2 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

Gave us a very soft booking earlier but mostly been alright. Not been much in the way of ambiguous decisions to make though.

(Not that that has stopped other refs conjuring bizarre decisions from the ether)

I missed the booking?

Grasping at straws, but… Ref’s been alright! Not one I recognise and has tried to let things go/not to book unnecessarily. 

Buckley for ACD, Leonard for Hedges.

Sit Cantwell alongside Tronstad and move Weimann to the 10 position.

… safe to say this experiment isn’t working?

Taken half an hour for the first fluid move to emerge. Interested to see if we can create more in that fashion, it was a nice passage of play.

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

That and Dolan is playing on ice skates and Cantwell is coming too deep for the ball. Buckley needs to take charge of the game.

Team selection is a real mess, not currently clear what the tactic is here.

He’s been a liability so far but that’s an excellent cross from Dolan, where has that been in his play?!

It’s immaterial and things don’t work out this way, but if I could design a scenario for a chance to fall to Leonard, it’s that one. Needs a moments like that to break for him while he’s building confidence.

It’s early but the lack of a focal point is very clear as we build through the middle third. Hopeful they clear it up as we play.

Three strikers on the bench, none on the pitch.

Didn’t seem a pen on first viewing but second viewing, it did.

I retract my earlier comment about Toth’s distribution.

Leonard unlucky to hit the bar, he didn’t slash at it, tried a controlled finish, but he was in exactly the right place for it. He’s a poacher, needs players running the channels for him and getting those balls into him around the penalty spot.

4 minutes ago, BigBar said:

This is not one for the purists. Buckley needs moving on, seems most would agree on that now. So slow and laboured. Britain looking our most creative player, Beck eager to get stuck in too. Need alot more from the midfield. Cantwell should be grabbing this game by the scruff. 

Won't be many goals today.

Agreed entirely. Looks like two teams that would rather have decided this one with the coin toss.

Just now, onlyonejackwalker said:

Cantwell some nice touches. Toth steady away. Centre halves looking solid. Leonard, JRC and Weimann hardly had a kick. 

Not much to see of Toth so far but his distribution has been good. Interested to see how he copes with a more enthusiastic press.

Leonard just running the channels, by the looks. We’re not exactly knocking on the door.

I’ll be delighted to be proven wrong but John Buckley is basically an impediment to trying to build any sort of move. Basically no sense of awareness and manages to consistently break up his own team’s play.

Gebuinely think he isn’t cut out for this level.

Is this viewable anywhere?

33 minutes ago, MB Rover said:

Anyone know who this bloke is? Gone on a mini rant about what Rovers need over on Twitter and how he knows of multiple investors who’d buy the club at sensible prices but Venky’s want their £100m back in any deal to sell the club. 

This is - from even a cursory glance - an obvious self-publicist and chancer/fantasist.

10 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

How far do you want to go back? 

We regained possession AFTER ACD was tackled and gave it away again.

I, for one, blame John Lewis for setting up this football club in the first place!

1 minute ago, sharpysharps86 said:

I think Brittain was just about the best player for Rovers today. I think he's having a pretty decent season overall.

Yeah, he’s had a good run recently. I do struggle with him sometimes, he’s patchy, but he’s been consistent recently and I’m not looking at JRC mournfully as often anymore

Just now, RevidgeBlue said:

Superb result in isolation. Great performance for a one off type of situation.

Unfortunately in the general scheme of things it's only two points from four games.

Badly need to beat the Dingles to get the show back on the road.

Agreed but think this is a galvanising performance. We’ll need similar grit on Saturday. First trip up for me this season, owing to circumstances and if I see that kind of fight and aggression, I’ll be happy.

🎶all that money and you fucked it up🎶

Sorry.

THERE is that clanger. Gnonto grabs the ref to win the pen.

1 minute ago, MB Rover said:

He’s dropped a stinker. Given it away far too much

Quite a few guilty of that, but I wouldn’t say he’d done it egregiously.

Subbing Leonard off is a bit of a shitty move. No room for sentimentality and that, but he’s really put himself about and the level of graft we need, I don’t think Gueye likes to apply. Height, fine, but he’s as likely to put it in his own net as he is to clear it.

Just now, Tom said:

That was Leonard wasn’t it?

Tronstad eventually played it to Leonard who played it out wide, but the initial pass that was on, Tronstad wasn’t looking.