Match Thread City v Doncaster Rovers Saturday 30 July 2022 @ 3.00pm

I believe we let Doncaster cheat.

It's easy to do if you try to play football and the cheaters don't.

 

We were crap.

MH can not send the team out to play like again. Simply too slow with end product. Watch our play today was all too familiar to how Adam's had us play.

The ref had a absolute shocker.

 

My thoughts are with Osadebe-looked bad and confirmed by MH its a double break-how unlucky for him as he was looking really dangerous.

We have some really thick fans at this club.

Donny were always going to waste time second half so why do our brain dead fans help them by throwing the paper sheets onto the pitch at every dead ball kick giving the keeper every opportunity to waste even more time?

Absolute bell ends.

Ref had a mare.

Donny defended well. We couldn't score in a brothel.

Time for some beer.

 

The atmosphere changed from being jovial and encouraging to anger and vitriol directed to Donny and the referee.
However, if we have any ambition of going up we need to be prepared for that week in week out especially at home.
Another worry is whether some of those players were like rabbits in headlights in front of 19000 fans.

 

Às ever

 

He looked lazy, certainly on that showing he’s not an upgrade on Cook.

 

We need wingers. Based on that performance; we can’t rely solely on our full backs to create chances

 

Horrible tackle for the double break. Two red cards one for being a dick, one for handbags at the end, both get bans, double leg break “tackler” gets to play next week. That can’t be right can it? Like everyone, I thought the referee was pathetic. Completely awful decision to not send Ravenhill off, no control after that. I was wondering what you’d have to do to be sent off after that challenge, silly me, of course, all you needed to do was throw yourself to the floor in a manner akin to a clown in a circus.

Frustrating we couldn’t score, but a major injury like that is bound to effect the players.

Please, never let that referee back to VP again. In all seriousness, the worst one since the Gordon Watson double leg break against Town.

 

Correct on the atmosphere, was a 180 after that challenge. Not great to hear boo's at the end of a home game, though we know very well who they were directed at.

 

Considering he’s still lacking match fitness, I think Oliver did okay. Won a lot of Ariel duels. The ball just wouldn’t stick for him, then again, it didn’t stick for most of our players

 

Well done to the Doncaster fans - 1900 ish is fantastic support - made for a great atmosphere pre-game.

sadly that emotion spilled into the challenge that has broken Osadebe’s leg. Poor lad. You knew it was bad from the second he went down and others were calling the dug out. Thoughts with him tonight as that’s a horror injury.

Think Donny will be top seven and it wasn’t a bad point. The break killed the mood and first half was a slog.

Fat, lazy Tomlin is an utter disgrace to the game. Pathetic antics. Deserved to go. Donny parked the bus and dug in thereon in like anyone else would.

Our gameplan seemed to be cross to Oliver and hope for the best, but Donny’s physical CBs dealt with him well.

We looked really solid. Crichlow in particular was impressive. Lewis’ save in bottom corner second half was cracking.

offensively we still look limited with this set up with one up top. Chapman will hopefully start next week. Not sure If East and Sutton will be starters long term.

Halliday saw a lot of the ball. Think Hendrie’s crossing is marginally better though. That said, he looked perfectly solid at RB.

Smallwood kept it simple and hit the post with a nice free kick. Walker tried but they were tough to break down.

At least we didn’t lose like Stockport and Mansfield, but we need to be better. I think we will be

 

With Eisa and Osadebe out I expect Hughes will be looking for some pace on the wing either on loan or a transfer.

 

I'll call you out for your use of language. Lord help those around if you speak of them like that. Grow up.

 

Yes, far too pedestrian today with little urgency.

The tackle was a horror from what I saw. Completely off his feet, dived right in. Critchlow was visibly distraught and I felt the same so it will have affected the players. Sending off offence.

The culprit was subbed shortly afterwards in an attempt to cool things I'm guessing.

Donny were very compact and organised but they were maddeningly cynical and wasted time constantly courtesy of a poor ref.

 

Ravenhill certainly went in strong and won the ball. Did he go in two footed? I can’t watch it again. Could be career ending never mind season ending. I’m sure Ravenhill didn’t deliberately go in to hurt him.

 

Some of you need to learn not to let @Sergio Pinto III do what he does every pre season and get you carried away. Come the end of the season looks silly but let’s hope he is right for once but on todays game we need to vastly improve.

Today we passed the ball far too slowly and our full backs were shite. Sutton was poor when he came on also.

 

First game of the season and the usual suspects and doomongers are out in force. Two things in the game change and we could have had a different result. Red card for the foul and it’s a long game with 10 men. Smallwood’s free kick is 6 inches the other side of the post and it could have been a winning goal.

 

Christ you really are pathetic. 1 game and writing us off....yet you said judge after 10 games.

You continue to embarass yourself. A clown of a poster.

You would be nowhere to be seen if we knicked a winner .