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Post by Marshy on Feb 16, 2017 9:22:14 GMT
I see are old friend Mark McGhee is getting along fine at Motherwell. They got stuffed 7 - 2 last night and he was sent to the stands at 4 - 0 down lol! I don't understand why he doesn't get Buckle as his right hand man? What a dream team that would be (wet)! Thank god we have a decent manager now after some of the complete knobs we have had in the past. Praise the lord for DC, hallelujah! UTG.
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Post by gashead1981 on Feb 16, 2017 9:41:37 GMT
And our old foe McWinless is doing rather well at Aberdeen and is a favourite for the Rangers job. I think he was probably a decent manager and it highlights the issues at BCFC for so many managers with great resources to fail. It needs to change from the top down.
Funny how these things go.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 9:52:25 GMT
I see are old friend Mark McGhee is getting along fine at Motherwell. They got stuffed 7 - 2 last night and he was sent to the stands at 4 - 0 down lol! I don't understand why he doesn't get Buckle as his right hand man? What a dream team that would be (wet)! Thank god we have a decent manager now after some of the complete knobs we have had in the past. Praise the lord for DC, hallelujah! UTG. IMO half the problem with McGhee when he was with us was that he was never really committed to the cause. He could talk the talk but could never walk them walk - still he make a living from management. Buckle just seemed a rather unpleasant character when with us and he simply did not fit the Gas mentality. Reminds us how lucky we are with DC and his backroom team.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Feb 16, 2017 9:53:24 GMT
On the subject, Buckle won the USL West last season with his Sacramento Republic. So well done to him.
But then they got knocked out in the first round of the play-offs.
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Post by Cantankerous Gas on Feb 16, 2017 11:04:54 GMT
Fans: "McGhee you're a Fookin' Clown" McGhee to Copper "Is that allowed? .....Get that tae F##k"
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Post by Marshy on Feb 16, 2017 11:08:47 GMT
Fans: "McGhee you're a Fookin' Clown" McGhee to Copper "Is that allowed? .....Get that tae F##k" Ha ha Dam brilliant what a knob!
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Post by wiaww on Feb 16, 2017 12:00:19 GMT
I actually don’t think McGhee is that bad a manager. He came in after the Buckle debacle (deBuckle, heh) and turned things around nicely. I wouldn’t be surprised if, having previously been at clubs like Wolves, Leicester, Motherwell, even Millwall, he became disillusioned with his position over the summer of 2012 when faced with the reality of how things operated at Bristol Rovers under the previous regime. If you look at MM’s managerial record it’s not terrible.
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Post by Marshy on Feb 16, 2017 12:29:12 GMT
Atkins was a bit of a weirdo too, remember when he had the away dressing room walls at the Mem painted grey to depress the opposition? Well I'm sure that worked, I don't think that was really necessary as they would have been depressed enough just looking at the facilities and the rest of the ground! We don't half pick em!
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Post by lympstonegas on Feb 16, 2017 12:31:23 GMT
Fans: "McGhee you're a Fookin' Clown" McGhee to Copper "Is that allowed? .....Get that tae F##k"
Ha ha f**king brilliant what a knob! You can hear the Blackthorn now ...... w**ker w**ker w**ker. He should have played his centrehalf as a winger lol
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Post by Blueside on Feb 16, 2017 13:03:18 GMT
As stated above, McGhee wasn't really committed to the BRFC cause. "Lazy" springs to mind. Didn't he even once admit in an interview that he had been at home when he should really have been preparing for a match?
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Post by miamigas on Feb 16, 2017 14:04:39 GMT
If it meant that we had to go through Buckle, Atkins and McGhee etc. to end up with DC, then so be it. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 16, 2017 14:53:02 GMT
Atkins was a bit of weirdo too, remember when he had the away dressing room walls at the Mem painted grey to depress the opposition? Well I'm sure that worked, I don't think that was really necessary as they would have been depressed enough just looking at the facilities and the rest of the ground! We don't half pick up! But at least with Atkins he gave us a bit of pride back imo after the Graydon years. I think we were in top two or so in his first year. I seem to remember going to R/D or was in MKD on August Bank Holiday for a boring 0-0 when we were top or so. Yes it all ended in tears after that awful League Trophy semi final 1st leg at the Mem against Southend in Feb a season later when I think we were 0-3 down at half time. But he did a lot of recruitment for Trolls' successful team istr. Mind you everywhere we went we were disliked and I can remember being in the home stand at Yeovil. They absolutely hated him and when they knew I was gas they wanted me thrown out. And I always behave myself! It was ok but they really hated him, I think there had been something in the Western Daily Press that morning. I think he was pretty good at winding up other teams. But he was what we needed at the time but it was never going to last! UTG!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 15:05:24 GMT
I actually don’t think McGhee is that bad a manager. He came in after the Buckle debacle (deBuckle, heh) and turned things around nicely. I wouldn’t be surprised if, having previously been at clubs like Wolves, Leicester, Motherwell, even Millwall, he became disillusioned with his position over the summer of 2012 when faced with the reality of how things operated at Bristol Rovers under the previous regime. If you look at MM’s managerial record it’s not terrible. "I actually don’t think McGhee is that bad a manager." Yes agree, because any decent manager would start with Adam Virgo up front in a league match...
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Post by wiaww on Feb 16, 2017 15:57:55 GMT
I actually don’t think McGhee is that bad a manager. He came in after the Buckle debacle (deBuckle, heh) and turned things around nicely. I wouldn’t be surprised if, having previously been at clubs like Wolves, Leicester, Motherwell, even Millwall, he became disillusioned with his position over the summer of 2012 when faced with the reality of how things operated at Bristol Rovers under the previous regime. If you look at MM’s managerial record it’s not terrible. "I actually don’t think McGhee is that bad a manager." Yes agree, because any decent manager would start with Adam Virgo up front in a league match... I'm not sure he ever started him up front did he? In my head it was always a last-chance-saloon, throw-the-big-man-up-top sort of affair. I do remember Virgo playing right back and Parkes playing left mid at Exeter that season, that was pretty bad. To be fair Virgo started his career as a striker so you can sort of see where MM was coming from... I'm not even saying that McGhee was decent when he was here, I just don't think that as a manager he's as bad as is sometimes made out.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 16:00:10 GMT
"I actually don’t think McGhee is that bad a manager." Yes agree, because any decent manager would start with Adam Virgo up front in a league match... I'm not sure he ever started him up front did he? In my head it was always a last-chance-saloon, throw-the-big-man-up-top sort of affair. I do remember Virgo playing right back and Parkes playing left mid at Exeter that season, that was pretty bad. To be fair Virgo started his career as a striker so you can sort of see where MM was coming from... I'm not even saying that McGhee was decent when he was here, I just don't think that as a manager he's as bad as is sometimes made out. Nope he did, think it was Northampton away?
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Post by jaunkerr on Feb 16, 2017 17:00:53 GMT
And our old foe McWinless is doing rather well at Aberdeen and is a favourite for the Rangers job. I think he was probably a decent manager and it highlights the issues at BCFC for so many managers with great resources to fail. It needs to change from the top down. Funny how these things go. They 82 Ltd, football division of Bristol sports, has now got a couple of fans raising a petition to get rid of squeaky. We may have had some hapless souls managing but I can't remember a petition being raised to be rid of any of them. Buckle was the subject of the most hatred but then, when you have a Bristolian like Phil Kyte telling the fans what he called us then I think it was fair enough. Looking back on it all now and with hindsight I would have liked to have seen Dave Penney get a proper chance sans the players revolt. He came under fire for being honest and saying he had never ever seen a team that was so unfit as a whole. The truth certainly hurt didn't it lol. What a journey we have had and we are in a great position yet some are into trying to do a forensic examination of the current owners, who certainly saved us from more embarrassment and possible admin. I said to my uncle a few seasons back that Rovers fans would still find something to argue about even if we were in the top half on league one. That's one I really wish I was wrong about. As it is I think we look like a bunch of bipolar loons.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 17:04:16 GMT
I'm not sure he ever started him up front did he? In my head it was always a last-chance-saloon, throw-the-big-man-up-top sort of affair. I do remember Virgo playing right back and Parkes playing left mid at Exeter that season, that was pretty bad. To be fair Virgo started his career as a striker so you can sort of see where MM was coming from... I'm not even saying that McGhee was decent when he was here, I just don't think that as a manager he's as bad as is sometimes made out. Nope he did, think it was Northampton away? Pretty sure it was Wimbledon away.
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Post by socrates on Feb 16, 2017 17:09:38 GMT
Nope he did, think it was Northampton away? Pretty sure it was Wimbledon away. It was and I think we lost 3-0
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Post by rovers5charlton5 on Feb 16, 2017 17:49:03 GMT
I see are old friend Mark McGhee is getting along fine at Motherwell. They got stuffed 7 - 2 last night and he was sent to the stands at 4 - 0 down lol! I don't understand why he doesn't get Buckle as his right hand man? What a dream team that would be (wet)! Thank god we have a decent manager now after some of the complete knobs we have had in the past. Praise the lord for DC, hallelujah! UTG. IMO half the problem with McGhee when he was with us was that he was never really committed to the cause. He could talk the talk but could never walk them walk - still he make a living from management. Buckle just seemed a rather unpleasant character when with us and he simply did not fit the Gas mentality. Reminds us how lucky we are with DC and his backroom team. Just remember, without all of those mistakes, Higgs would never have appointed DC.
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Post by Colyton Gas on Feb 16, 2017 18:45:44 GMT
Andy Rammell saved us from relegation one year under Ray Graydon and we suffered some awful seasons from which we didn't seem to learn.When we went out of the league it was a culmination of years of complacency and a board who weren't really up to the task.One of my worst ever experiences when Mansfield beat us and we were relegated.Felt like your family had let you down.The debacle of being advised to choose our seat at Cheltenham whilst the Mem was demolished and rebuilt was another numbing situation with no contractors having been approached for the phantom new build. Totally agree.After years of mediocrity,thank goodness for DC.
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