Mark Wilson

[SkellowRover]

Put in another solid performance today.

[Lytham Rover]

my MOTM

[Yorkshire Lad]

A solid performance could be turned into a brilliant performance if he could get his shots on target, had a few chances today to test the goalie but he buggers up at the last second!

[DonnyNoel]

I couldn't choose between JOC and Ward. Scrappy game against lifeless opposition but a great win.

Big positive for me though was how strong our bench looked compared to a month ago.

[Norfolk N Chance]

A Mark Wilson thread .....Nearly as predictable as Ant and Dec on a Saturday !!!
Sorry never convert me to watch \"sloggers\" I pay my money to watch flair players....
Objectively it was like most of his performances this season dependable, high commitment but in the scheme of things never ever going to set the world alight !
Does he change a game quite clearly NO but does help persevere a game ...probably yes!

[VikingJames]

I'm not a Wilson fan at all, but credit to him today, he did alright. He was suited to the scrappy nature of the game, and I think he kept his game simple today which is what he should stick to doing. I have noticed that when he tries to do things beyond his capability such as bomb forward and pick out precise passes, he has an awful game as he just aint cut out for it, but when he sticks to the simple stuff like today, he can be suited to the game.

Still wouldn't have him in the starting XI every week like.

And JOC was my man of the match

[Norfolk N Chance]

Just saying to my mate out of all the players I think JOC could make it at the highest level because he has something called consistency !
Week in week out he performs at very high levels, most are with us for a reason as they have ability but cant do it week in week out but our Jim can!

[DonnyNoel]

Norfolk N Chance wrote:

Just saying to my mate out of all the players I think JOC could make it at the highest level because he has something called consistency !
Week in week out he performs at very high levels, most are with us for a reason as they have ability but cant do it week in week out but our Jim can!

To say the Derby right back has had premiership experience with Bolton, and after once seeing Bernard Mendy at Hull hardly do anything for 90 minutes, I really don't think JOC would look out of place at a Wigan or a Hull. Makes mistakes like any player at this level, but struggling to recall coming away from a game thinking \"Jimmy had a 'mare\".

[Keith Myath]

Spoke to Wilson in Scunny Tescos after tonights game, even told him that he was far from my faviorate player last season but thats all changed now, although i do believe he shines brightest when along side Stocky, id be happy for him to stay at Rovers.

Suprisingly he was unprovoked into talking about possible play offs, good performance today from mark didnt put a foot wrong for me today.

[bobjimwilly]

Norfolk N Chance wrote:

Week in week out he performs at very high levels, most are with us for a reason as they have ability but cant do it week in week out but our Jim can!

Which is why he's currently top of the MOM table mate - consistently good performances.

As it's a Wilson thread I better comment on him - again I thought he showed he is a good squad player, who is a good short passer and can dig in if needed, but can count on (less than) one hand how many long, usefull balls he supplied to the forwards, and yet again he had a tendancy to pass backwards. That's not a criticism; it's what's needed sometimes. But, IMO; Oster, Sharp, JET and O'Connor all beat him in today's MOM performance, with Oster coming out trumps today!

[Northants Nomad]

Norfolk N Chance wrote:

Objectively it was like most of his performances this season dependable, high commitment but in the scheme of things never ever going to set the world alight !

Absolutely spot on, and thank goodness we have him. With Oster and Copps, possibly Shiels, now JET, we have enough 'flair'. What Wilson brings is the solidity that's required to allow those flair players to deliver.

Wilson has changed my opinion of him this season. He's been lucky as a result of injuries elsewhere to get a really good run in the team but the result of that luck is that he has had the chance to prove a lot of people wrong...me included. If we didn't have Wilson, we'd certainly need a player like him.

Terms like \"squad player\" make me chuckle and are used often to suggest people are lower standard. For me, the term \"squad member\" means a member of a rounded unit where the manager has options which allows him to try different things in games.

[mushRTID]

Thought Wilson was one of our better players today. Not sure why Sharp got MOM though, Oster for me was the best player on the pitch.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Thought Oster was a class above today. He seemed to be playing the Stock roll today, and my word did he cover some ground. He changes direction with ease and creates space and time.

Pity he could't roll that ball in to the net as it would have capped off a fine performance.

[Lesonthewest]

Oster was our best player today, played with energy & skill covering every blade of grass, great performance. Hopefully he will score soon, his play certainly deserves it.

[DadsleyRover]

A team needs workers as well as flair players and today Mark Wilson worked and I think he adds a good ethic to our team.
It was a scrappy game today and I was suprised at the lack lustre approch of Derby but we had to do the business and we did 48 points.
Well done Donny.

[Sif]

I'm not one of Willo's biggest fans, i think this season he's been bloody woeful on occasions, but credit where credit is due, he had a good game today & didn't do much wrong. he didn't turn into trouble, his distribution was excellent and he battled hard in the middle. Well played that man.

I agree with Les though on todays MOTM, it was Oster in my eyes as well. I just wish he would play the first ball more often. There are far too many occasions where someone is free or is making a superb run, he looks up, sees them and then takes another few touches. He tends to slow play down too often for me, much like Spicer does when he holds the ball for too long, but he was very good all round today.

P.S. Copps was f**king dire in the second half. What the feck was he playing at? All he has to do is let the ball run across him & he's gone, but time & again he stops the ball, sticks his arse out to try and lever a yard of space and gives it away. He needs to sort his shit out & find some consistency.

[Biggles]

I can't remember him having a better game for us than he did yesterday. He was MOtM for me (never thought i'd be saying that!).
He was solid in defence and linked up with the forwards effortlessley. If Oster had duplicated his first half performance in the second half he would have run Wilson close though for MOtM.

Hope he can reproduce that great performance in the next game.

[CottyRover]

Had to check out of my window for pigs flying - a positive Mark Wilson thread! I think there has been too much unfair criticism of him, so I'm pleased to read what others have put. He had a very solid performance which we need when the team as a whole went off the boil at times. I think Ward might get my vote for MOM, but for me Wilson was good today.

[bobjimwilly]

Rigoglioso wrote:

Credit to Elliot Ward as well. Voted him man of the match and I thought he had a solid game at the back. It's a shame that he will be returning to Coventry now as he is fast becoming one of my favorite players to have pulled on a Rovers shirt in quite a while.

you must be joking Rigo? Elliott had a howler! Missed loads of short passes, spent far too long on the ball, and looked about as stable as I do after 12 pints!  

[Jonathan]

Oster man of the match for me, followed closely by Ward and O'Connor. Coppinger was excellent in the first half but off his game in the second half. Wilson did alright, pretty much everyone did really. If there was to be a thread about unsing heroes that genuinely give 100% for the cause then I'm surprised it's not about James Hayter.

[Snods Shinpad 2]

bobjimwilly wrote:

Elliott had a howler! Missed loads of short passes, spent far too long on the ball, and looked about as stable as I do after 12 pints!  

Mad how opinions differ. Ward for me was faultless and as cool as a cucumber. His distribution was top notch and he was caught out of position only once as far as I remember. What a pair him and Shackell would make. Oster clear MOM for me though. Wilson is Wilson. He Wilsons along doing his Wilson thing.

[goalkick]

thought oster was quality.hayter worked very hard good performance by everyone though copps made a few errors, ball watching at times. wilson was wilson tried hard puts the effort in but just lacks that finess especially when going forward. they cant be brill every game.was also a goog team perfomence at preston.

[Wellred]

Amazing how we all see a game differently but for the life of me I really can't see how posters on here can rate Wilson as MOTM yesterday.
At best he was average and that is being kind to him but for all his efforts, he cannot pass further than 4 yards (and struggles to manage that at times), he cannot tackle and bottles it more times than not, gets caught in posession far too many times, cannot shoot. So please tell me what he brings to the team.

[WSBBA_Joe]

Wilson some peoples man of the match?? crazy!

He tries, but looses the ball too much, doesnt have any bottle cant win a header and cant grasp our style of play!

Ward, Hayter or Jay ET were the men of the match.

[Northants Nomad]

Snods Shinpad wrote:

bobjimwilly wrote:

Elliott had a howler! Missed loads of short passes, spent far too long on the ball, and looked about as stable as I do after 12 pints!  

Mad how opinions differ. Ward for me was faultless and as cool as a cucumber. His distribution was top notch and he was caught out of position only once as far as I remember. What a pair him and Shackell would make. Oster clear MOM for me though. Wilson is Wilson. He Wilsons along doing his Wilson thing.

Agree Snods - Opinions are great, and in our own minds, we're all absolutely right and everyone else must be blind...this is why we all get into such arguments on here. As a people-watcher, I love watching some of the chat on here and round the Keepmoat - the passion makes everyone SO committed to the discussion.

On this thread, it's interesting how people are (almost) arguing over who is man of the match. Thing is, this should be celebrated. It shows that quite a few players had good games yesterday...erm, that's probably why we won - after extensive research, I have found a trend...if we have lots of players playing well we do well, but if lots of players play badly, we often lose. Dunno, others may argue but it seems to be a trend to me

I agree with most people on here - Oster, Ward, Wilson all had good games, as did Hayter, Sharp, JET. The thing about yesterday is that it was a good TEAM performance - there probably wasn't a stand-out, clear-cut MOTM. To be honest, I'd rather have it like that - strong teams are FAR better than strong individuals.

[BobG]

True enough Wilts. ButI still reckon John Oster was a cut above yesterday. Absolutely cracking he was. Pretty well evereything wenbt through him, his passing was so good I can't remember a single one going astray and some of them were absolute crackers. He's got nimble feet too.  He was a joy yesterday. Liked Ward as well. Calm, controlled and elegant. Just the sort of player I like. No way Billy should have been MotM. Oster followed by Ward for me. Copps was Jekyll and Hyde.

As for JET, do they not teach jumping at the Arsenal then?

Cheers

BobG

[bobjimwilly]

BobG wrote:

True enough Wilts. ButI still reckon John Oster was a cut above yesterday. Absolutely cracking he was. Pretty well evereything wenbt through him, his passing was so good I can't remember a single one going astray and some of them were absolute crackers. He's got nimble feet too.  He was a joy yesterday. Liked Ward as well. Calm, controlled and elegant. Just the sort of player I like. No way Billy should have been MotM. Oster followed by Ward for me. Copps was Jekyll and Hyde.

As for JET, do they not teach jumping at the Arsenal then?

Cheers

BobG

Hmmmm I'm still not sure about Ward on saturday, although most opinions seem to think he had a good game? Regarding JET Bob, I think he was going for 50/50 balls until he took the smack in the face, think that shook him up a bit. Although if he scores goals like that after having a knock down, maybe someone should do it in the dressing room before every game?  

[DonnyNoel]

I'm looking forward to see JET against Newcastle (I know there's two games before then!).

Against Derby he roamed around, found excellent space and downright took the p*ss on several occasions - particularly the run down the right in the first half when he just ghosted past players without using pace or tricks.

There was an element of \"third gear\" about his performance and with much better players in Newcastle's midfield than Derby's it will be interesting to see how he raises his game to a) take on these better players and b) increase his urgency to make things happen as our midfield overall won't get the time and space they did on Saturday.

On early showings he looks to be a big game player, not afraid to take responsibility so we could be in for some special showings for him. Without BS against the Blades we might get an early glimpse of JET in 4th...

[WSBBA_Ben]

Snods Shinpad wrote:

bobjimwilly wrote:

Elliott had a howler! Missed loads of short passes, spent far too long on the ball, and looked about as stable as I do after 12 pints!  

Mad how opinions differ. Ward for me was faultless and as cool as a cucumber. His distribution was top notch and he was caught out of position only once as far as I remember. What a pair him and Shackell would make. Oster clear MOM for me though. Wilson is Wilson. He Wilsons along doing his Wilson thing.

I agree. I thought Ward was immence, strong in the air, classy on the deck; he dealt with everything. But then again, Snods is right, we all differ. I thought Wilson was marginly better than his usual 15%. He missed headers when stood by himself in yards of space, he dips his toe in to tackles and pulls out because he doesn't fancy it, I would have been amazed if he'd been MOTM - Oster, Ward & Jimmy all had strong claims for the award Saturday, not Wilson.

[River Don]

Exiled in Wiltshire wrote:

Snods Shinpad wrote:

bobjimwilly wrote:

Elliott had a howler! Missed loads of short passes, spent far too long on the ball, and looked about as stable as I do after 12 pints!  

Mad how opinions differ. Ward for me was faultless and as cool as a cucumber. His distribution was top notch and he was caught out of position only once as far as I remember. What a pair him and Shackell would make. Oster clear MOM for me though. Wilson is Wilson. He Wilsons along doing his Wilson thing.

Agree Snods - Opinions are great, and in our own minds, we're all absolutely right and everyone else must be blind...this is why we all get into such arguments on here. As a people-watcher, I love watching some of the chat on here and round the Keepmoat - the passion makes everyone SO committed to the discussion.

On this thread, it's interesting how people are (almost) arguing over who is man of the match. Thing is, this should be celebrated. It shows that quite a few players had good games yesterday...erm, that's probably why we won - after extensive research, I have found a trend...if we have lots of players playing well we do well, but if lots of players play badly, we often lose. Dunno, others may argue but it seems to be a trend to me

I agree with most people on here - Oster, Ward, Wilson all had good games, as did Hayter, Sharp, JET. The thing about yesterday is that it was a good TEAM performance - there probably wasn't a stand-out, clear-cut MOTM. To be honest, I'd rather have it like that - strong teams are FAR better than strong individuals.

I don't think there was a stand out MOTM either, Oster and Hayter I thought did very well but I could mention other names too for me it was a good team performance but a strangly, ugly game. I don't think we ever really played with the full fluency we're capable of and the ball seemed to be in the air quite a lot more than usual.

I think when Mark Wilson does the simple things, works hard, gets the ball play a simple pass to someone who can do more with it, then he fits in fine.