For me i enjoyed the game and dont think theres to much to panic about, the only concerns i had was missed tackles and not wrappping the ball up in the tackle to prevent the offload. I thought Will Sharp put his hand up and showed ppl he was willing to get stuck in by helping the fowards out carrying the ball back plenty of times. Mckinnon looks good and Martin looked solid when he came on. Would of liked to of seen a bit more of ellis and nicklas as the result was past us by last fifteen minutes.

Poor kicking game and never stopped the offloads.

Worth considering swapping Tickle and Westy when we are defending.

Very true, I was also surprised we didn't have two runners when at the play the ball, we seemed to revert back to last season.

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It looked like the first run-out of a team who hadn't had a competitive match to me playing a team who'd had a few more. The defence was pretty good for large periods considering the amount of ball Rovers had but. When it did break it seemed to be lack of communication. We seemed to push a lot of passes and mistime runs etc and so dropped the ball a lot. The penalty count was a bit worrying though - we'll have to sort that out because it can't all be down to the referee only watching one side.

The way Rovers players were dropping like flies throughout the game began to remind me of that infamous pre-season friendly against Huddersfield where our team was ruined for the rest of the season. I hope, for their sake, that those players can get back to fitness quickly. I hope Beaumont makes a full recovery too.