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Why do we have to make things difficult for ourselves? Every time, whenever it counts, we always seem to lose it..
That game was winnable, very winnable. From the minute it kicked off, you could see Walsall were all over the show. Tranmere had the edge. Possession and passing was good, everything was going so well.
Myrie-Williams even getting on the end of a cross to put the Rovers 1-0 ahead. My only slight complaint is that we never fed the two forwards enough. Moore saw more of the ball than Greenacre on the left, but we should have been 2-0 up in the first 45. We wouldn't have got a better chance than that first 45.
But no.. we gave away a penalty just before the break and it all went downhill from there. At the time, I thought Chorley was an idiot. I could see his hands on Betsy and thought it was a stone-wall penalty. Looking back and after seeing it on TV, it seems more that Chorley was just naive. He didn't actually tug him down or pull him at all, it's just that he had his hand on his shirt. A silly thing to do in the penalty area. I don't blame the referee for giving it, but hopefully, he'll look at it and Chorley will have his suspension cut. Besides, that cheat Betsy spent more time on the floor than on his feet! Sadly the ref fell for it every time..
Great penalty save from Coyne, but the loss of a man proved to be too much. Now although we played well and it's one of the better performances I've seen away from home, I still believe they lost the game right after the break.
Instead of trying to play football, they sat back and allowed Walsall to attack them. You can't play like that for 45 minutes, well, we can't anyway. And it was proved. It only took Walsall 14 minutes to score and then it was panic. Terrible defending allowed them in. Same old Tranmere I'm afraid.
Why oh why did we allow them to come at us. It was clear to everyone at the ground that Walsall were no great shakes. We could have got something out of that game, even with 10 men! This I blame Ronnie for. Terrible attitude to start the second half with. But I think this is because Ronnie has no plan B.
When things go wrong during a game, he doesn't know how to react. We should never have lost that game really, and such was the importance of it, I'm starting to think we haven't got what it takes to make it into the top six.
Lastly, I was disgusted by a minority of Tranmere supporters who caused trouble during the game. One who ran onto the pitch (takes a big man to do that! ](*,)) and there were other scuffles in the away end, which ended up with one child crying his eyes out, not sure if he got caught up in it).. Embarrassing and pathetic behaviour. Go to watch the game, or don't go at all..
That game was winnable, very winnable. From the minute it kicked off, you could see Walsall were all over the show. Tranmere had the edge. Possession and passing was good, everything was going so well.
Myrie-Williams even getting on the end of a cross to put the Rovers 1-0 ahead. My only slight complaint is that we never fed the two forwards enough. Moore saw more of the ball than Greenacre on the left, but we should have been 2-0 up in the first 45. We wouldn't have got a better chance than that first 45.
But no.. we gave away a penalty just before the break and it all went downhill from there. At the time, I thought Chorley was an idiot. I could see his hands on Betsy and thought it was a stone-wall penalty. Looking back and after seeing it on TV, it seems more that Chorley was just naive. He didn't actually tug him down or pull him at all, it's just that he had his hand on his shirt. A silly thing to do in the penalty area. I don't blame the referee for giving it, but hopefully, he'll look at it and Chorley will have his suspension cut. Besides, that cheat Betsy spent more time on the floor than on his feet! Sadly the ref fell for it every time..
Great penalty save from Coyne, but the loss of a man proved to be too much. Now although we played well and it's one of the better performances I've seen away from home, I still believe they lost the game right after the break.
Instead of trying to play football, they sat back and allowed Walsall to attack them. You can't play like that for 45 minutes, well, we can't anyway. And it was proved. It only took Walsall 14 minutes to score and then it was panic. Terrible defending allowed them in. Same old Tranmere I'm afraid.
Why oh why did we allow them to come at us. It was clear to everyone at the ground that Walsall were no great shakes. We could have got something out of that game, even with 10 men! This I blame Ronnie for. Terrible attitude to start the second half with. But I think this is because Ronnie has no plan B.
When things go wrong during a game, he doesn't know how to react. We should never have lost that game really, and such was the importance of it, I'm starting to think we haven't got what it takes to make it into the top six.
Lastly, I was disgusted by a minority of Tranmere supporters who caused trouble during the game. One who ran onto the pitch (takes a big man to do that! ](*,)) and there were other scuffles in the away end, which ended up with one child crying his eyes out, not sure if he got caught up in it).. Embarrassing and pathetic behaviour. Go to watch the game, or don't go at all..