Tranmere Rovers v Leyton Orient Match Discussion
By Deadly Submarine
March 9 2012
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being in bottom 4.
Physchologically being in the bottom 4 near the run in to
season end is not positive.
Time to stand up and be counted.Should be a good crowd with
£5 tickets.Hope we don't get a repeat of previous 2 cheap
games which we lost.
Come on Rovers let's turn on the style
We do lack a lot of quality in the final third but when you put in that sort of effort it makes up for a lot of it.
Hopefully we can now keep this up.
We pressured them from the front 2, hassled and harried them, we made them play the long ball a lot of the time and Goody and Ash won nearly everything in the air.
Nice to see us much more attacking, first 45 mins was really good t watch! Second half bit of a non-event but delighted with 3 pts and up their with one of the best home performances of the season (which, admittedly, isn't hard
)
stand and great to see so many school kids enjoying the day
out.
Thought the ref was really good.No bookings and a lot of
common sense with his decisions.
So it's Preston on Tuesday and Sheffield U on Saturday.
After that our run in is comparatively easy so who knows
we could end up should be in a reasonable position.
As I said in an earlier posting with someone like Ronnie Moore from the start of the season we would have been
near the play offs with this squad.C est la vie
before that window shuts only slight down side was Akins the lad tries hard but theirs some thing missing in his game it`s that touch that`s lacking or that ability to think that next step to get into space or pass the ball at the right time some times he over plays it but apart from that little moan it was well played over all from all the team including Akins contribution today, hope fully we can keep it tight at the back
and get that natural goalscorer in for Tuesday to add to the mix and we can beat Preston(cor
back to back wins)on Tuesday onwards and upwards.
As for Brunt with the few games I have seen him play I think Stockton could have done as good a job and gained that match experience instead of being shipped out. This would have also freed up the wage bill for muzzy to stay
I thought the ref was good and very consistent trying to play the advantage when he could before blowing up-it looked as if Robbo may have controlled the ball with his hand before lashing it in but we are due a bit of luck.
Although I don't like to critise a player who actually scored for us today, but i thought aside from the goal Enoch had a poor game. Still doesn't look fit to me but I'm hoping that the goal will give him a boost and he can kick on from there.
Still, great to see us win finally and it's nice to put that 1 in 20 statistic firmly behind us. Another 3 points on Tuesday and just under half way to 50 points.
The one slight downside is that Wallace hasn't scored, but may have setup. I think Labadie can provide a bit more output in terms of goals and assists, but I think Wallace could potentially up his tally playing in 4-4-2.
I'm pleased to see Ronnie putting Akins wide and dropping Weir. The danger being, he could have thought they might start playing better in a 4-4-2, with another 2-3 games and then leave them there possibly costing the team.
As for Preston, I think they look a bit more beatable now, compared to last time
Current run in the last 9 games.
4 draws, 1 win.
Goals, 3.
Goals against, 9.
Worst result, 3-0 V Colchester.
Last 2 games, 2 points, 0 goals, 0 goal difference.
Overall form, 7 points, -6 goal difference.
Tranmere in the last 9 games.
4 draws, 1 win.
Goals, 7.
Goals against, 9.
Worst result, Wycombe 2-1, I don't think the flukey Bournemouth 2-1, was as bad.
Last 2 games, 4 points, 3 goals, +2 goal difference.
overall form, 7 points, -2 goal difference
Conclusions. Preston can defend about as well as Tranmere, but due to Tranmere picking up a small increase in scoring form in the last 2 games, when Preston didn't score, Tranmere have had more goals and appear favourites to win, especially with home advantage, but as we know anything is possible.
Then I ate his Liver.......... with some baked beans and a can of coke.
Second half was a bit scrappy but we rarely looked likely to concede and deserved the 3 points. Another decent performance and a long overdue 3 points, if we can get another win on tuesday things will be looking a lot healthier.
Quote:Mal again
Bizarrely, Tranmere has the 5th best defensive record in league 1 if I have counted correctly. Virtually a goal a game. However, less than a goal a game scored. Didn't take a rocket scientist to work out what was missing....
At one point in the season, (just before the bad run i believe) we had the best defensive record in the country in ALL divisions! Even throughout the bad run we were never really hammered by anyone.
Its this reason that I think we will now stay up with Ronnie, and if he can find a goal poacher from somewhere, we could potentially finish mid-table, as following yesterdays result, that bottom half is very tightly packed together!
Quote:Mal again
Bizarrely, Tranmere has the 5th best defensive record in league 1 if I have counted correctly. Virtually a goal a game. However, less than a goal a game scored. Didn't take a rocket scientist to work out what was missing....
It's been the same all season. We're a 15+ goal man away from being a top ten side, at the very least. The difference yesterday, which we've barely had during the terrible run, was both Robinson and Enoch were fit and firing on all cylinders, with Enoch particularly showing his value in getting in a great position in the box to finish off a cross.
Mcgurk getting 3 in 3 earlier this season, gives me hope that under Ronnie when he's back, being upfront with another striker will help him achieve more.
I think he and Enoch could be very workable and productive together.
Technically the team can still get 71 points, so may just sneak the playoffs
.
Though of course I'll settle for 65 points and top 10.
No in all seriousness, Ronnie would look really good on 57 points, 1 more than last season.
Then I ate his Liver.......... with some baked beans and a can of coke.

