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We are in the draw... have a good week gents

They did commentate very well today though NY. (When it was working).

The good runs continues then.
One defeat in eight now.
Not too bad second half then don ?

Not heard much from mooligan lately have we.

Are the big BIG boys in yet? Man Utd at Old Trafford?

The third round draw is always a nice one to be in xon isn't it.

Don't certain teams have byes until the next round though?

No all in I think. It's the League Cup where those in Europe are not in. Could be wrong, Hound will let me know if I am.

Typical we r in Tenerife wen we play Liverpool away

No byes in FA cup at 3rd round stage. I'd like Arsenal - easy for southerners and only a short journey on the train from SY with excellent stadium - v expensive though.

I'm still watching the forum hound.
The record still shows 24 points from the past 75. This may prompt you research even more statistics about other clubs records which are of no relevance.
perhaps you should get out a bit more.
A prospective 3rd round tie is exciting potentially but the league position is still of particular concern.

Moo's put a couple of good points there Hound. <rubshandsandwaitsforfireworks>

Mooligans figures include the 1 from 21 that ended last season which also has no relevence.
Our league position is of no concern to those of us who can see what is happening.
We had no pre season due to the shambles of a failed takeover and several of our best players didnt even train properly until the season started.

Since we got a decent team together we are now proving what can be done and moving up the table.

I keep repeating this, but once again for those who have convenient short term memory loss:-
At the start of the season we all said that if we finish mid table we will have done weel.
Some even predicted a second relegation in a row.
That isn't going to happen, we will finsih top half.

"done well".

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I'm with you zigger, i would like a nice away day trip to a PL club.

BBC have a few match highlights on their FA Cup page this morning.
I have to say that Theo looks really lively on the stuff it shows.
Most of the good scoring chances were by us too.

Bit of a coincidence since Dickovs gone 2 up top we are more balanced, settled, create more opportunities and score goals, whether it works at home we will see but so far we are moving on nicely.

Azza, it certainly looks that way but i also think that we are playing the midfield in a different way too.
We are now trying to employ the diamond set up which has freed up Wellens just behind the front two and he is pulling the strings and puttings balls into dangerous positions for the front and wide men to go on to.

Hound: You say again that people have forgotten what was said before this season began. “We all said that if we finish mid table we will have done well. Some even predicted a second relegation in a row”

Having reviewed carefully what we were actually writing in the immediate aftermath of the takeover falling through, there was indeed massive doom and gloom. Copps was about to go, Keegan had not re-signed and Wellens was showing no sign of staying. We seemed that we were about to lose Turnbull and Husband with no prospect of suitable replacements. There was nothing to encourage any hope; we did not know what T and B would do; the prevailing mood was that we were on the verge of losing everything with nothing to fill the void on or off the pitch. So if you take that as your reference point it would be right to recall that people were talking of survival being the realistic objective.

However, the worst case which we all feared never actually materialised, experienced players re-signed and we are now further strengthened by Johnstone, Butler and Stevens, so the forecasts of what would be a decent league position must be revised upwards as we became stronger and I think it would be fair to say that the re-assessment would be that the play-offs have now become within our scope.

Mooligan bases his argument on actual achievement rather than the confidence which you may draw from recent improved form. And leaving the closing stats for 2013/14 out may suit you, but they are part of Dickov’s record when he had a stronger squad than the current one. Dickov’s ability is central to our success or failure whatever the squad he is managing and whatever season we are looking at, so in a rational assessment, past results cannot be summarily disregarded.

Some of us are more easily encouraged than Mooligan is, but if, instead of focusing on the improvement in recent performances away from home, we look at league form there is justification in retaining doubt.

However well we are playing away from the Keepmoat, we still need to establish the ability to pick up a great deal more points at home than we drop if we are to make the top six.

Having said all that I personally believe that there are encouraging signs and perhaps Dickov is finally beginning to learn from his mistakes.

The team we had last season may have been stronger but we were playing in a much more difficult for us to compete in league so i have to discount that part of the argument.

My point about our expectations at the start of the season is still relative.
At that time i too was thinking the same thing, that we would struggle to stay around mid table.
The thing was that we beat Yeovil and York in the first week and everyones expections went up.
Then when reality set that we didn't have anywhere near a strong enough squad the results went against us, as i had expected them to.
Defensively as we all know, we were very poor.

As you and i agree, our signings have strengthened the team and given the manager the options that he didn't have at the start of the season.
It isn't a coincidence that the results are now coming.

I agree with you that a crack at the play offs isn't out of the question and i personally don't think it is impossible.

I listened to Paul Keegans interview on the radio last week and he was very adamant that the lack of a pre season had hampered the managers plans but that things were now going in the right direction.
The problem is, he said, that we have given the teams above us a head start.

There isn't a Rovers fans alive who doesn't know that we have to start picking up points at home but it is remarkable how many teams around us have a similar problem.

The thing i have noticed though is that the recent run has quietened the "Dickov out" calls and people may be realising that with a decent squad in a division which is probably our genuine level we will be able to at least consolodate and maybe even have a go at the play offs.

I'll sum it all up for ya's...
Shjt board!
Shjt manager!
Don't get your hopes up for the foreseeable future!
Ok?

RTID

Well for a long time it looked like it would be Man Utd.
Bristol City at home is a good draw though.
We owe them one after the 3-0 game.
They will fill the away end.
I remember watching us play Bristol City in the FACup third round in the early sixties when i was a young un.
We drew 2-2 and lost the replay.
Bristol were in the old first division at the time.