Saturday 20th November

[BogDaddyO]

Draw

Woah woah woah, let's not be too hasty, you could at least check the fixtures before making such tongue-in-cheek, snarky predictions.

That said, draw.

 

[Casey]

Need a win here to kick start our season again. Perfect opportunity to do it at home to Crawley who are below us in the form table.

Grab a goal and we fall apart at the moment. Not sure what happened to our confidence but if anyone sees it can they return it please?

Can't see any way we can win this. We have some players hiding and some trying to do too much which leaves us a bit disjointed. Still bad runs have to end somewhere. Maybe a dodgy 0-1 with the winner off the defenders backside..

Casey

 

[Boz]

Think it will be the first time ever that there will be three Rovers teams playing in Bristol at the weekend. Temple Meads will be tasty.

Glad I’m staying in Cardiff and travelling in with a mate by car then. Is it unusual for City and Rovers to both be at home together? Expected alternate dates.

 

[JaredSUFC]

Woah woah woah, let's not be too hasty, you could at least check the fixtures before making such tongue-in-cheek, snarky predictions.

That said, draw.

Tbf Sutton and Leyton Orient have never had a drawn game.

 

[GEORGE]

Glad I’m staying in Cardiff and travelling in with a mate by car then. Is it unusual for City and Rovers to both be at home together? Expected alternate dates.

Last time I can remember was 1967. But I believe it may have occured at least once since then. I would'nt worry too much if I was a Tranmere or Blackburn fan as the trouble will be between City and Rovers.

 

[RLC]

Bristol Rovers at The Memorial Stadium, one of my favourite away trips, although I was actually quite looking forward to the novelty of a Friday night game there before the fixture was moved. They seem to have come into form just as the wheels have fallen off at Prenton Park, so it will be a tougher game than it looked a couple of weeks ago.

For what it's worth, Scunthorpe is definitely in the North, as are Chesterfield (contentious) and Crewe. The Midlands begin at Stoke in the West, and Mansfield in the East.

 

[Greenacres]

For what it's worth, Scunthorpe is definitely in the North, as are Chesterfield (contentious) and Crewe. The Midlands begin at Stoke in the West, and Mansfield in the East.

I've always thought the Midlands began as soon as you went north of Worcester.

 

[hellogregory]

Can’t see anything other than a comfortable Exeter win.

Anyone travelling from Carlisle for this must need their heads tested.

Exeter 4-0 Carlisle

Another nail bashed into our relegation coffin.

 

[Devon_Lad]

Can’t see anything other than a comfortable Exeter win.

Anyone travelling from Carlisle for this must need their heads tested.

Exeter 4-0 Carlisle

Another nail bashed into our relegation coffin.

I remember travelling all the way to Carlisle for the day you relegated us back in League One. Painful day, that was.

 

[leedsvaliant]

I'm just hoping we haven't lost a bit of momentum. We seemed as though the expectation got to us a bit on Saturday and with a following of potentially 2000 on Saturday against a team that we're expected to beat, I don't want to get complacent.

If both Wilson and Proctor are out then we might be in trouble. Our back up options are woefully out of form or do not have any presence.

 

[HutchECFC]

I remember travelling all the way to Carlisle for the day you relegated us back in League One. Painful day, that was.

Day before my 20th that was. What a shit birthday.

 

[Dan Phillips]

I'm just hoping we haven't lost a bit of momentum. We seemed as though the expectation got to us a bit on Saturday and with a following of potentially 2000 on Saturday against a team that we're expected to beat, I don't want to get complacent.

If both Wilson and Proctor are out then we might be in trouble. Our back up options are woefully out of form or do not have any presence.

Won't see Wilson this side of Christmas if what I'm hearing is correct. Foot injury.

Proctor should be back for Burton away.

Amoo and Politic up top on Saturday and take it to them. Chuck Rodney and/or Lloyd on for the final quarter to try and take advantage of tired legs.

 

[Soz]

yeah ive just heard that wilson is out for 8 weeks but don't know where that has come from.

 

[AdamStag]

Bristol Rovers at The Memorial Stadium, one of my favourite away trips, although I was actually quite looking forward to the novelty of a Friday night game there before the fixture was moved. They seem to have come into form just as the wheels have fallen off at Prenton Park, so it will be a tougher game than it looked a couple of weeks ago.

For what it's worth, Scunthorpe is definitely in the North, as are Chesterfield (contentious) and Crewe. The Midlands begin at Stoke in the West, and Mansfield in the East.

Well chesterfield (derbyshire) and mansfield (Nottinghamshire) are both in the east midlands, so….

In fairness the yorkshire border is only about 5/10 miles away from both, so only just!.

by all means call us northern, but you mustn’t think we’re from yorkshire!

 

[leedsvaliant]

Won't see Wilson this side of Christmas if what I'm hearing is correct. Foot injury.

Proctor should be back for Burton away.

Amoo and Politic up top on Saturday and take it to them. Chuck Rodney and/or Lloyd on for the final quarter to try and take advantage of tired legs.

That would be bad news just as he was really taking off. We might need to muddle through the next few fixtures and hope for the best.

 

[valefan16]

That would be bad news just as he was really taking off. We might need to muddle through the next few fixtures and hope for the best.

Rumours he has broken his foot... annoying as i think it was in the celebration of the goal!

Huge blow to our hopes this season that, losing him and Procs at the same time is a big loss for the next 2 or 3 games, hopefully can get Procs back asap.

 

[hellogregory]

I remember travelling all the way to Carlisle for the day you relegated us back in League One. Painful day, that was.

At least that was only L1 to L2.

L2 to NL is a different level of pain as you no doubt know.

 

[Valeite]

Rumours he has broken his foot... annoying as i think it was in the celebration of the goal!

Huge blow to our hopes this season that, losing him and Procs at the same time is a big loss for the next 2 or 3 games, hopefully can get Procs back asap.

He got injured stretching for a ball in the area and got caught by the defenders boot, it wasn`t during the celebration.

 

[leedsvaliant]

Oldham did well by all accounts last night. We've got our 2 best strikers out, with nobody to play the holding the ball up role. I sense defeat on Saturday.

 

[Dan Phillips]

It's obviously disappointing, but I'm not overly concerned just yet. Amoo and Politic are more than capable of leading the line for a few games. Lloyd will continue being a nuisance and working hard for the team. And if Rodney can't get himself up for it when he has a golden opportunity for a steady run in the side now then I give up with him, I really do.

We've got goals from all over the pitch, thankfully, so we're not overly reliant on one or two forwards. The midfield have contributed well and practically every defender has been on the scoresheet so far, and Legge is back too, which is great news as he's the only aerial threat we possess in the defence.

 

[denzel ecfc]

Hopefully we will not have too many after effects from last night. Look forward to seeing which Carlisle player we will target for sending off as according to Adams that's what wins us games.

 

[valefan16]

I am concerned, three big players missing in both main strikers and our main centre half in Smudge, playing Amoo and Politic would be an odd one as neither technically are strikers, I imagine possibly a formation change with Worrall and Amoo either side of Rodney?

 

[Devon_Lad]

Hopefully we will not have too many after effects from last night. Look forward to seeing which Carlisle player we will target for sending off as according to Adams that's what wins us games.

I'd like to think due to our depth we'll be fine on Saturday, was a slight concern about Taylor's comments on Nombe and his calf though. Hopefully fine for Sat though and the ice does the job.

 

[Conker]

We got a lot of players back, then we played Stevenage and lost quite a few important players for Saturday, Maris, Lapslie, Johnson, Gordon all expected to miss out.

 

[FGR Stroud]

Psychologically Hartlepool will be on a high for their home match against FGR on Saturday.
Terrific FA Cup away win against League 1 high flyers Wycombe. A win by team with no official manager.
FGR will be up against it, that is for sure.

 

[denzel ecfc]

Psychologically Hartlepool will be on a high for their home match against FGR on Saturday.
Terrific FA Cup away win against League 1 high flyers Wycombe. A win by team with no official manager.
FGR will be up against it, that is for sure.

You will be rested and raring to go. Advantage you.

 

[Soup Ladle]

Psychologically Hartlepool will be on a high for their home match against FGR on Saturday.
Terrific FA Cup away win against League 1 high flyers Wycombe. A win by team with no official manager.
FGR will be up against it, that is for sure.

Against the better sides, we are competitive but you can still see a quality gap at times. To be expected when you've just come up mind.

What you'll have to deal with is a big-ish and noisy crowd by L2 standards with a very strong home record. Newport didn't really deserve to beat us last week but we were lucky in that home run against others so it evens it out.

We are a footballing side, not particularly physical or direct so I dunno if that suits you or not.

Could do with getting something from this one as our next few games look horrendous on paper.

 

[Bottega Don]

We got a lot of players back, then we played Stevenage and lost quite a few important players for Saturday, Maris, Lapslie, Johnson, Gordon all expected to miss out.

Your team is still better than us in every area of the pitch

 

[BogDaddyO]

Tbf Sutton and Leyton Orient have never had a drawn game.

That was in the NL though, this is league football, and in league football we draw.
Honestly, just re-mortgage and lump it on 1-1.
Thank me Sunday.

 

[Greenacres]

We are a footballing side, not particularly physical or direct so I dunno if that suits you or not.

We have lost two home games, against Swindon and Port Vale, both of whom pressed high up the pitch and didn't allow us too much time to settle on the ball and build attacks...I guess they were a bit more physical than some of the teams we have played but I might be confusing that with the tactics they used. However the approach you describe sounds similar to ours, so we might get a really entertaining game that is end to end and high on skill...or one where both teams just sit back and admire the opposition.