Next Season

[sheffield exile1]

To me Loliko. Feji are at best uninspiring average league 1 strikers/attackers or whatever, we lack a midfielder to rival Whiteman, jury is out on Bostock is he here now Moore is gone to move on or graft, and who will be left when Arsenal,Brighton, Southampton etc, call back loanees. Lets face it. This season is now officially dead. Butler or the new man needs another squad for 2021-22. We are now in a better position than recent seasons though, as in time to get someone in, recruit, use new loans and gel a squad hopefully for 2021-22 to encourage season ticket sales for crowds re-emerging... Lets look positively upwards and write off what's left of this disaster..after that pitiful display...

[firestarter]

Has to be another .. Butler has had enough time to show us something,.. anything. Unfortunately he has fallen well short. Sooner the new guy comes in the better to start reshaping and building a competitive side. Because right now I see no evidence of us being remotely competitive

[sha66y]

The young ones need to be playing the next 5 games, .... or terminate their contracts....

[sheffield exile1]

The young ones need to be playing the next 5 games, .... or terminate their contracts....

My thoughts exactly. Lets see what the class of 92 DRFC style comes such as Greaves, Horton etc. Once upon a time  we has Snodin's Harle Lister et al might be time for more of that now this season is truly over.

[sheffield exile1]

Not forgetting Rufus and Noteman!

[Filo]

How do the club reinvigorate the fan base after this latest capitulation, we’ve had our fair share of them recently, Dickov needing a point from 7 games in the Championship, Ferguson total capitulation in L1 to get us relegated, then the capitulation depriving us of the L2 title. I don’t know about anyone else but I feel totally deflated

[Chris the Rover]

So do I Filo. The season can’t end soon enough. But, when the new man comes in and starts to, hopefully, rebuild, my feelings will change and by August, I will be raring to go again. Full of optimism.

[sha66y]

I’m out of here!
Will keep an eye on the scores, and hope for the best, but I have a retirement plan that ill  affords me the luxury of feeling the nice highs and the worst of lows...

Be back to watch live games in 5 years

[Lesonthewest]

I wonder if any of the prospective manager applicants watched that tonight, don't have nightmares!

[Chris Black come back]

Applications being withdrawn in the morning after seeing the task they have on their hands.

[foxbat]

no joke that , massive rebuild required and some sort of of playing strategy/ philosophy  putting in place.

[eastender]

I bet there's one or two having serious doubt's after watching that car crash of a performance last night.

[grayx]

My main concern is that 6? of those players have been offered contracts. I’m struggling to make a case for more than 2. Like has been suggested, play the youngsters now, see what they can do and back a new manager (sooner rather than later) by giving him funds to build his own squad ready for pre- season.
I don’t object to having a couple of quality loan players,especially if there is a chance of signing them at the end, but really dont like the idea of making up the squad with 6/7 loanees.

[5 on Tour]

Flip side for any potential new manager after watching last night is that they would be thinking they can’t possibly do any worse.

[DearneValleyRover]

I would imagine any potential manager worth their salt will be relishing the prospect of a blank canvass to get all the players they want in (within budget of course)

[foxbat]

yes , we need someone with  realistic list of transfer targets at the end if this season as well as  game plan in mind.

[Filo]

I see John-Jules as done a Taylor Richards and posted his goal on twitter after an abject performance, it smacks of “f**k the team, look at me”

[Colin C No.3]

I’m out of here!
Will keep an eye on the scores, and hope for the best, but I have a retirement plan that ill  affords me the luxury of feeling the nice highs and the worst of lows...

Be back to watch live games in 5 years

Is that a promise?

It is the second time (at least) you've informed us of your departure. Try the stairs out instead of the revolving door this time.....please. Only room for true supporters.

We've been through worse than this. A blank canvas come the end of this season. Let's hope we're soon able to safely watch our team live.

[NickDRFC]

I see John-Jules as done a Taylor Richards and posted his goal on twitter after an abject performance, it smacks of “f**k the team, look at me”

2 weeks ago we lost at Bristol Rovers with an equally abject performance, after which Copps posted on LinkedIn “3 to go for 100 career goals”. I’ve not seen any criticism of that on here but I have seen a lot for lads half his age who aren’t even contracted to the club.

Edit - I’m playing devils advocate here rather than criticising Copps, I couldn’t care less what players post on social media before or after matches as long as they are committed during the game.

[roversdude]

Do we know for definite that contracts were offered to certain players
Agree that we need to play the young players with some heart and ambition to see Rovers win rather than as a payday

[sha66y]

I’m out of here!
Will keep an eye on the scores, and hope for the best, but I have a retirement plan that ill  affords me the luxury of feeling the nice highs and the worst of lows...

Be back to watch live games in 5 years

Is that a promise?

It is the second time (at least) you've informed us of your departure. Try the stairs out instead of the revolving door this time.....please. Only room for true supporters.

We've been through worse than this. A blank canvas come the end of this season. Let's hope we're soon able to safely watch our team live.

Caughtcha!

[Donnybax]

The problem is we seem to be having these massive rebuilds every season

[Move DRFC]

I see John-Jules as done a Taylor Richards and posted his goal on twitter after an abject performance, it smacks of “f**k the team, look at me”

No it really doesn't. It a young player who is probably buzzing to have scored his first goal in months after his injury, keen to showcase his talents to a large Arsenal fan base online and good on him why the hell not. If players score goals for us they have earned the right to share the clip of it online. There's literally absolutely nothing wrong with it. Nor was there with TR.

[graingrover]

What the hell do expect JJ to do after his goal .He is a teenager celebrating his talent which over thirty minutes outshone everyone  in application and quality .

[drfchound]

Let’s be honest here lads.
Some people must trawl through twitter every day to try and find something to moan about and put a post on here about it too.

[Campsall rover]

There is imo a total overreaction to the lack of ability of some of our players.

The same players who are not performing now were performing earlier in the season.
So that suggests to me that they are good players capable of performing at League 1 level and as a team achieving a top 4 position in the league over half a season.

Something has gone badly wrong over the last 11/12 weeks and you can question the mental strength of some of those players maybe but ability is permanent so something else has stopped them performing and it is not ability imo.

So with the right manager at the helm I am sure next season he can get those players performing to their optimum on a consistent basis.

So personally I would like to see most of our out of contract players sign new contracts.
Gomes and Lokilo are not good enough imo but all the others i think are worth persevering with.
Like to see just 3 quality loans next season absolutely no more than 4

[scawsby steve]

There is imo a total overreaction to the lack of ability of some of our players.

The same players who are not performing now were performing earlier in the season.
So that suggests to me that they are good players capable of performing at League 1 level and as a team achieving a top 4 position in the league over half a season.

Something has gone badly wrong over the last 11/12 weeks and you can question the mental strength of some of those players maybe but ability is permanent so something else has stopped them performing and it is not ability imo.

So with the right manager at the helm I am sure next season he can get those players performing to their optimum on a consistent basis.

So personally I would like to see most of our out of contract players sign new contracts.
Gomes and Lokilo are not good enough imo but all the others i think are worth persevering with.
Like to see just 3 quality loans next season absolutely no more than 4

Wright not good enough; Halliday not good enough; James good enough, but looks like his head's been turned.

Bogle, Bostock, and Fej not good enough, but we're stuck with them for next season. Let's just hope they improve.

[Campsall rover]

There is imo a total overreaction to the lack of ability of some of our players.

The same players who are not performing now were performing earlier in the season.
So that suggests to me that they are good players capable of performing at League 1 level and as a team achieving a top 4 position in the league over half a season.

Something has gone badly wrong over the last 11/12 weeks and you can question the mental strength of some of those players maybe but ability is permanent so something else has stopped them performing and it is not ability imo.

So with the right manager at the helm I am sure next season he can get those players performing to their optimum on a consistent basis.

So personally I would like to see most of our out of contract players sign new contracts.
Gomes and Lokilo are not good enough imo but all the others i think are worth persevering with.
Like to see just 3 quality loans next season absolutely no more than 4

Wright not good enough; Halliday not good enough; James good enough, but looks like his head's been turned.

Bogle, Bostock, and Fej not good enough, but we're stuck with them for next season. Let's just hope they improve.

SS Wright and Halliday were getting rave reviews & MOM on this forum in several matches earlier in the season.
They haven’t suddenly become poor players. Yes their form has dropped off but that’s due to lack of confidence and leadership.

DM had his head turned. He took his eye off the ball and results immediately nose dived.
AB hasn’t been able to arrest the slump apart from the honeymoon of his 1st 2 games in the hot seat.

The team have lost our way, direction and confidence. No disrespect to AB as he was thrown in at the deep end and even with all his best efforts hasn’t been able to bring things together and get the team gelling.
Yes the players are partly responsible as they are the ones who step over the white line but losing becomes a habit and 50% of the game is self belief and confidence.

Only one person to blame for this debacle and it’s DM
Having said that, even with what he did, which I find difficult to stomach, i do obviously wish him a speedy recovery from his illness.

[sedwardsdrfc]

Don’t get the hate for Fej he’s a decent finisher we just don’t play for him and he’s still got 14 off goals. Agree with Campsall that the uselessness of the players has been blown out of proportion in the bad run. Good players look like Sunday league when confidence goes.

Also on Wright earlier in the season him and Anderson were talked about as the best pairing in the division. Now they can’t play together?

That’s said I’m still all for a good clear out. I think this is such a bad run, born of poor attitudes IMO, that a cleanse is needed to move on next year. Some of the players we let go might go on to much better things but it doesn’t mean it’s the wrong decision for us to move on 

[StocksArmy]

Mentality is a massive part of the game and I dont think the players are poor but, the form since Fleetwood away shows me that these players arent mentally tough enough to go the distance to reach silverware at the end of it. It also leaves me wondering if these players will ever get an opportunity to play a big part in a promotion chasing team again in their careers like they have thrown down the pan this season. Mentality to not focus on your next contract or your next move and concentrate on what you are currently being paid to do. Mentality to not let the loss of a manager affect your performance. Not one player in that squad can say that their whole attention has been on imrpoving on the training pitch and taking it into a matchday. And for those reasons barring Anderson they can all go for me.