todays match

You didn't expect anything else did you Bluebaldee

Out of the playoff places down to 8th

Sam Finley for Rovers 1 - 1 58th minute

 

Barrow he scored against Port Vale and Carlisle have scored against Tranmere now 1 - 1 in both matches

Luke Thomas replaces T Clarke with H Anderson dropping to LB and Thomas going to R Wing 69th minute
70th minute Gareth Edwards replaced by Callum Cooke

Paudie O'Connor yellow carded for hacking down Collins after he lost the ball Sam frost is not sure why this yellow was so long in coming

Brad ford have conceded 15 fouls

75th Connor Taylor Rovers 2 - 1

 

Get in Connor Taylor!

Well done fella!

 

Rovers joint 3rd as the results stand at present

Taylor treated for an injury after scoring is fit to play on play delayed by several minutes
Caolan Lavery replaces Alex Gilliead 75th minute

Leon Clarke replaces Sam Nicholson 82nd minute

Tranmere 2 - 1 v Carlisle

6 minutes extra time to be played

All over 2 - 1 up to 5th in the league 3rd to 7th all have the same points just down to GD

Brentford beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge 1 - 4

 

Carlisle just drawn level 97th minute Tranmere had 2 player Red carded still playing

9 minutes extra now finished 2 - 2

Tranmere v Rovers next match who will have C McDonald and K Morris missing

 

Keep the faith chaps.
It's so tight at the top, we just have to keep winning.

 

It's going to be an interesting 7 days coming up with games on Tuesday that affect us, and of course Saturday. Tuesday sees FGR v Mansfield and Salford v Port Vale. I would suspect we may see a draw at FGR and a win for Port Vale but who knows? As regards Saturday, there are so many permutations that could affect us, the simplest thing we can do is to return from Tranmere with 3 points, and let everyone else worry about us! With Tranmere's red card issues last time out, and the disappointment of conceding a late equaliser, this might be a good time to go there, but we need to be on top of our game, and improve our finishing. We create so many chances, yet it's a bit worrying how few we actually score from. We won at Northampton (which I wasn't over confident about), so we can do the same at Tranmere.

 

1-0 wins for FGR and Port Vale, so no major shocks there. Mansfield needed something from the game, imagine they were hoping for at least a point, no great damage done as far as we are concerned but a win at Tranmere wont go amiss on Saturday!

 

Rovers in 5th place, 3 points behind and 12GD behind Port Vale in 3rd place

Saturdays fixtures FGR v Hartlepool, Northampton v Bradford, Port Vale v Oldham, Scunthorpe v Mansfield, Exeter v Carlisle, Swindon v Newport

 

Goal difference is going to be an issue, because Exeter and Port Vale have a much better one than the chasing pack.

 

I predict a defeat against Tranmere JB has been voted league 2 manager of the month for March

 

The award of doom!

Almost tempted to change my score prediction.......but not quite.

 

FGR, Northampton, Port Vale and Mansfield should all win their games. Carlisle on good form could be a tough match for Exeter and something has to give in the Swindon/Newport match. A draw will mean they both drop points. If we and Tranmere draw or we lose, and Northampton, Vale and Mansfield win and Exeter too, we could be struggling.

 

Todays line up v Tranmere

Belshaw, Hoole, T Clarke, Taylor , Connolly, Finley, H Anderson, Coutts, E Anderson, Nicholson. Collins.

Subs

Ward, Anderton, Grant, Thomas, Whelan, L Clarke, Saunders
only one goal in league 2, Port Vale 1- 0 Oldham score now Port Vale 1 - 1 Oldham

Scunny 0 - 1 Mansfield Sutton 1 - 0 Orient the only goals in league 2

Port Vale and Mansfield have both scored a second goal

Mansfield 3 - 0 up

Port Vale 2 - 2

HT 0 - 0 we seem to have had a few attempts on goal just haven't hit the back of the net yet

 

Curious scores in the Prem Everton 1 - 0 winners v Man Utd Brighton beating Arsenal at arsenal Leeds winning 1 - 0 and Chelsea 4-0 up

Tranmere 1 - 0 Rovers down to 7th

L Clarke and Grant on Nicholson and T Clarke on

Kane Hemmings the scorer picks up the games first yellow card 60th minute same time as the substitutions

E Anderson 63rd minute 1 - 1

Chris Merrie 2nd yellow of the game

Foley replaces McManaman 70th minute

FT 1 - 1 good point away from home but with other results going against us I think we have lost ground 6th in table

 

The ref for Rovers v Salford is Dean Whitestone, in his 28 games in the championship and 1 game in league 1 and 1 in league 2 he has dished out 85 yellow cards and 1 red card. His last match Sheffield United v Bournemouth he brandished 5 yellow cards. Hope neither side thinks it is alright to tackle an opponent

 

Looking at Good Friday's fixtures, the 7 game wish list for us must be: Rovers to beat Salford, Barrow to beat FGR, Hartlepool to beat Port Vale, Bradford to beat Tranmere, Oldham to beat Northampton, Sutton to win at Mansfield and Colchester to win at Exeter. To put this in to perspective, the 7 game accumulator fpr all these results to come good (at Ladbrokes) is 7,206 - 1! In other words, if anyone feels lucky and invested a mere £5 on the accumulator, they would receive £36,034 - 59p if all 7 results go our way/ Looking at the prices, one would think it's unlikely, but who knows!

 

I’m tempted to have a flutter!

 

We've got a better run in than Port Vale, so if we can win on Monday things will get very interesting.

 

Port Vale 1 - 0 2 minutes

FGR and Port Vale the only league 2 sides to score at this time

Correction E Anderson 1 - 1 9 minutes

Evans lands a header on the roof of the net 12th minute

Connor Taylor and Harry Anderson have both been yellow carded this afternoon 85 yellow cards before today 5 in his last game

James Connolly scores 32nd minute 1 - 2 Rovers. Connolly's first goal in senior footbal

Paul Coutts yellow carded 44th minute, 2 minutes stoppage time to be played

HT 1 _ 2 Rovers