Home vs Away Form

[roverstillidie91]

Seems that we are building a bit of a fortress last few games we have won at home.

If we win on Tuesday we will be heading towards top half form territory from home form ONLY.

If only we could fix our away form was shocked to see we haven't picked up a point away all season.

3 away games out of 7 we have lost from winning positions.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

The only way is up.

First time I allowed myself to look at the table yesterday. Probably fatal, but a couple of more wins gets us nearer half way. Don't care where or how we do it but the signs are good.

[andyst79]

Performances have improved since the beginning of the season if we can hang in there until January and a bit of steel in midfield we should be ok

[rich1471]

The first half performance on Tuesday and yesterday was good ,but the second half on both occasions was shocking and could have thrown it away yesterday

[colincramb]

The reason our away form is so bad is because as a team we are woeful at defending. When teams set up to go at us we can’t cope. As proven by the last 40mins yesterday

[Chris Black come back]

It’s interesting that no other team has drawn less than we have. One outcome of not being able to handle and control tough games. As we say yesterday in the final 20 minutes.

[Campsall rover]

Bostock is a massive factor in our 1st half v 2nd half performances imo.

Yesterday once again he was excellent 1st half, but went totally missing in the 2nd half. 
We need a holding midfielder who is exactly that, and one who can play for 90+ mins.
Bostock is a luxury and we will not keep clean sheets with a midfield of Bostock, Galbraith, Close and Smith or 3 of those 4 at any given time.

They are all basically creative players with different attributes but none of them are going to help our back 4 to keep clean sheets.
Defending is not simply about your back 4 and Keeper, it starts from the front.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

I think the midfield can get overrun when teams go at us. Neither Bostock or Close get back quick enough to stem the flow. Bostock only seems to have one pace.

Only Galbraith shows that real determination that we need with Smith making an effort but often coming out second best.

We are a lightweight team really and at the moment, we are competing with other lightweight teams. To improve on that with what we have, we have to be very smart but we don't have enough guile in those situations either by giving possession away too cheaply.

There were some signs they were trying to do the right thing in the last 20 mins but often we ran out of patience and someone played a percentage ball rather than making sure balls went to feet. Still work in progress.

[GazLaz]

Bostock is a massive factor in our 1st half v 2nd half performances imo.

Yesterday once again he was excellent 1st half, but went totally missing in the 2nd half. 
We need a holding midfielder who is exactly that, and one who can play for 90+ mins.
Bostock is a luxury and we will not keep clean sheets with a midfield of Bostock, Galbraith, Close and Smith or 3 of those 4 at any given time.

They are all basically creative players with different attributes but none of them are going to help our back 4 to keep clean sheets.
Defending is not simply about your back 4 and Keeper, it stars from the front.

Bostock isn’t a bruiser defensive midfielder but the job he does in their is underrated. Just look at the amount of times he intercepts the ball, nicks things and add to that his positioning is often top level.

[RugbyRover]

https://thefishy.co.uk/formtable.php?table=3

[idler]

Interesting that Fleetwood’s next game is Wycombe at home.
That should be a very interesting for the football purists.
The ref could be very busy.

[Lesonthewest]

Bostock is a massive factor in our 1st half v 2nd half performances imo.

Yesterday once again he was excellent 1st half, but went totally missing in the 2nd half. 
We need a holding midfielder who is exactly that, and one who can play for 90+ mins.
Bostock is a luxury and we will not keep clean sheets with a midfield of Bostock, Galbraith, Close and Smith or 3 of those 4 at any given time.

They are all basically creative players with different attributes but none of them are going to help our back 4 to keep clean sheets.
Defending is not simply about your back 4 and Keeper, it stars from the front.

Bostock isn’t a bruiser defensive midfielder but the job he does in their is underrated. Just look at the amount of times he intercepts the ball, nicks things and add to that his positioning is often top level.

He was also more influential than Close all game

Bostock is a massive factor in our 1st half v 2nd half performances imo.

Yesterday once again he was excellent 1st half, but went totally missing in the 2nd half. 
We need a holding midfielder who is exactly that, and one who can play for 90+ mins.
Bostock is a luxury and we will not keep clean sheets with a midfield of Bostock, Galbraith, Close and Smith or 3 of those 4 at any given time.

They are all basically creative players with different attributes but none of them are going to help our back 4 to keep clean sheets.
Defending is not simply about your back 4 and Keeper, it stars from the front.

Bostock isn’t a bruiser defensive midfielder but the job he does in their is underrated. Just look at the amount of times he intercepts the ball, nicks things and add to that his positioning is often top level.

Bostock & Smith were excellent for us yesterday, albeit not for the whole game, Close was average at best.

[scawsby steve]

Seems that we are building a bit of a fortress last few games we have won at home.

If we win on Tuesday we will be heading towards top half form territory from home form ONLY.

If only we could fix our away form was shocked to see we haven't picked up a point away all season.

3 away games out of 7 we have lost from winning positions.

We've only scored in 2 away games.

[Arsenal Of The North]

With all due respect, the teams we have faced away are right up there, Wednesday, Rotherham, Plymouth, Wigan etc, a lot of teams will struggle to go there and win, I think we will see an upturn in results both home and away now we have them out the way.

I hope anyway!

[drfchound]

Bostock is a massive factor in our 1st half v 2nd half performances imo.

Yesterday once again he was excellent 1st half, but went totally missing in the 2nd half. 
We need a holding midfielder who is exactly that, and one who can play for 90+ mins.
Bostock is a luxury and we will not keep clean sheets with a midfield of Bostock, Galbraith, Close and Smith or 3 of those 4 at any given time.

They are all basically creative players with different attributes but none of them are going to help our back 4 to keep clean sheets.
Defending is not simply about your back 4 and Keeper, it stars from the front.

Bostock isn’t a bruiser defensive midfielder but the job he does in their is underrated. Just look at the amount of times he intercepts the ball, nicks things and add to that his positioning is often top level.

He was also more influential than Close all game

Bostock is a massive factor in our 1st half v 2nd half performances imo.

Yesterday once again he was excellent 1st half, but went totally missing in the 2nd half. 
We need a holding midfielder who is exactly that, and one who can play for 90+ mins.
Bostock is a luxury and we will not keep clean sheets with a midfield of Bostock, Galbraith, Close and Smith or 3 of those 4 at any given time.

They are all basically creative players with different attributes but none of them are going to help our back 4 to keep clean sheets.
Defending is not simply about your back 4 and Keeper, it stars from the front.

Bostock isn’t a bruiser defensive midfielder but the job he does in their is underrated. Just look at the amount of times he intercepts the ball, nicks things and add to that his positioning is often top level.

Bostock & Smith were excellent for us yesterday, albeit not for the whole game, Close was average at best.

I fully agree Les.
For me Bostock and Galbraith were our best players yesterday.
Bostock isn’t flamboyant but generally does the simple things very well.
He sees things happening quicker than most and very rarely gives the ball away.
I find it hard to understand why some supporters can’t see that he is very important to us.

[Campsall rover]

Bostock is a massive factor in our 1st half v 2nd half performances imo.

Yesterday once again he was excellent 1st half, but went totally missing in the 2nd half. 
We need a holding midfielder who is exactly that, and one who can play for 90+ mins.
Bostock is a luxury and we will not keep clean sheets with a midfield of Bostock, Galbraith, Close and Smith or 3 of those 4 at any given time.

They are all basically creative players with different attributes but none of them are going to help our back 4 to keep clean sheets.
Defending is not simply about your back 4 and Keeper, it stars from the front.

Bostock isn’t a bruiser defensive midfielder but the job he does in their is underrated. Just look at the amount of times he intercepts the ball, nicks things and add to that his positioning is often top level.

He was also more influential than Close all game

Bostock is a massive factor in our 1st half v 2nd half performances imo.

Yesterday once again he was excellent 1st half, but went totally missing in the 2nd half. 
We need a holding midfielder who is exactly that, and one who can play for 90+ mins.
Bostock is a luxury and we will not keep clean sheets with a midfield of Bostock, Galbraith, Close and Smith or 3 of those 4 at any given time.

They are all basically creative players with different attributes but none of them are going to help our back 4 to keep clean sheets.
Defending is not simply about your back 4 and Keeper, it stars from the front.

Bostock isn’t a bruiser defensive midfielder but the job he does in their is underrated. Just look at the amount of times he intercepts the ball, nicks things and add to that his positioning is often top level.

Bostock & Smith were excellent for us yesterday, albeit not for the whole game, Close was average at best.

I fully agree Les.
For me Bostock and Galbraith were our best players yesterday.
Bostock isn’t flamboyant but generally does the simple things very well.
He sees things happening quicker than most and very rarely gives the ball away.
I find it hard to understand why some supporters can’t see that he is very important to us.

Not for 90 mins though hound. We get 60 out of him max. That is the biggest problem.

[drfchound]

Sorry Camps, I can’t agree with that.
He was good for far more than 60 minutes.

[ColinDouglasHandshake]

We haven't been destroyed away from home Ipswich aside.

Terrible defending against Plymouth and Wigan cost us when we were leading. Dahlberg chucked one in v Accy and Gillingham we should never have lost really.

Rotherham and Wendies fair enough.

If we can start being more resilient away and then use our better home form to boost this then i see no reason why we can't start to climb away from the bottom 4 soon.

[dickos1]

It’s interesting that no other team has drawn less than we have. One outcome of not being able to handle and control tough games. As we say yesterday in the final 20 minutes.

Alternatively a lack of draws can also be relayed to being able to hang on when other teams would’ve conceded.
We did well to hang on to all 3 home wins

[roversdude]

We haven't been destroyed away from home Ipswich aside.

Terrible defending against Plymouth and Wigan cost us when we were leading. Dahlberg chucked one in v Accy and Gillingham we should never have lost really.

Rotherham and Wendies fair enough.

If we can start being more resilient away and then use our better home form to boost this then i see no reason why we can't start to climb away from the bottom 4 soon.

Against Wednesday we were the far better team until Bannon hit a worldy and even then we had the penalty to get back into it

[DMnumber4]

Amazingly, Rovers don't have the biggest points gap between Home / Away form. That dubious honour (a 12 point difference) goes to Shrewsbury.