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Post by Feeling The Blues on Oct 27, 2023 15:46:25 GMT
I am glad they have personally done what I wanted and this was Barton removed as our manager but I won’t lie, the lack of communication has been bothering me for a few weeks now. Any good business talks to its customers. Really? Never had any communication with Ken Murphy, Richard Walker, Stuart Machin, Nish Kankiwala, Johan Lundgren or any other business that I spend more with than BRFC. Do you have an emotional attachment to any of those businesses? Do you spend money with those businesses no matter how 5hit the product they produce? Have you been a customer of those businesses since you were a child and will be until the day you die? Do you go on a forum every day and talk about those businesses? Do you think about those businesses and how well or badly they are doing every day of your life and if those businesses do badly will it have any affect on your life? How many ‘customers’ do those businesses have compared to BRFC? Ridiculous comparison.
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Oct 26, 2023 18:49:33 GMT
Why the reticence to talk to the fans? We’ve seen a picture of you holding a scarf the day you came in when you made a short statement to the press but since then nothing. Why? Don’t you care about building a relationship with the fans? Don’t you want to share your vision?
Today you made a big decision. A decision that made a lot of fans happy and another lot disappointed. Why did you make the decision? Do we have to guess?
Early days for you and you still have chance to make a first impression. What impression do you want to make?
You may now be the major shareholder but we the fans are the emotional shareholders and without the fans the club is nothing. So, just talk to us, please!
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Oct 26, 2023 18:40:33 GMT
Managers argue what they want to argue, he's banging on about how far offside he was when the ball was played forward. He's right, it's not even close, but the fact is he didn't touch the ball or interfere with play. He came back onside and the defender controlled it and played it against him. Therefore Evans' argument is pointless and he knows that He’d have a better argument claiming the handball.
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Oct 26, 2023 12:34:59 GMT
Wow. Didn't think we were near that stage yet so shocked by that. Time for that list of Barton out brigade to come out😂 I think wel get Karl Robinson or Steve Cottrell but I'd prefer Paul cook who's doing a terrific job at chesterfield and has a management style that suits the squad we have built. I'd prefer John Eustace who was just booted out by Birmingham simply because the new owner wanted to appoint Wayne Rooney. Not sure if that is realistic though as he will no doubt be looking at another Championship job.
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Oct 25, 2023 16:26:59 GMT
If the manager can’t give an honest assessment of what we can all see we have to worry that he doesn’t have what it takes do any better than he is. We weren’t unfortunate not to win we were fortunate that we didn’t get tonked!
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Oct 25, 2023 10:58:13 GMT
In what possible way can Stevenage be called spoilers tonight? They played more football than we did, hoofed it less than we did, attacked more than we did even when already winning, and didn’t waste time with any gamesmanship nonsense (remember Steve Cottrell’s Shrewsbury last season?) As you say Cox was your MoM so they must have played with attacking intent. We were awful, Stevenage were not awful and nor were they spoilers. We got lucky. I’ll take that. I’m more concerned that the manager thinks we played well second half and deserved more! They had less possession, less shots and gave away more fouls. They did waste time on every set play once they were 1 up. People see things differently. People have pre conceived ideas of what a Steve Evans team is more like, likewise people are already saying we know what to expect from Northampton on Saturday based upon how previous Northampton teams (with totally different players and managers) have set up against us!
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Oct 25, 2023 0:17:53 GMT
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Oct 24, 2023 22:46:59 GMT
That really was awful from Rovers, but to be fair Stevenage were no better and had it not been for our own defender clattering our Goalkeeper we could have won which just shows the state of this division. We were poor, but Stevenage are experts at spoiling and making good sides look poor. Draw was not a great result for us , but a fair result on the night. I cant see how Evans was MOM on Player, Cox saved us tonight and was easily my MOM. In what possible way can Stevenage be called spoilers tonight? They played more football than we did, hoofed it less than we did, attacked more than we did even when already winning, and didn’t waste time with any gamesmanship nonsense (remember Steve Cottrell’s Shrewsbury last season?) As you say Cox was your MoM so they must have played with attacking intent. We were awful, Stevenage were not awful and nor were they spoilers. We got lucky. I’ll take that. I’m more concerned that the manager thinks we played well second half and deserved more!
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Oct 24, 2023 18:03:45 GMT
The South Stand goal is in semi darkness as the new roof is blocking the floodlights!
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Oct 22, 2023 11:18:59 GMT
When he left we were in a similar position as we are now, just outside the bottom 4, if he'd kept on picking up points at a similar rate we may have well stayed up. Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story please FACTS. He took us from 4th from top to a hares breath of the relegation zone as quick as anyone could have possibly managed it. We could have appointed someone who set out to deliberately destroy the team and he couldn’t have done a better job than Ben.
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Oct 22, 2023 10:42:53 GMT
He took over on 2nd March from the previous fella who left to go to Wycombe after hauling them well clear of the relegation zone to probable safety. Ben has managed to take them straight back into the danger zone at lightning pace.
He of course managed an even more remarkable turnaround in fortunes here by taking a team 4th in league one headlong down the table only to be prevented from getting involved in a relegation scrap by the Covid suspension. He managed to pick up where he left off the following season though and virtually seal our relegation fate before he was released to wreak his talents elsewhere.
Managers with such a consistent record of turning a club’s fortunes around are very hard to find!
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Oct 21, 2023 22:26:45 GMT
The BBC report says of the now ex Colchester supremo ‘After a 5-0 thrashing at Forest Green Rovers, he spoke of being determined to turn the club's losing culture around’
A losing culture that didn’t exist until he became the manager last March!
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Sept 28, 2023 13:17:22 GMT
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Sept 13, 2023 23:15:23 GMT
Reading one of the other threads where someone usefully provided an archive of newspaper clippings, there was mention of a £2m - £3m grant available when Dunford successfully got planning permission for a 5000 seater North Stand. Do such grants still exist and if so from where? It was me that “usefully provided” it Eric. How come you didn’t ‘dislike’ it?
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Sept 13, 2023 14:45:03 GMT
I just don’t buy and have never bought that UWE wasn’t the best opportunity this FC has ever had to build a fantastic facility in its heartland that would take it to another level. When Wael Al Qadi and his family took over they took all of momentum out of that fantastic opportunity, they didn’t get the historic struggles we had had or the journey from losing our ground of 100 years to play in another city to eventually struggle back to share with the Rugby club. They didn’t get or care also that there had been numerous failed schemes from Mangotsfield to Stoke Gifford to Severnside. It has the feel that when they took over they had little interest in UWE. Wael fooled us and Higgs, he was less than honest with everyone. I am angry with Higgs for his atrocious agreement with Sainsbury’s and in his rage at being outwitted nearly taking us to bankruptcy and then having to sell to any old chancer at a desperate discount. I am angry also with Wael because having then bought Higgs out in what he described as ‘an unbelievable deal’ he deceived us, he chucked in the bin our greatest ever opportunity. He didn’t chuck it away because it was a bad deal for BRFC. No, he sacked it off because he neither had the capital or the backing of his family to do it. He never intended to buy a big football club which would require major investment or create one either and nor does he now. Funniest post so far How come? It might be funny to you but that’s because you’ve never knowingly uttered a true word on here and wouldn’t see truth if was stood in front of you emblazoned in neon lights. Clap, clap happy clap.
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Sept 12, 2023 20:34:56 GMT
Closest we got was the 2011 revamp of the Mem and the UWE (both getting planning permission)... UWE just pips it for me I wouldn't be surprised if UWE was a better offer than the FM. I just don’t buy and have never bought that UWE wasn’t the best opportunity this FC has ever had to build a fantastic facility in its heartland that would take it to another level. When Wael Al Qadi and his family took over they took all of momentum out of that fantastic opportunity, they didn’t get the historic struggles we had had or the journey from losing our ground of 100 years to play in another city to eventually struggle back to share with the Rugby club. They didn’t get or care also that there had been numerous failed schemes from Mangotsfield to Stoke Gifford to Severnside. It has the feel that when they took over they had little interest in UWE. Wael fooled us and Higgs, he was less than honest with everyone. I am angry with Higgs for his atrocious agreement with Sainsbury’s and in his rage at being outwitted nearly taking us to bankruptcy and then having to sell to any old chancer at a desperate discount. I am angry also with Wael because having then bought Higgs out in what he described as ‘an unbelievable deal’ he deceived us, he chucked in the bin our greatest ever opportunity. He didn’t chuck it away because it was a bad deal for BRFC. No, he sacked it off because he neither had the capital or the backing of his family to do it. He never intended to buy a big football club which would require major investment or create one either and nor does he now.
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Sept 12, 2023 19:48:44 GMT
Just remember peeps that these new guys were sold to us as being the owners who could help us achieve our aims more quickly. Not looking that way is it ? I'm confused why Wael sold (assuming money has now exchanged hands) 55% of his shareholding to the new owners if they can't now progress the club by financing a new stadium, unless his money was starting to run out and he had to sell up purely on financial grounds and the new owners simply made him the best offer for his shares. Last sentence is probably most likely Topper.
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Sept 12, 2023 15:28:49 GMT
Wael doesn't deserve the level of disrespect he gets. Personally don't think the FM is dead in the water its probably at a crucial stage of financial negotiation and we are trying to get some leverage using media outlets to get a better position. The new shareholders are experts in this field hence why Wael has got them on board to try and get a stadium over the line. Until the club make a statement saying its off and are exploring other options I still believe it has a chance. Playing devils advocate have we found a better option? Yes Redeveloping the Mem with 4 temporary stands probably.
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Sept 12, 2023 15:23:35 GMT
You can tell a lot about the future... by learning from the past! Yes and the newspaper cutting in that link above shows everyone exactly why so many fans who have been around for a while are completely frustrated and a little angry with our owners continually failing to deliver improving on the primitive facilities. Sounds like though that the new 5,500 seater North Stand with bars and restaurants would have been built in 2005 had it not been for the strict 11pm locked up and in darkness curfew condition set by the council.
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Sept 12, 2023 14:21:03 GMT
IF the plan is to stay and redevelop, them a temp (5-7) year south stand makes sense. Enables loss of other parts of the ground (North, then East, then west) to be demolished and rebuilt over a year or so each stand. Could then redo south with perm structure inline with all the shiny new stands. I'll stop drinking now. Actually I'll have what your having. This does sound a good shout , what with the pp problems meaning you keep what you have until pp is granted , not pull the damn thing down and hope. Just not sure if the funds are available for ( eventualy) 4 permanent structures
The Dunfords original idea was to redevelop the ground stand by stand. bristolroversmemorabilia.weebly.com/the-mem-redevelopment.html
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