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Post by paulpirate on Jan 31, 2018 20:00:02 GMT
agree,if we get injuries I’m sure we can bring him back Not under the new loan system we can't he's gone for the season, given he played on Saturday it's not like he never gets any game time for us. Now we have to wait and hope Craig signs and doesn't do a Clive Pratt and sign for another club. Wael has told a fan to turn his phone off (which is a bit disrespectful in my view) so that's it then. If so, I guess that's the ALQ dream well and truly over although Knowall & LJG will be along shortly to say they still are doing a good job. Where the hell has Bodin's transfer gone to pay for a fence in Almondsbury? why is he saying be patient one minute then turn your phone off the next,had he just wanked the bodin money on roulette Some say save it for the summer but that won’t appear again
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Post by pirate on Jan 31, 2018 20:02:08 GMT
Lloyd Jones, Flynn Downes, Nathan Thomas, Krystian Bielik and Moses Makasi would've improved us. How many games have they played at L1 or above ? They're not standout for me - I know Bielik is a super talented Polish player but Polish outfield players generally don't like the physical English game - will be interested to see if he copes. He's a physical player who likes a tackle and coped ok in a Championship relegation battle. Lloyd Jones has played 34 times in League One, Flynn Downes has played 10 times in the Championship, Nathan Thomas has played once in the Championship and twice in the SPL (also 96 times in L2), Makasi is yet to make a league appearance, but has played a few games for West ham in the cups and is a highly-rated physically strong player who like a battle.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 31, 2018 20:04:17 GMT
Not sure of the timelines TBH but he was probably hoping DC would pull more rabbits out of hats to helps him out. It looks like even @jv as given up and stopped tweeting for the night.
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Post by toddy1953 on Jan 31, 2018 20:04:45 GMT
Whether or not we get anyone in, I feel for DC. He signed a 5 year deal on the strength of a new Stadium & Training ground on the horizon & a top 6 budget ( whatever that means ). He has been more than hinting all season, we are short on quality & personell on the pitch, whilst continuing to show his frustrations on lack of progress off the pitch. He has said what he needs this transfer window & that we cannot keep getting rid of our best players. We might be a bit frustrated, but just imagine what he must be thinking. He has probably said to SH 'look Steve, I told the fans we needed 4 players in this window, then last week I told them, I will be really upset if the 2 perm signings I am in discussions with don't sign'. SH has probably told him 'don't worry about them, I told them the landing lights were on & in reality, talks were never going that well, even said the training ground will be ready by July - I just didn't tell them which year. They will still come to watch.' I am not disappointed by lack of signings as I think DC will keep us up & that's as far as my expectation stretches for this season. However, the close season will be vital for us on all fronts, I feel. UTG
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Post by pirate on Jan 31, 2018 20:05:48 GMT
Lloyd Jones, Flynn Downes, Nathan Thomas, Krystian Bielik and Moses Makasi would've improved us. How have you the time to go around and watch all of these players? Some I have watched in person and there is a thing called the television and the Internet.
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Post by singupgas on Jan 31, 2018 20:07:22 GMT
Shambles. Might yet be proved wrong. But we are now failing to sign players, we are being told 4 players then it is 2 and as it stand nobody has come through the door. There is something seriously wrong with the club. Whatever way you look at it. Even if Tony Craig signs. Are we really showing signs of evolution? It is absolutely no different from 10 years ago they way are doing things. I don't know about that. I don't think it could be any more different from 10 years ago in terms of recruitment. When we sign someone you can pretty much bank on them being of good character and likely to add to the spirit in the squad rather than disrupt it. That has to be a good thing, doesn't it? The signings of Mensah and Craig seem to back this up, too. Okay I'll give you that. The players do seem to have good character and play for the shirt. But is signing a non league player and possibly 1 experienced pro really progression. I'm just not convinced that we are really doing enough. I would love to be proved wrong but I fear the will be here in 5 years, still picking up same sort of players, no closer to a new training ground or stadium.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2018 20:08:55 GMT
Wael saying patience to the fans on Twitter That sounds familiar to last jan after we sold the snake 🐍 On the plus side at least he didn't say 'these things take time', also 'patience' is pretty much the same thing right?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2018 20:10:07 GMT
So dc adamant there would be signings and 2-4 as squad is too small and a few injuries and effects whole dynamics of the team... Loan players would be brought in if needed as last straw... In reality Sold best player Loaned out a centre back that’s done well when needed Bought non league player with no league experience The club yet again fails to get targets even though dc said he cocked up in the summer and learnt a lot.. leave it til last hour to try and land a loan player and can’t manage that The only thing in the clubs favour is us playing a team who’s 3rd in the league and if we lose with no signings or maybe a 32 year old player on his way down then it doesn’t look too bad as we’re expected to lose.... So expect the “football’s gone crazy and we didn’t want to waste our money and we’re happy with the squad” If we lost the last 3-4 games it would be have even more of meltdown I really don't see the problem or understand the desperation on this forum to sign players. It's like taking the kids to a sweetshop. We were always going to lose our best player. They are PNE in the Championship, we're Rovers in League 1. I like Menayese and agree he's done well, but provided we either sign Tony Craig or welcome James Clarke back soon, we will have sufficient cover and 15-20 games in League 2 will do benefit Rollin hugely in the long run. Remember the huge step up he's made. Ok, we could do with a winger and, in an ideal world, a defensive minded midfielder. But we can cope without tbe latter when we have Joe Partington, Ollie Clarke or Linesy who can play the role. A winger would be good, but when you have what we have to offer, you ain't gonna get everything you want. This squad is perfectly good enough to finish mid table again, which, until we get it right off the pitch, is really all we can expect or aim for. Enjoy...these are actually good times to be a Gashead, although you'd never know it reading half the stuff on here.
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Post by twertonboy on Jan 31, 2018 20:17:36 GMT
So dc adamant there would be signings and 2-4 as squad is too small and a few injuries and effects whole dynamics of the team... Loan players would be brought in if needed as last straw... In reality Sold best player Loaned out a centre back that’s done well when needed Bought non league player with no league experience The club yet again fails to get targets even though dc said he cocked up in the summer and learnt a lot.. leave it til last hour to try and land a loan player and can’t manage that The only thing in the clubs favour is us playing a team who’s 3rd in the league and if we lose with no signings or maybe a 32 year old player on his way down then it doesn’t look too bad as we’re expected to lose.... So expect the “football’s gone crazy and we didn’t want to waste our money and we’re happy with the squad” If we lost the last 3-4 games it would be have even more of meltdown I really don't see the problem or understand the desperation on this forum to sign players. It's like taking the kids to a sweetshop. We were always going to lose our best player. They are PNE in the Championship, we're Rovers in League 1. I like Menayese and agree he's done well, but provided we either sign Tony Craig or welcome James Clarke back soon, we will have sufficient cover and 15-20 games in League 2 will do benefit Rollin hugely in the long run. Remember the huge step up he's made. Ok, we could do with a winger and, in an ideal world, a defensive minded midfielder. But we can cope without tbe latter when we have Joe Partington, Ollie Clarke or Linesy who can play the role. A winger would be good, but when you have what we have to offer, you ain't gonna get everything you want. This squad is perfectly good enough to finish mid table again, which, until we get it right off the pitch, is really all we can expect or aim for. Enjoy...these are actually good times to be a Gashead, although you'd never know it reading half the stuff on here. [br I guess we’re about to see if this transfer window and lack of signings makes us pay by the end of the season as if we end up top 10 with a low wage cap helps us get interest from players and if we’re near the bottom with a low wage cap it’s not very inviting at all
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Post by paulpirate on Jan 31, 2018 20:18:29 GMT
This club lacks so much ambition it’s depressing
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Post by sallycinnamon on Jan 31, 2018 20:20:12 GMT
So dc adamant there would be signings and 2-4 as squad is too small and a few injuries and effects whole dynamics of the team... Loan players would be brought in if needed as last straw... In reality Sold best player Loaned out a centre back that’s done well when needed Bought non league player with no league experience The club yet again fails to get targets even though dc said he cocked up in the summer and learnt a lot.. leave it til last hour to try and land a loan player and can’t manage that The only thing in the clubs favour is us playing a team who’s 3rd in the league and if we lose with no signings or maybe a 32 year old player on his way down then it doesn’t look too bad as we’re expected to lose.... So expect the “football’s gone crazy and we didn’t want to waste our money and we’re happy with the squad” If we lost the last 3-4 games it would be have even more of meltdown I really don't see the problem or understand the desperation on this forum to sign players. It's like taking the kids to a sweetshop. We were always going to lose our best player. They are PNE in the Championship, we're Rovers in League 1. I like Menayese and agree he's done well, but provided we either sign Tony Craig or welcome James Clarke back soon, we will have sufficient cover and 15-20 games in League 2 will do benefit Rollin hugely in the long run. Remember the huge step up he's made. Ok, we could do with a winger and, in an ideal world, a defensive minded midfielder. But we can cope without tbe latter when we have Joe Partington, Ollie Clarke or Linesy who can play the role. A winger would be good, but when you have what we have to offer, you ain't gonna get everything you want. This squad is perfectly good enough to finish mid table again, which, until we get it right off the pitch, is really all we can expect or aim for. Enjoy...these are actually good times to be a Gashead, although you'd never know it reading half the stuff on here. “These are actually good times to be a Gashead” don’t make me laugh it was the previous regime that Clarke was employed by that gained us 2 promotions not the new owners, we are no better off than at any time in the past , in fact worse because before we had hope but that has now pretty much completely evaporated
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Post by garystash on Jan 31, 2018 20:20:21 GMT
This is the most predictable meltdown since I last lit a candle :-D
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 31, 2018 20:20:58 GMT
Inconsistency in this squad is more like it. It only needs a few injuries or a few poor results and we will be nearer the bottom than the top- again. DC is now back to telling us we are only a few points behind last season- he was telling us this every week nearer the start of the season but at that time it was 6 points better off,3 points better off then the same then suddenly stopped as we got worse and worse. This transfer window has been a disaster ,last summer was poor. What is DC doing?
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Post by twertonboy on Jan 31, 2018 20:21:07 GMT
This club lacks so much ambition it’s depressing You can’t be honest on this forum you must train yourself to be like a robot and have “in dc we trust” on repeat and be happy we have a under 21 team...
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 31, 2018 20:21:57 GMT
So dc adamant there would be signings and 2-4 as squad is too small and a few injuries and effects whole dynamics of the team... Loan players would be brought in if needed as last straw... In reality Sold best player Loaned out a centre back that’s done well when needed Bought non league player with no league experience The club yet again fails to get targets even though dc said he cocked up in the summer and learnt a lot.. leave it til last hour to try and land a loan player and can’t manage that The only thing in the clubs favour is us playing a team who’s 3rd in the league and if we lose with no signings or maybe a 32 year old player on his way down then it doesn’t look too bad as we’re expected to lose.... So expect the “football’s gone crazy and we didn’t want to waste our money and we’re happy with the squad” If we lost the last 3-4 games it would be have even more of meltdown I really don't see the problem or understand the desperation on this forum to sign players. It's like taking the kids to a sweetshop. We were always going to lose our best player. They are PNE in the Championship, we're Rovers in League 1. I like Menayese and agree he's done well, but provided we either sign Tony Craig or welcome James Clarke back soon, we will have sufficient cover and 15-20 games in League 2 will do benefit Rollin hugely in the long run. Remember the huge step up he's made. Ok, we could do with a winger and, in an ideal world, a defensive minded midfielder. But we can cope without tbe latter when we have Joe Partington, Ollie Clarke or Linesy who can play the role. A winger would be good, but when you have what we have to offer, you ain't gonna get everything you want. This squad is perfectly good enough to finish mid table again, which, until we get it right off the pitch, is really all we can expect or aim for. Enjoy...these are actually good times to be a Gashead, although you'd never know it reading half the stuff on here. So how are we going to progress with we sell our best player but don't replace him and also replace the likes of Moore and Brown plus Monty in the summer? Plus why's DC saying he needs 3 or 4 players if that wasn't the case?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2018 20:24:15 GMT
This club lacks so much ambition it’s depressing Ambition is fine if you have the means to back it up. I'd like a Ferrari and Elle MacPherson (not necessarily in that order) but just having the ambition won't make it happen.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2018 20:24:29 GMT
This club lacks so much ambition it’s depressing DC doesn't lack ambition! The problem is he is a lion being led by sheep. Every further season we get out of him after the end of this one will be something to be extremely thankful for.
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Post by South Stand Ultra on Jan 31, 2018 20:24:44 GMT
I really don't see the problem or understand the desperation on this forum to sign players. It's like taking the kids to a sweetshop. We were always going to lose our best player. They are PNE in the Championship, we're Rovers in League 1. I like Menayese and agree he's done well, but provided we either sign Tony Craig or welcome James Clarke back soon, we will have sufficient cover and 15-20 games in League 2 will do benefit Rollin hugely in the long run. Remember the huge step up he's made. Ok, we could do with a winger and, in an ideal world, a defensive minded midfielder. But we can cope without tbe latter when we have Joe Partington, Ollie Clarke or Linesy who can play the role. A winger would be good, but when you have what we have to offer, you ain't gonna get everything you want. This squad is perfectly good enough to finish mid table again, which, until we get it right off the pitch, is really all we can expect or aim for. Enjoy...these are actually good times to be a Gashead, although you'd never know it reading half the stuff on here. “These are actually good times to be a Gashead” don’t make me laugh it was the previous regime that Clarke was employed by that gained us 2 promotions not the new owners, we are no better off than at any time in the past , in fact worse because before we had hope but that has now pretty much completely evaporated May as well jack it in, init?
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 31, 2018 20:25:31 GMT
Inconsistency in this squad is more like it. It only needs a few injuries or a few poor results and we will be nearer the bottom than the top- again. DC is now back to telling us we are only a few points behind last season- he was telling us this every week nearer the start of the season but at that time it was 6 points better off,3 points better off then the same then suddenly stopped as we got worse and worse. This transfer window has been a disaster ,last summer was poor. What is DC doing? Trying to sign players w/o a pot to p in? He appeared to have no problems signing players in the summer until the UWE plans bit the dust and then it's been downhill ever since. Why spend a £1m+ on land at Almondsbury plus waste £100K on the pitch if the owners can't give DC a decent budget?
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Post by comptondandogas on Jan 31, 2018 20:26:36 GMT
I'm not disappointed.
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