I thought Rovers were fucking awful today.
Clearly the game plan was to kick the shit out of any or all of our flair players early doors, and it worked well when greasy cunt Paterson maimed Matt Ritchie. He was looking lively and back to how he used to play before that. The ref bottled the red card for what was clearly a deliberate and nasty foul.
Fair play to Ritchie for staying on the pitch for as long as he did. He was struggling like fuck and gestured to the bench at one point that he couldn't continue. He gave it a bit longer though and eventually ran it off for most of the remaing time. A real fucking pro
Agree with whover said earlier that the loan players are blowing out of their arses compared to the lads who've been here for a while. McEveley was a prime example. He did very well for about an hour, but was completely shagged out towards the end. Quality player though. Will do well for us if he's fit and wants to buy-in to PDC's regieme.
The striker problem has dogged us since cuntscab Austin left and its pissing me off that we seem unable to either spot or attract decent talent in that department.
Benson can't do it all on his own but even when not fully fit he's by far and away our most consistent operator up top.
Storey isnt the answer - yet. Ditto Bodin, which is why he was loaned out. Connell is frustratingly start-stop and Murray is fairly quick, but has virtually no end-product and is physically weak, so often gets knocked off the ball too easily.
I know I'm stating the fucking obvious - but it feels good to vent this shit, eh? - we
really need to fix this problem quickly, if only temporarily for the last few games.
It's been obvious for 2 seasons, but we're still fucking around with dodgy loans and misfits who just don't seem able to cut it. We're scoring goals everywhere else, yet we're struggling for someone to dominate defences and convert chances.
I'd kill for an Alex Revell / Barry Corr style striker at the moment or someone who could batter defenders in that way while feeding off Bensons steady supply of flick ons and ferry's probing passes, let alone a usually decent quantity of crosses from the wings.
It's the only part of the side that is still making us all so fucking nervous.
