Joey Barton brings his increasingly resilient side to the Valley this evening where he will be looking for three points. Bristol Rovers did the double over us last year, 2-1 at the Valley and 1-0 at their place in April. Lewisham born John Marquis got all three goals as he continues his vendetta against us for the abuse he suffered when we beat his Doncaster Rovers side en route to promotion in the 2019 play-offs.
Rovers brought in goalscorer Jevani Brown during the window and they have the lively Aaron Collins in support. They have had a solid start drawing at Pompey and holding Barnsley at the weekend.
This should be a home win fixture but injuries and a toothless attack means we are unlikely to score more than once. In the circumstances, I can see Rovers getting at least a draw and if they can score first, I think they will win. If we play three at the back and Kirk starts it's a good bet at 5-2 with Bet365.
A third defeat on the spin and I would expect words from Methven or Rodwell to steady the troops. They really have to comment on the striker situation which is becoming a glaringly obvious problem. We were lead to believe they had the funds and the targets lined up. It looks very much like we have neither and the plan was always to wing it with May and Leaburn.
Having suffered watching the game on Charlton TV tonight, I'm sorry, but it's "here we go again time..." For the third season in a row we have failed to bring in enough players for the start of the season, the players are clearly not fit enough to last 100+ minutes, and like several managers before him Holden talks the talk but has failed to deliver.
ReplyDeleteAs for the new owners - well, don't expect them to splash the cash as they clearly don't have a pot to p*** in, remember, they were scratching around to get the funds together to buy the club in the first place.
The downward spiral is clearly dragging us further down and once again we are more likely to be looking over our shoulder at the gaping chasm that is division 2 than looking upwards towards the Championship.
Tonight I saw some good moves in midfield that petered out as soon as we got into the penalty area, at the back we were at sixes and sevens and Rovers could have scored 3 or 4.
For me, the season is over already.