Let's talk about the Salford City game

[selby]

  Anyone who watched Salford v Notts County last night and our game live today will fear the worse for us to get anything out of the game.
  They are strong fast and physical especially down their right wing, clever with the ball and direct Fornah and N'Mai running past the defenders of Notts County with ease.
  Tilt and Shephard were two good mobile central defenders and the team contrarily to ourselves today looked on their game. and not averse to the tactical foul and the disruption of the pace of the game, a very professional outfit on the day.
  Our season has from the start been up and down, even in individual games we have been hot and cold, rarely dominant for long periods but able to pull something out of the hat at times while like today switching off and making things difficult for ourselves by being sloppy and conceding goals.
  We have never really dominated games in midfield, rely on the odd moment of magic up front, and have not been helped by some dubious decisions that have looked nailed on penalties.
  Add Adelakun on their left wing who will trouble Sterry going forward and another with pace we will find hard to match and they are a hard nut to crack if we are off the pace in our own game, we really do need to be on our best game for this one.
   One forced absence will be Sharp for three games, who had his best game at Salford early in the season And McGrath will probably come in for Wood, the mid field you could chuck all the names up in the air and pick the first to land and have very little difference to me, Broadbent the only visible one who has improved with experience over the season to me, dare we throw Flint in? and play alongside Bailey?
  Lots to discuss, Lots to talk about, can we put a game together?  if we do we can set ourselves up for a good finish, I think we have it in us, the hard part getting it out of the players, and getting them to believe, please have your say.
   

[Barmby Rover]

This is the toughest 3 points that Rovers have been in contention for all season. Not because of the opposition but because of the significance of it. I am not too sure that the team/tactics/ morale is strong enough to take it, but I want to be surprised, and GM can do just that. Look at those games against Charlton in the play offs a few years ago now, different circumstances and different personnel, but the challenge is equally critical. Fingers crossed GM knows how to nullify the threat from Adelakun, and we have beaten and drawn against them already, so with greater experience Rovers will succeed I reckon. 1 - 2 for me.

[Chris Black come back]

They have won one (1) home league game in their last 8 home league games. That was back on 8 February against a truly terrible Tranmere Rovers side. That was the only clean sheet they have kept at home in the league this year.

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

Every game tough at this stage in the season. But we looked far ahead of them in the cup game early season and I do think away suits us better.

We have to go with the mindset of we're going to win the game. But it's clearly the biggest game for us for a long time, I'd say bigger than any last year. If we can get an advantage now it's huge.

[Nudga]

Over 1k of us going, we need to make a right racket and make it hostile.

[Usher wide.]

I honestly thought we would win the game today which would have meant a point against Salford we could ‘take as a hit’.

Now it’s become a ‘must win’ game for us in order to not ‘start & stumble’ as the finishing line gets ever closer.

[les@donr]

Must win game if we want autos. We are up against a decent side.

[Ryaldinhio]

Over 1k of us going, we need to make a right racket and make it hostile.

Only about 5k capacity isn't it? So 1k from us is massive

[dickos1]

It’s definitely not must win,
We need 9 more points from 5 games to guarantee automatic promotion, we lose on Tuesday and it’s 9 points from 4 games so definitely not all over!
Walsall have fallen off a cliff so it’s between us Wimbledon, Bradford, port vale and maybe notts county. Whoever gets 80 points goes up

[Alan Southstand]

What bit I watched of their Notts County game, they offer far more of an attacking threat than what Wimbledon did today. Having said that, we’re not exactly setting L2 ablaze with our own form of ‘attacking flair’.

Too many players not performing on the day makes for the frustrating spectacle we all had to put up with earlier today. A repeat of that sort of performance will surely see our unbeaten sequence come to an end. 

Billy Sharp certainly hasn’t helped matters, either, as he’s taken an attacking option away from GM. Also, I was very disappointed with PK, after his introduction - he seemed to lose energy after about 10-15 minutes?

Oh well, the lads are going to have to find some decent re-charge facilities to put their bodies on the line for what is another challenging fixture. It’s a place in the top 3 lads - come on!!

[Ryaldinhio]

What bit I watched of their Notts County game, they offer far more of an attacking threat than what Wimbledon did today. Having said that, we’re not exactly setting L2 ablaze with our own form of ‘attacking flair’.

Too many players not performing on the day makes for the frustrating spectacle we all had to put up with earlier today. A repeat of that sort of performance will surely see our unbeaten sequence come to an end. 

Billy Sharp certainly hasn’t helped matters, either, as he’s taken an attacking option away from GM. Also, I was very disappointed with PK, after his introduction - he seemed to lose energy after about 10-15 minutes?

Oh well, the lads are going to have to find some decent re-charge facilities to put their bodies on the line for what is another challenging fixture. It’s a place in the top 3 lads - come on!!

From what I saw of the Notts C game they will do well to make play offs. I thought they were terrible against Salford.

[Alan Southstand]

I was referring to how Salford played - not Notts County!

[Ryaldinhio]

I was referring to how Salford played - not Notts County!

Salford looked good against a really poor performing Notts C.

[Lesonthewest]

Another tough game, win it & we are looking good going into Friday. Massive game.

[Ryaldinhio]

Another tough game, win it & we are looking good going into Friday. Massive game.

This is the pivotal game of the run in. This can change everything.

[NickDRFC]

It’s definitely not must win,
We need 9 more points from 5 games to guarantee automatic promotion, we lose on Tuesday and it’s 9 points from 4 games so definitely not all over!
Walsall have fallen off a cliff so it’s between us Wimbledon, Bradford, port vale and maybe notts county. Whoever gets 80 points goes up

9 points doesn’t guarantee us promotion. It would make it highly likely given Walsall’s form but certainly not a guarantee.

Also, you reference Walsall’s form but do you not recognise that even 3 wins from 5 for us would require a bit of a gearshift for us? It’s taken us 8 games to get that many wins in our most recent run.

[dickos1]

2 wins and 3 draws will also do,
If we get to 80,
Realistically only Walsall can get to that, it would almost certainly put Wimbledon and Notts county out the picture

9 points from 5 games is exactly what we’ve just done so needs no gear shift whatsoever

[NickDRFC]

2 wins and 3 draws will also do,
If we get to 80,
Realistically only Walsall can get to that, it would almost certainly put Wimbledon and Notts county out the picture

9 points from 5 games is exactly what we’ve just done so needs no gear shift whatsoever

That’s fair, 2 wins and 3 draws would probably be enough.

But that would still need us to beat a top half team. Which we’ve not done since October.

[les@donr]

Might need more than 80 points to get automatic promotion, as it is so tight at the top.

[normal rules]

Salford 2/1 for the win. Rovers23/20. Sky bet

[Padge_DRFC]

Anyone who watched us yesterday will be saying how garbage we are. Can only see a Salford win

[dickos1]

Might need more than 80 points to get automatic promotion, as it is so tight at the top.

Only if you think Notts county and Wimbledon will win all their remaining games

[les@donr]

What about the three clubs above us? They could prevent us from getting automatic promotion.

[normal rules]

What about the three clubs above us? They could prevent us from getting automatic promotion.

Don’t forget rovers have the game in hand (Salford )

[Padge_DRFC]

Only way I see is winning this is dropping this ineffective system. Stop starting with 10 men (Sbarra/Clifton). 3 at the back 2 wing backs. Broadbent and Bailey in the middle of the park and literally tell Street Molyneux and Gibson to forget defending.

[dickos1]

What about the three clubs above us? They could prevent us from getting automatic promotion.

Of course
But there are 3 spots up for grabs and if we get 80
Points then only those 3 can match us, can’t see Walsall getting them

[GazLaz]

What about the three clubs above us? They could prevent us from getting automatic promotion.

Of course
But there are 3 spots up for grabs and if we get 80
Points then only those 3 can match us, can’t see Walsall getting them

Our issue is the schedule. Salford had an extra days rest/ preparation. Then playing Friday, Monday, against teams that have played one game less in this period, is brutal.

[Padge_DRFC]

Also looks like only the keeper will play who missing at the time back then.

[Upton Rover]

All our last games are very important and very hard to pick up point, but 3 points in the bag with a 2-0 win

[Upton Rover]

It’s definitely not must win,
We need 9 more points from 5 games to guarantee automatic promotion, we lose on Tuesday and it’s 9 points from 4 games so definitely not all over!
Walsall have fallen off a cliff so it’s between us Wimbledon, Bradford, port vale and maybe notts county. Whoever gets 80 points goes up

don’t know how you worked out your points prediction, but that’s just a maybe or hopefully, I would aim for the points to guarantee a playoff place first, then see what happens, it’s going down to the wire with all the top 8/9 tesms