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Post by grayraydon on Dec 19, 2016 12:45:38 GMT
To even suggest getting rid of DC and getting Rowett in after a poor 6 or so games just ridiculous and epitomises everything wrong with football fans in this instant culture.
Yeah he's done good getting us promoted twice in two years but we've lost a few games recently and are only mid table in league 1!! why bother giving him a chance to sort out this little blip, just get rid innit and start over again.
MELTDOWN!!!!!
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Post by LJG on Dec 19, 2016 12:55:49 GMT
Faith in the team and manager in the conference and league 2 was fine all worked together including the hordes of gas up and down the country.
But now are DC the players up to the task No not getting another promotion but to sustain our position in this league.
Saturdays game was the most disappointing and lack luster performance I have seen for years it does seem that the confidence has gone from the team , the tactics don't work anymore and we are being ridiculed, yes every team has its down side and a period of bad performances but against a Shrewsbury team that are bottom of the league, that are riddled by suspensions and injuries was an embarresment especially in front of a full house of away fans.
Yes Puddy had a howler for the first goal but more than made up for it 10 minutes later with a fine one handed save to put the ball over the top from close range. But look at the rest of the team as well Puddy did not loose us the match entirely by himself , like when we were relegated it was not Mansfield who relegated us it was the season as a whole.
Unfortunately I do now think that perhaps DC and the boys are fighting above their weight and we need to address this immediately starting with a goalkeeper we have not had a decent goalie since Nigel Martin and look at the keepers before him we always had a tremendous keeper in our side.
DC has done a great job for us getting us to where we are now but I di not think he has the experience to take us forward and that goes for playing staff as well.
At the moment Gary Rowlett who has just been sacked from Birmingham City for no reason at all is available and he could well be the additional link in the chain we need to stabalize and move forward he did a great job at the Blues with little or no budget and has the experience at a higher level. DC will become a great manager in time but I thing he needs to gain experience perhaps as a no 2 to a championship / premiership side.
Moving on to the match on Saturday
When oh when will we learn that in all seater stadiums especially when there is a full house that we are to sit in the allocated seats as per the ticket , I had to move 3 times because someone had my seat who said someone else had theirs etc etc , I spoke to the stadium manager at half time and he said that they had started to ensure that the fans sat in the correct seat but soon lost control of it because we took no notice, therefore they decided it was safer and easier to let us carry on which ended up a right mess especially when people were arriving at 3.10 looking for their seats
By the way I thought the stewards were wonderful and very happy and helpful nothing over the top just sensible stewarding.
One last note about the Weetabix , yes I love it and think it is harmless good fun but the idiot who sat in block 22 , row J approx. seat 28 who was intent at throwing them at the stewards and hit one steward just above the eye spoils it for everyone.
UTG and merry Christmas all gasheads
Just one example of some of the total nonsense th is post contains - I don't suppose you can remember as far back as 2007 can you? When our keeper won the golden gloves? Y'know that award they give to the best professional goal keeper in the entirety of professional football in the UK including the Premiership?
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Post by rambo on Dec 19, 2016 13:35:21 GMT
What an absolute belter this guy is. Wow, wow, wow.
No doubt if it all goes tits up from here we'll have an 'i told you so moment' from the OP but wow this is an over reaction if I have ever seen one!
Mid table league 1... we were in the conference less than 2 years ago. Give the guy a break.
As for the goalkeeper comment, that just sums up how clueless you are.
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Post by GasAttacK on Dec 19, 2016 13:51:18 GMT
Lets not get carried away slagging the OP off. They did say in their second post it's not sack the manager time yet.
I certainly think he needs at least the first 2 or 3 weeks of January to try and strengthen the squad. If we've lost every game between now and then and he's failed to bring in any quality additions then maybe we'll have to consider our options.
What's concerning is that if you discount extra time we've won just 1 of our last 10 fixtures. Losing to non league Barrow, L2 Portsmouth and 2 sides that were bottom of L1 when we played them. The run also includes 2 draws against L2 Crawley and a struggling MK Dons. Even Millwall and Charlton are in the bottom half the table. It's not as though we've played any team in the top half of L1 during this worrying run of results and the performances have been getting worse not better.
Honestly feel we need 5 or 6 quality additions if we're to avoid a relegation battle come April / May and these players need to improve our first choice 11 not just give us more options from the bench.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 14:04:50 GMT
Honestly feel we need 5 or 6 quality additions if we're to avoid a relegation battle come April / May and these players need to improve our first choice 11 not just give us more options from the bench. You may aswell look forward to a relegation battle then. We won't be bringing 5/6 first 11 players in January! To think, a few weeks ago we were top 6 yet now we need to replace half the team.
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Post by Cosmic Pasty on Dec 19, 2016 14:17:36 GMT
Wael has said that only a league club would do when they were looking for one to buy. Given the mess we were in, getting us out of the Conference at the first time of asking had more riding on it than 'just' winning us promotion - it put us in a position where we were an attractive proposition for a buyer who not only understands football, but seems to 'get' us as well. Maybe we would have found another buyer if we'd have stayed in the Conference, but even if we'd survived that period then the chances are that we wouldn't have come out of it as the Rovers we know.
Since most of us knew at the time that we were probably looking at a 'go up or go under' scenario, Darrell would have known it too. To achieve what he did under that kind of pressure (just about saving our club in the process) should have at least earned him the chance to unravel the current problems with our backing. All clubs have testing times, and DC has pretty much proved that he's not about to fall apart in the face of ours. Sacking him with a record like that would be even lower than sacking Gary Rowlett for no reason at all.
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Post by WeAreTheGas on Dec 19, 2016 14:19:20 GMT
Wael has said that only a league club would do when they were looking for one to buy. Given the mess we were in, getting us out of the Conference at the first time of asking had more riding on it than 'just' winning us promotion - it put us in a position where we were an attractive proposition for a buyer who not only understands football, but seems to 'get' us as well. Maybe we would have found another buyer if we'd have stayed in the Conference, but even if we'd survived that period then the chances are that we wouldn't have come out of it as the Rovers we know. Since most of us knew at the time that we were probably looking at a 'go up or go under' scenario, Darrell would have known it too. To achieve what he did under that kind of pressure (just about saving our club in the process) should have at least earned him the chance to unravel the current problems with our backing. All clubs have testing times, and DC has pretty much proved that he's not about to fall apart in the face of ours. Sacking him with a record like that would be even lower than sacking Gary Rowlett for no reason at all. Boom. Take a bow.
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Post by midlandgas213 on Dec 19, 2016 14:26:23 GMT
Faith in the team and manager in the conference and league 2 was fine all worked together including the hordes of gas up and down the country.
But now are DC the players up to the task No not getting another promotion but to sustain our position in this league.
Saturdays game was the most disappointing and lack luster performance I have seen for years it does seem that the confidence has gone from the team , the tactics don't work anymore and we are being ridiculed, yes every team has its down side and a period of bad performances but against a Shrewsbury team that are bottom of the league, that are riddled by suspensions and injuries was an embarresment especially in front of a full house of away fans.
Yes Puddy had a howler for the first goal but more than made up for it 10 minutes later with a fine one handed save to put the ball over the top from close range. But look at the rest of the team as well Puddy did not loose us the match entirely by himself , like when we were relegated it was not Mansfield who relegated us it was the season as a whole.
Unfortunately I do now think that perhaps DC and the boys are fighting above their weight and we need to address this immediately starting with a goalkeeper we have not had a decent goalie since Nigel Martin and look at the keepers before him we always had a tremendous keeper in our side.
DC has done a great job for us getting us to where we are now but I di not think he has the experience to take us forward and that goes for playing staff as well.
At the moment Gary Rowlett who has just been sacked from Birmingham City for no reason at all is available and he could well be the additional link in the chain we need to stabalize and move forward he did a great job at the Blues with little or no budget and has the experience at a higher level. DC will become a great manager in time but I thing he needs to gain experience perhaps as a no 2 to a championship / premiership side.
Moving on to the match on Saturday
When oh when will we learn that in all seater stadiums especially when there is a full house that we are to sit in the allocated seats as per the ticket , I had to move 3 times because someone had my seat who said someone else had theirs etc etc , I spoke to the stadium manager at half time and he said that they had started to ensure that the fans sat in the correct seat but soon lost control of it because we took no notice, therefore they decided it was safer and easier to let us carry on which ended up a right mess especially when people were arriving at 3.10 looking for their seats
By the way I thought the stewards were wonderful and very happy and helpful nothing over the top just sensible stewarding.
One last note about the Weetabix , yes I love it and think it is harmless good fun but the idiot who sat in block 22 , row J approx. seat 28 who was intent at throwing them at the stewards and hit one steward just above the eye spoils it for everyone.
UTG and merry Christmas all gasheads
Just one example of some of the total nonsense th is post contains - I don't suppose you can remember as far back as 2007 can you? When our keeper won the golden gloves? Y'know that award they give to the best professional goal keeper in the entirety of professional football in the UK including the Premiership? my friend I go back as far as 1965 and by far the best keeper we ever had was dick sheaperd until the tranmere forward kicked him in the head ,
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Post by LJG on Dec 19, 2016 14:38:29 GMT
Just one example of some of the total nonsense th is post contains - I don't suppose you can remember as far back as 2007 can you? When our keeper won the golden gloves? Y'know that award they give to the best professional goal keeper in the entirety of professional football in the UK including the Premiership? my friend I go back as far as 1965 and by far the best keeper we ever had was dick sheaperd until the tranmere forward kicked him in the head , He didn't kick you in the head at the same time did he?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 14:40:37 GMT
my friend I go back as far as 1965 and by far the best keeper we ever had was dick sheaperd until the tranmere forward kicked him in the head , He didn't kick you in the head at the same time did he? You do know that Dick Shepard had his skull fractured don't you?
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Post by Henbury Gas on Dec 19, 2016 14:45:36 GMT
He didn't kick you in the head at the same time did he? You do know that Dick Shepard had his skull fractured don't you? Its like having the worlds largest main sale, if you don't know how to put the rigging up its no good to anybody.....
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Post by midlandgas213 on Dec 19, 2016 14:52:34 GMT
He didn't kick you in the head at the same time did he? You do know that Dick Shepard had his skull fractured don't you? cheers nobby its a shame some of the people on this site have to throw sh** at others for voicing an opinion when they don't know the history of the club
is there the same amount of sh** flying on the thread about how the owner as undermined the manager that is a lot more controversial than this one
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Post by socrates on Dec 19, 2016 15:00:59 GMT
Go to pull up on the not had a decent keeper since Nigel Martyn line. If Martyn is the yard stick for decent than no we haven’t, but it’s a bit hard to compare 3rd and 4th division goalies in general to a bloke who became an England International. I would contend that Steve Phillips was a decent ‘keeper for our level and also Kevin Miller (although he was advancing in age). Not to mention Brian Parkin who replaced Big Nige (pre back pass rule) Find me a Premier League ‘keeper that doesn’t make a rickett let alone a lower league one. We have had some decent lower league ‘keepers and they have all makde a mistake or two or three, but general performances decent Yeah poor old Brian never got the hang of the new back pass rule did he but in our promotion season he was fantastic.
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Post by midlandgas213 on Dec 19, 2016 15:11:42 GMT
yes ok I will admit it I did forget about brian parkin he was very good perhaps it was time in 2016 for me to make my one mistake for the year and there it is
my top gas keepers in no particular order dick sheppard brian parkin jim eadie nigel martyn mike green
argue over that if you want
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Post by holderz on Dec 19, 2016 15:27:44 GMT
yes ok I will admit it I did forget about brian parkin he was very good perhaps it was time in 2016 for me to make my one mistake for the year and there it is my top gas keepers in no particular order dick sheppard brian parkin jim eadie nigel martyn mike green argue over that if you want Wouldn't wish to argue but Martin Thomas and Phil Kite would be in my top 5. Along with Shep, Martyn and Eadie.
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Post by LJG on Dec 19, 2016 15:33:05 GMT
You do know that Dick Shepard had his skull fractured don't you? cheers nobby its a shame some of the people on this site have to throw sh** at others for voicing an opinion when they don't know the history of the club
is there the same amount of sh** flying on the thread about how the owner as undermined the manager that is a lot more controversial than this one
What on earth are you talking about? You said we haven't had a decent keeper since Nigel Martyr. I pointed out that we had the best keeper in all leagues in 2007. You told me yu remembered a keeper that got kicked in the head. I made a joke. What relevance is it to what we were talking about that Dick Shepard got his skull fractured? Remembering something from a long time ago isn't a substitute for facts.
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Post by LJG on Dec 19, 2016 15:33:53 GMT
He didn't kick you in the head at the same time did he? You do know that Dick Shepard had his skull fractured don't you? I do. So what?
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Post by midlandgas213 on Dec 19, 2016 15:44:15 GMT
you sound more and more like fifa with no respect for people in the past dead or alive
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Post by LJG on Dec 19, 2016 15:44:54 GMT
You do know that Dick Shepard had his skull fractured don't you? cheers nobby its a shame some of the people on this site have to throw sh** at others for voicing an opinion when they don't know the history of the club
is there the same amount of sh** flying on the thread about how the owner as undermined the manager that is a lot more controversial than this one
If you were offended by my joke I do apologise. I don't agree with your post but I don't wish you any ill.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 15:49:59 GMT
Just one example of some of the total nonsense th is post contains - I don't suppose you can remember as far back as 2007 can you? When our keeper won the golden gloves? Y'know that award they give to the best professional goal keeper in the entirety of professional football in the UK including the Premiership? my friend I go back as far as 1965 and by far the best keeper we ever had was dick sheaperd until the tranmere forward kicked him in the head , Shep was a reasonable keeper. Nowhere near as good as Martin Thomas,who in my 52 years of Gas watching, is comfortably the best we have had.
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