let's talk about the easter programme against Mansfield and Exeter

[StocksArmy]

I think that if he is there at 10 he should be there before any but the very earliest. When we have done the stadium tour they usually start coming into the home dressing room about two hours before kick off.

Thanks very much idler

[andy didcott]

COYR. 2-1.

[In the box]

0-2 down and not a shot on target .. 70mins  shocking !!!

[Avsuptem]

1st was a lucky deflection
2nd was off side

[normal rules]

Barring the post being hit , Not a single shot on target in 97 mins

[tommy toes]

1st was a lucky deflection
2nd was off side

Maybe so, but that doesn’t excuse an absolutely dreadful showing from us.

[scawsby steve]

I hope we don't go down, but it's still a distinct possibility.

I'll just be glad now to see the back of this dreadful season.

[Lesonthewest]

Barring the post being hit , Not a single shot on target in 97 mins

In a local derby at home, not acceptable, & McCann should be letting the players know it. Take Gotts & Senior out of that team & we are nothing.

[Bristol Red Rover]

Their second, very tight! This screenshot a tiny fraction of a second before it was kicked, but enough to be offside. Win some lose some of these.

[GazLaz]

Their second, very tight! This screenshot a tiny fraction of a second before it was kicked, but enough to be offside. Win some lose some of these.

He’s in his own half.

[jmt23]

Against a very poor team we managed to beat them into a race descending into serious depths of sh£#*ness. WTF!

[In the box]

1st was a lucky deflection
2nd was off side

excuses .. not reasons for poor performances .

[roversdude]

Thought the second was a really good goal but it came from our corner ffs

[Chris Black come back]

First goal looked to originate from I think a very poor attempted clearance from Sterry and the second was a laughable mess of a corner. I see we have now gone back to outswinging corners, all of which today led predictably to the same result.

[drfchound]

Thought the second was a really good goal but it came from our corner ffs

Correct but there was a very credible penalty shout after our player was pulled down before the ball was cleared and which led to the breakaway goal.
We also had another strong pen shout a bit earlier as well.

[Bristol Red Rover]

Their second, very tight! This screenshot a tiny fraction of a second before it was kicked, but enough to be offside. Win some lose some of these.

He’s in his own half.

A player is in an offside position if any part of their head, body, or feet is in the opponents' half and closer to the goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent (usually the last defender) when the ball is played to them.

Also, for interest:
a player is not in an offside position if they are behind the halfway line.
ie is offside if any part is touching the line as seen from above.

[GazLaz]

Their second, very tight! This screenshot a tiny fraction of a second before it was kicked, but enough to be offside. Win some lose some of these.

He’s in his own half.

A player is in an offside position if any part of their head, body, or feet is in the opponents' half and closer to the goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent (usually the last defender) when the ball is played to them.

My mistake. Thought that if you had a body part in your own half you were safe.

[richtherover]

Well, that was a hard watch. We just seemed to be clueless. OK the pitch was terrible but same for them. The fact that we could still be dragged into a relegation scrap obviously hasn't reached the players yet. Going through the motions isn't going to cut it. Apart from Molly hitting the post early on, when I thought he should have played it across, we never threatened. Mansfield were no better but at least had a game plan and stuck to it. A defeat at Exeter and it's squeaky bum time. I know Rovers always do it the hard way but I really don't want to be facing the likes of, no disrespect, Fleetwood, Gillingham and Crawley again. I'm confident we'll survive but a few more performances like that and things will get twitchy. Incidentally, anyone on this forum remember Rovers 4  Mansfield 6 back in the late 60's? A hat trick from our centre forward, Trevor Ogden, and surely the worst goalkeeping performance of all time from our keeper, the unfortunate David Cromack.
Come on lads, a couple more wins and we're safely mid table. We'll get nothing from Reading so let's make sure we do the business in the other remaining games and can start building for a real push on next season. Lincoln have shown what a similar sized club to us can do so there's no reason that we can't be next.
Been following Rovers for 60 years, seen some ups and downs, and at the beginning of every season I always believe that this is going to be our year so let's see out this season and and take the division by storm next year. 

[Rupee92ONLY]

Completely different game I reckon if Molyneux buries that early effort, as he should. Even if he squared to it the others waiting. To not hit the target was dreadful. He did however look our only hope of a goal.

Adelakun was laughable. 18 months for him was always a crazy decision, that’s no after-timing either as I said it on the day and even argued the opinion with my mates. He further highlighted how really short-sighted, ineffective and lazy our current lot are at recruitment.

 

[drfchound]

Their second, very tight! This screenshot a tiny fraction of a second before it was kicked, but enough to be offside. Win some lose some of these.

He’s in his own half.

A player is in an offside position if any part of their head, body, or feet is in the opponents' half and closer to the goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent (usually the last defender) when the ball is played to them.

Also, for interest:
a player is not in an offside position if they are behind the halfway line.
ie is offside if any part is touching the line as seen from above.

Looking at that photo their player looks like he could have been at least 2” offside.

[GazLaz]

Completely different game I reckon if Molyneux buries that early effort, as he should. Even if he squared to it the others waiting. To not hit the target was dreadful. He did however look our only hope of a goal.

Adelakun was laughable. 18 months for him was always a crazy decision, that’s no after-timing either as I said it on the day and even argued the opinion with my mates. He further highlighted how really short-sighted, ineffective and lazy our current lot are at recruitment.

 

The Haks one was just a massive trap wasn’t it. Extremely naive one and shows a real lack of options when it comes to choosing signings. I’d like to know the other names on the shortlist for that position.

[Ian Nimmo]

That was a shocking performance today. Get anywhere near or inside the box and we were still passing the ball until we lost it.
So many of the players were very poor today, what topped it more me was in the second half Mols gained possession near the half way line and there were 3 Mansfield players in close proximity. He moved the ball down the line and the 3 tracked him, but not one of our players made any effort to support Mols, very poor indeed.

[Thorney]

Scraping the barrel wanting a offsode for that.

Its easy when you can pause it afterwards but no chance you could confidently call an offside in realtime.

We would be fuming in the stands if we got pulled back for that.

[monkeytennis]

That was a shocking performance today. Get anywhere near or inside the box and we were still passing the ball until we lost it.
So many of the players were very poor today, what topped it more me was in the second half Mols gained possession near the half way line and there were 3 Mansfield players in close proximity. He moved the ball down the line and the 3 tracked him, but not one of our players made any effort to support Mols, very poor indeed.

Yep three onto one, I was screaming’ somebody help him, but the rest of the team were miles away

[CJK]

Thought we were good-ish first half, if Moly scores that chance, and he absolutely should, its a different game. I don't really know what Mansfield's approach was. The front two just seemed to run around and press trying to force a mistake. They were just as poor as all the other sides we've played lately.

Another goal conceded within five minutes of the second half starting. And what a poor goal it was.

But its another game where our complete lack of depth up top was exposed again. Hanlon has done very well recently, but when he's forced off, we have to resort to Haks through the middle. It's cost us so much this season. In a really poor league, we'd be in the top ten with two decent number nines. No excuses for next season, it's very clear what it needs to be top ten in this division.

[goalkick]

Hope the way we have recruited this season does not continue next season it has been very poor. We have some deadwood in the squad.

[monkeytennis]

Thought we were good-ish first half, if Moly scores that chance, and he absolutely should, its a different game. I don't really know what Mansfield's approach was. The front two just seemed to run around and press trying to force a mistake. They were just as poor as all the other sides we've played lately.

Another goal conceded within five minutes of the second half starting. And what a poor goal it was.

But its another game where our complete lack of depth up top was exposed again. Hanlon has done very well recently, but when he's forced off, we have to resort to Haks through the middle. It's cost us so much this season. In a really poor league, we'd be in the top ten with two decent number nines. No excuses for next season, it's very clear what it needs to be top ten in this division.

How has Hanlon done very well? He is a striker. How many goals did he score today? Or in the match v PV? Or Barnsley?  He might be all we can afford in terms of a #9 but he’s well out of his depth.

[Petche]

Well, that was a hard watch. We just seemed to be clueless. OK the pitch was terrible but same for them. The fact that we could still be dragged into a relegation scrap obviously hasn't reached the players yet. Going through the motions isn't going to cut it. Apart from Molly hitting the post early on, when I thought he should have played it across, we never threatened. Mansfield were no better but at least had a game plan and stuck to it. A defeat at Exeter and it's squeaky bum time. I know Rovers always do it the hard way but I really don't want to be facing the likes of, no disrespect, Fleetwood, Gillingham and Crawley again. I'm confident we'll survive but a few more performances like that and things will get twitchy. Incidentally, anyone on this forum remember Rovers 4  Mansfield 6 back in the late 60's? A hat trick from our centre forward, Trevor Ogden, and surely the worst goalkeeping performance of all time from our keeper, the unfortunate David Cromack.
Come on lads, a couple more wins and we're safely mid table. We'll get nothing from Reading so let's make sure we do the business in the other remaining games and can start building for a real push on next season. Lincoln have shown what a similar sized club to us can do so there's no reason that we can't be next.
Been following Rovers for 60 years, seen some ups and downs, and at the beginning of every season I always believe that this is going to be our year so let's see out this season and and take the division by storm next year. 

Play like that in our remaining 6 games and we'll lose them all!

[Petche]

Thought the second was a really good goal but it came from our corner ffs

It was a great finish, a finish that not one member of our squad currently would have the composure to execute.

[TheFunk]

Nice to see the linesman gave himself a 10 yard headstart so had to guess if he was offside or not.