Bristol Rovers' Mark McGhee: We were beaten by the better team

“at least it was only 1-0 i no it is still a loss but not the manner of under buckel and mc ghee has the respect of the players which is the main thing.i think we could do do with a striker with a bit of pace and scores more often would be great on loan and you still cant right off a late play off push just yet lets look up now not down up the gas it will be hard on saturday lets get behind the boys.”

“Still, 83rd in the league isn't all that bad.”

“He may not turn out to be the best manager in the world,but he is a refreshingly honest one,our ones full of excuses.Mr Mcghee comes across as a decent bloke,and i like to see decent people prosper.”

“I must say Bob (westywardy) I'm beginning to respect a lot of your comments of late,you do show honesty in your judgments at times,unlike poor old pixielotti and some of her friends.We all like the banter between our two sets of fans as long as it's fair and humorous and doesn't degenerate into the mudslinging that goes on sometimes.Credit where credits due and I know you,for one,was quicker than some of us Gasheads to sum up Paul Buckle and his failings. On another note,perhaps Del boy will at last give Brett a starting position in your team,he is a quality goalscorer.”

“seems like a psychology strategy to me. I listened to it all on their local radio and even their biased commentators said that it was a VERY narrow win, and that Rovers looked ok and a draw would not have been unfair. We just couldn't quite keep a clean sheet, and the goal coming so late did us no favours either. We also had little cutting edge up front without Zeb, and with harrold seemingly slightly unfit and then suffering a heavy tackle. Zeb will be back on sat and I hope we can test ourselves out well against another very good side. We all knew February would be a hard month.

This is a team who have only dropped 6 points at home all season (interestingly all to the lower teams), and have thrashed many teams. So a very competitive 1-0 is no disgrace. And Wright, as usual, didn't score against us - small game player.”

“I agree with the comments made, regarding the honesty of M McGhee. I wasn't able to go to the game, as Shrewsbury, is 250 miles from my home.
No team is ever going to win every game and sometimes one has to accept defeat. Shrewsbury may have been the better team on the night. Their manager has accumulated the players himself, something that Mark Mc Ghee hasn't been able to do. In my opinion, there are players in the Rovers side, who are NOT what you might call top Division 2 quality. Most are, I will say, but there are still areas of the team that need improving, in order to challenge for promotion next season. The extremely horrendous run of gaining just FIVE POINTS from THIRTEEN games during the latter part of 20011, in effect KILLED any chance the 'Gas' had of gaining promotion this season. I am still amazed, how long Buckle was allowed to remain at the helm.

Heads up and hopefully a large crowd, by Division 2 standard, will cheer Rovers to victory versus Oxford this coming Saturday.”

“i think this is part of his managment strategy , by telling your players that the other team was better , as a professional that would sting a bit , so next time out i would be trying to prove the opposite , smart way to manage , no confrontation ala buckle , just try and bring the best out of what we have. he has metioned the positives , commitment ,desire and team spirit ,he has got us responding in the right way , lets hope for a 8,000 crowd on sat .great days ahead .”

“I have to say that I disagree slightly with the gaffer! There certainly wasn't much in it!

Whilst I wouldn't say that we were the better side but I at least felt that we deserved a point from the game. Other than the header that was tipped over by Poke, I don't recall too many chances for the Shrews. Mind you, like MM said, around the time they scored they were starting to mount some serious pressure and managed to grab the winner.

Some of the football we played was excellent with Gill and Stanley having good games. Both Parkes and Bolger had solid games and I felt Richards looks incredibly confident.

Some way to go but we're looking forward at last.

It's probably some statement that I disagree with him in this context. Normally managers aren't quite this honest!”

“certainly makes a change from the rubbish Buckle used to come out with.”

“Yep

Honest assessment by an honest manager. As MM says "up and at em" lets start the next run with 3 points on saturday. No disgrace here. UTG”