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Post by soulgasman on Nov 3, 2021 7:15:35 GMT
Has anybody noticed that we now have a better record than our friends South of the river
BRFC points dropped 27 goal difference -6 BCFC. points dropped 29 goal difference -7
Confirming that we ARE the best team in Bristol
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Post by Officer Barbrady on Nov 3, 2021 7:16:56 GMT
Science.
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Post by Squiffy on Nov 3, 2021 7:23:09 GMT
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Post by garythegas on Nov 3, 2021 10:00:24 GMT
Careful what you write, those humourless souls on otib will be copying and pasting your post to prove how deluded we are. UTG the best team in Bristol.
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Post by barumgas on Nov 3, 2021 10:25:52 GMT
So who will sack their manager first
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Post by legas on Nov 3, 2021 11:40:26 GMT
I remember watching us both in the second tier. I’d rather be arguing about who is the better of two good teams than who is less bad of two poor teams.
While I don’t wish them success and chuckle when they lose, deep down I know we’re all better off with two successful teams in Bristol. They must wonder though, after all the money they’ve spent, how they are still just one poor season away (and one good one on our part) from being back in the same division.
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Post by kruger on Nov 3, 2021 11:55:21 GMT
Has anybody noticed that we now have a better record than our friends South of the river BRFC points dropped 27 goal difference -6 BCFC. points dropped 29 goal difference -7 Confirming that we ARE the best team in Bristol and we got a better ground than them
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Post by mariobalotelli on Nov 3, 2021 14:59:00 GMT
Oh dear
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Post by Jomo on Nov 3, 2021 15:02:28 GMT
I remember watching us both in the second tier. I’d rather be arguing about who is the better of two good teams than who is less bad of two poor teams. While I don’t wish them success and chuckle when they lose, deep down I know we’re all better off with two successful teams in Bristol. They must wonder though, after all the money they’ve spent, how they are still just one poor season away (and one good one on our part) from being back in the same division. I broadly agree with you, it would be great to have competitive Bristol derbies in the Championship, or even (pigs might fly) Prem one day. On your last point though, yes that's true, but what's quite sad about that is that even if that happened, we'd still only be at the same level as them. To be 2 full divisions below our local rivals in spite of them failing all this time to make that last step into the top flight, reflects a lot worse on us than it does them.
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Post by lastminutewinner on Nov 3, 2021 16:55:13 GMT
I remember watching us both in the second tier. I’d rather be arguing about who is the better of two good teams than who is less bad of two poor teams. While I don’t wish them success and chuckle when they lose, deep down I know we’re all better off with two successful teams in Bristol. They must wonder though, after all the money they’ve spent, how they are still just one poor season away (and one good one on our part) from being back in the same division. I broadly agree with you, it would be great to have competitive Bristol derbies in the Championship, or even (pigs might fly) Prem one day. On your last point though, yes that's true, but what's quite sad about that is that even if that happened, we'd still only be at the same level as them. To be 2 full divisions below our local rivals in spite of them failing all this time to make that last step into the top flight, reflects a lot worse on us than it does them.There is no way we can expected to compete with a club that can spend over 5 million on 1 player. We just have to be the best we can with what we have.
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Post by pirate on Nov 3, 2021 17:06:29 GMT
I broadly agree with you, it would be great to have competitive Bristol derbies in the Championship, or even (pigs might fly) Prem one day. On your last point though, yes that's true, but what's quite sad about that is that even if that happened, we'd still only be at the same level as them. To be 2 full divisions below our local rivals in spite of them failing all this time to make that last step into the top flight, reflects a lot worse on us than it does them.There is no way we can expected to compete with a club that can spend over 5 million on 1 player. We just have to be the best we can with what we have. They were spending over a million on a player about 20 years ago, where as our record transfer still remains Andy Tillson for £370,000 nearly 30 years ago.
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Post by chilly1883 on Nov 3, 2021 17:17:06 GMT
There is no way we can expected to compete with a club that can spend over 5 million on 1 player. We just have to be the best we can with what we have. They were spending over a million on a player about 20 years ago, where as our record transfer still remains Andy Tillson for £370,000 nearly 30 years ago. what a great day that was 👍🏽
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Post by lastminutewinner on Nov 3, 2021 17:21:30 GMT
There is no way we can expected to compete with a club that can spend over 5 million on 1 player. We just have to be the best we can with what we have. They were spending over a million on a player about 20 years ago, where as our record transfer still remains Andy Tillson for £370,000 nearly 30 years ago. Madness to think a transfer record exists from almost 30 years ago. I'm not saying you need to spend that much money, but if you dont, you need a very good scouting system in place to compensate for it.
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Post by bambergashead on Nov 3, 2021 17:49:23 GMT
So who will sack their manager first Maybe we could do a swap...?
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 3, 2021 19:01:07 GMT
They were spending over a million on a player about 20 years ago, where as our record transfer still remains Andy Tillson for £370,000 nearly 30 years ago. Madness to think a transfer record exists from almost 30 years ago. I'm not saying you need to spend that much money, but if you dont, you need a very good scouting system in place to compensate for it. Bosman killed off big transfer fees at lower league level, I can't recall any L2 club paying even a £50K+ transfer fee this summer. I wonder what fees we would now be paying if Bosman hadn't destroyed the transfer market, £1m+?
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Post by pirate on Nov 3, 2021 19:20:32 GMT
Madness to think a transfer record exists from almost 30 years ago. I'm not saying you need to spend that much money, but if you dont, you need a very good scouting system in place to compensate for it. Bosman killed off big transfer fees at lower league level, I can't recall any L2 club paying even a £50K+ transfer fee this summer. I wonder what fees we would now be paying if Bosman hadn't destroyed the transfer market, £1m+? Exeter signed Sam Nombe, Josh Coley and Kyle Taylor for fees, Harrogate signed Luke Armstrong for a fee, Orient signed Harry Smith and Aaron Drinan for fees, Mansfield signed Ollie Hawkins for a fee and Carlisle signed Jordan Gibson for a fee.
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Post by socrates on Nov 3, 2021 19:45:47 GMT
I remember watching us both in the second tier. I’d rather be arguing about who is the better of two good teams than who is less bad of two poor teams. While I don’t wish them success and chuckle when they lose, deep down I know we’re all better off with two successful teams in Bristol. They must wonder though, after all the money they’ve spent, how they are still just one poor season away (and one good one on our part) from being back in the same division. All They’ve done in the 15 years or so that lansdown has had them is tread water other than get relegated and come back up again which just goes to show how much money you’ve got to spend on facilities players wages , agent fees etc just to stay in the championship. We’re light years away from that time and I don’t think I’ll see Rovers in the championship again in my lifetime, if we do it’ll probably be similar to Wycombe last year.
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 3, 2021 20:10:45 GMT
Bosman killed off big transfer fees at lower league level, I can't recall any L2 club paying even a £50K+ transfer fee this summer. I wonder what fees we would now be paying if Bosman hadn't destroyed the transfer market, £1m+? Exeter signed Sam Nombe, Josh Coley and Kyle Taylor for fees, Harrogate signed Luke Armstrong for a fee, Orient signed Harry Smith and Aaron Drinan for fees, Mansfield signed Ollie Hawkins for a fee and Carlisle signed Jordan Gibson for a fee. But did any of them go for anything over £50K, which was my point, small fees are still paid, even we're paid and received them but nothing substantial, even Pompey now seem to have stopped splashing out. Posh paid £1m+ for JCH last summer but only after they'd received a few £m for Toney. (Hawkins 4 goals and no assists in 15 games suggests paying a fee is a waste of money anyway!)
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Post by pirate on Nov 3, 2021 20:22:32 GMT
Exeter signed Sam Nombe, Josh Coley and Kyle Taylor for fees, Harrogate signed Luke Armstrong for a fee, Orient signed Harry Smith and Aaron Drinan for fees, Mansfield signed Ollie Hawkins for a fee and Carlisle signed Jordan Gibson for a fee. But did any of them go for anything over £50K, which was my point, small fees are still paid, even we're paid and received them but nothing substantial, even Pompey now seem to have stopped splashing out. Posh paid £1m+ for JCH last summer but only after they'd received a few £m for Toney. (Hawkins 4 goals and no assists in 15 games suggests paying a fee is a waste of money anyway!) Hard to tell these days with most "undisclosed". There are usually enough good players out of contract in the summer not to spend fees, but if a contracted player is good enough to impact your team and you feel he can make a difference then it is worth splashing out.
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Post by Jomo on Nov 3, 2021 20:27:31 GMT
But did any of them go for anything over £50K, which was my point, small fees are still paid, even we're paid and received them but nothing substantial, even Pompey now seem to have stopped splashing out. Posh paid £1m+ for JCH last summer but only after they'd received a few £m for Toney. (Hawkins 4 goals and no assists in 15 games suggests paying a fee is a waste of money anyway!) Hard to tell these days with most "undisclosed". There are usually enough good players out of contract in the summer not to spend fees, but if a contracted player is good enough to impact your team and you feel he can make a difference then it is worth splashing out. Indeed. As you said, Sam Nombe to Exeter is a great example of a club doing great business when paying a fee for a player.
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