharpe? :lol:
He reminds me of a young Alex Jefferies.
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I like watching Bostock he’s a good player. Much more effective in home games.
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Is Olowu the new Ostler/Sharpe? :lol:
Is that aimed at my spelling Dutch? I nearly got all the right letters in almost the right order!!!
Not specifically you Peebles - I have seen several variations from several people already - it is a far from obvious name and I had to go and check the real spelling before posting :lol:
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I think we could all see some of the things we can improve on but one thing that helped us today was the discipline in maintaining our shape throughout the game. We gave very few free kicks away in dangerous places, apart from a glaringly obvious one that we got away with.
Over the moon with the result but we know we will lose more matches before we get any consistency in performances.
This is where our patience comes in and it might be helpful if some of our gobshites behind the goal actually put as much effort in supporting the team as they do spouting sh*te on Twitter and Facebook.
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Pleasing to see both Wednesday and Peterborough lose today in painful circumstances. Disappointing that Leeds finally won, but you can’t have everything. Wednesday already seven points off automatic promotion places.
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Is Olowu the new Ostler/Sharpe? :lol:
He reminds me of a young Alex Jefferies.
You sure it’s not Stanley Mathews your thinking of .. how old are you ?
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Have you ever seen a player throw himself to the floor so regularly as Lewington. Tried refereeing the game too all shift.
He deserved that result the cheating t**t.
I loved it when the Lino just shook his head at Lewington late in the game when he fell over in the SW corner looking for a free kick.
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Officials were largely ok today.
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It was definitely a team fighting for their manager. I thought Galbraith was brilliant
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Wellens wasn't happy with Bostock. When he came off he said to him" Too much sideways not enough forward" For me he was the only one whose second touch wasn't a slide tackle. A well earned victory and we nearly blew them away in the first ten minutes. Nobody can question the players desire tonight and I have many times this year.
Despite appearing to be unhappy about being subbed I admired the way Bostock completed his applause to the fans at the end, he was the one who came closest to the supporters and was the last to leave the pitch.
I thought he had a good game today and is improving his input week on week.
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Officials were largely ok today.
Especially in only giving a free kick to MK when it was yards in the box
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Have you ever seen a player throw himself to the floor so regularly as Lewington. Tried refereeing the game too all shift.
He deserved that result the cheating t**t.
I loved it when the Lino just shook his head at Lewington late in the game when he fell over in the SW corner looking for a free kick.
That lino looked like an extra from The Hills Have Eyes. I'd be terrified bumping into him down a dark alley.
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Officials were largely ok today.
I did think when Williams pulled that lad back it was in the box. But hey maybe that’s the luck we needed
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Wellens wasn't happy with Bostock. When he came off he said to him" Too much sideways not enough forward" For me he was the only one whose second touch wasn't a slide tackle. A well earned victory and we nearly blew them away in the first ten minutes. Nobody can question the players desire tonight and I have many times this year.
Despite appearing to be unhappy about being subbed I admired the way Bostock completed his applause to the fans at the end, he was the one who came closest to the supporters and was the last to leave the pitch.
I thought he had a good game today and is improving his input week on week.
He also celebrated the goal like he was one of us. He went mental.
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Wellens wasn't happy with Bostock. When he came off he said to him" Too much sideways not enough forward" For me he was the only one whose second touch wasn't a slide tackle. A well earned victory and we nearly blew them away in the first ten minutes. Nobody can question the players desire tonight and I have many times this year.
Despite appearing to be unhappy about being subbed I admired the way Bostock completed his applause to the fans at the end, he was the one who came closest to the supporters and was the last to leave the pitch.
I thought he had a good game today and is improving his input week on week.
Set up the 1st goal with the header, just needs a continued run in the side as he's been unlucky with covid and some niggles. Admittedly he's not great at putting his foot in but the addition of a holding midfielder in Jan will give him more freedom
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Brilliant result be great to follow it up with another to get our season going!
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Officials were largely ok today.
I did think when Williams pulled that lad back it was in the box. But hey maybe that’s the luck we needed
It's a matter of opinion where the foul was. Williams grabbed a handful of shirt a foot outside the box and was still grabbing it two feet inside the box. I was expecting a penalty and we couldn't have complained if it had been given. Possible that Rowe got away with one earlier in the second half too.
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First 15 minutes we created chances and were unlucky not to have scored more. Really impressive start and the reaction i expected after Tuesday. Then for the remainder of the game we reverted to type and barely fashioned a chance. This is still a major concern and when we get a side rocking up to the Keepmoat who look to take us apart from the off, there will be no comeback due to how we play and the limited number of chances we create.
I thought today we battled hard and although lacked ideas for 75 minutes of the match, we dug in and managed to nick the win, a bit like against Morecambe which i am delighted about. Massive win for us today.
MK were another team to come to the Keepmoat who were overall disappointing (like Wimbledon, Pompey, Morecambe) but somehow they nearly managed a point.
I was sure that their lad late on was pulled back inside the area and that we got away with a pen not being awarded but a free kick for them outside the box. I'd like to see it again but looked inside.
Overall i think a draw would have been a fair result but i'm over the moon for the lads that they dug in and managed to carve out the win, especially after Tuesday nights demolition job on us. We have showed that we can grind out results here and there but i feel it needs the opposition to have an off day if we are to do this, without wanting to detract from the win.
Oh and Vilca is fast becoming a waste of time. Was pleased he started today but gave us absolutely nothing. Ship him back to Geordieland. Useless lightweight.
WELL DONE TODAY LADS AND MANAGEMENT TEAM!! COYR!!
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First 15 minutes we created chances and were unlucky not to have scored more. Really impressive start and the reaction i expected after Tuesday. Then for the remainder of the game we reverted to type and barely fashioned a chance. This is still a major concern and when we get a side rocking up to the Keepmoat who look to take us apart from the off, there will be no comeback due to how we play and the limited number of chances we create.
I thought today we battled hard and although lacked ideas for 75 minutes of the match, we dug in and managed to nick the win, a bit like against Morecambe which i am delighted about. Massive win for us today.
MK were another team to come to the Keepmoat who were overall disappointing (like Wimbledon, Pompey, Morecambe) but somehow they nearly managed a point.
I was sure that their lad late on was pulled back inside the area and that we got away with a pen not being awarded but a free kick for them outside the box. I'd like to see it again but looked inside.
Overall i think a draw would have been a fair result but i'm over the moon for the lads that they dug in and managed to carve out the win, especially after Tuesday nights demolition job on us. We have showed that we can grind out results here and there but i feel it needs the opposition to have an off day if we are to do this, without wanting to detract from the win.
Oh and Vilca is fast becoming a waste of time. Was pleased he started today but gave us absolutely nothing. Ship him back to Geordieland. Useless lightweight.
WELL DONE TODAY LADS AND MANAGEMENT TEAM!! COYR!!
Problem is. Barlow is an even bigger waste of space. Poor signing.
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We were up against a high flying team that have spent loads of money. We were coming off a 6 nil defeat. Of course we were going to have spells where they looked better than us. But let’s not forget we could’ve been out of sight early on with the two that hit the post as well as the goal.
Players came out and straight away showed that they were up for putting Tuesday behind them.
Sack the manager? f**k off you fair weathers. It’s many of our so called supporters that aren’t mentally tough enough.
Has anyone actually called for him to be sacked?
Is that a joke?
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Officials were largely ok today.
Especially in only giving a free kick to MK when it was yards in the box
The MK Dons manager said in his post match interview that it was “level” - very fair ( - and a bit of a contrast ? ?)
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The possession tells a story. I chuckled when cukur scored, albeit from close range, but some were slating him pre match and did not want him to play.
Nice to a few yellow cards. There is some fight there.
Why did villca come off at ht?
In my view he came off at half time because he was more of a liability than a benefit (despite his post-hit) - he gave the ball away a lot and didn’t do enough to win it back.
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Despite having an hour drive after the game I stayed behind to applaud the lads at the end.
They thoroughly deserved it for their efforts and fight.
You could see how much it meant to all of them as they clapped the fans after the match.
Chukar gave his shirt to somebody in the South Stand at the end.
I wonder what the club will say.
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The possession tells a story. I chuckled when cukur scored, albeit from close range, but some were slating him pre match and did not want him to play.
Nice to a few yellow cards. There is some fight there.
Why did villca come off at ht?
He wasn’t in the game. I suspect that was the reason.
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Is Olowu the new Ostler/Sharpe? :lol:
Is that aimed at my spelling Dutch? I nearly got all the right letters in almost the right order!!!
Not specifically you Peebles - I have seen several variations from several people already - it is a far from obvious name and I had to go and check the real spelling before posting :lol:
Pebbles you mean…surely?
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
I was going nuts at Bostock, he infuriated me today. He backed out of almost every tackle.
He’s a luxury, he’s undoubtedly a very good player who I really rate but we aren’t good enough to have a central midfielder neshing every tackle.
I agreed with him going off.
Pleased Mush you could see what I saw also. He is desperately lazy, can’t or even won’t tackle and never attempts to make a run for a return pass.
Getting a lot of praise from so many on here. Are they watching the same game as you and me?
Yes he infuriates me because he has the potential to be a very good footballer. Not had a good 90 mins from him since he joined us. We get 30/35 mins from him. That is what I call a luxury player.
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
I was going nuts at Bostock, he infuriated me today. He backed out of almost every tackle.
He’s a luxury, he’s undoubtedly a very good player who I really rate but we aren’t good enough to have a central midfielder neshing every tackle.
I agreed with him going off.
Pleased Mush you could see what I saw also. He is desperately lazy, can’t or even won’t tackle and never attempts to make a run for a return pass.
Getting a lot of praise from so many on here. Are they watching the same game as you and me?
Yes he infuriates me because he has the potential to be a very good footballer. Not had a good 90 mins from him since he joined us. We get 30/35 mins from him. That is what I call a luxury player.
Bloody hell, Camps, you do nothing but moan about the team.
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
I was going nuts at Bostock, he infuriated me today. He backed out of almost every tackle.
He’s a luxury, he’s undoubtedly a very good player who I really rate but we aren’t good enough to have a central midfielder neshing every tackle.
I agreed with him going off.
Pleased Mush you could see what I saw also. He is desperately lazy, can’t or even won’t tackle and never attempts to make a run for a return pass.
Getting a lot of praise from so many on here. Are they watching the same game as you and me?
Yes he infuriates me because he has the potential to be a very good footballer. Not had a good 90 mins from him since he joined us. We get 30/35 mins from him. That is what I call a luxury player.
Bloody hell, Camps, you do nothing but moan about the team.
Yes even I can have a little moan from time to time. Not in your league after this week though SS :)
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First 15 minutes we created chances and were unlucky not to have scored more. Really impressive start and the reaction i expected after Tuesday. Then for the remainder of the game we reverted to type and barely fashioned a chance. This is still a major concern and when we get a side rocking up to the Keepmoat who look to take us apart from the off, there will be no comeback due to how we play and the limited number of chances we create.
I thought today we battled hard and although lacked ideas for 75 minutes of the match, we dug in and managed to nick the win, a bit like against Morecambe which i am delighted about. Massive win for us today.
MK were another team to come to the Keepmoat who were overall disappointing (like Wimbledon, Pompey, Morecambe) but somehow they nearly managed a point.
I was sure that their lad late on was pulled back inside the area and that we got away with a pen not being awarded but a free kick for them outside the box. I'd like to see it again but looked inside.
Overall i think a draw would have been a fair result but i'm over the moon for the lads that they dug in and managed to carve out the win, especially after Tuesday nights demolition job on us. We have showed that we can grind out results here and there but i feel it needs the opposition to have an off day if we are to do this, without wanting to detract from the win.
Oh and Vilca is fast becoming a waste of time. Was pleased he started today but gave us absolutely nothing. Ship him back to Geordieland. Useless lightweight.
WELL DONE TODAY LADS AND MANAGEMENT TEAM!! COYR!!
Problem is. Barlow is an even bigger waste of space. Poor signing.
Have to agree at this point in time.
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
I was going nuts at Bostock, he infuriated me today. He backed out of almost every tackle.
He’s a luxury, he’s undoubtedly a very good player who I really rate but we aren’t good enough to have a central midfielder neshing every tackle.
I agreed with him going off.
Funny old game, I thought Bostock was our best midfielder by a mile.
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Dahlberg was superb again today. When he cuts out the errors he is better than L1 i think. Fantastic shot stopper which is his strength.
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
I was going nuts at Bostock, he infuriated me today. He backed out of almost every tackle.
He’s a luxury, he’s undoubtedly a very good player who I really rate but we aren’t good enough to have a central midfielder neshing every tackle.
I agreed with him going off.
Funny old game, I thought Bostock was our best midfielder by a mile.
Close and Galbraith did all the extra work required to compensate for Bostock who is not prepared to put in a 90 min shift imo.
Yes he is a good footballer, that is not in question but in the position he plays he is a luxury.
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Re the Officials were largely ok today.
Especially in only giving a free kick to MK when it was yards in the box
The MK Dons manager said in his post match interview that it was “level” - very fair ( - and a bit of a contrast ? ?)
He said that for our second goal not the late free kick.
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
I was going nuts at Bostock, he infuriated me today. He backed out of almost every tackle.
He’s a luxury, he’s undoubtedly a very good player who I really rate but we aren’t good enough to have a central midfielder neshing every tackle.
I agreed with him going off.
Funny old game, I thought Bostock was our best midfielder by a mile.
Close and Galbraith did all the extra work required to compensate for Bostock who is not prepared to put in a 90 min shift imo.
Yes he is a good footballer, that is not in question but in the position he plays he is a luxury.
Bostock is better than both Close & Galbraith although he doesn't have the fitness those two possess. What they were doing is exactly what Bostock needs to allow him to show his massive ability. We are extremely lucky to have him and its probably the only thing DM got right signing him!
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
I was going nuts at Bostock, he infuriated me today. He backed out of almost every tackle.
He’s a luxury, he’s undoubtedly a very good player who I really rate but we aren’t good enough to have a central midfielder neshing every tackle.
I agreed with him going off.
Funny old game, I thought Bostock was our best midfielder by a mile.
Close and Galbraith did all the extra work required to compensate for Bostock who is not prepared to put in a 90 min shift imo.
Yes he is a good footballer, that is not in question but in the position he plays he is a luxury.
Bostock is better than both Close & Galbraith although he doesn't have the fitness those two possess. What they were doing is exactly what Bostock needs to allow him to show his massive ability. We are extremely lucky to have him and its probably the only thing DM got right signing him!
I do rate Bostock but he is absolutely not better than Galbraith
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
I was going nuts at Bostock, he infuriated me today. He backed out of almost every tackle.
He’s a luxury, he’s undoubtedly a very good player who I really rate but we aren’t good enough to have a central midfielder neshing every tackle.
I agreed with him going off.
Funny old game, I thought Bostock was our best midfielder by a mile.
Close and Galbraith did all the extra work required to compensate for Bostock who is not prepared to put in a 90 min shift imo.
Yes he is a good footballer, that is not in question but in the position he plays he is a luxury.
Bostock is better than both Close & Galbraith although he doesn't have the fitness those two possess. What they were doing is exactly what Bostock needs to allow him to show his massive ability. We are extremely lucky to have him and its probably the only thing DM got right signing him!
I do rate Bostock but he is absolutely not better than Galbraith
Crazy how everyone sees the game differently.
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
I was going nuts at Bostock, he infuriated me today. He backed out of almost every tackle.
He’s a luxury, he’s undoubtedly a very good player who I really rate but we aren’t good enough to have a central midfielder neshing every tackle.
I agreed with him going off.
Funny old game, I thought Bostock was our best midfielder by a mile.
Close and Galbraith did all the extra work required to compensate for Bostock who is not prepared to put in a 90 min shift imo.
Yes he is a good footballer, that is not in question but in the position he plays he is a luxury.
Bostock is better than both Close & Galbraith although he doesn't have the fitness those two possess. What they were doing is exactly what Bostock needs to allow him to show his massive ability. We are extremely lucky to have him and its probably the only thing DM got right signing him!
I do rate Bostock but he is absolutely not better than Galbraith
Galbraith will definitely have a better career than Bostock but will never have the ability that Bostock possesses, in my opinion. Anyway I'm delighted to have both and it will be good for Ethan to learn from John.
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Bostock made the first goal, Galbraith made the second. They both showed their class today.
However, Bostock needs that sh*thouse spoiler defensive midfielder alongside him, that hopefully we'll get in January.
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
I was going nuts at Bostock, he infuriated me today. He backed out of almost every tackle.
He’s a luxury, he’s undoubtedly a very good player who I really rate but we aren’t good enough to have a central midfielder neshing every tackle.
I agreed with him going off.
Funny old game, I thought Bostock was our best midfielder by a mile.
Close and Galbraith did all the extra work required to compensate for Bostock who is not prepared to put in a 90 min shift imo.
Yes he is a good footballer, that is not in question but in the position he plays he is a luxury.
Bostock is better than both Close & Galbraith although he doesn't have the fitness those two possess. What they were doing is exactly what Bostock needs to allow him to show his massive ability. We are extremely lucky to have him and its probably the only thing DM got right signing him!
I do rate Bostock but he is absolutely not better than Galbraith
Galbraith will definitely have a better career than Bostock but will never have the ability that Bostock possesses, in my opinion. Anyway I'm delighted to have both and it will be good for Ethan to learn from John.
All opinions mate, nobody is wrong.
Both good players.
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
I was going nuts at Bostock, he infuriated me today. He backed out of almost every tackle.
He’s a luxury, he’s undoubtedly a very good player who I really rate but we aren’t good enough to have a central midfielder neshing every tackle.
I agreed with him going off.
Funny old game, I thought Bostock was our best midfielder by a mile.
Close and Galbraith did all the extra work required to compensate for Bostock who is not prepared to put in a 90 min shift imo.
Yes he is a good footballer, that is not in question but in the position he plays he is a luxury.
Bostock is better than both Close & Galbraith although he doesn't have the fitness those two possess. What they were doing is exactly what Bostock needs to allow him to show his massive ability. We are extremely lucky to have him and its probably the only thing DM got right signing him!
I do rate Bostock but he is absolutely not better than Galbraith
Crazy how everyone sees the game differently.
Thats why football is such a great sport because people have such different opinions on the same thing.
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
I was going nuts at Bostock, he infuriated me today. He backed out of almost every tackle.
He’s a luxury, he’s undoubtedly a very good player who I really rate but we aren’t good enough to have a central midfielder neshing every tackle.
I agreed with him going off.
Funny old game, I thought Bostock was our best midfielder by a mile.
Close and Galbraith did all the extra work required to compensate for Bostock who is not prepared to put in a 90 min shift imo.
Yes he is a good footballer, that is not in question but in the position he plays he is a luxury.
Bostock is better than both Close & Galbraith although he doesn't have the fitness those two possess. What they were doing is exactly what Bostock needs to allow him to show his massive ability. We are extremely lucky to have him and its probably the only thing DM got right signing him!
I do rate Bostock but he is absolutely not better than Galbraith
Galbraith will definitely have a better career than Bostock but will never have the ability that Bostock possesses, in my opinion. Anyway I'm delighted to have both and it will be good for Ethan to learn from John.
All opinions mate, nobody is wrong.
Both good players.
Agreed Mush!!
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It's the sum of the parts and there's potential for Bostock, Galbraith and Close to compliment each other in a good midfield.
I think our concern is when good teams go at us do we have the ability to dig in.
Today was positive so let's go with the flow and see if the three of them can get more game time together without any further disruptions.
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
In my opinion in the first twenty minutes he was by far our most influential player by a country mile, read the game brilliantly, & drove us forward. He also tracked defensively & made a few timely tackles when they began to control the game. His best game since Hillsborough.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
I was going nuts at Bostock, he infuriated me today. He backed out of almost every tackle.
He’s a luxury, he’s undoubtedly a very good player who I really rate but we aren’t good enough to have a central midfielder neshing every tackle.
I agreed with him going off.
Pleased Mush you could see what I saw also. He is desperately lazy, can’t or even won’t tackle and never attempts to make a run for a return pass.
Getting a lot of praise from so many on here. Are they watching the same game as you and me?
Yes he infuriates me because he has the potential to be a very good footballer. Not had a good 90 mins from him since he joined us. We get 30/35 mins from him. That is what I call a luxury player.
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Delighted with that after Tuesday and showed the players have some grit and guile. Pleased for Richie as well. Let's hope we can keep developing and with Fej and Taylor coming back in we will get a bit of extra depth.
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For the hour he was on, Bostock was at the centre of everything Rovers did.
True he's not keen on a crunching tackle, but he was in their way most of the time, all over the pitch.
He's a real asset to this team, so geeoorr wit moaning about him.
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A concern I’ve had for some time is how narrow we go across the back, at times our full backs are alongside the centre half’s
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For the hour he was on, Bostock was at the centre of everything Rovers did.
True he's not keen on a crunching tackle, but he was in their way most of the time, all over the pitch.
He's a real asset to this team, so geeoorr wit moaning about him.
I agree with that TT. Bostock is great at playing the first time one touch pass which speeds up movement.
Also, he does tackle despite what other May have said.
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
In my opinion in the first twenty minutes he was by far our most influential player by a country mile, read the game brilliantly, & drove us forward. He also tracked defensively & made a few timely tackles when they began to control the game. His best game since Hillsborough.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
I was going nuts at Bostock, he infuriated me today. He backed out of almost every tackle.
He’s a luxury, he’s undoubtedly a very good player who I really rate but we aren’t good enough to have a central midfielder neshing every tackle.
I agreed with him going off.
Pleased Mush you could see what I saw also. He is desperately lazy, can’t or even won’t tackle and never attempts to make a run for a return pass.
Getting a lot of praise from so many on here. Are they watching the same game as you and me?
Yes he infuriates me because he has the potential to be a very good footballer. Not had a good 90 mins from him since he joined us. We get 30/35 mins from him. That is what I call a luxury player.
Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
I was going nuts at Bostock, he infuriated me today. He backed out of almost every tackle.
He’s a luxury, he’s undoubtedly a very good player who I really rate but we aren’t good enough to have a central midfielder neshing every tackle.
I agreed with him going off.
Funny old game, I thought Bostock was our best midfielder by a mile.
Close and Galbraith did all the extra work required to compensate for Bostock who is not prepared to put in a 90 min shift imo.
Yes he is a good footballer, that is not in question but in the position he plays he is a luxury.
Bostock didn't need to be compensated in the first twenty minutes, he was head & shoulders above anyone on the pitch. The most influential player all first half, just to balance it up Galbraith & Close both played very well as part of that midfield three.
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
In my opinion in the first twenty minutes he was by far our most influential player by a country mile, read the game brilliantly, & drove us forward. He also tracked defensively & made a few timely tackles when they began to control the game. His best game since Hillsborough.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
I was going nuts at Bostock, he infuriated me today. He backed out of almost every tackle.
He’s a luxury, he’s undoubtedly a very good player who I really rate but we aren’t good enough to have a central midfielder neshing every tackle.
I agreed with him going off.
Pleased Mush you could see what I saw also. He is desperately lazy, can’t or even won’t tackle and never attempts to make a run for a return pass.
Getting a lot of praise from so many on here. Are they watching the same game as you and me?
Yes he infuriates me because he has the potential to be a very good footballer. Not had a good 90 mins from him since he joined us. We get 30/35 mins from him. That is what I call a luxury player.
You seem to be in a small minority.
Completed the most tackles before he went off.
Made the most interceptions.
Best pass accuracy.
Always offered an option to pass to.
Doesn't give the ball away.
We didn't concede 6 either.
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Just got to say aswell how well Bostock played, he is different class and we need to have him playing week in week out.
In my opinion in the first twenty minutes he was by far our most influential player by a country mile, read the game brilliantly, & drove us forward. He also tracked defensively & made a few timely tackles when they began to control the game. His best game since Hillsborough.
He’d be better if he bothered to run and didn’t nesh out of any form of contact.
We played a very good team today, we weren’t great but we battled to stay in the game and got a bit of fortune in the end. Great result going into a break with players due to return soon.
I was going nuts at Bostock, he infuriated me today. He backed out of almost every tackle.
He’s a luxury, he’s undoubtedly a very good player who I really rate but we aren’t good enough to have a central midfielder neshing every tackle.
I agreed with him going off.
Pleased Mush you could see what I saw also. He is desperately lazy, can’t or even won’t tackle and never attempts to make a run for a return pass.
Getting a lot of praise from so many on here. Are they watching the same game as you and me?
Yes he infuriates me because he has the potential to be a very good footballer. Not had a good 90 mins from him since he joined us. We get 30/35 mins from him. That is what I call a luxury player.
You seem to be in a small minority.
Completed the most tackles before he went off.
Made the most interceptions.
Best pass accuracy.
Always offered an option to pass to.
Doesn't give the ball away.
We didn't concede 6 either.
Nah, can't have done all that, he's lazy.
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It is opinions. No need for your usual sarcasm Lesonthewest.
Bostock never makes a run for a return ball. Passes and stands still.
Yes he is a good passer and does have a good first touch but his movement is almost non existent.
He is just not my type of midfield player i suppose. Think Ben Whiteman was far better and more productive.
I know midfielders come in all shapes and sizes and they all have different attributes but Bostock is never going to score a goal because he never gets near enough to the penalty area. Even holding midfielders are allowed to join the front players from time to time providing someone is giving cover.
I almost never see that from Bostock.
Maybe he is not lazy, maybe i am being unfair using that word but he does not seem to have the legs to play a full 90 mins.
How many 90 min games has he had for us? Not very many i suspect.
I do think Galbraith was missed far more than Bostock at Ipswich and we would never have got beaten 6-0 with Galbraith playing. Just my opinion.
Anyway having said all that if we keep winning and Bostock is in the team for however many mins he plays then that will do for me.
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Sack the manager? f**k off you fair weathers. It’s many of our so called supporters that aren’t mentally tough enough.
Mate we're all delighted to see us put in a much better shift today after Tuesday. Our home record this season actually doesn't look that terrible now!
Incidentally didn't see many people on here calling for the manager's head. Saw lots of difficult questions, very fairly.
Fingers crossed we can kick on from here and turn this around.
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We are a better team when Bostock plays and that is a fact. Hes a calm head which is what the team needs. He retains posession brilliantly and imo actually does break up play. Its obviously becoming a coin toss whether Smith or Bostock starts the game. I know which one id rather play. Just needs to start to prove his fitness.
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For the hour he was on, Bostock was at the centre of everything Rovers did.
True he's not keen on a crunching tackle, but he was in their way most of the time, all over the pitch.
He's a real asset to this team, so geeoorr wit moaning about him.
Spot on. I was watching Bozzy closely, particularly in that 2nd half when we conceded possession to MK for long spells. He worked really hard at being close to the most likely midfielder to receive the ball from their defence, ultimately taking him out of their options to move forward. That's why there were good spells when they had the ball but could only pass it into one or two options from the back line and invariably ended up giving it back to their defence. He was very effective but had to do quite some running, probably hastening his substitution.
When Smith came on he didn't do that. Smith was covering space mostly, probably part of a game plan to try to cut out an errant pass and spring forward on the break.
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For the hour he was on, Bostock was at the centre of everything Rovers did.
True he's not keen on a crunching tackle, but he was in their way most of the time, all over the pitch.
He's a real asset to this team, so geeoorr wit moaning about him.
Spot on. I was watching Bozzy closely, particularly in that 2nd half when we conceded possession to MK for long spells. He worked really hard at being close to the most likely midfielder to receive the ball from their defence, ultimately taking him out of their options to move forward. That's why there were good spells when they had the ball but could only pass it into one or two options from the back line and invariably ended up giving it back to their defence. He was very effective but had to do quite some running, probably hastening his substitution.
When Smith came on he didn't do that. Smith was covering space mostly, probably part of a game plan to try to cut out an errant pass and spring forward on the break.
Iv not seen the highlights yet but didn’t Smith win the ball back in the lead up to the winner?
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No doubting better midfield players yesterday made a difference. I thought we played well in parts, clearly we aren't a terrible side, we haven't been most of the season. We just have weakness.
Yesterday when we had a spell under pressure second half we dug in. We didn't do that at Ipswich and it made the difference as we got the winner. In this league that's what you have to do not be pretty buy conceeding. Become a battling team first then add pretty stuff.
Hiwula is getting better with game time now aswell. The only bad performance was Vilca, he had a good first 10 minutes but then looked lost. His positioning was really poor.
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Great win. Let's hope we can follow it up with another win.
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We are a better team when Bostock plays and that is a fact. Hes a calm head which is what the team needs. He retains posession brilliantly and imo actually does break up play. Its obviously becoming a coin toss whether Smith or Bostock starts the game. I know which one id rather play. Just needs to start to prove his fitness.
When Smith came on, Close dropped back into Bostock’s position, Smith played further up, he was instrumental winning back possession for our second goal, if only he could be as strong as he was there for a bigger part of the game we would be a much better team. I saw in Bostock yesterday a determination and drive that has perhaps has been missing formost parts during his time here. Galbraith with a proper mister alongside of him would be head and shoulders above anything else in this league, Close looked very busy and determined yesterday, Dodoo needs to get onside much quicker after an attack breaks down. Williams scares me to death everytime the ball comes near him
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For the hour he was on, Bostock was at the centre of everything Rovers did.
True he's not keen on a crunching tackle, but he was in their way most of the time, all over the pitch.
He's a real asset to this team, so geeoorr wit moaning about him.
Spot on. I was watching Bozzy closely, particularly in that 2nd half when we conceded possession to MK for long spells. He worked really hard at being close to the most likely midfielder to receive the ball from their defence, ultimately taking him out of their options to move forward. That's why there were good spells when they had the ball but could only pass it into one or two options from the back line and invariably ended up giving it back to their defence. He was very effective but had to do quite some running, probably hastening his substitution.
When Smith came on he didn't do that. Smith was covering space mostly, probably part of a game plan to try to cut out an errant pass and spring forward on the break.
Iv not seen the highlights yet but didn’t Smith win the ball back in the lead up to the winner?
Yes.
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Officials were largely ok today.
Especially in only giving a free kick to MK when it was yards in the box
that would no doubt go largely unnoticed or not mentioned about because it went in our favour like the winning goal but if was other way round would be in uproar
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Officials were largely ok today.
Especially in only giving a free kick to MK when it was yards in the box
that would no doubt go largely unnoticed or not mentioned about because it went in our favour like the winning goal but if was other way round would be in uproar
I’ve seen it again and the ref got that right too Williams started fouling outside
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Officials were largely ok today.
Especially in only giving a free kick to MK when it was yards in the box
that would no doubt go largely unnoticed or not mentioned about because it went in our favour like the winning goal but if was other way round would be in uproar
I’ve seen it again and the ref got that right too Williams started fouling outside
not seen it so don’t know but if still getting fouled inside he could still give a penalty
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Officials were largely ok today.
Especially in only giving a free kick to MK when it was yards in the box
that would no doubt go largely unnoticed or not mentioned about because it went in our favour like the winning goal but if was other way round would be in uproar
I’ve seen it again and the ref got that right too Williams started fouling outside
not seen it so don’t know but if still getting fouled inside he could still give a penalty
The pull went on for at least a yard, most of it inside the box. We got lucky with that one. And with the one earlier on when Rowe looked like he clipped their lad's heel when the player nicked the ball away from him from behind.
Generally, the decisions even out over a season and I'd say we've had more go for us than against so far this year.
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Officials were largely ok today.
Especially in only giving a free kick to MK when it was yards in the box
that would no doubt go largely unnoticed or not mentioned about because it went in our favour like the winning goal but if was other way round would be in uproar
I’ve seen it again and the ref got that right too Williams started fouling outside
not seen it so don’t know but if still getting fouled inside he could still give a penalty
The pull went on for at least a yard, most of it inside the box. We got lucky with that one. And with the one earlier on when Rowe looked like he clipped their lad's heel when the player nicked the ball away from him from behind.
Generally, the decisions even out over a season and I'd say we've had more go for us than against so far this year.
agree although sumtimes it doesn’t feel like it,just hate it when things don’t go our way and fans start moaning about how crap the ref has been yet when it goes our way they just keep stum as nothing amiss,just abit of honesty that’s all when we do get away or abit of luck goes our way with the decisions.
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Officials were largely ok today.
Especially in only giving a free kick to MK when it was yards in the box
that would no doubt go largely unnoticed or not mentioned about because it went in our favour like the winning goal but if was other way round would be in uproar
I’ve seen it again and the ref got that right too Williams started fouling outside
not seen it so don’t know but if still getting fouled inside he could still give a penalty
The pull went on for at least a yard, most of it inside the box. We got lucky with that one. And with the one earlier on when Rowe looked like he clipped their lad's heel when the player nicked the ball away from him from behind.
Generally, the decisions even out over a season and I'd say we've had more go for us than against so far this year.
It happened right in front of me. Williams was holding him for half a dozen paces and it did start outside the box but I expected a penalty to be given.
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Same here. You could see what was going to happen before it happened in terms of Williams going to manhandle their lad. Very surprised that it wasn't given a penalty. Fully expected it to be.
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The more the midfield play together the better the understanding. I think they are intelligent enough, to rotate positions in there.
Bostock is a higher quality John Doolan passing wise, but Doolan would put his foot in for a tackle.
Between all of them different qualities, but we need someone who likes doing the ugly work.
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The more the midfield play together the better the understanding. I think they are intelligent enough, to rotate positions in there.
Bostock is a higher quality John Doolan passing wise, but Doolan would put his foot in for a tackle.
Between all of them different qualities, but we need someone who likes doing the ugly work.
Who would you say did the ugly work under SOD?
Stocky?, Wellens?, Greeny?
I don't remember any of them being your typical DM type, but the three of them working together made the team very solid.
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The more the midfield play together the better the understanding. I think they are intelligent enough, to rotate positions in there.
Bostock is a higher quality John Doolan passing wise, but Doolan would put his foot in for a tackle.
Between all of them different qualities, but we need someone who likes doing the ugly work.
Who would you say did the ugly work under SOD?
Stocky?, Wellens?, Greeny?
I don't remember any of them being your typical DM type, but the three of them working together made the team very solid.
would say stocky more than other 2
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Same here. You could see what was going to happen before it happened in terms of Williams going to manhandle their lad. Very surprised that it wasn't given a penalty. Fully expected it to be.
The thing is though, refs are letting more and more of the manhandling to go unpunished.
At every corner defenders in particular, but also attackers, grab hold of each other and block runs, pull shirts etc.
It is something that is becoming more and more prevalent and is not often punished by refs.
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It is opinions. No need for your usual sarcasm Lesonthewest.
Bostock never makes a run for a return ball. Passes and stands still.
Yes he is a good passer and does have a good first touch but his movement is almost non existent.
He is just not my type of midfield player i suppose. Think Ben Whiteman was far better and more productive.
I know midfielders come in all shapes and sizes and they all have different attributes but Bostock is never going to score a goal because he never gets near enough to the penalty area. Even holding midfielders are allowed to join the front players from time to time providing someone is giving cover.
I almost never see that from Bostock.
Maybe he is not lazy, maybe i am being unfair using that word but he does not seem to have the legs to play a full 90 mins.
How many 90 min games has he had for us? Not very many i suspect.
I do think Galbraith was missed far more than Bostock at Ipswich and we would never have got beaten 6-0 with Galbraith playing. Just my opinion.
Anyway having said all that if we keep winning and Bostock is in the team for however many mins he plays then that will do for me.
Desperately lazy you quoted, are they watching the same game as you & me, you said, so no need for your usual condescending comments don't you think. Reading through the posts a lot say he played very well, but hey ho it's all about opinions, I certainly disagree with yours as regards how well Bostock played, you were watching a different game to me that's for sure.
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True, Hound. It's spoiling the game for me and yet could so easily be eradicated if the footballing authorities chose to.
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Alick Jeffrey hitting the post against Preston North End in the league cup 1964, the woodwork was still shaking when we left Belle Vue.
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Same here. You could see what was going to happen before it happened in terms of Williams going to manhandle their lad. Very surprised that it wasn't given a penalty. Fully expected it to be.
The thing is though, refs are letting more and more of the manhandling to go unpunished.
At every corner defenders in particular, but also attackers, grab hold of each other and block runs, pull shirts etc.
It is something that is becoming more and more prevalent and is not often punished by refs.
also most fans are looking where they can see the whole box from differant angles of the ground where as the ref gets one look so is maybe only pinpointing his attention to one part of the area from lower down
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Alick Jeffrey hitting the post against Preston North End in the league cup 1964, the woodwork was still shaking when we left Belle Vue.
Hell must be losing it sorry folks wrong thread.
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The more the midfield play together the better the understanding. I think they are intelligent enough, to rotate positions in there.
Bostock is a higher quality John Doolan passing wise, but Doolan would put his foot in for a tackle.
Between all of them different qualities, but we need someone who likes doing the ugly work.
Who would you say did the ugly work under SOD?
Stocky?, Wellens?, Greeny?
I don't remember any of them being your typical DM type, but the three of them working together made the team very solid.
We were lucky with those 3 in that while they were technically gifted, all of them could put a tackle in as well. Stocky was particularly fantastic off the ball as his positioning was incredible but all 3 were well rounded footballers that could do it all.
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For me Stock was the deep lying defensive player. But that didn't stop him marauding when the opportunity arose
Wellens was the fulcrum spraying the ball about effortlessly.
Greeny was the workhorse box to box
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Same here. You could see what was going to happen before it happened in terms of Williams going to manhandle their lad. Very surprised that it wasn't given a penalty. Fully expected it to be.
The thing is though, refs are letting more and more of the manhandling to go unpunished.
At every corner defenders in particular, but also attackers, grab hold of each other and block runs, pull shirts etc.
It is something that is becoming more and more prevalent and is not often punished by refs.
also most fans are looking where they can see the whole box from differant angles of the ground where as the ref gets one look so is maybe only pinpointing his attention to one part of the area from lower down
That is fair mate but what really irks me is when the ref is in a good position to see what is going on.
Sometimes they even stop the corner from being taken, go to the players involved in the holding etc. and give them a warning to pack it in, then blow the whistle for the corner to be taken.
The same pushing and holding carries on and naff all is done about it.
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Same here. You could see what was going to happen before it happened in terms of Williams going to manhandle their lad. Very surprised that it wasn't given a penalty. Fully expected it to be.
The thing is though, refs are letting more and more of the manhandling to go unpunished.
At every corner defenders in particular, but also attackers, grab hold of each other and block runs, pull shirts etc.
It is something that is becoming more and more prevalent and is not often punished by refs.
also most fans are looking where they can see the whole box from differant angles of the ground where as the ref gets one look so is maybe only pinpointing his attention to one part of the area from lower down
That is fair mate but what really irks me is when the ref is in a good position to see what is going on.
Sometimes they even stop the corner from being taken, go to the players involved in the holding etc. and give them a warning to pack it in, then blow the whistle for the corner to be taken.
The same pushing and holding carries on and naff all is done about it.
think they usually stop if both are at it aswell,but on numerous times you do then see them give a foul to the defending side.suppose it’s same as throw ins if the ref isn’t sure of direction of a throw in and is closer than assistant they are told to go in favour of defending side and think same is said if both holding or grappling in the box.I was watching numerous times on Saturday and was abit of holding when rovers were defending corners in the 1st half which went unnoticed.
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The more the midfield play together the better the understanding. I think they are intelligent enough, to rotate positions in there.
Bostock is a higher quality John Doolan passing wise, but Doolan would put his foot in for a tackle.
Between all of them different qualities, but we need someone who likes doing the ugly work.
Who would you say did the ugly work under SOD?
Stocky?, Wellens?, Greeny?
I don't remember any of them being your typical DM type, but the three of them working together made the team very solid.
would say stocky more than other 2
The more the midfield play together the better the understanding. I think they are intelligent enough, to rotate positions in there.
Bostock is a higher quality John Doolan passing wise, but Doolan would put his foot in for a tackle.
Between all of them different qualities, but we need someone who likes doing the ugly work.
Who would you say did the ugly work under SOD?
Stocky?, Wellens?, Greeny?
I don't remember any of them being your typical DM type, but the three of them working together made the team very solid.
I would say Green did the donkey work, the other two had a go but using the ball was their game.
Simon Gillett was another one who won a the ball, and gave it to the better players, a ‘water carrier, as the French have called defensive midfield players.
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I don't think it was as clear cut as that, Greeny wasn't just a water carrier, he could use tha ball too and often got forward and helped develop creative play.
I think the three of them were versatile, Greeny perhaps put more of the leg work in more often. Wellens more of the creative work but for me, at ts best, the whole thing was quite fluid.
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What Green brought was a bit of buccaneering forward momentum. Without him, for the first 20 games of 07/08, we were dreadful. All carefully hoarded possession and very little forward thrust. O'Driscoll realising that earlier and getting Green signed up for the Championship season is one of the great "What if..."s. Had we done that and not then had half a season hoping Lewis Guy and Gareth Taylor could score more than Heffernan, who knows what we might have done in 08/09?
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The linesman in front of the West Stand had to stand right on the touch line & crane his neck to see past the coaching staff (both sides) who were all standing well outside their technical areas sometimes almost encroaching onto the field of play.
How can he be expected to make a correct decision for a throw in or a foul committed on the touc line when his field of vision is blocked AND, why the heck didn’t he say something to the 4th official!?
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The linesman in front of the West Stand had to stand right on the touch line & crane his neck to see past the coaching staff (both sides) who were all standing well outside their technical areas sometimes almost encroaching onto the field of play.
How can he be expected to make a correct decision for a throw in or a foul committed on the touc line when his field of vision is blocked AND, why the heck didn’t he say something to the 4th official!?
he should t have too that’s down to the 4th to keep then in the technical area
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I don't think it was as clear cut as that, Greeny wasn't just a water carrier, he could use tha ball too and often got forward and helped develop creative play.
I think the three of them were versatile, Greeny perhaps put more of the leg work in more often. Wellens more of the creative work but for me, at ts best, the whole thing was quite fluid.
No Green was a different ball winner, River don, I was saying Gillett was more a give it to the better players guy. Green could do a bit of everything.
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Same here. You could see what was going to happen before it happened in terms of Williams going to manhandle their lad. Very surprised that it wasn't given a penalty. Fully expected it to be.
The thing is though, refs are letting more and more of the manhandling to go unpunished.
At every corner defenders in particular, but also attackers, grab hold of each other and block runs, pull shirts etc.
It is something that is becoming more and more prevalent and is not often punished by refs.
also most fans are looking where they can see the whole box from differant angles of the ground where as the ref gets one look so is maybe only pinpointing his attention to one part of the area from lower down
That is fair mate but what really irks me is when the ref is in a good position to see what is going on.
Sometimes they even stop the corner from being taken, go to the players involved in the holding etc. and give them a warning to pack it in, then blow the whistle for the corner to be taken.
The same pushing and holding carries on and naff all is done about it.
think they usually stop if both are at it aswell,but on numerous times you do then see them give a foul to the defending side.suppose it’s same as throw ins if the ref isn’t sure of direction of a throw in and is closer than assistant they are told to go in favour of defending side and think same is said if both holding or grappling in the box.I was watching numerous times on Saturday and was abit of holding when rovers were defending corners in the 1st half which went unnoticed.
There was a massive amount of wrestling and holding when Rovers were defending corners in the first half.
Players of both sides were guilty.
It is ruining the game.