Much may be said in response to Bristol Rovers’ most crushing loss of the year, but, to be honest, the majority of it has been said far too frequently throughout the year. The main takeaway from Saturday’s 5-0 loss to Lincoln City is that all of the problems the Gas are now facing, both on and off the pitch, seem to be pointing towards a busy summer.
To be honest, Lincoln was outstanding and had a very strong start to the game. The players in red and white were playing with a level of intensity that was at least one gear higher, and it was clear why they have been so successful since the beginning of the year under Michael Skubala, as seen by the boisterous home crowd.
It does also have to be said that the Gas had chances and good ones at that with Chris Martin being denied by a decent Lukas Jensen save at 1-0 a real pivotal moment. If the ball had found its way into the net instead of stinging the palms of the Lincoln goalkeeper, who was impressive, then who knows what sort of discussion we would be having post-match.
However, it is getting tedious now having to say the same thing, even more so for Taylor and his players. ‘Constant theme’ is a phrase that continuously gets thrown around by the Rovers manager and that theme remains to be in effect with Rovers still finding it impossible to string any sort of consistency together.
Having sung the team’s praises after a resilient effort to keep a clean sheet away at Fleetwood Town on Tuesda night, just four days later a 5-0 defeat was being discussed which is a contrast of serious starkness. Yes the opposition can come into consideration but we’ve said all season that this League One crop isn’t anything to loudly shout home about and really there’s actually not a considerable gap between the vast majority of sides in the division.
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