MK AWAY

[ravenrover]

Did any of their players win an aerial dual in the entire game? Totally dominant.

Aerial dual? Is that the new term for "won a header"

[drfchound]

BBC stats show that we won 32 aerial  duals compared to 25 by MKD.

[ravenrover]

Aerial duals
Transition
High ptess
Low press
Any others?
What is a game of football about these days

[ncRover]

Owen Bailey only won 1 header out of 7 that’s not like him at all

[RoversInSpain]

I agree regarding Bailey, he had a decent pre season, but he seems to be piggy in the middle at the moment, he’s never in the action?

Molly has been off it for a couple of games too, he always gives 100% though, and did his bit defensively.

Gibson is a strange one, we don’t play through him, it all goes through Molly- we need to mix that up, Gibson has just as much ability.

Sahara and Olowu did impact the game in a positive way, and will be pushing for a start in the next game.

Thought MK’s chances dried up completely, and they looked totally deserted of ideas. Anderson simply palmed off the defender for an absolute bullet header into the net, whilst the keeper appeared stuck in quicksand. The sending off for them was a bit a Karma(L).

[scawsby steve]

Take a bow Big Tom, McGrath and especially Olowu. Superb.

It’s time Olowu got his place back! …from the start.

Might be on to something with a back 3 you know. Bailey and Senior can play in one too for options.

That's the second time that GM has reverted to a back 3 in the 2nd half and completely put us in a dominant position. He did it against Barrow.

I'd be happy to see us start a game with that formation.

[Sven Vath]

Not sure why some fans have it in for Close and Anderson, not world-class, but will get you promotion in this league.

[danumdon]

I thought after the early sending off that we were going to spend the rest of the match in the deep stuff.
That the lads stuck to it and pulled it around is great credit to them and GM, Close and Bailey looked like they had a hard time getting into the tempo of the game but stuck to it, Close i thought was going to get blown away after the sending off but again praise to him sticking to it and battling through, games will improve him and he wont be playing against these odds every week. Bailey looks like he needs a rest and a reset.

We finished the match strongly after the useless ref evened up the teams with the second sending off and on another day we would of took 3 points from a game that looked beyond us at half time.

One for experience and we move on, this should be the wakeup we needed.

Expect a different level from the team next timeout.

[Bentley Bullet]

I'm putting my neck on the line here after never being wrong before.

I predict the Chesterfield game will be that Mansfield moment.

[BobG]

Aye BB. The question will be whether we can win the duel inspired by this dual circumstance.....

BobG

[GazLaz]

Take a bow Big Tom, McGrath and especially Olowu. Superb.

It’s time Olowu got his place back! …from the start.

Might be on to something with a back 3 you know. Bailey and Senior can play in one too for options.

That's the second time that GM has reverted to a back 3 in the 2nd half and completely put us in a dominant position. He did it against Barrow.

I'd be happy to see us start a game with that formation.

He used that formation quite a lot at Hull. It’s a system he likes. To get two strikers on the pitch it’s probably the best option.

[ncRover]

Take a bow Big Tom, McGrath and especially Olowu. Superb.

It’s time Olowu got his place back! …from the start.

Might be on to something with a back 3 you know. Bailey and Senior can play in one too for options.

That's the second time that GM has reverted to a back 3 in the 2nd half and completely put us in a dominant position. He did it against Barrow.

I'd be happy to see us start a game with that formation.

Yeah then you could have Molyneux playing off Sharp or Ironside in a front 2.

Emmanuel a good wing back option.

[roversdude]

Got to admit after the sending off I said it’s not a game for Ben Close now, however thought he was excellent.
Not getting the Bailey criticism he’s doing the things that don’t get credit

[DonnyBazR0ver]

I'm putting my neck on the line here after never being wrong before.

I predict the Chesterfield game will be that Mansfield moment.

I think we'd all love a 'Mansfeld moment. Do you mean the away game in February? There's a chance by them both teams could be up there by then so, going to our nearest rival and beating them in their own back yard, meaning promotion is pretty much a certainty, could be the next best thing.

[Chris Black come back]

Chesterfield has sold out their 3000 allocation for next Saturday. Even if there are no additional fans for Rovers at what is a big game, we are looking at a 10k plus crowd.