Unfortunately, today's pitch passed the pitch inspection after an awful amount of rain fell overnight and this morning.
Todays line up v Port Vale Southwood, Moore, Mola, Thomas, Lockyer, Cotterill, Harrison, Conteh, Bilongo, Negru, Cavegn Subs Young, Sparkes, Forde, McEachran, Howley, Issaka, Lopata, Morton, Dewsbry 6th miute Vale have the ball in the net but are saved by the off side flag 11th minute corner to Vale cleared by Harrison and Cavegn 19th minute Headley found space o the left hand side but shot over, Will Murray feels the opener is coming for Vale 21st minute corner to Vale which is over hit and goes out for a throw to Rovers 23rd minute a cross from John is intercepted by Negru, a tussle then ensues between the players with Rovers asking for a card to be shown, ref now consulting the linesman with Hall Lockyer Paton and Conteh all shown yellow cards, Murray saying the momentum has now gone out of the game
31st minute Bilongo wins a free kick for Rovers which finds Harrison whose point blank range shot is expertly saved by Ben Amos 33rd Thomas then wins the ball back to find Cavegn who fires wide of the post 34th minute Headley dribbles past a couple of players before shooting well wide past the post 38th minute Paton finds space on the left before cutting in only to see his shot blocked 40th minute Bilongo wins a defensive header before driving up theptch and shooting wide from the edge of the box 43rd minute Rovers when Cavegn's shot is turned out for a corner which Conteh puts high and wide 3 minutes extra time to be played 45+3 Waine shoots over from 6 yards out HT Port Vale 0 - 0 Rovers
Rovers restart the 2nd half no changes announced 46th minute Waine nets for Vale Port Vale 1 - 0 Rovers Is that their first shot on target again 51st minute Lopata and Forde on Negru and Bilongo off Will Murray saying Rovers look disjointed with Harrison's options looking limited whenRovers win the ball back and Vale look in complete control 58th minute a lull in the game with Rovers needing a moment of magic to get back in the game 59th minute Thomas wins the ball back but Harrison cant get onto the cross and Vale get a goal kick 62nd minute Hall goes past Mola but his cross goes over everybody's head 64th minute McEachran and Issaka replace Cotterill and Issaka, doesn't say who Issaka replaced apart from himself according to Sky he replaced Thomas
66th minute Corner to Vale which is flicked on and misses everybody at the back post 68th minute Paton hits the side netting 71st minute Conteh finds Cavegn whose cross is diverted out for a corner which is claimed by Amos 15 minutes plus extra time to play and only 1 substitution to make, can we get a goal or keep the defeat down to a single goal or are we just going to cave in next match home to Swindon who are 3 ahead of Bolton after 77 minutes, time to get worried??? 78th minute Byers header saved by Southwood from a Vale corner 79th minute Morton on Harrison off 81st minute Morton finds Issaks who shoots well over the bar 83rd minute Moore yellow carded 84th minuteLockyers ball over the top finds Morton whose is deflected for a corner which is cleared but won back by Conteh who then shhots over the bar
87th minute Rovers having more possession but Vale defending in depth 89th minute McEachran's ball over the top finds Cavegn who finds Conteh who shoots over the top 90th minute free kick to Vale with just 4 minutes of extra time to be played which is headed over Rovers then go into the Vale half and win a throw in which is wasted but the ball finds Southwood who finds Morton who wins a corner which clears everyone including Southwood who had gone forward for it FT Port Vale 1 - 0 Bristol Rovers Well at least we won't get a plum draw and lose by a cricket score Swindon 4 - 0 Bolton that could well happen next week Attendance today 3227
Harrison out with a hamstring injury Rovers line up v Barnet Southwood, Sparkes, Moore, Mola, Thomas, Lockyer, Cotterill, McEachran, Conteh, Cavegn, Lopata Subs Young, Forde, Howley, Bilongo, Negru, Issaka, Morton Barnet have only lost 1 since September 6th Barnet start the match Both sides playing with a back 5, with Rovers putting long balls up to Cavegn 8th minute a left wing cross from Assombolga is cleared with no one to tap it home A lofted ball by Lockyer to Cavegn which Moore takes with the ball finding Thomas who fires over from the edge of the box Rovers employing a high press which at present seems to be working 14th minute a Glover shot deflected for a corner which Senior nets from close range Barnet 1 - 0 Rovers 16th minute Thomas fires one over the bar
Well that didn’t take long - 1-0 to Barnet. We are now where we deserve to be - in the relegation zone. We all know the script now- we’ll either get thrashed or lose 1-0. We certainly won’t get anything out of the match.
But it could lead to relegation Bluebaldee 19th minute a Mola tackle stops Senior as Barnet build up pressure 23rd minute a Barnet throw in falls to Cavegn whose shot is saved Glover is causing Rovers problems down the left side he needs sorting
Ofoborh nets the for Barnet 2 - 0 Rovers 32nd minute Kanu wins a free kick on the right wing which is over everyone's head 34th minute corner to Rovers
We’re witnessing a bit of history tonight - but not in a good way. Rovers have never lost 9 on the spin in the league in our history but that’s about to change.
Read that earlier not a good sign the corner was cleared to Ofoborh who curled his effort wide 36th minute Rovers have a corner which was won by Sparkes is cleared and the chance to build some pressure is lost 39th minute Lopata heads over after Slicker failed to claim the corner If the score doesn't alter I will win the guess the score competition 40th minute a quick free kick finds cotterill who is flagged offside 42nd minute a Smith cross finds Senior unmarked at the back post but he shoots high and wide 44th minute Assombalonga has a shot well saved by Southwood corner Barnet HT Barnet 2 - 0 Rovers 45th minute a Glover blocked out for a corner 45+1 Southwood saves well from Smith after a short corner
Sounds like it could’ve been 4 without Southwood. It’s time for DC to go - he clearly has no solutions to the massive problems we face.
He wanted to work with a smaller squad, then came the injuries, we signed Cavegn but nobody to help him up top and we only appear to have Thomas as an attacking M Fielder. We need a striker that is capable of scoring goals a couple of creative mid fielders and a formation that doesn't concede the wings to the opposition wingers. Rovers get the 2nd half underway formation change to a 433 with Issaka and Forde on don't know who has been taken off 48th minute Issaka and Cotterill combine well but the cross is claimed by Slicker
Just seen on sky Lockyer and Tomas off today's attendance is 2157 with 414 gasheads 55th minute a corner to Rovers wich finds Lopata whose shot is cleared off the line before Forde's acrobatic effort is saved with Slicker turning the ball over for a corner 57th minute an Issaka cross cleared by Barnet Rovers dominating the hosts 61st minute Morton getting ready to come on With Cheltenham and Accrington both winning Rovers down to 22nd 62nd minute McEachran off Morton on 65th minute a Senior cross flicked on by Mola is well saved by Southwood 68th minute a Glover cross headed behind for a corner which is by Moore cleared to Forde who is dispossesed and Barnet are again on the attack
72nd minute Stead's attempt on goal is blocked by Lopata 73rd minute Morton wins a free kick 25 yards out which is easily dealt with by Barnet but Rovers attack again with Moore having an attempt blocked and Forde fires over the bar 77th minute Penalty for Barnet which is converted by Shelton Barnet 3 - 0 Rovers About 9 minutes plus extra time to get 4 goals to win the match 83rd minute Forde shot is blocked 86th minute a Hugill glanced header from a Browne cross well saved by Southwood 89th minute a Hawkins effort turned onto the post is then put into the net by Stead Barnet 4 - 0 Rovers
5 minutes extra time to be played 90+1 Cotterill fires over the bar 90+2 Through ball from Morton nearly finds Cavegn but Slicker comes out to clear According to sky we are in the 90+5 minute FT Barnet 4 - 0 Rovers According to Will Murray reaction will come soon already to late I think
