Aye this. We tried to match them physical wise but pointless. We won't don't have the players. Mostly to weak. We should have went technical.
In all fairness, we knew they're a threat physically and they knew we're a threat and Kings of the late late late goal, so that game done exactly what it said on the tin.
I’m far from O’Nien’s biggest fan and probably wouldn’t have started him in the midfield but I thought he was good tonight.
Sometimes you just have to hold your hands up and admit you were 2nd best, they are better all over the park than us, we got very lucky. Strange team selection and had me nervous from the off, as someone said earlier why not let them worry about us instead of us trying to match them up. That was hard to watch and I’m glad we won’t meet them in the play offs ( if we get there ) I don’t get the Matete selection, he has promise but that’s it, his passing isn’t a touch on Embelton or Neil, AN got away with that tonight and hopefully we don’t use those tactics again.
Forest in with a shout for automatics, to be honest, I don't think I could be arsed with the ****athon over them if they went up.
Agree with that however they are susceptible against teams who attack them…which we can be very good at. So why the hell we decided to play defensively is completely beyond me.
I you joking. He was the most ineffective waste of space on the pitch. Honestly he raged me so much. Didn't help the midfield, didn't help the forwards and just stood in the lines. ****e. Should have been hooked.
They are absolutely brilliant at what they do, its a well oiled machine at this level. Press high, force you long, pin your centre forwards and win the headers then play fast and wide and play for crosses into the box or corners. They had the measure of us all evening and quite frankly we've robbed them of a point. Disappointing for us to be unable to compete with Rotherham but that was the reality, we didn't really look like creating any opportunities from open play let alone scoring. Cracking header for the equaliser and a quality moment, but ultimately it was get out of jail free. I bet they're gutted.
Tbf to Neil, all through the season our defeats and big defeats have come when we have not been able to compete physically and earned he right to play our game. He has obviously reviewed that and knew the oppo tonight were tough. He set us up tonight to match them, but we didn't. Having said that Gooch should have been on the right from the start.
That’s my usual opinion of him when starting in the midfield but thought he was the only one with a bit of bite tonight. I do think he’s very lucky to be starting in a midfield role mind.
I thought he was alright to be fair. Seemed strange he seemed to play as a second striker when Broadhead went off but thought he was our only player picking up second balls and trying to get beyond Stewart
Yeah good point mate, they looked strong and they can keep their auto spot now we can't get it. If we don't go up through the play offs this season, as much as I'm convinced it's our year by hook or crook. I'm hoping Alex Neil is the manager to build that sort of physical side with attacking flare and some. We've been knocking on the door every time, now we need to kick it in. Good result tonight all things considered. We battled against a strong team and came back. Keep that mindset and we should be in with a shout. HA'WAY THE LADS.
He's made mistakes but he's human. It's easy for us to criticize watching every week, but I'm impressed overall.
