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It’s just a shame their guy didn’t cut inside for their second goal.

What, more than normal ?

I’d have gone with that under the circumstances.

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The best Rovers team I ever saw. Of course we lost the return fixture pretty badly a couple of days later.

I played full back in my playing career and if I could get the winger I was playing against cutting inside it was job done. On no account would you allow the winger to get past you on the outside. If that happened your defence would be turned and would be running back towards their own goal. In that case watching both the player in possession of the ball and the player you’re supposed to be marking becomes really difficult. What you have today is players coming inside, running into traffic, being shepherded along the 18 yard line, and bunching the play. The play is always in front of the defenders and therefore being able to watch the player in possession and the player you’re supposed to be marking is much easier. If you want a classic example watch the Tugay-Pedersen-McCarthy goal against Liverpool back in the day.

I look forward to the day when Rovers have the likes of Saka or Salah playing the wing for us. I take your point but like lots of modern tactics it only works when you have top class players executing the plan..

Mm, a bit of a gender issue here - “ Hey There Lonely Boy “ was by them. “Hey There Lonely Girl “ was Eddie Holman. Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely.

Yeah, it’s like me going to a company that made components and the management saying “ We want you to make these components but we’ll chose the machinery we buy to make them with “. Err , no thanks, I’m off.

Obviously not. They don’t spend their nights annoying the neighbours under the street lights playing “ Wally “ anymore. Were you could only use your “ weaker foot “. Until you didn’t have a “weaker foot “ .

If they had any sense he would be.

That thought went through my mind. He’s too easily out muscled for me, Dolan not so much so, he’s older and a bit stronger. I’ve never liked wingers playing on their wrong wing. It really handicaps them in my opinion. The full back already knows what they’re trying to do.

It’s a chicken choker free zone.

Yeah great, until they come in for Eustace.

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It’s as though they don’t want people to attend.

Alan Wright was another but there were international class players. Most of these wing backs we see today at our level aren’t brilliant at defending or attacking. Some are decent attacking players but can’t defend to save their lives.

They only bought Grealish to stop another club from signing him.

And they’re neither good enough as a full back or a winger.

Until we put that right we’re going nowhere. Look at how many late goals Ipswich scored last season.

I’d rather have Baker instead of Buckley or maybe even JRC.

I don’t think they cover the yards that Travis does, they aren’t involved as much as he is in the needling of opponents. That always comes with a price tag.

We’re certainly going to need some signings now for sure. We’ve been asking too much of Travis this season.

It had to be bad for him to go off and stop off. What a bad game that was yesterday.

They had ACD weighed up from the start. Get tight on him and don’t let him turn with the ball. It’s not rocket science. It’s what full backs were doing 60 years ago.