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Post by a more piratey game on Mar 12, 2024 21:45:47 GMT
Yes, that was a fairly dull 0-0
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Post by TaiwanGas on Mar 12, 2024 22:01:37 GMT
Dull as ditch water but a point on the road is a fair return, now time for 1 hours kip before starting the day.
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Post by bluetornados on Mar 12, 2024 22:25:01 GMT
We have drew 0-0 six times now out of the 7 drawn games...
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Post by bluetornados on Mar 12, 2024 22:38:22 GMT
Match Stats: Fleetwood Town 0 BRFC 0 - Possession: 40% - 60% - Shots: 14-14 - On Target: 2-6 - Corners: 4-9 - Referee: Ross Joyce - Attendance: 2,456
Fleetwood remain six points from safety after holding mid-table Bristol Rovers to a 0-0 draw at Highbury Stadium.
i2-prod.bristolpost.co.uk/incoming/article9155809.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/0_3537166.jpgDanny Mayor should have put the hosts 1-0 up after Promise Omochere showed his strength to square to his midfield partner, who was denied by a desperate block from Luca Hoole. With the best chance of the game, Antony Evans had a one-on-one opportunity to break the deadlock on the stroke of the break. The Gas midfielder could only hit straight at home goalkeeper Jay Lynch. Scott Sinclair fired low three minutes into the second half, which was smartly stopped by Lynch as the away side pressed, while former Rovers man Ryan Broom acrobatically volleyed wide for Fleetwood. Gavin Kilkenny rattled the woodwork on the hour when the ball fell kindly to the Bournemouth loanee from the edge of the box, with Jed Ward beaten all ends up. Elkan Baggott scrambled a trickling effort off the line as Fleetwood dominated in second-half spells without breakthrough. Rovers hit the post in the closing stages after a deflected Evans free-kick ricocheted wide.
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Post by bluetornados on Mar 12, 2024 22:39:07 GMT
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Post by lostinspace on Mar 12, 2024 22:49:47 GMT
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Post by TaiwanGas on Mar 13, 2024 7:57:07 GMT
The current team is just about good enough not to get relegated, but that is about it. If we want to compete ‘above average’ next season we will need to replace at least half the squad, I doubt that can be achieved. I am already thinking next season will see us continue to struggle to hold our head above water in L1. look at Fleetwood, they have at least 4 players that I would want in the current Rovers side yet they are struggling and a game away from a relegation scrap, it seems like L1 is getting more difficult to achieve success as each year passes. I hope Matt Taylor can perform miracles.
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Post by bluetornados on Mar 13, 2024 8:57:32 GMT
Matt Taylor hails Bristol Rovers' defensive progress with clean sheet in draw at Fleetwood Town..by Daniel Hargraves.
i2-prod.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/article9160328.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/0_JS327586165.jpg Antony Evans dribbles into space against Fleetwood Matt Taylor has hailed the defensive progress his Bristol Rovers side have made in recent weeks after picking up a second clean sheet in three games and in consecutive away matches after a goalless draw at Fleetwood Town on Tuesday evening. Both sides had chances in the contest as Antony Evans forced a save from a one-v-one position late in the first half while Gavin Kilkenny rattled the crossbar in the second half for Fleetwood as neither team could find the breakthrough. A fair few will no doubt see the game as two points dropped with the Gas recording 13 shots with six on target while keeping 60 per cent of the possession especially given the fact that the Cod Army are in a tricky situation in the relegation battle but Taylor wanted to emphasise the fact that keeping the third clean sheet of his tenure is huge. "I’d like to think we had the majority of the chances," the Rovers manager declared post-match. "We created the better, cleaner chances in the game but as always against a team like Fleetwood who are going well, especially at home, you have to withstand every now and again a bit of pressure. "I thought our young ‘keeper and backline stood up to it really well tonight so hopefully we’re moving in the right direction. We’ve been working so hard on our defensive units and mindset and our intent to keep the ball out of the net and not be leaky as a team and I thought that was on show tonight. "That’s massive," the 42-year-old added on the clean sheet. "I know people will look at Fleetwood away and being a team down the bottom but we’ve been so leaky as a team and the way Connor Taylor played back in the team, Elkan standing up to it, Flash, Hooley and the goalkeeper as well. I’m so pleased with how well protected they were by the midfield and attacking players in front of them but that’s where we’ve been short this season. Very rarely have we failed to score in a game and very rarely have we not converted the chances that we’ve created tonight." Taylor opted for an unchanged line up from the team that started Saturday's 3-0 home defeat to Derby County with the same backline of Jed Ward, Luca Hoole, Connor Taylor, Elkan Baggott and Lewis Gordon fielded but the combination certainly worked at Highbury as every man worked tirelessly for the cause. i2-prod.bristolpost.co.uk/incoming/article9160402.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/0_JS327595291.jpgConnor Taylor impressed for Bristol Rovers as they kept a clean sheet in a goalless draw at Fleetwood TownImprovement defensively has been something the Gas boss has been desperate for since his arrival with it taking two months for the first clean sheet of his reign away at Exeter City. However, that's now three in nine matches which certainly demonstrates progress. Additionally, it wasn't long ago at all when Rovers fell to the sword of a physical, robust Fleetwood side at the Mem as Charlie Adam's side won 2-0 but stood up the test expertly and probably edged the proceedings as Taylor's team continues to improve. "I don’t want to understate where we’ve been this season in terms of not keeping clean sheets and we looked like a team who wanted to defend our goal tonight," the Pirates manager insisted. "Both teams giving it everything. There weren’t many people here but they weren’t short changed in terms of the effort. Skill is always difficult, especially on a pitch like that, and the circumstances when you come here but I’m really pleased. I want to get that across because people will look at that score line but in terms of where I’ve seen this team and the first 20 minutes of a lot of away games and our fans will understand that it’s been real progress and I said on Saturday, even after the 3-0 defeat, that the future of that backline was there for everyone to see."
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Post by Mrs V Smegma on Mar 13, 2024 10:59:48 GMT
I’m not so doom and gloom as that. The spine of the team is strong with the exception of up front and we have players that are good enough in others positions. We do however have an unbalanced squad with too many older injury prone players thanks to poundland pep’s magpie tendencies whenever a decent player with issues became available. Presumably he thought he could iron those issues out which is laughable given his dearth of man management and leadership ability.
GK - Ward - good enough and a potential star in the making. No idea if Hall is good enough as cover CB - Taylor and Wilson good enough. I’d keep Connolly as cover but he needs to show he is worth a contract beyond end of season. We need another first choice CB though for competition and cover CM - Conteh Evans and Finley good enough. Macca needs to show that his relegation season wasn’t a flash in the pan. One more year. Ward and Rossiter good enough but too injury prone. Maybe offer a £ per game contract else get rid. I’d still like a younger version of Coutts to boss games in the middle
FB - Gordon and Hoole good enough but think we need one more LB and RB to challenge and provide cover. Preferrablybones that can play WB if required. I think Hoole can but Gordon struggles when he grts beyond half way line.
Flanks - this is one of our major problem areas imho. Sinclair good enough but for how long? Vale good enough but not ours. Could we get him permanently? Still think Ryan Jones could be the answer here or at LB/LWB but it looks like he won’t get the opportunity to prove or disprove that
CF - our most obvious need along with most other clubs I imagine. Chris Martin has been a revelation but how long for? We have nothing else to go alongside him or replace him when the sands of time finally catch up with him. Marquis hasn’t grabbed the limited chances he has had but like most strikers prob needs a consistent run of games to be confident in front of goal. 2 new CFs needed imho. A powerful hold up player and a natural goal scorer.
Net reqt therefore at least one more CB, one more RB/RWB and a LB/LWB, One CM, a LW and a RW and two strikers. Obviously we’d need to free up space in the squad by releasing players. Some of this will happen naturally as loanees return and others as contracts expire.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Mar 13, 2024 12:27:34 GMT
Just got back from frozen iFollow.
Well well well there's a surprise? We can't beat a relegation northern team in winter away?
Biggest meh this season.
35 mins Evans has a double corner, then another quick one soon after.....they all hit first defender. Again!? And continues his Westbrookesque deliveries ....
Shows someone doesn't give a fig.
I feel for the travelling faithful. They care more.
Will leave it at that.
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Post by TaiwanGas on Mar 13, 2024 12:43:08 GMT
I’m not so doom and gloom as that. The spine of the team is strong with the exception of up front and we have players that are good enough in others positions. We do however have an unbalanced squad with too many older injury prone players thanks to poundland pep’s magpie tendencies whenever a decent player with issues became available. Presumably he thought he could iron those issues out which is laughable given his dearth of man management and leadership ability. GK - Ward - good enough and a potential star in the making. No idea if Hall is good enough as cover CB - Taylor and Wilson good enough. I’d keep Connolly as cover but he needs to show he is worth a contract beyond end of season. We need another first choice CB though for competition and cover CM - Conteh Evans and Finley good enough. Macca needs to show that his relegation season wasn’t a flash in the pan. One more year. Ward and Rossiter good enough but too injury prone. Maybe offer a £ per game contract else get rid. I’d still like a younger version of Coutts to boss games in the middle FB - Gordon and Hoole good enough but think we need one more LB and RB to challenge and provide cover. Preferrablybones that can play WB if required. I think Hoole can but Gordon struggles when he grts beyond half way line. Flanks - this is one of our major problem areas imho. Sinclair good enough but for how long? Vale good enough but not ours. Could we get him permanently? Still think Ryan Jones could be the answer here or at LB/LWB but it looks like he won’t get the opportunity to prove or disprove that CF - our most obvious need along with most other clubs I imagine. Chris Martin has been a revelation but how long for? We have nothing else to go alongside him or replace him when the sands of time finally catch up with him. Marquis hasn’t grabbed the limited chances he has had but like most strikers prob needs a consistent run of games to be confident in front of goal. 2 new CFs needed imho. A powerful hold up player and a natural goal scorer. Net reqt therefore at least one more CB, one more RB/RWB and a LB/LWB, One CM, a LW and a RW and two strikers. Obviously we’d need to free up space in the squad by releasing players. Some of this will happen naturally as loanees return and others as contracts expire. A more than fair assessment imo. Gordon and Hoole only just make the grade, if first choice, we will need them both to improve if we want a solid defence next term.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Mar 13, 2024 12:57:33 GMT
I’m not so doom and gloom as that. The spine of the team is strong with the exception of up front and we have players that are good enough in others positions. We do however have an unbalanced squad with too many older injury prone players thanks to poundland pep’s magpie tendencies whenever a decent player with issues became available. Presumably he thought he could iron those issues out which is laughable given his dearth of man management and leadership ability. GK - Ward - good enough and a potential star in the making. No idea if Hall is good enough as cover CB - Taylor and Wilson good enough. I’d keep Connolly as cover but he needs to show he is worth a contract beyond end of season. We need another first choice CB though for competition and cover CM - Conteh Evans and Finley good enough. Macca needs to show that his relegation season wasn’t a flash in the pan. One more year. Ward and Rossiter good enough but too injury prone. Maybe offer a £ per game contract else get rid. I’d still like a younger version of Coutts to boss games in the middle FB - Gordon and Hoole good enough but think we need one more LB and RB to challenge and provide cover. Preferrablybones that can play WB if required. I think Hoole can but Gordon struggles when he grts beyond half way line. Flanks - this is one of our major problem areas imho. Sinclair good enough but for how long? Vale good enough but not ours. Could we get him permanently? Still think Ryan Jones could be the answer here or at LB/LWB but it looks like he won’t get the opportunity to prove or disprove that CF - our most obvious need along with most other clubs I imagine. Chris Martin has been a revelation but how long for? We have nothing else to go alongside him or replace him when the sands of time finally catch up with him. Marquis hasn’t grabbed the limited chances he has had but like most strikers prob needs a consistent run of games to be confident in front of goal. 2 new CFs needed imho. A powerful hold up player and a natural goal scorer. Net reqt therefore at least one more CB, one more RB/RWB and a LB/LWB, One CM, a LW and a RW and two strikers. Obviously we’d need to free up space in the squad by releasing players. Some of this will happen naturally as loanees return and others as contracts expire. I agree but do you believe Abdullatif (sp) has the money to provide for this ? I have my doubts but he certainly talks as if he can. Given we have had payment problems and are looking to upgrade the ground and training facility, can we do that and get in the players , I mean our own players rather than loans, to make the team competitive. I certainly hope so
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Post by Mrs V Smegma on Mar 13, 2024 13:51:58 GMT
Guess it depends on how much we have to pay to acquire these players. If we can get them from clubs down the pyramid then possibly but if we are chasing the likes of JCH then almost certainly not unless he has deeper pockets than we think. Would hope wage cost would be balanced through freeing up some of the bill through natural contract expiry and moving those we don’t want to keep on to other clubs but I have no idea of current wage structure.
May not be doable in one preseason either and we may find that others who we do think fit no longer want to be here or proved not to be as good a fit as we previously thought. Matt Taylor will certainly have his own ideas of what is needed and I’d be surprised if those matched my own so all speculation on my part. Still think the spine of a good team is there and we do have a couple of gems who can win a match on their own because they have a touch of magic in their boots
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Post by harold on Mar 13, 2024 16:06:42 GMT
If Matt Taylor thinks we are going in the right direction then I think our owners have appointed the wrong man.Last night was the worst football match i have ever seen.
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Post by JeffNZ on Mar 13, 2024 16:43:02 GMT
If Matt Taylor thinks we are going in the right direction then I think our owners have appointed the wrong man. Last night was the worst football match i have ever seen.Then I'd suggest you're a whipper snapper or a relatively new Gashead.
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Post by laughinggas on Mar 13, 2024 18:37:29 GMT
If Matt Taylor thinks we are going in the right direction then I think our owners have appointed the wrong man.Last night was the worst football match i have ever seen. Were you at the game?
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Post by bluetornados on Mar 13, 2024 20:28:32 GMT
There are 34 players in our current squad, 6 of those are on loan and likely to return to their clubs at the end of the season.
This leaves 28 BRFC players, we have 2 goalkeepers, JW is home grown aged 20 & has played 16 games for us and MH who is a rookie.
We have 6 defenders, 9 midfielders (SS and JR may be gone in a re-build) and 3 forwards..
We also have 8 players that have squad numbers that are in the under 18's or are being loaned out.
This is a big squad of players and will have to be trimmed by half IMO to compete for promotion next season.
If Hussain AlSaeed is true to his word and puts up decent money, then MT can have a chance of building a new BRFC...
We need to buy players of the same ilk of Kamil Conteh and build a team around him..
We now have a new Director of Football in GF and an Academy Manager in BA, then things would be very bright for the near future.
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Post by droitwichgas on Mar 13, 2024 20:41:58 GMT
I’m not so doom and gloom as that. The spine of the team is strong with the exception of up front and we have players that are good enough in others positions. We do however have an unbalanced squad with too many older injury prone players thanks to poundland pep’s magpie tendencies whenever a decent player with issues became available. Presumably he thought he could iron those issues out which is laughable given his dearth of man management and leadership ability. GK - Ward - good enough and a potential star in the making. No idea if Hall is good enough as cover CB - Taylor and Wilson good enough. I’d keep Connolly as cover but he needs to show he is worth a contract beyond end of season. We need another first choice CB though for competition and cover CM - Conteh Evans and Finley good enough. Macca needs to show that his relegation season wasn’t a flash in the pan. One more year. Ward and Rossiter good enough but too injury prone. Maybe offer a £ per game contract else get rid. I’d still like a younger version of Coutts to boss games in the middle FB - Gordon and Hoole good enough but think we need one more LB and RB to challenge and provide cover. Preferrablybones that can play WB if required. I think Hoole can but Gordon struggles when he grts beyond half way line. Flanks - this is one of our major problem areas imho. Sinclair good enough but for how long? Vale good enough but not ours. Could we get him permanently? Still think Ryan Jones could be the answer here or at LB/LWB but it looks like he won’t get the opportunity to prove or disprove that CF - our most obvious need along with most other clubs I imagine. Chris Martin has been a revelation but how long for? We have nothing else to go alongside him or replace him when the sands of time finally catch up with him. Marquis hasn’t grabbed the limited chances he has had but like most strikers prob needs a consistent run of games to be confident in front of goal. 2 new CFs needed imho. A powerful hold up player and a natural goal scorer. Net reqt therefore at least one more CB, one more RB/RWB and a LB/LWB, One CM, a LW and a RW and two strikers. Obviously we’d need to free up space in the squad by releasing players. Some of this will happen naturally as loanees return and others as contracts expire. Wilson is Emher Mk2, even 19 yr old Baggett is totally outplaying him, I'm not sure what the solution is with him being under contract next season but we're not going to improve whilst he's playing CB. Likewise Connolly doesn't look up to L1 football if he can't even get in the side at present. As far as G Ward I'm pretty certain he's still under contract for next season so he's not going to be accepting a pay as you play contract, although his calf(?) injury sounds like it's going to be an issue again next season. I can't see how either Hoole or Gordon are good enough if we want to challenge for at least a top 10 place but having to sign 4 FB's/WB's might be a step too far for one window.
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Post by alanrg on Mar 14, 2024 17:18:06 GMT
Out of contract in the summer Finley Gibbons Sinclair Rossiter Hoole Gordon Jones Marquis Greenslade and the following 3 an option for another year Martin Grant and Jed Ward if the club so wish
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Post by kingswood Polak on Mar 14, 2024 18:52:26 GMT
If Matt Taylor thinks we are going in the right direction then I think our owners have appointed the wrong man.Last night was the worst football match i have ever seen. You are not, by a long way, alone in that opinion
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