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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: RTID!!! on March 28, 2017, 07:00:41 pm
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What ar your pre grimsby thoughts?
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Should I put the kettle on and have a cuppa
COYR
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Can we bounce back from Sunday with a victory.
Hopefully the nerves won't kick in for the players now the gap between us and second is trimmed to three points.
I would love to see a solid confident performance leading to a win.
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RTID!!! - Do you have any thoughts on anything? I'm interested to know what you think for a change.
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With rovers having a early kick off,should donny win that weight of pressure will of a sudden transfer into plymouths laps against whoever
they play against at 15:00.
Iam going for a repeat score of a 0 > 1 win to donny.
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Accrington v Plymouth on sat.
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Sorry wrong way round Plymouth are at home.
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I think we will have a shaky first 20 minutes but we will bounce back and dominate the rest of the game, scoring two or three goals.
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Grimsby will make it difficult for us and will probably be quite aggressive/physical. I feel it will be a tough game where we we have to grind out a result. I think one goal will settle it - from us. An early ko with a win will put the onus back on Plymouth who ko at 3. :rtid:
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If we play like we did Sunday we will win 1-3.
Plymouth were a average keeper away from a loss.
I'm very confident for Saturday!!
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I think it could be a bit like Mansfield away and be 1-1, hope I'm wrong though and we get an early go and make it a bit more comfortable.
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Mansfield are a much better team than Grimsby. I would be disappointed with a draw
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Mansfield are a much better team than Grimsby. I would be disappointed with a draw
They are now Evans has recruited, at the time we played them Grimsby were above them in table.
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Obviously all Rovers supporters are hoping for a win, but are we about to get the jitters? That's what is concerning me right now. We havn't (on paper) an easy game until the last match of the season - away at Hartlepool and we don't want to be sat biting our nails at that point.
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Why would we get the jitters??
3 top class saves and 2 sliding defender blocks prevented us from comfortably beating the second best team..
Not saying the games will be easy, but we are still in a very good place...
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Obviously all Rovers supporters are hoping for a win, but are we about to get the jitters? That's what is concerning me right now. We havn't (on paper) an easy game until the last match of the season - away at Hartlepool and we don't want to be sat biting our nails at that point.
I think Promotion will be sorted long before then. Last Saturday did not ease the Cause for the title but there are twists and turns to come
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We only see our side of things but it is a certainty that Plymouth and Portsmouth fans will be just as nervous as we are.
Fourth place is nearer to them than us.
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Think we'll be fine Saturday, just need to start Williams and not May.
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Obviously all Rovers supporters are hoping for a win, but are we about to get the jitters? That's what is concerning me right now. We havn't (on paper) an easy game until the last match of the season - away at Hartlepool and we don't want to be sat biting our nails at that point.
I reckon we've got enough points for promotion now, but you're not seriously suggesting we're going to lose the next six, are you?
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I'd have loved it if we'd have beat Plymouth, and gone on to win all of the rest of our games. But losing has added a bit of sweet spice to the end of the season, I'm enjoying it. It could also be said that it helps us towards next season, keeps everyone on their toes for what will be a challenging year in one way or another.
Hoping for a win, will be disappointed with a draw, and worried with a loss. I love footy! :clapping:
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Grimsby will not want us celebrating our promotion on their pitch so I expect a really tough encounter. We have shown in the past we can grind out results and I have a feeling this game is going to be one of those. Fully expect a rovers win but it will be close and certainly not easy.
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I think we are just worried about the title, I do not see us blowing Promotion but Plymouth fans were suicidal when they got beat by Notts. Got a bit cocky this week, personally Pompey will stuff them at Fratton I believe, I think the 1. 2 3. is up to us to take, I really hope that it is not ckd up now. The forwards know what they did wrong last week, more so the defence know what they have not got to do..... Brutal it will be, lets see what blx the ref has.
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Grimsby will not want us celebrating our promotion on their pitch so I expect a really tough encounter. We have shown in the past we can grind out results and I have a feeling this game is going to be one of those. Fully expect a rovers win but it will be close and certainly not easy.
That can't happen anyway..
We can in theory be promoted on Saturday but our game will be over before any of the others start..
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I don't think the problem is whether May is selected or not it's more to do with the quality of chances we've provided of late. We haven't been quite as efficient of late in making as many chances that are almost certain goals. Yes we have still been creating and chances have been missed but there's no saying the form Williams has been in that he wouldn't have missed as well.
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There were at least 5 top class saves and last ditch sliding blocks against the second best team in the division. In the 2 games before we scored 3 and 4 goals.
Not creating quality chances???
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We've got to speed up going forward. Our build up play often is too slow. We are a bit one-paced and need to vary it a bit more. Because of this, the opposition often has half a dozen players on the line by the time we have a shot.
Upping the pace going forward will enable us to shoot quicker and more often.
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Yep, the way we play clearly hasn't been effective this season.
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I don't think the problem is whether May is selected or not it's more to do with the quality of chances we've provided of late. We haven't been quite as efficient of late in making as many chances that are almost certain goals. Yes we have still been creating and chances have been missed but there's no saying the form Williams has been in that he wouldn't have missed as well.
I think you need to watch the games, not creating quality chances?
What do you call quality chances? A tap in on the goal line?
The Plymouth keeper played a blinder, if it wasn't for him Plymouth would have suffered a heavey defeat
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Yep, the way we play clearly hasn't been effective this season.
Don't agree. We have been clearly effective this season, that's why we're top of the league. However, if, on occasions, we'd have been a bit quicker in our build up and had a few more shots from distance, our superiority would have shown us a dozen points clear of second place instead of just three.
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In the first half our movement in and around the box reminded me of watching Liverpool under Klopp.
Always players creating little spaces.
Under SOD we played wonderful football and got scared when we got to their box.
In the second half, they stopped us from playing. Packed the defence and made no spaces for us to get through
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We did get through, though, hence the great saves and the blocks on the goal line. If we'd have been a bit quicker going forward we might have caught them off guard more by allowing them less time to regroup.
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What is concerning me more, is that if the opposition have a shot on target they score. When did Lawlor last make a save ?
Ok it's not that much of a problem this season, but next season it will have to be addressed.
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Yep, the way we play clearly hasn't been effective this season.
Don't agree. We have been clearly effective this season, that's why we're top of the league. However, if, on occasions, we'd have been a bit quicker in our build up and had a few more shots from distance, our superiority would have shown us a dozen points clear of second place instead of just three.
BB, My tongue was firmly in my cheek when i made that last post, i thought you might have spotted that matey.
It was a response to your post stating that our approach play is too slow and i was making the point that it can't have been too ponderous to be a problem seeing as we are top of the league.
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I know it was mate, I did spot it but was just being sarcastic!
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TOUCHE THEN.
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The point I'm making is not aimed at pulling the team down, it's quite the opposite. I'm saying that I think we're capable of being better than our 3 point lead at the top of the table suggests.
Maybe I'm wrong and the team's not as good as I think it is capable of being.
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Quite enjoyed this one from having a nosy on the GTFC forum.
Score prediction:
1-3
Vernon 83
Jeffrey 36
Fortune-West 45
Moncrieff 65
6666 (2001)
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Today Sky Headline from preview
Grimsby v Doncaster preview: Grimsby hit by injuries
Last Updated: 31/03/17 11:33am
Grimsby manager Marcus Bignot
Grimsby manager Marcus Bignot
Grimsby boss Marcus Bignot has a number of injury concerns as his side bid to spoil Doncaster's promotion party at Blundell Park.
The League Two leaders can win promotion with a victory if other results go their way, but the Mariners are determined to spoil their party.
Ben Davies is ruled out with a calf injury while Scott Vernon also misses out after suffering concussion against Accrington Stanley.
Bignot's options are also hit by an unspecified injury suffered by striker Akwasi Asante which makes him rated 50-50 for the game.
Gamesmanship again. We shall see who plays for them
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Referee is Graham Scott.
Lines persons. one male and one female.
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FINALLY OFF GTFC SITE. AND VERY INTERESTINGLY
Note.
We will have Doncaster stewards on duty during Saturday's fixture. Any visiting supporters attempting to enter Blundell Park in the home end will have entry refused, with no refund being given on their tickets.
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Referee is Graham Scott.
Lines persons. one male and one female.
We've had "issues" with Mr Scott before so we have to hope he behaves himself.
However, Darren Cann and Sian Massey-Ellis are two decent assistants. Cann used to be in Howard Webb's team so has been at a World Cup Final. Blundell Park must be a come down after that.
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Come on the lads and lets get those 3 precious points today and then hopefully we will be having a promotion party at 4-50 next Sat after we beat Mansfield.
I will be surprised if both the other results will go our way today.
Have been predicting for some time that the Mansfield game will be the one where we are mathematically over the line.
:clapping: :woohoo: :thumbsup:
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Whilst we will be hoping for the unlikely today I reckon you should have way too much firepower for GT today....
No doubt we will both be heading up soon...hoping for us it will be next week as I am making a rare exiles appearance at Crawley.
Our job today is to keep the gap close and hope you slip up against one of the play off pack...albeit I'd prefer you not to do that against Exeter!
Wouldn't mind an early goal from the Codheads just to make it interesting though.
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I can see you beating Stanley but at least we have given your lads a bit to think about.
Another long haul next season for both teams.
:) :scarf:
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#Doncaster's John Marquis:
3️⃣⚽️⚽️⚽️ 1st career 🎩trick
2️⃣6️⃣lge goals this season -matches whole career lge tally before joining #DRFC.
👏
COYR
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He'll be buzzing next week now.
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Hopefully this will put a few on the crowd for next week
COYR