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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: KingKendrick on August 02, 2025, 05:16:04 pm
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O’riordan. Got some player on our hands if he plays like that every week.
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I hadn't realised how big he was, tall lad but not exactly slow either
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I though this thread might have been about Broadbent who was very good too.
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Thought our better performers today were O'Riordan, Gotts, Middleton, Broadbent and Bailey.
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Agreed. I thought Pearson looked a bit leggy and a few cobwebs here and there but hey, three points and we're up and running.
Great to have the football back. Here's hoping for another great season. RTID
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O’Riordan may have defended tolerably well against a weak attack, but his passing was 95% sideways; he rarely came over the halfway line or ran with the ball even if there was space in front of him.
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Not sure what happened to Sterry but looked like his shoulder had been dislocated yet again.
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Not sure what happened to Sterry but looked like his shoulder had been dislocated yet again.
It was an injury to his face.
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I didn't see any Rolls Royces out there today.
It was a typical 1st game of the season, cagey, clinical performance.
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Not sure what happened to Sterry but looked like his shoulder had been dislocated yet again.
Their goalkeeper went head first into Sterry’s face. Only seen it once, but it looked dangerous and late. He looked very dazed coming off so I guess it’s a concussion injury which I’m not sure what lay off is. Moly missed Sterry after that. They come as a pair those two so I hope Stez is back soon.
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Not sure what happened to Sterry but looked like his shoulder had been dislocated yet again.
It was an injury to his face.
He was a concussion sub, there was a swelling on his left cheekbone
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Ouch. That's a painful one.
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I didn't see any Rolls Royces out there today.
It was a typical 1st game of the season, cagey, clinical performance.
You’re right. Middleton that first half was a Ferrari. It’s a long time since I’ve seen such a direct player get behind a defence like he did. Just need a tall athletic Ajayi waiting in the middle.
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O’Riordan may have defended tolerably well against a weak attack, but his passing was 95% sideways; he rarely came over the halfway line or ran with the ball even if there was space in front of him.
How anyone can be negative regarding his performance today is beyond me.
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I’d like us to get to a point where McGarth and O’Riordan are our centre half pairing. Pearson has the experience but his lack of pace and ability on the ball will show against better teams
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O’Riordan may have defended tolerably well against a weak attack, but his passing was 95% sideways; he rarely came over the halfway line or ran with the ball even if there was space in front of him.
How anyone can be negative regarding his performance today is beyond me.
You are very easily upset, but this is a forum of opinions. There were positives in the team’s performance of course, but this comment was specific to one player and I recognise that I may be in a minority.
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I’m not upset but for me he was comfortably the best player on the pitch and looks a terrific signing
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Not sure what happened to Sterry but looked like his shoulder had been dislocated yet again.
It was an injury to his face.
He was a concussion sub, there was a swelling on his left cheekbone
McCann saying it is a fractured cheekbone and will likely need surgery. Sounds like a few weeks only though.
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That’s very bad news.
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It was pretty clear on Rovers+. There was a dent in his face and his eye was swollen. You'd imagine a few months out and coming back wearing a mask.
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McCann said a week to 10 days
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It was pretty clear on Rovers+. There was a dent in his face and his eye was swollen. You'd imagine a few months out and coming back wearing a mask.
I’m a retired oral surgeon. If the fracture is uncomplicated and can be re-set in the correct position, it was 6 weeks out in my day. I have noticed that players are now coming back earlier with a mask.
If it’s an unstable re-set and needs plates to fix, that might take a couple of weeks longer.
A cheek bone (zygomatic) fracture involves the orbital floor and you don’t want to take chances.
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It was pretty clear on Rovers+. There was a dent in his face and his eye was swollen. You'd imagine a few months out and coming back wearing a mask.
I’m a retired oral surgeon. If the fracture is uncomplicated and can be re-set in the correct position, it was 6 weeks out in my day. I have noticed that players are now coming back earlier with a mask.
If it’s an unstable re-set and needs plates to fix, that might take a couple of weeks longer.
A cheek bone (zygomatic) fracture involves the orbital floor and you don’t want to take chances.
Better knowledge than usually gets posted on here.
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It was pretty clear on Rovers+. There was a dent in his face and his eye was swollen. You'd imagine a few months out and coming back wearing a mask.
I’m a retired oral surgeon. If the fracture is uncomplicated and can be re-set in the correct position, it was 6 weeks out in my day. I have noticed that players are now coming back earlier with a mask.
If it’s an unstable re-set and needs plates to fix, that might take a couple of weeks longer.
A cheek bone (zygomatic) fracture involves the orbital floor and you don’t want to take chances.
Soooooo he can run it off then?
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O’Riordan may have defended tolerably well against a weak attack, but his passing was 95% sideways; he rarely came over the halfway line or ran with the ball even if there was space in front of him.
How anyone can be negative regarding his performance today is beyond me.
You are very easily upset, but this is a forum of opinions. There were positives in the team’s performance of course, but this comment was specific to one player and I recognise that I may be in a minority.
Totally agree - this is a forum of opinions, and you are also right that you may well be in a minority on this point! My opinion - you're completely wrong. :)
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Nice cameo from Ajayi, hope he can build on it.
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Nice cameo from Ajayi, hope he can build on it.
I was looking forward to seeing him play and wasn’t disappointed.
He will be a big player for us this season.
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Agreed. I thought Pearson looked a bit leggy and a few cobwebs here and there but hey, three points and we're up and running.
Great to have the football back. Here's hoping for another great season. RTID
I thought his use of the cross bar to clear the ball out of the box was pure brilliance.
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I think there’s some harsh (ish) reading comments on here. I thought Pearson was a definite upgrade on Wood, more mobile, more powerful, more aggression and I could hear him screaming at the lads from the south stand!
The other centre back did look very clam and assured on the ball, I agree against this Exeter team he looked like a rolls Royce.
I also agree with a response that Broadbent was outstanding, and was my man of the match.
I thought Molly struggled to find his form, and his crosssing was all over the place ( still a hard working performance though)
Bailey I thought struggled with the control of the football at times, but as with Molly put a shift in, and did ok at RB.
Middleton is a player any striker would love, I mean wow, he takes no time in getting some awesome crosses in.
Exeter remind me a lot of Wimbledon last year, they don’t want the ball, they are not bothered about attacking unless they absolutely have to, it seems they are happy to defend the point they start the game with, someone did say expect a lot of teams like this in league one, but with better quality.
Overall im relieved, I was never sure what the standard of the league was like, but it looks like we have enough to be comfortable ( based on Exeter being an average league 1 side for 3-4 years)
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The main contribution from Mols was to score the penalty. However drawing two players onto him which impeded his progress allowed Middleton to shine as he did, his crosses were a revelation, the team needs ot be aware and getting onto the end of them. Other than that there were a lot of good performances, we got 3 points and I am happy, and so should any Rovers fan be.
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O’riordan. Got some player on our hands if he plays like that every week.
Well he played like that against Blackpool last week, so no reason why not. I thought the two cb's were quality for this level, pretty much won every header, & Jay to come in too.
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I though this thread might have been about Broadbent who was very good too.
I was surprisingly impressed by Broadbent today but Middleton was our stand out player.
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Robbie Gotts put a hell of a shift in after he came on. We’ve certainly got some grafters in there, we just need that bit of extra quality to join the crew!
Ahem (clears throat).
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O'Riordon definitely looked comfortable, being pretty composed throughout. When players look like they've got time, it suggests a higher footballing IQ. The only little error was when he got carried away on a forward run, tried to do a pirouette and got caught on the ball. Generally a good calming influence.
Pearson, a no nonsense keep it basic centre half which we also need.
On Gotts, last week, the game passed him by, but this week he was more involved so early days to be coming to any conclusions.
Middleton. Great crossing ability. Should be more involved at set pieces and would also like to see him coming inside, as with Moly, to mix it up a bit.
Adding Ajayi into the mix as well is likely to cause defences some headaches.
There's bags of potential when these lads really settle in and start showing what they're about. Hopefully more quality will become evident.
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Hoping Pearson can really read the game because to me he looked very ponderous but at the end of the day we kept a clean sheet.
Mols could do with getting some tips from Middleton (who along with O’Riordan and Broadbent were immense) on crossing
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Don’t worry about Mols.
He had an off day, who doesn’t, but he will do more than enough as the season progresses.
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He didn’t really have an off day imo. Just a couple of poor crosses he still committed the opposition and created some of our best chances including the one Ajayi put in the only place where he wouldn’t score.
Shows how high his bar is when we’re saying it’s a bad game. Calm down a bit on the crosses and just go again. It’ll be good to see him and Middleton against teams that don’t pack the defence so deep
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I agree, what with Middleton on one side (hugely impressed with him!) and Mols on the other, peppering the goal with quality crosses we should create loads of chances. Now it just needs someone getting on the end of them! :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:
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I agree, what with Middleton on one side (hugely impressed with him!) and Mols on the other, peppering the goal with quality crosses we should create loads of chances. Now it just needs someone getting on the end of them! :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:
Well, there were two glaring chances. First when Gotts blazed over from Middletons cut back (we've seen Clifton and Mols convert identical chances last season), then Ajayi on the end of Mols cut back. Had either or both gone in then it would have been more comfortable. Taking these chances make such a difference without having to change very much.
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I know I shouldn't give them the oxygen of a response, but Christ, the bell end behind us yesterday screaming "Get Molyneux f**ked off, he's f**king useless."
You do wonder how some people differentiate between food and dog shite when they are preparing a meal.
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He didn’t really have an off day imo. Just a couple of poor crosses he still committed the opposition and created some of our best chances including the one Ajayi put in the only place where he wouldn’t score.
Shows how high his bar is when we’re saying it’s a bad game. Calm down a bit on the crosses and just go again. It’ll be good to see him and Middleton against teams that don’t pack the defence so deep
Mols sets himself (and our expectancy levels) such a high bar.
He was nowhere near his usual self yesterday.
As you say, he did attract the attention of two defenders whenever he received the ball, and that happened from minute one of the game.
It happens in almost very game.
To be fair though, he hit way more than two poor crosses during the game but we do expect more quality from him and he usually produces for us.
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He didn’t really have an off day imo. Just a couple of poor crosses he still committed the opposition and created some of our best chances including the one Ajayi put in the only place where he wouldn’t score.
Shows how high his bar is when we’re saying it’s a bad game. Calm down a bit on the crosses and just go again. It’ll be good to see him and Middleton against teams that don’t pack the defence so deep
Mols sets himself (and our expectancy levels) such a high bar.
He was nowhere near his usual self yesterday.
As you say, he did attract the attention of two defenders whenever he received the ball, and that happened from minute one of the game.
It happens in almost very game.
To be fair though, he hit way more than two poor crosses during the game but we do expect more quality from him and he usually produces for us.
I think we've seen before, in tight games he seems to try too hard when his composure takes a hit. He puts alot of expectations on himself. He improved in the latter stages plus enough to put the penalty away.
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I also think Molls may have been watching the crosses Middleton puts in with such pace and accuracy, and think he was maybe trying to replicate that.
There is no issue with Molls, he will in my opinion end up being one of the best performers in this league.
We will have bigger tests than Exeter, Cardiff looked very impressive for a young side, but they do give teams chances b6 the looks of it - going forward though they look like they will have too much for most
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I know I shouldn't give them the oxygen of a response, but Christ, the bell end behind us yesterday screaming "Get Molyneux f**ked off, he's f**king useless."
You do wonder how some people differentiate between food and dog shite when they are preparing a meal.
Regarding that 2nd sentence, BST, with my ex-wife there wasn't a difference.
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O'Riordan was fantastic and what a lovely bloke too, I had a chat with him after the game. Pearson too. I thought we looked very well organised and I particularly loved our management of the game at the end, its usually clenched bums and holding on but they didn't threaten at all. |Good performance against a very disappointing Exeter team. Well done all.
Broadbent by the way is some player.