Rovers 4-1 Harps

**forza rovers** · 20/07/2008, 8:05 AM

well done Gary he rely stepped up and showed us he is good enough to be in the first team.chrissy played class and was un-lucky not to score when he ran most the pitch.fair play raf he was carrying a knock but still battled on over all a good proformance disopointed abot the goal and bring on shams.get well soon judge.

**Only1Rovers** · 20/07/2008, 8:11 AM

Originally Posted by red arrow

i don't want to take away the mam of match award from gary but those who make the decision know nothing about football.

I didn't even know they were rewarding parenting skills. I was sure Gary was a bloke. Anyway you live and learn, fair play Gary and good luck with the kids.

on a serious note, it could have been a political decision to award him the president's man of the match, considering it was his first start in ages, it would be a nice little boost along with the goal. I wouldn't begrudge him it.

Butler played very well, but he was given so much space and time going forward he should have done nothing less than execute the opportunity given.

Danny Ventre had a very impressive game too in the centre. Just because his strength isn't pinging the ball about the park doesn't mean he's not effective or doesn't put the work in. He covered well broke up play and gave his all. It isn't pretty and I don't know how good a "mam" he is but he did what was needed.

**lowroadrover** · 20/07/2008, 8:14 AM

Great result, Butler was MOTM . We looked more balanced than last week but then again Harps were terrible .Sad to see such a bad harps team and so many of their fans leaving after our fourth .

**showgies** · 20/07/2008, 11:50 AM

Originally Posted by showgies

The only disappointing part of the night was not keeping a clean sheet, but then again you can't have everything.

Apologies to Judgey, I'd like to revise this statement, his injury was obviously the low point of the game. I wish the lad well.

**LondonRover** · 20/07/2008, 12:42 PM

What sort of crowd was there?

**Rovers Maniac** · 20/07/2008, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by LondonRover

What sort of crowd was there?

Not bad decent i would say just over 2,000 very good crowd from Harps

**Rovers fan** · 20/07/2008, 2:29 PM

great game.That was some achievement considering what has gone on recently.It just shows that we can have a good team with 10 or 11 fulltimers and the likes of gary curran and mikey creane on the fringes.I thought curran was great and he definitely deserved a few more starts earlier in the season.He's better than ventre as regards a partner in midfield for ogrady.Saying that I thought ventre was superb yesterday.Sean doherty is a quality player as well.anoying to have conceded the late goal and we nearly conceded another a minute later!! Anyone know why parkhouse got th 1st yellow?

Raf cretaro is a legend!! Chris butler was great too but is he carrying a knock?

Judgie- get well soon!

**sligofan4ever** · 20/07/2008, 2:38 PM

Originally Posted by Rovers fan

great game.That was some achievement considering what has gone on recently.It just shows that we can have a good team with 10 or 11 fulltimers and the likes of gary curran and mikey creane on the fringes.I thought curran was great and he definitely deserved a few more starts earlier in the season.He's better than ventre as regards a partner in midfield for ogrady.Saying that I thought ventre was superb yesterday.Sean doherty is a quality player as well.anoying to have conceded the late goal and we nearly conceded another a minute later!! Anyone know why parkhouse got th 1st yellow?

Raf cretaro is a legend!! Chris butler was great too but is he carrying a knock?

Judgie- get well soon!

He tackled Mauro Almeida from behind.

**roversman** · 20/07/2008, 2:48 PM

Originally Posted by sligofan4ever

He tackled Mauro Almeida from behind.

also he was fouling all night the ref had warned him just before that.
so he was silly to throw the ball only himself to blame

**brianw82** · 20/07/2008, 3:05 PM

Fantastic result against a woeful Harps team.

I was very impressed with Curran's performance, although we shouldn't get too carried away by it. It's only one game. Saying that, there was good support from the midfield all game - always 3-4 in the box waiting for a cross. Creane did well, although his lack of fitness (well, I thought so) and his lack of size didn't help. Hopefully he'll come along, don't really have many other options! Butler was also a menace, although I think he might have been slightly injured. Wasn't running as freely as usual.

It's important that we win these games against teams around and below us. We should save our best team for these games. Having not managed to get a win against the teams above us with our full squad, it's fair to say we won't manage it with the bare bones team.

**sligoman** · 20/07/2008, 3:24 PM

A few Harps fans on their forum want Sean Connor in charge...please let it happen

.

**Nah Nah Nah Nah** · 20/07/2008, 5:38 PM

Originally Posted by brianw82

It's important that we win these games against teams around and below us. We should save our best team for these games. Having not managed to get a win against the teams above us with our full squad, it's fair to say we won't manage it with the bare bones team.

We're not really in a position to start operating a squad rotation system