Doncaster Rovers Match Thread - Page 4

monkey hanger · 07-08-2016, 10:22

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Originally Posted by winstanley asfc

They said it was Eagles in/on some report i read(maybe the BBC's?)But if you watch the video the player has a number 28 on his back. Chris Eagles wears a number 33.

typical of reports at our level. will get beckles and hughes mixed up before the season finishes.

monkey hanger · 07-08-2016, 10:28

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Originally Posted by Lemur

also heard on radio sean mcconville miss hit shot end up in the corner of the net

was it radio sheffield that said that. if rooney had scored it i would have been woken up this morning with the news showing it at least 50 times before 9am.

AccyMad · 07-08-2016, 11:04

Sean's goal was described as one of league 2's goals of the day on channel 5 last night, so some recognition at least

cashman · 07-08-2016, 11:49

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Originally Posted by AccyMad

Sean's goal was described as one of league 2's goals of the day on channel 5 last night, so some recognition at least

No argument from me on that,

choirboy · 07-08-2016, 13:51

It was a very welcome THREE POINTS yesterday against a good Doncaster side. I agree with Coley in his interview that Doncaster will be at the top or near the top come the end of the season.
My view is that it was a mixed display from our new team. Chapman in goal made some shaky decisions starting with chasing a ball that he was never going to get in the first two minutes. He bundled over one of their players to concede a penalty. However, the big lad saved superbly low down to his right to redeem himself. His kicking was pretty wayward too and he looked like a bag of nerves when receiving back passes that he had to clear! Let's hope that he settles down and grows in confidence because he clearly has the physical attributes and potential in order to do well with us.
The right back Donacien was thrown in at just 24 hours notice and he looked shaky in the first half and allowed himself to get on the wrong side of opposing attackers too easily. This was the case for Doncaster's first goal but their lad struck the ball cleanly and low under Chapman. With a bit more familiarity with his team mates in training he should improve.
Beckles was trying hard to look after Donacien and was giving him a lot of instruction regarding his positional play. Sean Mac had a good game too. He did make one or two poor decisions when making tackles and he was lucky not to have a penalty awarded against him midway in the second half when he clearly shoved one of their forwards in the back. However, he took his winning goal superbly! It was indeed a super pass from Seamus that just cleared their centre-half. At first I thought that Sean was going to try and blast the ball, and could see the ball flying over the top of the Clayton End, but he kept his head, leapt high and side footed the ball, using the pace of the cross to guide it round Etheridge to score a fabulous goal!
First half was pretty even but Donny dominated the second half and we really struggled to get out of our defensive 'third'. Pearson took a 'potshot' from thiry yards and the daisy cutter drifted away from Etheridge beautifully to sneak into the bottom corner. Keep shooting Matty and you will score more goals for sure. Terry soldiered on bravely up front but he didn't get much good service. Shay caused them problems when he came on and Eagles could be a great addition too. I agree with comments already made that Scott Brown was our best player. He was all over the pitch contributing defensively with some good tackles and offensively with some great creative play too!
The pitch looked superb and the newly refurbished facilities in the Clayton End also looked splendid!
A good start IMHO with the promise of some good things to come once the new squad has played themselves in after a few matches. If we can win a reasonable number of points over the first half dozen matches then we could kick on and challenge near the top again!
ON STANLEY ON
KEEP THE FAITH