Never should've got rid of O'Driscoll... mind you, we started slipping when we started selling all our stars, and not replacing them, or pushing off for a playoff bid in our second season. Look at Swansea now, we could've been them.
Have lived in Australia for 40 years & the only thing I miss (Fish & Chips excepted) are my Rovers, Saw them 1st last game of the record season (Chesterfield) and I was hooked, I even had my photo in the Evening paper as a lad painting the stand (I travelled from Sth Elmsall to do that!!) Whoo can ever forget that 4-3 win over Man City, where one of our gang, Titch really did get thrown into the air, above the crowd on the Hill, after the 4 th goal' RIP peter(the great) Doherty
Our football changed dramatically. I noticed it in an instant. I actually said, hand on my heart, I think Cotteril will get sacked at the end of the season, and O'Driscoll will take charge. Well I was nearly right! So how is SO'D as a manager? And how is he with the fans? Because what I see of him is a good guy, someone with passion and I think that's perfect for Forest, he knows the players and the club and he isn't a 'big' name with all respect. Good luck to Donny, you'reourbogeyteam itseems!
Hardly a surpise that Pub Team Donny be underwelmed by these comments. There's a team passing round stiffs who are title pretenders and cost a franction of their illustrious opponents. How many managers stick by the passing principles and manage to deliver this quality even with a lack of pivotal members of the team from last season.
Such a shame you guys aren't in our league anymore, we only just managed to stay up saying that. This is the Donny Rovers I know, it was always a tense match when we played you, and it's not wrong to say we are fairly decent rivals with eachother. And I believe O'Driscoll was in charge of you at this time?? If he was, I already know what a good manager he is as it wasn't a coincedence since his appt with us as Cotterills right hand man in January,
Ok, and how many passes were completed in the opposition half? And how many of these completed passes went forward? Thought so. It didn't even lead to a goal!
Dull - Sideways & backwards. The beauty in football requires the notion of endevour and bravery. Safety and time wasting = Dull football. Hence poor gates.
We were winning comftably and reduce them to a long tame effort...so why the need to attack? If you wanted to see us rip them apart then look for footage pre 2 nil up.
think the doubters on here need to remember QPR were fourth in the league pushing for automatic spot and we made them look like schoolboys. Think this needed to be put on after the dreadful match report by the bbc
pure class? you didnt get anywhere, your winger ran down the wing got scared and ended back to your defenders, pure class would be that but a chance on goal... your like west brom do all that passing shit then get scared in final 3rd
That was the most boring piece of football I've ever seen on TH-cam. So class = pass it around in defence and get nowhere? I bet you didn't even score from the freekick at the end of the clip. Who is this even against? Grimsby or somone? It looked pretty crap to me
wow you said good for the neutral fan? ...... i dont think so, thats not english football mate, going forward going alllll the way back go forward go back back fourth, that is like watching paint dry 40+ passes cause ur going nowhere! i have no problem with donny at all, they do play good footy, but that video was shite.
This is the typical mentality in English football were marginal success is valued over quality and development. Look at the EPL and this mentality is wide spread. Technique and skill is not valued power and strength is everything.Even teams like Man utd fall foul of this mentality. What you have stated of Doncaster Rovers is typical of English football at present.
Never should've got rid of O'Driscoll... mind you, we started slipping when we started selling all our stars, and not replacing them, or pushing off for a playoff bid in our second season. Look at Swansea now, we could've been them.
h91 yeah we missed Matt Mills and Wellens, if could of kept them and had Sharp upfront who knows what could of happened.
tell you what im a palace fan and you lot played the best football ive seen down selhurst this season, good to watch
Absolutley amazing.Of all my years supporting doncaster rovers this has got to be the best ever football i've seen us play
WOW
from 1:07 to 1:30 that is the best bit of passing i have ever seen
this is truly total football!!!
Have lived in Australia for 40 years & the only thing I miss (Fish & Chips excepted) are my Rovers, Saw them 1st last game of the record season (Chesterfield) and I was hooked, I even had my photo in the Evening paper as a lad painting the stand (I travelled from Sth Elmsall to do that!!) Whoo can ever forget that 4-3 win over Man City, where one of our gang, Titch really did get thrown into the air, above the crowd on the Hill, after the 4 th goal' RIP peter(the great) Doherty
So glad this clip made it out there after the BBC's dreadful coverage in the Football League show! :)
Another well thought out, intelligent response. Your mother must be proud.
I was there and I was buzzing. Doncaster Rovers = Total football.
Amazing football. Greetings from Portugal
nice play, not just lumping it forward and hoping, like most lower division teams
And it took three fouls to break it up. Three bookings in my mind.... Bernie Ecclestone, Favio Briartore... Phhhhrrrrrrrrrtttttttttttttttttt....
Our football changed dramatically. I noticed it in an instant. I actually said, hand on my heart, I think Cotteril will get sacked at the end of the season, and O'Driscoll will take charge. Well I was nearly right! So how is SO'D as a manager? And how is he with the fans? Because what I see of him is a good guy, someone with passion and I think that's perfect for Forest, he knows the players and the club and he isn't a 'big' name with all respect. Good luck to Donny, you'reourbogeyteam itseems!
Wish more lower league teams would play like this as opposed to the 'kick and run' tactic
Hardly a surpise that Pub Team Donny be underwelmed by these comments. There's a team passing round stiffs who are title pretenders and cost a franction of their illustrious opponents. How many managers stick by the passing principles and manage to deliver this quality even with a lack of pivotal members of the team from last season.
@udin23 true, it's not total football, it's just very good football. ;)
I'd be more impressed if Doncaster weren't 16th and just 3 points off the relegation zone.
But it was pretty I suppose.
quel jeu en triangle, c'est magnifique !
Such a shame you guys aren't in our league anymore, we only just managed to stay up saying that. This is the Donny Rovers I know, it was always a tense match when we played you, and it's not wrong to say we are fairly decent rivals with eachother. And I believe O'Driscoll was in charge of you at this time?? If he was, I already know what a good manager he is as it wasn't a coincedence since his appt with us as Cotterills right hand man in January,
Looks like Spain modeled itself on Donny! lol.
Ok, and how many passes were completed in the opposition half? And how many of these completed passes went forward? Thought so. It didn't even lead to a goal!
Yay i love that game! First person to miss a pass loses a life and has to stand on one leg, etc
Dull - Sideways & backwards. The beauty in football requires the notion of endevour and bravery. Safety and time wasting = Dull football. Hence poor gates.
nice
@houghton101123 if only all english players played like this. they world probably get somewhere in the euros and world cups
We were winning comftably and reduce them to a long tame effort...so why the need to attack? If you wanted to see us rip them apart then look for footage pre 2 nil up.
Well i wouldn't know about since i'm not English nor from from the UK.
think the doubters on here need to remember QPR were fourth in the league pushing for automatic spot and we made them look like schoolboys. Think this needed to be put on after the dreadful match report by the bbc
A Vespa called Kermit?
cool
wheres the free flowing football ? lolz , all i seen was passing back and forth between defenders....:p
WE LOCE YOU ROVERS! rtid
rovers till i die
Are you Barca in disguise?
and thats why west brom got relegated last year :)
would've all been over before it began if the stupid guy didn't dive in at 0:34
pure class? you didnt get anywhere, your winger ran down the wing got scared and ended back to your defenders, pure class would be that but a chance on goal... your like west brom do all that passing shit then get scared in final 3rd
that was dire haha anyone can do that...
goin nowhere!!
Total football...where's the goal? 40+ passes in your own half is'nt total football, it's time wasting.
Leeds Ushited
Most of it's copied from Swansea anyway.
Dull dull dull.
arse
That was the most boring piece of football I've ever seen on TH-cam.
So class = pass it around in defence and get nowhere? I bet you didn't even score from the freekick at the end of the clip. Who is this even against? Grimsby or somone? It looked pretty crap to me
wow you said good for the neutral fan? ...... i dont think so, thats not english football mate, going forward going alllll the way back go forward go back back fourth, that is like watching paint dry 40+ passes cause ur going nowhere! i have no problem with donny at all, they do play good footy, but that video was shite.
This is the typical mentality in English football were marginal success is valued over quality and development.
Look at the EPL and this mentality is wide spread. Technique and skill is not valued power and strength is everything.Even teams like Man utd fall foul of this mentality.
What you have stated of Doncaster Rovers is typical of English football at present.
More like all English teams.
Football has become about power and strength and not about skill.