Let's talk about the Shrewsbury Town game

[Chris Black come back]

Did we bring back the same Lokilo in the summer?

[Padge_DRFC]

Thought Lokilo looked a bigger threat than Taylor when he came on.
Give him a start on Satdy?

No not for me. We need to get Taylor back fully on it and match fit. Million times better. Need to play our left back Reece James further forward to.

Maybe too much change tonight?

[Chris Black come back]

First 10 minutes was probably our best start to a league game. On reflection, not scoring then was probably the end of the contest really.

[Padge_DRFC]

Did we bring back the same Lokilo in the summer?

What was same Lokilo? Are we referring to that 30 minute cameo? Where he did look decent to be fair. However 30 minutes

[phil o sophical]

Thought Lokilo looked a bigger threat than Taylor when he came on.
Give him a start on Satdy?

Don't care who plays out wide on either side but how hard can it be to put a few decent crosses in now and again, because they were non existent tonight. Fej worked hard tonight but the service from out wide was poor

[BillyStubbsTears]

We've played 9 games in the last 30 days. If you kept that rate up all season, you'd play more than 80 matches.

Shrewsbury have just had a ten day break.

It showed throughout the 2nd half.

[Chris Black come back]

Did we bring back the same Lokilo in the summer?

What was same Lokilo? Are we referring to that 30 minute cameo? Where he did look decent to be fair. However 30 minutes

Pointless putting crosses in against a side as well organised as them. The lad has pace and kept running into dead ends. We needed to get behind them but nobody was putting in balls to use pace of Lokilo, Fej, JJ and Taylor throughout the game.

[since-1969]

Clearly Sims injury is hurting already with no equivalent player on the books . We looked positive until it mattered in the last third,  where we just constantly gave the ball away and had no ideas on how to break Shrewsbury down .  Better teams game plan won the day !

[Campsall rover]

Thought Lokilo looked a bigger threat than Taylor when he came on.
Give him a start on Satdy?

Don't care who plays out wide on either side but how hard can it be to put a few decent crosses in now and again, because they were non existent tonight. Fej worked hard tonight but the service from out wide was poor

It was and we were too narrow most of the time.
Not sure why he put Reece James back to full back when he was playing so well further forward and scoring goals.
Hindsight eh. Who would be a manager. Genius when it works and looking foolish when it doesn’t.

[selby]

Can't win them all and if I was a betting man just because of tradition this is one I would have steered clear of  they have had it on us for an age.
   The same as the team we meet on Saturday Accrington, another we find difficulties against, but we need to start another little winning run, start again apart from not scoring we played Ok just had no luck, on to the next game.

[drfchound]

Thought Lokilo looked a bigger threat than Taylor when he came on.
Give him a start on Satdy?

Don't care who plays out wide on either side but how hard can it be to put a few decent crosses in now and again, because they were non existent tonight. Fej worked hard tonight but the service from out wide was poor

Our best cross of the night was by Fej himself. left footed across the face of goal in the first half and no one gambling enough to get in there to put it away.

[Padge_DRFC]

Is it just me that finds it odd. Fej out wide JJ central? I'd have them other way around.

[scawsby steve]

Same old things let us down tonight. We can't defend free kicks; as soon as Richards conceded that free kick, I knew where the ball would end up. Opposing teams must now be aware of this weakness.

Also, we can't break down teams who pack their defence. We badly missed Sims tonight, and Taylor was awful.

I hope it's just a one-off, because teams will soon work out how to beat us.

[Campsall rover]

Can't win them all and if I was a betting man just because of tradition this is one I would have steered clear of  they have had it on us for an age.
   The same as the team we meet on Saturday Accrington, another we find difficulties against, but we need to start another little winning run, start again apart from not scoring we played Ok just had no luck, on to the next game.

We didn’t really work their keeper Brian. They did a job on us and as you say Shrewsbury are one of those sides we do not have a great record against. Neither are the next two opponents Accrington & Fleetwood.

[drfchound]

Can't win them all and if I was a betting man just because of tradition this is one I would have steered clear of  they have had it on us for an age.
   The same as the team we meet on Saturday Accrington, another we find difficulties against, but we need to start another little winning run, start again apart from not scoring we played Ok just had no luck, on to the next game.

We didn’t really work their keeper Brian. They did a job on us and as you say Shrewsbury are one of those sides we do not have a great record against. Neither are the next two opponents Accrington & Fleetwood.

Mmmmm, the next two games dont sound like being lots of fun then.

[Rovers91]

Hopefully we bounce back on Saturday against Accrington which I think we will before we head into a tough run of fixtures of 5 away games on spin.

[the vicar]

For me we don’t need to be top to soon 4th is ok for now just before Easter make our move

[drfchound]

For me we don’t need to be top to soon 4th is ok for now just before Easter make our move

Tell that to the players.
they will be so dissappointed not to be top.

[DonnyOsmond]

Is it just me that finds it odd. Fej out wide JJ central? I'd have them other way around.

Yeah the biggest threat was the first 20 mins when they were rotating. Fey was getting past defenders quite well. TJJ didn't pose much of a threat.

[Padge_DRFC]

4 4 2 could work. It's not like it would be a rigid one and could work. That move where Fej took the ball around the keeper was decent. Or play JJ behind him where Taylor Richards played who blows hot and cold each game.

[Chris Black come back]

Richards did lose a lot of possession tonight. Smith picked up but his completion rate at times was poor.

[RugbyRover]

good luck picking a motm out of that performance

[DonnyOsmond]

good luck picking a motm out of that performance

Whiteman.

[scawsby steve]

good luck picking a motm out of that performance

Andy Butler.

[roversdude]

Got to hold our hands up we were out thought tonight, I don’t know what it is against Shrews.
Put that behind us us and hopefully go again

[Padge_DRFC]

good luck picking a motm out of that performance

Whiteman.

Probably his worst game of the season, but having said that you are still probably right in terms of man of the match

[since-1969]

good luck picking a motm out of that performance

Whiteman.

Probably his worst game of the season, but having said that you are still probably right in terms of man of the match

[drfchound]

Just had a look at the L1 table.
The only team in the top eleven not to have lost in their last five matches is Crewe.
We were always going to lose a game sooner or later and it probably hurts more as we would have gone top with a win.
Someone aked the other day when we were last on top of our division at Christmas but i dont recall seeing a reply anywhere.
Does anyone know?

[since-1969]

Better tactics won on the day .

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Is it just me that finds it odd. Fej out wide JJ central? I'd have them other way around.

The idea is they're interchangeable and flexible.

On the subject of crossing, an area that has been our weakness, had been showing signs of improvement recently.


As said, only really one cross from Faj and poss one from James that posed any threat. Oh and another from James when keeper made the save from JJ header in 2nd half.

Taylor took an age to get one in, in the first half and was a floaty one which was meat and drink for the keeper. There is absolutely no point in a floated cross to a crowded penalty area while the forwards are waiting with a cup of tea for the ball to come in!

You don't necessarily have to beat your man to get a cross in, as long as you put it in before the defender gets set to make a block and you have enough space. The forwards also have to anticipate that and make the runs. But when the likes of Taylor, and Copps, and Lokilo fanny about with it, then defenders and keeper can prepare.

But yes, there are times when players should get past their man, then we need better than an aimless cross to nobody. There's 3 choices for the ball carrier. Near post, far post or cut back. So ideally you need 3 players attacking those spaces. Just as Fej did wonderfully well for his goal v Burton.