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Quote from: tyke1962 on October 19, 2019, 07:36:58 pmThe second automatic spot looks up for grabs to me , other than Ipswich Town the league seems to be more equal this year than last when you had Luton , Barnsley , , Portsmouth , Sunderland and Charlton significantly better than the rest with all five capable of an automatic spot at various stages of the season .I'm not convinced looking at the table tonight that some of the clubs who occupy the top 6 places can last the pace with all due respect to them in terms of squad depth and budget in the January window .Very interesting to observe and if Rovers can put a good unbeaten run together then they will be right in the mix for second spot .Thanks Tyke We are hoping for a postive January window to give us a bit of impetus (especially up front) and some depth of backup.How was your performance today under the new manager? On the face of it a good point against a good Swansea side? Hopefully things will pick up for you soon.
The second automatic spot looks up for grabs to me , other than Ipswich Town the league seems to be more equal this year than last when you had Luton , Barnsley , , Portsmouth , Sunderland and Charlton significantly better than the rest with all five capable of an automatic spot at various stages of the season .I'm not convinced looking at the table tonight that some of the clubs who occupy the top 6 places can last the pace with all due respect to them in terms of squad depth and budget in the January window .Very interesting to observe and if Rovers can put a good unbeaten run together then they will be right in the mix for second spot .
I thought it was a commanding performance without the commanding scoreline, as everyone has said already. Bristol did start the first half well and we’re pressing high up the pitch, but 2 things changed all that, the missed penalty (which I thought was contentious), followed by a team goal, put away be Sadlier. That took the steam out of them. Second half, the pressing receded and the spaces opened up and then it was a question of how many. But only Jon Taylor’s follow-up, from Ennis, is what we ended up with. Shame.We still need that striker, but it’s easy to forget that, after that performance.
Quote from: Alan Southstand on October 19, 2019, 07:05:38 pmI thought it was a commanding performance without the commanding scoreline, as everyone has said already. Bristol did start the first half well and we’re pressing high up the pitch, but 2 things changed all that, the missed penalty (which I thought was contentious), followed by a team goal, put away be Sadlier. That took the steam out of them. Second half, the pressing receded and the spaces opened up and then it was a question of how many. But only Jon Taylor’s follow-up, from Ennis, is what we ended up with. Shame.We still need that striker, but it’s easy to forget that, after that performance.Started and finished by Sadlier in fact.
Well 2-0 was not what we deserved form a one sided match .
There may be some posters missing tonight guys
Quote from: since-1969 on October 19, 2019, 05:34:23 pmWe still can’t convert the chances 4-0 would have flattered them !Rubbish. Hit the bar and some good blocks. But hey, trust you to have something to moan about after that.
We still can’t convert the chances 4-0 would have flattered them !
Quote from: roversdude on October 19, 2019, 06:13:07 pmThere may be some posters missing tonight guysUnfortunately not. “Ennis & & Sadlier should have scored when put straight through on goal, Sheaf & Whiteman had 3 or 4 shots, or was it 13 to 14 & Anderson also....blah, blah” same old, same old.What do these people want?!As I’ve said previously, that second half was as good as I’ve seen us play this season. Totally ran the game.
If you look at the stats from all the league 1 games yesterday we were by far and away ahead in the number of shots at goal. We had 26 the next highest was 14 It was the same two weeks ago against Portsmouth. ( how we lost that match is beyond me ) we were way ahead of anyone else.If we still had Marquis he would have scored at least 7/8 goals for us (possibly more) with the sheer number of chances we are creating.We are one player away from being a top 2 team in this league. Yes we could do with a couple more to give us squad depth of course.But our best starting 11 with a proven goal scorer in it, is as good as anything in this league imo.
Quote from: Campsall rover on October 20, 2019, 09:12:21 amIf you look at the stats from all the league 1 games yesterday we were by far and away ahead in the number of shots at goal. We had 26 the next highest was 14 It was the same two weeks ago against Portsmouth. ( how we lost that match is beyond me ) we were way ahead of anyone else.If we still had Marquis he would have scored at least 7/8 goals for us (possibly more) with the sheer number of chances we are creating.We are one player away from being a top 2 team in this league. Yes we could do with a couple more to give us squad depth of course.But our best starting 11 with a proven goal scorer in it, is as good as anything in this league imo. ennis, is a strange one, total commitment and effort, yet has only got one goal to his name. But that for me, isnt a problem, he brings so so many other players into the game. I've never seen anyone control so many high balls. No flick ons, just actually brings the ball down, and plays someone in. Hes our version of Olivier giroud, might not score many, but still an Important asset.. 👍👍
Quote from: adamtherover on October 20, 2019, 02:16:52 pmQuote from: Campsall rover on October 20, 2019, 09:12:21 amIf you look at the stats from all the league 1 games yesterday we were by far and away ahead in the number of shots at goal. We had 26 the next highest was 14 It was the same two weeks ago against Portsmouth. ( how we lost that match is beyond me ) we were way ahead of anyone else.If we still had Marquis he would have scored at least 7/8 goals for us (possibly more) with the sheer number of chances we are creating.We are one player away from being a top 2 team in this league. Yes we could do with a couple more to give us squad depth of course.But our best starting 11 with a proven goal scorer in it, is as good as anything in this league imo. ennis, is a strange one, total commitment and effort, yet has only got one goal to his name. But that for me, isnt a problem, he brings so so many other players into the game. I've never seen anyone control so many high balls. No flick ons, just actually brings the ball down, and plays someone in. Hes our version of Olivier giroud, might not score many, but still an Important asset.. 👍👍I've only seen Ennis play a couple of times (yesterday & at Ipswich) and he's got fantastic energy and work ethic but I wouldn't compare him to Giroud (even a League One equivalent). A lot of our moves yesterday broke down with him miscontrolling, and I actually think he looked quite clumsy at times, though to be fair that might be just him being rusty after his injury. For me it's imperative to me that we get a striker in in January - Ennis has done really well but with Sterling unlikely to return for a while (if at all?) we can't just rely on him. I think that if we get that final piece of the puzzle we could have an absolutely storming second half to the season.
Quote from: NickDRFC on October 20, 2019, 02:25:53 pmQuote from: adamtherover on October 20, 2019, 02:16:52 pmQuote from: Campsall rover on October 20, 2019, 09:12:21 amIf you look at the stats from all the league 1 games yesterday we were by far and away ahead in the number of shots at goal. We had 26 the next highest was 14 It was the same two weeks ago against Portsmouth. ( how we lost that match is beyond me ) we were way ahead of anyone else.If we still had Marquis he would have scored at least 7/8 goals for us (possibly more) with the sheer number of chances we are creating.We are one player away from being a top 2 team in this league. Yes we could do with a couple more to give us squad depth of course.But our best starting 11 with a proven goal scorer in it, is as good as anything in this league imo. ennis, is a strange one, total commitment and effort, yet has only got one goal to his name. But that for me, isnt a problem, he brings so so many other players into the game. I've never seen anyone control so many high balls. No flick ons, just actually brings the ball down, and plays someone in. Hes our version of Olivier giroud, might not score many, but still an Important asset.. 👍👍I've only seen Ennis play a couple of times (yesterday & at Ipswich) and he's got fantastic energy and work ethic but I wouldn't compare him to Giroud (even a League One equivalent). A lot of our moves yesterday broke down with him miscontrolling, and I actually think he looked quite clumsy at times, though to be fair that might be just him being rusty after his injury. For me it's imperative to me that we get a striker in in January - Ennis has done really well but with Sterling unlikely to return for a while (if at all?) we can't just rely on him. I think that if we get that final piece of the puzzle we could have an absolutely storming second half to the season.It's his energy and work ethic coupled with his explosive pace over 10 yards that turns what look like lost causes into opportunity for us. He may not score many goals this season but I would rather his work ethic and endeavour up front that Kwame or Sterling any day. We have missed him whilst he has been out injured.
Quote from: NewDonny on October 20, 2019, 02:32:07 pmQuote from: NickDRFC on October 20, 2019, 02:25:53 pmQuote from: adamtherover on October 20, 2019, 02:16:52 pmQuote from: Campsall rover on October 20, 2019, 09:12:21 amIf you look at the stats from all the league 1 games yesterday we were by far and away ahead in the number of shots at goal. We had 26 the next highest was 14 It was the same two weeks ago against Portsmouth. ( how we lost that match is beyond me ) we were way ahead of anyone else.If we still had Marquis he would have scored at least 7/8 goals for us (possibly more) with the sheer number of chances we are creating.We are one player away from being a top 2 team in this league. Yes we could do with a couple more to give us squad depth of course.But our best starting 11 with a proven goal scorer in it, is as good as anything in this league imo. ennis, is a strange one, total commitment and effort, yet has only got one goal to his name. But that for me, isnt a problem, he brings so so many other players into the game. I've never seen anyone control so many high balls. No flick ons, just actually brings the ball down, and plays someone in. Hes our version of Olivier giroud, might not score many, but still an Important asset.. 👍👍I've only seen Ennis play a couple of times (yesterday & at Ipswich) and he's got fantastic energy and work ethic but I wouldn't compare him to Giroud (even a League One equivalent). A lot of our moves yesterday broke down with him miscontrolling, and I actually think he looked quite clumsy at times, though to be fair that might be just him being rusty after his injury. For me it's imperative to me that we get a striker in in January - Ennis has done really well but with Sterling unlikely to return for a while (if at all?) we can't just rely on him. I think that if we get that final piece of the puzzle we could have an absolutely storming second half to the season.It's his energy and work ethic coupled with his explosive pace over 10 yards that turns what look like lost causes into opportunity for us. He may not score many goals this season but I would rather his work ethic and endeavour up front that Kwame or Sterling any day. We have missed him whilst he has been out injured.Have you seen enough of Kwame or Sterling to form that opinion?
Quote from: Filo on October 20, 2019, 03:01:53 pmQuote from: NewDonny on October 20, 2019, 02:32:07 pmQuote from: NickDRFC on October 20, 2019, 02:25:53 pmQuote from: adamtherover on October 20, 2019, 02:16:52 pmQuote from: Campsall rover on October 20, 2019, 09:12:21 amIf you look at the stats from all the league 1 games yesterday we were by far and away ahead in the number of shots at goal. We had 26 the next highest was 14 It was the same two weeks ago against Portsmouth. ( how we lost that match is beyond me ) we were way ahead of anyone else.If we still had Marquis he would have scored at least 7/8 goals for us (possibly more) with the sheer number of chances we are creating.We are one player away from being a top 2 team in this league. Yes we could do with a couple more to give us squad depth of course.But our best starting 11 with a proven goal scorer in it, is as good as anything in this league imo. ennis, is a strange one, total commitment and effort, yet has only got one goal to his name. But that for me, isnt a problem, he brings so so many other players into the game. I've never seen anyone control so many high balls. No flick ons, just actually brings the ball down, and plays someone in. Hes our version of Olivier giroud, might not score many, but still an Important asset.. 👍👍I've only seen Ennis play a couple of times (yesterday & at Ipswich) and he's got fantastic energy and work ethic but I wouldn't compare him to Giroud (even a League One equivalent). A lot of our moves yesterday broke down with him miscontrolling, and I actually think he looked quite clumsy at times, though to be fair that might be just him being rusty after his injury. For me it's imperative to me that we get a striker in in January - Ennis has done really well but with Sterling unlikely to return for a while (if at all?) we can't just rely on him. I think that if we get that final piece of the puzzle we could have an absolutely storming second half to the season.It's his energy and work ethic coupled with his explosive pace over 10 yards that turns what look like lost causes into opportunity for us. He may not score many goals this season but I would rather his work ethic and endeavour up front that Kwame or Sterling any day. We have missed him whilst he has been out injured.Have you seen enough of Kwame or Sterling to form that opinion?Enough to know that neither of them have Ennis's explosive pace and energy.