Let's talk about the Walsall game

[Campsall rover]

The only downer I see is the ref for tomorrow's game, we have lost every game he has been the ref for us, hopefully tomorrow is another game added to the run of 5 unbeaten, great displays of defending, good solid attacking play and a flurry of goals to boost the goals from a - to a + very soon, however if offered a 1-0 win for rovers right now I'd snap your hand off for it.

Every Rovers fan would take a 1-0 win tomorrow.
This will be a very tough game.
I will be pretty happy with a draw and that’s my forecast.

A win tomorrow and that seriously sends out a message to our future opponents.

[Padge_DRFC]

If the wind gusts get above 7mph Hurst cannot play. Molyneux also offers a lot more without the ball in comparison to Hurst. Again not difficult

[selby]

  At the moment I think consistency in our style of play and personnel is more important to get the points we require to move well away from problems in the division  we made for ourselves the first half of the season.
  Keep the run going if possible and encourage players to play for a start rather than just throwing shirts into the changing room and encourage a competitive atmosphere and see where it takes us, if and when we are completely marooned  with no worries of relegation and play offs impossible then is the time to look at different things for next season.

[ncRover]

Hope Mo isn’t booed today. Would make us look a bit tinpot too.

The best thing is to show that we aren’t really that fussed to the Walsall fans as we’ve replaced him with a better player.

[In the box]

No about 7k home fans watched him score their 3rd ..

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Well, with the keeper, Wood and Anderson I thought the chances of us conceding from corners and set pieces were greatly reduced, but all three from corners today suggests something has gone majorly wrong with our organisation.

Shame having got back in the game and having the ascendancy for all of 7 mins!

As suggested above, those who boo players for just being them, usually get what they deserve. If a player does summat on the pitch to warrant it then fair do's but Faal has definitely had the last laugh.

[PDX_Rover]

Let Wallsall have their moment in the sun.

[NickDRFC]

Let Wallsall have their moment in the sun.

I’d imagine they don’t see beating a team that’s been in the bottom 5 all season at home as particularly noteworthy.

[In the box]

Well, with the keeper, Wood and Anderson I thought the chances of us conceding from corners and set pieces were greatly reduced, but all three from corners today suggests something has gone majorly wrong with our organisation.

Shame having got back in the game and having the ascendancy for all of 7 mins!

As suggested above, those who boo players for just being them, usually get what they deserve. If a player does summat on the pitch to warrant it then fair do's but Faal has definitely had the last laugh.

Down to earth with a bump with weak defending for all the goals . Not getting to the second balls enough  . It’s another poor performance against a better side and demonstrates how far we are still  from being a competitive team .

[normal rules]

Well, with the keeper, Wood and Anderson I thought the chances of us conceding from corners and set pieces were greatly reduced, but all three from corners today suggests something has gone majorly wrong with our organisation.

Shame having got back in the game and having the ascendancy for all of 7 mins!

As suggested above, those who boo players for just being them, usually get what they deserve. If a player does summat on the pitch to warrant it then fair do's but Faal has definitely had the last laugh.

Down to earth with a bump with weak defending for all the goals . Not getting to the second balls enough  . It’s another poor performance against a better side and demonstrates how far we are still  from being a competitive team .

Give over. Going into the game rovers were top of the form table in last 5. That didnt happen by chance

[In the box]

Well, with the keeper, Wood and Anderson I thought the chances of us conceding from corners and set pieces were greatly reduced, but all three from corners today suggests something has gone majorly wrong with our organisation.

Shame having got back in the game and having the ascendancy for all of 7 mins!

As suggested above, those who boo players for just being them, usually get what they deserve. If a player does summat on the pitch to warrant it then fair do's but Faal has definitely had the last laugh.

Down to earth with a bump with weak defending for all the goals . Not getting to the second balls enough  . It’s another poor performance against a better side and demonstrates how far we are still  from being a competitive team .

Give over. Going into the game rovers were top of the form table in last 5. That didnt happen by chance

Who have we beaten in worthy of that statement ?

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Well, with the keeper, Wood and Anderson I thought the chances of us conceding from corners and set pieces were greatly reduced, but all three from corners today suggests something has gone majorly wrong with our organisation.

Shame having got back in the game and having the ascendancy for all of 7 mins!

As suggested above, those who boo players for just being them, usually get what they deserve. If a player does summat on the pitch to warrant it then fair do's but Faal has definitely had the last laugh.

Down to earth with a bump with weak defending for all the goals . Not getting to the second balls enough  . It’s another poor performance against a better side and demonstrates how far we are still  from being a competitive team .

We're not that far from being a decent team. It's small margins that make a difference. Concentration levels, organisation, belief, resilience, discipline are all factors that come into play and the players will know they are capable of better than that result today. .

[idler]

Well, with the keeper, Wood and Anderson I thought the chances of us conceding from corners and set pieces were greatly reduced, but all three from corners today suggests something has gone majorly wrong with our organisation.

Shame having got back in the game and having the ascendancy for all of 7 mins!

As suggested above, those who boo players for just being them, usually get what they deserve. If a player does summat on the pitch to warrant it then fair do's but Faal has definitely had the last laugh.

The first goal wasn’t from a corner.

[dickos1]

Well, with the keeper, Wood and Anderson I thought the chances of us conceding from corners and set pieces were greatly reduced, but all three from corners today suggests something has gone majorly wrong with our organisation.

Shame having got back in the game and having the ascendancy for all of 7 mins!

As suggested above, those who boo players for just being them, usually get what they deserve. If a player does summat on the pitch to warrant it then fair do's but Faal has definitely had the last laugh.

Down to earth with a bump with weak defending for all the goals . Not getting to the second balls enough  . It’s another poor performance against a better side and demonstrates how far we are still  from being a competitive team .

We were average for the first 20 mins but after that I thought we dominated for a good 50 mins and for a deserved equaliser. We were on top then, but the 2nd goal was massive for whoever got it.
We had chances today to have won that

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Well, with the keeper, Wood and Anderson I thought the chances of us conceding from corners and set pieces were greatly reduced, but all three from corners today suggests something has gone majorly wrong with our organisation.

Shame having got back in the game and having the ascendancy for all of 7 mins!

As suggested above, those who boo players for just being them, usually get what they deserve. If a player does summat on the pitch to warrant it then fair do's but Faal has definitely had the last laugh.

The first goal wasn’t from a corner.

Sorry. My bad.

[Canadian Rover]

We were meh today, could have been better. We lost, that's football.

Certainly need to improve at set pieces though.

[ForsolongaRover]

From the sound commentary the subs failed to make the hoped-for impact and things rather tailed off.  When Waters arrived there were great expectations and more recently many words were written in praise of Biamou. Too early to judge in the latter case perhaps, but what was the general impression?

[dickos1]

Waters was excellent when he came on last week

[ncRover]

Waters was excellent when he came on last week

i mean he was ok but that's a stretch

i wouldn't offer him a contract in the summer, there's better out there

[dickos1]

Thought him and hurst were both very good last week when they came on.
Today we had just as many opportunities as they did, but we weren’t as clinical

[Padge_DRFC]

Waters is not very good. Runs a lot yep. Not seen anything else. Would hope we'd not be signing him

[PDX_Rover]

Don’t think Waters brought anything today. Not sure why Hurst went off.

[Padge_DRFC]

Too many games IMO where we've become worse in games following subs.

Rowe was another pointless sub today unless Maxwell couldn't walk

[BillyStubbsTears]

Thought him and hurst were both very good last week when they came on.
Today we had just as many opportunities as they did, but we weren’t as clinical

Here we go again.

Their second and third goals came from players being totally unmarked at set pieces.

We didn't have any remotely similar chances, because very, very few sides in this division are as inept as we are at defending set pieces.

We did well to get back into the game after going behind, but the ease with which Walsall put us under pressure after we equalised was sobering, and the defending for the second and third goals did have an air of inevitability about it.

Until we fix that, we haven't got any chance of being consistently competitive in this division.

[Spilsby Red]

It happens. Let’s move on. Been on a decent run. Walsall are doing well.

[dickos1]

Thought him and hurst were both very good last week when they came on.
Today we had just as many opportunities as they did, but we weren’t as clinical

Here we go again.

Their second and third goals came from players being totally unmarked at set pieces.

We didn't have any remotely similar chances, because very, very few sides in this division are as inept as we are at defending set pieces.

We did well to get back into the game after going behind, but the ease with which Walsall put us under pressure after we equalised was sobering, and the defending for the second and third goals did have an air of inevitability about it.

Until we fix that, we haven't got any chance of being consistently competitive in this division.

Here we go again!
Listen to grants interview, you might struggle to understand what he’s saying but to simplify it for you the two set piece goals were down to him and his staff.

[dickos1]

Thought him and hurst were both very good last week when they came on.
Today we had just as many opportunities as they did, but we weren’t as clinical

Here we go again.

Their second and third goals came from players being totally unmarked at set pieces.

We didn't have any remotely similar chances, because very, very few sides in this division are as inept as we are at defending set pieces.

We did well to get back into the game after going behind, but the ease with which Walsall put us under pressure after we equalised was sobering, and the defending for the second and third goals did have an air of inevitability about it.

Until we fix that, we haven't got any chance of being consistently competitive in this division.

More negative drivel.
We had an identical chance that cleared off the line twice, we had balls that were inches away from falling to an unmarked player in their box but it rolled inches the wrong way.
We’ve just gone to a very good side and given them a great game, we’ve also lost 1 game in 6 but still we have the same old negative folk pining after Schofield who can’t acknowledge anything positive.
It’s embarrassing

[Michael Shaw]

Thought him and hurst were both very good last week when they came on.
Today we had just as many opportunities as they did, but we weren’t as clinical

Here we go again.

Their second and third goals came from players being totally unmarked at set pieces.

We didn't have any remotely similar chances, because very, very few sides in this division are as inept as we are at defending set pieces.

We did well to get back into the game after going behind, but the ease with which Walsall put us under pressure after we equalised was sobering, and the defending for the second and third goals did have an air of inevitability about it.

Until we fix that, we haven't got any chance of being consistently competitive in this division.

More negative drivel.
We had an identical chance that cleared off the line twice, we had balls that were inches away from falling to an unmarked player in their box but it rolled inches the wrong way.
We’ve just gone to a very good side and given them a great game, we’ve also lost 1 game in 6 but still we have the same old negative folk pining after Schofield who can’t acknowledge anything positive.
It’s embarrassing

What's embarrassing ...  is being 20th in  league two!

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Just seen the highlights and listened to McCann.

Their first goal. A bad error for us to give the ball away but a great cross for the lad to bury.

Our goal, great cross for Hurst to bury.

McCanns taken responsibility for making the call that left the goalscorer unmarked at the edge of the box. Still disappointing we didn't get a block in.

Third. Faal won the gamesmanship contest with the keeper, giving him a nudge but a weak response from Lo Tutala in attempting to claim the ball.

It's another step on the learning curve. We got outsmarted.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Every time we lose, we had chances that didn't fall to players, but if they had and we'd scored them, we'd have won.