Rovers v Sunderland

[PDX_Rover]

We have had very little penetration or urgency. Sunderland have harried and pressed very well.

Lynch should have been off though after going through the back of Ennis and already on a yellow.

Ozturk should have been off for deliberate handball.

But we’ve been very, very poor.

[les@donr]

Disappointing, move on.

[ScillyRover]

Deserved nothing from that game. Offered very little creativity, needless fouls conceded, outmuscled, out thought and out fought.

[steve@dcfd]

We lost last season 1 0 so there’s no difference.
January is round the corner loans, frees or even buying one let’s hope we can get better players.
Rotherham beat Peterborough 4. 0 so it shows how good they were.

[bpoolrover]

Disappointing performance same goes for the subs, why take copps of even thou didn’t do much and leave Gomes on, Gomes breaks play up but can’t head or pass

[IDM]

Hard to say we were very poor when we didn’t have enough of the ball, with Sunderland playing better..

Yes we weren’t at our best but that was due to the opposition in part..

And yes Dickos, I take issue with your use of “nothing” - an unnecessary exaggeration but typical of you of course..

We were second best, that’s all..

[dickos1]

I said we created nothing
We didn’t

[IDM]

And you were wrong..

We didn’t create ENOUGH..  it’s your kind of exaggeration that really makes my piss boil.

[dickos1]

It’s fine to disagree
I don’t think I’m wrong
Other than the goal what chances did we create?

[IDM]

Taylor’s near miss in the first half..,.

A coupe of tame headers by Sadlier..

Plus a couple of others..

Not enough, but more than you imply..

[dickos1]

There was just no urgency to our game at all, we were losing and in the last 15 mins we never showed anything at all.
We need someone to help ennis and we need someone to help whiteman.
Taylor was our best player today

[IDM]

A much more reasoned view..

[dickos1]

I’ve calmed down a tad
But I still stand by the point I made that we created nothing other than the goal.

[IDM]

What about the examples I gave, especially Taylor’s.?

Also the second half shot which their keeper parried but Ennis couldn’t quite finish following up.?

[drfchound]

...and the superb cross across goal from Copps that Sadlier just missed.

[StocktonRover]

And the one where Sadler turned the defender on the edge of the box and shot to the bottom corner with their keeper getting down smartly to tip it away?

[drfchound]

And the one where Sadler turned the defender on the edge of the box and shot to the bottom corner with their keeper getting down smartly to tip it away?

That is the one that a IDM mentioned two posts up.

[dickos1]

What about the examples I gave, especially Taylor’s.?

Also the second half shot which their keeper parried but Ennis couldn’t quite finish following up.?

I can’t recall these and watching the highlights, Taylor and sadlier both had shots from outside the box and sadlier had a header that came through to him which he didn’t look like he expected it.

And that’s about it,

[IDM]

Taylor’s was a shade outside the post, and Sadlier’s was well saved and almost fell to Ennis on the rebound..

A few other crosses as mentioned including a couple of tame headers by Sadlier.

Ok not enough for our expectations, but nowhere near the “nothing apart from the goal” - do you see that now, and why your post provoked the reaction it did.?

[dickos1]

Not really
Sadlier creates that chance with a brilliant turn and Taylor was also a bit of individual skill.

What I mean is we didn’t have any decent patterns of play in the final 3rd, no creative through balls, no quick incisive football.

We were laboured and even after they took the lead and you’d think we’d be throwing the kitchen sink at them.
We didn’t, in fact in injury time we were still fannying about with it inside our own box

[IDM]

To be honest Dickos, your second paragraph is reasonably accurate but that isn’t what you said yesterday..