I hate trying to defend a goal lead. Why sit back? Going ahead means the opposition will come at you. So go for the kill not sit back and invite pressure.
Tonight's team v Ipswich Cox, Gordon, Finley, Sinclair, Ward, Collins, Thomas, Taylor, Brown, Crama, Hoole Subs Belshaw, Connolly, Grant, Marquis, Loft, Evans, McCormick, Lawrence, Jones 9 subs named for both sides 12th minute Jack Taylor for Ipswich 1 - 0 Reading Daniel Hargreaves and following I follow Rovers seem intent on giving this match away Ipswich missed a second shortly after they had scored and then the offside flag saved them from a possible goal According to Daniel it should be 2 - 0 as Ipswich miss a sitter Billy Bodin scores for Oxford to level the scores Against City
Crama clears of his line when Cox was lobbed in the 32nd minute 36th minute Rovers force a good save from the Ipswich keeper 1 minute extra time to be played HT 1 - 0 HT substitution Marquis for Sinclair First card of the evening Omari Hutinson 55th minute 62nd minute Connolly on Taylor off 65th minute Evans on Finley off 66th minute Humphreys on Taylor off
Chaplin Clarke and Hirst replace Harness Ball and Ladapo 73rd minute 76th minute Sone Aluko 2 - 0 77th minute McCormick and Grant replace Gordon and Brown Guess we go out 1st round can't see us getting a goal let alone 3 Minimum of 5 minutes extra time to be played Sky says its all over I follow is still showing plus 5 and I think Daniel Hargreaves has fallen asleep Collins doesn't score Rovers don't score we need quality up front and mid field if we are looking towards the playoff's otherwise I think it is going to be a long season
Rovers will welcome Barnsley this Saturday to the Mem for their first home game of the 2023/24 season. Barnsley will come into the game in high spirits after beating Port Vale 7-0 in their season opener, putting them at the top of the table after game week one. Rovers were unable to seal an opening-day victory down at Fratton Park after conceding in the 92nd minute to end the game at 1-1. Last season's fixture at the Mem saw a goalless draw. Referee - Carl Brook. He was referee twice last season in a Rovers game. 1-1 away to Plymouth in the Cup and a 1-0 win vs Port Vale last December. Rovers are currently tipped at 21/10 for a win, with a draw at 12/5 and John Marquis at 3/1 to score at any time.
I hope there is serious improvement in performance otherwise we are going to be struggling for most of the season. We missed two good chances which would have sealed the 3 points for us
I thought the performance was good. We were the better team against the team who won last week 7-0. We created the better chances. Only issue was not taking our chances. This obviously hurt us yesterday but is not so bad as we are creating chances and getting into the right positions. I would be more worried if we lacked creativity and had no chances. We have played 2 tough games and we haven't lost and really we should be on 6 points now as minutes away from 3 points at Portsmouth and had enough chances to win the game yesterday. We'll be ok.
I think we look really good and should not fear anyone in this division. As CJS said, we’re creating loads of chances and are also limiting the opposition - only a matter of time before we hand out a thrashing.
Today's line up v Charlton Cox, Hoole, Gordon, Taylor, Crama, Ward, Thomas, Evans, Sinclair, Marquis, (c) Collins Subs Hall, Connolly, Finley, Grant, McCormick, Loft, only 6 subs 28th minute Marquis booked for simulation, Daniel Hargreaves says there was clear contact by Dobson Think Alfie May is trying to show Rovers what they missed when he signed for Charlton, 2 shots saved and twice caught offside 1 minute extra time HT 0 _ 0
57th minute Payne yellow carded 58th minute Sinclair 0 - 1 Rovers from the free kick from the above yellow card
65th minute triple substitution on come Vale, Finley and Grant off Thomas, Sinclair and Gordon, Marquis denied by a goal line clearance 73rd minute Kanu for Charlton 1 - 1 According to I Follow we have had more shots 12 to 11 and 5 to 4 on target, can we please sign a striker who can score goals Taylor and Hector replace Andersen and Jones for Charlton Vale has a shot cleared off the line 82nd minute 83rd minute Loft replaces Evans Rovers and Thomas replaces Edun for Charlton 86 minute Camara injured for Charlton McCormick on for Marquis 89th minute minimum of 7 minutes extra time
90+2 Josh Grant yellow carded stopping a brakeaway counter attack McCormick at the death 1 - 2 Rovers 98th minute FT Charlton 1 Bristol Rovers 2
