I agree we should have done more to counter their left back, who was their best player and was also impressive in the reverse fixture. However, his ability to keep bombing forward was in large part down to our problems in midfield. He could only keep raiding forward because they had control in the middle of the pitch and had comfortable possession for long periods. Norwood had a tear in his groin, so won't be fully fit again this season. Whether or not to us him in the remaining games is a difficult decision for the manager, as none of the other strikers remotely offer what he does.While there were certainly problems in midfield, their player on the left with the man bun was causing a few problems and it was his run and cut back which led to the Forest Green goal, a decent finish out of kilter with almost everything else the visitors did. Mullin improved things when he came on, a little greedy but perhaps understandable given his limited playing opportunities. Would have like to see Smith who offers something different or Gilmour who can score from distance, rather than Dagnall as the final sub.
I don't want to play Forest Green again this season!
Difficult decisions for Micky to take with an ever diminishing squad. We currently need two points to be certain of making the play-offs. While there is still a mathematical chance of an automatic place, however slim, we have to go for it. Play our strongest team at Lincoln, for me that would not include a clearly unfit Norwood and re-assess afterwards.
I had the same feeling. But Micky will have learned a lot from today and hopefully we won't have as many injuries as in 2017 - although it's getting worse every game.this reminds me of the season we won the Leyland daf cup we lost twice to bristol rovers . i have a feeling we will either meet in the play offs or in the final and we will win mark my words . oh huge credit to the BEST fans in the world amazing again
There were certainly problems for us in midfield, not disputing that. However, couldn't Morris and Caprice have done more to keep the left-back contained? I agree with you about a fully fit Norwood, but James was only operating at about 60% capacity today and arguably Mullin came closest to scoring.I agree we should have done more to counter their left back, who was their best player and was also impressive in the reverse fixture. However, his ability to keep bombing forward was in large part down to our problems in midfield. He could only keep raiding forward because they had control in the middle of the pitch and had comfortable possession for long periods. Norwood had a tear in his groin, so won't be fully fit again this season. Whether or not to us him in the remaining games is a difficult decision for the manager, as none of the other strikers remotely offer what he does.
Sorry, Gray. You must have a short memory. In over sixty years as a Rovers fan, nothing is worse than the Vanarama. Right now, I haven't been happier since we were in the old First Division under JK.I thought the vanarama was bad enough but we're stuck here in a battle with with the vegan plaything and franchise FC. Deeply frustrating.
Yes, MK Dons and FGR are the exception in this division, and it is just a quirk of fate that we could end up meeting them in the play offs. By contrast, the division below is stuffed full of bankrolled clubs with tiny support and very little history.Sorry, Gray. You must have a short memory. In over sixty years as a Rovers fan, nothing is worse than the Vanarama. Right now, I haven't been happier since we were in the old First Division under JK.