| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread 19:02 - Sep 29 with 20981 views | HullDale |
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| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 18:11 - Oct 1 with 5015 views | richfoad32 |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 17:54 - Oct 1 by D_Alien |
Didn't think we deserved to lose but we didn't create enough chances. Should Hendo have done better at the end? Difficult to tell from the Sandy, but looked like the sort of chance he'd put away a couple of years ago (not blaming him, we just didn't do enough)
Donny were pretty average and their fans as annoying as ever. It's gonna be a grind based on hard work to keep afloat, looks like the lads are up for it which is better than before and still half a dozen teams we could overtake if we can string a few results together
Typical fourth tier fare, tbh
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I think Hendo was in two minds whether to head it at goal or into the mix and ended up doing neither. He actually had enough time to try and bring it down or chest it back to someone on the edge of the box. |  | | |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 18:13 - Oct 1 with 4985 views | rich_dale |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 17:58 - Oct 1 by 442Dale |
Diagouraga had probably his best game so far but it’s now come to the point where we can’t have him and Ball in the same team, irrespective where they both play in midfield. It’s too one pace in there, at least Malley changed that.
We need to get the ball wide and crosses into the box. It’s the only way out of this. The goal and the other chances we created show this. This division is so devoid of quality that getting results is simply about finding a way of playing to get wins. |
Absolutely - we can't play Ball with Diagouraga in a central midfield two. Has to be one of Diagouraga or Ball (and on current form, the former) with Kelly or Brierley alongside, and Malley/Kelly in front - it's too slow and not dynamic enough at the moment.
The other main worry, aside from the defence, is that Hendo's USP was always the ability to finish and that seems to have deserted him. Only goal he's scored was an unmissable chance in a Papa John's game. | | | |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 18:33 - Oct 1 with 4785 views | rod_leach |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 18:02 - Oct 1 by dawlishdale |
A very depressing afternoon, with little quality on show from Dale, and just a shitty experience from being searched at the entrance by someone who couldn't speak English to being deafened by the useless speakers in the Main Stand (I sit right near our Directors, who are either deaf or not bothered) to a decidedly dodgy start by McNulty and O Donnell when it looked easier for them to score to their right winger absolutely skinning Keohane for pace (I could have done better) leading to the goal for them.
A moment of pleasure as we scored with our only effort of the first half, just after the awful Mr Drysdale ignored one of the most blatant penalty shouts I have ever seen.
Second half Jim persisted with an out of sorts Ball in midfield leaving Diagouraga (our mom by a distance) too much to do on his own.
we did improve when Malley came on, and Odoh added some attacking threat, although this waned when Tulloch came on and Odoh dropped too deep to cause much trouble.
Odoh could and probably should have scored from a header, with their keeper nowhere, but his powder puff effort lacked any pace.
They then raced through our entire midfield as though they weren't there, and scored a well taken goal, but most of our team was playing statues.
Hendo came on and did bugger all, apart from getting a chance right at the end which he should have scored, but his header looped past the post.
So there you have it...another defeat at home, and a team who look decidedly non league with a few exceptions. |
Why should the language capabilities of a steward have any affect on your day? |  | | |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 18:40 - Oct 1 with 4710 views | 442Dale |
Clearly not happy. Strange it seems to start mid-interview as well. |  |
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| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 18:45 - Oct 1 with 4662 views | SaxonDale |
The lack of quality on show is depressing. I thought we were awful today and offered very little but for the goal and a 5 minute spell of half chances in the second half. 442 sums it up well- we showed in that small spell and the goal that if we get the ball wide and into the box then it could create something- we haven’t done that anywhere near enough this season.We simply don’t seem to have the ball in the opposition’s final third enough consistently through a game to create any real chances.
Obviously a lot of this goes down to Stockdale but I still want to see much more from Bentley. [Post edited 1 Oct 2022 18:46]
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| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 18:48 - Oct 1 with 4632 views | SaxonDale |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 18:05 - Oct 1 by TVOS1907 |
I think Henderson would have at least got that header on target in the past. He arguably had time to bring it down and get a shot in. |
From Ifollow looked as though he was trying to head it across goal for another player to tap in. | | | |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 18:49 - Oct 1 with 4616 views | 49thseason |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 17:28 - Oct 1 by Dalenet |
The annoying thing is that Doncaster weren't very good. But we are happy to slow things down, stand off a man and with one minute to go are messing about with it in our half. No urgency at all. But yes we look marginally better than a month ago. But I fear for our league survival without a clear out in January. |
What makes you think we can afford another huge clear out? We have been having clearouts for the last 3 seasons and look where its got us. What we have is what we can afford, if they were all fit and motivated we would have a better team, they aren't and we haven't. I agree there is deadwood and I would include Henderson, Quigley, Rodney, Ball and Odoh in that but until Charman, Campbell, Malley and Brierley get the opportunity prove themselves to be better players we will be stuck with what we have. Quigley doesnt have a run in him and for a big lad doesnt upset defenders enough , Henderson is a shadow of his former self and missed another decent opportunity towards the end of the game, Rodney spends too much time having to defend, Ball is too slow to catch a cold and is another one of those midfielders who spends too much time looking at his own keeper.. And Odoh as no end product..
Our problem is scoring goals, 7 for in 11 games simply isnt good enough, we have only been beaten by more than a single goal twice. I dont think we have done too badly in defence despite conceding 18, but in attacking terms we are awful.
There is still a bottom 10 in this division beating the teams around us is essential and we have to set up to win those games. |  | | |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 18:50 - Oct 1 with 4608 views | TVOS1907 |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 18:48 - Oct 1 by SaxonDale |
From Ifollow looked as though he was trying to head it across goal for another player to tap in. |
Would need to see it again, but I can't recall there being another player there. |  |
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| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 19:04 - Oct 1 with 4516 views | 49thseason |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 18:33 - Oct 1 by rod_leach |
Why should the language capabilities of a steward have any affect on your day? |
Equally what is the point of employing stewards if they cannot give clearly understandable instructions in the event of an emergency? They really aren't there just to search punters who offer no threat, their job is to ensure safety in the event of an evacuation, fire or similar where communication skills would be vital. Having said that the guy on the Sandy turnstiles was pleasant enough when he asked me to lift my cap to prove I didnt have a box of Standard Fireworks underneath! | | | |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 19:13 - Oct 1 with 4455 views | 442Dale |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 19:04 - Oct 1 by 49thseason |
Equally what is the point of employing stewards if they cannot give clearly understandable instructions in the event of an emergency? They really aren't there just to search punters who offer no threat, their job is to ensure safety in the event of an evacuation, fire or similar where communication skills would be vital. Having said that the guy on the Sandy turnstiles was pleasant enough when he asked me to lift my cap to prove I didnt have a box of Standard Fireworks underneath! |
How do we know what English skills or otherwise someone has? Were fans testing them on the way in?
By all means issues around stewarding/bar staff/club staff should be raised where appropriate, but what exactly was wrong today? | |
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| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 19:16 - Oct 1 with 4428 views | 49thseason |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 19:13 - Oct 1 by 442Dale |
How do we know what English skills or otherwise someone has? Were fans testing them on the way in?
By all means issues around stewarding/bar staff/club staff should be raised where appropriate, but what exactly was wrong today? |
See Dawlish Dale's comment above | | | |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 19:24 - Oct 1 with 4320 views | 442Dale |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 19:16 - Oct 1 by 49thseason |
See Dawlish Dale's comment above |
Was someone tested at the ground on their English skills, a test that companies which require staff to hold such skills may already have used?
Yes or no? | |
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| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 19:28 - Oct 1 with 4273 views | TVOS1907 |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 19:24 - Oct 1 by 442Dale |
Was someone tested at the ground on their English skills, a test that companies which require staff to hold such skills may already have used?
Yes or no? |
I think another section of that test is whether an assistant referee is a man or a lady, because it seemed to be relevant after the Orient game. | |
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| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread (n/t) on 19:42 - Oct 1 with 4167 views | kel |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 19:28 - Oct 1 by TVOS1907 |
I think another section of that test is whether an assistant referee is a man or a lady, because it seemed to be relevant after the Orient game. |
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| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 20:15 - Oct 1 with 3974 views | dingdangblue |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 18:48 - Oct 1 by SaxonDale |
From Ifollow looked as though he was trying to head it across goal for another player to tap in. |
He was.
Definitely not going for goal. |  |
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| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 20:25 - Oct 1 with 3909 views | BucketBstard |
If Diarrhoea was MOM then we are fecked ....proper fecked as Micky might say.
This excuse for a footballer needs escorting well away from the ground.
Shocking , as I have been saying if we go down we will neveer come back. | | | |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 20:29 - Oct 1 with 3845 views | TVOS1907 |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 20:25 - Oct 1 by BucketBstard |
If Diarrhoea was MOM then we are fecked ....proper fecked as Micky might say.
This excuse for a footballer needs escorting well away from the ground.
Shocking , as I have been saying if we go down we will neveer come back. |
Right.
Nice to see you back after failing to post last weekend, though. | |
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| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 20:32 - Oct 1 with 3819 views | D_Alien |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 20:29 - Oct 1 by TVOS1907 |
Right.
Nice to see you back after failing to post last weekend, though. |
Back on here, but not back at the ground otherwise he'd have seen a decent performance from Diagouraga |  |
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| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 20:39 - Oct 1 with 3745 views | EllDale |
I don’t think that I’ve seen a game hinge on a single minute for a long time.
Dale had a golden spell when Odoh came and he, Seriki and Kelly were combining really well down the right hand side.
Odoh contrives to miss the simplest of headers (from my vantage point anyway) and they shoot downfield and score.
Instead of 2-1 it’s 1-2.
What conclusions can we draw?
Toums may look ungainly but is a player who does the basics well. If you play him and Ball together though the midfield looks pedestrian. Mallon injected a lot more pace when he came on and it was centre that led to Henderson’s late header. Whether or not that was an effort on goal I can’t say.
I thought that we actually missed White today. I’ll never criticise SAJ but there were times today where there was space on that flank crying out for a left footed delivery that wasn’t available.
I wasn’t sure about Tulloch’s cameo either. He wasn’t given much time but looked completely out of sorts and off the pace.
Nice to see EEL back too. | | | |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 21:12 - Oct 1 with 3564 views | richfoad32 |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 20:39 - Oct 1 by EllDale |
I don’t think that I’ve seen a game hinge on a single minute for a long time.
Dale had a golden spell when Odoh came and he, Seriki and Kelly were combining really well down the right hand side.
Odoh contrives to miss the simplest of headers (from my vantage point anyway) and they shoot downfield and score.
Instead of 2-1 it’s 1-2.
What conclusions can we draw?
Toums may look ungainly but is a player who does the basics well. If you play him and Ball together though the midfield looks pedestrian. Mallon injected a lot more pace when he came on and it was centre that led to Henderson’s late header. Whether or not that was an effort on goal I can’t say.
I thought that we actually missed White today. I’ll never criticise SAJ but there were times today where there was space on that flank crying out for a left footed delivery that wasn’t available.
I wasn’t sure about Tulloch’s cameo either. He wasn’t given much time but looked completely out of sorts and off the pace.
Nice to see EEL back too. |
I'm not sure Odoh's chance was the sitter everybody is making it out to be. He probably should've done better but I thought the ball was slightly behind him and he had to crane his neck back and was unable to generate much power.
It was unlike Miller's chance he put wide for Donny with the goal gaping in the 1st half....now that was a sitter! | | | |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 21:15 - Oct 1 with 3536 views | leedsdale |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 20:39 - Oct 1 by EllDale |
I don’t think that I’ve seen a game hinge on a single minute for a long time.
Dale had a golden spell when Odoh came and he, Seriki and Kelly were combining really well down the right hand side.
Odoh contrives to miss the simplest of headers (from my vantage point anyway) and they shoot downfield and score.
Instead of 2-1 it’s 1-2.
What conclusions can we draw?
Toums may look ungainly but is a player who does the basics well. If you play him and Ball together though the midfield looks pedestrian. Mallon injected a lot more pace when he came on and it was centre that led to Henderson’s late header. Whether or not that was an effort on goal I can’t say.
I thought that we actually missed White today. I’ll never criticise SAJ but there were times today where there was space on that flank crying out for a left footed delivery that wasn’t available.
I wasn’t sure about Tulloch’s cameo either. He wasn’t given much time but looked completely out of sorts and off the pace.
Nice to see EEL back too. |
Agree about Tulloch, he really looks a wasted loan and the sooner Campbell is fit enough to be involved regularly then we need to send him back. I don’t think we were particularly bad today but we are still too easy to score against whilst not being incisive enough.
Ball really has to be rested for a period of time. His lack or mobility, urgency and skill means he is just a passenger at the minute, and it’s not like we don’t have options in that area of the pitch. |  | | |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 21:29 - Oct 1 with 3445 views | NorthernDale |
The game was poor and Doncaster for a team in the top half, did not impress me. Its down to fine margins and silly mistakes by the Dale, which is costing us.
The defence did okay, I was happy to see Ebanks-Landell come on as sub and hopefully he will start next week, instead of McNulty. Similarly the attack played well, and Quigley is a handful for most defences, they need however to more clinical and get shots in, but we over pass the ball. Again, the problem is the midfield, which we have all identified from the start of the season. I thought Malley did well, when he came on, but is he ready start? This is an issue, in that our midfield is pedestrian and lacks a creative touch, so starting Malley for either Ball or Diagouraga may be a temptation. I also thought Kelly had a decent game today, but I am baffled why Odoh was introduced, he flatters to deceive at times, which is a pity, because he has ability. Hopefully Campbell and White will be fit for next week, and from Bentley said in the week, Charmen and John have resumed training.
What is amazing, despite how poor we are, we are still one point from safety and at the moment the gap is serious, but we are still in touch with the teams above us. | | | |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 21:57 - Oct 1 with 3333 views | Cedar_Room |
I thought Malley showed instantly why he should be starting instead of Ball. Odoh was industrious when he came on and seemed to cause confusion in their defence. He does struggle with the final ball but he makes things happen and that was drastically lacking in the midfield for most of the game. Hendo I have to say has been a complete disappointment so far I don’t think I’ve seen him have a good game. It was a case of creating very few chances in the first half and then not capitalising on the decent chances we did create on the second. Doncaster though were pretty crap - both teams really struggled with basics today. Their fans were an absolute shower of nobheads too. Not a great afternoon but it’s STILL better than those first few games. But that one win last week certainly hasn’t meant we are now sure to be sitting mid table any time soon. |  | | |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 22:39 - Oct 1 with 3175 views | Sandyman |
Eee, it's proper peeing it down out there tonight. Reckon Barrow game will be off?  |  | | |
| Doncaster Rovers (h) Match Thread on 11:59 - Oct 2 with 2393 views | BillyRudd |
Its not often nowadays that the result of a football match affects my mood for the evening but yesterday really cheesed me off. There has definitely been an improvement in purpose under JB but we are still sadly a bunch of misfits and not a team. No lack of commitment but sadly lacking in the football intelligence that playing as a team, garners results.
Many of the recurring issues we see week after week are eminently fixable and I honestly believe that JB can achieve that, but the players need to apply the approach that throughout the ages has brought results.
Specifically, playing at a faster tempo on the break, getting crosses over first time from the wings with our attackers running into the box. By the time we get crosses over defenders have had time to discuss their plans for the evening. Willingness to attempt shots from outside the box. Ok for every worldy, one hits the corner flag but our reluctance to have a pot shot is woeful. Stop passing back to the goalkeeper who then punts it into the centre circle!!! Why do that? Take the responsibility yourself.
If you get to the byeline don,t centre it square. Pull it back, its far more difficult for defenders. Odoh is an exciting player one on one even if the end prospect is sometime frustrating. He should be used as an outlet for our defence, making their defenders play deeper and be nowhere near any defensive role. That is for both open play and set pieces. I thought he was an ideal substitution yesterday but he ended up playing far to deep.
When defending our closing down of players has definitely improved under JB but it is still poor compared to most of the teams we have played against this season. We are still making the mistake (at our level) of tiddling about at the back when teams have a high press on us. Nothing wrong with row Z if you are in front or punting it upfield with 5 minutes of extra time and 1 down as yesterday. We needed to panic them in that last 10 minutes but in the event they closed the game down with masterful ease. Probably a fair indication of our respective league positions
Some have criticised Quigley on here. From what I have seen of him and his track record he will do the business if you give him the right type of service. That means quality crossing. No good having a target man if you are still trying to walk the ball in through an organised defence.
Am not going to criticise individuals on here as the effort was there but as for credit, notable to me was that Sinclair puts a real shift in. Graham is vastly improved from last season and Diagouraga deserved his MOM albeit some of his distribution and holding of the ball was frighteningly deep if he had been robbed of the ball.
Oh well, good to get it off your chest. Onwards and upwards. | | | |
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