Consistency

[NickDRFC]

Sounds like we’re finally finding it. More often than not seems that we are very poor now.

Serious, serious questions need asking of the players, Schofield and the man who appointed him.

[Filo]

We’re consistently crap, we play too slow, we play too conservative but we’re crap at it, we are too rigid in our shape, and never look to break out of defence, no one busts a gut to get to a ball, we give the ball away far too often in our own half easily, basically we are crap, and the players have the heart the size of a pea, there are no misters in the team, I for one am sick of the way we play!

[Warmsworth Rover]

That was woeful today. Played off the park by an average team, but we gave them so much space they didn't have to do much to beat us. No passion, no tackles, no attempts to win the ball and in some cases no attempts to even challenge for the ball. This bunch of players are a sorry attempt of a team with hearts of peas, and, as much as I wanted Schofield to be a success, he seriously needs to look at this own position now. Hopefully the "we're sh*t and we're sick of it" chant may cause people high up in the Club to take notice.

[dickos1]

We created hardly anything all the game and then he puts two up front and we look a different side and could easily have scored 2.
Same thing happened at Mansfield.

Today we gave Galbraith the freedom of Manchester

[Wild Rover]

I had some respect for the way DRFC played under GM. I couldn't do with the SOD tedium ( although successful ). So i do not understand this "Get back to SOD way" that runs through the club right now. Best times were under DP when DRFC attacked and tried to win. Just my opinion of course. 

[sedwardsdrfc]

When we got going with good players under SOD the football was brilliant and the level played at made it more so.

That said he had phases where we would be awful to watch. Before he got sacked I remember going to a game and we never tried to leave our half just passes back to the keeper all game.

We do seem to have found consistency now and it’s worrying we’ve got worse the longer he’s been here. The 1st couple of games under him we were decent. Gone backwards big time

[Lesonthewest]

Game after game after game we churn out utter dross, & the manager comes out with we were beaten by the better side, well really, that wouldn't be hard would it. I am sick & tired of listening to his utter feeble attempts to  put a positive spin on what we have witnessed . He makes it sound like what we have seen is actually acceptable. We are not going forward in any way, shape or form with him.

[danumdon]

We've achieved a consistency alight, its consistently awful, it looks like the players have given up, don't know what to do and more importantly don't have the desire to do anything about it.

What we need is a root and branch reset, right across the board from top top bottom, i seriously cant see how we can offer contracts to any of the out of contract players, any of them, they are just abject, all of them.

Just get rid, if we don't want to spend any money then i'd rather see our youth play next season, which ever way we divvy it up the end result will be the same with this poor management setup.

May as well save ourselves some money and start again in tier 5.

[Lesonthewest]

Tier 5 is where we're heading make no mistake. Big changes needed throughout the club.

[Chris Black come back]

All the above is very true but place it in context - this is League Two. We are not struggling against giants in the Championship. We are embarrassing ourselves against sides with crowds half our crowds.

[Butchers Red]

I had some respect for the way DRFC played under GM. I couldn't do with the SOD tedium ( although successful ). So i do not understand this "Get back to SOD way" that runs through the club right now. Best times were under DP when DRFC attacked and tried to win. Just my opinion of course.

Nailed it in a few words - Best post on here for ages - simple really isn't it ??

[dickos1]

All the above is very true but place it in context - this is League Two. We are not struggling against giants in the Championship. We are embarrassing ourselves against sides with crowds half our crowds.

Not sure the crowd size has any relevance at all.

[JonWallsend]

I had some respect for the way DRFC played under GM. I couldn't do with the SOD tedium ( although successful ). So i do not understand this "Get back to SOD way" that runs through the club right now. Best times were under DP when DRFC attacked and tried to win. Just my opinion of course.

Nailed it in a few words - Best post on here for ages - simple really isn't it ??

I would love to see us playing the stuff we did under Penney. It was great to watch. Couldn't agree more.
I assume you couldn't do with the SOD tedium is a reference to his early tenure when things were very tedious, as were some isolated games (mostly every time we played Yeovil) after the initial settling in period. If however it is a reference to the whole of his managerial reign here, it has to be in the short list of maddest things I've read on here (and there are some serious contenders)

[Chris Black come back]

All the above is very true but place it in context - this is League Two. We are not struggling against giants in the Championship. We are embarrassing ourselves against sides with crowds half our crowds.

Not sure the crowd size has any relevance at all.

Well, it does. As crowds at this level are a major correlation to resources. And as is patently obvious to anyone sentient, resources are more often than not the major determinant of success. Which is why us playing a side with lesser resources and losing, is clearly not a good outcome.

[Wild Rover]

I had some respect for the way DRFC played under GM. I couldn't do with the SOD tedium ( although successful ). So i do not understand this "Get back to SOD way" that runs through the club right now. Best times were under DP when DRFC attacked and tried to win. Just my opinion of course.

Nailed it in a few words - Best post on here for ages - simple really isn't it ??

I would love to see us playing the stuff we did under Penney. It was great to watch. Couldn't agree more.
I assume you couldn't do with the SOD tedium is a reference to his early tenure when things were very tedious, as were some isolated games (mostly every time we played Yeovil) after the initial settling in period. If however it is a reference to the whole of his managerial reign here, it has to be in the short list of maddest things I've read on here (and there are some serious contenders)

This is the tedium i spoke of. Not early tenure is it?. This football bored the pants off me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR8L5QLtbVE

40 odd passes, 25 mts either side of halfway line, penetration "0". That's the legacy of SOD and what the powers that be strive for now at DRFC.

[Upton Rover]

The Club Doncaster crap are too sentimental, Copps has got to go I’m afraid

[drfchound]

I had some respect for the way DRFC played under GM. I couldn't do with the SOD tedium ( although successful ). So i do not understand this "Get back to SOD way" that runs through the club right now. Best times were under DP when DRFC attacked and tried to win. Just my opinion of course.

Nailed it in a few words - Best post on here for ages - simple really isn't it ??

I would love to see us playing the stuff we did under Penney. It was great to watch. Couldn't agree more.
I assume you couldn't do with the SOD tedium is a reference to his early tenure when things were very tedious, as were some isolated games (mostly every time we played Yeovil) after the initial settling in period. If however it is a reference to the whole of his managerial reign here, it has to be in the short list of maddest things I've read on here (and there are some serious contenders)

This is the tedium i spoke of. Not early tenure is it?. This football bored the pants off me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR8L5QLtbVE

40 odd passes, 25 mts either side of halfway line, penetration "0". That's the legacy of SOD and what the powers that be strive for now at DRFC.

You could see the frustration by the opposition when they started fouling at the end of that sequence and if you look carefully a chance was created. I think it was Sharp who was running in behind with the ball and was fouled.  Our current team are not capable of keeping the ball for 40 passes, especially at the pace those passes were played.

[Donnywolf]

Tier 5 is where we're heading make no mistake. Big changes needed throughout the club.

Not this Season thankfully but that's a real possibility if we continue the way we are

I've said several times lately , I've been bored watching supposed "entertainment" . Yesterday I was bored beyond belief especially in 2nd half when we simply didn't play from the KO

We were outplayed by a better Team with Galbraith allowed so much possession , and as much time in possession as he needed to find their 24

In truth I'm surprised we didn't concede 4, 5 or 6

If that continues we may continue to slide towards League  5 next Season ..... and ...

if so called "entertainment" bores people such as a crap box set on Netflix people turn it off and never watch again and I feel many many people will stop watching Rovers and never go back

[Lesonthewest]

I had some respect for the way DRFC played under GM. I couldn't do with the SOD tedium ( although successful ). So i do not understand this "Get back to SOD way" that runs through the club right now. Best times were under DP when DRFC attacked and tried to win. Just my opinion of course.

Nailed it in a few words - Best post on here for ages - simple really isn't it ??

I would love to see us playing the stuff we did under Penney. It was great to watch. Couldn't agree more.
I assume you couldn't do with the SOD tedium is a reference to his early tenure when things were very tedious, as were some isolated games (mostly every time we played Yeovil) after the initial settling in period. If however it is a reference to the whole of his managerial reign here, it has to be in the short list of maddest things I've read on here (and there are some serious contenders)

This is the tedium i spoke of. Not early tenure is it?. This football bored the pants off me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR8L5QLtbVE

40 odd passes, 25 mts either side of halfway line, penetration "0". That's the legacy of SOD and what the powers that be strive for now at DRFC.

Oh my word, watching that team again makes me realise what a utter mess we are in now. We seriously couldn't string 4 passes now together let alone 40.

[sedwardsdrfc]

Very poor pressure on the ball from the opposition in that clip.

[drfchound]

That’s not true Sedwards. The QPR players are trying to intercept the passes but we are so quick to get to and move the ball that they can’t get it.
They get severely pissed off and start flying in with late tackles.

[turnbull for england]

Their left midfielder with the gloves on is looking to crunch someone on the last 3 occasions the ball come near him, his tackle looked worse than the foul on Sharp

[JonWallsend]

I had some respect for the way DRFC played under GM. I couldn't do with the SOD tedium ( although successful ). So i do not understand this "Get back to SOD way" that runs through the club right now. Best times were under DP when DRFC attacked and tried to win. Just my opinion of course.

Nailed it in a few words - Best post on here for ages - simple really isn't it ??

I would love to see us playing the stuff we did under Penney. It was great to watch. Couldn't agree more.
I assume you couldn't do with the SOD tedium is a reference to his early tenure when things were very tedious, as were some isolated games (mostly every time we played Yeovil) after the initial settling in period. If however it is a reference to the whole of his managerial reign here, it has to be in the short list of maddest things I've read on here (and there are some serious contenders)

This is the tedium i spoke of. Not early tenure is it?. This football bored the pants off me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR8L5QLtbVE

40 odd passes, 25 mts either side of halfway line, penetration "0". That's the legacy of SOD and what the powers that be strive for now at DRFC.

I think we'll have to agree to disagree because I loved watching that. It isn't tedious. It is quick and incisive and if I'm correct we were 2 nil up at the time v QPR so didn't need to go chasing a goal.
If that's what we want to recreate, then it would be brilliant in my opinion.
Unfortunately, having watched us recently we are light years away from that. The 25 passes with no real purpose, slowly going backwards and sidewards, culminating in Mitchell kicking it out or aimlessly long, as characterised the Bradford game, is a frustrating watch. My honest opinion is, we don't have the players capable and need to find another way.
Loved the Penney team, and as I say, if we saw more of that attacking intent next season, I would be delighted, but the SOD era, overall, saw us playing some of the best football and most entertaining - and successful-in my time of watching (50 years). It's all about opinions

[RobbieDRFC]

One element highlighted during that clip is how many people were in the east stand compared to now.

[glosterred]

We are consistently inconsistent


COYR

[Chris Black come back]

One element highlighted during that clip is how many people were in the east stand compared to now.

I thought exactly the same. It’s very striking.

[Sammy Chung was King]

The team mirrors the managers personality. Timid and scared to have a go.