GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 16, 2015 7:33:04 GMT
Mansfield Town 1 Bristol Rovers 1 (12th October 2013)
Focus on John-Joe O’Toole
At a dark, drizzly Field Mill, Rovers gained a point. Santos (whose equaliser for Rovers in the 82nd minute was heavily deflected by Murtagh), Clarke and Keary replaced colleagues absent through injury or national service. Despite – or maybe because of - these changes, Rovers conjured an inter-passing game that deserved greater reward.
In League Two, central midfielders have a hard time; they’re often either by-passed or rapidly pressed, and don’t often take the spotlight that strikers or wingers attract.
In the following ten segments, each of nine minutes, you can see the raw facts of John-Joe O’Toole’s contribution to the game at Mansfield.
My conclusion is that his game could be characterised as “box-to-box” (have you ever noticed how he’s often “in-shot” both when we score and when we concede?) and he was a captain without armband. He didn’t often give the ball away. His high percentage of successfully completed passes included a lot of safe ones, but a minority were “progressive”. In my opinion, that’s the right way to do it. His marking, when defending set-pieces, could have been better, but he got through a huge amount of work.
|
|
GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 15, 2015 7:52:35 GMT
BBC's stats need to be treated with caution.
On Breakfast TV, they've just announced that Kidderminster Harriers have the most expensive pie.
That might be true, but Kiddy's catering is famous for high-quality cottage pie - not the cardboard and paste you get at other grounds.
For Rovers, there's also a note in the survey that the club "also offers early-bird prices on season tickets and match day prices". Surely that should be factored into the survey?
|
|
GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 15, 2015 7:43:55 GMT
Hooligans! I watched it from the Muller Road end. There weren't many away fans that day.
|
|
GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 13, 2015 12:37:56 GMT
... I've often mused on which international sides Rovers could beat ... I vaguely remember Rovers playing and beating Zambia at Eastville in about 1977. Edit: A moment's googling shows that it was on 24th October 1978, and Rovers won 4:1. Link to front cover of programme for Rovers v Zambia
|
|
GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 11, 2015 20:59:51 GMT
I have to say... Bashley were by far the worst team I have ever seen. First half they hardly got out of their penalty area, let alone half! They parked the bus and Yate had difficulty breaking them down. Shooting occasionally would have helped. I thought Yate were neat and played it on the floor. But the opposition put absolutely no pressure on them. It was too one-sided to be truly entertaining. But I'd go again. So a big thanks to Yate Town FC and their hospitality. Rovers should do more to link with these clubs lower down the pyramid. Tyrone Mings was a big one that got away... And the score was? 2:0. Report in Dursley Gazette
|
|
GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 10, 2015 13:27:59 GMT
Not the best draw at first sight, but you don't progress far in any cup without meeting some kind of decent opponent. Southend are currently in 11th place in League 1, with 15 points from 11 games. At home, in the League, they've won two (Peterborough and S'thorpe) but lost three (Walsall, Swindon and Shrews). Their highest home crowd this season was the 6,149 in the first game in League 1 after promotion. They've done well away from home, winning at Millwall and Crewe, drawing at Fleetwood, Donny and Coventry, but losing at Burton In the JPT, they reached Round 3 (the Area Quarter Finals) by beating Crawley (away) by three goals without reply. And if you're weary of the UWE saga, Southend are girding their loins for their own quest for a new stadium. Link to Southend Stadium Consultation
|
|
GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 6, 2015 21:49:56 GMT
There were 5 changes, but the 5 coming in were all on the bench in Wycombe's 2:3 home defeat against Northampton on Saturday. And the three subs that came on for Wycombe tonight were all in the starting line-up in the Northampton match.
|
|
GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 6, 2015 21:45:15 GMT
I would like Yeovil at home in the QF Is it regionalised to South-west, or just south? Could be Gillingham away... Edit: Just checked. According to the competition rules, after the second round, "the sections are now merged leaving just a Northern and Southern section". Link to JPT Competition Rules
|
|
GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 6, 2015 20:55:14 GMT
Yep. We're now in the Area Quarter Finals!!
|
|
GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 6, 2015 20:54:02 GMT
3243....... not too bad really That's what I was thinking. Then I saw Plymouth had 9,441, admittedly for their derby against Exeter.
|
|
GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 6, 2015 20:37:08 GMT
Joe Jacobson is brought on as a substitute for Max Kretzschmar.
|
|
GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 6, 2015 20:34:04 GMT
Nathan Blissett on for Jermaine Easter...after 87 minutes.
|
|
GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 6, 2015 19:37:11 GMT
How rare is it for Rovers to win 3:0 away from home? It was only the sixth such scoreline in fifteen years. With Morecambe on the horizon, I hesitate to write this; but on every one of those previous five occasions, Rovers followed up with another win! Rovers won the next match after a 3:0 win away from home. That's now happened on each of the last SIX 3:0 away wins! Remarkable!!
|
|
GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 6, 2015 19:00:21 GMT
According to the Johnstone's Paint "Match Centre": Assist on the [Taylor] goal came from Chris Lines. Assist [on the Easter goal] by Cristian Montano.
|
|
GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 6, 2015 18:55:53 GMT
Mansell has a "tight thigh" and missed training yesterday, according to Darrell Clarke on Radio Bristol. So he's rested. Likewise, James Clarke was "showing signs of tiredness at Morecambe" so sits this one out.
|
|
GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 6, 2015 18:53:52 GMT
Matt Taylor! One-nil to Rovers!!
|
|
GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 6, 2015 18:52:14 GMT
It's Macca, as you suspected, not Lockyer.
|
|
GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 2, 2015 14:00:39 GMT
Seems like a very positive development. From the OS: Backroom Restructuring"Manager Darrell Clarke has restructured his backroom staff and handed Steve Yates a new role as Coach and Recruitment Consultant while appointing former Rovers youth team player Marco Carota as his new kit manager".
|
|
GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 1, 2015 8:23:15 GMT
The Met Office record for 14th December 2013 is: "A deep low pressure system to the north of the UK on 14th brought strong winds and rain to many areas". That description doesn't do justice to the storms that battered the Globe Arena that day. Rovers should have won - but we lost.
|
|
GasMacc1
Les Bradd
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,423
|
Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 30, 2015 18:53:08 GMT
I mentioned that the Hartlepool win was only the sixth 0:3 away win in fifteen years.
Before the win at Hereford in March 2009, you have to go back to 23rd September 2000 at Cambridge United, when Simon Bryant, Micky Evans and Scott Jones were the scorers. The next League game after that was the 3:3 draw with Luton at the Mem (although we did manage to despatch Everton on penalties in the League Cup four days after the win at Cambridge).
|
|