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Post by Hugo the Elder on May 30, 2016 6:55:36 GMT
Aren't we all happy DC has stayed and committed his future the gas, let's hope he doesn't see this post in the future and exactly what the post is saying. What exactly is wrong with the post though? Had DC have left, there would have been a mixture of emotions and this post wouldn't have been alone. It was pre-emptive but not as offensive as some of the replies suggest. DC would hardly mind would he?! He would expect some stick amongst the well wishes. You need more bait on your hook.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on May 30, 2016 7:42:41 GMT
Yeah, coz the young manager Clarke has done well since joining Bristol Rovers. He may have got off to a poor start what with relegation to the Conference, but since then he has built a team with spirit who will fight for each other. His selections have been vindicated by back to back promotions and a rapid rise through the leagues. But, if Darrell Clarke were to leave for somewhere like Leeds, I'd have to say, Oi, Clarke, No! He may have instilled team-spirit and a squad mentality with a knack for the late goal, and he may be fun in a post-promotion celebration or when taunting the local press of a promotion rival, but if he were to come round my house, in the middle of the night and maybe stand outside my window shouting 'Print that, you Bastard,' and wake up my family when they've got school the next day, and perhaps an important exam, then I'd have to put him in his place, sharpish. He may treat each game as a separate project and select accordingly, with recourse to a variety of formations and line-ups tailored to the opposition, but if he were to sneak out of the ground at half time when he was supposed to be doing his all-important team talk, and let down the tyres of my Toyota Corolla, or smash the side window in an effort to steal my car radio, I'd the first to sort him out. Or if instead of taking training one morning, he took his car out for a killing spree, mounting the pavement deliberately and running over kids and old ladies and making up an arbitrary points system based on the pathos of the victim, I'd tell him Oi, Clarke, no! Drive properly, you're only League 1, you know. Or, if he were to pick James Clarke instead of Daniel Leadbitter in a crucial away game, maybe going 5-3-2 instead of a more attacking 4-4-2, resulting in a 0-0 draw, I'd have to say, Oi, Clarke, you fat northern nonce, f**k off to Leeds you complete tosser!
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Post by warehamgas on May 30, 2016 7:46:05 GMT
Blimey, since DCs news has everyone had a operation for humour enhancement? Just when he could have got loadsamoney for going to Leeds. I like it! UTG!
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Post by oldgas on May 30, 2016 8:38:07 GMT
All I can say is that if DC does decide to accept the Leeds job then as far as I am concerned he can F@ck off and good riddance. He said he would stay until he had established us in a top 10 position in League 1 and that we could hold him to that. He made that pledge when the club didn't have 2 pennies to rub together. The club is now a totally different proposition, there is money and hopefully a new stadium to come. He has just been offered a 3 year contract FFS. All his bowing to the crowd, getting watered with the fans and singing promotion songs, what was that for? If he goes, F!!! Him. I hope he gets all he deserves. Let's hope the owner/chairman can find the right replacement End of rant. Aren't we all happy DC has stayed and committed his future the gas, let's hope he doesn't see this post in the future and exactly what the post is saying. And you can criticise as much as you want. That was how I was feeling at the time and spoke my mind. In the old days we would have taken the money and waved bye-bye. I still haven't got used to the fact that, as a club, we now have the muscle to fight and protect our interests. UTG
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Post by gaseous on May 30, 2016 12:22:54 GMT
Aren't we all happy DC has stayed and committed his future the gas, let's hope he doesn't see this post in the future and exactly what the post is saying. And you can criticise as much as you want. That was how I was feeling at the time and spoke my mind. In the old days we would have taken the money and waved bye-bye. I still haven't got used to the fact that, as a club, we now have the muscle to fight and protect our interests. UTG I agree in the past we would've let him go and taken the compensation but sometimes it is easy to jump the gun and say something like you did when all it required was a little patience. The time frame from when they showed their interest and his and the clubs statement was only a matter of days, this thread shows how easily peoples views change, fickle lot, to be fair he was on a well earned break, surely we can forgive him for that.
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Post by althepirate on May 30, 2016 13:35:10 GMT
And you can criticise as much as you want. That was how I was feeling at the time and spoke my mind. In the old days we would have taken the money and waved bye-bye. I still haven't got used to the fact that, as a club, we now have the muscle to fight and protect our interests. UTG I agree in the past we would've let him go and taken the compensation but sometimes it is easy to jump the gun and say something like you did when all it required was a little patience. The time frame from when they showed their interest and his and the clubs statement was only a matter of days, this thread shows how easily peoples views change, fickle lot, to be fair he was on a well earned break, surely we can forgive him for that. Apparently not, some people want him to be on a bus going around Kinsgwood. Those who have been ultra negative should learn from this. Don't let old fears surface, the time has come to start believing, I know its hard after all these years. Chappell should make a public apology. Wael went in the supporters club and down the Gloucester Rd what more does this guy want, apart from a free seat in box 1?
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Post by Finnish Gas on Jun 2, 2016 8:39:53 GMT
Opinion: 3 reasons why Bristol Rovers boss Darrell Clarke turned down Leeds United1) Leeds’ instabilityThe instability at Elland Road has been well-documented since Cellino took over the club in 2014. Perhaps the takeover was a sign of what was to come with confusion as to whether Brian McDermott, the boss at the time, had been sacked or not. More managing controversy occurred with the short reign of David Hockaday only last 70 days later in that year. Therefore, it is clear to see that Leeds United is definitely not the place some managers will not want to be applying their trade to anytime soon. Not only does the club have an owner hell-bent on bringing in new managers every few months, but it is also a club that comes with tremendous pressure with Cellino looking over the manager’s shoulder every two minutes. No manager would want to fear for their job off the back of one bad result but that seems to be the case at Leeds. Darrell Clarke seems to have chosen his move wisely in not being lulled in by the trap Leeds have become. Yes, perhaps his wages would have doubled or tripled, but for what? 6 months at most in a job that is more than likely to end before he has even started it. 2) Rovers’ potentialSome fans may not have realised, but what has gone on at Bristol Rovers this season is one of the best in their club’s history. Not only have they reached League One for the first time in years 6 years but they have also been taken over by a Jordanian Billionaire. Wael Al-Qadi took over earlier in 2016 and has expressed his reasons for investing in the club due to tremendous ‘potential.’ Moreover, the Jordanian looks to be much more measured than that of Cellino in the way that he is looking to build a new stadium for the club. As a result, it looks as if Darrell Clarke’s rejection of Leeds is not only due to the instability of Leeds but also due to the tremendous situation Rovers find themselves in. One thing is for sure, Clarke looks to be in a good situation at Rovers and it seems he has realised that – meaning that he will not be lulled away by clubs such as Leeds that would provide just a short time in charge. 3) Clarke’s love for RoversAs his first Football League club, Darrell Clarke looks to have fallen in love with the south-west side. The club had given him an opportunity to rebuild the side after their relegation to the Conference in 2013/14, showing the belief the club has in the boss. Since then, he has brought the squad close together and overseen back-to-back promotions with more or less the same squad. The love Clarke has Rovers was typified with his end of season celebrations in a local pub with fans at the end of the 2014/15 season – following the club’s victory in the Conference play-off final at Wembley. This, again, shows that it isn’t just the instability at Leeds that saw him reject an offer, but his love for Rovers too. He has also pledged his loyalty to the club by signing a new three year deal – showing that he wants to be the man to take the club forward. Source: footballleagueworld.co.uk/opinion-3-reasons-why-bristol-rovers-boss-darrell-clarke-turned-down-leeds-united/
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Post by gregsy on Jun 2, 2016 9:04:05 GMT
Opinion: 3 reasons why Bristol Rovers boss Darrell Clarke turned down Leeds United1) Leeds’ instabilityThe instability at Elland Road has been well-documented since Cellino took over the club in 2014. Perhaps the takeover was a sign of what was to come with confusion as to whether Brian McDermott, the boss at the time, had been sacked or not. More managing controversy occurred with the short reign of David Hockaday only last 70 days later in that year. Therefore, it is clear to see that Leeds United is definitely not the place some managers will not want to be applying their trade to anytime soon. Not only does the club have an owner hell-bent on bringing in new managers every few months, but it is also a club that comes with tremendous pressure with Cellino looking over the manager’s shoulder every two minutes. No manager would want to fear for their job off the back of one bad result but that seems to be the case at Leeds. Darrell Clarke seems to have chosen his move wisely in not being lulled in by the trap Leeds have become. Yes, perhaps his wages would have doubled or tripled, but for what? 6 months at most in a job that is more than likely to end before he has even started it. 2) Rovers’ potentialSome fans may not have realised, but what has gone on at Bristol Rovers this season is one of the best in their club’s history. Not only have they reached League One for the first time in years 6 years but they have also been taken over by a Jordanian Billionaire. Wael Al-Qadi took over earlier in 2016 and has expressed his reasons for investing in the club due to tremendous ‘potential.’ Moreover, the Jordanian looks to be much more measured than that of Cellino in the way that he is looking to build a new stadium for the club. As a result, it looks as if Darrell Clarke’s rejection of Leeds is not only due to the instability of Leeds but also due to the tremendous situation Rovers find themselves in. One thing is for sure, Clarke looks to be in a good situation at Rovers and it seems he has realised that – meaning that he will not be lulled away by clubs such as Leeds that would provide just a short time in charge. 3) Clarke’s love for RoversAs his first Football League club, Darrell Clarke looks to have fallen in love with the south-west side. The club had given him an opportunity to rebuild the side after their relegation to the Conference in 2013/14, showing the belief the club has in the boss. Since then, he has brought the squad close together and overseen back-to-back promotions with more or less the same squad. The love Clarke has Rovers was typified with his end of season celebrations in a local pub with fans at the end of the 2014/15 season – following the club’s victory in the Conference play-off final at Wembley. This, again, shows that it isn’t just the instability at Leeds that saw him reject an offer, but his love for Rovers too. He has also pledged his loyalty to the club by signing a new three year deal – showing that he wants to be the man to take the club forward. Source: footballleagueworld.co.uk/opinion-3-reasons-why-bristol-rovers-boss-darrell-clarke-turned-down-leeds-united/ "Some fans may not have realised, but what has gone on at Bristol Rovers this season is one of the best in their club’s history. Not only have they reached League One for the first time in years 6 years but they have also been taken over by a Jordanian Billionaire".
ah, that'll be the group of fans stranded on a desert island off the coast of mauritius.....
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Jun 2, 2016 9:16:31 GMT
"Some fans may not have realised, but what has gone on at Bristol Rovers this season is one of the best in their club’s history. Not only have they reached League One for the first time in years 6 years but they have also been taken over by a Jordanian Billionaire".
ah, that'll be the group of fans stranded on a desert island off the coast of mauritius.....
Some fans may not realise this, but a lot of the internet is full of complete sh**e which is merely trying to get you to click on the next page so they can make money. Instead of creating interesting content, they merely try to drag out an article as long as possible. Usually they do this my rephrasing the same old sh** over and over again. Sometimes the technique they use is merely to say things in a different way and repeat this technique several times. So what they end up with is often a much longer article than they otherwise would have come up with had they succinctly described just the facts. In that way they can stretch the content to several pages. Another way to help them get more clicks is to describe their information in the form of lists. They can enumerate several facts in the article in order and encourage people to read the whole article, perhaps by promising that one of the facts is particular interesting or unbelievable. Sometimes, though, they will create a litany of the established actuality merely by wording things in a novel format that is essentially recourse to synonyms, metonyms and other equivalent words that mean the same as the previous words which have precisely the same meaning as the sentences they made before.
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Post by gregsy on Jun 2, 2016 9:21:35 GMT
"Some fans may not have realised, but what has gone on at Bristol Rovers this season is one of the best in their club’s history. Not only have they reached League One for the first time in years 6 years but they have also been taken over by a Jordanian Billionaire".
ah, that'll be the group of fans stranded on a desert island off the coast of mauritius.....
Some fans may not realise this, but a lot of the internet is full of complete sh**e which is merely trying to get you to click on the next page so they can make money. Instead of creating interesting content, they merely try to drag out an article as long as possible. Usually they do this my rephrasing the same old sh** over and over again. Sometimes the technique they use is merely to say things in a different way and repeat this technique several times. So what they end up with is often a much longer article than they otherwise would have come up with had they succinctly described just the facts. In that way they can stretch the content to several pages. Another way to help them get more clicks is to describe their information in the form of lists. They can enumerate several facts in the article in order and encourage people to read the whole article, perhaps by promising that one of the facts is particular interesting or unbelievable. Sometimes, though, they will create a litany of the established actuality merely by wording things in a novel format that is essentially recourse to synonyms, metonyms and other equivalent words that mean the same as the previous words which have precisely the same meaning as the sentences they made before. how was the flight from Mauritius?
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Post by gregsy on Jun 2, 2016 9:31:19 GMT
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Post by Strange Gas on Jun 2, 2016 9:40:46 GMT
One year deal might tell you why DC is staying put, or at least a key deciding factor
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Post by HorndeanGas on Jun 2, 2016 10:23:13 GMT
1973 A drunken joke if Leeds were not going to play football until next year.. ie 2017 they wouldn't need a manager until then. Sorry childish humour after a pint. ?
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