Whilst I agree in not being sure who would step in to take his place I have to say I have been disappointed in his performces so far considering he has been in the pre season games to stake a claim. If you look at the difference between his and Bowdens performances and the attitude then for me Green just hasnt cut it so far. As one of the very few senior players on the pitch yesterday he should have stood up and shown Radford he deserves a spot in the 17 but has done very little.

For a guy his size he just doesnt seem to use it and was pretty much non existant for me on Sunday. All the more disappointing after his performances early last season.

Thought with the obvious errors, mistiming and general inexperience of the pretty much U23's squad out there on Sunday the younger players did ok.

It was indeed. Great kick. Just unfortunate he gave the forward pass on the resulting set on their line, although there must have been a mix up with Turgut. Thought Wray responded well after his first kick if the game went out on the full, put in a few nice kicks throughout the game. Good start for the kid, with things to work on.

I can too, but part of the fall off at the end of the season was celebrating the cup win for so long (understandably and I'm not moaning). I would hope that the upcoming games feature an increasing number of first teamers so that we can get a decent start to the season. I'm sure Radders and his coaching staff have it all planned though.

Agree on Sheens too. Wasn't there yesterday but a decent coach is half the battle for any team and if he's got them playing decent rugby at this stage, well, damn.

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Just seen the highlights on FCLive our defending was abysmal, no excuses for some of the weak tackling.

How many tries did Abdull set up!? Seemed to be over half of them! Some prettty woeful defence

I think he was credited with four assists. I did not notice that he was that bad in defence.

I think he meant us!

Would agree with that. See Radford expressed his diappointment at the way we ran over you towards the end. His words not mine.

You seem a little giddy Keith, calm down you're still a championship side and will be this time next year.

That's because he saw the U23 side we fielded on a par with your team, so I can understand his disappointment.

He got that wrong then there seems to be a lot of debate for such a meaningless match I ended up going just to see what we played like now we have a proper coach and a look at the new signings we'll know more when we play Leeds as will you when you play Salford

Not giddy at all, merely posting what Radford said. Yes we are a Championship side but you have no idea where we will be next year. I hope your previous 9109 posts were rather more considered than this one and not just more trolling trying to make childish points

Out of interest, how many of the players in the last 20 came from our U19's?

Although the average age of the two teams were close, the experience was vastly in Rovers' favour. That raises two questions. Why are players with an average age of 22 so inexperienced compared with a team with an average of 23? Why did Radford believe that a team with so little experience and proven ability at that level believe they were on a par with our team?

LR was referring to the last 15 minutes (when Abdull and Lunt were bound to make a difference).

But it is a well known fact that the last quarter of any match is the time when the superior team presses forward with their advantage. We should know we suffered enough last year. Radford should not have been surprised either. If he fielded his weakest team in the crucial period of the game he got what he should have expected.

I really can't remember the content of my previous posts tbh, bit of a mixed bag I guess. On the subject of posting history it's good to see you back on here, it's been a while hasn't it. What brought you back?

But LR was hoping for a better performance in the last 15 minutes, so he didn't get what he expected.

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Hope and expectation are not the same thing. You can live in hope without any expectation. Last season I travelled to our matches always hoping for a win but often without any expectation of a good result. Maybe that's what Radders did on Sunday.

It was a friendly. Bit to much over analysis I think.

Hardly trolling when he's on his own team's forum.

Need you ask Smiggs. The Dobbins came here to gloat about beating an academy side.

Trolling is to send or submit a provocative email or posting with the intention of provoking or inciting an angry response according to the Oxford Dictionary. The type of forum or subject is irrelevant The post obviously had that intent. You obviously did not know the correct meaning of the word. You can take my pointing out your ignorance as trolling if you wish.

When I need your advice on any subject then I will know I'm in trouble. Off you go and discuss Rovers matters on Rovers board.