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Post by rex on Jan 13, 2020 7:20:25 GMT
should be made public soon Ken Masters? It doesn't seem to be a secret.
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Post by rex on Dec 21, 2019 9:14:05 GMT
But he's so professional and a gent?? Lets not kid ourselves, he took charge of the Plymouth game to soften the blow. He was always going with GC. Don't understand how GC can get so much vitriol and Dunne is the gent? Dunne was always going to follow his mate. But he didn't shoot his mouth off in the media; quite the opposite - he was very complimentary. He didn't need to, his mate had already done that! GC forced the boards hand by going public and Dunne was obviously a part of it. Frankly, I don't blame either of them and wish them all the best.
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Post by rex on Dec 3, 2019 20:57:49 GMT
Maybe better at doing this in the replay vs Plymouth for more publicity? I'm not sure publicity is what is needed. I know in these situations people seem to want to be seen to be doing something, but it isn't always what is wanted, no matter how well intended.
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Post by rex on Dec 2, 2019 17:43:15 GMT
Such an awful tragedy - I have no idea what words would be appropriate for a banner (or t-shirts). A collection for a charity of his choice is a good suggestion. Yeh this I think. I mean what do we really do? Anything like "We stand with Benefik" would just be corny IMO and I doubt he'd even care (don't mean that to sound obtuse, just being realistic). Ultimately we're all good human beings (well, most people are) and so you'd hope it's obvious we're all utterly heartbroken. Given the nature of the tragedy, it doesn't seem like it was an illness either which makes the charity angle a bit more complex too. Normally when you lose a loved one to a disease, the obvious suggestion is to give to a charity that specialises in attempting to cure - or even treat - the disease. But I'm not sure it's relevant in this case. Ultimately it's just one of those utterly heartbreaking situations - what do you do? Maybe the club could issue an announcement saying everyone at Bristol Rovers sends their condolences etc. - but I can't help but think does it really matter? If I were in his shoes (and I don't even want to entertain the thought) I honestly wouldn't care about anything. At all. It's one thing his club doing something and the City fans obviously - but anyone else is par for the course. Sorry, don't want to offend anyone and I'm only thinking out loud - and of course if anyone wants to do anything at all then please do so; I just mean that anything organised just feels.... I don't really know how to word it. What happened is so horrific. I can't even put it in to words properly. I just feel so sorry for them. It's heartbreaking. I think you are absolutely right. To put it bluntly, it seems that whenever there is a tragedy now, that organisations feel they need to be doing something, when in reality there is very little they can or should do. It's a heart-breaking situation, but it is something that the family will deal with between themselves and their loved ones and I think they should be left alone to do exactly that.
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Post by rex on Dec 2, 2019 16:34:58 GMT
Love Bristol Rovers Fc/Glasgow Rangers Fc Hate Bristol City/Celtic Celtic are hamas/ira supporting vermin scum that abuse the memory of Lee Rigby and boo through the Remembrance silence
And there was me thinking I was a rather nice chap
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Post by rex on Dec 2, 2019 16:33:04 GMT
Rangers, Crawley ( had a bit of a run in with a couple of their fans after they dicked us down there a few years ago), FGR I used to really like but went off them a bit after our non league spell (god, how far have we fallen that I have started disliking FGR!) , Chelsea, Airdrie, Hearts, Arbroath (a few annoying fans at Cowdenbeath a couple of years back), Linfield, Lazio and Ajax.That's about it, but that Plymouth manager could have me adding them to the list soon! I bet no one else has got Arbroath or even Airdrie on their list.😉 UTG! ps. Unless you support Montrose, Forfar or Brechin I feel I should take Arbroath off the list tbf, it was just a couple of their fans were twats when I saw them at Cowdenbeath and I suppose for the same reason I should take Crawley off. Mind you , it's because of some appalingly wanky fans I saw in Glasgow that I don't like Ajax, but there were hundreds of them, so f**k em.
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Post by rex on Dec 2, 2019 7:37:39 GMT
Rangers, Crawley ( had a bit of a run in with a couple of their fans after they dicked us down there a few years ago), FGR I used to really like but went off them a bit after our non league spell (god, how far have we fallen that I have started disliking FGR!) , Chelsea, Airdrie, Hearts, Arbroath (a few annoying fans at Cowdenbeath a couple of years back), Linfield, Lazio and Ajax.That's about it, but that Plymouth manager could have me adding them to the list soon!
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Post by rex on Dec 1, 2019 7:37:20 GMT
Wisbech. Club, fans & police.Late 90's - not 70's or 80's where the racist abuse was unbelievable. As the police had never had a 'big game' before they thought the abuse Barry Hayles got was 'normal football banter' Took a lot of complaining before any action was taken. Cardiff and Leeds for their 'scuffle' which made news and took the headlines away from us being the lowest placed club to beat a top flight team away in the F.A. cup at Derby (Is that still the case?) "Who needs Fabrizio, when you've got Sergio" repeat to fade I was at that game and stunned to hear the monkey chants, something we all thought was consigned to the dustbin of football history. I was also 'offered out' by some locals who called me a 'Dam farmer' with absolutely no sense of irony
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Post by rex on Dec 1, 2019 7:32:09 GMT
What happens when they get relegated, are they going to play in the championship? Tell em to sod off and form a league with the other 3rd world football nations.
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Post by rex on Dec 1, 2019 7:31:04 GMT
As much as both would join the Premier League given the chance, I haven't heard either moaning about not being able to do so. Maybe I must listen to more phone ins? There was one at the start of the season on Talksport after Celtic got knocked out of the CL qualifying rounds and Rod Stewart said they were being held back in comparison to the Prem League clubs with their superior tv income. This led to the usual “we should be allowed to enter the English league” calls from fans. The station has this same debate every couple of years. I also recall one when Shaun Harvey intimated they would consider their entry to the EFL if it was what his members wanted. There's yer problem right there
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Post by rex on Nov 30, 2019 8:42:02 GMT
I dislike Man United - not because they were successful but because of their fans arrogance and sense of entitlement. I quite enjoyed watching them, especially in the late 90’s when they had some fantastic players. I always found the rosy faced jock in charge an unpleasant character - always someone else’s fault when they lost, normally the officials. Other than that no specific clubs but listening to mouthy know it all cockneys on football phone ins always winds me up. Especially when they spout the ridiculous line of “the manager is tactically inept” as if they are some sort of experts. Always shouted with such confidence! Forgot Rangers and Celtic - especially when they moan about not being allowed to join the premier league.As much as both would join the Premier League given the chance, I haven't heard either moaning about not being able to do so.
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Post by rex on Nov 16, 2019 20:54:00 GMT
Magazines,Newspapers and programmes will be completely wiped out in the next few years. Which i am not happy about because i still get them all. I sometimes get When Saturday Comes. I will make more of a effort to get it everytime from now on. Not completely convinced. Lots have print have grown in recent years. Periodicals such as Mundial, The Blizzard, Nutmeg, Glory and 88 have gone from strength to strength. I don’t think the failed kids magazine WSC put out helped them. Hopefully in the next year they’ll get more subscriptions, steady the ship and move forward. The market is changing, but there’s certainly a place for WSC. I thought it was a really strange move launching that. The huge majority of kids will always go for the glamour stuff, you grow into things like WSC.
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Post by rex on Nov 12, 2019 7:17:14 GMT
Will there be any sausage rolls available? And if so how much will they be?
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Post by rex on Oct 13, 2019 8:18:03 GMT
Black armbands could have been worn. The family didn't want that.
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Post by rex on Oct 13, 2019 7:50:58 GMT
Wonderful player, very Alan Hansen like. Because he was so tall the assumption was that hew as a bit of a clogger. Liverppol signed the clogger (Larry LLoyd) Stuart Taylor was the player. Agree Stuart was a great player but think your doing a disservice to the most successful player that has ever played for our club and yes I am not forgetting the likes of Gary Mabbutt and Nigel Martyn. Larry Lloyds record suggests to me he deserves more than "the clogger"accolade. I think there is room in football for more than one type of player. Larry LLoyd was a great fit for that Liverpool side of the time, he certainly wasn't a cultured player, but that doesn't mean he wasn't a good player, but you're right, clogger was a clumsy way of describing him.
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Post by rex on Oct 12, 2019 22:43:06 GMT
Unfortunately I never saw Stuart play, having spoken to people who did he has seemed to fall foul of the curse of the defence minded player. We're quick to hear tales of Bradford, Biggs, Warboys and Bannister but rarely of Bamford, Pitt, Green and Taylor. The misty eyed remembrance of forward players will always be a thing. While folk reel off the list of wonderful strikers from the 1990's they often forget about the stalwart behind them in Andy Tillson. Is Stuart Taylor the most underrated player in the clubs history? Without seeing him, I couldn't tell you. Do the sheer number of games he played for the club and longevity deserve more adulation, respect and anecdotes? Absolutely. Rest in Peace, Stuart. Wonderful player, very Alan Hansen like. Because he was so tall the assumption was that hew as a bit of a clogger. Liverppol signed the clogger (Larry LLoyd) Stuart Taylor was the player.
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Post by rex on Oct 10, 2019 7:12:01 GMT
The EU have been trying to engage since the 2016 referendum and have offered us more than one deal. The likes of Johnson chose to vote it down, to - in my opinion- further his own needs. Quite how some people have fallen for his 'I'm trying to get Brexit done , it's the others who are blocking it' utter bullshit is beyond me. Johnson has had a huge hand in blocking Brexit. According to most people in the know May’s deal was rubbish and not surprisingly got rejected - whatever reason “the likes of Boris” had for turning it down counted just the same as the others who voted against it. What about the others who voted it down to “further their own needs” such as those who put their own pro remain views ahead of their constituents or those just playing party politics to harm the government. Since the EU agreed the original deal with May I don’t believe they have had any genuine interest in negotiating a revised deal. As I said before, leaving with No Deal now will be every bit down to the serial blockers who have sought to remove No Deal and therefore left the government in a stupidly weak position from which to enter discussion with the EU. The anti democratic blockers could end up being the main reason for a No Deal brexit which would be quite ironic. 'According to most people in the know' who would that be exactly?
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Post by rex on Oct 9, 2019 6:24:41 GMT
Fine. To be fair Johnson's proposals demonstrate a willingness towards compromise. They are an invitation to talk, yet the EU just say 'no. Go away and come back with something else'. They don't want to engage.Personally, I still think the whole Leave process, with the WA and Political Declaration is a pile of sh1t and the Irish Protocol is just a minor issue that has been weaponized by the EU . There are too many things wrong with both documents. The EU have been trying to engage since the 2016 referendum and have offered us more than one deal. The likes of Johnson chose to vote it down, to - in my opinion- further his own needs. Quite how some people have fallen for his 'I'm trying to get Brexit done , it's the others who are blocking it' utter bullshit is beyond me. Johnson has had a huge hand in blocking Brexit.
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Post by rex on Oct 8, 2019 6:47:47 GMT
Nowt wrong with calling a spade a spade. More politicians should do it. The important question though is this.......The 'protesters' refuse to walk to the Police vans, so they have to be carried by between four and six Police. Why not just issue the Police with Cattle Prods? They'll soon start walking then.Yes that would be great. In fact at the sign of any dissent, why don't we lock them up without trial and get creative with the cattle prods like Pinochet style type regimes. What a wonderful country we would have to live in then .
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Post by rex on Sept 17, 2019 19:55:11 GMT
Small crowd I reckon . Nobody here By using the word “here” you suggested you are “there” thus Pi$$ing on your own statement in a complete mind f@ck menagerie of language. I'm here but I'm not there.
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