OneDecentLester
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Outstanding from us today, best team from start to finish and we just let Doncaster self-implode on themselves in the 2nd half by losing their heads completely to make it even more straight forward for us. Donny fans going way over the top on the ref… fail to see anything he got wrong personally, although I can’t comment on Anderson’s straight red as it was down the other end of the pitch with loads of bodies in the way. The lad for you Molyneux got probably the thickest sending off I’ve ever seen… mouthing off at ref about god knows what on the HT whistle, and then followed this up by shooting after flag had gone up to earn himself an early bath. Probably just frustrated that he couldn’t get a kick against Gordon tbh.
Our pen was a clear handball, and if we’re honest, 3,000 chesterfield fans screaming ‘handball’ simultaneously right infront of the referee probably made it an even easier decision to give. I saw a few complaints about the corner it led to being offside in the build up from us, but the Lino put his flag down and the ref played on because you’d won possession back, and it’s not the refs fault your left back then decided to boot the ball out for a corner whilst attempting to pass it back to the keeper.
Anyway in terms of the performance, as I said at the beginning of this post I thought we were comfortably the better side all afternoon. Dunkley & Araujo absolute brick walls at the back and dealt with everything aerially that Donny through at us. Naylor back in the midfield is a game changer for us. If there’s a better box to box midfielder in the league I’m yet to see him, absolute quality and will make a big difference for us now that he’s back where he belongs. Liked what I saw from Madden up top too, linked things very well and got himself a goal too, and he’s still nowhere near being fully fit as only his first start of the season. Main thing for me now is the squad depth we’ve got back available. Being able to bring on the likes of Colclough, Berry, Grigg etc… will make such a difference for us moving forward, as proven by the brilliant solo goal by Berry to seal the 3-0 win.
Our fans were incredible today too, obviously helped by the way our side were playing on the pitch too, but one of the best away atmospheres I’ve been involved in for a long time. Shame Donny didn’t give us more as the corners next to our away end were just left empty.
I’m going to assume that was an off day for Doncaster as I thought they looked hopeless in all honesty, but 11 home wins on the bounce before today obviously shows that’s not their normal level. The lack of discipline would be a major red flag for me if I was a rovers fan though. The way their players heads completely went was so unprofessional. Didn’t like Mccanns post match interview either… it’s a shame more aren’t like Paul Cook in the way he just speaks honestly no matter how we’ve played and credits the opposition when they’ve been better than us. All I heard from McCann was moaning about the ref, and how none of our goals should have stood blah blah… poor from him.
Our pen was a clear handball, and if we’re honest, 3,000 chesterfield fans screaming ‘handball’ simultaneously right infront of the referee probably made it an even easier decision to give. I saw a few complaints about the corner it led to being offside in the build up from us, but the Lino put his flag down and the ref played on because you’d won possession back, and it’s not the refs fault your left back then decided to boot the ball out for a corner whilst attempting to pass it back to the keeper.
Anyway in terms of the performance, as I said at the beginning of this post I thought we were comfortably the better side all afternoon. Dunkley & Araujo absolute brick walls at the back and dealt with everything aerially that Donny through at us. Naylor back in the midfield is a game changer for us. If there’s a better box to box midfielder in the league I’m yet to see him, absolute quality and will make a big difference for us now that he’s back where he belongs. Liked what I saw from Madden up top too, linked things very well and got himself a goal too, and he’s still nowhere near being fully fit as only his first start of the season. Main thing for me now is the squad depth we’ve got back available. Being able to bring on the likes of Colclough, Berry, Grigg etc… will make such a difference for us moving forward, as proven by the brilliant solo goal by Berry to seal the 3-0 win.
Our fans were incredible today too, obviously helped by the way our side were playing on the pitch too, but one of the best away atmospheres I’ve been involved in for a long time. Shame Donny didn’t give us more as the corners next to our away end were just left empty.
I’m going to assume that was an off day for Doncaster as I thought they looked hopeless in all honesty, but 11 home wins on the bounce before today obviously shows that’s not their normal level. The lack of discipline would be a major red flag for me if I was a rovers fan though. The way their players heads completely went was so unprofessional. Didn’t like Mccanns post match interview either… it’s a shame more aren’t like Paul Cook in the way he just speaks honestly no matter how we’ve played and credits the opposition when they’ve been better than us. All I heard from McCann was moaning about the ref, and how none of our goals should have stood blah blah… poor from him.