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Title: Well done rovers
Post by: mpc123 on January 24, 2026, 05:17:35 pm
Good performance all in all. New CB to improve then I can see us being mid table.

Cone on rovers.
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: Colemans Left Hook on January 24, 2026, 05:21:42 pm
You are Tony Soprano in disguise and I claim my £5

Get that pen out
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: Copps is Magic on January 24, 2026, 05:23:19 pm
I'm sorry but this is delusional. We are by far and away the easiest team in the league to score against. We faced the worst team to visit the keepmoat this season, in Wigan, and we've let them walk in 3 goals.

We're sleep walking into a relegation that will set the club back 10 years.
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: keith79 on January 24, 2026, 05:43:21 pm
Honestly i think this is a piss take. Surly he wrote this for a reaction.grant cost us the game today with them subs.
2 wins in 19
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: dickos1 on January 24, 2026, 05:46:54 pm
They were only that bad because we were so good
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: Copps is Magic on January 24, 2026, 05:49:10 pm
They were only that bad because we were so good

Which one of the three goals conceded was good in your opinion?
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: sedwardsdrfc on January 24, 2026, 05:51:55 pm
We’ve 2 centre backs in McGarth and Grehan who are playing 2 levels above where they should be.

Other than that we played well and have the ability to stay in the division. McCann will need to go if we don’t stay up imo.
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: In the box on January 24, 2026, 05:53:34 pm
Good performance all in all. New CB to improve then I can see us being mid table.

Cone on rovers.
Who is the player who’s going drop us throwing games away ..  wtf did McCann say then at half time. ?? We can’t seem to play two half’s of football.
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: RoversInSpain on January 24, 2026, 05:54:02 pm
We didn’t win today because of one individual, has anyone seen a better Goalkeeping performance at the Keepmoat than today? He was astonishing.
Thought going forward we were excellent. Gotts brilliant, Francis was causing a heap load of problems.
On the whole that performance would win most games.
5 points from last 3 games is an improvement and a crucial game v another team that battered us earlier in the season at home Tuesday night. Win that and it’s 8 from 4
Gutted we didn’t get it over the line but we move on with plenty of positives.
Move on…
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: GazLaz on January 24, 2026, 05:54:49 pm
They were only that bad because we were so good


Did you see our third goal? One of the most amateur pieces of football I’ve ever seen. 
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: GazLaz on January 24, 2026, 05:55:25 pm
We didn’t win today because of one individual, has anyone seen a better Goalkeeping performance at the Keepmoat than today? He was astonishing.
Thought going forward we were excellent. Gotts brilliant, Francis was causing a heap load of problems.
On the whole that performance would win most games.
5 points from last 3 games is an improvement and a crucial game v another team that battered us earlier in the season at home Tuesday night. Win that and it’s 8 from 4
Gutted we didn’t get it over the line but we move on with plenty of positives.
Move on…

He made some very good saves but think he could have done better with at least one of our goals.
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: In the box on January 24, 2026, 06:02:04 pm
Clarke need to come off his line to get crosses , we were out jumped in the back and he would have helped . Responsibility goes Clarke for the third in imo !!
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: Chris Black come back on January 24, 2026, 06:03:01 pm
Gotts was very, very good. The front three of Francis, Adelakun and Molyneux was unstoppable in first half. These are all good signs.
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: RoversInSpain on January 24, 2026, 06:10:21 pm
They were only that bad because we were so good

Did you see our third goal? One of the most amateur pieces of football I’ve ever seen.
Have a look at Bournemouth’s first goal v Liverpool tonight, you might change your mind…many goals are calamitous and mistake riddled and sometimes just due to constant pressure.
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: sedwardsdrfc on January 24, 2026, 06:11:20 pm
Clarke need to come off his line to get crosses , we were out jumped in the back and he would have helped . Responsibility goes Clarke for the third in imo !!

It’s hard when we have all 11 in the box everyone just gets crowded out and can’t jump. I’m all for leaving a couple forward to let the keeper have a run at it rather than what seems to happen
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: mpc123 on January 24, 2026, 06:11:40 pm
Not a piss take at all. I think its all about perspective.

We played our best of the season for 60 mins and showed we are well capable of winning games and moving up the league same as exeter and peterborough recently.

Im not saying its not disappointing the final result, but we can see its there.

Most importantly we have a cb on their way.

Stay positive, stay behind them, they will keep improving.

The easiest thing is to go off your nut and say we are rubbish, it is what most will say on here.

Roll on next game more improvement, new cb in and climb further up the league.

Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: mpc123 on January 24, 2026, 06:12:32 pm
Clarke need to come off his line to get crosses , we were out jumped in the back and he would have helped . Responsibility goes Clarke for the third in imo !!

It’s hard when we have all 11 in the box everyone just gets crowded out and can’t jump. I’m all for leaving a couple forward to let the keeper have a run at it rather than what seems to happen

Agreed on this it needs to change, we need to keep some players further up the pitch.
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: Chris Black come back on January 24, 2026, 06:14:43 pm
Not a piss take at all. I think its all about perspective.

We played our best of the season for 60 mins and showed we are well capable of winning games and moving up the league same as exeter and peterborough recently.

Im not saying its not disappointing the final result, but we can see its there.

Most importantly we have a cb on their way.

Stay positive, stay behind them, they will keep improving.

The easiest thing is to go off your nut and say we are rubbish, it is what most will say on here.

Roll on next game more improvement, new cb in and climb further up the league.



I broadly agree with this. If you look at all our games in 2026 we drew and were the better side against Bolton, pushed Southampton all the way in the FA Cup, beat Fleetwood 3-1, easily the better side against AFC Wimbledon and then were 3-0 today. A half of disappointment today in that otherwise very good set of performances. The trend in performances and finally in results, is improving.
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: drfchound on January 24, 2026, 07:02:25 pm
I’ve seen enough improvement recently to be confident that we can stay up.
Disappointed not to win today of course but that first hour today was incredible and gives me confidence.
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: scawsby steve on January 24, 2026, 07:06:39 pm
I worry about how easy we are to score against.

Wigan aren't a good team, and they've scored 6 in 2 games against us.
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: sedwardsdrfc on January 24, 2026, 07:15:37 pm
I agree we have the ability that staying up is achievable. We don’t often look outclassed. But there’s a softness or inability to manage games that means we can’t be trusted to win a game in any comfort.

At Wimbledon how much of the win do we put down to us scoring so late. If we score that on 60min it’s likely a different story it’s a softness which is why we have won 2 in 19.

At the moment McCann is under performing with the players he has. Not time to go but he needs to get us going in the right direction soon.
Title: Re: Well done rovers
Post by: colincramb on January 25, 2026, 07:41:36 am
There is no way we should have allowed Wigan back into that game. You cannot say we’ve played well after throwing 3 points away when being 3-0 up after 60 mins.