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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 19:40:28 GMT
With a 300k release clause on such a good footballer they should have known he would leave in january and every year most deals are done right at the end of january. Its gone now,too late anyway so i had better shut up about it. Hopefully next season we will be flying high and with a new ground on its way and my doubts will look absurd. New day same old debate. We've got what we've got and DC and the board have done a very good job. There will always be people that aren't happy and feel that we could have done more. Maybe they should get in to football management or buy a football club see if they can do better. Well ive already said i was going to shut up about it,did you say the same thing about football management and buying a club to posters giving mcghee and higgs flak? What a silly place the forum would be if we all just agreed and bowed down to everything dc and wael did. I tried football management at a local level and found it very difficult so god knows how hard it is for pros.
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Post by aghast on Feb 24, 2017 20:30:54 GMT
Everyone except some Leicester fans seem outraged by Ranieri's sacking because it shows the fickle nature of club owners.
To be fair to Lansdown, he is sticking with LJ through thin and thin, and even seems to have accepted relegation for both Bristol oval-shaped ball and Bristol round-shaped ball franchises.
In fact it might even be a good thing, according to him. At his "meet the fans" thing yesterday, he said, according to one 82er:
"Then we moved on and a question was asked about the effects that relegation of the football or the rugby or indeed both would have on Bristol sport. The answer was in my opinion poor, Obviously Steve wants to keep the belief but he answered weakly, 'There will be an impact of attendance dropping off in the football but I think once the initial reaction has gone people will get over it, and being at the top of league one wont be bad as it will restore confidence, where the rugby is concerned attendances have not been what were expected , because we have been away from the top league for so long the interest has been diluted. we need to do a proper sales drive on rugby in Bristol and really generate the interest, being back in the championship with the side we have could go some way to achieving that.' He did finish by saying he hopes that neither club will be relegated."
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Post by socrates on Feb 24, 2017 20:49:45 GMT
Everyone except some Leicester fans seem outraged by Ranieri's sacking because it shows the fickle nature of club owners. To be fair to Lansdown, he is sticking with LJ through thin and thin, and even seems to have accepted relegation for both Bristol oval-shaped ball and Bristol round-shaped ball franchises. In fact it might even be a good thing, according to him. At his "meet the fans" thing yesterday, he said, according to one 82er: "Then we moved on and a question was asked about the effects that relegation of the football or the rugby or indeed both would have on Bristol sport. The answer was in my opinion poor, Obviously Steve wants to keep the belief but he answered weakly, 'There will be an impact of attendance dropping off in the football but I think once the initial reaction has gone people will get over it, and being at the top of league one wont be bad as it will restore confidence, where the rugby is concerned attendances have not been what were expected , because we have been away from the top league for so long the interest has been diluted. we need to do a proper sales drive on rugby in Bristol and really generate the interest, being back in the championship with the side we have could go some way to achieving that.' He did finish by saying he hopes that neither club will be relegated." It's all talk though isn't it. Our last chairman said that relegation isn't an option ! Since when has relegation ever been an option ?!!!! I can't stand Lan###!!!wn but to be fair he's talking about the realistic possibilities. Unlike their manager who must be busy writing his Eurovision song tonight because talk about Europa league is laughable.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Feb 24, 2017 21:03:26 GMT
Everyone except some Leicester fans seem outraged by Ranieri's sacking because it shows the fickle nature of club owners. To be fair to Lansdown, he is sticking with LJ through thin and thin, and even seems to have accepted relegation for both Bristol oval-shaped ball and Bristol round-shaped ball franchises. In fact it might even be a good thing, according to him. At his "meet the fans" thing yesterday, he said, according to one 82er: "Then we moved on and a question was asked about the effects that relegation of the football or the rugby or indeed both would have on Bristol sport. The answer was in my opinion poor, Obviously Steve wants to keep the belief but he answered weakly, 'There will be an impact of attendance dropping off in the football but I think once the initial reaction has gone people will get over it, and being at the top of league one wont be bad as it will restore confidence, where the rugby is concerned attendances have not been what were expected , because we have been away from the top league for so long the interest has been diluted. we need to do a proper sales drive on rugby in Bristol and really generate the interest, being back in the championship with the side we have could go some way to achieving that.' He did finish by saying he hopes that neither club will be relegated." That's contradictory: where the rugby is concerned attendances have not been what were expected , because we have been away from the top league for so long
generate the interest, being back in the championship with the side we have could go some way to achieving that.
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Post by Captain Jayho on Feb 24, 2017 21:10:04 GMT
Everyone except some Leicester fans seem outraged by Ranieri's sacking because it shows the fickle nature of club owners. To be fair to Lansdown, he is sticking with LJ through thin and thin, and even seems to have accepted relegation for both Bristol oval-shaped ball and Bristol round-shaped ball franchises. In fact it might even be a good thing, according to him. At his "meet the fans" thing yesterday, he said, according to one 82er: "Then we moved on and a question was asked about the effects that relegation of the football or the rugby or indeed both would have on Bristol sport. The answer was in my opinion poor, Obviously Steve wants to keep the belief but he answered weakly, 'There will be an impact of attendance dropping off in the football but I think once the initial reaction has gone people will get over it, and being at the top of league one wont be bad as it will restore confidence, where the rugby is concerned attendances have not been what were expected , because we have been away from the top league for so long the interest has been diluted. we need to do a proper sales drive on rugby in Bristol and really generate the interest, being back in the championship with the side we have could go some way to achieving that.' He did finish by saying he hopes that neither club will be relegated." That thread was an interesting read because it was surprising to hear Letdown talking about relegation so candidly - if that has been reported correctly by the attendee of course. Also entertaining to see the penny starting to drop about the diluting effect of Bristol Sport in terms of the attention that top brass give to the 82ers as opposed to their other franchises.
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Post by mehewmagic on Feb 24, 2017 22:08:41 GMT
Their season is an important lesson in football though.
So many interesting points.
Don't get cocky in October.
failure causes lots of problems and becomes a vicious circle. MUCH harder to get good signings in jan if you are near the bottom. Much harder to get a decent new manager if you sack someone late in the season / after window closed. Who is going to put their reputation on the line if you are 21st?
A casual observer may think their attendances are holding up well but it's masked by a large amount of ST holders (their biggest ever? certainly in recent years) and probably very few matchday only tickets being sold. I wonder how many will renew for next season, especially before this season ends? The knock on effect will be seen NEXT season not this season. Could be a morgue.
The good news? If you get a player to score goals in the Champ someone will pay you £12m for him. And you can use £300k of it to buy someone who might end up just as good as him.
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Post by lympstonegas on Feb 24, 2017 22:20:39 GMT
Trouble is there's a chance attendances will hold up if they start well in L1 and maintain a promotion push. SL said this in his interview today.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2017 19:10:33 GMT
"...we need a sales drive...."
That's what this beautiful game is all about.
Seems to me funding is going to the rugger
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Post by Quartermaster on Feb 25, 2017 19:38:41 GMT
Everyone except some Leicester fans seem outraged by Ranieri's sacking because it shows the fickle nature of club owners. To be fair to Lansdown, he is sticking with LJ through thin and thin, and even seems to have accepted relegation for both Bristol oval-shaped ball and Bristol round-shaped ball franchises. In fact it might even be a good thing, according to him. At his "meet the fans" thing yesterday, he said, according to one 82er: "Then we moved on and a question was asked about the effects that relegation of the football or the rugby or indeed both would have on Bristol sport. The answer was in my opinion poor, Obviously Steve wants to keep the belief but he answered weakly, 'There will be an impact of attendance dropping off in the football but I think once the initial reaction has gone people will get over it, and being at the top of league one wont be bad as it will restore confidence, where the rugby is concerned attendances have not been what were expected , because we have been away from the top league for so long the interest has been diluted. we need to do a proper sales drive on rugby in Bristol and really generate the interest, being back in the championship with the side we have could go some way to achieving that.' He did finish by saying he hopes that neither club will be relegated." Who says they'd be at the top of league one? How arrogant!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2017 19:41:57 GMT
Everyone except some Leicester fans seem outraged by Ranieri's sacking because it shows the fickle nature of club owners. To be fair to Lansdown, he is sticking with LJ through thin and thin, and even seems to have accepted relegation for both Bristol oval-shaped ball and Bristol round-shaped ball franchises. In fact it might even be a good thing, according to him. At his "meet the fans" thing yesterday, he said, according to one 82er: "Then we moved on and a question was asked about the effects that relegation of the football or the rugby or indeed both would have on Bristol sport. The answer was in my opinion poor, Obviously Steve wants to keep the belief but he answered weakly, 'There will be an impact of attendance dropping off in the football but I think once the initial reaction has gone people will get over it, and being at the top of league one wont be bad as it will restore confidence, where the rugby is concerned attendances have not been what were expected , because we have been away from the top league for so long the interest has been diluted. we need to do a proper sales drive on rugby in Bristol and really generate the interest, being back in the championship with the side we have could go some way to achieving that.' He did finish by saying he hopes that neither club will be relegated." Who says they'd be at the top of league one? How arrogant! C'mon, little Lee last year said they would be playing in Europe in 5 years time.... So they do have form. From Europe to league 1!!!!!!!
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Post by yategas78 on Feb 25, 2017 19:47:45 GMT
IBRED
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Post by stokegiffordgas on Feb 26, 2017 7:16:36 GMT
Well the snake is getting his wish - going to bigger grounds and bigger teams - he must have loved it sat on his ass for 90 minutes. Long may that continue.
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Post by Strange Gas on Feb 26, 2017 7:52:06 GMT
Well the snake is getting his wish - going to bigger grounds and bigger teams - he must have loved it sat on his ass for 90 minutes. Long may that continue. Allowed him plenty of time and mental space to absorb the big stadium atmosphere and the enormity of his decision
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Post by knowall on Feb 26, 2017 8:54:15 GMT
Well the snake is getting his wish - going to bigger grounds and bigger teams - he must have loved it sat on his ass for 90 minutes. Long may that continue. Allowed him plenty of time and mental space to absorb the big stadium atmosphere and the enormity of his decision and to count his money
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Post by titchthephot on Feb 26, 2017 11:10:08 GMT
All this City hatred is a little bit alien to me in some respects. I am not from Bristol so I have never felt the need to hate 'them down the road'. Don't get me wrong. I want them to fail more than ever now. When I was a kid, growing up in the heart of Somerset, your local team was chosen on a whim. You either liked the colour red or the colour Blue. On those grounds could you decide which team to support. I never really got into the Gas until I was 16. Bristol was too far to go by bus so I never went to any games. My decision to choose Rovers was probably my brothers. I came home on leave from the navy and asked him what we were doing at the weekend and he said we were going to Eastville. Fair enough. His reason for choosing Rovers was probably that a mutual friend was the son of a Gas Legend (George Petherbridge's son, Terry). I sat next to Terry when he first joined our primary school and remember laughing at his strange sport shirt - blue and white quarters. It was his Dad's old one. Anyway, Rovers was chosen and I never really worried about City. I've even been to watch them at Wembley. My ex brother-in-law was a ted and I went along for the booze up. It was so memorable that I couldn't even tell you who won! The only thing I remember is two girls, fans of the other team, joined in a group photo and suddenly bared their breasts!! (much better than the 11 tits that were playing in red that day!!). Right, now to my point. Snakegate has changed my opinion about City. Not so much about the team but about their owner and manager. I am now convinced that Snakey's move to them had nothing to do with football. It was like being a kid again. We had something better than they had and although they didn't want him, they just didn't want us to have him. All that 'Welcome to Bristol' ,' Playing football at a higher standard' (yeah right, sat on the bench all the game yesterday), Pantsdown's statement that he wanted to name Bristol Rovers to disappear all point to a man with more money than sense. I don't blame Taylor totally for what he did. He is 27, probably Div 1 was his real level, and if some mug offers you a huge amount of money (knowing your career could end tomorrow) then you'd be a fool not to go. It was the way he went, at the very last moment, not really giving us a chance to find a replacement. It was a vindictive, childish, nasty way to do business and for that I hate the City setup. I wish them nothing but failure. Revenge is a dish best served cold and I am prepared to wait. All of this has made me even more appreciative of DC and Wael and Hamer. UTG
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 12:04:23 GMT
All this City hatred is a little bit alien to me in some respects. I am not from Bristol so I have never felt the need to hate 'them down the road'. Don't get me wrong. I want them to fail more than ever now. When I was a kid, growing up in the heart of Somerset, your local team was chosen on a whim. You either liked the colour red or the colour Blue. On those grounds could you decide which team to support. I never really got into the Gas until I was 16. Bristol was too far to go by bus so I never went to any games. My decision to choose Rovers was probably my brothers. I came home on leave from the navy and asked him what we were doing at the weekend and he said we were going to Eastville. Fair enough. His reason for choosing Rovers was probably that a mutual friend was the son of a Gas Legend (George Petherbridge's son, Terry). I sat next to Terry when he first joined our primary school and remember laughing at his strange sport shirt - blue and white quarters. It was his Dad's old one. Anyway, Rovers was chosen and I never really worried about City. I've even been to watch them at Wembley. My ex brother-in-law was a ted and I went along for the booze up. It was so memorable that I couldn't even tell you who won! The only thing I remember is two girls, fans of the other team, joined in a group photo and suddenly bared their breasts!! (much better than the 11 tits that were playing in red that day!!). Right, now to my point. Snakegate has changed my opinion about City. Not so much about the team but about their owner and manager. I am now convinced that Snakey's move to them had nothing to do with football. It was like being a kid again. We had something better than they had and although they didn't want him, they just didn't want us to have him. All that 'Welcome to Bristol' ,' Playing football at a higher standard' (yeah right, sat on the bench all the game yesterday), Pantsdown's statement that he wanted to name Bristol Rovers to disappear all point to a man with more money than sense. I don't blame Taylor totally for what he did. He is 27, probably Div 1 was his real level, and if some mug offers you a huge amount of money (knowing your career could end tomorrow) then you'd be a fool not to go. It was the way he went, at the very last moment, not really giving us a chance to find a replacement. It was a vindictive, childish, nasty way to do business and for that I hate the City setup. I wish them nothing but failure. Revenge is a dish best served cold and I am prepared to wait. All of this has made me even more appreciative of DC and Wael and Hamer. UTG absolutely get what your saying here until snakegate city were not on my radar at all I didn't really care how they were doing I couldn't have told you where they were in the league or name any of their players. However now I'm keeping an eye on their games and willing them to lose and looking at their forum which I never used to do and laugh as their 'fans' go into meltdown. Hate that club and wish them nothing but bad luck. Utg
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Post by chilly1883 on Feb 26, 2017 20:03:51 GMT
I'm not proud to admit it, but I went to watch Bristol v Bath, at "that" ground today. I have to say I hated the experience and wanted bristol to lose, purely because it was at lansdowns house!!! I really detest that egotistical mess Bristol sport up tosser!! Have a nice night 👍
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Post by stonegas on Feb 26, 2017 21:00:10 GMT
I have to admit I also went to the Bristol V bath game today had a free ticket and my son plays for wells rugby club and they had a club day out there. Again I hated every second of it and could not wait to get out of the place. Shorly there can't be any rovers supporters who go there and watch Bristol regularly it just feels so wrong.
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Post by landersgas on Feb 26, 2017 21:46:48 GMT
All this City hatred is a little bit alien to me in some respects. I am not from Bristol so I have never felt the need to hate 'them down the road'. Don't get me wrong. I want them to fail more than ever now. When I was a kid, growing up in the heart of Somerset, your local team was chosen on a whim. You either liked the colour red or the colour Blue. On those grounds could you decide which team to support. I never really got into the Gas until I was 16. Bristol was too far to go by bus so I never went to any games. My decision to choose Rovers was probably my brothers. I came home on leave from the navy and asked him what we were doing at the weekend and he said we were going to Eastville. Fair enough. His reason for choosing Rovers was probably that a mutual friend was the son of a Gas Legend (George Petherbridge's son, Terry). I sat next to Terry when he first joined our primary school and remember laughing at his strange sport shirt - blue and white quarters. It was his Dad's old one. Anyway, Rovers was chosen and I never really worried about City. I've even been to watch them at Wembley. My ex brother-in-law was a ted and I went along for the booze up. It was so memorable that I couldn't even tell you who won! The only thing I remember is two girls, fans of the other team, joined in a group photo and suddenly bared their breasts!! (much better than the 11 tits that were playing in red that day!!). Right, now to my point. Snakegate has changed my opinion about City. Not so much about the team but about their owner and manager. I am now convinced that Snakey's move to them had nothing to do with football. It was like being a kid again. We had something better than they had and although they didn't want him, they just didn't want us to have him. All that 'Welcome to Bristol' ,' Playing football at a higher standard' (yeah right, sat on the bench all the game yesterday), Pantsdown's statement that he wanted to name Bristol Rovers to disappear all point to a man with more money than sense. I don't blame Taylor totally for what he did. He is 27, probably Div 1 was his real level, and if some mug offers you a huge amount of money (knowing your career could end tomorrow) then you'd be a fool not to go. It was the way he went, at the very last moment, not really giving us a chance to find a replacement. It was a vindictive, childish, nasty way to do business and for that I hate the City setup. I wish them nothing but failure. Revenge is a dish best served cold and I am prepared to wait. All of this has made me even more appreciative of DC and Wael and Hamer. UTG Good post titch! Growing up in Keynsham, it was about 50:50 support for each team with a fair bit of banter and sometimes mild agro at school etc., but having watched the Gas just before twerton, at twerton, and the mem, some things over time have reinforced my dislike of the 82ers: 1. How they shafted local businesses 2. How their fans like burning stands down 3. How their fans like to run on the pitch with little resistance from their stewards, and attack our players/manager, when its obvious at their ground what is about to happen 4. How back in the late 80's/early 90s era their fans slashed the tyres of our fans coaches before our Wembley visit 5. The whole concept of Bristol Sport (though I know many of the 82ers hate it as welll...) 6. How their 'fans' have treated some of their players/managers in the past 7. Snakegate, and the whole 'welcome to Bristol' nonsense, shows a lack of class, and hasn't endeared the s**t to the rest of the footballing world. 8. Pantsdown 'no one will be speaking of bristol rovers...' Some things make me laugh about them 1. How to waste £100m+ and only have a polished turd to show for it.. 2. How the 82ers have lost their identity in the Bristol Sport nonesense 3. How the 82ers have in effect lost direct control of their ground by being subsumed into one of 4 or 5 sports, and now have to be subservient to the BS regime. 4. How they had the arrogance to order 3rd division championship kits in 1990, only to be pipped by the Gas at the end of the season, oops! Karma is a bitch and our time will come...
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Mar 1, 2017 12:13:38 GMT
If they lose to Burton Saturday they will be bottom 3.
Dare we dream?
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