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A poor first half, felt we conceded far too much space when we ought to have been defending higher up the field. Needed an ankle-biting Craig Curran type performance from our wide players and didn't get it, despite other creditable elements to their game. It got better second half, but only in the last 10 minutes were we really laying siege to their goal.
No criticism of any of the defenders, who were sound. Fon Williams only had one taxing save to make, at the start of the 2nd half, which was then cleared off the line by Goodi. It was further up the field where the problems were...
Welsh. Abysmal set pieces and should have taken the lead in pushing forward, but otherwise ok, bit hard done to with the booking.
Weir. A couple of good run and pass movements in the first half, but largely anonymous. He is better suited to the Robbo role than Baxter imo.
Baxter. Drifted in and out of the game, some nice touches but didn't look a cut above the rest. Surprised he got sponsors MoM.
McGurk. Mixed bag from Adam today, some good crosses and tracking back, but got caught in possession and couldn't get past his man too frequently.
Akins. Very quiet first half, but played really well in the second and ought to have won us a penalty when his heels clipped in the box.
Enoch. Much too isolated.
The subs showed we're lacking strength in depth. I'm unsure it would have made much difference introducing them earlier, given the quality, save perhaps the Labadie-Weir one. At least Joss was an improvement on Welsh at set pieces.
My MoM would be Ash Taylor for his contribution further up the field, all of the back four being equal quality defensively.
Those of you who were using this as a guide to Rovers play-off hopes are likely to have concluded that, unless the injured pair of Robbo and Devaney get fit soon, there's little hope. Being positive, the attendance stayed over 4k and we got a point more than the corresponding fixture last season:smile:
No criticism of any of the defenders, who were sound. Fon Williams only had one taxing save to make, at the start of the 2nd half, which was then cleared off the line by Goodi. It was further up the field where the problems were...
Welsh. Abysmal set pieces and should have taken the lead in pushing forward, but otherwise ok, bit hard done to with the booking.
Weir. A couple of good run and pass movements in the first half, but largely anonymous. He is better suited to the Robbo role than Baxter imo.
Baxter. Drifted in and out of the game, some nice touches but didn't look a cut above the rest. Surprised he got sponsors MoM.
McGurk. Mixed bag from Adam today, some good crosses and tracking back, but got caught in possession and couldn't get past his man too frequently.
Akins. Very quiet first half, but played really well in the second and ought to have won us a penalty when his heels clipped in the box.
Enoch. Much too isolated.
The subs showed we're lacking strength in depth. I'm unsure it would have made much difference introducing them earlier, given the quality, save perhaps the Labadie-Weir one. At least Joss was an improvement on Welsh at set pieces.
My MoM would be Ash Taylor for his contribution further up the field, all of the back four being equal quality defensively.
Those of you who were using this as a guide to Rovers play-off hopes are likely to have concluded that, unless the injured pair of Robbo and Devaney get fit soon, there's little hope. Being positive, the attendance stayed over 4k and we got a point more than the corresponding fixture last season:smile: