Win is welcome, but tactics continue to worry me
I'M glad that three points at Colchester takes the heat off Trolls and the boys but it does leave a lot of questions unanswered for me.
I know that its not always the best time to play a club that is not doing well and has just sacked its manager (remember Cheltenham), but if we are going to do well this season we have to beat the likes of Crewe at home.
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David Pipe in action for Rovers at Colchester
Because so many people got excited about us keeping a clean sheet for the first time this season though, Trolls' decision to play Stuart Campbell in a holding midfield role was vindicated.
My only problem with that is that Stuart has been our best playmaker for the last two seasons and we really need his creative talents further up the pitch. The skipper is not the best tackler in the world, so wouldn't someone like Byron Anthony or Steve Elliott be a better option?
Also Danny Coles played, and scored, from that position at Fulham in the FA Cup last season. How about him?
I know we got a very good win at Colchester on Saturday, but I hope Trolls doesn't get carried away with having Stuart in front of the back four.
Particularly in our home games, where the onus is on us to go forward.
I also think one of of the other reasons we have had two consecutive clean sheets is the solid form of Craig Hinton alongside Coles at the heart of the back four.
Aaron Lescott is also turning in regularly consistent performances.
I was pleased that young striker Ben Hunt came on at Colchester, but disappointed that Jo Kuffour did not get a run out.
I would like to see him start against Orient this week, but I bet Trolls leaves him on the bench and plays Craig Disley on the right.
That is another mystery to me because 'Dis' likes to drift inside and it leaves us with no width on the wing.
A look at the table will show that after next Saturday we will have played all of the bottom six sides, so we cannot rest on our laurels and our latest victory was massive.
Now comes a vital period with three out of the next four games at home, before we face trips to the top two, Leicester and Scunthorpe, in the coming weeks.
Those will be difficult places to pick up points, so we need to start winning more games at The Mem.
A Supporters Club initiative means that if you get an early bird ticket for the Orient game you can see those three home matches for the price of two, so come on, get behind the lads to help us climb that table.











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