Cherries: Caretaker-boss Rofe rues 'crucial' first goal (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Cherries: Caretaker-boss Rofe rues 'crucial' first goal
7:03pm Saturday 6th October 2012 in Cherries News
By Neil Perrett
CARETAKER-boss Dennis Rofe was left to rue seeing Cherries concede a “crucial” first goal as they slipped to a 1-0 defeat at Coventry today.
First-team coach Rofe took charge of team affairs at the Ricoh Arena following the midweek departure of management duo Paul Groves and Shaun Brooks.
And Rofe looked on as Cherries failed to stem the tide with David McGoldrick’s second-half strike condemning them to a fourth straight defeat and a place in the League One drop zone.
Rofe said: “I changed the formation and wanted to freshen up the boys. We had a game plan which, until half-time, had been working quite well.
“But there are fine margins between winning and losing. We had a few chances, which we didn’t take, and so did they. The game was evenly balanced at half-time but, unfortunately, we conceded a goal and it was possibly poor defending.
“I always thought this would be a tight game between two teams that, for various reasons, are probably at the wrong end of the league. The first goal was always going to be crucial and even more so today.
“If we had got it, it would have given our boys a bit of impetus and would certainly have knocked them. The nerves would have transferred to them and we might have grown in confidence. Unfortunately, they got it and we lost a bit of confidence.”
Rofe added: “I am sorry for the supporters that they have to again go home without a point to carry and I am sorry for the team because I thought the players put in real shift for me.”
Asked whether it had been difficult to prepare the players due to the turmoil, Rofe replied: “No, I don’t think it is difficult because, when you are in football, you get used to the events of this week.”
And asked what his immediate plans were, Rofe quipped: “I think the wife has got Chinese tonight!”
He added: “I was asked to take the team today and that is what I have done. The powers that be will decide what happens in the future.”
Coventry manager Mark Robins, who has seen the Sky Blues take seven points from four games since he was appointed last month, said: “If they had scored first, I think it would have been a big struggle because the game was flat from both teams. But there was no real heart-in-mouth time for us at all.”
“We were okay in the first half but a lot better in the second. We created a number of chances and there were a lot more pleasing aspects in the second half than there had been in the first.
“David McGoldrick must have been a fraction offside when he walked the ball into the net in the first half and I thought we may push on then and really open them up. The game was there for the taking.”
Comments(37)
hotdog350
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8:08pm Sat 6 Oct 12
ducky24
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8:42pm Sat 6 Oct 12
hotdog350 wrote:After 4 straight losses!! What are you on mate? Must be high on hot dogs or something! We are going down! Hopeless bunch of misfits! Even Pompey are playing better with their cobbled together month-by-month contract players!!
Not for long.
AFCB_Lanky
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8:47pm Sat 6 Oct 12
ducky24 wrote:Accept for the fact that they are being payed peanuts and actually take pride in playing and have had a decent manager all season. whereas we have got a load of over paid players who don't care about playing and had a sh*t manager all season.
hotdog350 wrote:After 4 straight losses!! What are you on mate? Must be high on hot dogs or something! We are going down! Hopeless bunch of misfits! Even Pompey are playing better with their cobbled together month-by-month contract players!!
Not for long.
CC C-siders
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8:51pm Sat 6 Oct 12
lionheart
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9:07pm Sat 6 Oct 12
Second half we never got to grips with the impact of their half time substitution and I can't really understand why Grabban came inside from off the right wing where first half he was quite dominant and put their left full back under a lot of pressure.
We lost it because of some poor defending by Elphick and Addison coupled with not taking our chances and you can't blame Rofe for that.
Mike Oxbig
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9:13pm Sat 6 Oct 12
hotdog350
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9:37pm Sat 6 Oct 12
ducky24 wrote:I am buzzing if the rumours are true
hotdog350 wrote:After 4 straight losses!! What are you on mate? Must be high on hot dogs or something! We are going down! Hopeless bunch of misfits! Even Pompey are playing better with their cobbled together month-by-month contract players!!
Not for long.
boby
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10:19pm Sat 6 Oct 12
Alumchiner
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10:39pm Sat 6 Oct 12
Football banning order yob
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10:45pm Sat 6 Oct 12
babyduck
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11:54pm Sat 6 Oct 12
Football banning order yob wrote:Seriously? Right result if true
Hoddle to be announced Monday.
gameon
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12:24am Sun 7 Oct 12
AFCB_Lanky wrote:Quite True But who Appointed Them Thats the Man everyone seems to have forgotten about and hes about to appoint another !!!!!
ducky24 wrote:Accept for the fact that they are being payed peanuts and actually take pride in playing and have had a decent manager all season. whereas we have got a load of over paid players who don't care about playing and had a sh*t manager all season.
hotdog350 wrote:After 4 straight losses!! What are you on mate? Must be high on hot dogs or something! We are going down! Hopeless bunch of misfits! Even Pompey are playing better with their cobbled together month-by-month contract players!!
Not for long.
Athelstan
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12:44am Sun 7 Oct 12
Frankiesbackfromhollywood
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8:32am Sun 7 Oct 12
goatty
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9:01am Sun 7 Oct 12
1. I am allowed to come into the dressing room and give a team rant at any time
2. My experienced son will choose what players we buy
3. My son picks the team
4. You have to agree with everything I say or will get sacked
5. I can totally undermine you at any time and you must not complain
I cannot see many managers agreeing to the above!
platypus
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9:46am Sun 7 Oct 12
fletch for manager
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9:57am Sun 7 Oct 12
babyduck wrote:ive heard this as well but how true it is I dont know
Football banning order yob wrote:Seriously? Right result if true
Hoddle to be announced Monday.
Mike Oxbig
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10:08am Sun 7 Oct 12
goatty wrote:Depends how much Denims prepared to pay, I guess.
OK , so what Manager in his right mind would put up with Mitchell's conditions
1. I am allowed to come into the dressing room and give a team rant at any time
2. My experienced son will choose what players we buy
3. My son picks the team
4. You have to agree with everything I say or will get sacked
5. I can totally undermine you at any time and you must not complain
I cannot see many managers agreeing to the above!
RED LETTER DAY
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11:46am Sun 7 Oct 12
elite50
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11:51am Sun 7 Oct 12
They did again, its called THE OPPOSITION!
Afcbpete
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12:00pm Sun 7 Oct 12
elite50 wrote:yes, he said the 1st goal was crucial... It was, we didn't score one LOL....
Well Mr. Roffe, you were right in your comment earlier in the week "outside influences caused the problem".
They did again, its called THE OPPOSITION!
AFCB_Lanky
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1:07pm Sun 7 Oct 12
Local fan
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1:47pm Sun 7 Oct 12
Local fan
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1:52pm Sun 7 Oct 12
CherryFarmer
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1:54pm Sun 7 Oct 12
It is so important to have the right manager for more than the obvious reason of results. The extra costs paid to a decent manager would be quickly recouped by improved performances, climbing the league, maybe play offs or automatic promotion, increased revenue from increased crowds, players justifying their salaries and with improved performances their values would increase immeasurably (whereas at the moment, i can't think of many in the squad who would be worth what we paid for them). A good manager can take ordinary players and turn them into good ones.
Look at how good managers can transform a club....take Sunderland for instance....heading for relegation last season under Bruce until O'Neil took over. Moyes at Everton has kept them in premiership year after year against the odds.
In short....no cheap options please....get the best we can afford (or more) and he will repay us many times over. The cheap option spells disaster.
newcherry
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2:36pm Sun 7 Oct 12
Football banning order yob
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2:37pm Sun 7 Oct 12
Nat1234
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2:42pm Sun 7 Oct 12
West moors 1
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2:49pm Sun 7 Oct 12
ASM
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3:42pm Sun 7 Oct 12
fletch for manager wrote:dream on!
babyduck wrote:ive heard this as well but how true it is I dont know
Football banning order yob wrote:Seriously? Right result if true
Hoddle to be announced Monday.
brian laws for a mid table finish at best - sad but true
Couchy125
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4:28pm Sun 7 Oct 12
Dont have short memorys
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5:50pm Sun 7 Oct 12
AFCB_Lanky wrote:Who cares best try to forget him and everything about him
I wonder what PG was thinking after we lost.
AFCBmth
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6:00pm Sun 7 Oct 12
AFCBmth
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6:01pm Sun 7 Oct 12
http://www.oddscheck
er.com/football/foot
ball-specials/bourne
mouth-specials/next-
permanent-manager
stfcinbmth
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6:17pm Sun 7 Oct 12
Football banning order yob wrote:Chuckle, chuckle
Hoddle to be announced Monday.
gameon
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7:12pm Sun 7 Oct 12
CherryFarmer wrote:Mate your talking Prem managers this is div 1 forget the Hoddles hes just a mercenary someone in the mould of Chrissie Hughton would suit us just fine If Mitchell has the Brain to suss one out and on his last 2 appointments i doubt it very much we can only live in hope .
We need to push the boat out and invest in the best quality manager, even if we pay him double what Groves and Brooks were on.
It is so important to have the right manager for more than the obvious reason of results. The extra costs paid to a decent manager would be quickly recouped by improved performances, climbing the league, maybe play offs or automatic promotion, increased revenue from increased crowds, players justifying their salaries and with improved performances their values would increase immeasurably (whereas at the moment, i can't think of many in the squad who would be worth what we paid for them). A good manager can take ordinary players and turn them into good ones.
Look at how good managers can transform a club....take Sunderland for instance....heading for relegation last season under Bruce until O'Neil took over. Moyes at Everton has kept them in premiership year after year against the odds.
In short....no cheap options please....get the best we can afford (or more) and he will repay us many times over. The cheap option spells disaster.
lymicherry says...
7:58pm Sat 6 Oct 12