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Post by 68 on Feb 12, 2021 15:03:17 GMT
I'm glad I'm not the only one who's completely anti-Barton. I've read people say we need someone people dislike like a Coughlan. I'm all for that - Coughlan, Warnock, Cotterill would all be welcome for me. Ian Atkins fits into that mould and I didn't have a problem with him. There are others I wouldn't want back at the club but more in a pantomime villain kind of way (Buckle, Matty Taylor). But Barton is not the same. I respect most of the arguments on here but I can't believe I read him described as someone who wears his heart on his sleeve. Barton is vile, I'd be disgusted and embarrassed if we appointed him. We might stay up but we will have lost our identity and credibility. This 100 times over.
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Post by 68 on Feb 12, 2021 15:01:39 GMT
Funny how so many on here would let bygones be bygones when it comes to Ched Evans, but not Joey Barton. Well Ched Evans was wrongly convicted according to a court of law. Barton on the other hand... Yes Chen Evans was wrongly convicted.
Whether he should have got into that situation in the first place is completely different.
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Post by 68 on Feb 12, 2021 14:42:14 GMT
Forget the fact the bloke is a Special lady garden We are in no position to not employ someone who is better than any of our previous 4 managers in this division. His fleetwood sides played very good attacking football and his recruitment for them was absolutely superb. He is just what we need to keep Us in this league. Personality matters not one iota in our current predicament He won't be recruiting.
No way should we even be thinking about employing him.
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Post by 68 on Feb 12, 2021 12:41:38 GMT
Barton now 1/5 with Byron drifting to 5/1 Rowberry 16/1 and Mansell 18/1. Was looking at the odds on SkyBet as they changed and nearly fell off my chair.
Surely not. Please no.
He is not "Bristol Rovers" in any way, shape or form.
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Post by 68 on Feb 11, 2021 13:42:13 GMT
I'm still inline and onboard with the Club following the "we need a DNA" philosophy. However at this moment in time we need to ensure we stay in this League. The only person I see, short term, is Holloway working very closely with Mansell. Yes that might need a longer term contract than would be ideal unless Holloway can buy into the "DNA" in the longer term. No idea why Holloway is deemed so certain to fit that mould these days. 5 years ago maybe. Not today. Maybe. We need a "fighter".
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Post by 68 on Feb 11, 2021 12:28:45 GMT
I'm still inline and onboard with the Club following the "we need a DNA" philosophy.
However at this moment in time we need to ensure we stay in this League.
The only person I see, short term, is Holloway working very closely with Mansell.
Yes that might need a longer term contract than would be ideal unless Holloway can buy into the "DNA" in the longer term.
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Post by 68 on Dec 15, 2020 14:52:24 GMT
We now, at long last, have an identity and structure to which we can recruit. We bring in a Manager and Players who fit that identity and structure instead of bringing in a Manager and then Players to suit his way of doing things. I'm thinking that the Owner bears a great deal of responsibility for that in setting out the vision.
The Manager and Players have very little to do with the initial vision. There are of course lots of peripheral requirements regarding how everything is brought together both on and off the pitch.
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Post by 68 on Dec 7, 2020 20:59:10 GMT
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Post by 68 on Dec 6, 2020 11:57:10 GMT
Excellent post match interview, at last a manager who is obviously his own man unlike the previous one who was programmed like a robot to say what he was told to. Certainly PT brave enough to point out the club is in a pickle, mess and that people involved working at the club don't respect it enough. I'm sure that is just the beginning and there will be many more hidden messages in interviews to come. People "read" things into comments in different ways. I didn't take any of his comments as being aimed at anyone in particular; least of all those in the background. So no hidden messages for me. It's quite clear to all that the training ground and covid are a major issue; as is, to/for him, PT having no office or somewhere to base himself. His comments about respecting the pitch and the Football Club I'd suggest are related to the bizarre fact that there is a need to walk across the pitch to get from the changing rooms to the seating area for Managers and Substitutes etc and the attitude allowed of Players (and perhaps other staff directly involved with the Players) towards the Club. It might be comparable to wearing a uniform whilst at school? He might feel the need for more formality/identity/bonding with BRFC for Players and everyone directly connected with the Club. That's his way of dealing with the Playing Staff and getting the best out of them; nothing to do with the Club itself. If those things mean the Club is "in a pickle" then PT will sort them out fairly quickly and bring us an identity. After all he's only been here 2 weeks and found lots of areas where he feels he can bring improvement. That's surely a good thing?
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Post by 68 on Dec 6, 2020 11:17:12 GMT
Teflon Tommy: bad recruitment is not the fault of the head of recruitment. No I can’t work that one out either. Would you rather Widdrington had been sacked and Garner had been promoted to Director of football. Now that would have been interesting. I'm really intrigued by this. BRFC is clearly looking for a BRFC "DNA" (that's a fantastic start which is surely the only way forward; bring people - especially the Manager - in to fit that "DNA" as opposed to bringing in a Manager and then fit everything around him/her). On field and those directly affecting that "DNA" will be looking to go in that direction - Manager, Coaches, Players, Head of Recruitment (HoR) etc. Manager and HoR will know the budget and plan accordingly. Whilst HoR may do the negotiation and both look at Players who might be available, within the budget set, surely HoR is responsible to bring that Player in and Manager is responsible for that Player when he arrives and is on field? I can't see the HoR bringing in a Player without fully discussing it with the Manager. That way both Manager and DoR ensures the balance and the “DNA”?
Once "in the building" the Player is the total responsibility of the Manager.
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Post by 68 on Nov 18, 2020 11:26:30 GMT
FWIW Tisdale and Widdrington played in the same Southampton squad 96/97 and will know each other very well. Won’t be disappointed if it is Tisdale but my number one choices would be Adkins or Cook. They both have a bit of pedigree at a higher level and I see them as coup for the club. Can someone please comment on the playing style of Adkins and Cook? Or any of the others put forward. I know something about Tisdale but not many of the others.
That is going to be the first question I think.
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Post by 68 on Nov 17, 2020 19:05:20 GMT
Tisdale now a massive 1/8 odds on favourite with Bet Victor and 1/6 with Sky Bet. Bookies just balancing their book.
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Post by 68 on May 23, 2018 20:05:06 GMT
Having agreed to sponsor the golf day we have also entered a team. The problem is we only have one team member (not me!!!!). If you fancy playing as our guest please message with handicap; will do a draw if we have too many. Best wishes www.bluebloodsyndications.com
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Post by 68 on Mar 18, 2018 10:24:05 GMT
As blatant a dive as you'll ever see for the first. He's gone down half a second before Craig even gets near him. How the f**k is the second one a penalty. All the grabbing we see going on at set pieces, yet the tosser in pink gives a penalty when Lockyer's hand brushes their blokes face and he goes down as if he has been shot. Absolute travesty that this total knobhead is refereeing at all, never mind professionally. Looks to me like he runs into an outstretched arm and is caught around his neck/shoulder; goes down holding his face. But it's not clear and I can't stop/slow it down.
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Post by 68 on Mar 17, 2018 21:47:35 GMT
As blatant a dive as you'll ever see for the first. He's gone down half a second before Craig even gets near him.How the f**k is the second one a penalty. All the grabbing we see going on at set pieces, yet the tosser in pink gives a penalty when Lockyer's hand brushes their blokes face and he goes down as if he has been shot. Absolute travesty that this total knobhead is refereeing at all, never mind professionally. If you stop the recording half a second before the challenge his legs have already buckled, can't players now be banned retrospectively for diving? As far as the second what players at this level fall to the ground just because another sticks out their arm. Let's just hope we never get to the point we just have to blatantly cheat in order to win games. Joey Barton.
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Post by 68 on Mar 13, 2018 8:13:35 GMT
team manager-darrell clarke keeper jim eadie back 4 trevor jacobs,tom lockyer,peter aitken,lindsay parsons. midfield kenny stephens,liam sercombe,stuart sinclair,colin dobson. strikers bruce bannister,alan warboys subs sam slocombe,frankie prince,kyle bennett,ellis harrison,chris lines,stuart taylor,tom nichols. Ive put tom nichols in based on the great season hes going to have next year and although i included kyle bennett i decided that tony craig hasnt qualified yet as hes not been here long enough. just a bit of fun. The 1973-74 team were unbeaten for something like 29 games and yet somehow failed to win the division. It was my last year of watching regularly with my dad as i started playing after and only really watched again from 2000 onwards. The 73-74 team was the best rovers team i ever saw though chronic lack of investment made the 5 years in div 2 [championship] hard work. Stuart Sinclair in ahead of Frankie Prince? Sorry, I very much try not to attack the poster but, you're "off your rocker"! Saw every game that year bar Brighton away!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by 68 on Mar 13, 2018 8:01:06 GMT
team manager-darrell clarke keeper jim eadie back 4 trevor jacobs,tom lockyer,peter aitken,lindsay parsons. midfield kenny stephens,liam sercombe,stuart sinclair,colin dobson. strikers bruce bannister,alan warboys subs sam slocombe,frankie prince,kyle bennett,ellis harrison,chris lines,stuart taylor,tom nichols. Ive put tom nichols in based on the great season hes going to have next year and although i included kyle bennett i decided that tony craig hasnt qualified yet as hes not been here long enough. just a bit of fun. The 1973-74 team were unbeaten for something like 29 games and yet somehow failed to win the division. It was my last year of watching regularly with my dad as i started playing after and only really watched again from 2000 onwards. The 73-74 team was the best rovers team i ever saw though chronic lack of investment made the 5 years in div 2 [championship] hard work. Stuart Sinclair in ahead of Frankie Prince? Sorry, I very much try not to attack the poster but, you're "off your rocker"!
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Post by 68 on Mar 10, 2018 11:24:29 GMT
Leeds FA Cup 1972.
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Post by 68 on Feb 11, 2018 19:40:42 GMT
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Post by 68 on Feb 11, 2018 19:18:01 GMT
To call Mike Turl a crook means you do not know him or what good he has done for the community in Solihull. Nor, what good he would have been for BRFC. "Turl admitted BHA charges of conspiring with ex-West Bromwich Albion footballer Neil Clement and/or others to commit a corrupt or fraudulent practice as part of a far-reaching sting in which jockey Eddie Ahern was suspended for 15 years". Hang on. Eddie Ahern was banned for 10 years and his ban was not connected with the specific circumstances involving Mike Turl. He was technically in breach of the rules and admitted this. Suggest you establish the full facts before spouting off too much and interpreting what a paper states.
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