Lots of people are a lot more confident in my team than I am.
When we were relegated on previous occasions, we kept together players who were not quite Championship quality but very good in this league.
This time we will start with probably only about 5 from last season.
We've lost one of the...
He played on loan for us from Jan 22 for 14 games.
Scored a 96th minute equaliser against Sutton at Wembley, which we went on to win 4 2.
It was so important as we were in really poor form and looking like blowing promotion having been way out in front.
The confidence we gained from winning at...
Bit of a boring 0 - 0 draw against Donny for Richard Woods Testimonial.
Nothing to suggest either team will be ripping their respective leagues apart.
Rotherham played the other half of the squad from who played a behind closed doors 0 - 0 draw yesterday against Sheffield Wednesday...
We may not sell out because it's one of the main holiday weeks but hopefully we can take 1000 or so.
Also, times are hard and spending £80 or so on an away day is not possible for some folk.
My son is now in this position, he's got a 3 year old to consider and I can't always afford to pay for...
The club has announce we have sold 825 tickets for Exeter away.
Apparently there are 294 left, so if all clubs are the same, that's a total allocation of 1119 including the seat tickets available.
He hasn't entirely wasted his pre-season, he's trained well and taken part in 3 matches.
Unfortunately, it's not been a successful trial for him (or Tobias Liversidge) but he will have been watched by other clubs and will hopefully find a contract somewhere.
Jack Holmes managed to impress...
From what Paul Davis (Rotherham Advertiser) reported, it was a bad tackle on the new lad Holmes that upset him.
There was a really horrible tackle by Sheff Utd's Arblaster on Nombe on Saturday that would have been a red card all day long in a league game, he's probably upset at the thought of...
Our up and down pre-season continued with a 2 - 2 draw at Grimsby.
Positives were that JCH got off the mark with a fine header and a penalty and Hungbo appears to be a very good signing, plus several players got much needed time on the pitch.
Downside, we again started slow and conceded early...
He wasn't named in the 22 man squad against Sheffield Utd yesterday.
No idea if he's gone or maybe injured.
There was nothing in the local press but Evans said in his post match comments after announcing Jack Holmes that there would be an announcement on Monday regarding the trialists.
Edit...
He certainly made a difference down the right hand side, always looking to get forward and chased back willingly.
Also crossed a decent ball in for the equalizer, he's 22 so hopefully will improve with full time training and coaching.
Jack Holmes who played against us for Stamford last week showed enough against Alfreton and today against Sheffield Utd to earn himself a years contract with a 12 month option.
He becomes our 13th signing, hope it's lucky 13 for his sake,
Good luck to the lad, hope he attains all his dreams...
Lost 1 - 2 to the Blades.
Hardly got a kick first half as Hamer and O'Hare ran the show but equalised straight after the break and played a lot better in the second half when Hamer was gone.
We lost in the last couple of minutes when Philips failed to hold onto a routine shot and one of their...
Josh has had a good pre-season, scoring twice and making a couple more.
He has all the attributes to be a decent striker but sadly suffers from a lot of injuries.
He only said yesterday that he wanted to stay and fight for a place in the team and Evans agreed to let him try.
So someone changed...
The Millers had a comfortable 3 - 0 win at Alfreton.
Apart from Raggett who got 65 minutes it was two separate teams for the first and second halves. (scorers Trialist, .Odoffin, Powell).
Still no sign of JCH last night, but he is back training and might get a few minutes against Sheffield...
Steve Evans wants us to sell 7000 and promises :-
https://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/sport/football/rotherham-united/you-do-it-and-ill-buy-the-beers-steve-evans-challenge-to-rotherham-united-fans-4699183
Drew 1 - 1 at Spalding, a mixture of youth and first team in both halves.
Again missed loads of chances, so a lot to work on at Alfreton on Tuesday before playing Sheff Utd next Saturday.