I wanted him to bring on Richards for Willock when he was tiring, it looked to me before Chair or Roberts. I thought with him we could have kept pushing them back longer than we did with the subs he made. Richards was supposed to be an 8 and from the little we have seen seems to play more centrally, an attacking version of Tim who was supposed to be a 6, but seems good at both 6 and 8.
Like many sad people, I put my stop watch on but deliberately waited until the FK was taken, from that moment it was 4.20-4.30 mins. Who/what was Baldock saying FO to about 10 times in the paddock?? He was well out of order. You'd think they had just got promoted, not got a point they barely deserved against a team destined for 16th! Best team performance for some time. It's the hope.............as they say.
We did the same at Preston just 2 subs and both late on and lucky to come away with 3pts. Makes no sense, surely lots of fresh legs from 70th minute would have created an outlet and some energy, instead decided to see out the last 70mins plus 6 injury time
Were you sitting behind me in the SA Road stand? I had an American lady talking non-stop asking questions like 'how does the offside work' and 'why was that a free kick'? Questions i'd dearly like answers for too!! Thought the boys did really well on the whole. Dykes and Chair worked tirelessly. Kakay tried his best and never gave up. Dickie and Dunne were huge in defence but don't let them run with the ball - Dickie charges forward and loses it almost every time and Dunne passes more balls back than forward. Paal had a quiet game but looked steady and confident. Field and Tim 5vowels had their normal game which is usually 7/10 at least and Chair and Dykes were superb even though neither can score (the deflection last night excepted). Only disappointments were Willock, who is a shadow of his former self and Roberts who doesn't look like he wants to be with us. I just can't work him out - he's supposed to be a half decent player but he rarely performs in a hooped shirt. All in all, i was enthused by the team. Yes, there were individual errors and we're definitely short of a goal-scorer but the signs are good for the rest of the season although i suspect a play-off place will be a bridge too far - nice to finish in the top 10 though. Gutted not to take the 3 points but let's be positive - the team are back on the up!! Can we carry this through to the FA Cup????
One final thing I'll add....... You can see that Dykes has an Aussie Rules background as there was one leap he did with the keeper where he just hung in the air so long and was head and shoulders above the keeper....... unfortunately the ref gave a free kick to them as he had to having given us a free kick a couple of minutes earlier when Seny went to collect under pressure from their impressive center half whose name is completely unpronounceable...... According to Warnock on co commentary neither were free kicks....... Anyway I digress, just wanted to comment on the way Dykes can hang in the air so long, mighty impressive.......
Chair needs to learn to pass too many off target shots, the goal would never had gone in without the deflection it was straight at the keeper and very weak
I thought Willock played quite well till he tired. Linked up play well. He just hasn't managed to regain the scoring knack before his injury.
No, we were all in Florida at our condo watching on a giant 65" TV screen after I signed up for ESPN @ $9.99/mth. Now I have personally experienced this kind of hurt numerous times over the years, but for my partner and the 90 year old this was there first ever R's game! They are just picking up on the offside rule, with VAR reinforcement at the World Cup and Premier League matches, but of course no VAR in the Championship.
