If we can get the right players in, in the next few days we could have an interesting season, still think we need a striker who knows where the goal is and some creativity in midfield and some defenders in case of injuries or a congested run of games
Lopata was involved in the defeat at Chesterfield but was literally thrown in after arriving the day earlier. I won't count that
Reckon we could be up to about 16th in the league after that performance, and you have to admit that goal deserved to win the game
He’s definitely formed a great partnership with Kilgour in central defence. Sparkes has been excellent too and Southam-Hales is decent. We certainly need to score more goals but our first choice defence has been superb the past few games.
we do have a lack of depth in case of injuries or a loss of form in our defence at present, and if we are looking for someone to score goals a couple of the Tottenham kids looked useful in the midweek Man Utd 97th minute penalty won the game for them today
I was pleased to see Kilgour resigned and he looks stronger and tougher now though a bit older than when he left. Would like to see Ollie Clarke back to play along side Conteh which would let McEachran play further forward
Todays line up v Newport Young, Sparkes, Kilgour, Omochere, Thomas, McEachran, Conteh, Southam - Hales, Chang, Cavegn, Lopata Subs Senior, Moore, Mola, Sotiriou, Harrison, Bilonga, Issaka No keeper on the bench today, Southwood on international duty and Ward out on loan, better hope there is no injury to Young Rovers KO shooting away from the travelling fans 4th minute McEachran down and getting treatment Daniel saying he looked to been caught late 7th minute match restarted and Rovers have a free kick just inside the Newport half which goes out for a goal kick 8th minute Newport free kick in virtually the same position which Rovers defend poorly and a shot comes in which Young can only parry and is then cleared
12th minute a Kilgour Effort on goal from 35yards is blocked 15th minute Sparkes cross blocked behind for a corner which Omochere headed on target but not before the ref had blown for a foul 19th minute Daniel saying that the ref isn't letting much go as the players seem to be preparing to take free kicks, foul after foul being given 21st minute Rovers break started by a Sparkes clearance to Thomas finds Cavegn who can't get a shot away passes back to Sparkes whose shot swerves just over the bar 28th minute A through ball from Kilgour is picked up by Omochere who tries a cut back for Cavegn but the flag eventually goes up for off side 32nd minute Southam - hales who looked offside collected a ball from Omochere before a cross to Cavegn was stopped Tzanev in the Newport goal no flag 34th minute Lopata yellow carded for stopping Reindorf free kick Newport 35th minute foul in the area just as Kamwa looked to shoot home fans not happy decision went Rovers way 38th minute Reindorf has a poor touch when he was unmarked in the Rovers box
40th minute Newport corner which was cleared Southam - Hales but during the follow up cross Young is deemed to have been fouled as he punched the ball away 1 minute extra time Rovers throw in with a long throw by Southam - hales which finds Chang whose effort hits a Newport player resulting in a corner whichcomes to nothing HT Newport 0 - 0 Rovers Daniel saying the game seems to be stopping for either a foul or offside every other minute
2nd half has just started with Rovers shooting towards their fans who have travelled across the bridge no substitutions by either side 48th minute Kamwa nets for Newport but Rovers saved by the flag raised for offside 49th minute Southam - Hales in a good crossing position but the cross goes over the of Cavegn 52nd minute Cavegn hits the post then forces a save from close range before Thomas turns the ball over the line Newport 0 - 1 Rovers 54th minute comment from Daniel, from the KO the balldeflects towards the Newport goal, Thomas pokesit into the net before the ref blows for a foul on their GK 56th minute foul on Thomas who is fit to continue free kick Rovers Daniel has posted Luke Thomas' goal then nothing 59th minute Thomas score after an error by their keeper Newport 0 - 2 Rovers, Thomas's 2nd of the match
65th minute Daniel saying Rovers in complete control hope he is not tempting fate 67th minute a good cross from Sparkes finds Cavegn who puts his effort wide which was his final action as he was then replaced by Harrison 68th minute foul by McEachran half way inside the Rovers half earns him a yellow card yellow cards seem to be going only against us 73rd minute a Chang cross finds the head of Harrison who finds the back of the net Newport 0 - 3 Rovers Certainly didn't see this score line coming 76th minute a Thomas cross finds Harrison who scuffs his shot 77th minute Sotiriou on Thomas off, hope this substitution works as quickly as the last did
79th minute Whitmore scores Newport 1 - 3 Rovers Whitmore was a substitute along with Opoku and spelling replacing Evans, Baker and Reindorf 82nd minute Senior and Mola on Southam - Hales and Chang off 87th minute Sparkes clears off the line to keep rovers lead intact 89th minute goal for Newport 2 - 3 Rovers can see us managing to scrape a draw yet 6 minutes extra time to be played, Mola comes on we concede
