DPL vs Rotherham, Ipswich & Blackpool

Rovers 3 Tangerine Seasiders 1; Blair with the first goal.

Rovers 2-1 Blackpool
Sadlier or May if not playing

Funny game. Blackpool were solid throughout. Indeed any number of times the Rovers players played the ball back and forth across the field looking for but not finding a way in. Ennis was up against two very big lads and although he got a couple of shots away you really couldn't see where the goals were going to come from, at either end. Alas, Rovers gave the ball away a lot. One almost catastrophic kick out by Lawlor typified this. The ball was gifted to an attacker in the centre but Lawlor then redeemed himself with an excellent point blank save. Disjointed and attritional - it was not a fun watch, and it had draw written all over it until injury time. Rovers were pressing for the win, but I was horrified to see Tom Anderson in the final third with the ball in play. Sure enough a fast break on the right had their forwards and what was left of our rearguard haring back in a line towards Lawlor. When the cross was played in almost inevitably it was bundled home. Not a good performance from us, but we almost got away with it.

A frustrating game to say the least - the Rovers did not look as good as last Saturday I suppose mainly because Blackpool did not let us be that good. Frustrating here as we had an electrical storm that took out a local transformer and I did not see the last ten minutes plus added time. When I lost coverage a draw seemed a fair result. Two tough games ahead!

Anderson was instructed by DM to go forward.

We gave the ball from the first minute till the 93rd and got punished.
Many poor performances.
We seemed flat footed and not up for it in the first half and I could not have complained if we were 2 down at half time lawlor kept us in it.
Taylor needs to get on the game more.
When he does he looks good but just dont see him enough.
Sadlier was in my opinion our best player and can only think he was taken off for a fitness reason.
May was shocking again.
26 did well when he came on and looked inventive.
We played like strangers at times not knowing where and when players were going to make a run hence the giving the ball away.

I thought that momentum was better in the first half and I was thinking that they were always trying to get the ball forward from midfield then, yet in the second they were unnecessarily cautious in building attacks.

I was very impressed with Taylor and he seemed ignored or deliberately uninvolved, possibly tired or excluded by the variation in the system in the second.

Lawlor was lucky to get away with his mistake in the second half and I felt he might have made a better attempt to save the goal if he had moved off his line sooner.

We are capable of playing with flair as we showed up to half time, but Blackpool were allowed to gain in confidence as we became less adventurous.

I agree with you Donald Lawler should have been a yard or more off his line before the cross came over, then he could have taken the cross. A goalkeeper should dominate his six yard box but Lawler doesn't.

Also it was good to see Ennis stayed on his feet after going past their goalkeeper and getting the shot in. How many premiership strikers would have gone down like a sack of potatoes

Still not calmed down from our defeat the other night. How many errors where there for all to see. Any other team would of brought down our player and took one for the team. Lawler yet again bottled it, yes he does pull off some fantastic saves, but its no good doing that if your scared to come 4yrds off your line to catch or punch a ball incase you get thwatted by their forward.
When the ball is crossed, the attacker is about 17yrds out, keeper is 2yrds out. When said attacker heads the ball, hes about 4yrds out, the keeper actually jumps back towards goal. Thought it was a keepers ball at the time, after watching it on replays, it definitely was his ball.
Which is why, on Saturday, Fergie will attack us down our right hand side as Halliday is our weak link in the back four. Plus every cross will be on or around the 6yrd box as he knows Lawler doesnt like to come off his line if theres players round him.
Hopefully Deing starts on Saturday, Taylor and Sadlier take Mason to the cleaners, worth a bet on him getting sent off 👍Whiteman stops doing those suicidal passes across the pitch. Ennis has learned it's better to go down once the keeper has touched you than try to stay on your feet and score when there are players on the line.
Copps has to start.