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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 18, 2021 19:10:56 GMT
I have held a season ticket for the last 7 years, my brother stopped buying one the year we dropped out the league, and he said. "The problem with season tickets are that they are an expensive gamble. You pay up front and hope that some good players are signed and that the team does ok. I thought that after watching them since 68, and being a bit better off then I would stay with it. But here is the question. Do I just buy one anyway? Or like my brother dont buy one. I can never understand why you cannot buy a season ticket right up until the day before the first game. Surely more people would buy one if the window was extended, so that you could see what the team was (more or less). Meanwhile after saturday I wanted to sell my Gas number plate, as I was becoming very embarrassed by it All depends on your personal beliefs. If you believe regardless of results then yes renew. If you believe it's entertainment and you want progress . Then that's a different matter. What is clear is success breeds support . When we went up our S.T sales were nearly 6000 . Next season it will drop 50% from that. Also some people have been affected by covid and the pricing for sports events is sky rocketing. Some people generally can't afford it . In the pass I bought S.T for years but now I get very little satisfaction and enjoyment .
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 18, 2021 18:59:56 GMT
Only to us the Supporters ! The way I see it the powers that be would not worry too much as we would still get the same crowds whichever of the three Leagues we were in and the lower we are the less we would have to pay the players etc, whilst at the same time still generating the same income through the gates and sales of kit etc. I don't know if it's intentional but every time we go up to div one . We lose millions of pounds : the squad is in disarray : we sack managers and end up worst than we were before. I know in div one wage budgets for us is around £4 million and some sides in div two survive on £1 million budgets . So when I say division One is too big for us . What I mean is it gets us in trouble and is it worth it ?.
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 18, 2021 14:57:50 GMT
Can anyone who can remember share stories of the last stand we built which was 1959 ? . Family stand at twerton park... I read it was funded by Bath community award . The Lego stand holding about 100. Are you sure we paid for it ?
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 18, 2021 13:52:58 GMT
Can anyone who can remember share stories of the last stand we built which was 1959 ? .
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 18, 2021 12:48:43 GMT
What are the exciting plans Wael has that so convincingly lured the last three Rovers managers to readily join? Are they all being that gullible to believe this bullshit? Can't see what is so exciting about a supposedly 15,000 seater stadium. All these great plans are a mystery to Rovers loyal fans. We have all been taken for a ride for so long. Got to the stage where i hardly believe a word. Firstly a good read from the thread starter. What I've learned ?. Never again to build up expectations and believe one person can deliver a new ground and a shot at championship football. I like so many actually believed the 'hype' around Wael and was taken in so much I believed for the first time in 40 years. The problem with having big dreams is you fall when they aren't achieved. So this relegation feels really tuff and hard . Im not attacking Wael just simply acknowledging it was unrealistic to expect immediate progression. I should of read the signs when players started leaving like Bodin Taylor Harrison Brown Lockyer and the biggest bombshell of all JCH signing for Peterboro a club no bigger than ours. This is what I've learned .
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 17, 2021 14:27:34 GMT
Yes hes become a poor player but a few things to consider. Firstly he started with two strikers who never kicked a ball and Daly have not lived up to the hype . Secondly : our squad as a collective is very poor . Lastly up until Xmas he was doing O.K and another striker or two could of progressed him. I started a thread over a year ago saying " if we sign a quality striker along side JCH we will go up ". Well it's true but not with us. Hanlan as gone poor in a club that is falling apart badly. . Also when JCH was 23, he only scored 6 goals in 29 games for Coventy before coming here. His goals to game ratio at League 1 level for Oldham, Rotherham and Coventry before signing for Rovers was worse than Hanlans. Hanlan has been flogged to death abd hasn't had any assistance from anybody else in a quite frankly absolutely sh*t team. To suggest Hanlan is anywhere near being one of the worst strikers for Rovers is absolute nonsense. Again it's the crazy recruitment of having 4 left backs and 5 right backs total 9 players and only having 2 other strikers who never kicked a ball. So any striker to play with two kids and score regularly is an exception. The system failed Hanlan and it's made him a poor player..
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 17, 2021 14:17:08 GMT
Jaakola won't play in League 2. Nicholson won't either. McCormick wont be here, he'll be at a Championship club or at the very least a decent League 1 outfit. Leahy may stay. They're the only 4 that have any credibility whatsoever. A whole new team will need to be assembled. Edit: Brandon Hanlan I feel deserves another chance with a strike partner too. Plus a few of the young lads, Zain Walker, Martinez, Mehew, Hargreaves etc to be given a chance e You must be joking about Brandon Hanlon. He’s a big part of the reason we are in this mess. Swap him for jch and we stay up easily. Hanlon is toothless, physically weak, mentally weak and one of the worst forwards to have led the line for the gas in history Yes hes become a poor player but a few things to consider. Firstly he started with two strikers who never kicked a ball and Daly have not lived up to the hype . Secondly : our squad as a collective is very poor . Lastly up until Xmas he was doing O.K and another striker or two could of progressed him. I started a thread over a year ago saying " if we sign a quality striker along side JCH we will go up ". Well it's true but not with us. Hanlan as gone poor in a club that is falling apart badly. .
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 17, 2021 13:59:30 GMT
Jaakola won't play in League 2. Nicholson won't either. McCormick wont be here, he'll be at a Championship club or at the very least a decent League 1 outfit. Leahy may stay. They're the only 4 that have any credibility whatsoever. A whole new team will need to be assembled. Edit: Brandon Hanlan I feel deserves another chance with a strike partner too. Plus a few of the young lads, Zain Walker, Martinez, Mehew, Hargreaves etc to be given a chance This is the worry and usually happens with a relegated side . It's important Wael gives a good budget and the focus is on attacking / wide players. Don't forget we still got tons of defenders / mids still under contract not breaking sweat. A very difficult job..
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 17, 2021 13:41:38 GMT
Would they? 3 managers have failed with this bunch of players. let's be honest he has a bunch of crap to work with, don't go blaming Barton, you want someone to blame then you can blame Garner Widdrington and Tisdale they are the ones that built this sh** team not Barton Everyone will have an individual view but I think Garner is the one who had a massive budget ( some say top 6 ) and bought an over kill of players not needed. I could name 5 straight off .. Of course Wael should have been overseeing him and alarm bells should of been raised when he signed kiokt and Liddle. Of course by then he used up 95 of the budget. It was a good budget totally wasted which makes it feel worst.
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 17, 2021 13:34:38 GMT
The only good thing is we will be down by next Saturday and the kids could get some games like Sinclair did. We may as well settle contracts now and look to play a few youngesters.
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 17, 2021 13:33:35 GMT
The only good thing is we will be down by next Saturday and the kids could get some games like Sinclair did.
We may as well settle contracts now and look to a few youngesters.
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 17, 2021 13:30:35 GMT
We made the job impossible by signing millions of mids / defenders. If we didn't sign at least 5 additionals and used that money for 2 extra strikers. I believe we would be outside bottom 8.
It was a crazy recruitment which was self inflicted. No club would ever make a simple mistake like this again..
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 17, 2021 13:24:56 GMT
After watching every game this season , other than Nicholson and Jakola I hope never to see any of these jokers again next season agreed Sadly I think a bid will be put in for Nicholson and Anssi may reflect at his age whether he wants to play in basement division.
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 17, 2021 13:12:23 GMT
Its obvious we are the worst team as we lost nearly every six pointer.
Barton didn't help is self by starting with one striker. The real problem lies with Garner who signed millions of mids and defenders and only 2 strikers.
The extra players who puts their feet up on matchdays must enjoy a 2 year contract in the sunny West country . I mean coming from Middlesboro to Bristol on a 2 year deal with No chance of football. come on..
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 17, 2021 12:34:37 GMT
Upson - You are a total fraud of a player - an absolute disgrace to the Quarters - not just today but nearly every game you have walked around the pitch. Today you have failed yet again - I hope you never represent our club again ... Utter bollox!!! Upson has been our engine in midfield for years. Come back when you’ve got something sensible to say and have separated your brain from your arse lads let's not argue about individuals . This mob as a collective beats anything in 40 years. At least Stuart Campbell had pride and a fight in him even though we went down !
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 17, 2021 12:30:48 GMT
For the sake of our fans I can't wait for the season ends . This season is one of the worst I can remember in 40 odd years. At least in 2011 and 2014 it went to the wire and there was some fight .
Unless the club bounces back to div one within a year or two . I agree we are in big trouble to attract younger fans . I am amazed by how many young people walk around East Bristol with City shirts.
First is first and that is END this season . If we had another repeat of an awful season again " We would have to be careful".
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 17, 2021 12:15:08 GMT
Sadly the formation we used today was self inflicted with a kid up front from non leauge . Everyone knew this would happen.
Lincoln must of been laughing when they seen the attacking force.
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 17, 2021 11:57:00 GMT
1 striker up front and 10 players banging into each other in such a key game . You couldn't make it up
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 15, 2021 18:19:52 GMT
Ipgas mentioned Tony Blair leader of Labour . I'm reminding people of what the Tories did to the miners . Its only in the last few years that some mining communities were able to honour war hero's due to agendas by the top 5%, who back the Tories . So let's have a balanced view on War Hero's .. Then please don't quote a post I made referencing service that am earlier poster refuted happened. As for the miners' treatment and Blair's disastrous intervention, I'm well aware of these but neither are really relevant to this topic. They deserve their own, wouldn’t you agree? For the record the Labour party did acknowledge and invite the Bevan Boy hero's in 2008. Something I'm sure the Tory Toffs would never .
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 15, 2021 17:28:26 GMT
I agree but I noticed for many years on this forum any views about Labour go unchallenged. The minute you mention the Tories it's challenged. This happened many times .. P s Tony Blair was mentioned 4 hours ago.. With my moderator hat, putting all opinions to one side, I’m going to comment when the thread looks like it’s becoming overly party political. To this point, it’s largely been constitutional rather than political and if it goes down the political route that’s when we might need to intervene. At that point often threads find their way to GC and I think that would be a shame as it would get less general involvement. So why is it within minutes I mention the Tories a warning cones up but someone mentioned Labour 4 hours ago ?. And this have happened about 3 times in the last few years. Ok I shouldn't of bite back but the forum should be challenging any political views like I was within minutes .
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