Bloody hell... :-/

[Neko Bazu]

Bristol Rovers 1-1 Luton

Bristol Rovers:

Lambert (pen) 17

Bookings:
Campbell 60

Luton

Edwards 49

Bookings:
Edwards 27
Robinson 39

Sent off:
Coyne 16
Robinson 42
Grant 77

Bit of a bad-tempered match I'm amazed that, away from home, we managed to get a point despite playing more than half the game with 9 men and the last 10 mins with 8 - Bristol really need to take a hard look at themselves for that, because we're dire away.

Would love to know if that was shocking refereeing, bad luck or foul play on our part - I'm sure every attendee will have a different story though!

Just hope we can put up that much fight against Liverpewl! ;D

[Pete the Wolf]

You also managed to get the equaliser with 9 men on the pitch.

Meanwhile, Wolves need the opposition to be down to 7 men to get something the way we're going at the moment.

Although fair play to Luton, as however bad Bristol may or may not have been, it still takes unbelievably tremendous spirit to finish with 8 men and get something from it.

[Neko Bazu]

Given the off-the-pitch circumstances, I think it was a phenomenal effort.

Would just love to know how it happened

[Neko Bazu]

Luton battled for a draw at Bristol Rovers after having Chris Coyne, Steve Robinson and Anthony Grant sent off.

Rovers led through a Rickie Lambert penalty after Coyne had been dismissed for tripping Andy Williams in the box.

Robinson was sent off for a second yellow card on 40 minutes, but after the break David Edwards glanced home a David Bell free-kick for the equaliser.

Grant received a straight red card for a tackle on Williams and Rovers had an effort cleared off the line late on.

Okay, so only one for dirty play, and he's on loan from chelsea - my mind is at ease

[Dr LuKas]

Good result that, you may just stay up you know, how do you rate your chances Neko, most people have already written you off but I think you're a lot better than the bottom 4 or so teams.

[Neko Bazu]

It's hard to say, in honesty - some weeks, I think our team looks formidable, and should be pushing for the play-off spots, with or without the deduction. Other weeks, we look so god-awful and aimless that I'm surprised we aren't already mathematically relegated.

I think we'll just about scrape survival, but I certainly can't see us clearing the relegation spots by more than 5-7 points.

C'mon boys - prove me wrong

[Argyle_Smurf]

I was there. Albeit in the Rovers end. Truth is that both sides were pretty poor, but Rovers were awful. Had one cleared off the line, a couple of decent saves and a crossbar hit, and how that equaliser went in is beyond me.

[Neko Bazu]

argylesmurf said:

I was there. Albeit in the Rovers end. Truth is that both sides were pretty poor, but Rovers were awful. Had one cleared off the line, a couple of decent saves and a crossbar hit, and how that equaliser went in is beyond me.

As I said, Rovers must have been utterly dire, to not be able to beat us with a 2-man advantage from half time and 3 men for about 15 minutes, especially with them being the home side.

Did any of the reds look particularly deserved/unfair to you? Naturally, there's not much about by way of video replays!

[ovechkin8]

Apparently the sendings off were unmerited aside from Grant.

Referee was card happy. Great effort from Luton & yet again Bell & Edwards impressed.

Must be bumping up their transfer value. A mixed blessing I guess. Leary was solid by all accounts & Brill was brilliant.

I rate him ever since he entered the first team. Another excellent keeper in the making.