v Ipswich Town (h) - 02/12/25

[Herbie6590]

8 hours ago, G Somerset Rover said:

I believe it’s @Herbie6590 on Twitter that we need to thank for trawling the (not so) recent archives, but it’s 2020 - Adam Armstrong against Rotherham.

Not me - I’m merely RT’ing the excellent BRFC Archive account.

Those who have listened to the latest podcast will now know Scott Mason who is behind the terrific resource 👍

[JHRover]

4 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

I would have taken either off. 

Not one positive comment about how well we played tonight. 

Tonight was our best home league game performance. 

If the referee had made the correct decisions like Ipswich's player not getting clear red card or penalty decision. These decisions not being made cost us the game. 

It wasn't the ref's fault that we only scored 1 goal (again, that's 18 goals in 18 games - not enough) or that we conceded (again, that's still 0 clean sheets at home).

We could have defended a 1-0 lead far better than the disorganised chaotic mess that we provided (admittedly some may be down to tiredness but not the whole story).

And what happened last night is exactly the reason why the game should have been replayed in full. A goal in the last 30 seconds - even if undeserved over the 90 minutes - can easily happen, especially with our dismal home record.

[roverblue]

4 minutes ago, JHRover said:

It wasn't the ref's fault that we only scored 1 goal (again, that's 18 goals in 18 games - not enough) or that we conceded (again, that's still 0 clean sheets at home).

We could have defended a 1-0 lead far better than the disorganised chaotic mess that we provided (admittedly some may be down to tiredness but not the whole story).

And what happened last night is exactly the reason why the game should have been replayed in full. A goal in the last 30 seconds - even if undeserved over the 90 minutes - can easily happen, especially with our dismal home record.

The last 10 mins should have been replayed, no justification for 90.

[Gamst]

7 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

It's a long season and a ridiculous run of fixtures - you saw with Travis and Tronstad in January last year, you simply can't run the same players out there for 90 minutes every week.

Ohashi will break down pretty soon if he's not given a rest. Gudjohnsen has been targeted twice for a rest in the last two games (of the pair of them). We need another CF in January to rotate in if we're sticking with this system.

Yes obviously it would be better if we had squad depth and could make decent subs and rotate the squad but we don’t. I’m not suggesting he never makes another substitution! I just think if there is nobody capable of replacing a player and you are trying to conserve a lead you might have to risk it for 10 mins. Especially as the exact same thing happened 4 days ago! 

[roversfan99]

5 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

I would have taken either off. 

Not one positive comment about how well we played tonight. 

Tonight was our best home league game performance. 

If the referee had made the correct decisions like Ipswich's player not getting clear red card or penalty decision. These decisions not being made cost us the game. 

I wasnt feeling positive after seeing us throw away another game late on.

And im not prepared to just pass all the blame on to the referee, or referees in general. Was it a red card? Probably, but then the whole game becomes different. Was it a penalty? I dont think so. But we cant control that. We can control constantly chucking away points. Our pathetic home record, and constantly giving up points. The squad is so weak, the subs are embarassing, the manager is a loser.

Still, we must be competing for promotion in the alternative table where we "deserve" to be.