Dpl v Carlisle

2-2 , final score. Fair result two teams giving it all.
Whose going to take the next penalty ?.

The football from Rovers switched from sublime to ridiculous after the missed penalty. It was headless chicken time and none of the three substitutions were remotely helpful. When Richardson came on at RB I really looked forward to watching Blair tearing up the touchline in front of him, but no. He was pushed into Copps spot at the top of the diamond where he was completely wasted. Fair play to Carlisle - they played their way back into a lost game but this was two points dropped and, much worse, a big psychological blow..

I thought that in the end a draw was about the right outcome.
Carlisle played some very good stuff and in my opinion are the best we have come up against so far this season.
Had Rowe put the pen away though it could have been very different.
Leading up to it we had looked like scoring every time we went forward.
Afterwards it was Carlisle who took charge.
At 2-2 the Willuams penalty shout was as clear a pen as you will ever see, unbelievable that it wasn't awarded.
I would have had Narosi as my man if the match as he made four top class saves.

Try as I might I cannot see anything encouraging here. Judging from the commentary we might well have lost if the game had continued.

One set-back, the missed penalty, and morale is shattered. Where are the men of character that we are led to believe replaced last season’s weakest links?

Once again points have been lost miserably. It was the opposite of throwing caution to the wind; it was not demoralisation because the opposition snatched a fortunate lead as it has been sometimes in the past; it was worse. It was brought on by a failure in a fundamental competence which like a highly infectious disease struck down the whole team. They equipped themselves with a collective lack of self-belief and reverted to a strategy of survival without the kit,

The whole side might just as well lined up and shot themselves in the foot.

Marosi seems to be the only man in the side who can feel that he does well at his job for whole matches. The rest just cannot keep going for 90 minutes once something goes wrong.

This is League 2 and we are sinking into its mediocrity.

The penalty miss the Williams sitter where he hits the bar. We could and should have been out of sight. Agree Carlisle are the best we've played but we couldn't handle the big long ball into the box. At corners they out muscled and bullied us. Plenty to work on for Saturday but for me it's another 2 points dropped!

Not to take anything away from Carlisle but I thought we were poor to say the least not necessarily individually but as a team and the pattern of play.
The first time me actually did a quick inspired build up started by Blair we scored then reverted back to the slow painful and very predictable approach .
Apart from say 15mins in the second half Carlisle were far the better TEAM.
Marosi prob mom which says alot.
Most others just ok.
26 did well as did a couple of others.
When we are on the back foot caulder is a viability.
Hes ok on the ball but at other times woeful.
Marquis actually went for a drink of water as 26 took a corner whats that all about.
Still cant see any cohesion with the front 2.
Defo penalty on The Drama Queen.
But to me we have to up the pace of our attacks

Until we sort it out, the problem of not taking our chances, I fear for the rest of the season as the longer it goes on, the more the players heads drop.
Last night was prime example or miss after miss. Yes Carlisle are the best team we've played BUT, if we'd of taken out chances we would of been at least 4, possibly 5-1 up with 30 mins to go.
They would of put on players to keep the score down instead of bringing on the big lad up front who we just couldn't handl, or that fast little bleeder on the wing.
At the end, I was thankful for the final whistle as they had a 15 minute spell where every time they went forward it looked like they would score
Fergie got out of jail again. Williams need to be put on bench as he's playing like he knows, no matter how many sitters he misses her start the next game.

I thought a draw was a fair result. If either side had taken half it's chances they would have been out of sight.
The missed penalty was obviously a massive chance to finish Carlisle off but it wasn't the only thing that changed the game. Carlisle brought on a couple of subs, rejigged things and after that totally overran us in midfield. Our bench looks a bit lightweight at the moment. M&M are OK, especially if we're in control of the game but still look like boys against men at times.
I thought the ref had a decent game up to the foul on AW. Then again, even if he had awarded it we still had to convert it.

25b.
Our keeper Mom.
There keeper clown.
Draw fair result?

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