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Post by gasforeverman on Oct 14, 2018 18:17:01 GMT
Majority of gasheads have a connection with dc. Were in testing times and that connection is being really tested.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2018 19:18:35 GMT
I truly hope we return the loyalty that DC showed us when he turned down the Leeds job.Still fully behind him but we are playing with the fear factor and have to get out of this,we must set up to have a go at teams as we will surely go down if we persist with playing all this defensive bollocks.The current squad is good enough for a mid table finish imo.
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Post by aghast on Oct 14, 2018 21:12:29 GMT
DC is definitely demotivated at the moment. And demotivated people make mistakes and don't perform well under pressure.
I wonder if part of the deal to keep him here when Leeds came in for him, was the guarantee not only of a big pay rise at the time, but one that could match the Leeds offer if and when he got us into the Championship?
That of course would been reliant upon the owners delivering what they had said they would. A new or rebuilt stadium and a new training facility.
At the moment those things appear pie in the sky, as does the prospect of Championship football, and the huge financial rewards the owners may or may not have promised DC in return for staying here.
In a nutshell: "DC, don't join Leeds. They can offer you more money now, but stick with us. We'll give you the budget, we'll give you the stadium, we'll make sure you have what you need to get to the Championship".
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Post by Jomo on Oct 14, 2018 21:38:19 GMT
DC is definitely demotivated at the moment. And demotivated people make mistakes and don't perform well under pressure. I wonder if part of the deal to keep him here when Leeds came in for him, was the guarantee not only of a big pay rise at the time, but one that could match the Leeds offer if and when he got us into the Championship? That of course would been reliant upon the owners delivering what they had said they would. A new or rebuilt stadium and a new training facility. At the moment those things appear pie in the sky, as does the prospect of Championship football, and the huge financial rewards the owners may or may not have promised DC in return for staying here. In a nutshell: "DC, don't join Leeds. They can offer you more money now, but stick with us. We'll give you the budget, we'll give you the stadium, we'll make sure you have what you need to get to the Championship". I've been thinking exactly the same thing. They misled DC and he is admirably carrying on regardless. On the big issues the owners have been a complete embarrassment since the UWE negotiations came to a head. DC and us Gasheads deserve better. I can only hope they have legitimate reasons for not communicating and for delaying any significant progress, and that they prove me wrong. But DCs persona in interviews indicates they don't even give him anything to hold onto, let alone us fans.
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Post by bs10er on Oct 14, 2018 21:48:22 GMT
Voted in.I am not clever enough to know why our form is so bad(please God we improve),but for now am hoping(and expecting?)DC to get it right.
Whatever, I will always be a Rovers fan and support and attend matches.
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Post by bluestone on Oct 14, 2018 22:31:31 GMT
I'm DC in without a shadow of a doubt.
After what he has achieved with us I think he deserves a chance to get us out of the mess we are in at the moment.
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Oct 15, 2018 5:51:46 GMT
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Post by Gas_Quarters on Oct 15, 2018 5:51:46 GMT
It’s been mentioned before that DC reads the forum. With how down he seems to be at the moment I hope he reads this thread to see that the majority are still backing him to turn this around.
It might be the confidence boost he needs.
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Post by stokegiffordgas on Oct 15, 2018 6:02:32 GMT
I know football fans are notoriously fickle but I can't believe this poll even exists. DC has a lot of credit in the bank albeit he is cashing in sone of that this season. Not sure why he isn't putting square pegs in square holes with his team selections but when could you ever best guess him? Fine margins in the last 2 games we could easily have had 6 instead of 0. Nevertheless he knows like we do that we must get 2 wins from the next 2 games. I hope we do our bit and pack the mem and transmit our positivity to the players. UTG
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Oct 15, 2018 6:10:00 GMT
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Post by Gas_Quarters on Oct 15, 2018 6:10:00 GMT
I know football fans are notoriously fickle but I can't believe this poll even exists. DC has a lot of credit in the bank albeit he is cashing in sone of that this season. Not sure why he isn't putting square pegs in square holes with his team selections but when could you ever best guess him? Fine margins in the last 2 games we could easily have had 6 instead of 0. Nevertheless he knows like we do that we must get 2 wins from the next 2 games. I hope we do our bit and pack the mem and transmit our positivity to the players. UTG Agreed. We need a good old fashioned roll call to get a big crowd in this weekend.
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Post by Severncider on Oct 15, 2018 6:27:56 GMT
Four wins in the last 27 league games.
With those stats most managers would have long gone.
This is a results business and at the moment we are not performing for whatever reason.
I'd give him until the first round of the FA Cup and then make a decision on his future.
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Oct 15, 2018 6:59:41 GMT
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Post by gashead1981 on Oct 15, 2018 6:59:41 GMT
That isnt great reading severncider but I hate the 4 wins in 27 but starting from the start of the year when there has been a close season in between. There are too many variables of course a manager would likely be sacked but we finished 12th last year and since Jan we have sold all our goals out the side.
Let’s look at the here and now which is 2 league wins from 12. Managers sometimes survive that run and so should DC.
What we need is couple of wins on the trot, ugly 1-0 ones if we can get them and then in January strengthen the wide areas and add a striker.
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Oct 15, 2018 7:03:15 GMT
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Oct 15, 2018 7:03:15 GMT
That's 89% (185 votes) for Remain in people's vote!
Remoaners can only dream of such percentages!
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Post by GasLass on Oct 15, 2018 8:06:34 GMT
I'm in for DC, as people have mentioned countless times in not just this thread, but the whole forum, he picked us up out the conference and brought us up twice in two seasons! How many managers do that? And yes we've had the sad losses of Bodin, Taylor (SNAKE), Ellis and Gaffney, and yeah, I also agree his form as a manager has dropped since receiving that bloody Coaching badge, but as again mentioned in this thread He had the offer from Leeds and was imo misled, its not hard to empathise with the stress he must be under.. however, that's not to say I agree with his style of management currently, then again I think everyone feels the same in that respect
I think an angry mob is in order, lets get our pitchforks and head for WAQ's office - DC in, board OUT
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Post by markczgas on Oct 15, 2018 8:33:07 GMT
Must get one win minimum v Oxford and Wombles at HOME or time to say goodbye. As others have said this has dragged on since middle of last season (both home and away).
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Oct 15, 2018 9:28:02 GMT
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Post by darkbluegas on Oct 15, 2018 9:28:02 GMT
I'm very grateful for the work that DC has done in stabilizing the team since relagation. The trauma he suffered as a result of that relagation must have spurred him on massively.
I do believe though that, had a more experienced coach been brought in at that time we wouldn't have dropped out of the league. Someone like Russel Osman I believe would have got us over the line in those eight games.
As for showing loyality, whilst he's a nice bloke, he is getting paid a salary he could only dream about outside of football. That is on a five year contract.
Our recent success has been a case of just in time performances. We blew it at Dover and got a lucky win at Wembley. We barely beat a Dagenham and Redbridge side that was already relagated.
Maybe it's a generational thing but I suppose I expect more from my club. In 1974 I couldn't even imagine us getting relagated to the 4th Div let alone the Non-League.
Make no mistake our form is currently dire and if left unchecked we will be back in the 4th Division. If we did have anyone at the helm of the club I think they would be acting pretty damn soon over our predicament. I think DC is lucky that the ships captain went overboard many months ago.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Oct 15, 2018 10:04:31 GMT
Must get one win minimum v Oxford and Wombles at HOME or time to say goodbye. As others have said this has dragged on since middle of last season (both home and away). Well, 175 people seem to disagree. It seems a bit weird to me to have this poll, and then the people acting like the majority want DC out, just completely ignore it and post on the very thread that it will be time for him to go.
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Post by supergas on Oct 15, 2018 10:26:36 GMT
I do believe though that, had a more experienced coach been brought in at that time we wouldn't have dropped out of the league. Someone like Russel Osman I believe would have got us over the line in those eight games. I agree completely, if we'd brought in a big name for those eight games, we probably would have got more points and survived that season. Which probably would not have benefited the club overall as much as that relegation did. Yes it sucked for pride, for cash-flow and for the history books.... .....but it re-energized the club and the fans.....and he got us out at the first attempt. And then promoted again at the first attempt. You can call it luck if you like, but give me a lucky manager over a journeyman any day. A journeyman at that point would have been aiming for the top half of League Two every season since and calling it a success.....
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Post by markczgas on Oct 15, 2018 10:58:43 GMT
Must get one win minimum v Oxford and Wombles at HOME or time to say goodbye. As others have said this has dragged on since middle of last season (both home and away). Well, 175 people seem to disagree. It seems a bit weird to me to have this poll, and then the people acting like the majority want DC out, just completely ignore it and post on the very thread that it will be time for him to go. Don't want him out - but he's got to turn the tide in the next 2 games - that's my view.
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Post by oviedista on Oct 15, 2018 11:05:49 GMT
I'm very grateful for the work that DC has done in stabilizing the team since relagation. The trauma he suffered as a result of that relagation must have spurred him on massively. I do believe though that, had a more experienced coach been brought in at that time we wouldn't have dropped out of the league. Someone like Russel Osman I believe would have got us over the line in those eight games. As for showing loyality, whilst he's a nice bloke, he is getting paid a salary he could only dream about outside of football. That is on a five year contract. Our recent success has been a case of just in time performances. We blew it at Dover and got a lucky win at Wembley. We barely beat a Dagenham and Redbridge side that was already relagated. Maybe it's a generational thing but I suppose I expect more from my club. In 1974 I couldn't even imagine us getting relagated to the 4th Div let alone the Non-League. Make no mistake our form is currently dire and if left unchecked we will be back in the 4th Division. If we did have anyone at the helm of the club I think they would be acting pretty damn soon over our predicament. I think DC is lucky that the ships captain went overboard many months ago. I think the idea a more experienced coach would have kept us up misses the point. John Ward was an experienced coach and he set up the fall. I actually think even if a more experienced coach had kept us up it would only have postponed the inevitable another season or two as we continued with the same pattern of previous years. The fact was, and this has been confirmed by former players since, there were deep culture of unprofessionalism within the club that needed a total revolution. D.C saw that, called it out and started the process of rebuilding from the bottom. I will be forever grateful to him for restoring my belief in the playing staff. Even now, when performances are poor you can't compare to the total lack of commitment or direction in performances had under Mcghee, Ward and Buckle etc (only short memories do this - I remember never counting two or more passes over 90 mins). A new "experienced" manager and I would fear a return to those dark days. I think this is why the poll is at near 90%.
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Post by Topper Gas on Oct 15, 2018 11:07:10 GMT
Well, 175 people seem to disagree. It seems a bit weird to me to have this poll, and then the people acting like the majority want DC out, just completely ignore it and post on the very thread that it will be time for him to go. Don't want him out - but he's got to turn the tide in the next 2 games - that's my view. If we don't win either of those we won't beat Barnsley and most likely drop to the bottom of Div 1, or at least be cut off in the bottom 2 with Plymouth. I just can't see how we can stand by DC if that happens. I just hope our luck turns and we grab at least one win and a draw, preferably two wins.
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