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Your Rotherham United v Accrington Stanley Match Reports

casanovacrow added 22:05 - Sep 19 :-( that is all
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suffolklad added 22:18 - Sep 19 I went,I saw and I left all I can say.
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oxfordblue added 22:20 - Sep 19 4 goals in 6 matches perhaps we really will go down if jewell doesn't sort this messout which is what he created with his signings. please lets get a manager in that understands football otherwise we will go the same way as coventry. for the past 2 years he tells us what is needed for the team and he still hasn't signed those players? M E must be a very good employer or he really is looking to waste money on this manager .

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Karlosfandangal added 22:21 - Sep 19 Groundhog day Same old same old it's last season all over again Load of new players and short of cover at the back have we not learnt anything from last year
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brittaniaman added 22:27 - Sep 19 1 point out of 9 and second bottom says it all for this month ??????????????
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StochesStotasBlewe added 22:30 - Sep 19 Desperate performance against a woeful Wolves side who were there for the taking. This can,t go on any longer. No leadership on or off the pitch, Shocking tactics, if any. Comedy defending, awful finishing etc etc etc........... Man of the match was the corner flag which gave us the biggest cheer of the night. Please go now Mr Jewell & take your hapless coaching staff with you. Believe me fellow Town fans, we are heading into league 1 if change is not imminent.

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brittaniaman added 22:35 - Sep 19 I am sure it might help if Jewellio got off his backside and showed some passion to the players !! HE just sits there like he is watching a film ????
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h32 added 22:35 - Sep 19 ..... well, well. well - surprised ? - not in the least. Hope this is the wake up call some of you are / were in need of - or are there yet more 'excuses' to come ? - after this most recent inept rubbish. Shake up time - BIG TIME.
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TimmyH added 22:38 - Sep 19 Look who got PJ out of the mire last season - Drury and Hyam in midfield, both on the bench tonight!. Makes you wonder what the players do on the practice field, perhaps they regularly miss the goal from 6 yards there too. As mentioned 1 game you can forgive but to do it in the next one as well, unforgivable.
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h32 added 22:40 - Sep 19 ..... where are the people caring about the well-being of this Club - that should be ??????? - I can think of three that should hang their heads in shame.
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Talbs77 added 22:44 - Sep 19 It was a frustrating night and all too predictable, the worrying thing for me was, even though we had a lot of good chances, we never once made their goalkeeper work which was disapointing. Its no point mentioning the goals, what can I say, first one soft, I cant be bothered to criticise the cb's as on the verge of actually feeling sorry for them. I was right behind the second one in the bobby robson lower and it had goal written all over it. What dissapoints me further is the fact pj stated in the summer he wouldnt rely on the loan market after last season. 3 out of our 4 midfielders tonight wernt under contract with the club therefore no probable long term future here. How does Hyam feel looking at that, or Drury? Saying that, I thought Luongo was the best player in blue tonight. I went expecting what I saw and I doubt I was the only one in the crowd feeling like that. What we need to now is what we havent had at this stage in the last few seasons, we have to grind a win out, doesnt matter how or against who, town just need to grab a win from somewhere. Can i see them doing that in the immediate future? I'm struggling there. I'm worried but not to the point I think pj should go now. But make no mistake, I think tonight started the clock ticking.

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runaround added 22:44 - Sep 19 Same old story yet again. We matched Wolves and should have won. However we were treated to some truly abysmal finishing, in some cases managing to shoot wide or high when it seemed impossible to not at least hit the target. Also our crossing was very poor and you do wonder what they practice in training. Then of course we gift a nervous looking Wolves a goal with our now traditional individual howler and then the game was over. We look a relegation team presently and I have lost any faith in Jewell turning it around. He will probably moan how far Ipswich is away from everywhere! It's usually obvious when the time comes to change a manager and that time is either here or will be come Saturday, its gone beyond the time when it can be turned around and change of manager is now inevitable IMHO. There was a smattering of Jewell Out chants tonight, they will I fear become a crescendo Saturday

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thebeat added 22:52 - Sep 19 In the 26 years ive been goin to Portman Road quite simply the worst Town team ever!! no passion,no idea, no vision, no cutting edge and a woeful woeful defence!!! Get rid now,get ur finger out ur pocket Evans and stump up the cash for a decent manager. The players just dont want to play for Jewell and he cant attract decent signings either.bring in Redknapp or Mick McCarthy to sort this club out from top to bottom

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Dozzells_Bobblehat added 22:59 - Sep 19 Very very disappointing. Don't agree that the players aren't trying, but certainly very little quality and no confidence tonight. Would personally liked to have seen Drury and Hyam start although to be fair , Luongo was probably our best player. What makes it. worse is that Wolves were a poor side too, and there for the taking. Sat is huge game for PJ now. IMO we desperately need a mowbray like figure to organize us and please can we put Martin back just off Chopra, he is far more effective there.

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RegencyBlue added 23:00 - Sep 19 We cannot score and we cannot defend and there is only one way that is going to end! I have no confidence in Jewell to get us out of this and he should be removed immediately. Problem is when it comes to appointing managers Evans record is pretty poor and I have no confidence in hime either.
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algarvefan added 23:16 - Sep 19 I have been the supporter of 'stability' at Town & we have changed our manager far too often in recent years. I was a great admirer of Jewell when he was a Wigan but he couldn't take the pressure and quit when things got tough on and off the field. Jewell had passion but that appears to be sadly lacking now, he has the demeanour of a 'spent force'. Someone else said it, the clock has started ticking tonight, is Jewell up to turning this around? I fear the answer is no! We will have to wait and see, but I think if we hit mid October in this situation then it's time for ME to act.

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StowTractorBoy added 23:22 - Sep 19 However depressed we feel tonight and whatever players we criticise and how many of you slag Jewell off we should have won that game comfortably. We had 5 gilt edged chances and fluffed them all - they created one decent chance and missed but won the match 2-0. Felt sorry for Tommy Smith but sadly he is an accident waiting to happen and Loach has to be questioned with their second goal. Unfortunately although he is better than ALB in my opinion he is not the answer and Watford fans on our forum did warn us. After 6 games and pre season friendlies has he actually come out to catch a cross. Luck certainly is not on our side either as it was never a free kick which led to the first goal and the injury to Taylor is a big blow but the guy was clearly struggling with a knock before half time. Dark days indeed for Ipswich Town and with the Championship now stronger than ever this season we already face a relegation battle. Saturday is now so vital for us to get 3 points.

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harlingblue added 23:47 - Sep 19 Very flat first half, only came to life in the last 10 minutes. Second half more entertaining...especially for the neutral. Smith who until he scored a bizaar og IMO had looked the best of back four and could put this right but blazed over the bar at the other end. Poor positioning by Loach allowed a long range shot to seal the points for a poor Wolves side. Yes you can blame the defense of which Smith seems to be a somewhat unfair scapegoat...but I question the art of shooting on target being our biggest downfall. On saturday at Middlesborough we had more shots but hardly worked the keeper, and tonight we had enough clear cut chances to have won at a canter.

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La_Paz added 23:50 - Sep 19 As others have already said, this was very much the same old story. Having settled ourselves down and weathered the early storm we then failed to take a host of good chances and gave away two of the most ridiculous goals you could wish to concede. On the balance of play we didn't deserve to lose, but yet again our profligacy and ludicrous naivety let us down. On the plus side, I was impressed by N'Daw; he's a big unit (something this side desperately lacks) but also has a good touch and an eye for a pass. I suppose you don't get to play for the clubs he has played for without having something about you, and I was pleasantly surprised by his footballing ability. In general I also thought our backline looked more organised than of late, and apart from the unlucky own goal we looked reasonably solid. Interesting to note though how none of our defenders seemed overly keen to pass the ball back to Loach in tight situations, and often preferred to turn and hoof. Coaching or a lack of confidence? Difficult to say but worrying nonetheless. Going forwards we created some good chances, but yet again failed to take any of them. Taylor, Martin and Chopra is two into three; it just doesn't go. Chopra looks bang out of sorts, but then had little to work with. Martin is hopeless on either wing but especially on the right, whilst Taylor needs to play centrally to be at his most dangerous. Add in JET (when on form, our most skillful player) and Murphy (the only one with any strength or aerial ability) and it is clear that Jewell doesn't have a clue as to his best formation, and the team is suffering as a result. Where we go from here is anybody's guess. Failure to beat Charlton at home must surely be the end of Jewell; as has been the norm this season he just sat on his hands and looked impotent all evening. It is clear that selection-wise he is again floundering in the dark, and by the look of the players this evening they don't believe in what they are doing either. I absolutely do not believe in changing managers on a whim, and for me 4 managers in 7 seasons is a damning indictment of those in charge of our club. However when fans and players alike lose confidence in the management then a change may be the only alternative. ITID. COYB.

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budgieplucker added 00:14 - Sep 20 Jewell stumbled on a formula last year that saved him his job, he is not in my opinion an intelligent manager otherwise he would be learning from his mistakes. Other than Paul Taylor, and the odd goal from the bench from Jason Scotland I see very little goal threat in our side. Most teams pushing for top six will be looking for a good complement of goals from 2 strikers and at least one midfield player I cannot see Chopra getting 15 goals and is Lee Martin capable of even 6? I like Loungo and I thought he was our best player tonight by a long way - that sums it up really a 19 year old loanee showing the way. I also just cannot see goals from our midfield. We really deserve no better if we miss the type of chances we had tonight and continue to leak goals with the same regularity as last season. Our crossing was also appalling and not just tonight. Edwards and Cresswell need to get forward more as they are potentially more dangerous than those that occupy the wide spaces in front of them. Unfair to judge N'Daw on one performance, no doubt bags of experience and whilst I thought he was OK he hardly stamped his authority on the game for me.

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FerrersTractorboy added 06:25 - Sep 20 There is no confidence in the team, and none in the stands either. A lot of people arrived expecting us to lose. There is therefore an inevitability about what happened in the match. I do believe that the players are trying, but if you go out lacking belief then you are done for. Hyam must start. If we lose this lad I will not be happy. He is an intelligent player who does the simple thing when he has the ball, and is very good at breaking up the play when the opposition have it. How Jewell does not see what so many fans see I dont know. I like Martin - a grafter with good ability on the ball. He needs to start just behind the front man - something that again I think many fans at the match can see - but jewell can't. I have never been an inner or outer until now with any manager - and I went to my first game in 1969. I sense a lack of belief on the pitch, mirrored in the stands. If you believe we have the wrong manager - and I don't doubt he wants to succeed, but do doubt he can - then you have to do something which tells the owner just that. For me it has to be an organised one match mass boycott of a game at Portman Road. I would suggest the Deby County game at home - thereby giving Jewell the opportunity to sort things out. But really he has had the time already. Sad days, not Those Were The Days.

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dirtydingusmagee added 09:47 - Sep 20 thats it for me ...Jewell showed exactly what is wrong with ITFC now, no passion, no enthusiasm, no pride, he could even get off his fat a;se The performance off the pitch was worse than the one on it .Pocket billiards dosnt win football matches .I have said all along ,he hasnt the drive needed ,he mumbles away like drunk in post match interviews ,if i were a player in the dressing room he would bore me sh;tless.TAXI for PJ and lets get someone in with real passion and a pulse .Sorry the report on game centres around the manager ,but thats how it was .

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dirtydingusmagee added 09:50 - Sep 20 sorry ,should have read COULDNT get off .
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Greybritain added 18:30 - Sep 21 Phew. First half highlight was a corner flag falling over and the farce that ensued in righting it. Second half was the inevitable goals for Wolves. Our shooting was shocking. Confidence is low. We keep on letting players leave without replacements in place. Edwards is still not a right back. Our central defence is fragile. Our central midfield are loanees, but at least Luongo was decent. Not sure about N'daw or his rating on this site for this game. Chopra amused me by falling over and getting booked for diving, and the people in front of me left when Scotland blazed over the bar towards the end. There is a lot of wrong that has been wrong for a long time at the club. Let the kids play. I would rather they play than watch loanees. People always want to introduce them into a winning side. They will be 25 by the time that happens. I cannot hear, that for the 3rd season running we have clowned up the contract situation either. Phew.

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