Ruthless, relentless

[Copps is Magic]

That's us at the moment. We're firing it at teams from all angles. Last two games, played brilliantly. Barring a penalty and a well-struck free kick, we haven't looked like conceding.

Should have had 2 or 3 goals in the 1st half today.

Said before the game its a pleasure to watch this team. If you're staying away you're missing out.

[Filo]

Spot on, we ooz confidence at the moment, a worldy free kick and Morosi's save was all they could muster, get that game in hand won and we may well ride off into the sunset

[goalkick]

Brilliant to watch.a pleasure to go to a game and see good football.absent fans don't know what they are missing.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Well said. Yes, great to watch and despite the worldy free kick, always felt it was a matter of time.

Their best defender was the crossbar and with a bit more luck and ruthlessness it could have been 6.

Onwards and very much upwards.

[roversdude]

Got to say ref was very good today

[Mac the hooped man]

Apart from the two nailed on pennos he didn't give..

[drfchound]

......and three very strange corner/goalkick decisions in the last ten minutes.
He could have had a bit more help from the waste of space linesman though.

[RedJ]

Apart from the two nailed on pennos he didn't give..

Rightly or wrongly, referees only seem to give too many. You just know after a second, they won't give a third, unless they have absolutely no choice.

[Bezza]

Stevenage have done us a favour today, so if we can go there and win it will be a big marker.

[ravenrover]

The only snag at firing at all angles is that the defence have to be on top form. A free header could have made it 3-2 and then what? I don't particularly like this we'll score one more than you but hey while ever we keep winning I'm happy

[Pancho Regan]

A superb performance today and really enjoyable to watch such good football from this Rovers team, a real pleasure.

Despite going a goal down against the run of play (never was that phrase more apt) we remained patient and stuck to our game plan. No panic, no anxiety, no resorting to the big hoof.

I did think it was only a matter of time before our complete supremacy over Orient manifested itself in goals, but in football you just never know.

In the end, justice was done and it could have been 6-1...such a scoreline would not have flattered us.

A great team performance but a special mention for Liam Mandeville. I'm witnessing this young lad maturing into a man in front of my very eyes, and a fine footballer is emerging. His 2 penalties were exemplary, and showed perfectly the confidence he is building within himself.
A very tough decision lies ahead for Fergie when Williams is fit. I certainly couldn't drop Mandeville on his current form.

Nice problems to have!

[Pancho Regan]

Thank you Rigoglioso, it's comforting to get such a positive appraisal from a complete neutral.

[Alan Southstand]

A bit of an exaggeration to say ruthless, but it depends how you meant it. If we had been ruthless then the score could have been much wider, like someone has already said, 6-1 would not have been a false score line. We were dominant, no doubting that, but Orient are 3rd from bottom so let's not get carried away.

At the moment, Carlisle look unstoppable so we are going to have our work cut out staying with them. 5-2 against Mansfield is no mean feat and it puts their mark in the sand, as it were. I sincerely hope the lads coming back don't have any hiccups and that can only improve us still further. Having Williams to call on will improve us and it gives a chance for Fergie to rest one of the strikers. Lund also hopefully gets clearance to go into full training and that gives us yet another option at the back. Our bench is soon going to look much stronger.

A good solid performance today, without being stretched in any way, and there is now a bit of momentum building. Stevenage will be tricky next week, as they had a very good result today themselves, so they will be confident, also. Hopefully, we can come away with all 3 points and head the table before the Christmas schedule is upon us.

[IDM]

We are still not 100% IMHO, including the injuries, but you can't argue with the results, the goals and the table!

[dickos1]

A bit of an exaggeration to say ruthless, but it depends how you meant it. If we had been ruthless then the score could have been much wider, like someone has already said, 6-1 would not have been a false score line. We were dominant, no doubting that, but Orient are 3rd from bottom so let's not get carried away.

At the moment, Carlisle look unstoppable so we are going to have our work cut out staying with them. 5-2 against Mansfield is no mean feat and it puts their mark in the sand, as it were. I sincerely hope the lads coming back don't have any hiccups and that can only improve us still further. Having Williams to call on will improve us and it gives a chance for Fergie to rest one of the strikers. Lund also hopefully gets clearance to go into full training and that gives us yet another option at the back. Our bench is soon going to look much stronger.

A good solid performance today, without being stretched in any way, and there is now a bit of momentum building. Stevenage will be tricky next week, as they had a very good result today themselves, so they will be confident, also. Hopefully, we can come away with all 3 points and head the table before the Christmas schedule is upon us.

How can you say Carlisle look unstoppable and we're going to struggle to keep up with them and we shouldn't get carried away when over the last 4 games we've got 3 points more than them and if we win Saturday we go above them?

[hoolahoop]

Thank you Rigoglioso, it's comforting to get such a positive appraisal from a complete neutral.

...Rovers.


Pmsl  at the 'neutral ' comment welcome back Andy btw .
I wasn't there today unfortunately had double booked something that and having to leave last week's game 1 minute before we scored makes me feel as if I've missed us getting 6 points .

Foot heavily in mouth but I think we are going to run out Champions.

[Alan Southstand]

How can you say Carlisle look unstoppable and we're going to struggle to keep up with them and we shouldn't get carried away when over the last 4 games we've got 3 points more than them and if we win Saturday we go above them?

Look, let's not get our proverbial knickers in a twist. Read the post. I said we are going to have our work cut out and nowhere did I say struggle - that's how you chose to interpret what I wrote. Carlisle have lost how many games?

Perspective needed.

[Donnywolf]

Apart from the two nailed on pennos he didn't give..

Rightly or wrongly, referees only seem to give too many. You just know after a second, they won't give a third, unless they have absolutely no choice.

Apart from the two nailed on pennos he didn't give..

Rightly or wrongly, referees only seem to give too many. You just know after a second, they won't give a third, unless they have absolutely no choice.

That's the trouble in that they should only have eyes for the current decision irrespective of what has gone before but they don't

I still think the JPT Final Referee di not give a nailed on Penalty very early on because we were already 2-0 up and it could have cost us

Cant remember exactly but had we scored it was 3-0 and game over after 20 minutes or so but he di not give the Pen (might have felt sorry for BRFC ?) and they bring the game back to 2-2 instead

We prevailed but that is not my point and yesterday if we should have had a third or even fourth Penalty it / they should have been given. Refs should apply the rules as they are not what the Refs interpret the to be

(well I know what I mean !!!)

[dickos1]

How can you say Carlisle look unstoppable and we're going to struggle to keep up with them and we shouldn't get carried away when over the last 4 games we've got 3 points more than them and if we win Saturday we go above them?

Look, let's not get our proverbial knickers in a twist. Read the post. I said we are going to have our work cut out and nowhere did I say struggle - that's how you chose to interpret what I wrote. Carlisle have lost how many games?

Perspective needed.

What perspective is needed?
We win Saturday and we're top of the league almost halfway through the season
Carlisle have struggled a bit this month, got beat by the bottom of the table, needed two stoppage time goals to beat Exeter.

[ravenrover]

Best away team I've seen at the KM this season

[IDM]

Carlisle?  Agreed there..

[Colemans Left Hook]

A bit of an exaggeration to say ruthless, but it depends how you meant it. If we had been ruthless then the score could have been much wider, like someone has already said, 6-1 would not have been a false score line. We were dominant, no doubting that, but Orient are 3rd from bottom so let's not get carried away.

At the moment, Carlisle look unstoppable so we are going to have our work cut out staying with them. 5-2 against Mansfield is no mean feat and it puts their mark in the sand, as it were. I sincerely hope the lads coming back don't have any hiccups and that can only improve us still further. Having Williams to call on will improve us and it gives a chance for Fergie to rest one of the strikers. Lund also hopefully gets clearance to go into full training and that gives us yet another option at the back. Our bench is soon going to look much stronger.

A good solid performance today, without being stretched in any way, and there is now a bit of momentum building. Stevenage will be tricky next week, as they had a very good result today themselves, so they will be confident, also. Hopefully, we can come away with all 3 points and head the table before the Christmas schedule is upon us.

How can you say Carlisle look unstoppable and we're going to struggle to keep up with them and we shouldn't get carried away when over the last 4 games we've got 3 points more than them and if we win Saturday we go above them?

by the way here are the fixtures for december 10th

LUTON V CHRISTMASCARDLISLE
PLYMOUTH V ROVERS
& GRIMSBY V PORTSMOUTH

hopefully carlisle will do a west ham "come down with the christmas trimmings" got a feeling they have had minimum injuries whilst at the moment it's plymouth's turn to have injuries and they are all forwards & then slew got a red yesterday

Portsmouth once they stop competing in half time boxing matches are simply not going to go away having at a very minimum 2 players for every position does help - whilst they keep Cook maybe they are less of a threat ?????

in simple terms the division is parting in biblical proportions (just like the red sea) in favour of Rovers so it's dip your bread time

rovers expected and got no sympathy when they were decimated so tough luck Plymouth


also for what it's worth remember carlisle floods 2 rivers join

[drfchound]

Three weeks ago it looked like Plymouth were going to be runaway champions.
Carlisle may have a run just as bad.

[bobbymax]

We were better than Carlisle and would have won had Rowe's pen not hit the post - they'd gone at that point.

[Sammy Chung was King]

Carlisle let a lot of goals in, there will come a time when they don't score and get turned over. We are similar that's why we need to tighten things at the back to make sure we maintain progression.

[RobTheRover]

Plymouth are always going to suffer when the weather breaks. Their pitch is a problem.

[IDM]

Carlisle let a lot of goals in, there will come a time when they don't score and get turned over. We are similar that's why we need to tighten things at the back to make sure we maintain progression.

Last 3 games we have conceded one each, 2 penalties and a worldy free kick.. OK it is only 3 games, but it is no coincidence with Alcock back and Baudry first choice??

I'd say that's well on the way to being tightened up?

[Sammy Chung was King]

Carlisle let a lot of goals in, there will come a time when they don't score and get turned over. We are similar that's why we need to tighten things at the back to make sure we maintain progression.

Last 3 games we have conceded one each, 2 penalties and a worldy free kick.. OK it is only 3 games, but it is no coincidence with Alcock back and Baudry first choice??

I'd say that's well on the way to being tightened up?

Yes it has improved with those two back there. We just need to keep it going. If the only goals you let in are free kicks like that you won't concede many. Carlisle are similar to us that they score from all over the team they are being underestimated a bit in how good they are. It's not pretty to watch but it's effective.