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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2020 21:51:02 GMT
Is it just me, but now we're in League 1 I'm more than happy to just stay there? I know it was all a long time ago but rovers should be top 3rd tier side and have decent spells mostly struggling in the 2nd tier. We all enjoyed the trollope and dc promotions but in truth the last time we had a really decent team was in 1999. For me the top 2 divisions are the only ones worth being in but of course we still go along.
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Post by Jomo on Aug 31, 2020 21:58:58 GMT
Is it just me, but now we're in League 1 I'm more than happy to just stay there? I know it was all a long time ago but rovers should be top 3rd tier side and have decent spells mostly struggling in the 2nd tier. We all enjoyed the trollope and dc promotions but in truth the last time we had a really decent team was in 1999. For me the top 2 divisions are the only ones worth being in but of course we still go along. You hit the nail on the head with the first bit. It was a long time ago. Football moved on and we didn't. Looking back on past glories isn't going to do anyone any favours. I hope for a successful season and for us to get into the Championship would be superb, but to sneer at L1 football for a club like us, you've got your head in the clouds.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2020 23:20:28 GMT
I know it was all a long time ago but rovers should be top 3rd tier side and have decent spells mostly struggling in the 2nd tier. We all enjoyed the trollope and dc promotions but in truth the last time we had a really decent team was in 1999. For me the top 2 divisions are the only ones worth being in but of course we still go along. You hit the nail on the head with the first bit. It was a long time ago. Football moved on and we didn't. Looking back on past glories isn't going to do anyone any favours. I hope for a successful season and for us to get into the Championship would be superb, but to sneer at L1 football for a club like us, you've got your head in the clouds. You say "sneer" but i think of it as disappointment and melancholy of still playing shrewsbury,gillingham and tranmere after all these years. There are no "past glories" in our history as we have never played arsenal in a league game. Like i said we go along and jump up and down when we have good times but deep down its all in backwater lower league football. The clue is in the name for me BRISTOL rovers,you know a great big city like leeds,newcastle and not at all like rochdale and wimbledon.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 1:50:01 GMT
Is it just me, but now we're in League 1 I'm more than happy to just stay there? I know it was all a long time ago but rovers should be top 3rd tier side and have decent spells mostly struggling in the 2nd tier. We all enjoyed the trollope and dc promotions but in truth the last time we had a really decent team was in 1999. For me the top 2 divisions are the only ones worth being in but of course we still go along. Easy to dismiss DC’s side, but if we had kept hold of Taylor we mayb have made the play offs which would have made DC more successful than Holloway’s side. They played a lot of pretty football and of course Cureton and Roberts but they bottled it when it mattered from a ridiculously positive position. Arguably the club itself has never truly recovered from that diabolical ending to the season and even DC’s heroics only went as far as achieving parity on paper
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Sept 1, 2020 5:32:20 GMT
Like OP think its wonderful us being in L1 after the Conference. Tbh like me BRFC dont feel like they are going anywhere but they are still in good health and I am happy with my owner too. So I look forward to a new football season. Rovers till I die! You have an owner???
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 6:41:39 GMT
Like OP think its wonderful us being in L1 after the Conference. Tbh like me BRFC dont feel like they are going anywhere but they are still in good health and I am happy with my owner too. So I look forward to a new football season. Rovers till I die! You have an owner??? . Baggins? Nah, he wouldn’t say he was happy.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Sept 1, 2020 6:44:28 GMT
. Baggins? Nah, he wouldn’t say he was happy. Baggins doesnt allow his servants access to an education or the outside world.
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Post by pirate on Sept 1, 2020 8:06:40 GMT
Until we sign 2 strikers with genuine potential to score goals st this level then any suggestion of promotion is far fetched to say the least. Our striker options are currently as weak as I can remember for many a year.
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Post by Rovers 12th Man on Sept 1, 2020 8:18:52 GMT
Until we sign 2 strikers with genuine potential to score goals st this level then any suggestion of promotion is far fetched to say the least. Our striker options are currently as weak as I can remember for many a year. Exactly this. Although they have potential, we currently have no strikers with proper football league experience making play-off/promotion talk a bit premature I would suggest. Other areas of the squad are looking very good though.
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Post by warehamgas on Sept 1, 2020 8:33:46 GMT
Until we sign 2 strikers with genuine potential to score goals st this level then any suggestion of promotion is far fetched to say the least. Our striker options are currently as weak as I can remember for many a year. We might get away with one but I agree with your basic point, we need a striker. But after the recruitment we’ve done it just doesn’t feel as bad as, say 2018, when it was awful and we resorted to panicking. i can’t believe after the good recruitment so far we will waste it by not getting a forward in and with the extended window we’ve more time this year. I suppose with the way BG wants to play it’s not just a question of getting a big No.9 in, he will be more choosy about the player he wants and I guess that makes it harder to find him. But I’m sure TW is on it, we might just have to be more patient. ps. I see Joe Nuttall has joined Northampton on loan from Blackpool. Weren’t we linked with him in the past? UTG!
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Post by Topper Gas on Sept 1, 2020 8:56:03 GMT
FourFourTwo predicted Wycombe to get relegated last year and an Ipswich Sunderland 1/2. Agreed, their predictions are going to be no better than mine or yours. I'd rather have Oxford and Hull I think. At better prices too. Although I expect them all to be up there. Posh had Toney and Madison last season and still didn't make the top 6, not sure they'll do any better this season without them. Unless we really have been mugged when we sold them JCH.
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Post by Jomo on Sept 1, 2020 9:04:16 GMT
You hit the nail on the head with the first bit. It was a long time ago. Football moved on and we didn't. Looking back on past glories isn't going to do anyone any favours. I hope for a successful season and for us to get into the Championship would be superb, but to sneer at L1 football for a club like us, you've got your head in the clouds. You say "sneer" but i think of it as disappointment and melancholy of still playing shrewsbury,gillingham and tranmere after all these years. There are no "past glories" in our history as we have never played arsenal in a league game. Like i said we go along and jump up and down when we have good times but deep down its all in backwater lower league football. The clue is in the name for me BRISTOL rovers,you know a great big city like leeds,newcastle and not at all like rochdale and wimbledon. Fair comments bb, I guess we all see it a little differently. I happen to think that it's all relative and probably Everton fans feel more miserable at being in the shadow of Liverpool for decades, despite the fact they've been in the Premier League for all their lives. They don't know any different. At least we've been able to experience the elation of a few promotions in recent years. I would also say that fans of the likes of Reading, Hull, Blackpool, Wigan, Ipswich etc, don't feel any better off than us for having been a Premier League club. It's human nature, we always want to next best thing and are never satisfied with our lot. If we ever get to the Championship or beyond, it won't take long for the novelty to wear off I'm afraid.
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Post by Icegas on Sept 1, 2020 9:17:17 GMT
You hit the nail on the head with the first bit. It was a long time ago. Football moved on and we didn't. Looking back on past glories isn't going to do anyone any favours. I hope for a successful season and for us to get into the Championship would be superb, but to sneer at L1 football for a club like us, you've got your head in the clouds. You say "sneer" but i think of it as disappointment and melancholy of still playing shrewsbury,gillingham and tranmere after all these years. There are no "past glories" in our history as we have never played arsenal in a league game. Like i said we go along and jump up and down when we have good times but deep down its all in backwater lower league football. The clue is in the name for me BRISTOL rovers,you know a great big city like leeds,newcastle and not at all like rochdale and wimbledon. We are a club that even while we still call the old dog the Mem our home should still always be aiming for promotion from L1.We attract a near full houses when we are doing well, and as you stated we are from one of the Largest places in the country. We get a new stadium of 20k plus and we are a championship or above level club with our potential fanbase.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 11:20:54 GMT
I know it was all a long time ago but rovers should be top 3rd tier side and have decent spells mostly struggling in the 2nd tier. We all enjoyed the trollope and dc promotions but in truth the last time we had a really decent team was in 1999. For me the top 2 divisions are the only ones worth being in but of course we still go along. Easy to dismiss DC’s side, but if we had kept hold of Taylor we mayb have made the play offs which would have made DC more successful than Holloway’s side. They played a lot of pretty football and of course Cureton and Roberts but they bottled it when it mattered from a ridiculously positive position. Arguably the club itself has never truly recovered from that diabolical ending to the season and even DC’s heroics only went as far as achieving parity on paper Not dismissing the dc team,in many ways they were my favourite team and i felt as if i knew the players in that team. I also actually had 2 long conversations with DC which was great. The DC years were about recovery from total disaster and as such very enjoyable. But the big picture is that were far away from what we should be which is a championship club with a decent stadium.
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Post by Topper Gas on Sept 1, 2020 11:42:05 GMT
Easy to dismiss DC’s side, but if we had kept hold of Taylor we mayb have made the play offs which would have made DC more successful than Holloway’s side. They played a lot of pretty football and of course Cureton and Roberts but they bottled it when it mattered from a ridiculously positive position. Arguably the club itself has never truly recovered from that diabolical ending to the season and even DC’s heroics only went as far as achieving parity on paper Not dismissing the dc team,in many ways they were my favourite team and i felt as if i knew the players in that team. I also actually had 2 long conversations with DC which was great. The DC years were about recovery from total disaster and as such very enjoyable. But the big picture is that were far away from what we should be which is a championship club with a decent stadium. Didn't the 82'ers sign MT to stop us having any chance of promotion? We were around the play off places when he left so may well have made the top 6 if he'd stayed, likewise this season for the first half of the season we were around the top 6, not sure Wycombe or Oxford were any better than us this season. Unless we sign a striker capable of scoring 15+ goals, or JA surprises us, I can't we've any chance of making the playoffs this season, as a club we just never seem to have the ambition to make the next step in order to get promotion.
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Post by baggins on Sept 1, 2020 11:49:55 GMT
Not dismissing the dc team,in many ways they were my favourite team and i felt as if i knew the players in that team. I also actually had 2 long conversations with DC which was great. The DC years were about recovery from total disaster and as such very enjoyable. But the big picture is that were far away from what we should be which is a championship club with a decent stadium. Didn't the 82'ers sign MT to stop us having any chance of promotion? We were around the play off places when he left so may well have made the top 6 if he'd stayed, likewise this season for the first half of the season we were around the top 6, not sure Wycombe or Oxford were any better than us this season. Unless we sign a striker capable of scoring 15+ goals, or JA surprises us, I can't we've any chance of making the playoffs this season, as a club we just never seem to have the ambition to make the next step in order to get promotion. No ambition? Come on chap, there's plenty of ambition and we're getting there, slowly but surely, but how much do you reckon we need (I say we, I mean Wael), to spend to get there? Considering the big money clubs who we are currently up against?
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Post by Keynsham Rover on Sept 1, 2020 12:04:11 GMT
We're in a unique position in that every area of the team is seemingly accounted for aside from our central striker. Sign a couple of proven L1 goalscorers for up top and we could be in with a genuine chance this season.
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Post by baggins on Sept 1, 2020 12:10:07 GMT
We're in a unique position in that every area of the team is seemingly accounted for aside from our central striker. Sign a couple of proven L1 goalscorers for up top and we could be in with a genuine chance this season. Even if we do, Hull, Ipswich, Sunderland, Wigan to name but a few, going to tough.
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Sept 1, 2020 12:15:54 GMT
The last thing we should do right now is panic over getting a striker in and overpaying for a Payne or Nichols on a long contract. Might not be popular but I’d be happy with a couple of loans to supplement what we have unless we really know what we’re getting.
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Post by gascoach on Sept 1, 2020 12:46:10 GMT
The last thing we should do right now is panic over getting a striker in and overpaying for a Payne or Nichols on a long contract. Might not be popular but I’d be happy with a couple of loans to supplement what we have unless we really know what we’re getting. This is where I am at with things personally. As mentioned earlier, none of us have had a good look at Daly. If he turns out to be good then you have him and Ayunga (Who I think will be a decent player). JML in the 9 looked tidy against Cardiff. This doesn't mean we shouldn't look to sign someone but that there isn't a need to panic just yet. Of course, if Daly is rubbish and Ayunga takes 6 months to find his feet then i'm completely wrong.
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