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Poor away record. No win or clean sheet in their last eight away league games, shipping a load of goals.
We have an excellent keeper.We have a leader and an organiser at centre back & whichever ‘partner’ he has with him, they have ‘grown’ playing alongside him.We have a midfield which has tenacity, awareness & is always looking to go forward with the ball & organise themselves in transition to win back the ball quickly.We have wing backs that have pace & look to get in behind the opposing midfield at every opportunity. Their defensive duties have been improved by that middle two in defence.We have two wide men with excellent ball control, pace & an eye for an opportunity at goal.We have a centre forward who could wrestle a sumo & is one league goal away from twenty for his season.It’s Barrow who should worry.I would in their boots.
We have an excellent keeper.We have a leader and an organiser at centre back & whichever ‘partner’ he has with him, they have ‘grown’ playing alongside him.We have a midfield which has tenacity, awareness & is always looking to go forward with the ball & organise themselves in transition to win back the ball quickly.We have wing backs that have pace & look to get in behind the opposing midfield at every opportunity. Their defensive duties have been improved by that middle two in defence.We have two wide men with excellent ball control, pace & an eye for an opportunity at goal.We have a centre forward who could wrestle a sumo & is one league goal away from twenty for his season.It’s Barrow who should worry.I would in their boots.
The Barrow manager Pete Wild said after their draw to Crawley “It was a classic Barrow performance, solid at the back and threatening on the counter-attack.”They have experienced defenders in Canavan and James Chester who will look to sit deep and soak up pressure. Molyneux and Adelakun won’t have the same space to run in behind this time.Looking at the 15 game form table since we transformed as a team, Barrow stand 14th. With 17 goals for and 20 against over that period. For the league table prior to that, they were in 4th place. I remember looking at xG for and against earlier on in the season and it suggested that they had been quite lucky to be that high up. Their keeper looks to have been one of the best in the league this year.We now have the energy to match their youthful midfield which has caused us problems in previous encounters. I would stick with Westbrooke because we will be seeing a lot of the ball. His work rate is also very underrated.If Stockton comes back in for this one he will be one to look out for. 14 games and 7 goals for him since he came in for them. Only a few seasons ago he hit 20+ in League One. He won’t need many opportunities to score. Young Acquah looks a handful as well. We need to be careful of them on the break.
We need an early goal to settle the nerves.
Carl Brook has been appointed referee for Rovers’ clash with Barrow on May 20.The Sussex official has taken charge of 34 matches this term, with the majority coming in Sky Bet League One. He has issued 144 yellow cards and three reds across those games.This will be his first outing of the season refereeing a Rovers game but he previously handled them on three occasions since 2020.His most recent game involving Rovers was the 1-1 draw at Crewe Alexandra in October 2022. Of the three matches, Rovers won one and lost one.
Playing for the draw is a dangerous game, one slip up and concede a goal means you have to come out and leave gaps at the back witch will be exploited.
Did everyone notice Barrow could only name 6 subs today? So obviously some issues there.And to add to that their CB No5 got a straight red so he will be out for 3 games, including the ones against Crawley and us.
Just a slight word of caution - let’s hope we score first!