Let's talk about the Crewe Alexandra game

[selby]

  I agree Goole, but after 70 minutes I would have taken a draw, we were as poor the first half as we were the first half of last season, the thing about the penalty was he gave a free kick to Crewe straight after for basically the same thing.

[Goole Rover]

Very poor today.
TSL man of the match by far.
We're not going up, not good enough. Simple as.

For the first time I thought that Tony. Again I have to agree with you for MOM.

[graingrover]

Christ! I have just read the previous posts! ! GET On BOARD !

[Stewmaiden79]

I know he’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but I thought pk was effective when he came on. He offers options, wants the ball and gets us forward quickly.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Having watched the game I would say on that performance we deserve to get promotion in the automatics.His substitutions were so effective and despite my screaming atthe screen he did not listen to me and did show us how much he understands the flow of the game and the individuals in his squad .

Except it's yet another game where we are poor for more than half.

That's not what promotion sides do.

That's our second point in four and a half months against a side in the top ten on the day we played them.

And worst of all, I'm still seeing no sign that McCann knows what his best XI is.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Nailed on penalty!

It was a definite penalty. In fact two. Handball then a clear foul on Kelly. Awful, awful refereeing.

[Thorney]

Having watched the game I would say on that performance we deserve to get promotion in the automatics.His substitutions were so effective and despite my screaming atthe screen he did not listen to me and did show us how much he understands the flow of the game and the individuals in his squad .

Except it's yet another game where we are poor for more than half.

That's not what promotion sides do.

That's our second point in four and a half months against a side in the top ten on the day we played them.

And worst of all, I'm still seeing no sign that McCann knows what his best XI is.

Apart from probably bradford, what other side in this league are playing better than us?? We maybe dropping points but i havnt seen another team storming the league.

Are any other side playing excellent football for a full 90mins

[Chris Black come back]

It was largely poor again today and as disjointed as it has generally been all season, but we got a point away against a promotion rival and we are still as of now, in the automatic spots. We are not great but nobody else is either.

[Cramby10]

Having watched the game I would say on that performance we deserve to get promotion in the automatics.His substitutions were so effective and despite my screaming atthe screen he did not listen to me and did show us how much he understands the flow of the game and the individuals in his squad .

couldn’t disagree more. We don’t deserve promotion. We’re given chance after chance after chance to pull away and we’re simply not good enough to do so.
That luck will only last so long. Notts County will eventually overtake us then it’s the lottery of play-offs.
We’ve spaffed away 7 out of the last 9 available alone against sh*te.
His subs were just like every time he’s chasing the game. Very rarely works.
An on individuals, were carrying far too many.

[selby]

 Kelly, Sbarra, and Ennis to a point gave us pace that was missing, even Sharp showed movement that was not there until he came on, until the changes it was like watching the fire go out.

[goalkick]

Made a difference with the subs but we still stick with with Gibson and Clifton.

[In the box]

We can’t look for penalties as a cause for not winning ,this performance was very poor and it was only by Crewe’s inability to convert  and it could well have been a heavy loss . Our chances were few and far between without invention. We got sucked into a chasing game , running around without ever controlling possession and the pace of the game . Back four had their work cut as a result of not keep possession long enough!!

[Prez]

I know he’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but I thought pk was effective when he came on. He offers options, wants the ball and gets us forward quickly.

PK is criminally under used. Only midfielder we have who can carry the ball and drive forward.

[TonySoprano]

I know he’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but I thought pk was effective when he came on. He offers options, wants the ball and gets us forward quickly.

PK is criminally under used. Only midfielder we have who can carry the ball and drive forward.

Kyle hurst is probably even better at it. 

[Chris Black come back]

Problem was we had the majority of the possession, which is not good for us. Not good as that is allegedly not our game, and also we don't have midfielders who can do anything with the possession. If we have Gibson, Street and Molyneux, our game is the opposite of having possession. It is long and quick balls out wide.

[steve@dcfd]

Best Xi we have got one the left attack as been average all season whether it’s Gibson or Ennis.
Midfield apart from Bailey the others are bang average at best. It’s been our problem all season.
Pace apart from Street we haven’t got any. Ironside and Sharp can only score if they get chances created and we don’t do that and they have to be to feet for them. We had 53% possession 17 shots 3 on target 9 off target 5 blocked 1 woodwork same story each week
We will be lucky to make the playoffs with the games we’ve got left

[Thorney]

Having watched the game I would say on that performance we deserve to get promotion in the automatics.His substitutions were so effective and despite my screaming atthe screen he did not listen to me and did show us how much he understands the flow of the game and the individuals in his squad .

couldn’t disagree more. We don’t deserve promotion. We’re given chance after chance after chance to pull away and we’re simply not good enough to do so.
That luck will only last so long. Notts County will eventually overtake us then it’s the lottery of play-offs.
We’ve spaffed away 7 out of the last 9 available alone against sh*te.
His subs were just like every time he’s chasing the game. Very rarely works.
An on individuals, were carrying far too many.

But the subs did work.   

And why do we not deserve promotion has much has any other team??? They have has you say spaffed away has many chances has us to pull away.

Notts fans will be saying the same, "we have been given a chance to overtake but keep throwing it away, rovers will eventually pull clear"

[Prez]

We can’t look for penalties as a cause for not winning ,this performance was very poor and it was only by Crewe’s inability to convert  and it could well have been a heavy loss . Our chances were few and far between without invention. We got sucked into a chasing game , running around without ever controlling possession and the pace of the game . Back four had their work cut as a result of not keep possession long enough!!

Dont understand that "we cant look for penalties" if its a foul and the ref is competent then its a pen. We dont play "for a penalty". We have had one all season, and also hit the woodwork 20 times.

[Thorney]

We can’t look for penalties as a cause for not winning ,this performance was very poor and it was only by Crewe’s inability to convert  and it could well have been a heavy loss . Our chances were few and far between without invention. We got sucked into a chasing game , running around without ever controlling possession and the pace of the game . Back four had their work cut as a result of not keep possession long enough!!

We actually had possesion for longer and had the better chances. But you are well known for finding the negatives in every rovers game. Would imagine if we snuck a winner then you would of kept quiet?

[drfchound]

We can’t look for penalties as a cause for not winning ,this performance was very poor and it was only by Crewe’s inability to convert  and it could well have been a heavy loss . Our chances were few and far between without invention. We got sucked into a chasing game , running around without ever controlling possession and the pace of the game . Back four had their work cut as a result of not keep possession long enough!!

Dont understand that "we cant look for penalties" if its a foul and the ref is competent then its a pen. We dont play "for a penalty". We have had one all season, and also hit the woodwork 20 times.

Agreed Prez.
If the defender hadn’t taken Sbarra out then he would possibly have scored the winning goal.
There were a couple of decent handball pen shouts too but for some reason we just don’t get them given.

[Cramby10]

Having watched the game I would say on that performance we deserve to get promotion in the automatics.His substitutions were so effective and despite my screaming atthe screen he did not listen to me and did show us how much he understands the flow of the game and the individuals in his squad .

couldn’t disagree more. We don’t deserve promotion. We’re given chance after chance after chance to pull away and we’re simply not good enough to do so.
That luck will only last so long. Notts County will eventually overtake us then it’s the lottery of play-offs.
We’ve spaffed away 7 out of the last 9 available alone against sh*te.
His subs were just like every time he’s chasing the game. Very rarely works.
An on individuals, were carrying far too many.

But the subs did work.   

And why do we not deserve promotion has much has any other team??? They have has you say spaffed away has many chances has us to pull away.

Notts fans will be saying the same, "we have been given a chance to overtake but keep throwing it away, rovers will eventually pull clear"

well we’ll see. We’ve a whole host of top ten sides to play in our run and our record against them suggests we haven’t enough in our locker.
The subs, we scored from a corner.

[Goole Rover]

We can’t look for penalties as a cause for not winning ,this performance was very poor and it was only by Crewe’s inability to convert  and it could well have been a heavy loss . Our chances were few and far between without invention. We got sucked into a chasing game , running around without ever controlling possession and the pace of the game . Back four had their work cut as a result of not keep possession long enough!!

If the score had been let’s say 4-0 the ref would have given that one.


Dont understand that "we cant look for penalties" if its a foul and the ref is competent then its a pen. We dont play "for a penalty". We have had one all season, and also hit the woodwork 20 times.

Agreed Prez.
If the defender hadn’t taken Sbarra out then he would possibly have scored the winning goal.
There were a couple of decent handball pen shouts too but for some reason we just don’t get them given.

[andyst79]

Having watched the game I would say on that performance we deserve to get promotion in the automatics.His substitutions were so effective and despite my screaming atthe screen he did not listen to me and did show us how much he understands the flow of the game and the individuals in his squad .

Except it's yet another game where we are poor for more than half.

That's not what promotion sides do.

That's our second point in four and a half months against a side in the top ten on the day we played them.

And worst of all, I'm still seeing no sign that McCann knows what his best XI is.

Apart from probably bradford, what other side in this league are playing better than us?? We maybe dropping points but i havnt seen another team storming the league.

Are any other side playing excellent football for a full 90mins

Just shows we're treading water in a piss poor division

[Thorney]

Having watched the game I would say on that performance we deserve to get promotion in the automatics.His substitutions were so effective and despite my screaming atthe screen he did not listen to me and did show us how much he understands the flow of the game and the individuals in his squad .

couldn’t disagree more. We don’t deserve promotion. We’re given chance after chance after chance to pull away and we’re simply not good enough to do so.
That luck will only last so long. Notts County will eventually overtake us then it’s the lottery of play-offs.
We’ve spaffed away 7 out of the last 9 available alone against sh*te.
His subs were just like every time he’s chasing the game. Very rarely works.
An on individuals, were carrying far too many.

But the subs did work.   

And why do we not deserve promotion has much has any other team??? They have has you say spaffed away has many chances has us to pull away.

Notts fans will be saying the same, "we have been given a chance to overtake but keep throwing it away, rovers will eventually pull clear"

well we’ll see. We’ve a whole host of top ten sides to play in our run and our record against them suggests we haven’t enough in our locker.
The subs, we scored from a corner.

But the subs helped turn the game in our favour. Crewe were on the back foot and holding on for dear life

[Colemans Left Hook]

Carlisle could have 9 more points after three home gains when we play them -i will settle for 7

Wimbledoom will be $hitting themselves today

[Thorney]

Having watched the game I would say on that performance we deserve to get promotion in the automatics.His substitutions were so effective and despite my screaming atthe screen he did not listen to me and did show us how much he understands the flow of the game and the individuals in his squad .

Except it's yet another game where we are poor for more than half.

That's not what promotion sides do.

That's our second point in four and a half months against a side in the top ten on the day we played them.

And worst of all, I'm still seeing no sign that McCann knows what his best XI is.

Apart from probably bradford, what other side in this league are playing better than us?? We maybe dropping points but i havnt seen another team storming the league.

Are any other side playing excellent football for a full 90mins

Just shows we're treading water in a piss poor division

Yes but treading higher than all bar 2 teams.and thats all i give a damn about and that is all thats needed. I would say that probably notts and AFC should go above us today but who knows.

[andyst79]

Having watched the game I would say on that performance we deserve to get promotion in the automatics.His substitutions were so effective and despite my screaming atthe screen he did not listen to me and did show us how much he understands the flow of the game and the individuals in his squad .

couldn’t disagree more. We don’t deserve promotion. We’re given chance after chance after chance to pull away and we’re simply not good enough to do so.
That luck will only last so long. Notts County will eventually overtake us then it’s the lottery of play-offs.
We’ve spaffed away 7 out of the last 9 available alone against sh*te.
His subs were just like every time he’s chasing the game. Very rarely works.
An on individuals, were carrying far too many.

But the subs did work.   

And why do we not deserve promotion has much has any other team??? They have has you say spaffed away has many chances has us to pull away.

Notts fans will be saying the same, "we have been given a chance to overtake but keep throwing it away, rovers will eventually pull clear"

well we’ll see. We’ve a whole host of top ten sides to play in our run and our record against them suggests we haven’t enough in our locker.
The subs, we scored from a corner.

But the subs helped turn the game in our favour. Crewe were on the back foot and holding on for dear life

.GM got out done tactically again against Bell for me 1st half. He seems to have the measure of us and personally I thought the 2-0 win against them in the playoffs flattered us last season

[Colemans Left Hook]

Carlisle could have 9 more points after three home gains when we play them -i will settle for 7

Wimbledoom will be $hitting themselves today

1-0 down   

[Cramby10]

Having watched the game I would say on that performance we deserve to get promotion in the automatics.His substitutions were so effective and despite my screaming atthe screen he did not listen to me and did show us how much he understands the flow of the game and the individuals in his squad .

couldn’t disagree more. We don’t deserve promotion. We’re given chance after chance after chance to pull away and we’re simply not good enough to do so.
That luck will only last so long. Notts County will eventually overtake us then it’s the lottery of play-offs.
We’ve spaffed away 7 out of the last 9 available alone against sh*te.
His subs were just like every time he’s chasing the game. Very rarely works.
An on individuals, were carrying far too many.

But the subs did work.   

And why do we not deserve promotion has much has any other team??? They have has you say spaffed away has many chances has us to pull away.

Notts fans will be saying the same, "we have been given a chance to overtake but keep throwing it away, rovers will eventually pull clear"

well we’ll see. We’ve a whole host of top ten sides to play in our run and our record against them suggests we haven’t enough in our locker.
The subs, we scored from a corner.

But the subs helped turn the game in our favour. Crewe were on the back foot and holding on for dear life

they were clearly sat back. You only had to see how they picked up the pace again and threatened our goal once we scored. That said, I think they were piss poor hence the frustration of surrendering points to this garbage. In much the same way as Bromley, Swindon etc

[richtherover]

I think we were lucky to come away with a point against a depleted Crewe side. Poor refereeing decisions aside we looked completely toothless up front and shaky at the back whenever they attacked. Results midweek mostly went our way but again we keep failed cash in. Run in is definitely going to be squeaky bum time. It's in our hands but we badly need to put a run together. We won't get away with too many more poor performances. Stating the obvious I know but my nerves are jangling. RTID