Rovers fan here

[LoyalRoversSupporter]

Just back lads

What was all your thoughts on the game then?

It is a sickerner for us after just equalising but we fell asleep and we once again get caught by a set piece.

We are struggling at the moment defending set pieces.

To be honest I thought your player went over very easily for your free kick for the first goal. Did not look a free kick to me and im amazed the linesman on that side did not see it.

Maybe you could say the same though for Pricey going over maybe to easily sometimes.

A lot of you are saying it was not one of your better performances?

I would not like to play against you when you are playing well lol.

Anyway good luck for the season and to be honest I would be surprised if you lot do not go up.

BTW great stadium loved it

[Mr Angry]

That was our worst home performance of the season. Some of which was without a doubt, how Donny were set up to play against us.

Thought Donny played some nice football, right up to the last third, but had no-one to play the killer pass, and no-one to receive it; they looked a lot more threatening when they went from 4-5-1 to 4-4-2 when we re-took he lead.

Left back was slow, but they had done their homework by doubling up on S Hunt whenever he got the ball.

Looking forward to visiting the Keepmoat in Feb.

[Wycombe Royal]

Nearly every team in the country can play nice passing triangles that they practice on the training ground but there has to be an end product from it and quite frankly Doncaster son't seem to have worked that out yet.

We should have scored 4 goals tonight and I can't remember a missed chance from Doncaster and that was with us playing poorly against a well organised team that has no cutting edge.

If Doncaster can't work out how to ocnvert possession into chances then they will go down.

[Focher]

Nearly every team in the country can play nice passing triangles that they practice on the training ground but there has to be an end product from it and quite frankly Doncaster son't seem to have worked that out yet.

We should have scored 4 goals tonight and I can't remember a missed chance from Doncaster and that was with us playing poorly against a well organised team that has no cutting edge.

If Doncaster can't work out how to ocnvert possession into chances then they will go down.

Harsh but a very fair assesment. They remind me of Crewe a few seasons ago, pleasing on the eye but not the ruthlessness needed to do well at this level.

[West Stand Man]

Let's not forget that Doncaster scored the only 'open-play' goal of the night and that they did look quite threatening when they attacked at pace. I am surprised that they are as low in the table as they are - but the table tends not to lie so the inability to convert the build up into goals must concern them.

It was not a good RFC performance, but the result stands. There is no doubt in my mind that we will play better than that and draw or lose, and we'll probably play worse than that and win again. The successful teams in this league grind out results when they are not on tip top form (which is why our away form is worrying).

Well done to Doncaster for the way they took the game to us and din't allow us to dominate them. Sadly it is a policy that might see them drop into League 1 again.

[starbug]

Was very impressed with Rovers, one of the better teams to visit so far this season. Its a real shame to see good football rewarded with a lowly 23rd place in the league but as others have said you need more end product.
Seems your whole team wanted to pass the ball and pass quickly but that continued with the forwards, and with no team mates around they always passed it straight back losing all the momentum.

As for the free kick that led to our goal, the defender pulled back Kebe's shirt quite clearly. It wasn't much and not really enough to make him fall over but it was a foul. As for the free kick that was awarded in the build up to the equaliser I dont think you'll see a better tackle all season - disgraceful decision by the ref.

I thought our boys were a little disrespectful last night, they seemed to be playing as if it were a training ground match with too many flicks/tricks (that didn't come off), dont like to see that until the game is safe. Overall though delighted with the win but will need a more professional performance on Saturday, meanwhile I hope Doncaster start picking up a few results.

[Woodcote Royal]

Nearly every team in the country can play nice passing triangles that they practice on the training ground but there has to be an end product from it and quite frankly Doncaster son't seem to have worked that out yet.

We should have scored 4 goals tonight and I can't remember a missed chance from Doncaster and that was with us playing poorly against a well organised team that has no cutting edge.

If Doncaster can't work out how to ocnvert possession into chances then they will go down.

Don't fall over Wycombe but I'm going to 2nd your succinct assessment of last nights match.

Donny did a good job of containing a team who had buried all recent opponents at home under an avalanche of goals.

But, as you rightly say, we still should have scored 4 and, had that been the case, I think this would have changed many fans assessment of our performance last night.

Donny deserve a lot of credit for lasting 90 minutes as many teams would have tired in the final 15 and leaked a few more goals.

With our home record, we should expect damage limitation to be the main priority of most visiting teams but, that should make our away form Steve Coppell's priority as it would be hard to see us still in this division next season if he gets it sorted.

[jack_symmons]

Donny didnt play to bad... hard to see why they are where they are in the league

Played some half decent football and deserved their equaliser

But the mighty royals proved their quality with the goal, great cross in , great header

[Wycombe Royal]

hard to see why they are where they are in the league

It is very easy to see why they are where they are in the league - they have only scored SIX goals in 12 league games.

I refer you back to my summary of their performance.

[wolsey]

hard to see why they are where they are in the league

It is very easy to see why they are where they are in the league - they have only scored SIX goals in 12 league games.

I refer you back to my summary of their performance.

Eactly. They reminded me a lot of Dario Gradi's Crewe team the last time they were relegated from this division: lots of pretty football either played in areas where they weren't going to hurt us, or played at too slow a pace to create any proper clear-cut chances.

[brendywendy]

played well, if they had a cutting edge or some steel at the back theyd be dangerous, i can only remember one save for marcus, and we created some sitters and missed them badly
but the passing football was nice to see from donny , and they worked tirelessly to shut us out
that coupled to a pretty poor performance on recent form at home made for a tight game
we just never got into our stride, and i think we went into it being a bit too cocky.

nice for us to grind out the win, havent seen enough of that this season, and nice to take a point off the leaders

[The Surgeon of Crowthorne]

If Doncaster had put that big hairy forward on at the start, they may have got something more out of the game - like getting Bikey sent off. They did, though, appear to enjoy tussling with each other.

[Top Flight]

Doncaster can be proud of themselves I think.

They were the only team to come to the Mad Stad so far this season and deserve something from the game.

We've overpowered everyone at our place this season with ease. Even Burnley who put up a stiff resistance were eventually overpowered.

Last night was the first game this season where there was no stage in the match when we knew we had the game won. The game was always in the balance right up to the final whistle.

Against some opponents this season, the game has been over in the first 20 minutes. But not Doncaster, they took us to the finish. They deserve alot of credit for that. I do think Doncaster deserved a point from last night.

We didn't play as well as usual, but thats because Doncaster stifled us. They doubled up on Hunt, Kebe, Doyle. Our attacking players didn't have the space to attack. Donnie's tactics were excellent. And they worried us a bit when they attacked as well.

That was a good, solid, tactical perfomance from Doncaster and they were unlucky not to profit from their hard work.

I'm just relieved that we were able to eek out the win and keep the pressure up on the top 2.

[londinium]

Doncaster can be proud of themselves I think.

They were the only team to come to the Mad Stad so far this season and deserve something from the game.

We've overpowered everyone at our place this season with ease. Even Burnley who put up a stiff resistance were eventually overpowered.

Last night was the first game this season where there was no stage in the match when we knew we had the game won. The game was always in the balance right up to the final whistle.

Against some opponents this season, the game has been over in the first 20 minutes. But not Doncaster, they took us to the finish. They deserve alot of credit for that. I do think Doncaster deserved a point from last night.

We didn't play as well as usual, but thats because Doncaster stifled us. They doubled up on Hunt, Kebe, Doyle. Our attacking players didn't have the space to attack. Donnie's tactics were excellent. And they worried us a bit when they attacked as well.

That was a good, solid, tactical perfomance from Doncaster and they were unlucky not to profit from their hard work.

I'm just relieved that we were able to eek out the win and keep the pressure up on the top 2.

Disagree with the fact that they deserved anything from the game.

They deserved some praise, but that is about it. They tried to play football agreed and they stiffled us well (doubling up on Hunt etc.), this I also agree on, but apart from their goal and a half decent shot Marcus easily dealt with they had no ideas in the final third whereas we pretty much dominated the game and had several good chances to kill the game off.

Doyle one on one, Kebe header, hunt sitter and we actually had other various shots whereas Donny had none.

Overall poor finishing let us down and nothing else as we did create decent chances.

[Wycombe Royal]

I am amazed at the amount of people who think that just because Doncaster passed the ball around nicely and had a lot of the possession they deserved something from the game. The simple fact is that if a team has 90% of the possession and create nothing with it and the other team has 10% and create a few chances and score a couple of goals then the team with 90% possession deserve nothing from the match.

[londinium]

I am amazed at the amount of people who think that just because Doncaster passed the ball around nicely and had a lot of the possession they deserved something from the game. The simple fact is that if a team has 90% of the possession and create nothing with it and the other team has 10% and create a few chances and score a couple of goals then the team with 90% possession deserve nothing from the match.

'greed

[Mad Dog's Ghost]

Each to their own. Personally, I was impressed by Rovers' passing game. Neat and effective, up until the final third. The reason they're struggling is a lack of cutting edge up front. If they had someone able to hold the ball up like Doyle and a finisher, they'd be fine.

[Focher]

the word 'deserve' should be banned from football altogether.

[LoyalRoversSupporter]

Nice to see what you all thought.

To be honest us Donny fans are getting sick of people telling us we deserved something because we want to come away from games with points.

As you can see we have had not much to cheer about this season so when we scored we did make up for it.

Im sure I got a cheeky jab on the nose lol

Anyway good luck lads and see you in feb

up the Rovers

[Sun Tzu]

Each to their own. Personally, I was impressed by Rovers' passing game. Neat and effective, up until the final third. The reason they're struggling is a lack of cutting edge up front. If they had someone able to hold the ball up like Doyle and a finisher, they'd be fine.

If we had Lampard in midfield and Cech in goal we'd be still in the Premiership - but life's not like that.

If their manager hasn't spotted that goalscoring is a (the ?) fundamental part of the game then he doesn't deserve anything !