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So 20 mins left in the game last night, we are crying out for a bit more of creativity going forward, desperate for a goal against ten men, he brings Woods off for...errrmm....Harper?!
Cotterill and Bennett were doing OK, why bring them off? M Woods was tiring, it was a like for like substitution, you`re trying to read to much into things, having said that, anyone that thinks Copps will still be a Rovers player come the end of the transfer window is deluded, we need him off the wage bill to strengthen the squad, the trouble is we`ve told every man and his dog, Hull will wait until the last moment and put in a ridiculously low bid for him, then we`ll have no choice but to let him go on the cheap!
I'd love Coppinger to stay - but if the reality is he has to go for us to sign Weaver and some bodies to sit on the bench, then he has to move on. There's no point having him playing everyI'm dreading the first injury, we're very light on cover at the moment, we've only got one additional defender fit at the moment.I imagine the substitution tactics are 'swap the guy who is most knackered' at the moment.
It wasn't a matter of taking Cotterill or Bennett off, I didn't say that...keep them on. Take Woods off who was goosed and bring an attacking threat in Copps on. Why bring a more defensive player on?
Coppinger is a player like anybody else and has no divine right to be in the side...What is it with some of you?? You think the guy is some sort of God he has done next to nothing in the last 18 months..okay he has been here a few years but in all that time weve never been offered a lot of money for him..He is just the same as any other footballer..Pay him a large wedge and he would be gone.. The bottom line is he is very talented but doesn't work anywhere near hard enough and has too many poor games in ratio to the good ones these days...The sooner he is off our wage bill the better,Saunders has already said he can bring 3 or 4 in with the money if it happens..And if he has to be wrapped up in cotton wool for a couple of weeks to make that happen so be it and if he doesn't like it...tough... At the risk of getting avalanched with angry Coppinger fans...it's time he was gone...
Better doing it that way than bringing on two defenders with 5 minutes to go don't you think?
Not nice to leave him on the bench but if it looks like he's going and we're in the middle of building a new squad ... well, I can't see any other way. If he leaves, he won't be there to save us with 20 minutes left. Saunders needs to know who his danger men for the season are.
Also, if two of the three players on the VSC banner play for other clubs, they would have NO CHOICE but to change it... would they?!
Quote from: jonnydog on August 22, 2012, 10:04:19 amAlso, if two of the three players on the VSC banner play for other clubs, they would have NO CHOICE but to change it... would they?! Find me a couple of extra hours in the day and I will do it!!!Seriously, I'm just wanting access to a few nice pics of the new players in the ir new shiny Rovers kits. Wont be too much longer.
Quote from: Red Rover on August 22, 2012, 10:10:38 amIt wasn't a matter of taking Cotterill or Bennett off, I didn't say that...keep them on. Take Woods off who was goosed and bring an attacking threat in Copps on. Why bring a more defensive player on?We had controlled the midfield from the first minute to the middle of the second half. Woods's performance fell off a cliff from about 60 minutes onwards and Bury were starting to control the middle of the park, even with ten men. We COULD have taken Woods off and put on a more attacking player. That would have a been a big gamble, and risked losing our shape for the rest of the game. Instead, we kept the shape that had put us entirely in control of the game. We regained control of central midfield and it was from that avenue that the winner came.Simple game really...
http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/barnsley/barnsley-hill-eyes-up-rovers-winger-1-4856067Barnsley now keen on Coppinger