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Post by warehamgas on Feb 24, 2023 20:40:32 GMT
Jim Eadie Trevor Jacobs StuartTaylor Mike Green Lindsey Parsons Paul Lambert Stuart Sinclair Wayne Jones Harold Jarman Alfie Biggs Paul Randell
Subs: Mark McCrystal Dick Sheppard Ian Holloway Lee Brown Alan Warboys Bruce Bannister Lee Mansell
That’s the trouble with having watched us for so long, too many good players and not enough places. Don’t know how I could leave Ollie out but after that goal Lambert had to be in.
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 22, 2023 23:11:40 GMT
I hope he is right but Wael has always maintained that developing the Mem is not an option. That he’s now decided that developing the Mem is an option, albeit perhaps a temporary one, after 7 years is confusing. UTG! Ok , so it’s a a stand replacing the south stand and that other stand by the west terrace if I’m right ? That’s 1800 seats at a guess ? filling in the corner with a wrap around stand adds a couple of hundred and extended it to along where the big screen is is another 500 ? Add another 6-8 rows of seats all around adds 1200 ish ? Totally back off fag ( guesses ) . Does this add up ? Yes I’m sure you’re about right. So it’s a temporary measure to get more income on match day. And absolutely nothing wrong with that. Just surprised it’s taken 7 years to do it! UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 22, 2023 23:06:07 GMT
Absolutely heaving at trashton tonight for the Lionesses game. Wonder how much revenue this is bringing to Bristol Sport? Just noticed that on points west. Would not have thought it would have proved so popular. KP pretty sure the Lionesses have been playing to sellout crowds over the last week in this competition so not surprised. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 22, 2023 22:59:39 GMT
Weren't Chippenham Town Step 2? There clearly must be a reason he's stepped back a few steps. Perhaps with Chippenham near the foot of the NS table and at a higher level we could only get guaranteed games for him by dropping a level? At Chippenham he’d be on the bench at best. No idea really but suspect it will be something along those lines. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 22, 2023 22:50:33 GMT
Not sure building a new temporary stand at the Mem is proof of anything, when clearly we need increased seating/increased ground capacity even if we're moving to the FM. Although it seems to put paid to the suggestion Wael's not attending games lately as he's losing interest. Guess it all depends on how temporary it looks ? A tent lasted 20 odd yrs . Think aghast might be right , upgrade the south stand then perhaps move onto other areas piecemeal until we end up with 20k I hope he is right but Wael has always maintained that developing the Mem is not an option. That he’s now decided that developing the Mem is an option, albeit perhaps a temporary one, after 7 years is confusing. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 21, 2023 22:10:29 GMT
Interesting percy, if he does he wont be able to play for anyone else this season having played for Rovers and Crawley. Can’t see it happening like that although it could cause some uncomfortable moments for the last 3 months here. It’s likely to run and run. If he did go back then that will undermine all the good work regarding the loans last season with Elliot A and Connor T. Trust will have gone esp after Thomas this season as well. Bit of a bl**** mess really and one of our own making perhaps. 🤔 UTG! I think Balcombe will stick it out, he managed at Crawley on loan, and they are now a basket case of a club. He's been posting positve stuff on his social media accounts, trying his best to show that he wants to be here. I just hope that the experience doesn't send his career into a nosedive, I think that he showed on Tuesday that he's got the makings of a decent keeper. Belly did have a blip in form, I wonder if any of that can be attributed to not having Tony Warner coaching him this season? They seemed to have a very strong bond. Yes, thats a good point about Warner. Add that to Kevin Bond going who was defensive coach last season iirc. Not sure if we have a defensive coach as such now. Perhaps we’re just looking for excuses when neither were here when we were playing well in November and December. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 21, 2023 18:03:08 GMT
Rumours on the radio he is about to take the QPR gig. Always liked him and would have welcomed him at Rovers. He has done a great job at Wycombe and I’m surprised he hasn’t been headhunted previously. Perhaps Geography has swung this one. Agreed, my number one choice and he conducts himself with great dignity. Exactly. Has done a brilliant job at Wycombe. Inherited them going out of the league, saved them, got promotion and established them in League 1 before taking them to the Championship. And then only Derby cheating stopped them staying up. I suspect he’s played a large part in making Wycombe a very well run club. As to those complaining about the ‘anti-football’, well, I guess we all do it now. Perhaps we learnt from Wycombe! Whoever scores the first goal now always slow it down, everyone stands in front of free kicks etc. etc. And of course he’ll play to the strengths of his players, just like he did at Wycombe. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 20, 2023 13:06:29 GMT
Did Belly need proper competition for the jersey? Yes Was bringing in a youngster to replace him the wrong call? Yes Both these things can be true. There is no point providing a sound experience for someone else's keeper, should have just brought Ward back Can see Balcombe heading back to Brentford this week with Joey (rightly) blaming the fans for the chants but (wrongly) accepting no blame for a huge mistakeInteresting percy, if he does he wont be able to play for anyone else this season having played for Rovers and Crawley. Can’t see it happening like that although it could cause some uncomfortable moments for the last 3 months here. It’s likely to run and run. If he did go back then that will undermine all the good work regarding the loans last season with Elliot A and Connor T. Trust will have gone esp after Thomas this season as well. Bit of a bl**** mess really and one of our own making perhaps. 🤔 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 19, 2023 22:54:26 GMT
Thanks Russ.👍 Well, that’s really funny. I did sack myself and allowed my wife to make up some scores for this week. But it will be back to normal next week, she hates football!!
When I got home from yesterday afternoon she asked me how we got on and said I’d just missed phone calls from our sons. One an Everton fan who was at their match and one an AFCB fan who was at their game and told me they were very happy and laughed when I said we’d lost. She knows us pretty well. 😢
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 19, 2023 13:07:33 GMT
Started really well and scored a really good goal, Quansah should have made it 2 which might well have killed the game and lo & behold 30 seconds later its 1-1. From that moment on we never really recovered. 2nd half we've fell into the trap of getting drawn into playing exactly as they wanted us to. Very poor but my over-riding emotion is embarrassment. Not in the performance of the players but of those absolute belters that thought the way to 'support' was to chant Belshaws name. How that is supposed to instill any confidence in Balcome is beyond me. I'm not at all convinced that Balcome is an upgrade in that position but the reaction of some of the crowd was frankly a joke Completely agree. I was on East Terrace and couldn’t hear what the Thatchers End was saying, too quiet all game. But up to the missed header by Quansah which would have caused a completely different result and reaction on here we were ok. Not special but ok against a mediocre team. I thought Evans was much better and kept trying to play on the floor, I felt sorry for him because Bogarde was missing and he had no one to combine with. Finley is badly missed. Balcombe kicking was off but so was the Burton keepers, more to do with the wind I think. The times we kept the ball on the floor and tried to out-pass them Gibbons and Sinclair combined to put a good cross in for Marquis to score and in the second half to create a shot forSinclair to blaze over. Apart from that all boot and hoof. And I can’t be the only one who saw that the one occasion we needed to boot the ball over the stand we didn’t and they scored the winner. I haven’t read all the thread (I guessed what it would read like), but it was an unusual for the sub, Charlie Kirk, to come on, score the equaliser and later go off. If they hadn’t swapped their injured CH for an attacker the result may have been different had we had any control of the midfield. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 19, 2023 12:45:43 GMT
The atmosphere yesterday was appalling. Especially from the Blackthorn end. Got outsang by 300 Albion fans at home. I was stood behind the dug outs on the East Terrace and I didn’t hear what was coming out of the Thatchers End. All I heard was from the Burton lot when they were ahead, it was all aimed at JB. Id have said the atmosphere was quiet and subdued but it may have been different in different parts of the ground. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 19, 2023 11:25:48 GMT
Thank goodness half term is over, I presume you’ll have homework to do. 😉 Honestly GGMI as if it matters? What planet you on ?
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 17, 2023 21:11:46 GMT
Blackpool v Stoke. 1-1 Accrington v Shrewsbury. 1-0 Gas v Burton. 2-1 Lincoln v Portsmouth. 1-1 Port Vale v Exeter. 1-0 Wycombe v Bolton. 0-2 Harrogate v Crewe. 1-1 Stockport v Stevenage. 1-1 Sutton v Doncaster. 1-2 Buxton v Southport. 1-0 Spennymoor v Scarborough. 1-1 Dulwich Hamlet v Bath City. 1-2
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 17, 2023 14:03:08 GMT
I got a little bit excited when I heard about a new family stand, I know this is supposed to be different, but forgive me for not getting too excited. I’m a lot older than you pirate!! 😉 So when anything about a new ground, new part of the Mem comes up, esp from the CEO, a paid employee and not someone’s cousin who knows someone who worked in the bar two years ago I get more excited. ☹️ Stupid I know! UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 17, 2023 13:47:23 GMT
Very sad indeed. One of the very consistent players in my favourite team/season of all time, 1973/74. After the exciting times of Bill Dodgin, Don Megsons team was very hard to beat and without checking I think we had 6/7players who played 42+ games that season. I think he was player/coach as well. Would unlikely be in any top 20 of Rovers players but he was a very underrated, consistent and reliable player. A mainstay of only our second ever promotion (7 now) so well-deserving of any credits imo. Thank you Colin. Sad news, RIP.
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 17, 2023 10:14:20 GMT
Thanks Topper for posting that. Well done Tom for being pretty open about future plans. First time I’ve seen such an open written discussion from someone employed by BRFC for a long time. Plenty of rumours but this is more. Good to read. Things looking up? 🤔
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 17, 2023 9:57:50 GMT
The more important thing for me amongst all the talk of goalkeeper is…..I wonder if for once we have a really good plan regarding Jed Ward. Knowing that his potential is really very good did JB have a plan to use Ward eventually? When Belshaw arrived I’m not sure that the plan was for him to be first choice, Ansi was still ok albeit injury prone and Belshaw became first choice after playing well. Think he’s on a two year contract so decision to be made in April/May. Meanwhile they sent Ward out on various loans for two years always hoping that he’d come back and be a serious keeper but with more experience. (A bit like what AFCB did with Aaron Ramsdale, sending him out knowing he’d comeback ready to be first choice.) Everyone says Ward is very good and that being the case I hope he will get the chance with us. Just as any very good player would have done years ago with us. Fingers crossed.
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 17, 2023 9:47:34 GMT
Until he was banned Oldie was one of the regular gang on the other forum, it seems he has no real interest in this forum apart from being a WUM. Many posters live happily on both forums however there's no way you can be pro Wael/JB/Rovers and survive for long on the other forum. Totally agree on that one topper ! 👍💙 Yes…and? So what? Crikey it’s getting a bit like the Gestapo checking up on everyone! Need to chill out and let people make their own choices and have an alternative pov. 😉 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 16, 2023 23:16:10 GMT
You mean another forum for BRFC fans? That is allowed isn’t it? Or do we need to follow ‘a line’ and not give our views? Btw, I certainly hope to see us win on Saturday. I’m sure we all do. 😉 UTG! Until he was banned Oldie was one of the regular gang on the other forum, it seems he has no real interest in this forum apart from being a WUM. Many posters live happily on both forums however there's no way you can be pro Wael/JB/Rovers and survive for long on the other forum. That’s daft Topper! I’ve been on there for years and I consider myself a very pro-BRFC and pro-Wael person. I have called Wael out for the lack of being kept informed about a new ground given what he said in ‘16 but I’d consider myself broadly supportive of him and what he’s done. And you’re pretty good at checking on oldie’s posting history so check mine. I’ve always given JB credit where it’s due esp when he manages the team. But I will call him out for certain aspects of his management (as you’ve seen on this thread!). I have been supportive of Wael and BRFC on the other place and have not been attacked (verbally) though I’m sure some will disagree with me. That’s what happens on a forum. I’ve somehow survived so let’s not be so dramatic. 😉 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 16, 2023 22:14:00 GMT
I don't believe for 1 minute this Oldie person is a Rovers fan, he can't be he is continuously putting the club down one way or another. Just hope we win on Saturday and then he'll disappear back to the other forum. You mean another forum for BRFC fans? That is allowed isn’t it? Or do we need to follow ‘a line’ and not give our views? Btw, I certainly hope to see us win on Saturday. I’m sure we all do. 😉 UTG!
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