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Post by Topper Gas on Jul 8, 2017 8:32:53 GMT
So if DC has to borrow some top flight Under 23 player and play them in the first team, are you all going to boycott the game or if you go boo him as well ?? I doubt there's any chance of us being taken over by a Premiership side and the whole team being made up of U23's? That's the scenario we face if this the cup becomes a success where we could have to regularly watch U23, it'll be a bit late then for you & GI to start boycotting just the U23 games. Perhaps there's no danger of that happening but why take the chance as nobody is going to punish GI & you for missing 3 Rovers games in a season. I know it hurts to miss Rovers games but it'll hurt a damn sight more if we're denied promotion for a few seasons whilst the Premiership side work their way up the league pyramid.
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Post by gasincider on Jul 8, 2017 8:33:29 GMT
So if DC has to borrow some top flight Under 23 player and play them in the first team, are you all going to boycott the game or if you go boo him as well ?? My point exactly. It's all down to personal choice, and I sure as hell won't condemn gasheads for supporting their team. My choice is to boycott any games against the pretend teams, what others do is up to them.
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Post by gasincider on Jul 8, 2017 8:37:59 GMT
I doubt there's any chance of us being taken over by a Premiership side and the whole team being made up of U23's? That's the scenario we face if this the cup becomes a success where we could have to regularly watch U23, it'll be a bit late then for you & GI to start boycotting just the U23 games. Perhaps there's no danger of that happening but why take the chance as nobody is going to punish GI & you for missing 3 Rovers games in a season. I know it hurts to miss Rovers games but it'll hurt a damn sight more if we're denied promotion for a few seasons whilst the Premiership side work their way up the league pyramid. That's just totally fanciful. No better argument than one that cannot be proved or disproved. By the way Topper, would you be ok with us being pipped for promotion by a team fielding 5 under 23 players? Pretty much the same thing isn't it?
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Post by tommym9 on Jul 8, 2017 8:42:33 GMT
So if DC has to borrow some top flight Under 23 player and play them in the first team, are you all going to boycott the game or if you go boo him as well ?? No. Players on loan are fine. It's having the PL academy teams playing lower league teams for their development which I'm not happy about. It helps no one but the PL teams and encourages them to hoard youth players. I'd much rather see colkett, boetang, lumley, etc playing first team football for Rovers than lining up against them in this joke of a competition. The EPPP rules and youth team limits need looking at if the FA/PL/EFL are going to solve the problem that this format is trying to fix.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2017 15:15:59 GMT
So if DC has to borrow some top flight Under 23 player and play them in the first team, are you all going to boycott the game or if you go boo him as well ?? Why on earth would people boycott? You've totally missed the point.
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Post by LJG on Jul 8, 2017 16:10:46 GMT
So if DC has to borrow some top flight Under 23 player and play them in the first team, are you all going to boycott the game or if you go boo him as well ?? That literally makes no sense. Break the logic down for me.
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Post by mftc on Jul 8, 2017 17:05:19 GMT
If we got Chelsea or Spurs, I would hope the club marketed the game well. Unfortunately, there are probably more teenage fans of theirs, than Rovers in Bristol.
If it was £6 for adults and a quid a kid, Rovers fans who wanted to boycott can go ahead, as there would probably be a potential thousand and more glory hunters wanting to see the next Harry Kane or JT.(or more likely an unpronounceable African "star" who will never play a first team game but might have a future in the French second division).
For those Gas who don't want to attend, they can still turn up for a pre match pint and pasty, get a 50/50 and a programme before going elsewhere. At least they would help the club not suffer a loss in this competition,(like last year), while still not adding to the attendance figures, so their conscious is clear.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2017 7:38:39 GMT
If we got Chelsea or Spurs, I would hope the club marketed the game well. Unfortunately, there are probably more teenage fans of theirs, than Rovers in Bristol. If it was £6 for adults and a quid a kid, Rovers fans who wanted to boycott can go ahead, as there would probably be a potential thousand and more glory hunters wanting to see the next Harry Kane or JT.(or more likely an unpronounceable African "star" who will never play a first team game but might have a future in the French second division). For those Gas who don't want to attend, they can still turn up for a pre match pint and pasty, get a 50/50 and a programme before going elsewhere. At least they would help the club not suffer a loss in this competition,(like last year), while still not adding to the attendance figures, so their conscious is clear. Idea of us heavily marketing a first team game against another club's U23 team makes me shudder. What has modern football come to?
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