Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: City v Doncaster Rovers Saturday 30 July 2022 @ 3.00pm

Terrible terrible f’ in tackle.

 

Team getting to know each other and despite sending off it was a decent point.

 

Donny were not awful. People need to start understanding and understand quickly that it’s up to us being at home with this big crowd to start moving the ball faster and break teams down.

A point for the away team at VP is a good result.

 

Think the manner of the game was more frustrating than the actual result.

We see teams come to VP, park the bus and shithouse their way to at least a point every year and its disappointing that we still let these absolutely garbage teams get away with it. Even with eleven men, Donny were an absolute disgrace with no intention to play football. That carthorse they brought on up front was comically bad.

Onto us, we looked every inch a side with 8 debutants. Moved the ball too slowly, movement was limited and passing was sloppy. Don't think the diamond worked at all so would hope we go with some width next week.

Feel really sorry for Osadebe, a bright pre season and yet his season lasts all of five minutes. Hope he gets the support he needs.

 

The Donny fans also booed their own players for not delivering their late corners into the box.
Clearly they had no intention of winning the game and only turned up with spoiling tactics.
A shame that a record crowd had to witness such a dull non event.

 

Did you read this one "No.

Bradford player looked to be playacting more than anything.

He knows exactly what he's doing going to ground like that but its only really a yellow for being reckless.

How do you play act a double fracture, and only a yellow for a reckless tackle thick as p1g sh1t them Mackems if that's the sort of comments you use to back your argument up.

 

All fans always have and always will see things differently to the ref but today that ref was really poor. The EFL have promised to deal with time wasting. What did he do today? He didn't control the game, the Donny players did right from the kick off. When Osadebe was on the floor with his foot at entirely the wrong angle, that ref ignored him and carried on talking to Ravenhill. It was players from both sides that were screaming for help to come on.

 

I'm not sure unless you were at the game and you saw the sort of tactics Doncaster were using you could get a feeling for the game, they were at it from the kick off.
I'm not laughing in your face I just cant understand how you can defend the FACT that his tackle was not under control if not it was reckless by the laws of the modern game, and as so was a straight red, its not difficult the referee got it wrong by his own guild lines.

 

You are wasting your time Dave.

 

Bobby Madden was a disgrace today.

How is it okay to come into a game with preconceived nonsense like "it can't be a red because the season's only just started", which is about the only defence he can offer for not sending off Ravenhill.

You can't just make up rules.

It isn't a case of "Oh, it's the first tackle, it's not a yellow/it's too early for a red" - point that out in the rulebook, Madden.

Pathetic performance, and lost control at the end due to his ineffective arbitration.

 

I don't need to browse other people's opinions on this, or anything else, I'm curious to see what people think but they certainly don't determine my thinking.

It's a horrific challenge, it's very quick, I'm sure it's not intentional, but the result is the result - not just a broken leg, but a very high foot that connects way above where it should.

Maybe Madden wasn't in a great position to see the impact and just how high it was, but I was sitting pretty close to it, and it's a straight red all day long.

I'm certain Madden will be reprimanded. It's not just an unfortunate challenge, it's a dangerous leg breaker.

 

If you climb ladders for a living there’s a small possibility you’ll fall off and die. Therefore nowadays there are safety regulations in place to reduce that risk.
The incident yesterday was a red card simply because the Donny lad dived in at full pelt with no possibility of knowing what the outcome would be.
That’s reckless and should have been punished accordingly even if there was no injury

 

Devastated for Osadebe took the wind right out of my sails the whole game, can only hope it’s not career ending but it’s certainly season ending. What a shame. That Scottish moron in black can never return to VP in my opinion.

 

It's a red card. End of.

 

It's to be hoped he gets better borderlescott because for me he was slow, not much desire considering it was his debut, failed to get onto the end of crosses and, for me, was generally poor.
Cook was a breath of fresh air when he came on and at least let the defenders know that he was around.

 

Was no width at all yesterday and with Chapman as our only fit natural wide option, I'd hope we can strengthen in that area. Our best period under Hughes has been with two wingers who commit defenders and put defences on the back foot and that's exactly what was missing yesterday.

 

Oliver looked like a donkey. If you think that it makes you like a bit of an ass

 

Nice too see rupp in attendance yesterday . He looked really pleased and happy with Ryan as the teams entered the pitch for kick off . 5 minutes later they looked extremely pissed off at the challenge that has ended one of our new signings season . Enjoyed the day, good too see the boozers on NP packed and also the city vaults . Thought we played alright . Hopefully we can step it up abit more . Valley parade is a brilliant place to watch football when we get them sort of crowds

 

Why on earth would your keeper kick from hands when your team is built around passing out from the back and you have an extra man for 45 minutes? An early ball over the top yesterday was never on as Doncaster sat so deep for the entire game. What we needed was a player who could get at the full back and get crosses in from the dead ball line. Unfortunately we.didnt have that sort of player available.

 

Rightfully so imo. Although it was a poor tackle and should have been a red it was an accident and he actually got the ball, the lads a young lad and doesn’t need to be getting abused for it. Hughes will understand these freak injuries happen in football and will act professionally and not stick the knife in.