I knew it wasn't going to be a good day when we set off in plenty of time only to sit in traffic for nearly three quarters of an hour getting into Nottingham and then have my bro direct us to the ground rather than the car parks :twisted: Anyway, we made it just in time.
This was my first away game (sitting in the away end anyway) and it was great to be in a big stadium with a good bunch of Rovers fans all singing and chanting.
Then we kicked off
Our problems are easy to see...
Achto: Didn't have a great deal to do thanks to our decent back-four today. Couldn't really see the goal as it was down the other end, just looked like one of those scrappy goals that the keeper can do nothing about due to so much confusion in the box.
Bruce: Fairly solid defensively, looked scared to go forward though.
Goodison:
MOM Played another blinder at CB. Cool and solid
Jacko: Solid again.
Tremarco: Decent, showed a bit of guts and passion. Just what we want from the young lads.
Summerbee: First time I'd seen him play. WHAT A WASTE OF SPACE :!: No professional footballer should be this SLOW. Looked scared when he got the ball, rather than running with it (isn't that what wingers do :?: ) he just looked scared and old and passed it back. RUBBISH.
Jennings: Looked interested but no end product. Will improve with time I think.
McAteer: Was he on the pitch?
Roberts: OK when he got the ball, just didn't get it enough.
Greenacre: Did a good job in midfield because our real midfield didn't turn up
Facey: Dunno, got no service from midfield so difficult to comment :?
I didn't think we would, but we're missing Hume. We miss his creativity. I really believe if we'd had hume teaming up with Facey and Greenacre this season we'd be top-6 by now. :roll:
I'm not gonna jump on the 'Little Out' bandwagon. I've always been a firm believer that it's the 11 players on the pitch who decide the result. The problem is our midfield is past it or inexperienced. BL had to strengthen our attack this season (all the posts on these forums in the off-season were about how much we needed new strikers). Brian did this at the expense of our midfield, and we're paying the price. Unfortunately, I think it's too late to do anything about it. Even if we get a couple of midfielders on loan, they will take time to gel.
I'm not saying BL is totally blameless. We are a proud and passionate club and BL does not fit the bill, he has neither pride or passion and this rubs off on the players. His attitude of always playing for a draw away from home also irritates the hell out of me :evil:
One final point. If you don't shoot you don't score :twisted: Why would nobody have a dig at goal when we were 1 down with 5 minutes to go. You can't blame BL for that.
Doing it all again on Friday, even taking a day off work to make the trip :?