Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Home V Forest Green Sat 30 Oct @ 3.00

This was at the weekend after their win at Salford. The local paper doesn't look to have published a new report since, so not sure what the latest is. https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/forest-green-rovers-produce-comeback-6105995

"The only concern to arise from the afternoon was an injury to Jordan Moore-Taylor’s quad, which forced him off after 53 minutes, although after receiving a scan on his knee on Thursday, fellow centre-back Dan Sweeney is set to miss around three weeks of action, which is “good news” according to Edwards, with fears that it may have been more severe."

The 21 year old Udoka Godwin-Malife came on for Moore-Taylor in that game. He has only played 307 minutes of football so far this season. Only 5'11 too, so might be able to get Cook to push him around a bit. Baily Cargill came in for Sweeney after he was injured the week before. Cargill has made 6 starts this season so far.

Nothing to be found on their fitness since. Even the Twitter hashtag is a ghost town, there's been two fan tweets since last Saturdays win at Salford, one collecting his train tickets to Bradford, other mentioning a kids birthday party........ crime against the sport if this tinpot team actually goes up.

 

To be fair, the population of Nailsworth is only about 5000, so they are never going to get big followings.

 

There's no doubt that Gilliead was about 500% better playing in a central role than he has been on the right. It's unlikely that Adams will drop either him or Lavery after their displays last Saturday. So I reckon we'll see Cooke and Vernam on the bench to bring on later when legs are tiring and/ or we're chasing the game.
I wonder if he'll consider giving Cook a rest and starting with Robinson at any point. It might do Cook some good.

 

Who knows let's just have faith in Adams that his team selection delivers another positive display and result.

 

It's a long season there'll be many ups and downs before May, hopefully Angol will be back sooner rather than later.

 

Broadly agree Fordy - winning teams like playing together. I'd pick the same eleven. Disagree about Cooke and Vernam - they're good League Two players who most other sides in our division would like to have in their squads.

 

Get Vernam on ffs.

 

85th minute substitution?

Why bother Adams?

 

Are we expecting to win the league with this team? If not then it doesn’t really matter about relying on others to beat them. I expect us to finish 10th and expected 4 points from the next 5 games pre Swindon so we’re doing better than I expected in that respect. Would help if Cook didn’t miss an open net as well. A Vaughan or Doyle would be on 15+ with the chances he’s wasted this season.

 

Gutted to see Lavery go off injured so early, his effort got us the corner that Cook scored from.
Yet again another soft tissue injury- surely it cannot just be down to the trainers and players, it is not a virus!
No doubt the lads will all be in for more training tomorrow.

Second half City did not create much so agree with @bantam2708
Plus is FGR an anagram for sh!tehousery?
The "ref" was in a league of his own but he helped get the crowd behind City and against his alarming decisions

 

Can't help but think that with the addition of a clinical striker, that team might be closer to troubling the top of the league. Although, I suppose clinical, match winning strikers aren't that easy to come by in League 2. If they're proven and decent, they'll probably be playing at a higher level. Which is why I still think Adams not taking a punt on a youngster or 2 on loan from a higher league is an oversight. That ref was definitely substandard and they might have held on for 3 points if he'd blown for a foul in the build up to their equalizer.

 

Competed for the whole game and didn't look leggy at all.
We should have gone in 3-0 up in all honesty.

FGR have some very talented players and look a real threat when they stay on their feet.

The ref was trying too hard to impress his assessor that he isn't swayed by big crowds but by doing that had a real shocker. How that lad who chopped down Sutton didn't get a straight red is anyone's guess. Will need to see it again.

I will take 4 points from two teams above us in auto promotion spots.

A couple of decent signings in January and we will be there or thereabouts-certainly top 7.

 

We make excuses. Two points dropped.

Sit 12! Not good enough!

 

Ref poor. Liked his whistle far too much and missed three fouls in the lead to their goal. Sutton through on goal. Last man brings him down. Yellow? Garbage.
Lino didn’t pick up their right back. Every throw his feet were on the pitch.
City looked solid. Suit playing team who take the game to us. only got ourselves to blame though. Cook HAS to score just before half time. 2 up and we win that. Awful miss.

 

Thought it was quite a disciplined performance today we pretty much forced FGR to blank. Bitterly disappointed with the refs performance today if they do their job o one talks about them however you play to the whistle and we should have stopped them.

If I'm honest I didn't see much from them to suggest they are the best team in the league but by crickey they aren't afraid to cheat

 

That miss from Cook was one of the worst I’ve ever seen by a Bradford City striker. That includes everyone from over the years. More recently, it’s eclipsed those couple from CD. You could hear the silence around the ground. Then the thoughts ticking over wondering if it was offside or not. Forget the refs and our bad defending. If that goal had gone in (and I watched a similar goal a few hours earlier from Smith Rowe. Side foot Andy. SIDE FOOT!) we would have won that game.

 

Laporte at Man City and the West Brom defender all got straight reds for exactly what the FGR player did by bringing down Sutton (last man/through on goal) Where do they find these refs? He was clearly unfit as his shirt was two sizes too small and clearly not cut out to be refereeing a professional game.

 

The officials are generally poor at this level. I just don't think we should be predominantly blaming him for letting the win slip. We need to look to our own deficiencies first. What I would say is that FGR weren't all that, given they're top of the league. We 100% need to find the cash needed for 2-3 quality players in January, because it'd make a huge difference to our promotion chances, crap refs or no crap refs

 

Cook's miss was terrible FB. It looked a bad miss from the Sunwin, but when you see it again on the highlights, it was shocking - no excuses whatsoever.
Any player, no matter at what level, puts that away with ease.
If we are having 'Goal of the season', then Cook's miss must be 'Miss of the season'