Predictions - 30 Jul

[Waldron40]

Sadly we will be without Lifelongrover this time. We will miss him, and I'm sure all our thoughts are with his family as we start a new season.

AFC Wimbledon 1 Gillingham 0
Bradford 1 DONCASTER 2
Carlisle 0 Crawley 1
Harrogate 0 Swindon 2
Leyton Orient 2 Grimsby 0
Northampton 2 Colchester 1
Rochdale 0 Crewe 2
Salford 1 Mansfield 1
Stockport 1 Barrow 1
Sutton 2 Newport 1
Tranmere 2 Stevenage 0
Walsall 1 Hartlepool 1 (Bonus Game)

Any newcomers would be very welcome to join us. No need to register for our group - you just need a Footymad logon id. Then post your own predictions before the start time of the first match.

[scarjo]

Hi Waldron - welcome back... Absolutely no idea where these teams are at, other than Rovers (vaguely), with all their recent signings that seem to have performed pretty well in pre-season friendlies. Let's see if they can carry on the good form in the league...

AFC Wimbledon 2 Gillingham 1
Bradford 2 DONCASTER 1
Carlisle 1 Crawley 0
Harrogate 2 Swindon 1
Leyton Orient 1 Grimsby 2
Northampton 2 Colchester 1
Rochdale 0 Crewe 1
Salford 1 Mansfield 1
Stockport 2 Barrow 1
Sutton 2 Newport 1
Tranmere 2 Stevenage 1
Walsall 2 Hartlepool 1 (Bonus Game)

[Waldron40]

@scarjo. On paper they seem very good signings. Just need to see how they perform as a team. Certainly feel more optimistic than at the end of last season.

[SilverTop60]

It's sad to not have Lifelong joining us for another year.
Ask me after 6 games if McSheffrey has done a good enough job. New season, new league, hard to judge if we are any good, but failing to go straight back up will be bad news for Rovers.

AFC Wimbledon 1 Gillingham 1
Bradford 2 DONCASTER 1
Carlisle 1 Crawley 1
Harrogate 1 Swindon 2
Leyton Orient 2 Grimsby 0
Northampton 3 Colchester 0
Rochdale 2 Crewe 1
Salford 2 Mansfield 1
Stockport 2 Barrow 0
Sutton 1 Newport 1
Tranmere 2 Stevenage 1
Walsall 2 Hartlepool 1 (Bonus Game)

[scarjo]

Big crowd to start the season. Down to ten men from half-time due to futile time-wasting tactics. Can't complain with the result, though it sounds like 90% of the match was spent in Rovers' 6-yard box. Alarm bells ringing. MadIrish is late for tea once again...

[Waldron40]

Yes. Madirish missed the first match last season too. Shame about the red card incident. Totally unnecessary.

[Waldron40]

PREDICTIONS LEAGUE TABLE 30 JUL 2022

............ Points .. Total
Silvertop ... 16 .... 16
Scarjo ...... 16 .... 16
Waldron .... 10 .... 10
Madirish .... 0 .... 0

Everyone scored : None
Only ones to score : Carlisle (Scarjo) Harrogate (Scarjo) Salford (Silvertop) Sutton (Silvertop)
Correct scorelines : Carlisle (Scarjo) Sutton (Silvertop)
No points scored : Bradford, Stockport, Tranmere
Recorded most correct results : Scarjo (6/12)

Please check your points!

I did send Madirish a private message in the week, to remind him.
Hopefully he will be back with us next week.

[SilverTop60]

New league and new teams, so it made it hard to know what to expect. We have been so poor over the last 18 months I did not expect much from this season.

Bradford are expected to be near the top and IMO made a lot of good early signings. So to get a 0-0 away result with only 10 men for half the game showed that Rovers have turned a significant corner and have regained some passion, ambition and desire. If we can only keep it up I think we have every chance of reaching the playoffs.

Tomlin has cost us 2 points already. He is 33 years old so what was he thinking to get 2 yellows in the first game? He should know better. We also picked up 3 other yellows in that game, so McSheffrey needs to stop that or we will be missing players due to suspensions, and we can't keep dropping points if we want a top 6 slot.

Come on, Mad, we need your input. We were a small group even with Lifelong (sad).