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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: selby on October 02, 2024, 09:11:58 am
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A local derby of sorts because we have played each other so many times, always a no quarter asked game and two sets of supporters who crave a win against an old enemy.
Many of the games in the past have ended with great winning scores for both teams and this upcoming game promises to be a keenly fought affair.
Looking at the league table we just shade it at the moment one point and one goal in the goal difference allowing us to be just above them in the table.
Their recent league form has however seen them gain nine points in their last three games against Bromley, Carlisle and last evening a great 1-0 win at top of the table Gillingham, while our form can be described as hit and miss over our last three games.
We returned to winning ways last night being dogged and back to basics doing the hard yards as against pretty football.
We used our substitutes well and looked more adventurous going forward the last quarter of an hour with our wide men being more capable of beating a defender when on attack while those they had replaced had done the hard graft, so it worked out well.
We will certainly have to do the basics right at Grimsby who according to reports defended resolutely against top of the table Gillingham with their Keeper dominant.
So selection of our team will not be easy as we look again for a little successful run of results to stay in touch with the top sides in the division, and we search for some better team form and consistency.
We dug deep last night and saw a different side to our game to what we produced against Chesterfield, more players looked comfortable in their rolls in the side and worked hard to a man, with all the subs carrying on the good work and carrying on the effort of those who they replaced, in a nut shell a team effort.
No team that we have played under Artel have been easy pickings, usually set up to be hard to beat and usually attack in numbers when the chance comes, and their team is sprinkled with players experienced at this level and have been around the block so a difficult game against a team in form, a noisy home crowd, and at a place like Scunthorpe when the ball seems to be coming across our goal from wide positions early in games past
and giving us all the trouble we want.
Hopefully our travelling fans will have something to cheer, we have had good wins there in the past, and the weather improves.
So what do you think? we need a win to keep up with others, team selection will be hard and crucial although getting a draw would still be a good result against a form side, what do you think? an early kick off, and not a long journey, are you going? Lots of interest in this game, some needle between the games in the past, so lots to discuss, please have your say.
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Win, lose or draw we will give you a much better game than that one last season , we have built a much better team and playing good football .
No doubt Clifton will score though that's a given .
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Always one of my favourite away days. Clifton was good last night and needs to play against his old team. Close and Yeboah not to get on the coach, they're both a shambles for this team at the moment. Olowu was excellent last night, so was Jay so happy with the centre half cover if Tom is gone a while. Bailey looked better as a deep CDM. I'd still try and get Billy and Joe on the pitch at the same time, although Billy was excellent last night and run his blood to water so if we're only playing one of them it'd have to be him.
As Grimsby Boy says it'll be a tougher test, they had a good result last night, I don't think we'll get another 5-1, but it's been a happy hunting ground for us recently so another Rovers win would be good!
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Their home league record this season is quite interesting. Four home league games, won three and lost one. The games they won were by a single goal and the game they lost by a single goal.
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!951 Wolfie you make Steve and I feel fantastic. Typical towards the end of Rationing.
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Their manager David Artell is now comparing them to AC Milan from the late 80’s, early 90’s because they’ve won 3 in a row !! It’s on the BBC site, best if Rovers do a Bolton and not turn up until later in the season
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Got a keeper on 7 day emergency loan from Barnsley. Played last night and kept a clean sheet. Keepers called Jackson Smith.
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I think he played for Walsall the last game of the 22/3 when we went there
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Yes was on loan there last season
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He's decent going off last night . We will need a stand in keeper for a while one's shoulders wrecked and the other got a bad injury on the post last weekend to his knee and is out 6 months .
Not sure how the emergency loan works , maybe you have to renew it every week or something .
Walsall seemed to rate him but he binned them off for Barnsley so fans still not too happy I think he's 3rd choice at Barnsley .
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Can't wait for this, my first time at BP, always seemed to have something else on when we've played there before.
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Id start the same team as last night, with the exception of Sbarra and Yeboah. Bring in Mols and Gibson.
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Where is that Emmanuel chap not been in the squad recently ?
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Id start the same team as last night, with the exception of Sbarra and Yeboah. Bring in Mols and Gibson.
Yes, bring Mols back in for Yeboah but I'm not sure whether we should put Gibson straight back in. Our work ethic last night was much better and less one dimensional.
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Can see Sterry missing this, seemed to hurt his arm early last night, noticed he never took a throw in and was shaking hands using his left at the end - obviously he managed to do 90minutes but things often hurt more afterwards
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Would go for:
TSL
Sterry
Olowu
McGrath
Senior
Bailey
Kelly
Clifton
Gibson
Ironside
Molyneux
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Would go for:
TSL
Sterry
Olowu
McGrath
Senior
Bailey
Kelly
Clifton
Gibson
Ironside
Molyneux
Gibson and Ironside in the front 3 together just doesn’t work. It means 2/3 of the front 3 want it to feet. This is why Joe and Haks got the best out of each other last season.
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Would go for:
TSL
Sterry
Olowu
McGrath
Senior
Bailey
Kelly
Clifton
Gibson
Ironside
Molyneux
Wouldn't drop Sharp personally.
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Sharp has got to start, he's working his socks of for the team and you know he only needs a sniff of a chance. A local derby is perfect for Billy, get the crowd whipped up - he'll score on Saturday.
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Well I see Ed the Duck is confirmed as the Ref :pinch:
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Well I see Ed the Duck is confirmed as the Ref :pinch:
Ffs!
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Thought Sharp was good on Tuesday. He should start if he's 100% for me.
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Thought Sharp was good on Tuesday. He should start if he's 100% for me.
Absolutely. Ironside was fantastic last year but Sharp has earned the shirt so far (assuming we still go with one up front).
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Well I see Ed the Duck is confirmed as the Ref :pinch:
Ffs!
Chuffin brilliant ref, compared to Mr Bell comedy act
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Kyle Hurst, has been the biggest conundrum this season.
I would be tempted to put an arm round him and tell he’s got 90 minutes v Grimsby and to have a right go, with total faith in him and to relax a bit.
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Anyone been in The Rutland Arms pre match?
It says they welcome Away fans but wasn’t sure if that was in a Slaughtered Lamb welcome.
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It's about a 20 minute walk from the ground mate . But fine , if you are going there you might just aswell go to spoons in clee though it's a shorter walk , there is a decent cheapo pub next to spoons which might let away fans in you would have to see ; failing that there is the market place .
For anyone getting the train the bar at the Clee station is decent , but normally opens at 12 so not sure on that .
Normally I would say go to Docks beers or Message in a bottle they are decent craft beer pubs . But not sure that they will be open at 11 am or whatever it will be .
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Anyone been in The Rutland Arms pre match?
It says they welcome Away fans but wasn’t sure if that was in a Slaughtered Lamb welcome.
I went in last Season to see the ex Landlord of the Little Signal Box ( by Boating Lake )
He said it would be fine and it was great and split 50 50 Grimsby and Rovers fans with lots of people outside as well
Give it a go
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It's about a 20 minute walk from the ground mate . But fine , if you are going there you might just aswell go to spoons in clee though it's a shorter walk , there is a decent cheapo pub next to spoons which might let away fans in you would have to see ; failing that there is the market place .
For anyone getting the train the bar at the Clee station is decent , but normally opens at 12 so not sure on that .
Normally I would say go to Docks beers or Message in a bottle they are decent craft beer pubs . But not sure that they will be open at 11 am or whatever it will be .
The Rutland is closer to 10 mins walk to the ground; ‘spoons is more like 20 I’d say. The former is, err…”rustic” on the outside to say the least (photo below for reference), but it’s actually surprisingly alright on the inside and perfectly safe for away fans.
If you’re coming on the train then Wetherspoon is probably the better bet logistically, but the Rutland is as good as anywhere remotely close to the ground.
Looking forward to tomorrow, I have to say. Genuinely thought we were gone when Donny gave us that absolute shoeing back in Feb, so it’s refreshing to be going into this one in our best EFL form in at least 5 years (a low bar, though that is).
Going to be weird seeing our Harry in a Rovers shirt; will be an even weirder experience for him I’d imagine. He should get a great reception.
Safe travels down the ‘180!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F2NFTuRW8AAoALw.jpg:large)
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By 'eck Badger, that looks a posh pub!
Like you, I thought you were doomed at one point last season but fortunately you rallied in your last few games and Sutton and Forest Green were terrible.
Should be a good game on Saturday with Clifton nailed on to score!
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We’ve been so dominate there in the last 3 league games (1-5, 1-3, 1-5) that you’d think surely it can’t continue and we’re are due a bad one. But I guess each season is different and it purely comes down to the better side on the day. We know our squad is strong, I just worry about Joe and Jay as a pair. No doubt they are good players, but prefer it when they have the experience of wood or Anderson alongside one of them to keep them in position and focused.
Should be a cracker though hopefully
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Kyle Hurst, has been the biggest conundrum this season.
I would be tempted to put an arm round him and tell he’s got 90 minutes v Grimsby and to have a right go, with total faith in him and to relax a bit.
Confidence looks shot and got to question his mentality, bags of ability but like you say needs an arm around him and a run of games. It's make or break this season for him.
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Can see our press forcing a mistake from their defence trying to play out from the back here.
I understand their Icelandic winger is lightning fast but apart from him and maybe Rodgers at set pieces, I can’t see many threats.
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Would go for:
TSL
Sterry
Olowu
McGrath
Senior
Bailey
Kelly
Clifton
Gibson
Ironside
Molyneux
Not too far off. McCann has gone for the same side but Fleming not Senior and Sharp not Ironside.
Midfield of Bailey, Clifton and Kelly looks combative.
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Just reading on Grimsby site they have lots of tickets left in Osmond Road stand..bit late but could have given us more..
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Kyle Hurst, has been the biggest conundrum this season.
I would be tempted to put an arm round him and tell he’s got 90 minutes v Grimsby and to have a right go, with total faith in him and to relax a bit.
Confidence looks shot and got to question his mentality, bags of ability but like you say needs an arm around him and a run of games. It's make or break this season for him.
not on the bench today
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Not sure it is his best position but looks like Sbarra is now preferred over Hurst in the wide left position.
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Id start the same team as last night, with the exception of Sbarra and Yeboah. Bring in Mols and Gibson.
Ok i have got my wish. Now lets get the 3 points!!
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I'm a lousy tipster so I hope I'm bringing us luck here.
Grimsby 2 Rovers 0.
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Olowu injured in warm up. Broadbent starts, Bailey into CB.
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Totally missed a player being sent off.
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Some half that, and Ed Duckworth had gone up in my estimation!
Although Grimsby look like us last Saturday, playing rubbish and losing their heads at the officiating.
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Some superb passing for the Goals, and Sterry’s run for the second was unbelievable, he actually tied his marker in a knot and left him flat on his backside, sheer magic.you don’t see that very often.
Thought Fleming had his best game today. Kelly excellent too, amongst others, tore Grimsby apart that first 45.
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Does anyone know if Gibson was offside for his first goal?. Grimsby fans were going nuts
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https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/13228357/grimsby-town-0-3-doncaster-rovers-league-two-highlights
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Olowu injured in warm up. Broadbent starts, Bailey into CB.
McCann said after game: "He just felt his back in the warm-up, a spasm. I wouldn't imagine it's something that will keep him out for too long. We had to make a quick call and Owen came in and was very good.“
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I'm a lousy tipster so I hope I'm bringing us luck here.
Grimsby 2 Rovers 0.
It worked.
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Thought we were excellent first half. Hungry, incisive, relentless and could have scored more than 3. We did enough second half - didn’t maintain the intensity but didn’t need to, although would have been nice to have scored one or two more.
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What was their player sent off for?
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What was their player sent off for?
Mouthed off at the ref twice in about 15 seconds. Two yellows.
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T hanks Steve, I totally missed it.
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Totally missed a player being sent off.
No one around us in our end knew about the sending off until someone noticed it on their phone at half time.
It must have happened while we were celebrating the third goal.
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Totally missed a player being sent off.
No one around us in our end knew about the sending off until someone noticed it on their phone at half time.
It must have happened while we were celebrating the third goal.
Saw you twice on the tele, mate. The good looks and the long silver barnet unmistakable.
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Totally missed a player being sent off.
No one around us in our end knew about the sending off until someone noticed it on their phone at half time.
It must have happened while we were celebrating the third goal.
Saw you twice on the tele, mate. The good looks and the long silver barnet unmistakable.
Shush mate, you will have people talking. :lol: :lol:
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Didn't show it at all on Sky.
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Totally missed a player being sent off.
No one around us in our end knew about the sending off until someone noticed it on their phone at half time.
It must have happened while we were celebrating the third goal.
Saw you twice on the tele, mate. The good looks and the long silver barnet unmistakable.
Shush mate, you will have people talking. :lol: :lol:
Not when they see my Arthur Mullard looks they won't.
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Funny isn't it? Oluwu out so Broadbent came in and he was outstanding. Our best performances have been with Broadbent in midfield.
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Funny isn't it? Oluwu out so Broadbent came in and he was outstanding. Our best performances have been with Broadbent in midfield.
I’m sure that Bailey and Broadbent shared the back four and midfield duties.
If one of them went forward the other filtered back to cover.
Both had tremendous games today.
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Funny isn't it? Oluwu out so Broadbent came in and he was outstanding. Our best performances have been with Broadbent in midfield.
Thought Clifton, Broadbent and Kelly were excellent today.
Just a pity we took our foot off the gas 2nd half. We could have had 6 today if we had been interested.
Not sure why we were not with no midweek game to play.
Is goal difference not important?
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What was their player sent off for?
Mouthed off at the ref twice in about 15 seconds. Two yellows.
He got a straight red.
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Always a great day out, bet Grimsby hate us now,shame I couldn’t make it today, joint top.
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The top four in L2 now on 19 points.
All of them with six wins, one draw and three defeats.
After our win today we have won eight of our last ten matches against Grimsby.
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My first visit to BP and bloody hell what an absolute shit hole. Literally dog shit everywhere on the approach to the ground.
The stadium itself is a dump, surprised me a bit tbh.
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However much science is injected into the game, it cannot overcome the footballing gods.
Our last four visits in the league have been 3-0, 5-1, 3-1 and 5-1. This goes back to 2017. These four victories have been overseen by three different managers over seven seasons.
Grimsby and ourselves have been at times good, bad and very bad sides during this period. There is no reason why we should have such an astounding record there in the league (i.e. when we are playing in the same tier). It could be absolute chance but more likely, psychology must play a part, even though totally different players and managers over that period.
It's the same for us with turds like Harrogate that we consistently step into.
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What was their player sent off for?
Mouthed off at the ref twice in about 15 seconds. Two yellows.
He got a straight red.
2 yellows according to Grimsby shown a yellow for gobbing off at the the ref then he carried on gobbing off to him 2nd yellow within 10 or 15 seconds of the first silly boy he was
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Down as straight red according to the Press Association. Better news that we got our discipline back today. No cautions for anyone.
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What was their player sent off for?
Mouthed off at the ref twice in about 15 seconds. Two yellows.
He got a straight red.
What, for mouthing? I doubt it.
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You were the better side today , well played. Top 3 material for me as I thibk we will be top half even after that today .
Some very good players and manager imo .
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Steve, foul and abusive language is enough for a red card.
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What an atmosphere from our fans. Just got home. Every single player in the starting 11 deserves MOM.
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My first visit to BP and bloody hell what an absolute shit hole. Literally dog shit everywhere on the approach to the ground.
The stadium itself is a dump, surprised me a bit tbh.
It's an old fashioned ground in a deprived area , that's what you get ; it depends what you like - I'm more into it and the Belle Vue , Fratton Park,old Colchester ground type and areas but if you are looking for a 'nice' ground ' to visit , it's no good . Today was nice for you guys though
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My first visit to BP and bloody hell what an absolute shit hole. Literally dog shit everywhere on the approach to the ground.
The stadium itself is a dump, surprised me a bit tbh.
It's well documented the depravity of Grimsby and its a very sad situation. Not sure poverty shaming gets anyone anywhere. I'm sure you wouldn't do it in "other" deprived areas
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My first visit to BP and bloody hell what an absolute shit hole. Literally dog shit everywhere on the approach to the ground.
The stadium itself is a dump, surprised me a bit tbh.
It's well documented the depravity of Grimsby and its a very sad situation. Not sure poverty shaming gets anyone anywhere. I'm sure you wouldn't do it in "other" deprived areas
Think perhaps that should be "deprivation". Although, well, it could also be your terminology.
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My first visit to BP and bloody hell what an absolute shit hole. Literally dog shit everywhere on the approach to the ground.
The stadium itself is a dump, surprised me a bit tbh.
It's an old fashioned ground in a deprived area , that's what you get ; it depends what you like - I'm more into it and the Belle Vue , Fratton Park,old Colchester ground type and areas but if you are looking for a 'nice' ground ' to visit , it's no good . Today was nice for you guys though
I must say, I rather like Blundell Park. A good old fashioned ground. My grandson lives in Grimsby, so I've been there a few times. Only time I saw Rovers there was a cup game in the Darren Moore days, and we lost 1 nil. Parking round there is a nightmare, though
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If Grimsby had won today, they would be in the play offs and we would be out of them.
Going in to the game today we had both won the same number of games.
They are no mugs.
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Great team game today, some of the passing was top drawer, with a bit more luck we could of had a hat full. Nice to see Gibson get his goals, the confidence boost for him should be massive and well deserved.
Could not really knock anyone today , everyone played their part, Bailey coming into he back at very short notice was outstanding alongside JMcG, both full backs took the opportunity from having to defend to get up the line and supported Mols and Gibson very well. If anything i feel BS will be a little frustrated with his performance, he had a couple of opportunities that a player like him usually buries, you can't win them all and as always he gets into the right positions to get the opportunities in the first place, it will come for him as he sticks to his game plan.
The midfield worked very hard today to gain dominance and after that they ran the show, Broadbent had a good game, didn't do anything to flash and kept it neat and tidy, that gash on his nut looked sore. Kelly also had a steady game, looks like GM is building him into it carefully and i think it will pay us in dividends down the line, getting better and making better judgement calls about when to play it safe and when to run it, has a good engine and will grow with us. Clifton to me was the pick of the trio, covered every blade it looked like and his drive and intensity was constant from first to last, think we've dropped on with an absolute bargain in getting him, kind of player who you know you've been in match against, proper beast, just what we need.
My only gripe is a selfish one, i wanted them to continue to go for it second half, thought it looked like a game where we could really correct the goal difference but steady as she goes from GM means we come off the park in great fettle and with a massive boost to our confidence.
Hope Olowu's back was just an odd spasm and he's back in for sat, needs to play games and maintain his confidence.
Proper professional performance from us today, gets us straight back onto our required trajectory, progress.
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My first visit to BP and bloody hell what an absolute shit hole. Literally dog shit everywhere on the approach to the ground.
The stadium itself is a dump, surprised me a bit tbh.
It's an old fashioned ground in a deprived area , that's what you get ; it depends what you like - I'm more into it and the Belle Vue , Fratton Park,old Colchester ground type and areas but if you are looking for a 'nice' ground ' to visit , it's no good . Today was nice for you guys though
I must say, I rather like Blundell Park. A good old fashioned ground. My grandson lives in Grimsby, so I've been there a few times. Only time I saw Rovers there was a cup game in the Darren Moore days, and we lost 1 nil. Parking round there is a nightmare, though
Parking is easy enough if you don’t leave it late to get there.
Plenty of free parking spaces on Grimsby Road and some of the side streets.
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We've got a clear week this week so you would imagine for our next game both Maxwell and Westbrooke will be in the squad, and potentially Olowu fit as well. Only Nixon and Wood out injured, and Anderson banned.
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Down as straight red according to the Press Association. Better news that we got our discipline back today. No cautions for anyone.
Definitely two yellow cards, I saw the referee produce both followed by the red.
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My first visit to BP and bloody hell what an absolute shit hole. Literally dog shit everywhere on the approach to the ground.
The stadium itself is a dump, surprised me a bit tbh.
It's well documented the depravity of Grimsby and its a very sad situation. Not sure poverty shaming gets anyone anywhere. I'm sure you wouldn't do it in "other" deprived areas
Jesus christ, poverty shaming? I grew up in balby without a pot to piss in ffs.
Right, I usually love the older grounds but for some reason , BP didn't hit that spot for me.
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What was their player sent off for?
Mouthed off at the ref twice in about 15 seconds. Two yellows.
He got a straight red.
What, for mouthing? I doubt it.
all depends what he said
Also had to laugh at sum of rovers fans clapping their players as they came out to warm up thinking they were donny players
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Heh! Good day
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To be fair though, Gibson was about three miles offside for the first goal.
Yin and Yang after last week.
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To be fair though, Gibson was about three miles offside for the first goal.
Yin and Yang after last week.
No he wasn't. He was onside.
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I thought he timed his run to perfection.
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Looked onside to me.
“Three miles offside” is a bit over the top.
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Wait for the graph.
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Looked onside to me.
“Three miles offside” is a bit over the top.
He was at least 5 yards off. As bad an offside call as I've ever seen. But what the hell. These calls balance out.
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Not a chance he was five yards off.
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The evidence, m'lud, suggests otherwise
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My dad was sat in the big stand bang in line with where Gibson was. He said he was two metres off side. Watching the highlights although hard to tell he looks off to me
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5 yards yet another exaggeration to prove your point. Very odd behaviour.
Just screenshotted the same as has been posted, very tight decision agreed. Definitely not 5 yards or 3 miles offside.
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Five yards off? f**k me he must have the neck of a giraffe.
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About 2ft off side having just watched it 5 times.
Time we got something though that’s for sure.
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I watched it 6 times. He was onside.
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“3 miles offside”
“At least 5 yards offside”
By 10 o’clock he might be “marginally offside” but you can be sure he will NEVER be onside.
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Just moved on a frame from the last screenshot and Gibson is still onside with clear evidence that the ball had been released.
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You only have to look at the line cut across the pitch and see the defender in the middle is playing JG onside.
It is close of course but I think someone is just being a WUM.
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Not forgetting that the screenshot shows the Rovers player in a more progressive position than he would have been when the ball was actually struck, dismissing any evidence of offside.
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Just moved on a frame from the last screenshot and Gibson is still onside with clear evidence that the ball had been released.
Based on that he looks just on side.
When you watch it at full speed he does look off side.
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And the Lino is right on line with play
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Looking at the stills if anything’s to me looks a fraction off if anything but hardly anything at all in it and would only be his shoulder with way he his timing his run
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The sooner we get VAR at this level the sooner Billy Stubbs Tears will no longer have to keep swapping his long distance, short distance, bi-focul, reading glasses, magnifying & telescopic lenses to adjudicate distances from between miles, feet & inches in order to post a thread on the forum worth a modicum (look that ‘space’ up Billy) of worth taking note of.
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Here's an even more convincing screenshot confirming that beyond any doubt Gibson was onside. It is paused slightly before the previous screenshot in post 96.
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I don't think whether that was offside or not is relevant , you were just clearly better than us in that first half . No one can really have any complaints , It went into pre-season mode after the sending off which was probably better for us in that it wasn't a really bad pumping like last time .
McCann got it spot on today for you tactically I thought
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I don't think whether that was offside or not is relevant , you were just clearly better than us in that first half . No one can really have any complaints , It went into pre-season mode after the sending off which was probably better for us in that it wasn't a really bad pumping like last time .
McCann got it spot on today for you tactically I thought
Credit due to you Grimsby boy for coming on here and being so magnanimous in defeat.
We lost 0-3 at home to Chesterfield recently and I couldn’t have been big enough to go on their forum and post a similar comment to yours.
I think there’s a lot of friendly rivalry between our fans and we genuinely wish you well.
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Codn’t have put it better.
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Some of our posters have gone missing again. What a brilliant day out and the results mostly went our way
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And the Lino is right on line with play
Thats a novelty nowadays :)
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He was clearly onside!
Their guy was shown two yellows,
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The evidence, m'lud, suggests otherwise
Think this one's the best timed one and you can see he's onside by that defender in the center.
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No acknowledgement by BST that he is wrong then.
He has been on the site this morning so will have seen all the posts on two threads pointing out his error(s).
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No acknowledgement by BST that he is wrong then.
He has been on the site this morning so will have seen all the posts on two threads pointing out his error(s).
Currently going through every possible angle in the world to prove he's right.
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I really don’t get how anyone can come on here and say with any certainty whether he was on or off, either way. It’s clearly very marginal and pretty much impossible to tell with the one camera angle given, and the fact that in any footage, it’s very difficult to define and to ‘freeze-frame’ the exact moment the ball is played. It smacks of being desperate to be right, which is a bit ridiculous.
It seems that if he is off, we’re talking a shoulder, a knee, or almost literally a nose.
Clearly the Lino couldn’t be certain he was off either so gave the benefit of the doubt to Gibson, which is a stance that’s difficult to argue with when there is no VAR.
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No acknowledgement by BST that he is wrong then.
He has been on the site this morning so will have seen all the posts on two threads pointing out his error(s).
Currently going through every possible angle in the world to prove he's right.
He needs to invest in some OPERA glasses
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And this is why i love not having VAR in the lower leagues.
It allows for discussions like this. Some go in our favour and some dont, it works like that for every club.
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No acknowledgement by BST that he is wrong then.
He has been on the site this morning so will have seen all the posts on two threads pointing out his error(s).
Currently going through every possible angle in the world to prove he's right.
He's down there now with his theodolite and rods just measuring up.
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We worked out on the way home that my lad has seen Rovers win 3 times away from home. All three at Grimsby.
He did see Rovers win at Scunny in the cup, so all his away wins have been in Lincolnshire.
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Gibson is clearly back in favour. Like Molyneux in his early days, he has attracted criticism in the past for selfishly going for goal rather than taking a more sensible option of passing the ball to someone better placed.
The first of his two goals yesterday was a one-man breakaway, so he did not face such a decision and in the case of the second, there was no real choice to be made between passing or shooting.
Do questions remain about his judgement as a team player?
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Gibson is clearly back in favour. Like Molyneux in his early days, he has attracted criticism in the past for selfishly going for goal rather than taking a more sensible option of passing the ball to someone better placed.
The first of his two goals yesterday was a one-man breakaway, so he did not face such a decision and in the case of the second, there was no real choice to be made between passing or shooting.
Do questions remain about his judgement as a team player?
Almost all attacking players at this level selfishly go alone rather than pass.
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I watched it 6 times. He was onside.
Your screen shots show clearly onside.
A perfectly timed run.
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We worked out on the way home that my lad has seen Rovers win 3 times away from home. All three at Grimsby.
He did see Rovers win at Scunny in the cup, so all his away wins have been in Lincolnshire.
All in a DN postcode.
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My first visit to BP and bloody hell what an absolute shit hole. Literally dog shit everywhere on the approach to the ground.
The stadium itself is a dump, surprised me a bit tbh.
It's well documented the depravity of Grimsby and its a very sad situation. Not sure poverty shaming gets anyone anywhere. I'm sure you wouldn't do it in "other" deprived areas
Think perhaps that should be "deprivation". Although, well, it could also be your terminology.
:lol: oops. Deprivation yes. Though I'm sure there's depravity depending where you go. Back of the bookies I've heard