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Post by jaunkerr on Jan 11, 2017 12:57:04 GMT
At long last. Thank you. That is spot on but some just have to, HAVE TO, have someone to blame. I'd suggest a start by looking in the mirror and asking what can I do, as a supporter, to get this club moving in a steadily climbing position. We have our part to play too Thousands play their part, home and away every week. The away following has ALWAYS been brilliant and are a blueprint imo for those moaners who come to home games and seem to actively look for something or someone to aim their bile at. At home we should be even better than away in that respect but it just hasn't happened just yet when will ALL of our home fans trust and get behind every single player in the quarters ? Your guess is as good as mine my friend wishing you a happy new year as I do to others on here
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Post by jaunkerr on Jan 11, 2017 12:52:31 GMT
He said that the team were more than good enough to stay up but didn't seem to want it enough also. Yes, he did arse us around but can you ever remember a forum thread so long begging him to come ? Makes us look sour n fickle imo to read these comments now but then, in reality there is very little difference imo in between us and that lot down the road now. Very little indeed baggins . How about the attitude of the other 10 players ? He was our top scorer from MF. Doesn't that at least tell you something? Yes, it's all about opinions but hands up those that didn't want him to come here ? I think it's us that look bad and very poor losers. One man didn't relegate us, unless you count NH & his interfering with Gow for Richards ? I think that was a pivotal move and gave away the only player that was at least making breaks and gaining us free kicks and penalties the entire season was a clusterfeck. To blame one man in naive imo but it's the consensus so others have just conveniently *forgotten* the woeful others. Its history now so I will leave it at that but I just wanted to give an alternative view is all. Must be gutting him to see how he once again never had the faith nor application to stay and fight it out. That's my only gripe with him, he could well have been a leader and been in a position that he can only dream of now if you think he's not hurting then think again. I do know him, not in the way that I know his number or details other than his personal email and we have had some very interesting exchanges. I will have to leave it there as it's obviously still a prickly point to many and my aim is not to cause argument but to Judy say there are ALWAYS two sides to every story. That is very much the case here IF what he has shared is entirely true. I choose to believe his side given that we has so much interference from up above in that god awful season, one which I wish I could scrub from my memory but those bloody photos keep cropping up and it still kills me People are allowed to change their opinions. He, as with a lot of players had a brilliant attitude and work rate when on loan and earnt his contract with us. That's why people were begging for him to sign and rightly so. That relegation season his attitude was a completely different one to the one when he was on loan. He certainly didn't send us down on his own, of course he didn't. The frustration was that he had probably the most ability of any player in the squad and with the right attitude, he could've been the one player to keep us up. I am not itk and haven't spoken to him like you have and I don't doubt that any of what you say is true. But no matter what is happening upstairs, I don't see why any player would stop giving 100% on the pitch, I certainly couldn't see any of the current squad doing that. UTG! That my friend is the DC attitude. I think a player like O'Toole would have either got with it or been on his way even if he had stayed. I will sometimes question the amount of changes DC makes but I will never question his ability to get the best out of an already half tidy footballer who has fallen upon bad times. You only have to look at Montano, untouchable by most at the time but look how DC's methods have improved him. He's a marvellous manager and one I hope we don't hound outit seems to me his recent interviews were looking and sounding like a man who had had enough of the fans bickering over his decisions
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Post by jaunkerr on Jan 11, 2017 12:43:07 GMT
Most professional players think they're better than they actually are. IMO he doesn't deserve all the comments made. He kept us in the chase that season. We'd have been dead and buried by Christmas without him. At long last. Thank you. That is spot on but some just have to, HAVE TO, have someone to blame. I'd suggest a start by looking in the mirror and asking what can I do, as a supporter, to get this club moving in a steadily climbing position. We have our part to play too
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Post by jaunkerr on Jan 11, 2017 12:15:08 GMT
17 goals THAT season. I wish we had 11 of him that year. Of course he got frustrated when everyone else didn't give a toss. Talk about blaming the wrong guy. He said it as it was but we don't seem to like that here eh All about opinions, if he had kept his discipline we might of stayed up - all semantics though. He fecked us about right from trying to sign him, looking for the bigger club.Where did that get him? He said that the team were more than good enough to stay up but didn't seem to want it enough also. Yes, he did arse us around but can you ever remember a forum thread so long begging him to come ? Makes us look sour n fickle imo to read these comments now but then, in reality there is very little difference imo in between us and that lot down the road now. Very little indeed baggins. How about the attitude of the other 10 players ? He was our top scorer from MF. Doesn't that at least tell you something? Yes, it's all about opinions but hands up those that didn't want him to come here ? I think it's us that look bad and very poor losers. One man didn't relegate us, unless you count NH & his interfering with Gow for Richards ? I think that was a pivotal move and gave away the only player that was at least making breaks and gaining us free kicks and penalties the entire season was a clusterfeck. To blame one man in naive imo but it's the consensus so others have just conveniently *forgotten* the woeful others. Its history now so I will leave it at that but I just wanted to give an alternative view is all. Must be gutting him to see how he once again never had the faith nor application to stay and fight it out. That's my only gripe with him, he could well have been a leader and been in a position that he can only dream of now if you think he's not hurting then think again. I do know him, not in the way that I know his number or details other than his personal email and we have had some very interesting exchanges. I will have to leave it there as it's obviously still a prickly point to many and my aim is not to cause argument but to Judy say there are ALWAYS two sides to every story. That is very much the case here IF what he has shared is entirely true. I choose to believe his side given that we has so much interference from up above in that god awful season, one which I wish I could scrub from my memory but those bloody photos keep cropping up and it still kills me
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Post by jaunkerr on Jan 11, 2017 11:57:31 GMT
True, that! 5 starters from our relegation season! That shows the VALUE of good management and coaching far exceeds the money paid when that money is spent on wasters like JJOT and other highly paid mercenaries we've employed over the years. 17 goals THAT season. I wish we had 11 of him that year. Of course he got frustrated when everyone else didn't give a toss. Talk about blaming the wrong guy. He said it as it was but we don't seem to like that here eh
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Post by jaunkerr on Jan 4, 2017 15:50:23 GMT
Hopefully DC gets the team to sit down and watch this video for 8 hours on repeat: I didn't think it could be as bad as everyone has said but that is bloody awful and embarrassing. Speechless
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Post by jaunkerr on Jan 4, 2017 15:16:11 GMT
I think you will find that the most successful teams have always played their best 11. Liverpool when they were great and Man Utd being just two Errrrr - bang wrong I am afraid. Alex Ferguson was pretty much the first manager to bring in squad rotation. It's a defining characteristic of Ferguson for goodness sake. Liverpool in 2005 didn't have a first X11, as for shankly era to be honest, football was so ametuer then by definition very, very little is applicable today. Ferguson picked a settled 11, perhaps maybe the first season they won only. The fact scholes and giggs et al went on forever - were they in that first 11 for twenty years, game in, game out? No! So you must be keyboard slain for such ignorance! Did any of them ever make SIX changes in a competitive game ?
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Post by jaunkerr on Jan 4, 2017 15:01:01 GMT
So much of this thread is hilarious especially the mammoth effort by Gregory Stephens. Were you there yesterday Greg? Let me tell that in the two pubs I went in, the consensus was we've come to a reserve game, and DC has lost the plot. You may not like to hear that, but it's what was being spoken of by the people that bothered to go and support the team. The selection was a bloody nonsense, and it now seems that science has taken over team selection, so perhaps we don't need a manager. I assume it is therefore Dubey who now picks the team, and he sure as hell was the guy behind bringing in our new keeper. Perhaps we therefore have a new manager but he just hasn't been confirmed yet. As for Charlton, someone said they are a good side. Wake up and smell the coffee. Discount our two gimme games to them and see where they are. Not one of the last four teams we have played away to are any good, but we lost to all four of them, two will probably go down and the other two will be mid table. But we have given all of them major boosts because DC still doesn't know who his best team are. Two of the players left out yesterday smiled and raised eyebrows when we asked them why they were out. One then said 'well, that's how it is'. When Easter, who at least tried was substituted, he had a drink and then smashed his drink bottle into the dugout, so he wasn't best pleased. If the reason for all this is because he is trying to keep a happy squad, then that is crap. His job is to try and win each game, and he will not succeed at this level unless he plays his best team, and he sure as hell won't get this level of away support again if we have to wonder if we will be watching a reserve game. I disagree with this. His job is to try and finish as high as possible in each season. Would we have had our incredibly good run in at the end of the last two season and achieved promotion without DC's tinkering? We will never know, but I don't think it is a coincidence. Playing two games in 48 hours is a massive ask for any player, no matter how young or fit they are. One of the four outfield players who did this picked up an injury. Would he have got this injury had it not been his second game in 48 hours? Again, we will never know. I didn't go yesterday so I am not as frustrated as the people who went and spent their hard-earned money are. i salute you for that and I understand the frustration when you do this and the performance is p1sspoor. However, I think people need to look at the bigger picture rather than one 90 minutes of football. DC didn't select that team yesterday thinking they would play poorly and lose 4-1, but he maybe did have the whole season in mind rather than just one game. People suggesting that he should pick his strongest XI every game is just ludicrous, no team in the world does that and there is a reason for that. UTG! I think you will find that the most successful teams have always played their best 11. Liverpool when they were great and Man Utd being just two
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Post by jaunkerr on Jan 4, 2017 14:32:31 GMT
Very sad to hear that we had a well liked old tote ender pass on n the day of the Wimbledon game. Mark Burnel AKA Bernie i was wondering if posting this was appropriate but maybe we can help the family with some financial help at such a time. RIP gasheads
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Post by jaunkerr on Dec 28, 2016 17:44:38 GMT
I was outside chatting to around 6-8 50 yr plus Coventry fans who already hate Slade
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Post by jaunkerr on Dec 20, 2016 19:47:04 GMT
gasincider. I really don't like the thought of us in the prem. soulless and sold itself out. I hate the prem
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Post by jaunkerr on Dec 20, 2016 19:22:41 GMT
I feel exactly the same way as you. Stuck in the uwe with no choice to drink elsewhere isn't my idea of a great thing I went to the Welly once and was staggered by the price they charged for drinks, it is far cheaper at The Mem. Maybe but the mem doesn't serve the best beer and I just like to be away from the ground prior to the game. I hope that the Masons will be decent enough if we get UWE
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Post by jaunkerr on Dec 20, 2016 18:00:31 GMT
not sure if you are brave but you sure are a fart! Excellent location - trains motorway metro(soon) the club is better off if you drink in club bars not pubs housing estate means potential punters basic build is better than what we have now UWE means potential punters and you are a fart if you ever believed anything TW told you completely disagree. The transport links are good yes but cost is the reason people don't drink in the stadium. I can assure you it will be expensive in the UWE bar. As for the plans, well I saw the sections, elevations and floor plans clearly showing the UWE areas but you can believe what you want. Take a drive up and look at the site, if you can't just imagine a stadium in the middle of Bradley Stoke and you are not far off. I would not be disappointed if we changed sites and or design. This stadium needs to last potentially 150 years plus, we must get it right first time. I feel exactly the same way as you. Stuck in the uwe with no choice to drink elsewhere isn't my idea of a great thing
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Post by jaunkerr on Nov 7, 2016 19:59:05 GMT
Not to mention Barrow is one of the U.K's biggest shitholes! That place should be twinned with Chernobyl! Bolton fans think the mem IS Chernobyl
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Post by jaunkerr on Nov 5, 2016 13:49:03 GMT
Monty may as resign himself to the fact he's never going to start an away game, meanwhile, Harrison is probably wondering what he needs to do to get dropped! Would have been perfect platform to play Gaffney back into form. When DC plays him with some close support I think we will see a very bang tidy player on our side
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Post by jaunkerr on Aug 31, 2016 16:31:16 GMT
Wtf is it with the period of the loans ? Roos 6 months and now Boeting until Jan 2nd. Isn't it going to be a false economy ? I really don't get it. It'd be easy to better understand if it was season long. I am properly mixed up about this now. I can't help but wonder if the GK thing could turn out like last season. I know this is rovers but this is just weird.
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Post by jaunkerr on Aug 31, 2016 16:13:02 GMT
Luke Freemn would be class but very unlikely. I don't care where they come from as long as they are better than we have got. Yes, Super Jason Roberts didn't work out badly eh
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Post by jaunkerr on Aug 31, 2016 15:06:07 GMT
Given that the majority last night boycotted at most clubs (more than 50% of usual JPT crowd), I think we know the answer to that one re: last night Lets see if one u23 and a real club get to the final. Can't see it happening to be frank. Think it will be a damp squib and no one will get that one decent day at the home of English football. The whole concept was ill thought out and the cynical amongst us will see this as yet another way to get these B sides into EFL3. You know the old saying, money talking and Bull 5hit walks. Too many were prepared to take the pieces of silver. It really is akin to signing your own death warrant
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Post by jaunkerr on Aug 31, 2016 14:56:37 GMT
Treacherous player who said we were holding him prisoner lol. Thanks but no thanks and injury prone too innit
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Post by jaunkerr on Aug 31, 2016 14:44:23 GMT
Fair shout mate and I agree but I know your having a giggle. Actually, that was a genuine post. I'm all for individuals and freedom of choice but if the vast majority tell you you are wrong it's at least a good idea to revaluate if you are being as smart as you think you are. Of course and it's something that you do on a case by case basis. When I make a decision on something like this then I check emotion at the start and look at the ramifications. I read Henbury say that his one little vote/attendance wouldn't make a difference and yet history is littered with examples of how things escalate when good people do nothing and believe that they won't make a difference. I won't use the obvious example here but am sure you can work it out. Unfortunately we have a great many who still think they won't make a difference yet aren't even prepared to try and see. That is what I find disappointing
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