stepping back from today.

[graingrover]

 Another clean sheet .. even with a débutant goalie.
  Keeps the points tally ticking over .
   8/12 points .
   Another game for Billy and Brownie to build an understanding.
   
       Good improvement in number of home fans . 

[Superspy]

Agree with all points, can't remember when we last had 3 clean sheets at home on the spin, and I'd take 2 wins and 2 draws from every 4 for the rest of the season. Positive signs everywhere at the minute.

[JonWallsend]

It's 4 clean sheets at home on the bounce in league games. One point further away from the drop zone than we were at 3 o'clock.

Richie gets a 3 week break to recuperate having played in all but 3 games so far, not ideal to miss Brighton and especially Barnsley, but I'm putting a positive spin on things

[Dare to dream!]

It's 4 clean sheets at home on the bounce in league games. One point further away from the drop zone than we were at 3 o'clock.

Richie gets a 3 week break to recuperate having played in all but 3 games so far, not ideal to miss Brighton and especially Barnsley, but I'm putting a positive spin on things

We're going to miss his creativity against Barnsley, Richie would have had a field day against them! Furman doesn't bring much in apart from running around like a headless chicken. I'd be tempted to try Forrester in CM alongside Keegs.

[RobTheRover]

De Val is the perfect replacement for Richie.  Again, looking positively, its a great opportunity for another midfielder to come in and say to PD "I'm playing too well, you cant drop me!"

[JonWallsend]

I think Furman would be alright alongside Keegan. His best performances tend to be when he's advanced and the other midfielder is sitting.

My initial thought was Stevens in, and Husband more advanced with Copps coming inside. However, the couple of times I've seen Copps in there, the game has passed him by,

[graingrover]

THREE weeks out ... oh yeah I see what you mean now . Let's hope we have Keegan in during Richie's absence . I would like to see de Val too , but only if Keegs is partnering him. 

[Donnyrovers]

I would try De val with Keegan because with Keegan sat there and his positional sense will take a bit of pressure of him, Im sorry I'm not a fan of Furman he reminds me of a school yard footballer his positional sense is awful. I wouldn't put Forrester or Copps in there at all Copps has never been a centre midfielder and I think when Forrester is to play central it should only be to link the midfield up not as a natural centre midfielder.

[graingrover]

Back to the full strength of our resources next week and still thirteen games  for the squad and the fans to see the club over the line to Championship safety. If the players need a rocket to get them fired up for the battle let's leave that motivational task to Dickov and fulfill OUR task as supporters to get behind the cause too.

[Chris Black come back]

How many rockets does it need though? Boro away? Stevenage at home? Bournemouth away? Piss poor and wildly inconsistent. Utterly incomprehensible.

[graingrover]

from a mate
 " I do think it's a reflection of modern society. When I started supporting Rovers there was no Twitter, Facebook or forum (makes me feel old!). We lost, you went home and you came back next week. Nowadays there's a vehicle to attack players, managers and... everybody you can if it makes you feel better.

[scaley back rover]

the flip side is that in victory can be heaped on players  which can some time involve over the top praise or hype. Like you say though its the modern world we live in and for the good modern technology can bring you have to accept the bad it can bring too. Not that i beleive in berating players via twitter but its the price you pay sometimes

[graingrover]

Scaley back... yes but if you take the time to look back over past threads , you will see that on  this forum there are a dozen or so posters who  only seem to post when we lose and who seem to delight in  the opportunity that defeat gives them to occupy the high ground " I told you so"  types. It is very hard to imagine the same individuals being positive rôle models anywhere in the real world .

[LincsRover]

I agree Graingrover, unfortunately all these social networking sites give people the chance to give immediate feedback, in the heat of defeat and without engaging their common sense button. I am as disappointed as anyone about the last 3 results, and hope for a huge improvement in the next few games - we are still outside of the relegation zone, thanks to results elsewhere mainly, but 3 points clear of the drop, with the other teams around us also in sh*t form and Blackpool dropping like a dead seaside donkey!

All teams have their 'doom merchants' and their 'happy clappers', and I like to think I'm a realist and engage my brain after the disappointment and alcohol has cleared from my system - I wish others would do the same! I try not to read this forum after a defeat because I know the posters on here will make me even more depressed!

Should we sack PD? Of course not! If we go down, then consider it or give him a chance to get us back up - that's the time to debate it, not after a defeat with 13 games left, and in a position we all (well all sane fans) thought we'd be in at this time anyway. If we win our next 2 or 3 games the doom merchants will go off & depress their family & friends, if we lose them then expect more of the same. Just got my ST and one for my 70 year old mum and my 13 yr old nephew - we'll be there next season, whichever division we are in!

 

[scaley back rover]

Grainge 

I see what you are saying mate but then some people are a glass half full, some are a glass half empty and then there is a third group who dont have a glass . I guess it takes all sorts but i find it easier to ignore the usual doom and gloom suspects .I also try to ignore it when people get carried away over a decent result or two.

I try and take a step back before make my final thought , unfortuantly others dont either way and end up coming up with stuff on networking sites that the next day they probably regret

[LincsRover]

Grainge 

I see what you are saying mate but then some people are a glass half full, some are a glass half empty and then there is a third group who dont have a glass . I guess it takes all sorts but i find it easier to ignore the usual doom and gloom suspects .I also try to ignore it when people get carried away over a decent result or two.

I try and take a step back before make my final thought , unfortuantly others dont either way and end up coming up with stuff on networking sites that the next day they probably regret

If they have the intelligence to know what regret is!

 

[BillyStubbsTears]

Brian

I wrote about this a year or so back. There is a very sad condition which affects people in South Yorkshire. It is a congenital inability to be optimistic. I genuinely mean it when I say it is sad. Because it appears in many of its sufferers, to be a shield to protect them from the pain of dashed hope. If your starting position is that everything is shit, you don't lose face when everything turns out shit. However, if you allow a bit of hope into your life, you run the risk (so the afflicted think) of looking like a soft t**t if things turn out shit.

So, (the thinking goes) better to insulate yourself from the embarrassment of optimism and be a miserable get from the off.

We have a dozen or so of the poor f**kers on here. I would rather remove my wisdom teeth with a teaspoon than swap lives with them.

[BillyStubbsTears]

There's my original musing on the topic

http://www.drfc-vsc.co.uk/index.php?topic=240334.msg350261#msg350261

[The Red Baron]

from a mate
 " I do think it's a reflection of modern society. When I started supporting Rovers there was no Twitter, Facebook or forum (makes me feel old!). We lost, you went home and you came back next week. Nowadays there's a vehicle to attack players, managers and... everybody you can if it makes you feel better.

I accept that in the past there was no Twitter, facebook or forums, but people didn't just go home, kick the cat and then forget about it. Results and performances were still discussed, whether in the pub, at work, on public transport or in other social situations. And there would have been some forceful views expressed, especially in the aftermath of a 5-0 tonking.

The difference, of course, is that these interactions took place face to face, which imposed a degree of control on those making the comments. Because that control is largely absent in the world of forums, people can get carried away.