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Post by eric on Jan 15, 2023 16:42:25 GMT
But seeing the boss at a game is uplifting. Certainly sends a message He lives and works in Jordan, not Fishponds! And still gets to more games than the most vocal critics on this forum who love to post when we lose !!!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 15, 2023 20:49:14 GMT
It’s football. Good days, bad days and over a season you hope you’ll have just about enough good days to keep you up or at least not going down. And as a group of Rovers fans what have we had? Several Wembley days, good and bad. Two fantastic last days over the past 6 years at least. And for the oldies amongst us wonderful days at Blackpool and a brilliant night at Southend. And now we’re as high as we’ve been this century. Yes, there are always disappointments but in a way you need those to enjoy the highs when they come. All in all I wouldn’t change what we’ve been. (Well I might have changed that match against Mansfield) UTG! Didn't GC and possibly DC have us higher this century? Problem is that sitting back and enjoying being mid table in L1 usually ends with us back in L2 or even lower! I don't sense JB will just sit back and enjoy being a mid table L1 side, the worry is he'll walk if Wael doesn't back him this month. I can't recall Wael ever missing so many consecutive games in the past, which is odd given that we're having our best season since the DC era, he even attended most games during the height of the pandemic. Yes you may be right Topper about sitting back and …. I’ve said elsewhere without the new ground we’re likely to flip flop between the lower leagues and you’re right about JB and his aspirations. But tbh I’m not sure what I can do as an individual except enjoy the football which I am doing. Wael does need to start to deliver some of the big things but it’s easy for me to suggest someone else spends some money! My point was more about the reaction to our normal defeat at AS and the fact that over the past few years we’ve all enjoyed some fantastic last days, visits to Wembley etc. On Saturday we lost, we were poor but win on Saturday it will be forgotten. UTG!
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Jan 15, 2023 21:44:57 GMT
Just got back..
Brilliant away day apart from the football!?
Can't really add anything else.... first goal right in front of us turn and shoot and goal. Matey allowed to turn, no challenge. Matey allowed to shoot, no blocking. Matey allowed to score, no save!?
Epitomised the tone if the footballing day.
Conditions didn't help, but I guess Accy acclimatised to it as used to them....why do we always get them away when weather is sh!te?
Not much else to add. We played poor and Accy thoroughly deserved win.
Big kick in the @rse and there's another thread about gut feeling...well this is exactly why we won't be successful at this time.
Nice seeing some of you yesterday, a great tour 🙂
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Jan 16, 2023 12:51:53 GMT
Just last little thing before this thread dies a death ..
I'm old school. You have to play to the whistle, we didn't do that first goal and continued to play poorly the whole match
The handball incident JAB talks about and puts so much emphasis on (just as poor an excuse as our performance i m o) is in real time at the time, there is a difference between hand ball, and ball hitting hand. Which is rarely approached.
For me the ball bounced up and hit his hand. In no way did he direct his hand onto ball. In my opinion.
I wonder if hypothetically the ball had bounced up onto hand of our defender, and a penalty would be given, would JAB berate poor officials for that?
JAB is of course entitled to his opinion, like all of you are entitled to yours, but I'm glad we can play football where there is room for divergence just because the ball hits hand isn't automatically a penalty. There is context. I think the ref got it right. And we responded poorly.
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Post by Quarters on Jan 16, 2023 12:58:15 GMT
Just last little thing before this thread dies a death .. I'm old school. You have to play to the whistle, we didn't do that first goal and continued to play poorly the whole match The handball incident JAB talks about and puts so much emphasis on (just as poor an excuse as our performance i m o) is in real time at the time, there is a difference between hand ball, and ball hitting hand. Which is rarely approached. For me the ball bounced up and hit his hand. In no way did he direct his hand onto ball. In my opinion. I wonder if hypothetically the ball had bounced up onto hand of our defender, and a penalty would be given, would JAB berate poor officials for that? JAB is of course entitled to his opinion, like all of you are entitled to yours, but I'm glad we can play football where there is room for divergence just because the ball hits hand isn't automatically a penalty. There is context. I think the ref got it right. And we responded poorly. Bizarrely if he had scored the goal after the ball hit his hand then it would (should) be given as handball. They complicate rules these days.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Jan 16, 2023 17:52:22 GMT
Just last little thing before this thread dies a death .. I'm old school. You have to play to the whistle, we didn't do that first goal and continued to play poorly the whole match The handball incident JAB talks about and puts so much emphasis on (just as poor an excuse as our performance i m o) is in real time at the time, there is a difference between hand ball, and ball hitting hand. Which is rarely approached. For me the ball bounced up and hit his hand. In no way did he direct his hand onto ball. In my opinion. I wonder if hypothetically the ball had bounced up onto hand of our defender, and a penalty would be given, would JAB berate poor officials for that? JAB is of course entitled to his opinion, like all of you are entitled to yours, but I'm glad we can play football where there is room for divergence just because the ball hits hand isn't automatically a penalty. There is context. I think the ref got it right. And we responded poorly. Bizarrely if he had scored the goal after the ball hit his hand then it would (should) be given as handball. They complicate rules these days. Are you saying there can't be a goal awarded and accredited from a deflection of the arm/hand?
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Post by The Equaliser on Jan 16, 2023 17:58:30 GMT
Bizarrely if he had scored the goal after the ball hit his hand then it would (should) be given as handball. They complicate rules these days. Are you saying there can't be a goal awarded and accredited from a deflection of the arm/hand? From watching the incident I believe the rule is (should have been) handball/free kick, however it appears the rule is slightly different for attacking/defending players - had it had been a defender I believe it would have been no handball/no free kick. Maybe worth our resident referee confirming that though 👍🏾
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Feb 5, 2023 16:43:46 GMT
Where are all the donuts in the week that thought it was a good idea to basically throw the game in the week by putting out a B side to concentrate on the league. Worked out well that 👏🙈 Still here, pointless cup that the authorities ruined. Anyway I’m not going down that subject again tonight. What about today? It's gone really well for us resting players in that cup games hasn't it. 😔
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Feb 5, 2023 16:44:09 GMT
Where are all the donuts in the week that thought it was a good idea to basically throw the game in the week by putting out a B side to concentrate on the league. Worked out well that 👏🙈 [br Us donuts are still here and still think it's the right decision. What if Collins or Coburn got injured and was out for 6 weeks our squad depth is not good enough to cope with such a loss. We are desperately missing Rossiter who got injured in the same pointless competition. I would rather trust JB than some know it all from a forum. Gone really well since hasn't it! 😔
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Post by Somersetgas on Feb 5, 2023 17:09:43 GMT
Still here, pointless cup that the authorities ruined. Anyway I’m not going down that subject again tonight. What about today? It's gone really well for us resting players in that cup games hasn't it. 😔 I still have no arguments about it, the correct decision, should Collins of been injured in that game there would of been uproar, anyway it’s good to see you’ve had plenty of time on your hands today to find a old thread and quote me.
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Post by bidefordgas on Feb 5, 2023 19:41:18 GMT
What about today? It's gone really well for us resting players in that cup games hasn't it. 😔 I still have no arguments about it, the correct decision, should Collins of been injured in that game there would of been uproar, anyway it’s good to see you’ve had plenty of time on your hands today to find a old thread and quote me. He does it to loads of us on here on a regular basis. Nothing better to do than resurrect old threads and deride peoples opinions/ quotes. Nobody bothers doing the same to him, we make better use of our spare time, if we did every other thread would be about ggmi’s bloopers!
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Feb 5, 2023 21:39:24 GMT
What about today? It's gone really well for us resting players in that cup games hasn't it. 😔 I still have no arguments about it, the correct decision, should Collins of been injured in that game there would of been uproar, anyway it’s good to see you’ve had plenty of time on your hands today to find a old thread and quote me. If Collins was injured in any game it'd be disappointing. It wasn't just one player that was changed anyway, it was practically the whole team. Big mistake as proven since.
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Post by Somersetgas on Feb 5, 2023 22:50:15 GMT
I still have no arguments about it, the correct decision, should Collins of been injured in that game there would of been uproar, anyway it’s good to see you’ve had plenty of time on your hands today to find a old thread and quote me. If Collins was injured in any game it'd be disappointing. It wasn't just one player that was changed anyway, it was practically the whole team. Big mistake as proven since. Totally disagree, remember the uproar in an earlier game when Collins rolled his ankle and people said he shouldn’t have played? The tinpot is a worthless competition ruined by the authorities. Still loads of points to play for this season, so chin up. BTW how long did you spend this afternoon digging up old posts again?
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Post by RD on Feb 6, 2023 6:50:39 GMT
If Collins was injured in any game it'd be disappointing. It wasn't just one player that was changed anyway, it was practically the whole team. Big mistake as proven since. Totally disagree, remember the uproar in an earlier game when Collins rolled his ankle and people said he shouldn’t have played? The tinpot is a worthless competition ruined by the authorities. Still loads of points to play for this season, so chin up. BTW how long did you spend this afternoon digging up old posts again? All valid points, but what about the players themselves? For some of them it may have been the closest they'd ever get to playing at Wembley. One thing if your Man City and saying you've got bigger fish to fry, but I'd hazard a guess the players were devastated we effectively threw away a real opportunity. Recent half-hearted performances also add further weight to this argument.
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Post by Colyton Gas on Feb 8, 2023 21:06:45 GMT
Accrington drew 1-1 at Vale last night.Vale attempt going in and Accrington player deliberately stopped it with his arm.Vale player belted the rebound into the net but ref sent the Accrington player off ,gave a pen which Keeper saved.A one second delay by the ref would have avoided the pen but he blew as soon as the defender handled it.Vale incensed,Well worth a watch on You Tube. No Snakey or Ellis though.
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 8, 2023 22:02:54 GMT
That's a totally bizarre decision, why blow when he did when it always looked like PV would score. The decision for Accys pen looked dodgy as well
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 8, 2023 22:06:15 GMT
Totally disagree, remember the uproar in an earlier game when Collins rolled his ankle and people said he shouldn’t have played? The tinpot is a worthless competition ruined by the authorities. Still loads of points to play for this season, so chin up. BTW how long did you spend this afternoon digging up old posts again? All valid points, but what about the players themselves? For some of them it may have been the closest they'd ever get to playing at Wembley. One thing if your Man City and saying you've got bigger fish to fry, but I'd hazard a guess the players were devastated we effectively threw away a real opportunity. Recent half-hearted performances also add further weight to this argument. You do wonder if the club deliberately stopped the players from potentially picking up bonuses for getting to Wembley &/or winning the trophy. Whatever went on around the time of the 'Muff game seems to have affected the team as before that we were still winning games without Rossiter, now it looks like we can't buy a win.
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Post by Tilly's Thighs on Feb 9, 2023 11:13:12 GMT
All valid points, but what about the players themselves? For some of them it may have been the closest they'd ever get to playing at Wembley. One thing if your Man City and saying you've got bigger fish to fry, but I'd hazard a guess the players were devastated we effectively threw away a real opportunity. Recent half-hearted performances also add further weight to this argument. You do wonder if the club deliberately stopped the players from potentially picking up bonuses for getting to Wembley &/or winning the trophy. Whatever went on around the time of the 'Muff game seems to have affected the team as before that we were still winning games without Rossiter, now it looks like we can't buy a win. Surely any bonuses wouldn't be large enough to outstrip the income from a Wembley final, would they?
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Feb 9, 2023 11:19:18 GMT
That's a totally bizarre decision, why blow when he did when it always looked like PV would score. The decision for Accys pen looked dodgy as well Aye. They’ve been robbed there. Unless he blew the whistle before the ball went in, but there doesn’t seem enough time.
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