Rochdale v Barrow: Match thread

[McMark]

Please Mr Follow can I have my money back.
We made them look like world beaters.

[Tomo]

Just been beaten by the second worst team in the league.

[FanzoneFan]

Worst performance of the season - very few positives - My half time cuppa was even cold.

[blue nige]

Some of you lot have lost the plot.
We are now in a much more realistic position. The reality is that teams have now sussed us out and snuffed out our only real goal threat in Josh Gordon.
We/he need support up front. Moyo and waters aren't the answer, Bennett won't be featuring for another 6 weeks, can't quite understand why we are not giving Benni Smales Braithwaite a shot.
Confidence is oow after a tough run of results but I have every confidence PW will soon turn this around.

Why a realistic position? If the players have your attitude no wonder we're going down hill, for whatever reason we let Rooney go this hasn't helped, Wild needs to change tact ,the player's we have are as good as anyone they just need organising, Wild at present is like a one trick pony the next few games will tell us if. He has the tactical knowhow to turn this around!

[Bombadel]

Don’t know why but we look a shadow of the team that beat Stockport, toothless Kermit the frog green team.

[Matty]

Worrying result and performance. Offered absolutely nothing. As much as Wild deserves credit for our start on balance he needs to earn his corn to get us out of this rut. We are too one dimensional.

[2 doors up]

Why the [SwearFilter] didn’t we sign him??!

Josh Gordon was the best thing since sliced bread after a few games this season….

Sliced bread making a return to being better than Josh Gordon.

[McMark]

Don’t know why but we look a shadow of the team that beat Stockport, toothless Kermit the frog green.

https://youtu.be/4C1LARnXmiE

[behind the goals]

Thank God Pete Wild has 5years to sort us out, still 12pts ahead of Crawley & Hartlepool, just a bump in the road lads, on to Tuesday for the big game v Carlisle.

[olefogey]

Not sure about all this "teams have sussed us out" stuff. To me we seem to have stopped doing the things that brought us success in the first handful of games, chiefly working hard pressing high up the pitch and winning the ball in our opponents half, helping us to set up chances. Last few games we have just looked aimless and disorganised.

[McMark]

Our bump could be heard on Pluto as we landed firmly back on planet earth, and I’m not taking the Mickey.
Olefogey summed it up perfectly.

[janwilder]

Whitfield looks completely transformed as of late. Not in a good way

[HenneysKnee]

Some of you lot have lost the plot.
We are now in a much more realistic position.

This; we were spoilt by a fantastic start to the season which was great but always unlikely to last (I know it gets sneered at by many but the data was showing we were performing well above average). If we had the same points at this stage but they were spread more evenly over the course of the season so far there would be no panic but there we are
Still think our starting 11 is fine but there’s no squad depth. Waters wasn’t the answer to the Robbie Gotts position today. If we are going long more often may as well use Moyo rather than Gordon down the middle, least he will win a few headers. Josh Kay was well marshalled today and Whitfield was also very quiet second half so then that’s the creativity gone. We’ve stopped the high press and quick passing but that’s what happens in League 2, it doesn’t last all season sadly

[Jonty]

Think it’s a confidence thing.- especially up front. Quigley absolutely full of it and that’s what teams need.

[blue nige]

Some of you lot have lost the plot.
We are now in a much more realistic position.

This; we were spoilt by a fantastic start to the season which was great but always unlikely to last (I know it gets sneered at by many but the data was showing we were performing well above average). If we had the same points at this stage but they were spread more evenly over the course of the season so far there would be no panic but there we are
Still think our starting 11 is fine but there’s no squad depth. Waters wasn’t the answer to the Robbie Gotts position today. If we are going long more often may as well use Moyo rather than Gordon down the middle, least he will win a few headers. Josh Kay was well marshalled today and Whitfield was also very quiet second half so then that’s the creativity gone. We’ve stopped the high press and quick passing but that’s what happens in League 2, it doesn’t last all season sadly

Yes and no we've got 14 decent players BUT surely Wild needs to have a plan b ?, to just carry on regardless trying to play a pressing game all season nobody in their right mind envisaged us doing that but when I look at what are options are to do this will be challenging!, example today we had 4 attackers surely just pack the middle and frustrate Rochdale THEN change it later on !