We only sing when where winning !

[Norfolk N Chance]

We scored and we nearly lifted the stand off but they need the support more than ever when they are against a team they are expected to win.
All corners we singing when saints going marching in and then they scored and that was it, christ glad we don't have you lot in the trenchers with me !
The fans are always the same, quiet as mouses when things not going well or playing a game they should win !
Christ could be worse than the top team in yorkshire ...I f**king despair, especially at the boos at the final whistle!
Fact was we were the better team and they were lucky to get anything out of the game, let alone a victory!

[Wellred]

We never looked interested. Far too many times we took the wrong option and in the 2nd half the team who wanted it most got the victory.
You really do talk shite at times.

[ScillyRover]

Norfolk N Chance wrote:

....christ glad we don't have you lot in the trenchers with me !

Do you dig holes in Norfolk for a living ?

 

[SkellowRover]

Maybe if people had something to sing and cheer about it would have been different. It's all too easy to blame the supporters bit it's a 2 way thing, the fans need a lift from the players at times too.

[Norfolk N Chance]

We played fine but we made wrong selection choice with copps, hayter, shields and jet all good attacking players but do not play well as main forward.
Not lower myself to your carping comments but good to see your already animated after a defeat!

[Wellred]

Pmsl animated after a defeat? Pot kettle black?

[SkellowRover]

Norfolk N Chance wrote:

We played fine but we made wrong selection choice with copps, hayter, shields and jet all good attacking players but do not play well as main forward.
Not lower myself to your carping comments but good to see your already animated after a defeat!

Can this be put forward for post of the season? hahahahaha we all know norfolk posts b*llocks most of the time but this has to be his best so far  

[Norfolk N Chance]

So 19 shots at target and 7 corners smacks of a poor performance dosent it !?!?!
You come on here giving it billy big b*llocks and merely react to a scoreline .......

[SkellowRover]

Norfolk N Chance wrote:

So 19 shots at target and 7 corners smacks of a poor performance dosent it !?!?!
You come on here giving it billy big b*llocks and merely react to a scoreline .......

I think you're the only person i know who thought we played fine. Have you listened to SoD's interview? and will you tell him he's wrong with his assesment of the match too? and how may of those shots were off target?
I've no need to give it Billy Big b*llocks where you're concerned Mr Hall because you post all the b*llocks we need  

[Thinwhiteduke]

We were crap Norfolk - simple as that.

There is no other way you take a lead, then go on to lose against a relegation bound team. At sixes and sevens defensively most of the time.

In a way, todays result was a good one - cos it proves to the Boards where we are without a competent striker up front.

Played fine? - Get real.

[SkellowRover]

Here you go Norfolk, i'm sure SoD is looking forward to your email telling him he doesn't have a clue what he's talking about and that we played fine, afterall 19 shots!!!!!! even though we only had 1 more on target then plymouth

\"We got what we deserved, we plugged away but we didn't do enough. Plymouth Argyle did what we expected them to do and I thought that we were the side that were unpredictable. We've performed really well as of late but we didn't turn up today.\"

Rovers had cases for a penalty in both halves, however O'Driscoll refused to use the denial of a penalty as an excuse for failing to perform on the day.......

\"The second case was a penalty. You look at the DVD and that is a hard one to explain. The first one; I don't know. You're the home side and it's not given - so you can throw your hands up and moan about it, but it was 50/50. The second one, we've had the ability to look back at it, so we're not looking through tinted glasses and I can't see why it hasn't been given. However, that is not an excuse for not performing in what was a massive game for us.\"

\"There were no positives for me. We started poorly and even the warm up was poor. We didn't do all of the things that we needed to do. We've come to the stage in the season where, if you don't want to do them now, then we're wasting our time.\"

[Norfolk N Chance]

As per my previous comments the forward line did not compliment each other as no one seemed comfortable being the main target man but given there was no Fairhurst on the bench and Heffs was on loan this was the best side we could put out.
I do not talk b*llocks and always back my rationale up with facts and figures unlike others who merely react to a scoreline.
With regards to SOD he is entitled to his opinion (although seems others clearly aren't)and I am sure was critical of some of the wastage of the ball but this was still an ok performance and the \"green army\" did not deserve to win!!

[SkellowRover]

Norfolk N Chance wrote:

As per my previous comments the forward line did not compliment each other as no one seemed comfortable being the main target man but given there was no Fairhurst on the bench and Heffs was on loan this was the best side we could put out.
I do not talk b*llocks and always back my rationale up with facts and figures unlike others who merely react to a scoreline.
With regards to SOD he is entitled to his opinion (although seems others clearly aren't)and I am sure was critical of some of the wastage of the ball but this was still an ok performance and the \"green army\" did not deserve to win!!

Fairhurst is injured and who's reacting to the scoreline? I think you will find 99% of people are reacting to the performace, the scoreline has nothing to do with it. We've lost matches in the past and played fantastic and the majority of posters will say that when it happens.
What facts are u backing you post up with? the fact we had 19 shots? If that is the case what about the fact we only had 1 more shot on target then our visitors today? shots off target mean nothing, you may aswell have hit the corner flag.
For me and everyone i've spoken too plymouth looked a lot more lively up front, especially after we scored and were worth a point at least and fair play to them for sticking at it and snatching the win at the death when most would have settled for a draw because we deserved nothing based on our performance.
Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but you seem to have a different one from everyone else most of the time (even SoD's today) and have alienated a lot of people with posts you have made in the past, especially when the season ticket details were announced.

[Norfolk N Chance]

My glass is always half full with rovers and always will be and you can interpret my season tickets comments as you wish but it certainly was not meant to upset people and I have since apologised.
There is no doubt that the off target column would have been turned into goals if BS was playing but my opinion was based upon performance which was certainly better than Plymouth's.
No way did they deserve to win and I am still scratching my head why they employed time wasting tactics that they eventually were successful in, at least in the score line!

[MrFrost]

SkellowRover wrote:

Maybe if people had something to sing and cheer about it would have been different. It's all too easy to blame the supporters bit it's a 2 way thing, the fans need a lift from the players at times too.

I'm sorry, but thats crap.

Highest league psition for decades and a real chance of the play offs, and the fans cannot be bothered to get behind the team. People in the West Stand were trying to get the atmposphere going were being told to shut up and watch the game.

I was ashamed today with our fans. Just moaning and bitching with each other. A decent chant never got going, even after we went a goal up.

[SkellowRover]

MrFrost wrote:

SkellowRover wrote:

Maybe if people had something to sing and cheer about it would have been different. It's all too easy to blame the supporters bit it's a 2 way thing, the fans need a lift from the players at times too.

I'm sorry, but thats crap.

Highest league psition for decades and a real chance of the play offs, and the fans cannot be bothered to get behind the team. People in the West Stand were trying to get the atmposphere going were being told to shut up and watch the game.

I was ashamed today with our fans. Just moaning and bitching with each other. A decent chant never got going, even after we went a goal up.

When is ther a great atmosphere at the Keepmoat though? It was flat as a pancake today. From the south stand today i was looking at the north stand and thinking \"over half that stand could have been used for home fans today to use as unreserved seating\" Just hand in yout ticket or ST at the turnstile and sit where u want, at least there would have been some banter and singing against the plymouth fans. I've no idea why initiatives like this aren't looked at.

[Norfolk N Chance]

Finally we get there,but as i am a condemned man, you would rather pull my character apart than have a constructive discussion!

[MrFrost]

SkellowRover wrote:

MrFrost wrote:

SkellowRover wrote:

Maybe if people had something to sing and cheer about it would have been different. It's all too easy to blame the supporters bit it's a 2 way thing, the fans need a lift from the players at times too.

I'm sorry, but thats crap.

Highest league psition for decades and a real chance of the play offs, and the fans cannot be bothered to get behind the team. People in the West Stand were trying to get the atmposphere going were being told to shut up and watch the game.

I was ashamed today with our fans. Just moaning and bitching with each other. A decent chant never got going, even after we went a goal up.

When is ther a great atmosphere at the Keepmoat though? It was flat as a pancake today. From the south stand today i was looking at the north stand and thinking \"over half that stand could have been used for home fans today to use as unreserved seating\" Just hand in yout ticket or ST at the turnstile and sit where u want, at least there would have been some banter and singing against the plymouth fans. I've no idea why initiatives like this aren't looked at.

I agree with you there Skellow, and its a good idea that could be put forward for next season. Wether it would even get considered is another matter.

[stuey]

Norfolk N Chance wrote:

So 19 shots at target and 7 corners smacks of a poor performance dosent it !?!?!

No it doesn't, but! losing at home to the team second from bottom DOES!!!!!!!

[Old Popsider]

stuey wrote:

Norfolk N Chance wrote:

So 19 shots at target and 7 corners smacks of a poor performance dosent it !?!?!

No it doesn't, but! losing at home to the team second from bottom DOES!!!!!!!

Rovers were simply not up for a good game today but Plymouth are fighting for Championship survival.

Every game for the rest of the season is a big game for them, and they're bound to be fired up for every one of them. They need the wins to survive and survive they will if they keep plugging away like they did today.

[Superspy]

for a change i actually agree with norfolk, and for the very first time i disagree with SOD (obviously his opinion matters more than mine but im just as entitled). i honestly didnt think we were as bad as people made out today, and having just seen the highlights on the football league show, i stick by that statement. when we were attacking we looked decent and created some good chances...it wasnt our best performance, but i dont think it was as bad as everyone else seems to be making out.

our defending at the end for their second was absolutely shocking though.

[donnievic]

I would tend to also agree we didnt play that bad today and if we would have ended up winning 1 0 we wouldnt have had anyone moaning that we played crap and didnt deserve to win.Plymouth i thought were pretty poor apart from Mackie and never really troubled us much until they scored,then they seemed to step it up without really having any chances until their winner which was very piss poor marking which SOD wouldnt of been happy about

[Ladyrover]

I'm another one whose glass is half full. I don't think that we were awful, I think we were missing a spark to just lift us a bit. IF we had got the penalty and IF Hayter had scored instead of hitting the crossbar we could have gone home happy after a half decent display which never really hit the heights.

[Ladyrover]

Also well done to the little handful of supporters at the top of the south west corner who tried to get some singing going in the second half to no avail.

[CusworthRovers]

Superspy wrote:

for a change i actually agree with norfolk, and for the very first time i disagree with SOD (obviously his opinion matters more than mine but im just as entitled). i honestly didnt think we were as bad as people made out today, and having just seen the highlights on the football league show, i stick by that statement. when we were attacking we looked decent and created some good chances...it wasnt our best performance, but i dont think it was as bad as everyone else seems to be making out.

our defending at the end for their second was absolutely shocking though.

Have to agree with every bit of that. Ditto, I rarely disagree with Sean, but I don't think we were as bad as he is making out. I've seen us play worse. I thought we looked the most likely up until we scored. Personally I cannot understand Seans comments, as I've generally sided with him saying we performed well, even when many have thought us way below par.....but this one I didn't think we were that bad. Is this a Psychological mind games ruse?

Also, we have to understand no team (esp those battling for survival) is going to come to Donny and allow us to steamroller them. It shows what we've already seen, and always stated by Sean, that any team can beat any other in this division.