A lose but

[Spilsby Red]

we played well today. That’s all I can say

[roverstillidie91]

Really struggling for form. 1 win in 8 as well and now 3 points off bottom 4.

[goalkick]

Not liking the look of the up and coming fixtures

[Spilsby Red]

We played well today

[colincramb]

Blatant penalty not given! How he hasn’t given that is beyond me

[RoseTInteD]

Looking at the next 5 or 6 games I don't see where our next win will come from.

[Barmby Rover]

They tried to make up all sorts of excuses for the ref on Dee Dah, but it should have been a pen, and Rovers deserved at least a draw, but they need to start taking chances, we are giving tyoo may games away like this.

[Canadian Rover]

Played well.

I really do think there needs to be an investigation into some refereeing/betting.

[sedwardsdrfc]

Lacking firepower. We had the chances but are either too slow weak or not clinical enough to take the chances.

Well played but it’s a struggle if you have no firepower.

Refs could help us out like. Still confident we’ll stay up but that’s the limit of ambition when you’ve a strikerforece like area

[Copps is Magic]

Agree with what's been said. (Marginally) the best team. Definite penalty. But Rovers very naive.

[Cramby10]

Can’t keep spaffing away chances like that though. We were much better side but couldn’t take advantage. They could bring on Keillor-Dunn. We had Hanlan!! Bit of a difference

[Thorney]

100% better than we have been lately.
Caught twice on the counter and finished both times calm and collected,
Something which we miss infront of goal.
Senior, gibson and sharp mossing good chances by snatching at then.

But on the whole much better, just alarming ths slide down the league with a tough fixture list ahead

[normal rules]

Not having a good consistent strike force will hurt us badly this season.

[Donnywolf]

Blatant penalty not given! How he hasn’t given that is beyond me

Because his name is Drysdale and he is consistently rubbish

https://www.drfc-vsc.co.uk/index.php?topic=287146.msg1217586#msg1217586

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

Very frustrating, we're not far off being a really good team, clear where our weakness is.

[Ldr]

Very frustrating, we're not far off being a really good team, clear where our weakness is.

The green bit between the stands?

[Chris Black come back]

Thought that was as good as we have played for quite a while in the league.

The officials today were really poor.

[idler]

The west stand Lino guessed the throw in about three times after waiting for the ref to decide. I think that they were all wrong as well. He missed blatant fouls on us as well.

[In the box]

We can’t compete .. without a striker who can draw players towards and disrupt defenders. We will always drop points when we can’t convert opportunities.. Billy is being asked to do too much ..

[ForsolongaRover]

Is the difference that they can afford more talented individuals? Sounded as though we played better as a team, but they had classy players who could do it on their own. Fast breaks by individuals rather than the better teamwork.

To quote the BBC Live Text:
Vimal Yoganathan (Barnsley) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Reyes Cleary following a fast break.
Davis Keillor-Dunn (Barnsley) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Patrick Kelly following a fast break.

You might also deduce that their shooting was more accurate than ours from the stats.

Enthusiasm can be a substitute for skill, but not in equal measure. 

[sedwardsdrfc]

If we had the striker they brought on we’d be nailed on for playoffs. We strengthen every position quite well but got weaker in attack

[Canadian Rover]

All this talk of strikers not performing it was Billy with the assist and Billy that was fouled for the blatant penalty.
We do need strengthening for sure, but let's not say we don't have a striker. Billy is playing very well.

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

Billy did play quite well I agree. But he didn't do the best for his 1v1 and Gibson should score too.  We clearly should have scored more than we did today, Barnsley were definitely more clinical with two good finishes.

[Filo]

Some one should have taken Kelly out rather than let him run the length of the pitch

[Chris Black come back]

We need to face up to being in trouble now. With a few exceptions the table is broadly shaking out as expected on budget lines. If we ended up in 18th that would again be a decent season for us. This is a league with some big budgets and very talented players. Keeping our head above water come May would be a fine outcome.

[DonnyOsmond]

Moly was really good but we need to stop letting him take set pieces.

[Thorney]

We need to face up to being in trouble now. With a few exceptions the table is broadly shaking out as expected on budget lines broadly. If we ended up in 18th that would again be a decent season for us. This is a league with some big budgets and very talented players. Keeping our head above water come May would be fine outcome.

Some of our fanbase are already questioning whether mcann should still be in a job.
If we finish 18th then how manynof them will go from questioning to screaming

[Jimmydee]

Played well.

I really do think there needs to be an investigation into some refereeing/betting.

Add the assistant ref too.

[roversdude]

We need to face up to being in trouble now. With a few exceptions the table is broadly shaking out as expected on budget lines broadly. If we ended up in 18th that would again be a decent season for us. This is a league with some big budgets and very talented players. Keeping our head above water come May would be fine outcome.

Some of our fanbase are already questioning whether mcann should still be in a job.
If we finish 18th then how manynof them will go from questioning to screaming

Really - not heard any disquiet

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Yes, the lino on the West Stand side was no help to the ref at all. He should have been able to see the pen on Billy plus the other one when  , was it Clifton?, who was taken down in the area off the ball.

That aside, we had enough chances in that second half to go two or three up and it's not all due to strikers, Gibson, Clifton and Billy all had guilt edged chances to score.

Overall, it's better than we've been for a while but the key moments went their way rather than ours through quality finishing.

Good to see Moly back on it and Broadbent having a big influence. With Sterry to come back in, there's every reason to believe we will continue to improve our recent form.