vs Doncaster Match Thread

[Derulooo]

lets just say they tried to ambush us and they got what they deserved!!! especially one little chav who thought he was hard standing up to 20 lads after his mates had done runners!!!

[Kiwi John]

Flippin fantastic result.Well done all involved-players,management, supporters and ULTRAS.

[AccyMad]

Thanks to the two Doncaster fans for their comments, (but I bet they wouldn't have let us borrow their shorts if they'd known we were gonna beat 'em ) still can't believe we did it - now what time's the draw for round 2?

[Baldrover]

Originally Posted by AccyMad

Thanks to the two Doncaster fans for their comments, (but I bet they wouldn't have let us borrow their shorts if they'd known we were gonna beat 'em ) still can't believe we did it - now what time's the draw for round 2?

Yeah I was quite suprised with that descision? if it was a case of ur black socks n shorts clashing....why didnt we war our white shorts n socks lol??? strange game!

as a follow up our guy who was carried off has a ruptured Hamstring and is out for up to 4 months! our injury list grows lots of raving reviews on our forum about your support last night! do your lads fancy coming to our next home game if your not playing to show our miserable lot how to do it?

[Larry Lobster]

Absolutely magnificent performance both on and off the pitch. The team played superbly well from start to finish against a pretty decent Championship outfit.

The Ultra's were "different class". None stop for 120 minutes (135 minutes actually, they carried on under the stand at half time).

The night could have been spoilt by a handful of adolescent chavs in Doncaster shirts after the match, but they soon scarpered once they realised they weren't actually old enough to intimidate anyone. No need for it though. They embarrased Doncaster Rovers for that.

Brilliant night though and a real season setter upper!! Roll on Saturday, a trip to The Cobblers is now a must.

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by AccyMad

now what time's the draw for round 2?

It will be after tonights matches because they have to wait to see who gets seeded.

Here's the options;


Seeded Group: Everton, Birmingham, Blackburn, Stoke, Fulham, Sunderland, Bolton, Wolves, Wigan, West Ham, Newcastle, West Brom, Blackpool, Burnley, Hull, Portsmouth, Leicester, Swansea, Middlesbrough, Ipswich, Watford, Preston

The three other seeded clubs will be Cardiff, Reading and Sheffield United should they win through but should any of them lose the seeded places will be taken, in priority, by Scunthorpe, Crystal Palace and Norwich.

Unseeded Group: Leeds, Millwall, Sheffield Wednesday, Peterborough, Huddersfield, Southampton, Colchester, Brentford, Milton Keynes Franchise,, Leyton Orient, Tranmere, Notts County, Rochdale, Southend, Morecambe, Port Vale, Northampton, Shrewsbury, Bradford City, Accrington, Crewe, Oxford

The three unseeded clubs to be added will be Scunthorpe, Crystal Palace and Norwich, although they will be replaced in this group by Burton, Torquay and Hartlepool should any of them win their games tonight.

[Haggis316]

From Donny fans site:

"PS the accrington fans are 100x better than your lot! quality fans!"

[Haggis316]

Originally Posted by DAV007

Why they didnt end the game with ten men is baffling.

They did they had lost a man through injury after using all subs. "9 men" you mean.

[MikeA]

Match report from the Sheffield Star:
Rovers: Another fine mess you got us into Stanley - The Star

[Rios]

Originally Posted by Dan
By the way, the Doncaster line up shows seven changes from their win over Preston at the weekend. Squad rotation or disrespect? That is the big question at this stage.

Originally Posted by VALAIRIAN

Won't be 7 changes next time

Seeing as I'd already registered I thought I'd better revisit. Congratulations on last night which you more than deserved, regardless of our shortcomings of which there are many and which are being disected on the Rovers board.

As for the quotes above, please don't take it as a sign of disrespect. Four of the starting eleven (Sullivan, O'Connor, Friend and Lockwood) started at Preston while Sheils, Fairhurst, Payne, Dumbaya, Hird and Brooker were on the bench at PNE. Martis and Hayter also started at Preston but started on the bench last night. Of the others a mixtures of injuries (Coppinger, Oster, Wilson), suspension (Gillet), international call ups (Stock) and resting some who either hadn't had a full pre-season or who had injuries at the end of last season and weren't ready for three games in a week (Sharp, Woods).

Last night just shows that at Championship level we can compete with our first team, but our reserves are nowhere near the level required and were rightly put to the sword by a clever, hard working and attractive league two side. The fact that our bench was full of youth teamers and an unfit Hayter just goes to show our lack strength in depth having invested in quality (Stock and Sharp being the headliners) rather than bodies for the squad.

Good luck in round two.

[Local Red]

Just thought I'd mention (because I don't think anyone else has - I could be wrong) the stewards.
Well done! They didn't enforce the "sit down" rule and, as far as I know, they didn't hassle the Ultras or anyone else at all. Thoroughly pleasant chaps. The only times they had anything to complain about were when our supporters were standing on seats, which is fair enough.
So, well done again!

[lukeogtfc]

Aweseome night, well done and here's in hope you get Hull City away! (I can go again then! )

[new red]

Great battling performance last night. Looked a lot more likely to score after subs made as used full width of pitch and definately more determined. Onto the next roundwe go.

[Larry Lobster]

Any links to the Donny Rovers messageboard? I'd like to have a look at what they are saying about Stanley. I can only find the footymad site which doesn't have much traffic and a Viking site? that tells me I'm forbidden to access.

Edit: I've found it now, It is the Viking site, available at:

http://www.drfc-vsc.co.uk/index.php?...nena&Itemid=57

[Revived Red]

A fantastic night, and well worth the journey. In recent years, I've seen us raise our game against supposedly superior opposition (Watford, Wolves, QPR, Fulham - I missed Leeds) only to be disappointed with the final outcome. Happily that didn't happen last night.

I too would disagree with Coley. I thought we played some excellent football. It's difficult to single out individuals in such a great team performance but Phil Edwards had to be the Man of the Match for me. Ray Putterill was a close second but I think Luke Joyce also deserves a mention. He was always in the right place at the right time and his distribution was excellent.

I agree with the comment about the excellent stewards. Maybe the Cheltenham safety officer should visit the Keepmoat and see how stewarding SHOULD be done.