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Post by c4h10 on Feb 5, 2023 20:44:12 GMT
It’s not supposed to be hilarious if you have an issue with my comment P.M me and I will suitably respond there. I will be reporting the light tube to tThe club as it was a huge distraction. Sorry, but I can't stop laughing. "The way he blew the whistle" Seriously... I thought that as soon as he pushed it down the back of his shorts.
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Post by Charlton Hayes Gas on Feb 5, 2023 20:58:12 GMT
Supporters of average league 1 side, with an average league 1 budget not happy with current average mid table position, despite playing in league 2 last season.
Only reason so many are wound up is because you’ve let your expectations get way too ahead of our station. Get a grip, we’re doing fine.
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Post by lastminutewinner on Feb 5, 2023 21:16:54 GMT
Supporters of average league 1 side, with an average league 1 budget not happy with current average mid table position, despite playing in league 2 last season. Only reason so many are wound up is because you’ve let your expectations get way too ahead of our station. Get a grip, we’re doing fine. Its hard to see where the next point is coming from, and that's a big worry. More worried about getting into a relegation battle with clubs below improving, rather than missing out on play offs
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 5, 2023 21:51:43 GMT
Absolutely Appalling man management His man management is so bad that Luke Thomas spoke about Barton giving him a kick up the backside was exactly what he needed at the time. This was said in an interview after LT had left us, so he could easily have said what he liked, if the truth was different. I don't think Belshaw looked timid or nervous, in the match following JB talking about him in an interview. I don't agree with dropping him, although I don't think it will affect his performances when he gets back in the team. Yes it may be seen to have worked with Luke T. But for every Luke T there are other players of Garner, Max Ehmer, Jack Baldwin and players JB brought in Trevor Clarke and perhaps others Who JB called out and made statements about. And this season Bobby Thomas which I’m sure his home team did not like. And of course has given him even more reason to play well against us very soon. And for Luke T we had just got promotion so Luke T coming out and criticising JB would have been silly. I’m sure LT realised that. Tilly, I like the football JB puts together when he’s concentrating on football but I don’t think anyone could argue with the fact that his man management at times can be very poor, esp against certain players. UTG!
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Post by worrelsterlingalbion on Feb 5, 2023 22:18:35 GMT
None of us know for sure exactly what Bartons relationship with the players is like, a lot assuming Thomas asked to leave because he wasn't happy at being criticised. It could just as easily be that he was aware Barnsley were interested it was nearer home and he already knew the manager from Burnley.
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Post by Gasshole on Feb 5, 2023 22:36:19 GMT
I’ve no idea whether JB is distracted or why. Could have been the faulty strip light in the South Tent.
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Post by Gasshole on Feb 5, 2023 22:45:07 GMT
Just as an aside, when did stopping play to allow a player to put his boot back on become a thing? I think yesterday's ref was very much his own man, with his own interpretation of the rules. Having said that - we still deserved to lose, despite him. Im sure he had his shirt tucked into his pants …..totally unnecessary ….as for his shorts and socks……way to high. Defo dancing to the beat of his own drum.
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Post by oldie on Feb 5, 2023 23:00:59 GMT
I think yesterday's ref was very much his own man, with his own interpretation of the rules. Having said that - we still deserved to lose, despite him. Im sure he had his shirt tucked into his pants …..totally unnecessary ….as for his shorts and socks……way to high. Defo dancing to the beat of his own drum. 😂😂😂
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Post by axegas on Feb 5, 2023 23:12:16 GMT
Supporters of average league 1 side, with an average league 1 budget not happy with current average mid table position, despite playing in league 2 last season. Only reason so many are wound up is because you’ve let your expectations get way too ahead of our station. Get a grip, we’re doing fine. If I’m honest I expect Rovers to have play a lot lot better against three sides in the relegation zone than we have done and I don’t think my expectations are sky high either.
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Post by Gasshole on Feb 5, 2023 23:27:12 GMT
Supporters of average league 1 side, with an average league 1 budget not happy with current average mid table position, despite playing in league 2 last season. Only reason so many are wound up is because you’ve let your expectations get way too ahead of our station. Get a grip, we’re doing fine. If I’m honest I expect Rovers to have play a lot lot better against three sides in the relegation zone than we have done and I don’t think my expectations are sky high either. Axe, please lower your moderate expectations
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Post by RD on Feb 6, 2023 6:46:21 GMT
Supporters of average league 1 side, with an average league 1 budget not happy with current average mid table position, despite playing in league 2 last season. Only reason so many are wound up is because you’ve let your expectations get way too ahead of our station. Get a grip, we’re doing fine. If I’m honest I expect Rovers to have play a lot lot better against three sides in the relegation zone than we have done and I don’t think my expectations are sky high either. This. 3 defeats on the bounce isn't the issue. It's the fact it's 3 defeats against 3 truly awful teams who have beaten us comprehensively. We haven't shown any fight or any ability. Sure it can all change. BUT, if it doesn't, it's hard to see us picking up anywhere close to even another 10 points this season.
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Post by justin blue on Feb 6, 2023 11:58:54 GMT
If I’m honest I expect Rovers to have play a lot lot better against three sides in the relegation zone than we have done and I don’t think my expectations are sky high either. This. 3 defeats on the bounce isn't the issue. It's the fact it's 3 defeats against 3 truly awful teams who have beaten us comprehensively. We haven't shown any fight or any ability. Sure it can all change. BUT, if it doesn't, it's hard to see us picking up anywhere close to even another 10 points this season. We are in a hole that’s for sure, but it doesn’t matter who we lose to three on the bounce is a worry. Last Saturday that early goal caused the damage, but I don’t think we responded badly in the first half and I still expected us to win in at HT, but as the game wore on rovers seemed to run out of steam and the second goal was inevitable. This probably as good as ends any promotion aspirations and the next two games look daunting tbh I think we easily could lose both, but I do think we will pick up enough points to survive comfortably.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Feb 6, 2023 12:19:30 GMT
Just got back... Headless chicken. Possession based football. 3min home debut. Loyalty. Loan claws. We've been well and truly sussed.. These were all talking points. Briefly.... Our headless chicken play in possession with no structure and relying on second half improved performance is wearing and taxing on the average GasHead. This is supported by the lack of atmosphere after the 16th minute, when, very rarely, we heard the Mem in full voice until second half where we bothered their Keeper once - a Finley speculation from 25 yards - a regulation standard catch into the belly from someone cumming. Possession based stats are all very good and well if you get the result you desire more often than not! I disagree with JAB post match comments....he didn't have to pay to watch the stop, side and inside pass from Gordon every time or the non existent threat from the right rendering our flank attack impotent. I did. So did some of you. When does it matter having 58 % possession when you do nothing with it....? It reminds me of a scenario of Quasimodo having the biggest c0ck in the world - what's the point? The home debut of Quansah should be judged after 3 mins.... The naivety of no 3rd division football taught him the lesson, where fella should have stayed on his feet - he was well capable - but the challenge invited a fall , which he duly did, resulting in my (after event) m o m losing a bit of pride there. A fall before a pride, if you will.. I think the trait most football fans will abide by is loyalty. Loyalty to one's club, colours, players etc and ours is no different. Instinctively, I feel loyalty to Belshaw, and to some extent, Evans whom both have performed above expectations before....a number of us felt bemused with both non involvement - which everyone recognised pre match as a risk - and I wonder in the light of the day whether it paid off? Do we have a goalkeeper that inspires more confidence? Are the set pieces being delivered better? Is there a wonder link between defence and attack? Can we find a Keeper to save a penalty? ....I know early days, but for me, er no to all of those fundamental questions. Which brings us back to loyalty....in my opinion, over the last 3 matches and listening to JAB post match comments, he's made some awful decisions. We've played 3 clubs in the bottom 6 and not even looked like 1 point, let alone winning any of them, and we go on to Lincoln and Ipswich next!......so, how long can anyone remain loyal to a good manager (imo) making bad decisions? It feels like JAB has hit a wall. It feels like JAB has dismantled all the hard work to get us where we are, team spirit, never say die attitude etc, submitting to loan claws, yes claws because the keeper situation feels exactly like that. It feels like JAB is turning BG like where insists on playing out defence when sometimes it's clearly dangerous to do so. If JAB can't inspire loyalty to Belly and Evans, why should there be any for him when he underperforms regularly just as much ...? Genuine moments of interest were... A Sinclair shimmy in first half, graceful and delight to watch that bought him time and space to cross....worth some of the admission fee alone! Kicking off 1970s handbag style in Tent End....well done us again. In the interest of trying to extract the last £ for paying GasHeads, reducing season ticket seats for that area has encouraged any old hooligan to chuck things at away fans! Or young, apparently...I thought Bogarde had a great cameo, so play him again.. Their number 12....I thought m o m. And their number 42.... amazing continuing to play with a broken leg!!! I mean, you don't see that sort of bravery every day? An athlete, a true wizard of fitness... So...onto the next match. "I'm just glad we've got 37 points" someone said to me. Hmmmmmm teams have been relegated on more! Don't press panic just yet, but... Just on the kicking off bit pretty inaccurate really. The MK fans threw something at us the majority of which were mums and dads with little kids or over 60s and one young lad threw it back. About 8 or 9 MK fans then tried to have a go crossing the covered seats and I've honestly never felt less intimidated by this kind of thing at a football match. South stand is a popular choice for families who want to sit so placing away fans next door probably more the problem - especially when they are jumped up kids bravely taking on a sparsely populated family stand. T Ah, thanks for clarification. It looked opposite to that with some of our lot throwing bottles at away fans trying to scale to space between and gesticulating. I did see several people move away, including kids being accompanied by adults. This is nothing unique....there's been sporadic problems in that end this season....even Fleetwood kicked off v our stewards and shouts of someone making racist comments from our end have occurred!(?)
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Post by GasAttacK on Feb 6, 2023 12:25:43 GMT
If I’m honest I expect Rovers to have play a lot lot better against three sides in the relegation zone than we have done and I don’t think my expectations are sky high either. This. 3 defeats on the bounce isn't the issue. It's the fact it's 3 defeats against 3 truly awful teams who have beaten us comprehensively. We haven't shown any fight or any ability. Sure it can all change. BUT, if it doesn't, it's hard to see us picking up anywhere close to even another 10 points this season. Agree. It's not really losing 3 on the trot. It's not even losing 3 on the trot to 3 of the worst sides in L1. It's the way we lost those games. In the last 3 games we're playing every bit as bad as when we got relegated 2 years ago. Maybe Thomas was more important than we thought. Take out the Exeter game where Belly had a bad day at the office, we'd only conceded 1 goal or less in 6 of our 7 league games prior to Thomas leaving. 0 - Peterborough 1 - Bolton 0 - Port Vale 1 - Charlton 2 - Wycombe 1 - Cheltenham 1 - Cambridge
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Post by pirate on Feb 6, 2023 12:38:47 GMT
This. 3 defeats on the bounce isn't the issue. It's the fact it's 3 defeats against 3 truly awful teams who have beaten us comprehensively. We haven't shown any fight or any ability. Sure it can all change. BUT, if it doesn't, it's hard to see us picking up anywhere close to even another 10 points this season. Agree. It's not really losing 3 on the trot. It's not even losing 3 on the trot to 3 of the worst sides in L1. It's the way we lost those games. In the last 3 games we're playing every bit as bad as when we got relegated 2 years ago. Maybe Thomas was more important than we thought. Take out the Exeter game where Belly had a bad day at the office, we'd only conceded 1 goal or less in 6 of our 7 league games prior to Thomas leaving. 0 - Peterborough 1 - Bolton 0 - Port Vale 1 - Charlton 2 - Wycombe 1 - Cheltenham 1 - Cambridge Thomas was a good defender and the way he was thrown under the bus and scapegoated by Barton was bizarre. Not surprised he wanted to get away from the club ASAP. He also seems to be performing well for Barnsley and contributing important late winning goal against Oxford and late equaliser on Saturday against Portsmouth.
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Post by baggins on Feb 6, 2023 12:52:55 GMT
Agree. It's not really losing 3 on the trot. It's not even losing 3 on the trot to 3 of the worst sides in L1. It's the way we lost those games. In the last 3 games we're playing every bit as bad as when we got relegated 2 years ago. Maybe Thomas was more important than we thought. Take out the Exeter game where Belly had a bad day at the office, we'd only conceded 1 goal or less in 6 of our 7 league games prior to Thomas leaving. 0 - Peterborough 1 - Bolton 0 - Port Vale 1 - Charlton 2 - Wycombe 1 - Cheltenham 1 - Cambridge Thomas was a good defender and the way he was thrown under the bus and scapegoated by Barton was bizarre. Not surprised he wanted to get away from the club ASAP. He also seems to be performing well for Barnsley and contributing important late winning goal against Oxford and late equaliser on Saturday against Portsmouth. Was Thomas going JB's decision? I thought Burnley recalled him on his way up to Morecombe?
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Post by peterparker on Feb 6, 2023 13:06:32 GMT
Thomas was a good defender and the way he was thrown under the bus and scapegoated by Barton was bizarre. Not surprised he wanted to get away from the club ASAP. He also seems to be performing well for Barnsley and contributing important late winning goal against Oxford and late equaliser on Saturday against Portsmouth. Was Thomas going JB's decision? I thought Burnley recalled him on his way up to Morecombe? I thought Thomas asked to be recalled, probably seeing the writing on the wall. Burnley want him to play, so Burnley found him another club and thus he went. I think, we would have sent him back anyway if we had got players in due to loan numbers, Thomas just got to it, quicker than us
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Post by pirate on Feb 6, 2023 14:10:29 GMT
Thomas was a good defender and the way he was thrown under the bus and scapegoated by Barton was bizarre. Not surprised he wanted to get away from the club ASAP. He also seems to be performing well for Barnsley and contributing important late winning goal against Oxford and late equaliser on Saturday against Portsmouth. Was Thomas going JB's decision? I thought Burnley recalled him on his way up to Morecombe? Thomas asked to be recalled and then Barton basically scapegoated him in the press.
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Post by baggins on Feb 6, 2023 14:44:05 GMT
Was Thomas going JB's decision? I thought Burnley recalled him on his way up to Morecombe? Thomas asked to be recalled and then Barton basically scapegoated him in the press. All got a bit nasty. And unnecessary. Ah well, he's gone, end of.
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Post by oldie on Feb 6, 2023 20:14:24 GMT
Thomas asked to be recalled and then Barton basically scapegoated him in the press. All got a bit nasty. And unnecessary. Ah well, he's gone, end of. Imagine being Mrs Thomas Baggins
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