Sbarra

[RoversInSpain]

Fine missing chances like that if you’ve got 15+ for the season, otherwise, it’s not very good is it?

[Padge_DRFC]

Not going to have 15 for the season is he with the number of starts he's had

[RoversInSpain]

Missing the point…Sbarra gets slagged off with his own thread, despite finding his usual excellent ‘pocket of space’ in the final moments and being brave not going to the corner flag, and creates an amazing moment for the 638 fans resulting in a goal.
We had a clown on here not long ago saying we should get rid of Molly. Another Clown saying how sh*T Sterry is. Clifton gets pelters……So why no Ironside thread?
Seems some players are picked on, obsessively.

[Donnywolf]

Thank god another Joe missed the easiest chance to score that I’ve ever seen.
No Ironside thread then??, Sbarra has been fantastic compared to this Joe this season.
Weird isn’t it?

how ironside missed the goal was unbelievable one of the worst I have seen

I read this and instantly thought of this ..

https://youtu.be/dJ0Zyj4pYnc?feature=shared

[DonnyRover]

Sbarra in the Walsall game looked like a mascot had been allowed to play. Stood in between their defence and midfield watching the ball go past him. It’s not his fault he’s so small but he has no presence whatsoever on the pitch. Normally your small players are lightning fast, tricky and can slide a ball through in behind. He hasn’t got any of them attributes whatsoever and in my opinion non-league is his level, just like Ethan Ennis, how he got in the Man U academy I’ll never know.

[selby]

 Same way as Barlow.

[Copps is Magic]

I'm a Sbarra doubter but when he came on yesterday he did make a difference. Kelly's nonchalant, not caring attitude, was very frustrating in the first half - send him back to West Ham with our best wishes.

[GazLaz]

I'm a Sbarra doubter but when he came on yesterday he did make a difference. Kelly's nonchalant, not caring attitude, was very frustrating in the first half - send him back to West Ham with our best wishes.

You don’t get to be at a Prem club and playing league football at 20 if you go out there not to try.

[mushRTID]

I thought Kelly was decent yesterday.
I’d like to think he’s a player we might be able to pick up permanently and develop.

[Usher wide.]

I thought Kelly was decent yesterday.
I’d like to think he’s a player we might be able to pick up permanently and develop.

Thought he went AWOL.

Opinions eh.

[NickDRFC]

It feels like whoever is a possibility for that 3rd/advanced midfield slot has their reputation enhanced by their absence. We’ve been chopping and changing all season and never had a player get a good run there; maybe the reason is that none of them are good enough.

Kelly starts. “He doesn’t have an eye for a pass like Sbarra, who’s much more creative. Get him in”

Sbarra starts. “He’s too small and lightweight. Goes missing for too much of the game. We need Clifton’s energy and ability to get into the box”

Clifton starts. “Absolute clogger. We need someone who actually has footballing ability”

Etc etc.

[Spud]

It feels like whoever is a possibility for that 3rd/advanced midfield slot has their reputation enhanced by their absence. We’ve been chopping and changing all season and never had a player get a good run there; maybe the reason is that none of them are good enough.

Kelly starts. “He doesn’t have an eye for a pass like Sbarra, who’s much more creative. Get him in”

Sbarra starts. “He’s too small and lightweight. Goes missing for too much of the game. We need Clifton’s energy and ability to get into the box”

Clifton starts. “Absolute clogger. We need someone who actually has footballing ability”

Etc etc.

It's the same with ex-players, strange bunch our lot lol. There were a few around me on Saturday talking about George Miller like he was the one that got away.

[swain_drfc]

I thought Kelly was decent yesterday.
I’d like to think he’s a player we might be able to pick up permanently and develop.

Thought he went AWOL.

Opinions eh.

Kelly was one of only 2 players in the first half at Cheltenham (Sharp being the other) to come out with any credit in that first 45. You honestly must watch the game with your eyes closed.

[Goole Rover]

Thank god another Joe missed the easiest chance to score that I’ve ever seen.
No Ironside thread then??, Sbarra has been fantastic compared to this Joe this season.
Weird isn’t it?

how ironside missed the goal was unbelievable one of the worst I have seen

I take it that you weren’t at Scunthorpe when Golden Boy Marquis missed that sitter.

[Usher wide.]

I thought Kelly was decent yesterday.
I’d like to think he’s a player we might be able to pick up permanently and develop.

Thought he went AWOL.

Opinions eh.

Kelly was one of only 2 players in the first half at Cheltenham (Sharp being the other) to come out with any credit in that first 45. You honestly must watch the game with your eyes closed.

And you must watch it ‘doing the Poznan’ after that statement.

Only Molyneaux came out with ‘any credit’ that first half in my opinion.

[Usher wide.]

What’s ‘happened’ to Charlie Crew?

He was lauded by McCann after his first couple of games but has rarely featured recently.

Lack of ‘engagement’ in training?

[selby]

  Crew will be a really good player, as Kelly could be as well, but have only played mainly the staid everyone plays the same way u21s football.
  Both would have been far better off having a season in National League or National League North/South men's football

[GazLaz]

What’s ‘happened’ to Charlie Crew?

He was lauded by McCann after his first couple of games but has rarely featured recently.

Lack of ‘engagement’ in training?

Hes got the ability to pass the ball Strictly forbidden in our team!

[dickos1]

League two football doesn’t suit him, lower down the pyramid would suit him even less.
I’d he’d gone to a league one team he’d be playing every week and doing well.

[Draytonian III]

League two football doesn’t suit him, lower down the pyramid would suit him even less.
I’d he’d gone to a league one team he’d be playing every week and doing well.

My thoughts exactly

[Smyth]

League two football doesn’t suit him, lower down the pyramid would suit him even less.
I’d he’d gone to a league one team he’d be playing every week and doing well.

I love satire

[GazLaz]

League two football doesn’t suit him, lower down the pyramid would suit him even less.
I’d he’d gone to a league one team he’d be playing every week and doing well.

League 1 is far more physical and fast pace than L2. The championship faster and more physical than L1.

You could apply the same logic to Matty Craig and he’s been poor at Mansfield.

[NickDRFC]

League two football doesn’t suit him, lower down the pyramid would suit him even less.
I’d he’d gone to a league one team he’d be playing every week and doing well.

He was sensational in the Conference. League 1 is far more physical and fast pace than L2. The championship faster and more physical than L1.

Pretty sure he was talking about Charlie Crew given the posts immediately above it.

[ncRover]

League two football doesn’t suit him, lower down the pyramid would suit him even less.
I’d he’d gone to a league one team he’d be playing every week and doing well.

League 1 is far more physical and fast pace than L2. The championship faster and more physical than L1.

You could apply the same logic to Matty Craig and he’s been poor at Mansfield.

Exactly. I don’t know where people have got this myth from.

McCann said Close will be “outstanding” at League One level so has sent him out to the National League. Make it make sense.

https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/football/may-sound-crazy-grant-mccann-makes-big-ben-close-prediction-after-recent-doncaster-rovers-exit-4970910

[pib]

League two football doesn’t suit him, lower down the pyramid would suit him even less.
I’d he’d gone to a league one team he’d be playing every week and doing well.

League 1 is far more physical and fast pace than L2. The championship faster and more physical than L1.

You could apply the same logic to Matty Craig and he’s been poor at Mansfield.

Exactly. I don’t know where people have got this myth from.

McCann said Close will be “outstanding” at League One level so has sent him out to the National League. Make it make sense.

https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/football/may-sound-crazy-grant-mccann-makes-big-ben-close-prediction-after-recent-doncaster-rovers-exit-4970910

Just being kind I think.

[GazLaz]

League two football doesn’t suit him, lower down the pyramid would suit him even less.
I’d he’d gone to a league one team he’d be playing every week and doing well.

League 1 is far more physical and fast pace than L2. The championship faster and more physical than L1.

You could apply the same logic to Matty Craig and he’s been poor at Mansfield.

Exactly. I don’t know where people have got this myth from.

McCann said Close will be “outstanding” at League One level so has sent him out to the National League. Make it make sense.

https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/football/may-sound-crazy-grant-mccann-makes-big-ben-close-prediction-after-recent-doncaster-rovers-exit-4970910

If you can play, you can play. You may play in teams that play a style that don’t suit you for example but what about Crowley when he was at county? Unbelievable player. He’s small and technical. What about Coppinger when he was in L2? Liam Kelly last season? Turi who Grimsby have just signed from abroad? All look silky as you like in L2. 

[dickos1]

Of course better footballers look better the higher level they go,
League two is full of teams who aren’t interested in playing football they just want to stop anyone who is any good from showing they’re good footballers. Add into that the state of most pitches in league 2 and it’s far from the ideal level.
Crowley struggled early in his career too, hence why he found himself as a trialist.
Crew is a better player than Crowley, future will show that.

The higher level you go the more time you get on the ball add into that playing with better players, close was better for us in league 1 even in a far worse team than now

[Avsuptem]

I beg to differ. Any one who has played football at any level knows that there are some players who are gifted with skills far beyond the average. The only mitigating factor is temperament. All this talk of they being more suited to a higher level is manager speak / gobshite / rhetoric.

[dickos1]

I beg to differ. Any one who has played football at any level knows that there are some players who are gifted with skills far beyond the average. The only mitigating factor is temperament. All this talk of they being more suited to a higher level is manager speak / gobshite / rhetoric.

It’s obviously opinion, but I played to a decent level and centre midfield and enjoyed it much more at the higher level than I did playing against low standard opposition who gave you no time on the ball and couldn’t play themselves.
I suppose it depends on what type of player you are, but players like crew, close, etc in my
Opinion are better suited to a higher standard than league 2

[Usher wide.]

I beg to differ. Any one who has played football at any level knows that there are some players who are gifted with skills far beyond the average. The only mitigating factor is temperament. All this talk of they being more suited to a higher level is manager speak / gobshite / rhetoric.

It’s obviously opinion, but I played to a decent level and centre midfield and enjoyed it much more at the higher level than I did playing against low standard opposition who gave you no time on the ball and couldn’t play themselves.
I suppose it depends on what type of player you are, but players like crew, close, etc in my
Opinion are better suited to a higher standard than league 2

Looking over your past posts dickos I think we might well have played against one another in our youth or competed unwittingly for the same midfield berth (Doncaster Boys?) whatever, I agree with you in as much as ‘good players’ become ‘better players’ playing at either a higher level or with/against better opposition.

Brian Stock was ‘stand out’ in midfield in Lg1. In the Championship he was sublime.

Do I think his ‘ghosting’ past players, his vision, his ‘cleverness’ on the ball & his shooting prowess would have made him a ‘stand out player’ in Lg2?

Absolutely.

Class is absolute.