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Post by aghast on Dec 2, 2017 20:49:46 GMT
Have you even been supporting our club for the last 20 years ? We’ve been skint had one useless manager after another and spent most of it knocking around the bottom of league 2 before finally being relegated to the conference which was always on the cards. What we now have is a fantastic manager who’s turned it around with minimum support from our old board and a small amount from our new board and we are a mid table league 1 side with players who will run through walls for him. You are an embarrassment to our support. My dear socrates ive been supporting the gas for longer than I can remember in excess of 50 years and therefore I entitled to my opinions just because people like you don't agree with them is your problem not mine, the only embarresment to this club I m o is dc So let's be absolutely clear. We won't dwell on DC's success in the past, because that's history, apart from one thing. DC could have ridden on the back of his past success and left for Leeds, but he chose to stay. Partly because he was offered a better contract (although far less than he would have earned at Leeds), partly because was made promises about the future budget and infrastructure of the club, and partly because he clearly respects his players and especially the fans. The training ground, budget and stadium were all factors influencing his decision to stay. All have now fallen through or are on hold. He's managing a squad with a bottom six budget, a large portion of the squad needs to be replaced to be a success in League 1, the facilities are poor, the budget is minimal, the stadium is shocking, the future for any progress is at best uncertain and at worst unthinkable. But despite all the problems he's faced, we're 15th in League 1, comparable with most of our seasons over the past 50 years. And you think he's an embarrassment and should be sacked?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 20:57:12 GMT
It would be a sad day if that ever happened. I don’t think I would be able to stand on the terraces at Rovers again. I feel that strong towards Darrell and what he has done for the Rovers in the past three seasons. The stick he is getting for a minor blip is criminal, but expected.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Dec 2, 2017 21:01:43 GMT
Have you even been supporting our club for the last 20 years ? We’ve been skint had one useless manager after another and spent most of it knocking around the bottom of league 2 before finally being relegated to the conference which was always on the cards. What we now have is a fantastic manager who’s turned it around with minimum support from our old board and a small amount from our new board and we are a mid table league 1 side with players who will run through walls for him. You are an embarrassment to our support. My dear socrates ive been supporting the gas for longer than I can remember in excess of 50 years and therefore I entitled to my opinions just because people like you don't agree with them is your problem not mine, the only embarresment to this club I m o is dc Just so we are clear, if we are not allowed to cite 2 years of success as a valid reason to support DC then you can't cite a handful of games as a reason to sack him. Right? That's your logic. So tonight you now fully back DC yes?
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Post by socrates on Dec 2, 2017 21:31:47 GMT
My dear socrates ive been supporting the gas for longer than I can remember in excess of 50 years and therefore I entitled to my opinions just because people like you don't agree with them is your problem not mine, the only embarresment to this club I m o is dc So let's be absolutely clear. We won't dwell on DC's success in the past, because that's history, apart from one thing. DC could have ridden on the back of his past success and left for Leeds, but he chose to stay. Partly because he was offered a better contract (although far less than he would have earned at Leeds), partly because was made promises about the future budget and infrastructure of the club, and partly because he clearly respects his players and especially the fans. The training ground, budget and stadium were all factors influencing his decision to stay. All have now fallen through or are on hold. He's managing a squad with a bottom six budget, a large portion of the squad needs to be replaced to be a success in League 1, the facilities are poor, the budget is minimal, the stadium is shocking, the future for any progress is at best uncertain and at worst unthinkable. But despite all the problems he's faced, we're 15th in League 1, comparable with most of our seasons over the past 50 years. And you think he's an embarrassment and should be sacked? The blokes talking sh**e we all know it. If it wasn’t for Darrell Clarke and Wael we’d probably be supporting AFC Bristol Rovers in the conference south. When Wael said he’s doing his best to drag the club from the bottom up I totally see what he’s saying. It’s a shame big bro isn’t on side but things don’t happen that way at Rovers we’ve just got to get on with it. UTG
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Post by countygroundhotel on Dec 2, 2017 21:53:32 GMT
So let's be absolutely clear. We won't dwell on DC's success in the past, because that's history, apart from one thing. DC could have ridden on the back of his past success and left for Leeds, but he chose to stay. Partly because he was offered a better contract (although far less than he would have earned at Leeds), partly because was made promises about the future budget and infrastructure of the club, and partly because he clearly respects his players and especially the fans. The training ground, budget and stadium were all factors influencing his decision to stay. All have now fallen through or are on hold. He's managing a squad with a bottom six budget, a large portion of the squad needs to be replaced to be a success in League 1, the facilities are poor, the budget is minimal, the stadium is shocking, the future for any progress is at best uncertain and at worst unthinkable. But despite all the problems he's faced, we're 15th in League 1, comparable with most of our seasons over the past 50 years. And you think he's an embarrassment and should be sacked? The blokes talking sh**e we all know it. If it wasn’t for Darrell Clarke and Wael we’d probably be supporting AFC Bristol Rovers in the conference south. When Wael said he’s doing his best to drag the club from the bottom up I totally see what he’s saying. It’s a shame big bro isn’t on side but things don’t happen that way at Rovers we’ve just got to get on with it. UTG Think you're over blowing things there, any half decent manager would've jumped at the chance of taking over Rovers the summer after we got relegated to the Conference and backed themselves to get promotion with the budget available. They might not of succeeded football after all is a game of luck but no evidence to back up we'd be in Conference South. As it happened the board probably couldn't afford to bring in a new manager or couldn't back themselves to find anyone better. I love DC but he's made glaring errors, a draw against the worst team in the league at home would've kept us out of the conference, but no one is perfect and I want no one else in charge. I think he'll be poached though and it'll have nothing to do with broken promises on the training ground or indeed a ground but all to do with how much he gets paid and a club that can match his ambitions. I predict a mid table championship club just after the end of the season. Yes he may (we don't know for sure) have turned down Leeds but they looked a basket case but huge rewards for the person that returns them to the Premier league
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 2, 2017 21:56:52 GMT
Looking at this another way what if we'd put in another Wimbledon type performance today and lost again, would fans still be questioning why DC shouldn't be sacked?
Thank god we didn't and hopefully we'll win again next week then fans will be panicking about DC being head hunted in January!
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Post by Jomo on Dec 2, 2017 22:09:29 GMT
My dear socrates ive been supporting the gas for longer than I can remember in excess of 50 years and therefore I entitled to my opinions just because people like you don't agree with them is your problem not mine, the only embarresment to this club I m o is dc So let's be absolutely clear. We won't dwell on DC's success in the past, because that's history, apart from one thing. DC could have ridden on the back of his past success and left for Leeds, but he chose to stay. Partly because he was offered a better contract (although far less than he would have earned at Leeds), partly because was made promises about the future budget and infrastructure of the club, and partly because he clearly respects his players and especially the fans. The training ground, budget and stadium were all factors influencing his decision to stay. All have now fallen through or are on hold. He's managing a squad with a bottom six budget, a large portion of the squad needs to be replaced to be a success in League 1, the facilities are poor, the budget is minimal, the stadium is shocking, the future for any progress is at best uncertain and at worst unthinkable. But despite all the problems he's faced, we're 15th in League 1, comparable with most of our seasons over the past 50 years. And you think he's an embarrassment and should be sacked? Cracking post aghast, completely agree with everything you've said.
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Post by socrates on Dec 2, 2017 22:45:32 GMT
Looking at this another way what if we'd put in another Wimbledon type performance today and lost again, would fans still be questioning why DC shouldn't be sacked? Thank god we didn't and hopefully we'll win again next week then fans will be panicking about DC being head hunted in January! Let’s look at it this way ,The players turned up today won and they’ve been excellent over the last 4 years and deserve the respect of our supporters and likewise our manager and supporters. There’s some complete utter sh**e that’s spouted on here on a regular basis but in response to your what if question ? We didn’t did we ? We won and we’re 4 points off the drop we’ve won our last game we clearly have our players and manager fighting for absolutely every Dam thing that they can get that’s what Im looking for and want the same again next Saturday. We all do. We turn up we support them , what ifs are Shiite talk there will always be people up for slagging the club and our manager off after a defeat so Dam what ?
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Post by midlandgas213 on Dec 2, 2017 23:05:10 GMT
My dear socrates ive been supporting the gas for longer than I can remember in excess of 50 years and therefore I entitled to my opinions just because people like you don't agree with them is your problem not mine, the only embarresment to this club I m o is dc Just so we are clear, if we are not allowed to cite 2 years of success as a valid reason to support DC then you can't cite a handful of games as a reason to sack him. Right? That's your logic. So tonight you now fully back DC yes? No I don't back him at all, I just don't think that he is up to the job of moving us forward and by that I don't mean premiership but I mean stopping the rot and get us to a good me table or even top 10 finish this season . And goodness knows what he's going to do in the Jan transfer window because his recruitment of players. Recently has a lt to be desired
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Post by stuart1974 on Dec 2, 2017 23:06:43 GMT
So DC should be sacked because his track record no longer counts as it is history, yet his replacement should be appointed based on his track record because it is history? Even if they were sacked from their last job themselves?
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Post by socrates on Dec 2, 2017 23:23:04 GMT
So DC should be sacked because his track record no longer counts as it is history, yet his replacement should be appointed based on his track record because it is history? Even if they were sacked from their last job themselves? Your wasting your time. Some people just don’t know how to enjoy life and will always look for negatives. Sad isn’t it.
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Post by nickster on Dec 2, 2017 23:33:18 GMT
Just so we are clear, if we are not allowed to cite 2 years of success as a valid reason to support DC then you can't cite a handful of games as a reason to sack him. Right? That's your logic. So tonight you now fully back DC yes? No I don't back him at all, I just don't think that he is up to the job of moving us forward and by that I don't mean premiership but I mean stopping the rot and get us to a good me table or even top 10 finish this season . And goodness knows what he's going to do in the Jan transfer window because his recruitment of players. Recently has a lt to be desired Of all the posters lost on this forum, I wish you were one of them. Just so anti DC and you breed negativity!!!
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Post by socrates on Dec 2, 2017 23:46:48 GMT
My dear socrates ive been supporting the gas for longer than I can remember in excess of 50 years and therefore I entitled to my opinions just because people like you don't agree with them is your problem not mine, the only embarresment to this club I m o is dc So let's be absolutely clear. We won't dwell on DC's success in the past, because that's history, apart from one thing. DC could have ridden on the back of his past success and left for Leeds, but he chose to stay. Partly because he was offered a better contract (although far less than he would have earned at Leeds), partly because was made promises about the future budget and infrastructure of the club, and partly because he clearly respects his players and especially the fans. The training ground, budget and stadium were all factors influencing his decision to stay. All have now fallen through or are on hold. He's managing a squad with a bottom six budget, a large portion of the squad needs to be replaced to be a success in League 1, the facilities are poor, the budget is minimal, the stadium is shocking, the future for any progress is at best uncertain and at worst unthinkable. But despite all the problems he's faced, we're 15th in League 1, comparable with most of our seasons over the past 50 years. And you think he's an embarrassment and should be sacked? spot on post and totally agree with you. Whether D.C. can keep pushing on with this squad or not in league 1 isn’t a reflection on whether he’s a good manager or not he’s taken us as far as he can with his budget almost certainly. Last season was incredible In that we finished 10th. In retrospect we had the momentum of back to back promotions but that’s not a bad thing it’s amazing not many clubs do it and certainly not many finish top half in their third season. This season DC let four of his biggest leaders go at once and I think if he’d done it two in the summer and two in January it would have been a less of a sudden lack of leadership and that’s a mistakes he’s made and I honestly believe that when he’s talked recently about making mistakes in the summer he’s had that in mind. He’s not perfect he f**ks up he admits it he brushes himself off he faces up to the fans he faces up to the cameras he reaps the rewards when he’s right and he admits it when he’s got it wrong. The man is everything I wanted when we were languishing around the bottom of league two just waiting to be eaten up and relegated and he has taken us forward in the very way that I wanted us to be taken forward. Now is the time for our new board to back him, our players to continue to back him , and our supporters to back him as the majority of our supporters have ( midland - T bone obviously you want to be excluded from this ) and we go again next Saturday at home to Southend. UTG.
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Post by socrates on Dec 2, 2017 23:50:20 GMT
No I don't back him at all, I just don't think that he is up to the job of moving us forward and by that I don't mean premiership but I mean stopping the rot and get us to a good me table or even top 10 finish this season . And goodness knows what he's going to do in the Jan transfer window because his recruitment of players. Recently has a lt to be desired Of all the posters lost on this forum, I wish you were one of them. Just so anti DC and you breed negativity!!! The majority of our squad were signed by D.C. on a shoe string budget wth very little support from his first board and the same from our new millionaires and we’ve gone up two divisions. It’s there for all to see. DC signs players for Bristol Rovers that bring us success.. End of as far as I’m concerned.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Dec 3, 2017 6:38:15 GMT
Just so we are clear, if we are not allowed to cite 2 years of success as a valid reason to support DC then you can't cite a handful of games as a reason to sack him. Right? That's your logic. So tonight you now fully back DC yes? No I don't back him at all, I just don't think that he is up to the job of moving us forward and by that I don't mean premiership but I mean stopping the rot and get us to a good me table or even top 10 finish this season . And goodness knows what he's going to do in the Jan transfer window because his recruitment of players. Recently has a lt to be desired And yet the players he's recruited got us 2 promotions and a top 10 finish in the last 3 seasons. There is no denying that his recruitment has been a weakness since he took over, you'd have to be insane not to think so. That said, I don't think we got the players he wanted in the summer due to lack of backing from the owners. But football is a results business and DC has consistently been successful which makes your one man witch hunt look utterly ridiculous.
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Post by Strange Gas on Dec 3, 2017 7:19:12 GMT
It would be a sad day if that ever happened. I don’t think I would be able to stand on the terraces at Rovers again. I feel that strong towards Darrell and what he has done for the Rovers in the past three seasons. The stick he is getting for a minor blip is criminal, but expected. I don't think you are alone . . . Anyone there yesterday will have seen he has the fans so behind him its brilliant. The applause he got as he walked on (which was before we'd done the talking on the field) showed just how highly regarded he is by the faithful 7k plus crowd - certainly gave me a tingly feeling and I hope it did him too. If there is any calls for him to be sacked, they were quiet on the terraces yesterday
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Post by faggotygas on Dec 3, 2017 8:49:58 GMT
Just so we are clear, if we are not allowed to cite 2 years of success as a valid reason to support DC then you can't cite a handful of games as a reason to sack him. Right? That's your logic. So tonight you now fully back DC yes? No I don't back him at all, I just don't think that he is up to the job of moving us forward and by that I don't mean premiership but I mean stopping the rot and get us to a good me table or even top 10 finish this season . And goodness knows what he's going to do in the Jan transfer window because his recruitment of players. Recently has a lt to be desired But we are mid table now. Win at home this Saturday and we could be top half. But you don't think he can take us to mid table? You don't make any sense pal.
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Post by faggotygas on Dec 3, 2017 9:18:30 GMT
No I don't back him at all, I just don't think that he is up to the job of moving us forward and by that I don't mean premiership but I mean stopping the rot and get us to a good me table or even top 10 finish this season . And goodness knows what he's going to do in the Jan transfer window because his recruitment of players. Recently has a lt to be desired And yet the players he's recruited got us 2 promotions and a top 10 finish in the last 3 seasons. There is no denying that his recruitment has been a weakness since he took over, you'd have to be insane not to think so. That said, I don't think we got the players he wanted in the summer due to lack of backing from the owners. But football is a results business and DC has consistently been successful which makes your one man witch hunt look utterly ridiculous. Well I don't think that recruitment is a particular weakness. He's signed some players that have worked, and some that haven't, like any other manager.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Dec 3, 2017 9:33:21 GMT
And yet the players he's recruited got us 2 promotions and a top 10 finish in the last 3 seasons. There is no denying that his recruitment has been a weakness since he took over, you'd have to be insane not to think so. That said, I don't think we got the players he wanted in the summer due to lack of backing from the owners. But football is a results business and DC has consistently been successful which makes your one man witch hunt look utterly ridiculous. Well I don't think that recruitment is a particular weakness. He's signed some players that have worked, and some that haven't, like any other manager. Yes I agree with you, but in my opinion it's DCs weakest area. He does a very good job in most other areas but only average in the transfer market.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2017 9:38:02 GMT
Just so we are clear, if we are not allowed to cite 2 years of success as a valid reason to support DC then you can't cite a handful of games as a reason to sack him. Right? That's your logic. So tonight you now fully back DC yes? No I don't back him at all, I just don't think that he is up to the job of moving us forward and by that I don't mean premiership but I mean stopping the rot and get us to a good me table or even top 10 finish this season . And goodness knows what he's going to do in the Jan transfer window because his recruitment of players. Recently has a lt to be desired Give it a rest midlandgas please and just support the man and the team.
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