Let's talk about the Barrow game

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Big away win on a tricky pitch. Up to second . Bring on franchise fc

Indeed, I thought this was a real test. Passed with flying colours!

Also indeed, but Saturday becomes an even bigger test now.

[Prez]

Really pleased with that performance on a poor pitch. Everyone put a really good shift in. Fully deserved 3 points.

[graingrover]

Molyneux Crew and Sterry were outstanding tonight .The general work rate  was high and every player looked confident and wanting the ball which makes a whole lot of difference .( predictive text buggered my first attempt at this )

[adamtherover]

Molyneux, Clive and Sterry were outstanding tonight .The general workmate was high and every player looked confident and wanting the ball which makes a whole lot of difference .

Clive?

[drfchound]

Molyneux, Clive and Sterry were outstanding tonight .The general workmate was high and every player looked confident and wanting the ball which makes a whole lot of difference .

Clive?

Has the workmate set a benchmark?

[Fal]

4th time we have beaten them in 9 months, they must be sick of us!

[danumdon]

Very good win tonight on a poor pitch but the lads stuck at it and got their rewards for persistence up front, all three looked well up for it, thought Ironside had a good game bringing both Mols and Ennis into play frequently, they both looked confident and were prepared to run at their defence, on another night some of the passing interplay would have struck and the game would have been fairly routine.

The midfield was top class i thought, Crew was very assured, confident and had the minerals to get stuck in when needed, seemed to rub off on Bailey who looked full of beans and had a very good game.

The defence had a bit more to do than they should of but handed it in a controlled manner, Both McGrath and Olowu we're strong on the ball and had to be because their big No9 was a handful and needed watching all night, which we did, i also like how in every challenge as the ball was kicked towards him he managed to get an early shove on his defender every time to buy him some space, our strikers need to take note, this is how you should be doing it. The ref was totally detached from this!

Both full backs were strong and secure all night, Maxwell is very close to being back to his best and Sterry looked very comfortable.



TSL had a steady night interspersed with moments of danger every time they whipped those in swinging corners in, his defenders should have been stronger in protecting him better but he also should have been a bit more dominant in his six yard box, in the end it didn't alter the result but needs addressing for matches that will be much tighter. Tonight ended up being a well controlled and executed game, the confidence looks to be coming back, more to build on, id say GM will be well pleased with the nights work. Onwards.

[ForsolongaRover]

For the record I thought our third goal was one which their goalkeeper ought to have saved and of course we benefitted from their defensive error for our second. These are the sort of opportunities which promotion-seeking teams need to take advantage of, but without them it would have been a frustrating evening.

[sf9944]

I thought we were very good value for our win tonight and we are starting to look more fluent again with the ball. This combined with another strong defensive display (only one goal conceded in last three league games) means we have cause for optimism!

One thing that does frustrate me is our tendency towards giving away cheap corners.

[Pancho Regan]

Just back.

A very good performance tonight and a deserved and valuable win.
Disappointing to conceded from the corner but they had 12 corners tonight and all good ones, so maybe the law of averages said they would convert one.
They did a good job impeding TSL every time and we should have protected him better.
And was the goal a handball?

We took our chances well and worked hard all over the pitch.
Crew and Ennis had their best games so far and I’m sure will continue to improve as they settle in.

Sterry had a good game as did Maxwell, in fact a really good, positive performance all round.

We’re putting a little run together which is exactly what we need.
Let’s keep this going lads!

[Chris Black come back]

I had them down as a bogey team but we’ve won four in a row against them now. Good result last night.

[dickos1]

For the record I thought our third goal was one which their goalkeeper ought to have saved and of course we benefitted from their defensive error for our second. These are the sort of opportunities which promotion-seeking teams need to take advantage of, but without them it would have been a frustrating evening.

Eh? How to put a negative spin on something if ever I’ve seen one.
The keeper wasn’t getting that, and even if we’d drawn it would’ve been a good performance, much better than the one back there in October

[ForsolongaRover]

For the record I thought our third goal was one which their goalkeeper ought to have saved and of course we benefitted from their defensive error for our second. These are the sort of opportunities which promotion-seeking teams need to take advantage of, but without them it would have been a frustrating evening.

Eh? How to put a negative spin on something if ever I’ve seen one.
The keeper wasn’t getting that, and even if we’d drawn it would’ve been a good performance, much better than the one back there in October

I didn’t expect everyone to agree, but I think that to have a reasoned debate or assessment of a performance you have to look at events from all sides. I have found over the years that it is possible to fully support Rovers and take an objective view of matches.

[Chris Black come back]

There are a lot of people who can only see in black and white. Either no criticism whatsoever however reasoned, or no praise whatsoever however deserved. We can win and not play well, and we can lose and deserve praise. Lot of very narrow minds.

[idler]

What I do find irritating though is certain posters always seeming to have a negative slant. Let’s try to take the path where you accept that you can play well and lose or badly and win. Always try to take the positives whilst being aware of negatives and seeing areas of possible improvement.

[ForsolongaRover]

What I do find irritating though is certain posters always seeming to have a negative slant. Let’s try to take the path where you accept that you can play well and lose or badly and win. Always try to take the positives whilst being aware of negatives and seeing areas of possible improvement.

I suppose we all follow our own path and it is surely sensible not to deliberately upset fellow posters.