How did The Beast play? n/t

[Wokingviking]

n/t

[VikingJames]

Did alright. Put himself about, but our aerial delivery into the box for him was poor IMO.

[Timbo042]

Won nearly all high balls aimed at him, which was alot in the first half! Didnt look fit though, he was our out ball and it's got potential as a good tactic! Big, strong and aggressive! Hes What we need!!

[Filo]

I thought we got drawn into lumping it up to him a bit too often

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

He worked hard, not helped by some others playing poorly round him, thought Copps was off his best today.  But he did a lot of good things and I think if he stays he'll have a big part to play.

[DonnyNoel]

A bit isolated despite Hayter starting too, would like to see him in a more classic big man/quick man combo with either Billy or Lalkovic. Wins a lotin the air which goes without saying but won a few important defensive headers too.

[Wokingviking]

In the main, sounds promising.  Ta all for the reports.

[mushRTID]

He worked hard, not helped by some others playing poorly round him, thought Copps was off his best today.  But he did a lot of good things and I think if he stays he'll have a big part to play.

Going on today, and what I have seen this season, Copps seriously needs to book his ideas up. Especially going on what DS has said about lazy players etc, I thought Copps looked like he couldnt be arsed today.

[Donnylass]

Re Copps, I think that bang to his head didn't help. I didn't think he would come on 2nd half the way he kept touching it and then looking at his hand, as if it was bleeding.

[RedJ]

A bit isolated despite Hayter starting too, would like to see him in a more classic big man/quick man combo with either Billy or Lalkovic. Wins a lotin the air which goes without saying but won a few important defensive headers too.

Said the same on another thread. Couldn't for the life of me think why we didn't have Lalkovic on with Parkin. Not saying Saunders got it wrong, mind.

[CusworthRovers]

One big factor was him bossing their defenders. Beast made em have it physically and they didn't like it. Then Billy makes them have it with a bit more footballing prowess and his busy bee approach.

All in all I think the opposition CH's were worked hard.

Now if we can keep him here til we at least play Brighton at home and then play Beast, Brown and Sharp all up front, and simply keep hoofing it up forward for the battle to commence. Revenge is best served with a side order of medium to rare Beast.

[MiKA]

Its nice to see some muscle in our line up, he played ok i though but the balls up to him were shit poor

[sheffieldROVER]

One big factor was him bossing their defenders. Beast made em have it physically and they didn't like it. Then Billy makes them have it with a bit more footballing prowess and his busy bee approach.

All in all I think the opposition CH's were worked hard.

Now if we can keep him here til we at least play Brighton at home and then play Beast, Brown and Sharp all up front, and simply keep hoofing it up forward for the battle to commence. Revenge is best served with a side order of medium to rare Beast.

HA HA HA TICKLED ME THAT ONE THE LAST LINE!!!!! LOL:lol: CLASS MATE UNLEASH MR BEAST ON LEWIS GIMP!

[The Red Baron]

Can't say I was impressed. I thought their centre-backs managed him without too much difficulty and I thought his aerial work was poor. Sharp and Lalkovic gave us a different dimension and opened up a lot more space.

[Snods Shinpad 2]

Revenge is best served with a side order of medium to rare Beast.

Fantastic. Let Operation Slamdunk commence.

[Standanista]

I thought he showed potential.  He's a big unit alright and put the opposition defence on their arses a couple of times.  Unfortunately the lofted balls into the box for him in the first half weren't good enough.  Started the second half okay but then had to make room for Billy.

[RTID75]

I thought he did OK, although the service to him was poor pretty much throughout. I think we need to work on how he likes to be fed (on the pitch!), and I'm sure if that improves then he'll be very useful.

[Berkshire Rover]

A bit isolated despite Hayter starting too, would like to see him in a more classic big man/quick man combo with either Billy or Lalkovic. Wins a lotin the air which goes without saying but won a few important defensive headers too.

Said the same on another thread. Couldn't for the life of me think why we didn't have Lalkovic on with Parkin. Not saying Saunders got it wrong, mind.

I assume Mickey Walker predominantly picked the team today, but if I was DS and saw the 55 mins that Copps put in and the 35 mins of Lalkovic, I'd be wondering if Lalkovic should be starting on Tuesday.

[ColinSutherlandLovesHisSausages]

I totally agree, I have publicly berrated him to the disdain of other for many a month, but I feel this year at least he may have had his head turned by Ipswich.

I feel his decision making have been poor this season, with his work rate has been awful!

SOD's golden boy, who no matter how he played would start each week. Maybe being hauled off is what he needs! We need to roll our sleeves up and earn the right to play, not just turn up and expect respect!

[Norfolk N Chance]

Thought he was great ...... In particular helped out in defence!

[RedJ]

If he's on the bench one game, when he's just about to come on, the crowd should collectively shout \"RELEASE THE KRAKEN!\"

[Nudga]

If he's on the bench one game, when he's just about to come on, the crowd should collectively shout \"RELEASE THE KRAKEN!\"

I like that, but we need to add a Man Citeh twist to it and turn our backs to the pitch and pull a moony.

[RedJ]

If he's on the bench one game, when he's just about to come on, the crowd should collectively shout \"RELEASE THE KRAKEN!\"

I like that, but we need to add a Man Citeh twist to it and turn our backs to the pitch and pull a moony.

No that's for when we score ;-)

[glosterred]

I thought that as Alan, a Rovers fan, said on 606 that he was as mobile as a telephone box (and roughly the same size ) - he suffered from poor service - put himself about abit and made things difficult for the defence. But ultimately suffered badly from poor service.

On the point of poor service, Deano said he wanted to get more balls in the box - no good getting more balls in the box if those balls coming into the box are crap. Need to improve the service that is for sure