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Post by gasometer on Mar 20, 2021 17:12:40 GMT
All discerning Rovers fans know that the pathetically inadequate Garner has set the club's playing fortunes back a long way. It could take seasons to recover. His managerial appointment will be seen as arguably the worst in the club's history. This season has been totally miserable. Garner assembled an unbalanced squad of losers who lack a cutting edge, and neither Tisdale nor Barton have been able to turn it round. A near impossible task in fairness. Garner rightly lost his job, but why on earth has Widdrington escaped? As Director of Football he should be ashamed of the mess we are in. He won't resign of course so a P45 is in order. Are there any fans who disagree?
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Post by gasandelectricity on Mar 20, 2021 17:14:01 GMT
Absolutely should go. Tonight as well.
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Post by lastminutewinner on Mar 20, 2021 17:17:23 GMT
TW said the squad was good enough, so should have been given the job til the end of the season to prove it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2021 17:18:10 GMT
No wonder he didn't want the managers job permanently...
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Post by dmacca65 on Mar 20, 2021 17:19:42 GMT
Any decision has to be made end of the season!
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Post by Bourne End Gas on Mar 20, 2021 17:21:20 GMT
Any decision has to be made end of the season! No need to keep him ! No more transfer windows |
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Post by Gastafari on Mar 20, 2021 17:22:52 GMT
All discerning Rovers fans know that the pathetically inadequate Garner has set the club's playing fortunes back a long way. It could take seasons to recover. His managerial appointment will be seen as arguably the worst in the club's history. This season has been totally miserable. Garner assembled an unbalanced squad of losers who lack a cutting edge, and neither Tisdale nor Barton have been able to turn it round. A near impossible task in fairness. Garner rightly lost his job, but why on earth has Widdrington escaped? As Director of Football he should be ashamed of the mess we are in. He won't resign of course so a P45 is in order. Are there any fans who disagree? Yet again. How about the person at the very top, who actually owns the club, and who hired him and gave him the role of DOF in the first place actually having accountability? |
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Post by BS6 Gas on Mar 20, 2021 17:23:34 GMT
All discerning Rovers fans know that the pathetically inadequate Garner has set the club's playing fortunes back a long way. It could take seasons to recover. His managerial appointment will be seen as arguably the worst in the club's history. This season has been totally miserable. Garner assembled an unbalanced squad of losers who lack a cutting edge, and neither Tisdale nor Barton have been able to turn it round. A near impossible task in fairness. Garner rightly lost his job, but why on earth has Widdrington escaped? As Director of Football he should be ashamed of the mess we are in. He won't resign of course so a P45 is in order. Are there any fans who disagree? The reason he’s still here is because WAEL is too weak to sack him. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2021 17:24:01 GMT
40-odd professionals on the books plus a couple on loan but so few of them can hack it at league 1 level.
Three managers have failed to get a tune out of them so I can only assume the players are just not up to league 1 football.
Will be an interesting post match interview from JB.
I actually think the players are trying but just not quite good enough for league 1.
Needs to be a proper review of what went wrong but I don't think anyone at the club is up to that job either.
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Post by alanrg on Mar 20, 2021 17:24:05 GMT
Time 2 go Widdrington u have been a disaster this season has been a shambles
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Post by gasandelectricity on Mar 20, 2021 17:28:37 GMT
All discerning Rovers fans know that the pathetically inadequate Garner has set the club's playing fortunes back a long way. It could take seasons to recover. His managerial appointment will be seen as arguably the worst in the club's history. This season has been totally miserable. Garner assembled an unbalanced squad of losers who lack a cutting edge, and neither Tisdale nor Barton have been able to turn it round. A near impossible task in fairness. Garner rightly lost his job, but why on earth has Widdrington escaped? As Director of Football he should be ashamed of the mess we are in. He won't resign of course so a P45 is in order. Are there any fans who disagree? Yet again. How about the person at the very top, who actually owns the club, and who hired him and gave him the role of DOF in the first place actually having accountability? Wael is investing in us and well as well, he has paid off all of our debts. As frustrated as we are with the performance of those has hired, we should be appreciative of what he has done for us and I am sure he is doing the best he can (which also I'm sure is what he feels is in the best interest of the club.) However, those he has employed need to take a good long look at themselves and that needs to be those on the board as a first point of review. Widdrington should go, and Starnes should be on a warning that much more is expected. |
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Post by Iliveinbidefordgas on Mar 20, 2021 17:30:13 GMT
Widdrington is like Teflon nothing sticks !
And same for his mate starnes
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Post by gregsy on Mar 20, 2021 17:31:16 GMT
Yet again. How about the person at the very top, who actually owns the club, and who hired him and gave him the role of DOF in the first place actually having accountability? Wael is investing in us and well as well, he has paid off all of our debts. As frustrated as we are with the performance of those has hired, we should be appreciative of what he has done for us and I am sure he is doing the best he can (which also I'm sure is what he feels is in the best interest of the club.) However, those he has employed need to take a good long look at themselves and that needs to be those on the board as a first point of review. Widdrington should go, and Starnes should be on a warning that much more is expected. I agree, I would imagine that Starnes being UK based has a bigger hand in all this than peoples reactions seem to suggest.... |
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Post by axegas on Mar 20, 2021 17:36:21 GMT
Yet again. How about the person at the very top, who actually owns the club, and who hired him and gave him the role of DOF in the first place actually having accountability? Wael is investing in us and well as well, he has paid off all of our debts. As frustrated as we are with the performance of those has hired, we should be appreciative of what he has done for us and I am sure he is doing the best he can (which also I'm sure is what he feels is in the best interest of the club.) However, those he has employed need to take a good long look at themselves and that needs to be those on the board as a first point of review. Widdrington should go, and Starnes should be on a warning that much more is expected. As much as I want to defend Wael for putting his money where his mouth was in the summer, the change of direction that he initiated has massively backfired. He appointed Garner and watched while he made erratic decisions, put TW on the board, advocated all this Bristol Rovers identity nonsense. Even the Barton appointment is so far looking as if it hasn’t worked out. Off the pitch, have no problems for his leadership and I’m very grateful for his commitment to the club, but I do think if we go down this season, he’ll be partially at fault for it along with Widdrington/Garner/Tisdale/Starnes/The players. |
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Post by seanclevedongas on Mar 20, 2021 17:37:43 GMT
Yet again. How about the person at the very top, who actually owns the club, and who hired him and gave him the role of DOF in the first place actually having accountability? Wael is investing in us and well as well, he has paid off all of our debts. As frustrated as we are with the performance of those has hired, we should be appreciative of what he has done for us and I am sure he is doing the best he can (which also I'm sure is what he feels is in the best interest of the club.) However, those he has employed need to take a good long look at themselves and that needs to be those on the board as a first point of review. Widdrington should go, and Starnes should be on a warning that much more is expected. I won't claim to know all the facts but wasn't a lot off the debt owed to himself/family and wasn't a lot of it created under his ownership? e.g. all the money he wasted on all the extra staff he employed at board level (Steve Hamer) and throughout the club? all the equipment he bought for the pitch that has never been used? |
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Post by oldmarket65 on Mar 20, 2021 17:42:09 GMT
Its a cock up from top to bottom. The fact our club could be playing in division 4 with no progress on the ground means we are worst off than at any time since 1997.
The fact 10-11000 were packing the Mem a few seasons ago and now this.
Its true Garner spent 95% of the budget on like for like players but who was supervising him ?. Who was overseeing recruitment ?. Its a collective nightmare which we may JUST avoid or face !.
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Post by lastminutewinner on Mar 20, 2021 17:42:12 GMT
Wael is investing in us and well as well, he has paid off all of our debts. As frustrated as we are with the performance of those has hired, we should be appreciative of what he has done for us and I am sure he is doing the best he can (which also I'm sure is what he feels is in the best interest of the club.) However, those he has employed need to take a good long look at themselves and that needs to be those on the board as a first point of review. Widdrington should go, and Starnes should be on a warning that much more is expected. As much as I want to defend Wael for putting his money where his mouth was in the summer, the change of direction that he initiated has massively backfired. He appointed Garner and watched while he made erratic decisions, put TW on the board, advocated all this Bristol Rovers identity nonsense. Even the Barton appointment is so far looking as if it hasn’t worked out. Off the pitch, have no problems for his leadership and I’m very grateful for his commitment to the club, but I do think if we go down this season, he’ll be partially at fault for it along with Widdrington/Garner/Tisdale/Starnes/The players.Agreed. You need a balance of progress on and off the pitch. Unfortunately the people he hired have let the club down on the pitch |
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Post by henry on Mar 20, 2021 17:42:44 GMT
Wael is investing in us and well as well, he has paid off all of our debts. As frustrated as we are with the performance of those has hired, we should be appreciative of what he has done for us and I am sure he is doing the best he can (which also I'm sure is what he feels is in the best interest of the club.) However, those he has employed need to take a good long look at themselves and that needs to be those on the board as a first point of review. Widdrington should go, and Starnes should be on a warning that much more is expected. I won't claim to know all the facts but wasn't a lot off the debt owed to himself/family and wasn't a lot of it created under his ownership? e.g. all the money he wasted on all the extra staff he employed at board level (Steve Hamer) and throughout the club? all the equipment he bought for the pitch that has never been used? Careful you will start Steve off! Of course, you are right and the debt is still there only under a different guise. |
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Post by Gastafari on Mar 20, 2021 17:43:42 GMT
Yet again. How about the person at the very top, who actually owns the club, and who hired him and gave him the role of DOF in the first place actually having accountability? Wael is investing in us and well as well, he has paid off all of our debts. As frustrated as we are with the performance of those has hired, we should be appreciative of what he has done for us and I am sure he is doing the best he can (which also I'm sure is what he feels is in the best interest of the club.) However, those he has employed need to take a good long look at themselves and that needs to be those on the board as a first point of review. Widdrington should go, and Starnes should be on a warning that much more is expected. Indeed he is. But so did Higgs, it didn't mean he was immune from criticism. I appreciate his backing, but ultimately it's his club, and if he keeps employing the wrong people whether it's the CEO, DOF or managers then surely the accountability ultimately should fall at his door? |
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Post by purdownpoacher1 on Mar 20, 2021 17:46:56 GMT
DC got a good result today , just to lighten the gloom , pleased for him 👍
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