Bristol Rovers v Charlton post match views 7/4/2018

Will take a point. Still in our own hands.

I think we were unlucky not to win this, but it could easily have gone the other way as well.

Ok, the pitch was awful and didn't help our players one bit. But that's not really an excuse when you're playing in League One.

Rovers caused us a lot of trouble, pressing quick; at times in the first half it seemed they had an extra man on the pitch. There were a few bum-clenching moments when they countered and looked dangerous.

As others have said Caskey looked out of sorts, and Aribo wasn't the player he has been recently. However, we looked shades better than Bristol Rovers, but couldn't quite get it together with a rough pitch and an opposition looking to counter our game.

Special mention to Reeves who has undergone some sort of transformation since Robbo has left. Where would we be now if Reeves had played as he is now, from the start of the season? (I know he signed late, and was unfit. But what if).

I didn't rate Kaikai at first, but he looked dangerous today. A few of his runs could easily have resulted in a goal, and he caused their defence more than a few problems.

All in all, not a bad day at the office, but I cant help but think if we hadn't made the mistake that gifted them a goal we'd be away with the 3 points.

10 points from the last 12, we are still in this. Bowyer has inherited a bad run and performed miracles so far, compared to the last few games under Robbo. Not unreasonable to think we could make the playoffs and get the job done.

All I can say is I hope that if we make the playoffs, they show the games on iFollow or I can stream them from Thailand! I don't think my pocket will allow a return but I will be sorely tempted nonetheless!

COYR

Think 3 point today was in the plan. Now means we need to step and win away to both Shrewsbury and Portsmouth, whilst not losing to Scunthorpe. Sorry two dropped on a day we could have stolen a march on Pompey and Peterborough.

I didn’t think we were too bad! I think Rovers were poor but we got dragged down to their level! The surface was abysmal and i think the frustrations on the pitch were matched by a good following not being able to create any atmosphere!

Surprised to see the comments on Forster-Caskey I thought he was solid today and that was probably a bad performance by his standards!

Toss up between Reeves and Bauer for my MOM today! Reeves probably just shaded it, was the best player on the pitch by a mile although their lad who got the goal was very good too!

Still think we will grab a playoff place!

cabbles said:

Laddick01 said:

Think a lot on here are massively overrating the likes of Pompey and Scunthorpe.

Think how dire we’ve been all season, yet we’re still in and around those sides. I’d still say we should make playoffs

Scunthorpe on a very poor run

Who are they playing a week today?

What odds Novak score anytime?

Didn't follow the game at all as I was trying, and failing miserably, to hit a little white ball around a golf course.

Initial reaction was complete disappointment but I suppose that's testament to the turnaround under Bowyer/JJ.

On reflection, we're a top 6 side that got a point away at a top 10 side - that's pretty standard.

An adequate result, 10 points from 12, and we move on to Wimbledon where we get 3 points... (hopefully).

Whether we make the play offs or nor Bowyer has given us hope that was not there just a few weeks ago, with a style of football that we have not seen at the Valley for many a year.

I think we could win every game we play, but we could also lose a few thats football ask Guardiola after last week or today. If we dont make the play offs it wont be Bowyers fault ... the fault lies in StTruiden and Oxford.

Fosu gives Cafc the X factor.
Mavididi needs to replicate his form before his injury. Kaikai needs to show why he was signed by a premier team.
Both Zyro and Ajose need to find the net in the run in.
Good point today if we win on Tuesday but the
Nightmare scenario would be Pigott and Novak scoring in next two matches as
Hell hath no fury like ex players scorned.

Oggy Red said:

Laddick01 said:

Think a lot on here are massively overrating the likes of Pompey and Scunthorpe.

Think how dire we’ve been all season, yet we’re still in and around those sides. I’d still say we should make playoffs

A major reason why Pompey have recently hit a good run is because their talisman goalscorer has returned to the side - Pitman is scoring goals for fun.

Diego Costa of League1.

Oggy Red said:

E-cafc said:

http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/11321646/bristol-rovers-1-1-charlton

Really long drop kick from their keeper led to our goal - we didn't deal with it at all, 3 players lost their headers in quick succession:
1st was Bauer, Dijksteel and then Pearce. Watch and you'll see what I mean.

Interestingly, in our 4 attacking moves shown in the Sky highlights, the much maligned Kaikai was involved in 3 of them - including providing the assist for Reeves' goal.

That's a really poor goal to concede. But these things happen, especially at this level and it's not been a regular occurrence like it was.

Based on our form pre-Bowyer we'd have lost this. Instead, we got a result. Of course we'd all like to win every week, but equally, we all know that isn't realistic.

We've a game in hand over the 3 teams below us. Six matches left...Bowyer and Jackson should drag us into the Play-Offs.

ShootersHillGuru said:

Tough tough run in and three points today would have to some extent mitigated an inevitable defeat at some point. Still in our own hands which is good but it looks very tough to me.

Robinson dire end of reign has done for us I think.

Not over yet though.

A decent enough point today but I fear that @ShootersHillGuru has hit the nail on the head. Hard to believe that 1 point from Robinson’s last 4 games isn’t going to catch up with us, although we’re somehow still in there with a decent shout.

A tough one coming up on Tuesday, though - and on a pitch which probably makes Bristol’s look half decent. We need a full-blooded performance and can at least be confident that, under the present management, we’ll put in a better performance than the lame and half-hearted surrender in the FA Cup.

Pretty disappointed with that after the effort, and first game I’ve seen of the Bow era. Ajose didn’t look all that, Kaikai was ineffective, some others looked complacement and over confident, even our keeper wasn’t his best hopefully it’s a kick up the arse to stop us blowing it.