Great comeback and thankfully Taylor was reactive instead of passive by hooking Baggott and changing formation. Hopefully we’ll see some of that fighting spirit when we next play at home.
I personally like the 4 2 3 1 formation , four at the back and two midfielders supporting them and four naturally attacking forward players. He criticised them for not being strong enough well last night proved that given a fair crack of the whip they are and it is just the tactics which need sorting out
We seemed more solid with four at the back v Stevenage - we didn’t concede - and our attacking players found more space. Hopefully we’ll start with this formation v Northampton as three at the back just isn’t working with the current squad.
yesterday result was a great surprise, but, when you read more you get the feeling that the Conteh from Grimsbury has some of the boxer of a similar name, and I think of Dave Macay and Nobby Stiles about him. he suggests that he is playing for the team and therefore will suffer the referees opinion. I do wonder with all the training/coaching from young, playing on good surfaces may give some the wrong impression What did satisfy almost as much as the result was the lack of a smile on Steve Evans face. He always suggests that the Rovers are easy target
He commented yesterday or the day before that this was a good time to be playing Rovers as they were in a bad run of form, wonder what would happen if we ever get a good run of form
Todays line up v Northampton Ward, Hunt, Gordon, Crama, Wilson, (c) Grant, Sinclair, Vale, Thomas, Martin, Brown, Subs Cox, Baggott, Connolly, Hoole, Lawrence, Vaughan, Marquis 4 players who have come through the Rovers Academy in today's squad Matt Taylor is leading from the stands following his yellow card in the last match Brough scores in the 3rd minute Northampton 1 - 0 Jamie McAllister leading from the dugout with Taylor in the stand Chairman says he is going to back the manager in the transfer market in the Summer, hope he has got a lot of money because we need a lot of players 10th minute Crama concedes a corner Daniel says foul in the box goal kick given Northampton have scored the only goal in the division up to now 15 minutes
22nd minute Sinclair has Rovers first shot of the afternoon it was wide of the post 25th minute Wilson yellow carded 26th minute Gordon has his shirt pulled in the area no penalty given, Rovers only penalty was given in the reverse fixture this season Following this match is like watching paint dry 40th minute Pinnock for Northampton 2 - 0 JB went on a run of 5 defeats in6 matches when he was sacked, Taylors run is nowhere near as good as that time he departed HT 2 - 0 Match attendance is 6817 including 872 Gasheads HT stats possession 49-51 shots on target 3- 2 corners 1 - 0 fouls 6-4 47th minute Rovers first corner
Baggott and Vaughan on Crama and Vale off Corner straight into the keepers hands 52nd minute Brough yellow carded for foul on Hunt Northampton sub McWilliams on Fox off 65th minute Marquis on Grant off who then proceeds to blast a shot over the bar 72nd minute Connolly on Sinclair off and Springett on Simpson off 79th minute Chris Martin scores for Rovers 2 - 1assisted by Elkan Baggott, Moulden yellow carded at the same time Baggott headed a shot over his own crossbar to keep the score at 2 - 1 84th minute Leonard for Northampton 3 - 1 from the corner 2 shot in 2 minutes both saved by their keeper 5 minutes extra time to be played and Northampton are still looking to extend their lead FT 3 _ 1
Today's line up v Carlisle Ward, Gordon, Wilson,(c) Baggott, Conteh, Thomas, Vale, Sinclair, Martin, Brown. Subs Cox, Connolly; Crama, Grant, Hoole, Vaughan, Marquis George Friend is to be offered a recruitment role with the Rovers, an announcement expected on Monday 1st minute corner to Carlisle Carlisle have lost the last six and are bottom of the table, doesn't bode well for us 6th minute Wilson's header from a free kick according to Daniel just goes why 8th minute Chris Martin asks for a penalty for hand ball not given 2 attempts to score neither on target 16th minute Carlisle 1 - 0 Josh Vela with the opener
10 points ahead of Cheltenham and 12 ahead of Port Vale both have games in hand and we have to play Cheltenham at their place I think, we are slowly being dragged into a relegation battle 22nd minute Jack hunt yellow carded first of the afternoon 33rd minute Taylor Charters hits the post nearly 2 down 34th minute Martin scores for Rovers 1 - 1 assisted by Jevani Brown and according to Daniel with the best assist you will see this weekend 2 minutes extra time HT 1 - 1 4 games in the premiership that have kicked off 4 goals score all in the same match
2nd half just kicked off no subs mentioned at half time 50th minute Luke Thomas yellow carded for holding back an opponent after being beaten to the ball 51st minute Scott Sinclair scores Assisted by Jevani Brown Rovers 2 - 1 56th minute Harrison Neal yellow carded Reading Daniel Hargraves commentary I think Carlisle waste more chances than we do and that surprises me 75th minute Jevani Brown down injured and receiving treatment is fit to continue 78th minute Thomas off Vaughan on 81st minute Brown down injured again and is replaced by Josh Grant 87th minute Maguire replaces Charters 90+3 minutes Armstrong yellow carded 89th minute Vale and Sinclair off Marquis and Crama on 7 minutes extra time to be played
Today's line p v Orient Ward, Hunt, Gordon, Wilson, Baggott, Conteh, Thomas, Evans (c), Sinclair, Martin, Brown Subs Cox, Taylor, Finley, Grant, Vale Vaughan, Marquis Our near neighbours lost 1 - 0 to Cardiff in an early KO Ward made a save in the 2nd minute and conceded a corner then the injury 3rd minute Hunt down injured, Gordon switched to RB and Vale on for Hunt Sinclair has had our first shot which was blocked in the 11th minute 30th minute Chris Martin Orient 0 - 1Rovers assisted by Evans
Last comment by I Follow was dangerous play by Shaq Forde, doesn't say what happened or whether a card was shown 44th minute cynical body check on Shaq Forde by Wilson earns him the first yellow card of the afternoon Corner headed over by Beckles 3 minutes extra time to be played HT orient 0 - 1 Bristol Rovers
Second half subs for Orient Sanders and Edwards on Moncur and O'Neill off Orient have had 3 corners in 5 minutes in the second half, make that 5 in seven minutes Rovers look to be hanging on a bit Hope Daniel Hargraves hasn't put the kiss of death on Rovers he states our corner defending has been outstanding 58th minute Harvey Vale yellow carded which prevents Orient from launching a counter attack 62nd minute Vale and Brown off Taylor and Finley on, forgotten Brown was playing Aaron Collins extends Bolton's lead 62nd minute Rovers reverted to aback three with Taylor slotting in between Baggott and Wilson 75th minute Adu-Adjei and Hunt replace Sotiriou and Mizouni for Orient About 11 minutes plus extra time to go can we hang on 84th minute Wilson shown 2nd yellow card Rovers down to ten men, Gran on Sinclair off as a result of the card
83rd minute Cooper yellow carded followed by Finley and Grant in the 84th minute 89th minute Huge save from ward to deny Orient a goal 5 minutes extra time to be played FT Orient 0 - 1 Rovers Clean sheet on the road and three points to go with it. Well done lads
