I couldn’t agree more. I shudder to think what the previous manager would have done in this situation. I can’t believe we’re still winning games with the depleted squad.

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The Axe was a hard man, nobody would have relished coming up against him. The sort of player that if you kicked him you’d hurt your foot.

If we’d anything like a decent squad to call on I’d fancy us for the three points. But we’re down to basically the last eleven plus kids. Every game we’ve played recently we’ve lost a player. And not for the odd game either, long term injuries. We need some players back urgently. We can’t expect the same 13 or so players to keep performing under these circumstances. I’d take a draw now, remember draws ?

I think JDT likes Gally because of his size and he values him as much for his defending in our half as his attacking play in their half. We always seem to be a much smaller side than our opponents, probably because we usually are.

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We’d be ok if we could get the injured guys back out there. I can’t remember a time when we had so many players out for months at a time.

I don’t think anybody is “ writing him off “. As I said earlier all things being equal he would be behind Gally, Ennis and Dolan for a place in the team so pretty unlikely to be getting much game time. With all those players probably missing on Saturday he should get a start. Let’s see how we go on.

If everybody was fit he probably wouldn’t even make our bench. So it’s a bit early to say he’s made the grade.

That doesn’t sound good.

It’s going to wreck our season if we can’t get some of the injured guys back asap. That’s almost a full team out injured. In the modern game your bench is as important as your first 11. Last nights bench was beyond weak. You need to be able to rest players on 70 minutes, especially if you’re going well. Flogging them for the full 90 minutes twice a week is only going to lead to more injuries. Looking down that list I’d forgotten all about Ennis and Hedges ! What happened to Gilsenan ? He looked quite promising.

He was equally at fault for the first , he came out way too far, too soon. He should have left it to the back four to deal with. 3 and 4 were hardly thunderbolts. If that had have been a Rovers keeper I would have been fuming.

It’s a shame for Dack, he could have been a contender but for really bad luck.

That’s the difference between Travis and players like Nicky Reid. They didn’t say much but if you crossed the line they would have you at some point in the game.

Super finishing, cool as you like. Having said that can we play against that keeper every week ? He made Walton look like Brad Freidel.

Great. I better get my boots down from the loft then. How many probably starting players will be missing ? Pears, Wharton, Hyam, Gally, JRC, possibly/probably Dolan,

What you mean is “ I think you’re wrong about Pickering “.

Is that Travis suspended for Saturday then ?

Dembele was the guy Mowbray wanted when he was planning to sell Rothwell to Bournemouth.

Right, my eyes aren’t what they were.

Anybody else spot their No2 rugby hand off Siggy just before the fourth goal ? Did he get a card ? Great result from a group of players absolutely down to the bare bones. When I saw the bench I feared the worst, I’d not seen most of them play for the first team. They must have had about 10 games between them. That’s why we fell away at 3/4 time, hardly any game changers to bring on. Your bench is crucial today and basically we haven’t really got one.

Well Gally wasn’t playing ……..

We’re really scraping the barrel with that bench. Most of them have hardly played for the first team ever. It’s a vital part of the modern game.

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