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Post by gasandelectricity on Apr 26, 2019 18:38:21 GMT
I've lost count of the number of senior staff and advisors who've been appointed and moved on since Wael took over, with Steve Hamer perhaps the latest. Whether they jumped or were pushed, it doesn't look as if everything has been rosy in the corridors of power. Since the whole of Wael's time here has been a mixture of raised expectations and dashed hopes, I don't suppose it's very surprising that we have a revolving door policy at the top. On the plus side perhaps it shows they’re not willing to entertain ‘Tony the till’ style individuals who take a wage but don’t really deliver much.
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Post by Jester on Apr 26, 2019 19:30:52 GMT
I've heard a rumour there will be an announcement on May 5th after the last game, but what do I know??
The announcement being the season is over? No! Just like 2014........That they hadn't planned for relegation? ?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2019 19:43:15 GMT
The announcement being the season is over? No! Just like 2014........That they hadn't planned for relegation? ? That will just make the speculation worse. Depending on your position within the ground you will either not hear it or get blasted into instant deafness.
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Post by Topper Gas on Apr 26, 2019 21:11:57 GMT
Martyn Starnes replaced the previous Financial DIrector Steve Brookfield plus it seems Steve Hamer has now been pushed aside, so I doubt any extra wages are being paid if they are it's probably minimal compared to the overall wage bill of £3m+. What's not clear is how the club can continue to keep incurring £1m/2m annual losses with no obvious plans to control them. I agree, only way we can keep going long term and move forward is to build a new stadium and other facilities to bring in extra revenue. Which is why I think they must be working on something. Otherwise they would have cut costs, not increased them. They have brought in more money, so could easily have cut the budget, so we didn't lose as much money. Instead they kept it at the allowed amount, increasing the budget. Or so we have been told, although the accounts have not actually come out yet lol Assuming by budget you mean the playing budget, then how can they possibly cut it when it's still touch and go if we will stay up this season.If we manage to stay up and they then cut the playing budget they are almost certainly going to guarantee relegation next season.
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Post by warehamgas on Apr 26, 2019 21:14:00 GMT
Blimey, now you’re trying to tell a manager what he can and can’t say! Why shouldn’t he have said it if he believes it? As for DC, look at any of my posts and you would see that I supported him 100% and thought he did a great job and was one of the posters who thought he should not leave. Like you I thought DC was one of our best but I also think GC has done an outstanding job over 5 months to be within touching distance of safety with the limitations of the squad he inherited. And to criticise him is being equally unfair imo, anyone could see that after taking over GC was trying to in-still a confidence in the club and to refocus issues onto the football and away from the off field issues that DC had focused on. Any new manager would have done something similar. But to say that the ground and training ground issues were not distracting DC is to live in cloud cuckoo land, the off the field issues were a clear distraction and deflected DC in the final months, like it or not. And that is not being unfair on the man just stating what I and many others thought was obvious. UTG! Not at all. Where have I said what he can and cannot comment on? I was saying he shouldn’t. Like when Trump comments on something he shouldn’t, that’s all. As said above, I haven’t criticized GC on any of his talents as a manager, I merely pointed out his comments, which are open for critique. As are his managerial skills btw, that’s part and parcel of the job. Anyway, I’ve always respected you as a poster so don’t want to get into an argument over little things.
3 points tomorrow & GC can say whatever he f*cking wants lol Likewise. And as you say 3 points tomorrow and GC and anyone on here can say what they want. And I expect they will. Mind you lose and the results go against us and I think I’ll avoid this place for a few days!😉 UTG!
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Apr 27, 2019 17:01:09 GMT
Another couple of one liners from Coughlan in the post match interview today.
“I always leave a football club in a better place than I found it”
“Regardless of what happens to Graham Coughlan .....”
The interviewer once again completely failed to ask him to clarify but it sounds like he’s far from sure he’s going to be here next season.
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Post by worrelsterlingalbion on Apr 27, 2019 17:07:12 GMT
Another couple of one liners from Coughlan in the post match interview today. “I always leave a football club in a better place than I found it” “Regardless of what happens to Graham Coughlan .....” The interviewer once again completely failed to ask him to clarify but it sounds like he’s far from sure he’s going to be here next season. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought that was a bit strange. Didn't he sign a 2 1/2 year contract ? Cue the 'perhaps the new owners won't want him' theories 😂
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Post by dragonfly on Apr 27, 2019 17:08:59 GMT
Graham Coughlan said it again after the match, referring to good things happening to BRFC in the next few weeks. The question is, will he be part of those good things? I hope he will.
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Post by Henbury Gas on Apr 27, 2019 17:12:35 GMT
Maybe Plymouth want him as manager next season when they go down ?
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Post by gas2 on Apr 27, 2019 17:22:59 GMT
Could be a job for Darryl Clarke at Plymouth
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Post by rememberhalifax on Apr 27, 2019 17:40:38 GMT
Or perhaps GC is going home to Plymouth and DC is coming home to Rovers, just imagine this forum then !!!!!
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Post by aghast on Apr 27, 2019 17:56:55 GMT
Maybe Plymouth want him as manager next season when they go down ? There might be something in that. If they've decided to change the manager regardless of what happens, he would be an obvious choice as a fans' favourite and now as a manager with some credibility. I wouldn't be surprised if Plymouth were to offer him a much better deal than he's now on. He's probably on junior apprentice terms here, in the pecking order of manager salaries. Probably won't be true, but you can see how it might be.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2019 18:00:37 GMT
Another couple of one liners from Coughlan in the post match interview today. “I always leave a football club in a better place than I found it” “Regardless of what happens to Graham Coughlan .....” The interviewer once again completely failed to ask him to clarify but it sounds like he’s far from sure he’s going to be here next season. that has been cut from the YouTube video!
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Post by Topper Gas on Apr 27, 2019 18:03:33 GMT
Or perhaps GC is going home to Plymouth and DC is coming home to Rovers, just imagine this forum then !!!!! GC's true home is Sheffield? If the new owners talk is true perhaps Holloway is being lined up for some role as it's odd how he's suddenly back on the Rovers scene for no obvious reasons.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2019 18:05:34 GMT
Or perhaps GC is going home to Plymouth and DC is coming home to Rovers, just imagine this forum then !!!!! GC's true home is Sheffield? If the new owners talk is true perhaps Holloway is being lined up for some role as it's odd how he's suddenly back on the Rovers scene for no obvious reasons. yeah he has been hanging about recently and evening piped up about the owners getting involved with the post whilst the takeover talk was at its highest! Maybe they wanted to wait until the end of the season or until survival was guaranteed?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2019 18:06:19 GMT
Another couple of one liners from Coughlan in the post match interview today. “I always leave a football club in a better place than I found it” “Regardless of what happens to Graham Coughlan .....” The interviewer once again completely failed to ask him to clarify but it sounds like he’s far from sure he’s going to be here next season. hopefully something big is on the way! We deserve it!
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Apr 27, 2019 18:06:33 GMT
Maybe Plymouth want him as manager next season when they go down ? There might be something in that. If they've decided to change the manager regardless of what happens, he would be an obvious choice as a fans' favourite and now as a manager with some credibility. I wouldn't be surprised if Plymouth were to offer him a much better deal than he's now on. He's probably on junior apprentice terms here, in the pecking order of manager salaries. Probably won't be true, but you can see how it might be. It could happen but it’s more likely that Darrell Clarke could get the Argyle gig I think. I’m sure it would appeal to him. In any case Coughlan didn’t seem to be suggesting in his Radio Bristol interview that HE was thinking of leaving but more that he didn’t know if the club were going to keep him on. It’s all about reading between the lines because there was zero probing from the useless interviewer but the phrase “Regardless of what happens to Graham Coughlan” is the clue that it’s a club decision that needs to be made rather than his.
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Post by gasandelectricity on Apr 27, 2019 18:11:25 GMT
I hope GC is kept on, he deserves a shot at delivering us a playoff push season after delivering us league safety. JCH and Ogogo give me hope for next year.
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Post by gas2 on Apr 27, 2019 18:14:01 GMT
I thought g c signed a Two and a half year contract in January
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Post by Gas-Ed on Apr 27, 2019 18:19:43 GMT
I thought g c signed a Two and a half year contract in January Correct.
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