RECAP: Blackpool 2 Doncaster Rovers 0 - Rovers well beaten by promotion hopefuls
Goals in either half from Ellis Simms earned the Tangerines a routine win and kept Rovers 12th in the table going into Sunday’s final round of fixtures.
RECAP the game below.
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Blackpool 2 Doncaster Rovers 0
7.54pm Bright start, but so easy to play against
Rovers started the game well, moving the ball quickly to take the sting out of the Blackpool press. But once they settled into dallying in possession a little, they have been easy prey for the hosts.
Rovers are just being forced deeper and deeper and look massively unsettled. It’s cut off the supply line forward, and despite all their hard work, it’s been simple for Blackpool.
This has been an issue that has dogged Rovers all season and they’re struggling once again.
45+3min Wide
Reece James curls high and wide from the edge of the box after a lay-off from Tyreece John-Jules.
44min Rovers not deal with the press
Rovers are having major problems dealing with the close attention from Blackpool. The midfield is being forced deeper and deeper with the hosts cutting off the routes forward. It often sees Rovers playing back, which only invites the Blackpool press further up the pitch. That bright start looks a long way off at the moment.
31min Nice move
A really good, swift passing move from Rovers leads to Tyreece John-Jules firing first time over the bar from the edge of the box. Rovers moved the ball really well through James and Richards before John-Jules was teed up.
21mins GOAL Blackpool
Ellis Simms fires Blackpool in front.
It was all a little bit too easy for Blackpool, which is a shame given how hard Rovers have worked to keep them a bay in these early stages.
Tom Anderson was beaten to a header by Jerry Yates and Simms had peeled away from Andy Butler, taking him clean through. He looked to place the ball past Louis Jones, who got a foot to it but could not prevent it from looping into the back of the net.
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