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Post by bluestone on Sept 17, 2021 13:22:50 GMT
Utter negligence.
Built a whole team around one up top and we're now missing our main target man for several months. Collins is no good on his own as we've already seen. Pitman can only hobble around for 45 at best due to his injury / fitness levels.
Personally I think we should get 2 up top (especially when home), maybe Saunders and Collins or Thomas if he's ready, but knowing Barton he'll persist with the long ball set up and probably put Grant up there!
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Post by bluestone on Sept 4, 2021 18:48:35 GMT
and to be fair the spine was fairly strong particularly in the second half too - goalkeeper, centre half centre mid and target man all good. Thought the central back 3 generally played well, supported by a MotM performance by the goalie, I'm still not convinced by either wing back, defensively. I guess it's easier to build a good side once you've got a decent backline than try and build one with a weak backline. We're now just 2pts of a playoff spot! I'm not sure I would agree with you about the back 3, if they had played that well Belshaw would not have had to turn in a MotM performance! Crawley tested it goal keeper at least 5 times, we tested theirs once and scored. Personally I think we've got some serious work to do defensively if we are going to be challenging for promotion! UTG!
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Post by bluestone on Sept 4, 2021 17:05:24 GMT
Delighted with the win, can't remember the last time we won 2 games on the bounce?! Well done Gas!
But let's be honest with ourselves, if not for Belshaw we'd have been dead and buried, Crawley were better than us all over the pitch.
I was alarmed at how easy Crawley managed to get through our defences time after time. I also feel that we are far too passive in the challenge, Tom Nichols seemed to be winning more headers Vs Harries in the first half!
Pleased Joey brought Clarke on at half time, thank goodness we have someone who knows where to find the net!
Really hope this can be another building block for the teams confidence, would be lovely if we could follow it up with some more points next week.
UTG!
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Post by bluestone on Aug 30, 2021 11:44:56 GMT
Martin seems to call for Barton to go and he won’t come back until he’s gone . He also says he’s fed up with wholesale changes in players and coaches etc . So does he want just the manger to go but keep the players who can’t win a game of football ? Trouble is we've had a bunch of players who couldn't win football matches under BG, but could under GC, replaced by some players who had some decent results but were relegated without a whimper through a bunch of seemingly senseless managerial upheavals, followed by what we have now. If they continue to be this poor under JB, it doesn't make me think they must be poor under another manager. We keep recruiting players who seem variously decent/ok/mediocre on paper, just like every other team. The common denominator for consistent failure seems to be BRFC, not the players. Exactly this AF. I've come to opinion (logical in my mind) that the issue we have cannot simply be down to poor recruitment of bad players as on the whole they come with a good / reasonable reputation. The fact that so many that we have let go have gone to play for teams who are higher and performing better than us is evidence that they have talent is just that we have failed to nurture that talent. I've no idea exactly what the cause of our failure over the last 18 months is (it could be a number of things perhaps?) but imo a lack of satisfactory footballers it definitely isn't. I've said it before but we are being incredibly wasteful (financially and on a human capital level) by constantly making sweeping changes to the team. I find it quite ironic that Waels mantra has always been "evolution not revolution" for BRFC yet when it comes to the actual football team since the appointment of BG we appear to going for "revolution not evolution"!
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Post by bluestone on Aug 30, 2021 8:52:49 GMT
I'm not expecting any decent signings and am now more concerned that we might lose one or two of our decent players.
If we sell Alfie or Anssi then we really have lost the plot.
What if someone swoops in for Nicholson though!?
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Post by bluestone on Aug 29, 2021 0:21:53 GMT
This all smacks of panic stations at the gas!
I'm firmly of the view that the problem we have is employing dodgy managers not players.
It's a shockingly wasteful way to carry on and I'm rapidly losing the will to live with Rovers at the moment.
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Post by bluestone on Aug 28, 2021 15:45:36 GMT
But we did win the 1st 45 minutes But it was 1-1 at HT…..🤔 Barrow scored at 45+5
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Post by bluestone on Aug 28, 2021 15:41:14 GMT
This is pathetic, we should be bossing this game!
Barrow had a tough game midweek whereas we had the week off and have a man advantage and we are creating nothing!!!
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Post by bluestone on Aug 28, 2021 15:28:20 GMT
We're currently in the relegation zone.... Pull your finger out Gas FFS!
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Post by bluestone on Aug 27, 2021 15:19:19 GMT
I've got a really bad feeling about the way this transfer window is going to finish up for us.
It's not helped by the fact that we are getting no reliable information from JB as from one week to the next he seems to contradict himself.... I just don't know what to believe anymore but I get the feeling of late that he's managing our expectations downwards!
I really hope he is able to pull a rabbit out of the hat because if not then I think promotion is very very unlikely although he will no doubt keep repeating the mantra that he "knows we're getting promoted" which in itself is a ridiculous statement to make as anyone with a brain can see that's impossible to know!
Fingers crossed the club and JB have been keeping their cards close to their chest and pull out an ace soon!
UTG!
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Post by bluestone on Aug 24, 2021 10:51:42 GMT
OMG! When was captain gas last seen and bing bong man last heard?.... Could this be the reason for things going pear shaped over the last 18 months?
We need to start a petition to bring them both back immediately!
UTG!
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Post by bluestone on Aug 23, 2021 15:28:23 GMT
Interesting stats, but a team that can’t defend and can’t score is in deep trouble. Those stats suggest we can’t do either. Deja vu!
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Post by bluestone on Aug 21, 2021 15:55:47 GMT
I don't disagree that the club's a mess from top to bottom at the moment! And I'm with you on Wael making poor choices, in particular the recent appointment of JB which has been and continues to be a disaster for our club! That said, Wael has financially backed all of the various managers under his tenure. Wael has also kept Bristol Rovers afloat during a difficult period and funded a new training ground amongst other things. If anything it seems to me that Wael has been let down by these so called "professional" managers (BG / PT / JB). With regard to the £50k dispute with the SC it runs a lot deeper than that as the SC have clearly been working against him from the word go. BG had no previous experience, PT had been out of work for ages and JB's also limited experience, not sure any of them were wise choices? Who do you think would be a wise choice for Wael to appoint?
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Post by bluestone on Aug 21, 2021 15:34:18 GMT
Wael has been our owner since Feb 2016, our decline in performance resulting in relegation to L2 has taken place in the last 18 months so I fail to see how Wael is the common denominator We got promoted on a wave of excitement buy since then it's really been a downward spiral, once DC tried to rebuild the squad under Wael's leadership. It's not helped by Wael making the wrong choices, letting GC leave then appointing the three clowns. Now he's even have a scrap with his own club's supporters club just over £50K which is probably just one squad players annual wages. The whole club is a totally mess from top to bottom. I don't disagree that the club's a mess from top to bottom at the moment! And I'm with you on Wael making poor choices, in particular the recent appointment of JB which has been and continues to be a disaster for our club! That said, Wael has financially backed all of the various managers under his tenure. Wael has also kept Bristol Rovers afloat during a difficult period and funded a new training ground amongst other things. If anything it seems to me that Wael has been let down by these so called "professional" managers (BG / PT / JB). With regard to the £50k dispute with the SC it runs a lot deeper than that as the SC have clearly been working against him from the word go.
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Post by bluestone on Aug 21, 2021 14:54:23 GMT
No it isn't, remember Wael was our owner before then when DC and GC we're manager He didn’t appoint DC he sacked him and GC walked out on him. Wael has been our owner since Feb 2016, our decline in performance resulting in relegation to L2 has taken place in the last 18 months so I fail to see how Wael is the common denominator
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Post by bluestone on Aug 21, 2021 14:38:55 GMT
Need to tighten up at the back lads or we might lose this one! We need to go 4-4-2 and forget 3 at the back with 2 wingers as wing backs. Yes, you have to wonder why JB hasn't changed anything, isn't the definition of insanity when you keep doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results?!
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Post by bluestone on Aug 21, 2021 14:36:04 GMT
Garner, Tisdale & now Barton and the common denominator is Wael. No it isn't, remember Wael was our owner before then when DC and GC we're manager
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Post by bluestone on Aug 21, 2021 14:25:36 GMT
Pathetic!!!!
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Post by bluestone on Aug 21, 2021 14:24:53 GMT
This is a disgraceful performance, reminds me of the thrashing we got at Accrington last season
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Post by bluestone on Aug 21, 2021 14:21:52 GMT
Have we actually entered their half of the pitch yet?
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