By Kenny_Crons
February 23 2018
A look ahead to Rovers' visit to Maidstone United on Saturday afternoon....
Disclaimer: this preview has been compiled after a memory removal procedure on the author to delete the events between 7.45pm and 10pm on Tuesday 20th February
Maidstone is not only the destination for our latest National League away game but is also the birthplace of a childhood hero of mine - Tony Hart from Take Hart. Many a happy hour was spent in our house watching the feature called 'The Gallery' when kids had sent in paintings/drawings which were then shown on telly. We used to try and guess the age of the artist and scoff when a Da Vinci style painting was produced by 'Steve' aged 7.
Unfortunately, Tony passed away in 2009 so will not be at The Gallagher Stadium tomorrow to watch his beloved 'Stones' take on the Rovers (I might have made up the bit about 'beloved').
However, I am sure that the Super White Army will be there in force to watch the boys attempt to gain an away victory on Maidstone's cheats pitch. Confidence should be there in large quantities though because we normally do well on the plastic and they are in a bad run of form at the moment.
We are in a decent run of form ourselves at the moment though for some reason we have dropped from 2nd in the league on Saturday to 6th and I have no knowledge of why this happened???? A picture of a totally bald man doing keep ups with David Dickinson while wearing silk shirts keeps popping into my head and.......arrrgghhhh..........my memory of Tuesday night has just foooded back. Oh dear me.
In light of this new knowledge, Saturday's game has taken on added significance and it seems like it could be close to a must win game if we are to consign Tuesday to a 'bad day at the office'. Particularly as three of the teams above us are at home tomorrow.
But despite the result from Tuesday and the subsequent analysis of our form against the top sides, I stand by my earlier comment about confidence in getting a result. We should win tomorrow and make reports of our demise premature in the extreme.
I will be tuning in to whatever format I can tomorrow to hopefully listen to commentators painting a beautiful picture of our performance. We need to morph into our ruthless selves and not allow the opposition a chance. The creative talent we have at our disposal needs to show it's maturity and make the game men against boys.
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Quote:hong kong rover
Good write up Kenny. After Tuesday nights disaster heres hoping things improve and I am sure that we will all be able to TAKE HART from a good performance n result from the Rovers today. With the game not being broadcast by bt sport it means that I won't need to switch my teleVISION ON so instead will be tuning into wirral radio. if it ends in another disastrous 4-1 defeat today then regular painkillers will not be enough to quell the agony of it all, it will have to be the MORPHine... 2-0 for the Rovers.
Quote:hong kong rover
Good write up Kenny. After Tuesday nights disaster heres hoping things improve and I am sure that we will all be able to TAKE HART from a good performance n result from the Rovers today. With the game not being broadcast by bt sport it means that I won't need to switch my teleVISION ON so instead will be tuning into wirral radio. if it ends in another disastrous 4-1 defeat today then regular painkillers will not be enough to quell the agony of it all, it will have to be the MORPHine... 2-0 for the Rovers.
Quote:mini_andy
Can anybody work out our formation today?
Quote:Glad it's not just me....mini_andy
Can anybody work out our formation today?
Quote:That's right only 1 game. MM has taken all the pace out of the team.aktrfc
Listening on the Tranmere player. Can't believe what I'm hearing from Doyle. Blaming the pitch, the ref. Am I wrong to think they haven't won a game in 16.
Quote:goosed
mm hasnt a fookin clue wer is mcnulty clarke rides ???
Quote:Hardly Irons
It's goosed I feel sorry for now, hope he's coping okay.
Quote:mini_andy
A 2-3 win after being 0-3 up
Quote:853OKGQuote:goosed
mm hasnt a fookin clue wer is mcnulty clarke rides ???
Predictable post. If you watch the interviews and read the various news items you would know that various players haven't been risked because of the pitch. Mcnulty has been carrying an injury, for example. Playing on the artificial pitch was deemed a risk. As for Clarke....
Did you post when the team was banging them in, to praise the selection? (rhetorical) Obviously had a clue then didn't he?
And guess what, now 3-2.
Quote:hong kong rover
was that our first penalty of the season?
Quote:Kenny_Crons
I do think Norburn is flattering to deceive a bit though.
Jeff and Jay are a a safer bet I think if we are are going to attack from the wings.
Quote:the kav
Without wanting to sound like goosed davies messed up again today i believe
Quote:Fiftyyearsarover
A good enough win well done ,but the goals are starting to dry up again we had to depend on an OG and penalty to get the win today .O Tuesday 1 Last Saturday its a few games since Norwood scored ,Tuesday was a killer blow but they had enough to get the job done today albeit not really convincing judging by report .but we are still 3rd we’re I would put us the end of season, Macc and Sutton looking solid and don’t appear to be afflicted by self doubt.they can and do win when it matters
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mm hasnt a fookin clue wer is mcnulty clarke rides ???
Predictable post. If you watch the interviews and read the various news items you would know that various players haven't been risked because of the pitch. Mcnulty has been carrying an injury, for example. Playing on the artificial pitch was deemed a risk. As for Clarke....
Did you post when the team was banging them in, to praise the selection? (rhetorical) Obviously had a clue then didn't he?
And guess what, now 3-2.
If what you say was true, then we have the bet squad and manager in the league, so we must be top and running away with it.
Must say I feel we were a bit lucky to get away with it
Quote:mini_andy
Can anybody work out our formation today?
Quote:kennyspint
Lost on Tuesday. Micky changed it. Not working. Micky changed it. 3 points. We're not Man City. But we're in the playoffs of the
National League. Surely happy days.
Quote:goosed
So tollit who has been out injured was ok to play on it then ???
Quote:goosed
So tollit who has been out injured was ok to play on it then ???
Quote:853OKG
Maidstone cope by not winning in 17....