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Post by Gastafari on Aug 11, 2022 15:20:49 GMT
Scott Sinclair left Rovers 17 years ago in the summer of 2005.
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Post by Gastafari on Aug 10, 2022 10:33:18 GMT
I Really rate this lad, was the best player on the pitch when we played Carlisle up there last season.
Ex Chelsea youth, so Wael would probably love him here
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Post by Gastafari on Aug 10, 2022 9:36:14 GMT
There's also Josh Grant who filled in at LB last season and another option in Midfield when fit As much as i like Grant and Alfie there will come a point when like Rodman the time away injured makes them not viable for squad places. Obviously having them fit and at the peak of their games is the preferred option. Don't disagree with that.
I think Joey highly rates Josh Grant going by his comments in the past.
When he's fit I think he's probably Joey's 1st name on the team sheet, but he is injured fairly reguarly.
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Post by Gastafari on Aug 10, 2022 7:21:25 GMT
On last seasons formation and lineup 4-2-3-1 If Marquis has replaced Collins uptop and has Loft as backup. That means Collins has replaced Elliot Anderson.(no backup) Harry Anderson has taken over Sammy Nics place with Saunders now replacing luke Thomas in the backup spot. Evans is as was ,with no back up. Finley has Rossiter as comp/backup Coutts has Whelan as backup. Gibbons/Hoole compete at RB Hoole/Kilgour at RCB Connelly has no backup. Gibbons has H anderson as backup. Keeper position has enough options. Evans and Connelly have no backup so would currently be the main priority i would guess. With Gibbons likely to be out for a month or so JB will look for RB cover and also RCB cover. Gordon has the versatile H Anderson to cover but JB would probably like a recognised LB as well. So essentially needs to sign a complete back four ,2 attacking midfielders and possibly 1 defensive midfielder. Assuming the same formation as last season. There's also Josh Grant who filled in at LB last season and another option in Midfield when fit
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Post by Gastafari on Aug 10, 2022 6:30:45 GMT
Wimbledon forum suggesting McCormick said his goodbyes and is 100% not injured. They expect him to complete a move elsewhere, this week. Where is the Wimbledon forum?
If it's the one I may have stumbled across, then my god it's dreadful
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Post by Gastafari on Aug 9, 2022 12:39:56 GMT
I've said this many times before, I do not understand Bristolian football fans who adopt teams miles away in another city, just because they win trophies. Glory hunting armchair supporters who never attend their team's matches. Surely to them football is just a TV programme. It's sad because the real football experience is supporting a team in your home city/town/village, who you can watch at least every home game, experience the real living breathing thing and above all else just be there. If all these football fans supported Rovers or City, we would have one or both clubs in the top flight, then football would mean something to them! I would rather see a kid in Bristol walking around the city in a City shirt than a Man U/Arsenal/Liverpool etc etc shirt. Obviously prefer a Rovers shirt though I've been to Anfield more times than two Bristol based Liverpool fans I worked with added together. They used to take the mickey out of a City fan in the department but at least he supported his local team and actually watched them live. I suspect many are 'soft' City or Rovers fans and just want to support a team succeeding. If either made it to the Prem or had a Cup Final, just watch them swap shirts and feign allegiance to get a ticket and a day out. I think Bristol as a City has been so starved of any real Footballing success from it's 2 local Football teams, they try and find it from elsewhere.
Sometimes I actually can't blame them, just look at the state of the grounds we've been playing in for nearly 4 decades without any improvementS, Not very enticing is it?
When both Bristol Clubs have had a bit of success relative to the clubs, the locals do turn out.
When City got to the top flight in the late 70's, they had crowds of 37k. However within about 5 years they were averaging under 5k. That's a loss of about 30k fans if you take into account away support. Where the hell did 30k fans just dissapear too? That's actually staggering.
When Rovers had their best period in the mid 50's, we were getting crowds of over 35k at Eastville. By the early 60's however we were averaging about 10k, again where did 25k fans go?
Both clubs can attract fans when we have a bit of success or if we play in Wembley Finals etc. I think a bigger problem for both clubs is enticing them to stay!
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Post by Gastafari on Aug 9, 2022 11:41:52 GMT
You seem to live in the past Topper. It's like because something hasn't happened before it can never happen. Well it can. What is "a football city" out of interest. I know plenty of people in and around Bristol who love football. Maybe it's not a "football city" because we haven't been successful. It wasn't long ago people were saying football isn't a sport for girls... There’s plenty of football supporters in Bristol. The sad reality is the majority of them support teams that are about 175 miles away in the premier league and have no connection to them whatsoever other than they’ve won trophies. Both Bristol clubs being sh**e for pretty much all their history, doesn't help that.
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Post by Gastafari on Aug 8, 2022 15:29:40 GMT
I honestly don't see the issue here? This is the way I see it. An injured player wouldn't normally travel, they'd stay at home recuperating. With the seriousness of Andertons illness, he probably thought he would be too, Joey insisted to pay for Anderton to travel with the squad as a nice gesture, the club agreed. Think some are making a mountain out of a molehill with this, just like the Trevor Clarke issue as well. If that's the case why didn't the club i.e. Wael say simply " don't be stupid I'm a billionaire I'll gladly pay for NA's flights if you want him to join you in Portugal " As I said maybe Joey insisted, he's the Manager after all and I'd imagine has a far closer relationship to Nick than Wael has. Just something he really wanted to do. Joey's a Multi Millionaire himself
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Post by Gastafari on Aug 8, 2022 9:41:58 GMT
I honestly don't see the issue here?
This is the way I see it.
An injured player wouldn't normally travel, they'd stay at home recuperating.
With the seriousness of Andertons illness, he probably thought he would be too, Joey insisted to pay for Anderton to travel with the squad as a nice gesture, the club agreed.
Think some are making a mountain out of a molehill with this, just like the Trevor Clarke issue as well.
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Post by Gastafari on Aug 7, 2022 1:09:30 GMT
The new lad came in today and had a cracking debut. We won 4-0 away from home. Granted the Red Card after a minute helped our cause, but we looked a hell of a lot better today. Let's all get behind the manager, he's won me round big time and he's delivered with pretty much all his decisions so far. I am behind the manager. Fair enough. I think Joey’s been open, frank and honest about the whole situation. I don't think his comments will impact anybody wanting to take Trevor Clarke. He said a lot worse about Max Ehmer, he managed to go back to Gillingham, pretty sure Jack Baldwin, Brandon Hanlan, Jonah Ayunga etc were on the end of his harsh words too, they all ended up at clubs at a higher level or in Baldwins case playing in front of 50k fans a few times in the SPL. He may already be in contact with another manager whose willing to take him. Who knows? I trust Joey, he's earnt it in the last 6-7 months. If his debuts anything to go by, it looks like we may have another gem in Lewis Gordon.
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Post by Gastafari on Aug 7, 2022 0:10:20 GMT
Great result! Looking back at the highlights Azza took both goals really well, really happy tor him! Seems to have hit the ground running carrying on last year's form. Let's hope it continues 🙏 Since he scored his 1st league goal back in December he's gone on to score 21 goals in his last 29 games. That's superb. One of if not the most prolific striker in the whole country currently.
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Post by Gastafari on Aug 6, 2022 20:47:32 GMT
I don't see anything wrong with what Bartons saying, a pretty clear explanation for those wondering why. I think hes totally trashed him. He talks about his physical state which can be seen as him not being in the shape he should have been. He basically says he isn't good enough on the ball. He talked about him not carrying out instructions in another interview. Theres even a little dig about playing in the league of Ireland and says he cant become someone elses problem, problem is not a good choice of words in describing a player. We need to shift him on and all the comments in the press don't paint a good picture of Clarke as a player. The new lad came in today and had a cracking debut. We won 4-0 away from home. Granted the Red Card after a minute helped our cause, but we looked a hell of a lot better today. Let's all get behind the manager, he's won me round big time and he's delivered with pretty much all his decisions so far.
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Post by Gastafari on Aug 5, 2022 15:14:46 GMT
So just burying Clarke even further. If he want to let him go, fine. His decision, but is there any need to just complete trash the bloke I still dont know what Barton knows now that he didnt know 2 months ago, or even throughout the year prior to that? Ok so he didnt see much of him due to his physical state, so why give him a new 2 year deal!? Barton's openly admitted he made a mistake in giving him the deal. I think he's been quite frank & honest in what he's said about the whole situation.
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Post by Gastafari on Aug 5, 2022 14:55:31 GMT
Good article by Sam Frost on Bristol live this afternoon with an in depth interview with Joey as to why Clarke has been let go. No doubt someone who knows how can post the link. So just burying Clarke even further. If he want to let him go, fine. His decision, but is there any need to just complete trash the bloke I wouldn't say he's completely 'trashed' him. I think these are actually pretty reasonable explanations. 'He’s a good kid," Barton said when explaining his decision. "He just can’t play the position how I want it played. Last year, we didn’t see a lot of him due to his physical state. "He came in this summer after the back end of the season and he got the bit between his teeth and he was saying he really wanted to get after it in the summer and the off-season. He’s come back in and he’s had a lot of reps because we’ve been light in that position with Josh (Grant) being unavailable. "For me, he just doesn’t fill me with trust going forward. If I’m honest, I don’t trust him. I don’t think he’s the right component for us. We want to pass out, we want to play, and he’s not that type of full-back' I don't see anything wrong with what Bartons saying, a pretty clear explanation for those wondering why.
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Post by Gastafari on Aug 5, 2022 14:10:23 GMT
if the level has dropped .calling him out and getting rid is the way forward. Your reasoning grows more bizarre with each post. Are you seriously suggesting a player has his career evaluated on the basis of one game? Christ, on that basis Jason Roberts would have been sacked almost immediately. Let's not just continuously deflect from the point. Barton's judgement is highly questionable. This farce is just one more example. It looks as though Trevor Clarke has been evaluated quite heavily. It looks as though he hasn't taken any information in and doesn't seem to follow any team instructions. He played on Saturday because of the sad situation with Nick Anderton and Josh Grant being injured. Joey Barton has openly admitted he made a mistake giving him a 2 year deal. It's a completely different scenario to Jason Roberts, who was only about 19 when he signed, who clearly had loads of potential. Trevor Clarke is 24. Now JB has explained the situation, I now understand why Trevor Clarke is surplus to requirements. If he consistently doesn't follow team intructions or what the manager is telling him to do then it makes perfect sense. I take it you feel Bartons judgement was highly questionable after the signings of Belshaw, Coutts, Finley, Anthony Evans, Harry Anderson and Aaron Collins? Actually the fact you've already said you think the loan signing of Eliott Anderson was just luck, makes me think you won't give him any credit whatsoever. I've changed my mind over Barton, simply because he's done what he said he would and got us promoted, by playing great stuff and the overwhelming majority of his signings have been absolute gems. It seems some people, i.e yourself, are unable to do that.
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Post by Gastafari on Aug 4, 2022 14:27:51 GMT
I'm seeing so much unnecessary panicking after just 1 game of the season.
I honestly don't get why?
There's Premier League teams with multi Billionaire owners who have all the recourses in the World who have signed less players than we have.
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Post by Gastafari on Jul 31, 2022 2:01:39 GMT
For me Barton lost a lot of hard earned respect with his comments on Trevor Clark, who I thought was one of our better performers today. What rankled me most about Barton's comments on Clarke was his opening 'If you'd had said to me at the end of last season that Trevor Clarke was going to be in the starting 11 on the first day of the season, I'd have said my god we must have had a bad summer' To call publicly call out a player like that who did well for us last season, signed a new contract, then did alright today, struck me as frankly quite insulting. Tbf Barton has done it on a few occasions. It's his style of man management imo. He did it with Max Ehmer when he first took over. He did it with Luke Thomas last season when he made the comments about 'Not being wired up right' Now with Trevor Clarke I guess it goes 1 of 2 ways. You end up like Max Ehmer or it gives you a kick up the arse and you see a massive improvement like Luke Thomas
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Post by Gastafari on Jul 30, 2022 22:47:50 GMT
Yet they still allowed him to come here? Again not luck, Joey Barton used his contacts well and we got a superb talent on loan. As Joey Barton has already stated, unless you actually get Elliot Anderson, then replacing him is literally impossible. I would rather we wait and be patient to try and get the very best players we're able too then just sign players to make numbers in a squad. Or would you rather we signed players in the mould of Brett Pitman, Leon Clarke, Mark Hughes and Junior Brown? Who either weren't good enough or not fit enough. I would say biding your time and trying to get the right players in, rather than signing over the hill players in their mid 30's, getting paid for doing very little actually is a lot more professional If they were obviously bad signings at the time then why did JB sign them last summer, it's not like he was new to being a manager? Pretty sure Leon Clarke was signed very late in the window anyway. I wouldn't say Brett Pitman & Leon Clarke were bad signings, they both scored crucial goals that contributed to getting us promoted in the end. But Pitman had zero mobility who clearly didn't suit the way Barton set the team out in the 2nd Half of the season and Leon Clarke was always injured. That's my point, they were signed just to make up numbers really not actually improving the standard of the squad. Again I would rather and I'm sure Joey does too to wait and get players that will actually improve the squad than players that wont.
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Post by Gastafari on Jul 30, 2022 20:38:46 GMT
I wouldn't say it was luck. Joey Barton shrewdly used his friendship with Shola Ameobi and Steve Harper wisely to get a player as good as Eliott Anderson to drop down to League 2. More a masterstroke than luck imo But They, Newcastle, had higher ambition for him, we are led to believe. Anyway, he left in May and now the squad looks diminished. The club must have known he would go back and not return, so what happened to his replacement? Once again we start with an incomplete squad. Where is this fabled professionalism we are told is now the backbone of the club? Once again we lose. Yet they still allowed him to come here? Again not luck, Joey Barton used his contacts well and we got a superb talent on loan. As Joey Barton has already stated, unless you actually get Elliot Anderson, then replacing him is literally impossible. I would rather we wait and be patient to try and get the very best players we're able too then just sign players to make numbers in a squad. Or would you rather we signed players in the mould of Brett Pitman, Leon Clarke, Mark Hughes and Junior Brown? Who either weren't good enough or not fit enough. I would say biding your time and trying to get the right players in, rather than signing over the hill players in their mid 30's, getting paid for doing very little actually is a lot more professional
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Post by Gastafari on Jul 30, 2022 19:52:23 GMT
James Connolly and Elliott Anderson signed when we were losing quite reguarly. That didn't stop them from joining did it? History will tell us whether we were lucky. Were we languishing near the bottom of L2 last December? Newcastle wanted E Anderson to go into a higher division than us, but nobody came in. That's luck, he wasn't even our first choice. I wouldn't say it was luck. Joey Barton shrewdly used his friendship with Shola Ameobi and Steve Harper wisely to get a player as good as Eliott Anderson to drop down to League 2. More a masterstroke than luck imo
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