v WBA (a) - 9/8/2025 - The Big Kick-Off!

[Hasta]

3 minutes ago, philipl said:

The ball doesn't reach Price if our player isn't held back.

Surely if Travis has both arms wrapped around Price when the ball comes in the penalty should be given then.

Either way they are both doing it so the ref lets it all go. 
 

It’s not a ref clanger like the penalty at the other end.

Edited August 9, 2025 by Hasta

[yankfan]

7 minutes ago, J*B said:

Those that where happy Dolan left are in for a rough season if the solution is Hedges and De Neve. 

No where near enough pointless step overs and spins 

[Mercer]

Only a goal down so anything can happen if we can keep it that way.

Should have had a penalty but that shouldn't disguise how poor we have been.

Barely a positive.

Overall defensively we look very vulnerable.

In midfield - Travis (mind elsewhere?) and Tronstad not at the races, Henriksson looks lost and potentially a loose canon, Hedges totally anonymous and De Neve way, way out of his depth.

Yuki not equipped for sole striker role.

Will be luck to get a point.

Second WBA goal kills it.

[Hasta]

Need Big Mak and AK7 on here.

[Silas]

6 minutes ago, philipl said:

Ref the difference.

Alebiosu pinioned from behind so he couldn't clear the throw in for their goal then that stonewall penalty not given.

Both your points have merit, but the shitness of our team is the big difference.

5 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Looks like I'm in the minority but didn't really think Alebiosu was all that great tbh.  

If you're dying of thirst in a desert, a cup of warm piss suddenly looks very appetising. 

[RoversTilliDie]

Diabolical refereeing for their goal Alebiosu being dragged all over the place before they scored.

[yankfan]

Kargbo on!  

[yankfan]

2 min in and Kargbo has some more than hedges and de Neve combined 

[DE.]

From what I've seen from Kargbo I'm surprised he's behind De Neve in the pecking order, unless it's a fitness issue. 

[davulsukur]

3 minutes ago, Silas said:

Both your points have merit, but the shitness of our team is the big difference.

If you're dying of thirst in a desert, a cup of warm piss suddenly looks very appetising. 

😂😂😂

[Silas]

For all our whinging at the ref, it's criminal that they're on 2 bookings and we have zero.

I'd be fuming other way round. 

Altho I hav no doubt the next soft foul we do will result in a yellow. 

[OllieNO]

Looking at our team - our bench is decent (for a bench), problem is the starting 11. We don’t have the required Champ quality do we - just two sets of decent second lineups…

[CambridgeRover]

Toth save again

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Alebiousu(?) My man of the match so far for us

[Exiled_Rover]

Pears dick riders unite. 

He doesn't make that save.

Edited August 9, 2025 by Exiled_Rover

[WacoRover]

They’re racking up the yellows, let see one of those turn red…

[BigHoz]

3 minutes ago, DE. said:

From what I've seen from Kargbo I'm surprised he's behind De Neve in the pecking order, unless it's a fitness issue. 

Seems to of have a fitness issue since he’s arrived, I like him, but if he can’t start games we need another LW but the others aren’t the answer. 

[Blow-in]

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

Pears dick riders unite. 

He doesn't make that save.

I'd make that save, he has not caught it with any power. Say what you like about pears but he is a decent shot stopper. Toth looks like a clone, terrible distribution decent shot stopper when he doesn't have to think. Possibly better on crosses than Pears.

 

[Hasta]

2 minutes ago, Blow-in said:

I'd make that save, he has not caught it with any power. Say what you like about pears but he is a decent shot stopper. Toth looks like a clone, terrible distribution decent shot stopper when he doesn't have to think. Possibly better on crosses than Pears.

 

They are fairly interchangeable. Their reputations will rise and fall on how many cock ups lead to goals. On another day, both of those in the first half could have gone in and the saves he’s made today mean shit.

It’s an area that should be improvable, but you have to remember how bad Leo was.

Edited August 9, 2025 by Hasta

[DE.]

Pears' issue isn't so much with his fundamentals as his tendency to have at least one absolute clanger per game. When he went through that period where he wasn't doing that he looked decent. Seemed to have just been a purple patch of confidence though. 

Not saying Pears is particularly good for the record, but it's his concentration which makes him a liability. 

[Rover down South]

3 minutes ago, ... said:

Alebiousu(?) My man of the match so far for us

If there was a positive to take from the game, I think Alebiosu has looked ok so far. Gets his foot in at the right time. Think he’ll be good.

[Blow-in]

Just now, Hasta said:

They are fairly interchangeable. Their reputations will rise and fall on how many cock ups lead to goals. It’s an area that should be improvable, but you have to remember how bad Leo was.

I will never forget how bad Leo was, I felt embarresed for him when he played.

 

[WacoRover]

Thank goodness, Gueye in

[LDRover]

With the exception of McLaughlin these new lads all look shite.

We are woefully short of quality.

[Hasta]

Just now, Blow-in said:

I will never forget how bad Leo was, I felt embarresed for him when he played.

 

He would have parried that near post shot back towards the penalty spot.