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[donnievic]

Now that’s what you call a mistake from Allison

[roversdude]

We played really well today especially first half, agree the squad needs strengthening once it’s time to take Molyneux and Hirst off we don’t have ready made like for like replacements.
The ref had a shocker today by the way
We had quite a few shots first half but their defenders threw themselves into blocks

[Thorney]

This is the thing Tomlin's wage is going where at the minute? He was something different and Woltman is a terrible replacement

Woltman was never a replacement for tomlin.
Unfortunately tomlin decideded to retire  (but then play again afterwards) mid season so we havnt yet had the chance to sign his replacement.
I maybe reading your statement wrong but it reads to me that you are saying that woltman is tomlins replacement sorry if I have.

I will judge at the end of the month if they have replaced lee tomlin.

[bpoolrover]

We played really well today especially first half, agree the squad needs strengthening once it’s time to take Molyneux and Hirst off we don’t have ready made like for like replacements.
The ref had a shocker today by the way
We had quite a few shots first half but their defenders threw themselves into blocks

not sure you can say we played well today, 1st half I thought we were excellent 2nd they were far better and we created nothing

[Chris Black come back]

After 10 minutes of the second half, for whatever reason we just invited them on to us and apart from injury time, that was the story of the second half.

[Sammy Chung was King]

This side will continually just fall short of making it into the play off positions because we are missing certain components in the side. We will finish just outside the play offs at the end, unless we get a few coming in and some going out. We are not a million miles away, it’s tweaks that are needed in the side.

 We have one good out and out striker, we need another two. We miss a ball winner/creative midfield type. A central defender is also needed.
Knoyle needs to be playing on the right hand side. I would say if we can get them moves players need to be moved on from all departments, striker, midfield and defence.

[Janso]

Not going to read any further or previous replies because I'm past the point of caring about what people who can't wait to stick the knife in think anymore, but we were the better team in the first half.

Anyone saying "we had no shots on target" is clearly looking at the stats and not taking into account that a shot doesn't count as on target if it's blocked along the way, which happened numerous times in the first half. That in itself says something, but it's not as if we posed no threat.

Second half, you knew they were going to step it up a notch and they did. But it was hardly a tonking against the side that will probably run away with it. And we made them look reasonably ordinary for good chunks of the game, in my opinion.

Some people really do seem to revel in being 'right' when we lose, don't they? it's incredibly toxic and I often find the fans more draining than when the football is naff.

[Chris Black come back]

I think yesterday was fairly representative in many respects.

We can against the better sides match them for periods of a game, and there appears more solidity at the back these days (although no clean sheet yet again) but we can’t match the better sides for 90minutes and our intensity drops off.

We don’t have enough in the squad to then change what’s on the pitch and we then end up retreating until the inevitable happens.

I guess we either need to be putting sides to the sword when we have those earlier chances, or we have a better bench with more options. Both probably rely on transfer business.

[normal rules]

The no shots on target is very misleading for this game. They were plenty of attempts that were blocked in the first half.

[Lesonthewest]

First half we were excellent, 2nd half, while the endeavour was there we created absolutely nothing & the flair players Mollyneux & Hirst were way off it. Their keeper never had a shot to save all game, & their makeshift defence had an easy afternoon. That's my take on it & I'll stick to it. We are not far away & 2 or 3 additions will see us make the play offs, without them we're going nowhere, in my opinion.

[Chris Black come back]

Taylor, Rowe, Faulkner, Clayton, Olowu, Younger and I presume Griffiths all out injured. They would make the side and bench looks entirely different.

[Silkscarf]

A 30-yarder that pings back off the crossbar is not ‘on target’. But as a fan you jump to your feet thinking that’s a goal all the way. Then you think we’re gonna score in a minute. I’ll take one of those for 5 that trickle along the ground into the keeper’s hands.

[ravenrover]

Just seen their goal, never in a million years was that Mitchells fault, 99 in 100 it's over or off the bar

[Herbert Anchovy]

I was sat in the home end yesterday with some Orient supporting mates. The consensus around me at half time was that they were lucky not to be, at the very least, a goal down and that Rovers were the better side by a fair margin. It was during the final 20-25 mins when they stepped up a gear and began to take the game to us that they became more confident of snatching a win. Chatting after the game a few guys said that we were one of the best teams they’d seen this season and one of the few that’d actually put them under sustained pressure for large chunks of the game. Their class shone through though and we found it difficult to counter that.

Orient are the best team in the division by some distance in my view and it’s no disgrace to put in the performance we did. We’re just missing those couple of extra bits of quality to make us a really good side.

Anyone who thought that we were poor yesterday is wrong imo.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Good to hear. If that's back to normal, then normal is getting better.

If we're acknowledging improvements from Williams plus Maxwell, Hurst and Seaman who are getting a run of games then this bodes well. Surely Molyneux will get one in the onion bag soon too.

[dickos1]

You don’t mind losing if we played a good game, but we are having far to many games where we can’t have a shot on target, Bianca Westwood was right we offer nothing in the final third.
Also should the keeper have done better? I think so

Did we not play a good game?

No we never had a shot on target, very poor at this level not to have a shot on target for 90 mins, you tell me different

People obsessed with shots on target like it’s the b all and end all.
So if we’d had 6 shots from 30 yards that the keeper put his hat on, that would e menar we played much better woukd it?

Fact is we got into many good positions in the first half but the final decision cost us.
To say we didn’t play well because we had no shots on target is crackers

[drfchound]

You don’t mind losing if we played a good game, but we are having far to many games where we can’t have a shot on target, Bianca Westwood was right we offer nothing in the final third.
Also should the keeper have done better? I think so

Did we not play a good game?

No we never had a shot on target, very poor at this level not to have a shot on target for 90 mins, you tell me different

People obsessed with shots on target like it’s the b all and end all.
So if we’d had 6 shots from 30 yards that the keeper put his hat on, that would e menar we played much better woukd it?

Fact is we got into many good positions in the first half but the final decision cost us.
To say we didn’t play well because we had no shots on target is crackers

People say we didn’t have shots on target when we did have shots on target that were blocked.
A shot cleared off the line by a defender isn’t classed as being a shot on target.
Stats are not always what they are made out to be.

[andyst79]

You don’t mind losing if we played a good game, but we are having far to many games where we can’t have a shot on target, Bianca Westwood was right we offer nothing in the final third.
Also should the keeper have done better? I think so

Did we not play a good game?

No we never had a shot on target, very poor at this level not to have a shot on target for 90 mins, you tell me different

People obsessed with shots on target like it’s the b all and end all.
So if we’d had 6 shots from 30 yards that the keeper put his hat on, that would e menar we played much better woukd it?

Fact is we got into many good positions in the first half but the final decision cost us.
To say we didn’t play well because we had no shots on target is crackers

Our decision making wasn't great as you say but also at least 2 of their defenders made great blocks