Good point

[mushRTID]

The ball for our goal was definitely out of play but I’ll take it!

I didn’t think it all was from the SS.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Two evenly matched teams I thought so a draw was definitely a fair result. We lacked the quality in the final third where we took too many wrong options. Although the first half was quite bright, I thought we would go on to wear them down but fair play to Wycombe they stayed on it and arguably finished the stronger, while we got a bit more sloppy and hesitant.

Agree that Moly wasn't on it but no point worrying too much as we'll have better days

[Chris Black come back]

Felt like until the last 20 minutes we were largely on top throughout but it is interesting that they had majority of possession and the most shots on target. Not so often we saw that last season.

[CottyRover]

The ball for our goal was definitely out of play but I’ll take it!

I thought that too. From where I was in the South Stand it looked clearly out.

[richtherover]

Bit disappointed after the Middlesbrough result but hey this is football and we're not going to steam roller every team 4-0. Thought we could have been 2 up at half time but they came back stronger second half and could have pinched it. They're a very solid league 1 side and we'll face a lot of the same and even better in this division. We're a work in progress and are definitely progressing. Still think we're a bit light in the striker department but the squad is tremendous. Lots of reasons to be optimistic and still unbeaten. Happy times. 

[dickos1]

So far we've played 2 teams I'm sure will be bottom 6. Today we played someone who will probably be mid table and where I think we'll finish. Unless we sign a decent striker. Sharp was a huge upgrade today but can't be the main man if we're serious about giving promotion a go

What makes you think Wycombe will be midtable when they’ve been in the playoffs the last two years and invested heavily this summer ?

[ravenrover]

Why do refs play "advantage" when it should be a penalty?
1st half  for us clear through quick pull back on shirt play on says ref. Is their a timescale involved on shirt pulls in the box?

[GazLaz]

The ball for our goal was definitely out of play but I’ll take it!

Not sure it was definitely out.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

So far we've played 2 teams I'm sure will be bottom 6. Today we played someone who will probably be mid table and where I think we'll finish. Unless we sign a decent striker. Sharp was a huge upgrade today but can't be the main man if we're serious about giving promotion a go

What makes you think Wycombe will be midtable when they’ve been in the playoffs the last two years and invested heavily this summer ?

Agree as looking at other results so far, we can't tell who's going to be where come the end of the season.

Today was probably a good learning curve for us. Whilst we did alot of things well, we also made some basic things look difficult and started to look edgy with the belief evaporating into hope. The better teams don't get frustrated by mistakes and mishaps, they just keep going until they force openings and capitalise. There were a few occasions today when we overloaded their defence but weren't ruthless enough to go for the jugular. Getting strikes off instead of looking for another pass or playing a percentage cross instead of picking someone out are all things that make the difference on the day.

The good news is we haven't got a mountain to climb, as we've got a great crop of players willing to learn.

[idler]

The ball for our goal was definitely out of play but I’ll take it!

Not sure it was definitely out.

I sit in the West stand almost in line and we were shouting for a corner when the goalie dragged it back. The whole ball was at least a couple of inches over the line. The Lino was a yard or more behind  play at that point and caught up as Sharp put it in so I think he guessed that the whole ball hadn’t gone over.

[Tommy A]

So far we've played 2 teams I'm sure will be bottom 6. Today we played someone who will probably be mid table and where I think we'll finish. Unless we sign a decent striker. Sharp was a huge upgrade today but can't be the main man if we're serious about giving promotion a go

What makes you think Wycombe will be midtable when they’ve been in the playoffs the last two years and invested heavily this summer ?

Agree as looking at other results so far, we can't tell who's going to be where come the end of the season.

Today was probably a good learning curve for us. Whilst we did alot of things well, we also made some basic things look difficult and started to look edgy with the belief evaporating into hope. The better teams don't get frustrated by mistakes and mishaps, they just keep going until they force openings and capitalise. There were a few occasions today when we overloaded their defence but weren't ruthless enough to go for the jugular. Getting strikes off instead of looking for another pass or playing a percentage cross instead of picking someone out are all things that make the difference on the day.

The good news is we haven't got a mountain to climb, as we've got a great crop of players willing to learn.

Only seen the highlights but that looked a great finish for their goal

Not seen that sort of quality from us in the box. If we could improve in that area then we would be a serious team.

[In the box]

Middleton needs to work on cutting in and shooting with his right, feel he could have had a couple today if he could do it and other teams will work him out if he’s going down the line every time

A trip spec savers wouldn’t go a miss as he keeps aiming at the wrong player !!

[mushRTID]

So far we've played 2 teams I'm sure will be bottom 6. Today we played someone who will probably be mid table and where I think we'll finish. Unless we sign a decent striker. Sharp was a huge upgrade today but can't be the main man if we're serious about giving promotion a go

What makes you think Wycombe will be midtable when they’ve been in the playoffs the last two years and invested heavily this summer ?

Agree as looking at other results so far, we can't tell who's going to be where come the end of the season.

Today was probably a good learning curve for us. Whilst we did alot of things well, we also made some basic things look difficult and started to look edgy with the belief evaporating into hope. The better teams don't get frustrated by mistakes and mishaps, they just keep going until they force openings and capitalise. There were a few occasions today when we overloaded their defence but weren't ruthless enough to go for the jugular. Getting strikes off instead of looking for another pass or playing a percentage cross instead of picking someone out are all things that make the difference on the day.

The good news is we haven't got a mountain to climb, as we've got a great crop of players willing to learn.

Only seen the highlights but that looked a great finish for their goal

Not seen that sort of quality from us in the box. If we could improve in that area then we would be a serious team.

We had 4 or 5 players in the box. Really poor they even got a shot off.

[In the box]

8084 gate. Did anyone catch the away attendance? Looked around 300-400.

462

That's pretty good still. Well over 7500 home supporters.

Who do we have to beat to get higher as it’s been around this for years now !!

[DearneValleyRover]

The ball for our goal was definitely out of play but I’ll take it!

No it wasn’t

[Northants Nomad]

Is Molyneux exempt from being subbed? Awful today.

Or perhaps Mols is having to adapt to the attention that his stellar League Two season has created, namely that as soon as he gets the ball he is surrounded by 2 or 3 players. Gibbo had more room. That said, I do agree Gibbo was better today, but I would be miles away from calling Mols awful. He’ll adapt to the attention, or his teammates will adapt how they play and take advantage of the opposition focussing on Mols so much.

[Chris Black come back]

8084 gate. Did anyone catch the away attendance? Looked around 300-400.

462

That's pretty good still. Well over 7500 home supporters.

Who do we have to beat to get higher as it’s been around this for years now !!

League One gates this weekend, ranked:

Bradford - 20233
Cardiff - 17555
Reading - 13757
Barnsley - 13167
Blackpool - 10992
Wigan Athletic - 8748
Lincoln City - 8503
Rovers - 8084
Leyton Orient - 7651
Exeter City - 6166
Burton - 4404
Stevenage - not disclosed but likely below 4000

[Fal]

The ball for our goal was definitely out of play but I’ll take it!

No it wasn’t

Sitting pretty much in line with it in the west stand it definitely was. I didn’t initially celebrate as I expected a corner.

[ncRover]

A draw to Wycombe is good. Solid team performance from us. The whole standard of the game was miles ahead of a typical L2 fixture.

That Leahy (no.10) in midfield was absolute quality, as were the two wide men who came on for them.

For us, I think the lack of right footed wing options has the potential to be more of an issue than the centre forwards. Middleton didn’t look to fit the system today playing on the left. Ajayi, Mols and him all left-footed.

[DearneValleyRover]

The ball for our goal was definitely out of play but I’ll take it!

No it wasn’t

Sitting pretty much in line with it in the west stand it definitely was. I didn’t initially celebrate as I expected a corner.

The whole ball didn’t cross the line, I had an excellent view and not obscured by goalposts

[drfchound]

The ball for our goal was definitely out of play but I’ll take it!

I didn’t think it all was from the SS.

It wasn’t out of play.
The keeper kept it in in his desperation not to concede a corner.
He didn’t make a fuss and didn’t try to claim it had gone out of play.

[Petche]

Enjoyed the game, first time I've seen us this season and thought we were a good match for what is an experienced, well established League 1 side. The new signings have certainly added quality especially O'Riordan and Gotts who I thought were excellent. We faded in the 2nd half and the subs Wycombe made almost won them the game. Overall a solid performance.

[drfchound]

Back to Gibbo.  He was excellent today apart from his final ball and his inability to get much power into a shot.
He always seems to scuff the ball when shooting.

[GazLaz]

Back to Gibbo.  He was excellent today apart from his final ball and his inability to get much power into a shot.
He always seems to scuff the ball when shooting.

Finishing is, and always has been, his weakness.

[Petche]

Is Molyneux exempt from being subbed? Awful today.

Christ almighty, awful??

[danumdon]

8084 gate. Did anyone catch the away attendance? Looked around 300-400.

462

That's pretty good still. Well over 7500 home supporters.

Who do we have to beat to get higher as it’s been around this for years now !!

League One gates this weekend, ranked:

Bradford - 20233
Cardiff - 17555
Reading - 13757
Barnsley - 13167
Blackpool - 10992
Wigan Athletic - 8748
Lincoln City - 8503
Rovers - 8084
Leyton Orient - 7651
Exeter City - 6166
Burton - 4404
Stevenage - not disclosed but likely below 4000

Barnsley played Bolton today, they would have fetched a good crowd, if they had been playing us the overall crowd would have been around 10.5k, today Barnsley got 13.5k, these are the type of attendance we should be working towards.

[Dagenham Rover]

Why do refs play "advantage" when it should be a penalty?
1st half  for us clear through quick pull back on shirt play on says ref. Is their a timescale involved on shirt pulls in the box?

Clear pulling the shirt even from where i sit. A bit strange the 1st half the ref seemed to be very reluctant to give free kicks unless they were in the middle of the park

[CJK]

I think on the whole we edged it today. It was only the last 20 minutes where they showed some impetus to get forward, like others have said, their subs had good impact whereas ours turned out not to be as good today.

I think we're just a Rob Street short of a good L1 team by the looks of it, although Tuesday will be another big test of where we are. Frustrating we just couldn't get the balls right in the final third, particularly in the first half. Sharp worked very hard up front, but it needs someone like Street to make full effect of our play. I'd be interested to know whether Ironside will get a chance.

I thought Broadbent and Gotts were good in the middle, Gibbo good. Moly just didn't get any space, as to be expected. Senior good at LB, O'Riordon looks very good.

Plenty of positives, on to the next one.

[Dagenham Rover]

The ball for our goal was definitely out of play but I’ll take it!

I sit directly in line with the goal line in the West I was 99.5% sure it was out and screaming for it, but the lino wasnt up with play  and I'll take it as well

[drfchound]

I think on the whole we edged it today. It was only the last 20 minutes where they showed some impetus to get forward, like others have said, their subs had good impact whereas ours turned out not to be as good today.

I think we're just a Rob Street short of a good L1 team by the looks of it, although Tuesday will be another big test of where we are. Frustrating we just couldn't get the balls right in the final third, particularly in the first half. Sharp worked very hard up front, but it needs someone like Street to make full effect of our play. I'd be interested to know whether Ironside will get a chance.

I thought Broadbent and Gotts were good in the middle, Gibbo good. Moly just didn't get any space, as to be expected. Senior good at LB, O'Riordon looks very good.

Plenty of positives, on to the next one.

If only Gibbo could shoot instead of mishitting most of them.
He also needs to work on his final ball into the box.
Otherwise I really rate him as a good player, quick and with terrific ability.