Rovers v Walsall

[Prez]

What a shambles we have become

[Barmby Rover]

The last time I said game over when we went two down people said I was too pessimistic, we lost 3 - 0, sorry to tell the truth here, but game over.

[Dutch Uncle]

Olowu on for Williams please

[Canadian Rover]

RSW joke of a defender.

[bpoolrover]

RSW joke of a defender.

while your right the manager has to take the blame as he plays the same every week, had lots of hope for this manager but he no better than  gm at the minute

[Thorney]

I was actually kinda singing his praises at half time. How does this defender still start every game. Faulkner must be pissing himself that he can't even get in the squad

[ScillyRover]

Miss from Agard … six yards out and over the top!

[Canadian Rover]

Faulkner is levels above RSW, Long is too. I know this is a controversial statement but RSW is the worst centre back I've seen for the Rovers (that has played multiple games). He's dreadful in the air, awful at passing, lacklustre in the tackle and seems to be getting slower by the day. It's safe to say I'm not his biggest fan.

[Thorney]

3 changes and not 1 that is to help Rowe get further up the field. We'll tommy looks like your a defender from now on.

[ScillyRover]

Faulkner is levels above RSW, Long is too. I know this is a controversial statement but RSW is the worst centre back I've seen for the Rovers (that has played multiple games). He's dreadful in the air, awful at passing, lacklustre in the tackle and seems to be getting slower by the day. It's safe to say I'm not his biggest fan.

The sad, frustrating thing is, it’s been obvious for a long time, Williams is just not good enough.

[Barmby Rover]

Is Faulkner going to stay though?

[goalkick]

Better team than us look way faster than us and more eager to create something and as for Williams enough has been said all season but he still plays.

[Barmby Rover]

4 more matches to go this month, how many points? Not many with this form.

[Thorney]

4 more matches to go this month, how many points? Not many with this form.

Be surprised I we get 1 with the way we are at the moment

[SydneyRover]

We didn't look cohesive and lacked penetration. Rowe made some good link play up the left hand side but we gave the ball away far too easily and had it taken away from us too often. Williams could be excused sort of for the first goal, we should have defended it better but for the second there was no excuse.

[glosterred]

That was back to the bad old days of last season. Poor from front to back and a definite lack of urgency at times, especially in the last few minutes.

It’s going to be a long long season if this level of performance continues.


Onwards and upward


COYR

[Dagenham Rover]

Too lethargic, lots of pretty patterns with the passes, Pass backwards more often than England, and why does nobody actually run into the oppositions penalty area we are always trying to chip or pass  it in from the edge of the box so predictable 

[drfchound]

45 minutes without a single shot on goal, "going in to see what we can do better", I will give them a guess!

Not quite true mate, we had two shots in the last minutes before half time.
One nice move led to a shot being deflected over the bar for a corner, then from the corner a shot (I think by Close) was headed off the line by a defender.
Shots blocked by defenders don’t count in the stats as being shots on target, even if they are on target.

[CottyRover]

Well, that was 13 days on the training ground well spent

[andy didcott]

Walked out on 75th minute, dont recall doing that in about 37 years of watching rovers, always stayed until the final whistle.