Rotherham thread

The Rotherham manager was on Radio Sheffield previewing the match.

He gave a marvellous warm glowing tribute to John Coleman, his players and the club and its supporters and a very astute analysis as to what makes Stanley special.

I heard it in the build up after 7 but if you get the chance to hear it in an iplayer "listen again" of their main footie programme between 6 and 7 its well worth a listen.
 
well my thoughts- watched a good game wi 2 good sides tonight, n Rotherham should be there at the death this season, no complaints about result, though stanley could have nicked it at the death wi Craney clear in box screaming fer a ball that never came, only grumble- cowshed liner had the vision of "Stevie Wonder" missed far to many things, balls outa play, handball in box which was right in front of him,complete useless cretin. Stanley will climb this league i have no doubt, also not a dirty tackle in the game, well done both sides.:)
 
smudgie said:
Bavs is the number 2, simple.

You dont pick someone out of sympathy.

Bavs will play in the JPT to keep his sharpness, if he has a blinder and Murdoch a stinker then Coley will consider it ive no doubt.

But for now Murdoch is unquestionably the number 1!
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Who said anything about sympathy? In my opinion Bavs deserves a start. I'm not convinced that Murdoch is any better than Dunbavin, let alone better than Cisak as some on here feel. I don't think there's a clear number one/number two situation like you do. But that's cool, it's all about opinions. I don't try to push my opinions forward as facts.

Strange game tonight. Thought we were outplayed by a better team for the vast majority of the match, but we seemed to be the ones making the better & clearer chances. Very odd. The draw was a fair result in the end.

Onto individuals, McIntyre is ok going forward but a liability at the back. Would much prefer Deano on the left and Murph at right back; I'm not convinced by his efforts in midfield though he did work very hard. For me, we need Craney back in that team asap as we don't have a creative force in the attacking four players. Credit to Podge & Wes for conjuring chances out of scraps but we'd be much more lethal with healthy service for them. Deano & Joycey reliable as ever, Fletcher a class above.
 
Like the little I've seen of Murdock, but keeping is all about consistency and he hasn't achieved that yet. The potential is there but he has some way to go to get to Kenny Arthur's level for us yet. Fingers crossed but lets not get too carried away, a few saves for the cameras are sod all use if he makes a significant mistake every game. Not getting on his back, think he's a great signing, but plenty of work yet needed and to compare him to KA is a little premature
 
Put it this way regarding keepers, "Keep The Faith" n Meself were in the Shrewsbury supporters bar outside their ground last season, we were nattering to a bunch of em, they said "Ask Coley to play Dunbavin please, i will let shaker guess the reason they gave us.:D:D:D surely most folk can't be wrong?:confused: though i agree wi shaker regarding Mcintyre defending.
 
I'll take others opinions on his shot stopping but on the two occasions I've seen him so far I've thought his distribution to be poor. Last night he twice gave to a nearby defender who was immediately under pressure, hospital balls?

Decent command of his area though.
 
As for the game itself, I was pleased with a point.

Rotherham are a very good side and will be in the top 3 come the end of the season.

Thought there number 23 up front looked class, mcintyre had a nightmare against him all game. I do believe that is our weak link at the moment unfortunately.

If only coid and leam could be relied on week in week out!

Special mention for buzzer and the pitch, which again was magnificent considering the weather.

Roll on Saturday.
 
I agree on the main with Shaker, Rotherham were probably the better side for a large part of the game yet the better chances fell to Stanley. Based on last nights match Rotherham will be up there, which should also suggest Stanley won't be a million miles away.
 
Agree with Shaker and Smudgie. What nobody has mentioned is what a big, physical side Rotherham are. Every one of their players must have been over 6 feet tall, some well over, and with pace to burn. At half time I would have been happy with a point, but at the final whistle I thought we almost deserved to nick it. What we lack in inches the lads more than made up for in heart and aggression, Coley having worked his half time magic yet again. A smashing performance by the lads and a great game to watch. Gutted to miss this Saturday's game, but it's no.1 son's 40th. birthday celebration up on Tyneside.:D
 
Aree with smudgie on this one:)
Was very impressed with Rotherham,good energy,loads of pace in the team,and had a real good shape about them from front to back.
Gabbin and Marshall(deans ex team mate)give mcintyre a torrid time,but to be fair he didnt get much help,but never give up.
The weather played a big part,with the ball moving all over the show,so credit must go to both teams,trying to play the right way.
They will go up automatically,and are the best team i have seen this season by far.
Considering Acci are re-building a team,with young lads coming in,being asked to play in un-familar positions,and not a lot of experience,they will become better players.
Positives-- Long and Hessey were superb again
Negatives--Proccy is not an attacking midfielder,needs moving back to his best position,as we sometimes got over-run in the centre.
I think a draw was a fair result and to battle back playing against a good team,into a strong wind,showed a bit of character,and they could have easily nicked it at the end
 
yeh n we could have nicked it at the death when craney was free in the box, so oer all no complaints, thought Proccy was at fault fer Rotherhams goal, he moved off the line,which yeh should never do n ball went in were he should have been.;)
 
I thought that when it happened!!!,always have someone on the posts at corners,it makes the goals smaller for the keeper.
But why is our tallest player on the post?,doesnt make sense,he should be marking one of there dangermen.
 
I will re-word that Jeff !!,You should put your least effective headers of the ball on the posts,and stay there till the ball is cleared :)
 
Haggis316 said:
The Rotherham manager was on Radio Sheffield previewing the match.

He gave a marvellous warm glowing tribute to John Coleman, his players and the club and its supporters and a very astute analysis as to what makes Stanley special.

I heard it in the build up after 7 but if you get the chance to hear it in an iplayer "listen again" of their main footie programme between 6 and 7 its well worth a listen.
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Any idea roughly what time it was on mate???

Dont fancy listening to an hour of Yorkshire sport lol
 
Entertaining game! Thought the defence had a great game against a very good attacking team! Got lucky on some occasions but we must be owed some by now. Thought aswel that the ref had a good game, one or two not good decisions but was good and let the game flow. Once again proccy with the accy determination.

One thing i didnt like was Joyce playing just infront of the defence. Was always more aless at centre back getting the ball and then passing it to the wings. He should be more attacking i would of thought!

Hopefully can keep fletcher for the rest of the season as hes got the class we need.
 
Cant see Long playing div 2 football after january,to progress his learning curve he should at least be playing div 1,which is well within his locker.
Cant believe he was like a donkey until john and jimmy got hold of him :)-----only joking,great potential
 
Thought last night was a great game in difficult conditions and a good advert for League Two football with both sides playing good high quality tempo football.

Stanley struggled at the back down the left hand side with Hessey having do a lot of covering this is one area which still concerns me and the Millers had obviously done their homework looking at chinks in Stanley's armour.

We looked good at times going forward with neat interplay and some peach passing from the wings into the area which resulted in panic and last gasp defending from the Millers, Wes puts in a tremendous amount of work as did the majority of the back line and midfield but I still feel we perhaps would get more goals with a front two pairing?

That's only my opinion and to be fair the more exciting football is usually through the rotating midfield three.:)
 
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