League Two Rovers (4) v Stockport (0)

[drwhoman]

As I write this, my watch tells me it’s 8 o’clock on Saturday evening, but today’s match hasn’t started yet. It feels strange. The explanation is that I am on holiday in New Zealand, which is currently 13 hours ahead. So the game will not kick off until it is four in the morning, when hopefully I will be asleep. It’s something drwhoman and our other antipodean fans will consider normal, but to be it feels weird.

Having said that, I’m going for a Rovers win. My only logic is that recent results have gone against expectations, so we are due for a change in fortune.

Nothing wrong with 4am BBTC particularly when you beat the top team 4-0!

 

[drwhoman]

I'm dreaming.
Gonna wake up and it's still Saturday morning.
Have we employed a set piece coach?
Stockport were bad.
Bet FGR best us.
Typical Rovers. Best the top, lose to bottom.

Wow!

Oh ye of little faith! (LOL!)

 

[Ian]

Brilliant performance from Rovers. One of the best I've seen this season. Every player was on point, they all worked hard, worked for each other and were clinical in the final third. Stockport were terrible in all honesty but that does not distract from Rovers' excellent display today. I really hope they can carry this momentum forward and do some more damage against FGR next week. MOTM Turnbull with other notable performances by Davies, O'Connor, Walker and Saunders. Difficult to single them out as they were all brilliant today.

 

[bigmart]

The entire team were outstanding today, we got stuck into them a lot more today and were deadly from set pieces, also no subs used today which helped as on Tuesday the subs weakened the team

 

[Ian]

 

[Am on mobile]

Can we please take it into next week and do some damage to forest green

 

[ONIGP]

Without picking the bones out of today, we were fantastic and I'm so proud to be a white.

 

[Boz]

Managed to catch the brief highlights, some quality in the goals and creative work, plus the vital save RLC mentions when we were only 1 up. Let's hope we can keep it going and finish the season on a high.

 

[Ian]

 

[bigmart]

Here's a stat you got to love Connor Jennings has scored more league goals this season than Paul Mullin

 

[dollar'sbloke]

Here's a stat you got to love Connor Jennings has scored more league goals this season than Paul Mullin

Norris and Dennis put together also!

 

[MancunianWhite]

Where does yesterdays performance rank in our memory banks top 10 top 20?

 

[Sparky]

Tranmere have won 45.5% of league games with Brad Walker in the starting line up this season and just 18.2% of fixtures when he’s been on the bench or not in the squad at all

 

[Ian]

Yeah, he's pretty important to our setup I just have doubts about his ability to stay fit.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

Yeah, he's pretty important to our setup I just have doubts about his ability to stay fit.

Yes, we will need better back-ups in midfield next season.

Walker and Hendry is an excellent partnership, but McAlear, Lewis and Merrie are not up to it.

 

[ONIGP]

You can understand why NA makes so few changes. There is a big gulf in quality between our first choice and bench particularly in the defensive and midfield areas. It's not quite so bad in attack and a fit Norris should mean Connor gets a few minutes break every now and then. Clearly CJ is super fit (possibly super human) but we must be risking breaking him!

 

[dollar'sbloke]

You can understand why NA makes so few changes. There is a big gulf in quality between our first choice and bench particularly in the defensive and midfield areas. It's not quite so bad in attack and a fit Norris should mean Connor gets a few minutes break every now and then. Clearly CJ is super fit (possibly super human) but we must be risking breaking him!

This is damning legacy of poor recruitment and big squads, the presumed Vaughan period was dire but is about to end- contractually. I'd give McAlear the benefit of the doubt and the keeper/CH are really injury cover. I'd like to see Jolley alongside Norris for a proper look. Hawkes is so so. Norris jnr seems to have some agreement clause as his place is odd at times. Dennis also relies on a fit Norris.
Bar the young no one else merits a mention. Just realised Pike has disappeared as for Leake!
As you say we are taking liberties with Connor and Hendry for that matter

 

[Ian]

To be fair, I think Saunders deserves a mention. He’s been really good these last few games.

 

[Sparky]

It is bizarre we have such a large squad of 32 professionals but so much of it is rubbish.

Hopefully more quality than quantity next season

 

[Sparky]

To be fair, I think Saunders deserves a mention. He’s been really good these last few games.

Totally agree. He has his critics and we know he’s not a natural finisher but if others are chipping in with goals like yesterday then he does a very good job at the other stuff like pressing defenders