[Devongone]

I watched a lot of King's Lynn against Dagenham and took particular interest in Joe Rowley's performance, and though he was obviously one of the better players on view I could see why he sometimes infuriates our friend Dancing and is now out on loan.

In his two previous games he had a been Man of the Match for King's Lynn and in the first half Joe was prominent in a decent team performance, prompting and linking in midfield, trying to search out that telling pass. For some reason Dagenham were extraordinarily passive and seemed content to sit back and watch King's Lynn pass the ball. That suited Joe, but my one criticism at that point was I wanted him to do more, to try to take advantage of the possession, maybe get into a shooting positions, maybe beat a man or two before laying the ball off. Somebody needed to do that, because by half time the better side hadn't done anything with their superiority.

The second half was as if Dagenham had been playing rope a dope. They brought on Myles Weston and suddenly King's Lynn were on the back foot. Before they'd even thought about re-grouping they were a goal down. Now I spent the next 15 minutes trying to spot Joe Rowley. True, Kings Lynn hardly saw the ball, but he'd borrowed Harry Potter's cloak of invisibility. Once play evened out a little Joe took off the cloak and he was still trying, still running and he wasn't playing badly, but he needs to do more, his team needed him to do more. Joe had the capability to be their best player. I think he should have been sticking out his (not very impressive) chest and saying, "right it's up to me!". But he didn't, he continued his neat passing, he didn't do much wrong, but he was one one of the few who could have stepped up. IF he could do that he would be an EFL player, no doubt, but he seems to lack the character and desire. I don't think he looks at a game and wants to run it. Deep down he doesn't want to show what he can do, he just wants to take part.

I think if I were James Rowe I would tell Joe Rowley that he is at King's Lynn to be their best player and to achieve that, avoiding doing much wrong isn't going to cut the mustard.

[Dancingwilldoit]

The frustrating thing with Rowley is that you know he can do a lot better but he just doesn't. I have seen him go full games hiding behind opposition players instead of making himself available for a pass. He plays more backward balls than forwards and seemed to lose the art of running forward ready for a defence splitting pass. Dont know if was the negativity of successive relegations and poor seasons but he just lost his way. He needs to get on the right path because Jack Clarke is leagues ahead of him even with a torn hamstring (or not?)

[Devongone]

To me it is as if he is negatively doing exactly what the coaches tell him. He isn't losing the ball, he is moving it on, he is aware but nobody seems to have impressed upon him that the primary aim is to win the game. In the second half he robbed Dagenham of the ball just outside their penalty area. It was brilliant. He should have continued full pelt into the area and fired off a shot or won a penalty ...... he looked for the less-than-devastating pass.

I do hope Culverhouse can straighten him out, because old Pooch was right. He's a talent, but he's got to be himSELF, a man not a mouse, or one of the lemmings.