My take on the game was that Rovers were very poor in the first half; the worst home showing I've seen this season although missed Orient. We got back into the game with a well-worked goal, superbly finished by Liam Ridehalgh, Mooney kept us in it with a good save from their free-kick late in the half. Don't know what was said at h/t, but we came out second half completely transformed and were much the better side, but Bristol still looked dangerous on the break. I think a draw was just about fair.
Jason Koumas had a good second half, but was almost anonymous in the first and for all his good work didn't change the course of the match, whereas Mooney with a couple of key saves arguably did. Personally I would have opted for a MoM who was fairly decent over the whole match and looked at someone like Ridehalgh or McNulty, but can see why the sponsors went for Mooney.
Jake Kirby is certainly improving, significant part in setting up the goal, but a way to go in his development. Occasionally he needs to be a little more selfish and less predictable, but a willing worker and offers the full-back on his side far more protection than Baggie on the right.
Some of Ronnie's selections puzzled me a little. Hateley hasn't been playing so well recently and the visitors had a reputation as a passing side-though one or two could mix it a bit-so his non-selection was understandable. How Baggie can make the starting line-up and Cole Stockton not even be on the bench yesterday was hard to fathom. Baggie put one decent cross in, won a couple of free-kicks and that was it. He doesn't deserve a starting place. Having opted for Sodje ahead of Stockton, why didn't the manager put bring him on. With the quality balls Koumas was floating into the box second half, someone decent in the air could have had a field day.
While the trips to Coventry and Wolves will be tough, it's not beyond possibility that we'll get something from one of them. Even if we lose both, there's enough time to make amends. At present it feels like we are inching in the right direction, it just doesn't seem fast enough!