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Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Reports and reaction from the 2010-11 season as Walsall finished 20th in League 1
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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:33 pm

I've always rated that Lescott fella!!! ahem :oops:

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:33 pm

Fray Bentos is God! wrote:Oi, relegation!

Yer Mom!

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:34 pm

GET IN LESCOTT!!!!!!

Come on Saddlers lets push for a 3rd!
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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:34 pm

Come on, tw*t the damn thing in again, we need these 3 points , come on!

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:35 pm

What is it about players scoring against their former clubs? Lescott hasn't even come close to scoring against anyone else!

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:36 pm

moanin old git wrote:When do we have to face Southampton at thier place? currently 6-0 up at Boundary ParK!!!!!


Last game of the season! :lol:

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:38 pm

Now this is what I love - it feels as if the club is alive again

Am happy and a bit tear-filled too

Come on you Saddlers!

Get the winner!

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:38 pm

Go you good things!

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:41 pm

Full Time 2-2

At least we're not losing, and if the players can actually now believe a little more we may yet have a chance.

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Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:43 pm

...now if some of the guests could kindly surf elsewhere we'll be under our flood limit and registered members might be able to post again. :wink:

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:44 pm

Exile wrote:Full Time 2-2

At least we're not losing, and if the players can actually now believe a little more we may yet have a chance.


Indeed , on a another positive note we've move off the bottom.

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:45 pm

Decent result in the end, but letting in 2 goals in 1 minute has to be questioned.

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:45 pm

Exile wrote:...now if some of the guests could kindly surf elsewhere we'll be under our flood limit and registered members might be able to post again. :wink:


As bad as sads world this place pfft Hutchings out Bonser out :wink:

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:47 pm

A shame we couldn't have capitalised more in the first half. It's the classic adage - if you don't take your chances you live to regret them. All the same, we shouldn't have been letting 2 goals in a minute in against anyone. Hopefully Deano will be learning quickly. Combative midfielder and some defensive organisation needed quickly.

Still, good not to lose - we really need to pull 3 points out at home on Sat - I might eveb drag my backside there to give the lads some support.

Come on Saddlerrrrrsssss

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:48 pm

Exile wrote:...now if some of the guests could kindly surf elsewhere we'll be under our flood limit and registered members might be able to post again. :wink:


Its the Tim Flowers news that is bringing them here :mrgreen:

I feel a little bit to blame :oops:

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:48 pm

23 games remaining , 7 points from safety .

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:51 pm

Duke wrote:23 games remaining , 7 points from safety .

Or, to put it another way, we need to be 8 points better in the second half of the season! Can't be hard, surely? :D

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:53 pm

Disappointing in a way to only come away with one point, having led at half-time, HOWEVER.....

If that game had been played when originally scheduled (in December) I'm pretty sure we would have been well and truly shafted.

There's a very old saying in football - if you can win your home games and draw your away games you will end the season as Champions. I realise it's rather late in the day for that to apply to us this season, but I take heart in the two away fixtures we've had without dog-face. All we have to do is to sort out the home form (easier said than done)!!!

I'd have to agree with a post already made - it's almost unforgiveable to concede two goals in two minutes :roll:

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:54 pm

we can do it if everyone pulls together!!!!

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:55 pm

Exile wrote:
Duke wrote:23 games remaining , 7 points from safety .

Or, to put it another way, we need to be 8 points better in the second half of the season! Can't be hard, surely? :D


Sorry Duke, it really is 8 points from safety (unless we win a few games 8-0!!)

And Exile, it really CAN be hard..... and don't call me Shirley :wink:

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:55 pm

Just spoken to my dad as he was leaving the Memorial. The verdict is that Kuffour changed the game when he came on and that we should have put the game to bed in the first half with the number of decent chances we had.

On a performance note, apparently the players are now showing some togetherness, some passion and a bit of fight. How disappointing is it that it's taken til now for us to find those basic qualities?
I defended Hutchings for a while longer than I should have and I was wrong to do so. Smith's taken charge and all he's done is got the players putting the effort in - as a result, we look more solid.

Personally, I think we've had it after tonight's result. Not normally the sort to have a 'half empty' outlook, but I said before these two games that I thought we needed to get at least one win and we've failed to do so.
Maybe if we get a new manager in with some fresh ideas, sign a centre half, a midfielder and a striker, we'll be ok? Massive ask though.

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:57 pm

Welsh_Saddler wrote:There's a very old saying in football - if you can win your home games and draw your away games you will end the season as Champions. I realise it's rather late in the day for that to apply to us this season, but I take heart in the two away fixtures we've had without dog-face. All we have to do is to sort out the home form (easier said than done)!!!

You're right, but we've taken more points away from home than we have at home so far this season.
I'm really hoping that either Dean Smith or a new manager will get us busting a gut at home because without an massively improved home record, we'll be down without a doubt.

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:58 pm

Home or away we've got to beat the sides around us if we want any chance of staying up. Sadly we can't do that.
We're 7 points off, sides around us have a game in hand.. And we face Huddersfield next.
We're relegated.

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:05 pm

Well done lads - happy with that overall considering the only chance we had in the 2nd half was put away. Would have taken that at the start to be honest, with them installing Penney.

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Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:16 pm

Another good away point in my view, and a pity I could not be there as I was working about two miles away from 'The Mem'. So near, and yet so far!

Tonight's Bristol Evening Post linked us with Paul Trollope in the preview of the game, apparently saying bookies make him second favourite behind Dean Smith for the job. Not sure if there is any truth in it, or just idle gossip. Probably the latter.

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Edit - that's 8 matches unbeaten on their patch, with 5 wins and now three draws. Not a bad record.
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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:16 pm

DanWalsallFC wrote:We're relegated.


I was saying exactly that two weeks ago , whoever takes over as a massive task to avoid the drop no doubt about that ,

We are now half way thought the season and at last the team are showing togetherness , fight and spirit .

Lets see what Saturday brings .

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:29 pm

Exile wrote:
Duke wrote:23 games remaining , 7 points from safety .

Or, to put it another way, we need to be 8 points better in the second half of the season! Can't be hard, surely? :D


Incorrect - we actually need to be 15 points better - 7 to catch up from the first half and another 8 to match and overtake - if that makes sense - it is possible but we have to start winning at home.

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Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:31 pm

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Exile wrote:
Duke wrote:23 games remaining , 7 points from safety .

Or, to put it another way, we need to be 8 points better in the second half of the season! Can't be hard, surely? :D


Incorrect - we actually need to be 15 points better - 7 to catch up from the first half and another 8 to match and overtake - if that makes sense.

Yes, I knew that. :wink:

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:31 pm

Duke wrote:
DanWalsallFC wrote:We're relegated.


I was saying exactly that two weeks ago , whoever takes over as a massive task to avoid the drop no doubt about that ,

We are now half way thought the season and at last the team are showing togetherness , fight and spirit .

Lets see what Saturday brings .


7 or 8 points from safety. Over the remaining 23 games it is comfortably achieveable if the players are up to it and have a bit of luck. If they are not up to it then we'll go down, but we are far from 'relegated'.

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Re: Bristol Rovers (A) League 1 Tuesday 11/1/11. Re Arranged

Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:36 pm

I'm also usually a glass half-full person but I realistically can't see how we are gonna get enough points to survive.

Usually you would look to your home games but our or record is shocking and of the 13 homes game left , 9 are against teams in the top half of tonights table.

Bizarrely I think we have shown a sort of togetherness and spirit for most of the season because for a team in the bottom 4 for most of it we haven't really been tonked too many times.Unfortunately togetherness and spirit are not much use without ability , organistaion and discilpline and they are 3 big things to be short of!

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