Cutting the Cancer out of the Club - JB Presser.

Apologies I forgot the customary smiley.  I’m sure Topper can give me some back if he wishes it really isn’t a problem, especially considering the abuse certain Mods have dished out in the past.

He actually says at the end of the video on YouTube the club's already got the recruitment team in place, not we need a new recruitment team/scouting network. From what he's saying he's talking solely about the players and this was agreed with Wael/MS 4 to 6 weeks ago.

Although it's hardly surprising we need a "reset" on the playing side after the season we've had to undure.

Yeah, his seeming lack of man-management skills has been very surprising, and his decision to do everything so publicly has been a bit bizarre. I don't really understand what he thinks he's hoping to achieve by it.

For me looking at all this, Starnes has to go. If you think back to where we were when Wael first came in - we were a mess. Then Wael tried to improve things and I'm not sure he did, perhaps he trusted too much in DC to almost act as a CEO at times. But either way, you could forgive the naivety as we were pretty much born anew and good things were on the horizon - we were looking up.

Then we brought in Starnes to come in and basically sort out the mistakes we'd made over the past few years and really make us a credible football club. And it worked, for a while. Transfers looked good, we started getting better fees for our top players (not enough though), training ground was on the way and we were investing into a long term strategy.

But since GC left everything good about Rovers literally vanished overnight. With the exception of the training ground, I'd go as far as saying we're in a worse position on and off the pitch than we were when Wael took over. Wael has made many mistake, but ultimately is forgiven for what he does for us, keeping our club alive and investing to try to thrive. Widdrington has made a hash of recruitment, make no doubt about it. But he's had 1 bad year under the guidance of the 2 worst managers in our history and a CEO who have a clue. Is that enough for Widdrington to lose his job? Maybe, but its hard to say from the outside.

Then that brings us onto culprit number 1: Starnes. At the end of the day, he is the CEO of Bristol Rovers Football Club and he has taken us back to the levels of relegation to Non-League. All this has happened in the space of 15 months ffs. The fish rots from the head and there is no way Starnes should have a job come the end of the season.

I don't think he cares when the most appropriate time is.

I have thought we were down since November so may as well crack on and drain the swamp

Just speaking the truth though surely? Isn't that what we've been doing the last 18 months. And we're not exactly wrong either...

Not like you to hold back Pirate, why don't you say what you really feel?

Maybe wouldn't use "Cutting the cancer" as probably not the sensitive of phrases, however can't argue that there is something wrong at the club. You must be in denial if you think these players can keep us up now. They have squandered every chance to pick up points, even when 2 nil up.

Go back to GC days, even fans on here were moaning that we weren't very exciting despite being 4th. GC ended up walking for a job closer to home, missing his family, tired of stick he was unfairly receiving..
. Probably from the same people now moaning about Joey Barton. As fans some need to get a grip, if we spent the season in around the playoff we would absolutely be saying it is a good season.

The playing staff, clearly they are not good enough having performed so poorly for most the season. I don't see how it can be argued that this lot are good group of players just we have been so unlucky to hire 3 bad managers, to be fair to the player Ben Garner was terrible.

Off the pitch, TW has got it wrong if he has been solely responsible for bringing the players in. If he is given the chance this summer to redeem himself, I hope he work closer with manager who ultimately picks the 11 to start on a Saturday. Together they should be able identify the areas that need improving.

So what your saying is we couldn't attract anyone that is a better striker than Hanlon? If that is the case we as a club are screwed because there must be 100s of better strikers in the lower leagues/fringe championship or premiership players that are better than him and the position we were in someone was desperately needed. Tisdale went after Stockley and got let down and had no backup plan,which says to me he went for someone he knew as he couldn't get or know of anyone else to bring in. I found him a pretty lazy kind of manager who didn't do his homework on the club and players before he came in and as they say fail to prepare,prepare to fail.