Tranmere Rovers v Scunthorpe Utd Match Discussion

Not a bad game but I have to say that Scunthorpe looked extremely average and won't remain up there if they play like that too often.

They made us look good I felt rather than us making them look bad.

Apparently some of their fans seems to think that the challenge on Coyne was a legitimate one.

Whether we go back to 4-5-1 on Saturday remains to be seen of course but I thought the 4-4-2 was good again last night.

The defence looked excellent once more whilst Wilson was OK but not as good as he was at Yeovil.

Gornell and Savage both worked hard too. Terry should probably have taken his first half or at least made contact but I guess on his first appearance he can be excused that and as Matt said he had a decent enough game.

I also though Sonko had a decent game too before going off injured.



Deadly Submarine



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Could be a good sign ahead of the JPT semi-final, if we can make them look ordinary at our ground with a few players in the squad recovering from man-flu, then we should be able to beat them at their place with a similar side.
I must admit, i was pleased with the input from Gornell tonight, shame that the new lad wasn't given a small run-out towards the end, it's a bit harsh on Danny Holmes but I just hope that JJ will be good enough at creating attacks as Shotton has been, Wilson impressed me though last night, looked comfortable on the ball, played a couple of decent balls into the likes of Moore and Gornell, I would prefer him in the squad to Jenno on the form he has shown.

Let's hope that we can do the job against the Posh, wouldn't mind another replay if we can't win on the night, just want us in the hat at least for the 3rd round (it's about time we had a trip to Old Trafford I think )

sub to start with that challange on coyne was a legit tackle he got some of the ball you heard it!

good game and a good solid performance again!

goodison comes back in and we get a clean sheet no coincidence threr

shotton played well going forward and got a good gooal as did sonko who looked dangerous all night

some of chorleys decisons tonight i.e passing where ludicras and set the tone in midfield where kay and wilson lost to much of the ball

savage caused them numerous problms upfront and was a nuisance all night

play like that on saturday and we good fall short, we need to be a lot tighter at the back

Chorley, apart from the mistake, was better than Goodison yet again in my opinion.

As for the challenge on Coyne, it's been seen many times before that you can't make tackles like that on a Keeper.

I feel that if anything, Keepers are over-protected by referees at times but it can't be one rule one day and a different one the next so the foul was given as it would have been at other games too.

It was an OK performance against a surprisingly poor side and as you say Dani the same again on Saturday would see us struggle against a side unbeaten in ages and probably the in-form side in League One.



Deadly Submarine

The first 25 minutes especially last night we played absolutely fantastic, you couldn't fault any of them.

However 15 mins both sides of half time they got back into the game but Shottons goal killed them off.

Mikey

scunny looked average first half but second half they outplayed us in parts