It was all ears to the radios and checks on internet mobile phones at the end as news came through that 
That became necessary because we turned in yet another performance that was a million miles away from being acceptable at this level of football, and allowed a very poor
In over twenty years of visiting Millmoor I am yet to see a game of football of any quality and certainly nothing changed here with the Clarets gifting them the points with even more give away goals.
It all started reasonably well and twice we carved open the home defence in the first few minutes, this after Brian Jensen had made two routine saves. We couldn’t get a shot on target on either occasion, the harsh reality is we only managed one effort on target in the entire ninety minutes.
If that was bad then a second goal six minutes before half time was even worse. Mo Camara might as well have not been there for all the good he did as they got through on our left hand side but as the ball came towards Robbie Stockdale he was presented with the easiest of chances when Jensen looked to bottle it when he should have been collecting the ball.
Lenny Johnrose turned on the Danish keeper in no uncertain terms and this is not the first such occasion this season. The defenders certainly have no confidence in him, they have made that obvious all season, and here we were two down despite having much of the possession.
Half time came and scores were being checked,
Both full backs were withdrawn for the second half. Roche was injured whilst Camara was just awful and could hardly have stayed on any longer. Paul Weller and Graham Branch moved back with Luke Chadwick and Dele Adebola coming on. Adebola didn’t look as though he had come on to inject any pace.
If we had more of the play in the first half then we certainly did in the second half but as bad as
There was no real conviction and no obvious determination to drag ourselves back into the game and there was never any need for last ditch defending from the home side.
Matt O’Neill, out for some time with tendonitis, got a rare outing with his third substitute appearance of the season when he replaced Richard Chaplow, even Chappy was subdued today.
The closing minutes belonged though to
Stan apologised to the fans but that is beginning to sound like a stuck record now and this was just one in a whole series of unsatisfactory performances.
It was no better in places off the pitch either with one group of so called supporters intent on creating an awful atmosphere. A number were escorted out of the ground during the game but it made no difference. We really shouldn’t have to put up with this.
All in all then a bad day – well not quite. As we were leaving the ground came news of Andy Johnson’s late winner for Palace which means
It hardly seemed like a day to celebrate but it does mean we are now likely to be welcoming
This sort of performance is not acceptable though and if there are going to have to be some big changes next season if we are not to face this again.
The teams were,
Rotherham: Mike Pollitt, Shaun Barker, Chris Swailes, Robbie Stockdale, Scott Minto, Chris Sedgwick (Paul Warne 82), John Mullin, Jody Morris, Phil Gilchrist, Michael Proctor, Martin Butler (Richie Barker 29). Subs not used: Gary Montgomery, Paul Hurst, Andy Monkhouse.
Referee: Peter Walton (Winwick).
