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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Mar 8, 2015 12:36:29 GMT
Referee should've awarded us an indirect free kick at the point where goalkeeper was taking a kick (for his yellow card for ungentlemanly conduct)! *tongue firmly in cheek *
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Post by Neil Vincent on Mar 8, 2015 13:14:02 GMT
Eastleigh did what anyone would've done with a lead away at a good team. Us included. The ref added 5 minutes on, it could've been more but we weren't keeping hold of the ball well anyway so it would've been irrelevant in my opinion. FGR got us off the hook yesterday and the situation is no worse than it was at the start of yesterday. Completely agree. Away to top of the league and winning, they are obviously going to waste time like any other team. We would've 100% wasted time if we were winning so it's an irrelevant thing to be annoyed with IMO. Yes, it was frustrating but their cynical time-wasting wasn't the reason we lost or played so poorly. Time to sweep this one under the rug and move on. Tough game away to Halifax on a dreadful pitch next weekend and Barnet are away to Eastleigh so hopefully we'll be able to extent the lead. 8 games to go - UTG.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2015 13:24:04 GMT
We could give the players crash helmets to prevent injuries and allow all the players to pick the ball up too. So that we don't lose all of our cultural identity we can have Morris dancers with those little coloured hankies tied to their trousers performing on the pitch. Every time there's an offence they throw a hanky in the air, then a Hobby Horse trots over to where the free kick is to be taken. Here you go, this bloke looks like he would fit the bill perfectly, Instead of yellow and red cards, first offence gets you walloped on the head with one of those little sticks they wave around, 2nd offence, or in the case of a serious offence, such as being as ugly as Craig Stanley, the offending player gets shoved into a wicker man behind the tent end whilst a group of maniacs dressed in black arab costumes celebrate.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Mar 8, 2015 13:40:32 GMT
We could give the players crash helmets to prevent injuries and allow all the players to pick the ball up too. So that we don't lose all of our cultural identity we can have Morris dancers with those little coloured hankies tied to their trousers performing on the pitch. Every time there's an offence they throw a hanky in the air, then a Hobby Horse trots over to where the free kick is to be taken. Here you go, this bloke looks like he would fit the bill perfectly, Instead of yellow and red cards, first offence gets you walloped on the head with one of those little sticks they wave around, 2nd offence, or in the case of a serious offence, such as being as ugly as Craig Stanley, the offending player gets shoved into a wicker man behind the tent end whilst a group of maniacs dressed in black arab costumes celebrate. You say that like it's a joke...
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Post by brisgas123 on Mar 8, 2015 15:34:02 GMT
After yesterday they have become my least favorite team and wish nothing but crap for them and their pitifull following of inbred fans. ah well feel a bit better now. And they will be your favourite team if they beat Barnet on Saturday...
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Post by Peter Parker on Mar 8, 2015 15:39:26 GMT
How did the ref only give 2 minutes in the first half?
What made me laugh was the way their bench jumped up in outrage screaming foul play when Taylor scored when they had spent most of the game cheating like f**k
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Post by fanatical on Mar 8, 2015 15:41:54 GMT
today rovers were outplayed and well beaten by a strong eastleigh team with some experienced players but i despaired at there cynical time wasting tactics,,,2 players booked for blatant time wasting,1 in the 1st half!,,players pretending to be injured,,there dugout trying to obstruct our players so sad to see such tactics employed. if a team wastes a bit of time in the last 20 minutes i can understand but i wouldnt want rovers to carry on like they did today. this isnt sour grapes,we were well beaten today but but i hated that side of there game, nothing new for teams to time waste - but with such weak refs not going to be the last time
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 2:02:19 GMT
Eastleigh did what anyone would've done with a lead away at a good team. Us included. The ref added 5 minutes on, it could've been more but we weren't keeping hold of the ball well anyway so it would've been irrelevant in my opinion. FGR got us off the hook yesterday and the situation is no worse than it was at the start of yesterday. Completely agree. Away to top of the league and winning, they are obviously going to waste time like any other team. We would've 100% wasted time if we were winning so it's an irrelevant thing to be annoyed with IMO. Yes, it was frustrating but their cynical time-wasting wasn't the reason we lost or played so poorly. Time to sweep this one under the rug and move on. Tough game away to Halifax on a dreadful pitch next weekend and Barnet are away to Eastleigh so hopefully we'll be able to extent the lead. 8 games to go - UTG. ive never seen a rovers team waste time blatantly in the 1st half hour,have you 2? also my op makes it clear it wasnt the reason we lost the game
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Post by topman on Mar 9, 2015 9:06:41 GMT
Have to say that in recent years I don't think as a team we resort to the sort of antics displayed by Eastleigh on Saturday - we have been 'mugged' on numerous occasions at home by teams who play the 'professional' game as alluded to
I think we are too 'nice' on occasions and whilst I despise what far too many teams do it is really up to officials to sort it out which they then palpably fail to do!
It is part of the malaise that affects football in general which the F A could and should clear up quickly - it makes me laugh when a pundit on tv says a player should not be booked or sent off early because it would spoil the game - sorry but that is simply crap If I was a referee I don't think I would last to long some teams would be down to 8/9 players!
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Post by RiversGas on Mar 9, 2015 9:32:46 GMT
can't argue about the time wasting, was appalling, but WHY are we caught offside so often every game? surely way more than average in my impression anyway BBC thought we were really creative in how we created off-sides.
74:00 Offside, Bristol Rovers. Ellis Harrison tries a through ball, but Ellis Harrison is caught offside. 67:23 Offside, Bristol Rovers. Lee Brown tries a through ball, but Lee Brown is caught offside.
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Post by nailseaglassgas on Mar 9, 2015 11:21:21 GMT
If we were the away side wasting time and got a victory, not many would be on the forum moaning about time wasting?
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Mar 9, 2015 11:28:34 GMT
If we were the away side wasting time and got a victory, not many would be on the forum moaning about time wasting? If I had to watch my team pull that cynical s**t every week, I'd moan about it.
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Post by nailseaglassgas on Mar 9, 2015 12:25:35 GMT
If we were the away side wasting time and got a victory, not many would be on the forum moaning about time wasting? If I had to watch my team pull that cynical s*** every week, I'd moan about it. Are you suggesting The team you watch have never wasted time in a winning position, don't matter what you call it, it's wasting time, how many times they do it, once, twenty times it's still wasting time. Unless the Referee stamps on it early teams like Eastleigh will play the Ref especially like the weak Ref Saturday and get away with it.
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Post by LPGas on Mar 9, 2015 12:38:21 GMT
Wasting time in the first half!! f**k me what was in their heads. Shocking, and the ref bottled the sending off
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Post by Gwengers on Mar 9, 2015 13:04:40 GMT
It is a problem with football in general. They were smart about it and divvied it up so that it was a different one of them doing the time wasting each time. I don't think the current laws of the game give the referee much to work with as far as stopping the type of behavior they were exhibiting.
They were genuinely the most disgusting team to watch I have seen this year, and bizzarely, one of the best. It all seemed so unnecessary.
They hoofed it like no other team I have seen all season. Play acted. Pressured the referee. Stanley and Pell seemed to enjoy goading the crowd given any opportunity. Time wasted from literally the 10th minute. We could have played for three hours and I think the ball would have been in play for less time than any of our previous games this season. Their bench were of the obnoxious variety that is usually not seen down at the Mem since Phil Parkinson last visited.
If they had played the game properly I think they would have been out of sight and put several more past us.
Instead, they were lucky that Matty Taylor missed that golden chance at the end.
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Post by irishrover on Mar 9, 2015 13:52:39 GMT
Completely agree. Away to top of the league and winning, they are obviously going to waste time like any other team. We would've 100% wasted time if we were winning so it's an irrelevant thing to be annoyed with IMO. Yes, it was frustrating but their cynical time-wasting wasn't the reason we lost or played so poorly. Time to sweep this one under the rug and move on. Tough game away to Halifax on a dreadful pitch next weekend and Barnet are away to Eastleigh so hopefully we'll be able to extent the lead. 8 games to go - UTG. ive never seen a rovers team waste time blatantly in the 1st half hour,have you 2? also my op makes it clear it wasnt the reason we lost the game At Wrexham this year we were time wasting from the moment that we had to replace Mildenhall with Mcchrystal in goal which was after about 20 mins. Every time we've played a Premiership team in my lifetime we've normally begun time wasting in the 1st 5 minutes. Shutting down a match is just part of the game.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 16:43:17 GMT
ive never seen a rovers team waste time blatantly in the 1st half hour,have you 2? also my op makes it clear it wasnt the reason we lost the game At Wrexham this year we were time wasting from the moment that we had to replace Mildenhall with Mcchrystal in goal which was after about 20 mins. Every time we've played a Premiership team in my lifetime we've normally begun time wasting in the 1st 5 minutes. Shutting down a match is just part of the game. i wasnt at wrexham though i went to eastleigh where we were trying to win even at 1-1 and down to 10 men,,,,i know time wasting is sadly a part of the game i just felt that eastleigh took it to a level i havnt seen before but thanks for the information about the wrexham match.
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Post by mehewmagic on Mar 9, 2015 16:49:47 GMT
Eastleigh did what anyone would've done with a lead away at a good team. Us included. hmm. really? Spence was booked in the 39th min for time wasting. I've never seen a team time waste form SUCH an early stage.
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Post by tbonegas on Mar 9, 2015 17:10:02 GMT
Instead, they were lucky that Matty Taylor missed that golden chance at the end. And an even goldener one in the 1st half
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Post by Peter Parker on Mar 9, 2015 17:13:48 GMT
Instead, they were lucky that Matty Taylor missed that golden chance at the end. And an even goldener one in the 1st half More Golden Sack Tbone
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