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Match Thread
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Jasper P chopped in half. Deffo red. Ref bottled it
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Re: Match Thread
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Itâs hard to explain, I donât think Revs deserves sacking but I really would like a new manager.
Itâs been 3 years of the same thing now, hit & hope football, then try and put pressure on the opposition back line to force a mistake and pounce.
How many goals have we scored through good, intricate play? Not many at all. Itâs a very dull watch, and when we go through bad phases like we are now itâs borderline unwatchable.
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It is dull when weâre out of form but heâs massively overachieving with us. It would be brutal to sack him.
And Wallace would probably hire a fucking idiot like that Exeter twat or Gary Smith.
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Re: Match Thread
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Gary Smith achieved our highest ever league finish.
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With a little help from GW
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The Barnsley comms saying how great they are putting 3 past our best defence record.
Forgetting they booted our only right back full on in the fucking head.
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I'd have given any to have McGoldrick in our team though. Bloody class at this level.
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On a lighter note - Jake Young sent off in his first game for St Mirren.
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Re: Match Thread
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Nice to hear that I had a hand in our goal!
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As expected, because i'm a tactical genius.
Freestone as right of a back three was a bad move.
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Re: Match Thread
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It's a back 4 now isn't it?
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Re: 3-1
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First time Marschall has conceded 3+ in a game for us.
Which coincides with it also being the 850th goal we have conceded in the FL.
So that's nice.
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Re: 3-1
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Not the gk. Pidge got completely done.
Time for him to be dropped?
Edited by RockyBottom at 16:13:04 on 31st January 2026
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Re: 3-1
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Having now seen the goal - Marshall is totally at fault.
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Re: 3-1
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That was my thought also. Absolutely no reason for him to come out like that.
Pidge at fault for the first, but also feel Freestone could have done better and got to it before McGoldrick, but he looked flatfooted so was too slow to react.
Their second was the fault of numerous players.
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Re: 3-1
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That middle para is spot on and exactly what I was thinking as it happened. Two goals fairly needlessly conceded.
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We have no fit defenders to replace him with. For all we know he could be carrying an injury as well.
Otherwise, yes.
Edited by BasingstokeBoro at 16:15:30 on 31st January 2026
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Re: 3-1
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Think I'd prefer Freestone there atm...
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Re: 3-1
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So whose your fullback then?
Another annoyance, Sweeney had been dispossessed 3 times in the last few minutes and lucky not to concede from his first mistake.
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Re: 3-1
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And - much as I like Sweens - today he has passed directly to the opposition about 7 times. Even when not under pressure or an easier pass was on.
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One good performance against a depleted Peterborough and thinks he's Roy of the fucking Rovers. Thick twat.
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Would have to be Thompson. Pidge must be injured surely, looks like he can hardly move.
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Sweens isn't about to discover the cure for cancer is he? Jesus Christ
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Yes... but again we were completely split open by the through ball. He had to come for it
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Re: Match Thread
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Ah, so it is.
That's even more bonkers!
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Re: 2-1 game back on
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Reid did well there
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What a performance, we can win this đ
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Joking aside, their manager will be fuming as they were in complete control and we've crept back into it a tiny bit.
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Re: 2-1 game back on
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Would be huge if we can build on it and get a result out of this.
Louis T to come and slot in at RB, then Cornick to come on and do the business for us to salvage a result. Huzzah!
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Exactly what I would do...
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Re: Match Thread
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Do we not have another right footed defender in the squad somewhere?
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Luther injured.
Goode injured.
Pattenden now injured.
Sweeney playing CB.
Unless we played somebody like Okwara, or moved a midfielder into defence, then no.
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I'd consider Thompson or Phillips there?
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Agree with Thompson.
Donât think Phillips positioning is good enough to play a makeshift RB
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Phillips played in defence is a penalty waiting to be given
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Yeah you are probably right!
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Thompson I said below as a suggestion for going there instead of Freestone.
But the question was about defenders.
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As soon as Pattenden went down I said Thompson will have to play there. Revs thought overwise.
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Bloomin typical we get rid of Nick Freeman when we need him.
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2-0
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This is so far the worst game of the season. Players look like they donât give a shit.
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Like knife into butter, no challenges, no effort, embarrassing!!!!!
This could be 4 or 5
REVELL OUT
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Re: Losing 1-0
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Pidge is SCUM. Drop him IMMEDIATELY.
GET OUT OF OUR CLUB
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Get them all out.
Seventh in League One frankly is not good enough, we should be in The Championship by now.
Injuries are no excuse.
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This could be a cricket score. Every attack they look likely to score and splitting us wide open through the middle.
Revs might need to change the 60min Reid off substitutions plan and do something different... albeit I accept we're a bit stuck with injuries
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This could be a hammering. We havenât started yet
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This is fucking pathetic. Sorry no other words for it.
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Sweeney, Pidge and Freestone all at blame for that. Shame as the formation changed actually looked to have helped us as we were getting torn apart before Pattenden had to go off, but Freestone should never be right back.
Bloody McGoldrick is still so good.
Edited by RockyBottom at 15:20:44 on 31st January 2026
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Re: Losing 1-0
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We looked better Tuesday because we were playing against Peterboroughâs 3rd string defence.
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On a narrow pitch. This highlights both our lack of ability on the ball and our footballing IQ off it. Could be an uncharacteristic hammering this, could be 5-0 down already.
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Torn apart after 4 minutes? Behave
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We were.
Should have been 2-0. Woeful defending from the corner with everyone camped on the goalline again.
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Re: Match Thread
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His foot was about 5ft off the ground, disgusting.
Freestone at right back? That can't be good.
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We have been ruined by injuries this season (Butler, Earley, Luther and now Pattenden) preventing us playing a back three, but you have to say that moving Freestone to RB is madness.
I am fine with moving to a back four, considering the lack of WBs we now have owing to those injuries, but would be far happier with Campbell or Louis T or someone at RB than Freestone!
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We did speak about this afterwards. Considered Phillips but Lewis did alright there against Reading last season so felt that was the better option
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Won playing a 5-3-2 Tuesday. Planned to play a 5-3-2 today . Swap Chem for Pattenden and we play the same system with a little bit more of attacking threat . Instead we go back to 4-5-1 , putting Freestone in an unfamiliar position. Thought we should have definitely found a way to keep the same system after it produced our best performance in weeks on Tuesday.
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The move to 3/5 at the back last week also ended the months long spell of us looking dogshit too, so that plus the fact Phoenix can play there which as you said, would give us more attacking threat, made the switch to 4 at the back even more mental.
Anyone watching that could see after the first goal we were all over the place but it took Revell and Cuthbert about 30 mins to revert back, at which point we were out of the game.
I'd love to know how the players went from Tuesday when they were all 100% motivated and wanted to win every tackle, to today where they looked like they'd rather be anywhere else. We really should be doing better than today with the players we have at our disposal.
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I think you can very rarely question the effort of the players. I feel that there is something underlying which is to blame for the sub par performances and complete inconsistency from one game to the next.
Of course, once they cross the white line, it is ultimately down to the players. However, I've always felt there is something lacking under Revs. You can see the frustration in some of the lads, imagine how Reid and Phoenix feel for example being so hopelessly isolated in attacking situations.
The tactics are naive. Changes are too slow and reactive/predictable. The decision today to revert to a 4 was made out of fear.
People were discussing how many points they were hoping for from the 3 home games to allay concerns, but it has always been about performances for me. Tuesday was incredible. Whether we had won, lost or draw I was much happier with what I was watching (albeit we seem to have the blueprint of how to play against Peterborough). I won't get into the entertainment vs results argument but even when we were winning it wasn't always pretty and I often felt like we were relying on a piece of individual brilliance or a goal from a set piece (which we haven't been particularly threatening from lately)
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I can question the effort today and have done so extensively.
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Agreed. It may have been 100% of their effort but it translated to about 50% of the effort of Barnsley so looked like they weren't even trying.
That's the worse collective performance I've seen under Revell. Not one player was good in the first half.
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I think that's harsh. Barnsley were a better side and I can accept being beaten by teams with quality players throughout. We were chasing shadows for much of that first half because we were trying to win the ball high up the pitch like we did on Tuesday but Peterborough weren't capable of playing through us like Barnsley did.
We looked so open with the change of shape and didn't address the issues such as losing the midfield battle and allowing McGoldrick/Keillor Dunn to run in behind.
Mistakes ultimately led to the 3 goals we conceded but they just found it so easy to play around us. And our hopeless long balls forward gave them very little to think about. To me, that's how they are being instructed to play. The shackles are well and truly on. I would like to see us be braver with our passing through midfield and creating space for the wide players. The forward line looks so isolated when we lump the ball forward and haven't got the opportunity to get the midfield/FBs up in support.
System/formation isn't everything and 5 at the back might not work every week but it does seem to suit the players we have in the squad. However, we are somewhat limited now with our 2 RBs unavailable. I would have given Phoenix a chance at RWB before changing shape yesterday. Perhaps with Houghton back the defence will have better protection and results wise I'm not too concerned with another 3 home games in a week on the horizon but it's going to be a lot of grinding out results for the rest of the season IMO
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Wonder if it was worse than Exshitter away?
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No. Exeter was worse. But there were some woeful individual performances. How Reid, Philips, Kemp and Roberts can go from the way they played on Tuesday to playing like that is beyond me. White looks like he would prefer to be somewhere else. I ould be happy to drive him.
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Reid and Roberts look like they are very much at the end of the road. I think if they are both in the side next season we will have problems. I hope Kemp finds form soon - quality player
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Kemp managed the double of being useless on the ball and weak as piss off it yesterday, but at least he's good for a goal every nine games now.
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A right footed defender wouldâve cleared that chance. He went with his left but couldnât reach across.
Weâre getting battered at the moment. They shouldâve left the back 3 alone & put Campbell at right wing back
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