let's talk about the Wycombe Wanderers game

[Stewmaiden79]

I’m only staying cause my cars boxed in.

[Blue Green Algae]

Bit of an eye opener for any Jack Senior fans

[Spilsby Red]

Poor team effort. Grant has to answer to this. A tough game Tuesday. Yes a win but needed to freshen it up. Sorry Grant you are good but this is down to you

[Rupee92ONLY]

Any chance this is off its seems seems to have rained forever

If only.

[PDX_Rover]

Outplayed by a better team. Move on.

[Fal]

Let’s stay off here tonight lads, the moaners will be out in force tonight.

[DonnyOsmond]

Bit of an eye opener for any Jack Senior fans

One of many players who aren't good enough for League One.

[Rupee92ONLY]

Let’s stay off here tonight lads, the moaners will be out in force tonight.

What sort of posts do you expect from a 4-0 defeat (that could very well have been even worse)? It’s one of the worst performances of the season and we are in big, big bother. Lots to discuss.

[Fal]

Plenty to discuss absolutely, but we already know what’s coming. We lose a game and every player is shit and McCann needs sacking and we are going down, we win a game and every player is amazing and the “we’ve got McCann” chants come out. It’s laughable from a small portion of our fanbase.


Wigan conceded 6, Rotherham lost by 3-0 despite Cardiff being down to 10 from the 21st minute.


Only team that won today is Northampton, shit day for ourselves but there’s plenty still to play for!

[RoseTInteD]

Wycombe made us look poor today and they are not even a top team. Lucky it was not 6.

[donnievic]

Well beaten by a decent team today,write it off and onto the next one

[Spilsby Red]

Not every player is crap. But today was very very poor

[DonnyBazR0ver]

That was just rank bad. Not sure who's worse, us playing like we only had 10 men or Rotherham losing at home 3-0 with Cardiff scoring all three with only 10 men.

Distinct lack of quality unable to do the basics required of a football team plus a lack of desire to do anything about it. Once again, conceding so quickly, so easily, after half time is unforgivable.

[grayx]

A bad day at the office by everyone. We wont win many games defending like that & playing without a centre forward.

[Branton Red]

Saw the teamsheet and expected the worst.

Not arguing about whether the starting XI chosen are the best players available or not.

But no changes from Tuesday - a tough game in tougher conditions - when Rovers are carrying such a big squad?!

Against a good side, at home who have had the week off and are fresh?!

Madness.

The manager has to take a lot of the blame for the performance and scale of defeat.

Let's hope it doesn't hit the team confidence which has grown so much in previous weeks.

[Pliskin]

We're now officially the team with the most goals conceded in the league. He just hasn't addressed the clear defensive frailties at all.

4 goals today against 8th place. 3 against a shocking Wigan side a fortnight ago.

Lucky to hang on against Burton - on another day we concede 2 or 3 from that amount of pressure.

We're still in big trouble.

[Scooter]

Worst performance of the season. Lacked quality everywhere. Could and maybe should have been 8-0

[In the box]

We can’t keep blaming the players , they maybe part of the problem if they are not good enough , but it’s McCann who picks the team and sorts out the tactics . If you know what the other teams are good at , you either set up to stop them and attempt to take the game away from them and play to your own strengths and just compete until you create opening . But We just stand back and allow things to get out of our control making it easier to be pegged back . McCann is just not lifting the players imo into wanting to compete when things go against them . Shocking to just be rolled over in this type of match , when a point would have been useful .

[Thorney]

Saw the teamsheet and expected the worst.

Not arguing about whether the starting XI chosen are the best players available or not.

But no changes from Tuesday - a tough game in tougher conditions - when Rovers are carrying such a big squad?!

Against a good side, at home who have had the week off and are fresh?!

Madness.

The manager has to take a lot of the blame for the performance and scale of defeat.

Let's hope it doesn't hit the team confidence which has grown so much in previous weeks.

Lets be honest though.

If grant changed the line up and we lost he would of got hammered for it.

Wycombe out played us and we had way too many players having their worst game for a long time

[Chris Black come back]

Continues our 100pc losing record there going back over three decades.

[Branton Red]

Saw the teamsheet and expected the worst.

Not arguing about whether the starting XI chosen are the best players available or not.

But no changes from Tuesday - a tough game in tougher conditions - when Rovers are carrying such a big squad?!

Against a good side, at home who have had the week off and are fresh?!

Madness.

The manager has to take a lot of the blame for the performance and scale of defeat.

Let's hope it doesn't hit the team confidence which has grown so much in previous weeks.

Just to follow up I've just heard McCann's post-match interview.

He said Rovers looked leggy, lacked intensity and worst questioned whether the players worked hard enough. Basically blaming the players for today.

This is extremely harsh on the team. They've just put in 2 excellent hard working performances away from home including Tuesday's vital hard won 3 points.

No acknowledgement that he made a mistake in trying to flog another performance out of them away at a very good and well rested team.

I hope HIS mistake and subsequent totally unfair public (and I suspect private) rebuking of the players doesn't hit the team's confidence

[NickDRFC]

Saw the teamsheet and expected the worst.

Not arguing about whether the starting XI chosen are the best players available or not.

But no changes from Tuesday - a tough game in tougher conditions - when Rovers are carrying such a big squad?!

Against a good side, at home who have had the week off and are fresh?!

Madness.

The manager has to take a lot of the blame for the performance and scale of defeat.

Let's hope it doesn't hit the team confidence which has grown so much in previous weeks.

Just to follow up I've just heard McCann's post-match interview.

He said Rovers looked leggy, lacked intensity and worst questioned whether the players worked hard enough. Basically blaming the players for today.

This is extremely harsh on the team. They've just put in 2 excellent hard working performances away from home including Tuesday's vital hard won 3 points.

No acknowledgement that he made a mistake in trying to flog another performance out of them away at a very good and well rested team.

I hope HIS mistake and subsequent totally unfair public (and I suspect private) rebuking of the players doesn't hit the team's confidence

I’ve always thought one of McCann’s biggest strengths is his man management but the way he’s called players out a few times recently concerns me. During our horrendous run it never looked like the players had stopped playing for him but if he keeps pinning the blame solely on them I’d be concerned that it’s a slippery slope to losing the dressing room.

[selby]

  I  don't go along with that flogged to death and tired theory, we now have the best facilities we have ever had for recovery and fitness, and wouldn't accuse any of them from not being as fit as they can be.
  The fact is non of them are exceptionally fast  in the first place, and we have few players who are consistent performers at this level, Mols, Sterry, Haks, Lee, Bailey that's about it.
  So when the team is under par and some of them are not at the top of their game we struggle.
  When the majority of them are off it all together, like today, we look a very poor side at this level.

[GazLaz]

  I  don't go along with that flogged to death and tired theory, we now have the best facilities we have ever had for recovery and fitness, and wouldn't accuse any of them from not being as fit as they can be.
  The fact is non of them are exceptionally fast  in the first place, and we have few players who are consistent performers at this level, Mols, Sterry, Haks, Lee, Bailey that's about it.
  So when the team is under par and some of them are not at the top of their game we struggle.
  When the majority of them are off it all together, like today, we look a very poor side at this level.

Just a coincidence that the one game all season we dint run according to Grant, is the one when we play three away games in a week?

I can guarantee you these circumstances affect performances. It played its part today.

[Avsuptem]

Did anyone count how many players Wycombe had on the pitch? Seemed to me it was at least12.

[EasyforDennis]

Did anyone count how many players Wycombe had on the pitch? Seemed to me it was at least12.

Does Mols have a clause in his contract that he can only be substituted if injured.

[roversdude]

We were poor, can’t make my mind up if Wycombe were really good or we just made them look that way. No excuse but how bad was the ref

[Padge_DRFC]

Teams run through our midfield with ease. We're too open. All this hype around Clifton's 'energy' his defensive numbers are terrible.

It doesn't help our full backs get done easily. Nixon for me defends better than the other 3 full backs by far. Just unfortunate offensively he's not great.

Worth mentioning as our CBs get hammered but what's outside of them and in front when we don't have the ball isn't good at all.

[Ian Nimmo]

Saw the teamsheet and expected the worst.

Not arguing about whether the starting XI chosen are the best players available or not.

But no changes from Tuesday - a tough game in tougher conditions - when Rovers are carrying such a big squad?!

Against a good side, at home who have had the week off and are fresh?!

Madness.

The manager has to take a lot of the blame for the performance and scale of defeat.

Let's hope it doesn't hit the team confidence which has grown so much in previous weeks.

Just to follow up I've just heard McCann's post-match interview.

He said Rovers looked leggy, lacked intensity and worst questioned whether the players worked hard enough. Basically blaming the players for today.

This is extremely harsh on the team. They've just put in 2 excellent hard working performances away from home including Tuesday's vital hard won 3 points.

No acknowledgement that he made a mistake in trying to flog another performance out of them away at a very good and well rested team.

I hope HIS mistake and subsequent totally unfair public (and I suspect private) rebuking of the players doesn't hit the team's confidence

I’ve always thought one of McCann’s biggest strengths is his man management but the way he’s called players out a few times recently concerns me. During our horrendous run it never looked like the players had stopped playing for him but if he keeps pinning the blame solely on them I’d be concerned that it’s a slippery slope to losing the dressing room.

He cannot keep blaming the players, he needs to review his tactics etc. He has said numerous times in the past that he believes in his system and will stay with what he believes. Well Grant it’s not working.

[Rupee92ONLY]

It’s why people are being very naive when they think McCann will be fine with a complete overhaul of the recruitment department and how we do things. I doubt it is going to play out like that.