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Post by faggotygas on Nov 20, 2020 14:44:15 GMT
Top stuff. Interesting on Director of Football point for TW. From what I have read about PT it sounds like he not the sort of manager who you need/ want that role, he sounds like he likes to have total control. Wasn't Steve Perryman rather famously the DoF at Exeter when Tisdale was there?
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Post by faggotygas on Oct 22, 2020 14:37:43 GMT
You wonder if Ali would be in against teams like Northampton / Burton due to he size on set pieces and then maybe Dave when the game is more open or opportunities for Daves strengths... certainly interesting dilemmas to have Who would of thought 2 seasons ago this conversation would even be happening. "Who do we play? they're all so good?" Even the Garner outers have to admit he's got some amazing players in Who'd have thought that having a recruitment department would improve our recruitment
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 24, 2020 12:45:40 GMT
Replying to the thread title... If what i understand to be correct that we want to play possession based, high tempo, exciting and entertaining football and you traded me some more poor results while the club and its philosophy transitions to anything like the example Leeds show in this video, i'll take it. Notice that they are behind for most of the match, but the shape and the style and their identity remains their sole purpose and each and every one of them have bought into it knowing they will be ok. Look at the way the midfield drop to get the ball off the defense and if the pass isn't on the player returns to midfield and another midfielder drops... looks so fluid (yes i know its sped up a bit for dramatic effect). Also admire the bite and speed in the pressing when the ball is lost, turn over after turn over. Also watch the deepest defender get the ball and then drive forward with it into the opposition half. If it takes time, and I'm sure it does to get the mindsets and belief in the system, just imagine the entertainment it could produce. I strongly believe this is the project, the longer term project for Bristol Rovers football club Be interested in your thoughts (also interesting to note that Leeds (on paper) play 4-3-3 formation although its always so fluid with rotations and player role switches at high speeds) Jeez, look how many players they get ahead of the ball. Most moves end with 5 or 6 in the penalty area!
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 22, 2020 8:36:08 GMT
We've got a few experienced midfielders - Upson, Rodman etc. From Saturday, what I thought we needed was a bit of energy in the middle, someone who could carry the ball and break the lines.
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 22, 2020 8:30:31 GMT
In the context of a club like Bristol Rovers, what does 'successful' actually mean?
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 15, 2020 15:42:18 GMT
I can't understand the decisions the Government are making at present, one minute we're being told we can't meet more than 5 other friends/family members, next they are content for 1,000 of us to attend a football match. So what is most viable for Rovers, to just still give all s/t holders iFollow passesz or open the ground for a 1,000 s/t holders and incur all the extra expenses that will no doubt bring? It is confusing, however, I guess that they can control social distancing within an organised event, as opposed to people gathering together on a casual basis. Not a single spectator has contracted Coronavirus while watching an EFL or Premier League match in person since March. Therefore it must be safe.
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Post by faggotygas on Jul 23, 2020 14:15:37 GMT
Assuming it's a billion quid he has in the bank, he could keep those 40 employees on for another year and still have about £998,800,000 spare. Rotten world innit
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Post by faggotygas on Jul 3, 2020 7:41:07 GMT
At the moment we might have much more positivity surrounding us as a football club but meader may be right about fans not being allowed to attend football until after Christmas. Our positivity is not necessarily reflected in the wider football world. The government seems to be full of inconsistencies about sport in general. Football allowed, cricket not, hard to see the science in that decision. So meander might be right, I hope not but there are circumstances where I could see it happening. If we have any local second spikes that could lead to more lockdowns. Unfortunately we don’t know what’s going to happen and until there’s some certainty I can’t see the EFL starting up the league yet and definitely not with any paying fans yet. It’s not a popular view but that doesn’t mean it’s not going to happen. UTG! If we opened stadiums we would see Leicester being repeated all over the country within a matter of weeks, and lockdown being imposed again, with more businesses going bankrupt and more premature elderly deaths. I'm sorry for all football clubs struggling, but there are more important issues at stake here. Maybe now, but in September / October when there might be a half dozen cases in the whole country?
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Post by faggotygas on Jul 3, 2020 7:40:03 GMT
We are at the crossroads with this corona virus. Some things are being allowed to reopen but with social distancing in place. Yet, there is still no plans in place for the return of spectator sport. Therefore, I am predicting that we shall see no spectator sport for the rest of 2020. so, what would this mean? it would mean that we will properly see many football clubs folding. Unfortunately, that would include our beloved Bristol Rovers. The longer clubs have no income, the time becomes shorter whereby those in charge will have to make the difficult decision of winding up their football club. We have already seen Wigan Athletic going into administration. Unfortunately, they will not be the last. With no income coming to pay the players and grounds people, clubs have a very difficult decision to make. Therefore it’s time for us all to be realistic. It may be quite possible that we may have seen out last ever Bristol Rovers game. We just cannot survive the longer spectators are kept out of stadiums. I just hope that I’m wrong. But the future doesn’t look good the longer we have corona virus dictating how our world behaves. Pubs carry a higher risk or transmission than outdoor spectating, and they are opening Saturday. If the current rate of drop in cases continues, we'll be down to a handful of cases in September. There will be no reason to ban spectators at that stage.
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Post by faggotygas on Jun 18, 2020 12:06:59 GMT
I don't think anybody should blame anyone else for whatever they decide to do - we all have our personal circumstances.
Personally I've gone for a credit on my ticket account, which I'll use on either going to games I wouldn't normally go to (league cup etc), or bringing friends who wouldn't normally go. Win-win.
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Post by faggotygas on Mar 16, 2020 12:31:27 GMT
Not really a fair comparison. How many people have died from flu in the last 12 months ? Don't start that, if this thing gets out uncontrolled and the NHS is overwhelmed, it'll make the flu look like sod all
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Post by faggotygas on Mar 12, 2020 16:59:36 GMT
For clarification the figures don’t add up I meant to say, but carry on panicking if you want. And my figures off a government web site 0.1% die from flu, but that’s out of 600,000 becoming infected with that particular virus. And they will again this year, but the NHS is expecting that, and can handle it. Now add on a new disease that will likely on current estimates will infect just as many people or more, and put 5 times as many people in hospital, and you have a heathcare service that is completely overwhelmed.
Lets say 600,000 people get corvid-19, that's an EXTRA 30,000 people in hospital. There are only 142,000 hospital beds in England in total.
What if 6,000,000 people get it? We have no immunity, or vaccine.
That's why we have to slow the spread as much as possible.
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Post by faggotygas on Mar 12, 2020 15:38:03 GMT
Jeez some of you. 1. this isn't instead of flu, it's on top of flu. 2. its worse than flu - it has a much, much higher death and hospitalisation rate 3. its more contageous than flu 4. unlike flu, we have no natural immunity, and no vaccine. There's a reason why vulnerable people are vaccinated against new strains of flu every year. 5. Vulnerable people are not those 'about to die anyway' or anything like it, so cannot just be discounted. I'm thinking of my mum, who has 20+ years of decent life ahead that she could be robbed of, my friend in his 40's with diabeties, or my friend in her 30's with severe asthma, who are given flu jabs. They can otherwise expect to live full lives but may die early because of this. 6. By delaying the spread of the virus, we can prevent the NHS being overwhelmed by peaks of infection. Evidence shows that if the healthcare system is not overwhelmed, then the fatality rate can be up to a 10th lower than if it is overwhelmed. That's potentially 10s of thousands of lives saved, millions across the world. Don't be selfish, wash your hands and avoid large gathering. Agree with all of this except point 2. I believe your point 2 is wrong, See my previous post, flu currently kills more and the death rate is higher, however as I said in my post, your point 3 is the key to why this virus is such a concern. where you getting that from dude? Flu death rate around 0.1% of known infections, hospitalisation rate around 1%. Corvid-19 death rate around 2% of known infections, hospitalisation rate around 5%. Current best estimates
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Post by faggotygas on Mar 12, 2020 15:32:28 GMT
Flu kills more people every year, Does it? How do you know? The pandemic has only just started. I'll bet you a fiver that this kills at least 20 times more people this year across the world than flu does in an average year. And this is as well as flu, not instead of!
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Post by faggotygas on Mar 12, 2020 15:26:06 GMT
Jeez some of you.
1. this isn't instead of flu, it's on top of flu. 2. its worse than flu - it has a much, much higher death and hospitalisation rate 3. its more contageous than flu 4. unlike flu, we have no natural immunity, and no vaccine. There's a reason why vulnerable people are vaccinated against new strains of flu every year. 5. Vulnerable people are not those 'about to die anyway' or anything like it, so cannot just be discounted. I'm thinking of my mum, who has 20+ years of decent life ahead that she could be robbed of, my friend in his 40's with diabeties, or my friend in her 30's with severe asthma, who are given flu jabs. They can otherwise expect to live full lives but may die early because of this. 6. By slowing the spread of the virus, we can prevent the NHS being overwhelmed by peaks of infection. Evidence shows that if the healthcare system is not overwhelmed, then the fatality rate can be up to 10 times lower than if it is overwhelmed. That's potentially 10s of thousands of lives saved, millions across the world.
Don't be selfish, wash your hands and avoid large gatherings.
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Post by faggotygas on Mar 12, 2020 15:15:28 GMT
Almost certainly. The EFL should subsidise the hit or postpone games, not just play them behind closed doors With what money? Doesn't the EFL's money come from the clubs, or at least any excess money it generates end up at the clubs?
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Post by faggotygas on Mar 4, 2020 12:29:57 GMT
Awesome, I got a surplus of lemons on my tree only works intravenously as excess of any vitamin ingested is watered out Not sure you know how water works chief
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Post by faggotygas on Feb 18, 2020 23:06:09 GMT
Know how much it sucks, off to my Dad's funeral Thursday. Really is rubbish
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Post by faggotygas on Feb 12, 2020 12:08:05 GMT
Exactly this^ If (yes I know if!) we could could get a convincing win over Blackpool by say 2 or 3 goals, this would make a massive difference and I genuinely believe other positive results will follow. if we can't beat the last 2 teams then we certainly won't beat Shrewsbury. Oh come on, you know that football doesn't work like that
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Post by faggotygas on Feb 7, 2020 13:33:53 GMT
You see, I liked my previous manager at my work more than i do the new one. He let me get away with murder and he was a bit of a soft touch. The new manager is onto me, doesnt let me get away with anything.. and since then although I am not as lazy and happy my work has MUCH improved. Obv course roles reversed as BG is our new manager however this is very relevant and apparent. Except the second his back his turned I imagine everyone takes liberties. In my experience you're prepared to do a lot more for a nice boss than a tosser of a boss. Its a balance. You want the players to willingly walk through walls for the manager - not be afraid of the wall, but not have to be pushed either.
Klopp
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