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Post by Big Jock on Sept 1, 2017 16:50:35 GMT
So in summary Steve my old mate, i think we've all had more disappointing days in our life and yesterday wasn't a particularly bad one. Is that about right everyone......
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Post by warehamgas on Sept 1, 2017 16:59:52 GMT
And a lot better than January 2017!
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Post by markczgas on Sept 1, 2017 21:25:00 GMT
I am amazed. We have kept Billy Bodin, kept Tom Lockyer, got Sweeney for a year, added Liam sercombe and retained the rest of the squad who got us to 10th in their first season in league 1. Why the hell are people dissenting - we are Bristol Rovers and this is absolutely fantastic news. We don't have to sell and we can attract talent. Because so many clubs are flinging silly money around it does not mean we must. I guess the board would back DC if he really wanted a specific player but it appears he will not break his wage structure and rightly so. Stop moaning, continue supporting and start rejoicing - we are slowly but surely evolving. I think you are a bit easily amazed. We are not Exeter with 3/4,000 gates after all. Overall, I'm quite pleased with the summer acquisitions. Sweeney coming back expected, Lumley not - wonder what happened there - is he still at QPR ? 2 new keepers - good that they're ours but we shall see by Jan if they're up to it. Sercombe, Nichols and Bola very good signings. But yeah that attacking left side is a weak area. Plus I would like to have seen stronger competition for Lockyer's position. If people are surprised about this - look how many we conceded last year and 8 so far in 4 games. Not singling out Locks here, but we need to improve as a backline and keeper. Hopefully, the evolution will get us and keep us in the top 6 soon.
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Post by socrates on Sept 1, 2017 21:40:52 GMT
So in summary Steve my old mate, i think we've all had more disappointing days in our life and yesterday wasn't a particularly bad one. Is that about right everyone...... Well we've held on to all of our best players and strengthened it with many more good players. Personally Im very happy with the way this summer has gone and to say on deadline day that it's a disappointing day to be honest I don't really get it. The windows been open for months and because we didn't sign a player on the last day of it which is when clubs panic buy because they're desperate and unhappy clubs that are prepared to get drunk by agents suddenly it's a bad day ?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2017 21:54:46 GMT
I am amazed. We have kept Billy Bodin, kept Tom Lockyer, got Sweeney for a year, added Liam sercombe and retained the rest of the squad who got us to 10th in their first season in league 1. Why the hell are people dissenting - we are Bristol Rovers and this is absolutely fantastic news. We don't have to sell and we can attract talent. Because so many clubs are flinging silly money around it does not mean we must. I guess the board would back DC if he really wanted a specific player but it appears he will not break his wage structure and rightly so. Stop moaning, continue supporting and start rejoicing - we are slowly but surely evolving. I think you are a bit easily amazed. We are not Exeter with 3/4,000 gates after all. Overall, I'm quite pleased with the summer acquisitions. Sweeney coming back expected, Lumley not - wonder what happened there - is he still at QPR ? 2 new keepers - good that they're ours but we shall see by Jan if they're up to it. Sercombe, Nichols and Bola very good signings. But yeah that attacking left side is a weak area. Plus I would like to have seen stronger competition for Lockyer's position. If people are surprised about this - look how many we conceded last year and 8 so far in 4 games. Not singling out Locks here, but we need to improve as a backline and keeper. Hopefully, the evolution will get us and keep us in the top 6 soon. How soon is soon? promotion isnt a practical option but it is a dream by an over achieving squad. Promotion would be fab then we could do a burton and defy all the odds and survive. Maybe its about making sure were competitive in league 1 and testing broom,broadbent,menayese etc when we have injuries and after gaining experience the hard way they become the main men. The team defended very well v fleetwood,fulham and bury[90 mins] so its too early to say thats an issue. Brown has been a fantastic outlet attacking on the left so not a weak area for me. If montano being released was a mistake just watch as he sails past us to a promotion winning league 1 team but actually that wont happen because he isnt good enough.
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Post by gastronaut on Sept 2, 2017 7:23:43 GMT
I am amazed. We have kept Billy Bodin, kept Tom Lockyer, got Sweeney for a year, added Liam sercombe and retained the rest of the squad who got us to 10th in their first season in league 1. Why the hell are people dissenting - we are Bristol Rovers and this is absolutely fantastic news. We don't have to sell and we can attract talent. Because so many clubs are flinging silly money around it does not mean we must. I guess the board would back DC if he really wanted a specific player but it appears he will not break his wage structure and rightly so. Stop moaning, continue supporting and start rejoicing - we are slowly but surely evolving. I think you are a bit easily amazed. We are not Exeter with 3/4,000 gates after all. Overall, I'm quite pleased with the summer acquisitions. Sweeney coming back expected, Lumley not - wonder what happened there - is he still at QPR ? 2 new keepers - good that they're ours but we shall see by Jan if they're up to it. Sercombe, Nichols and Bola very good signings. But yeah that attacking left side is a weak area. Plus I would like to have seen stronger competition for Lockyer's position. If people are surprised about this - look how many we conceded last year and 8 so far in 4 games. Not singling out Locks here, but we need to improve as a backline and keeper. Hopefully, the evolution will get us and keep us in the top 6 soon. No we are not Exeter. We are Bristol Rovers, a football club of perennial under achievement considering Bristol is 6th largest city in the England (give or take a place). We feed on morsels of success and, because we love our club so much, it sustains us. We brush off being beaten by Chesham, because we savour the trip to Stamford bridge. Exeter are a far smaller city with a far smaller fan base. Only 3 seasons ago we were in the conference and we had the very real threat of being wound up. So if you think I am easily amazed I think you have a very short memory and an over active imagination - why was Sweeney 'expected', he was not expected he was hoped! Lumley - he was great for us. You wonder what happened I guess it could be; a) we did not go for him b) QPR did not want to release him. c) we made an offer and it was refused. d) he did not want to come back. e) he is confident in his ability to break into QPR's first team squad this season. f) he thinks his current side might be promoted to the premiership and he is better staying put. The fact is that he was not our player and he is not our player. We did not sign him but we signed two others and a young foreign keeper. I would imagine you have no idea of whom DC might have been pursuing and he may well have been going hell for leather for someone down the left side but failed to get them. I happen to know that the early part of the summer DC was more engaged in keeping his players than finding new ones - fact. How do I know - personal phone conversation with DC. Tom Lockyer, who you thankfully don't blame for conceding goals, is a very good young player with 200+ games under his belt and in the full welsh squad. We have kept him, yes kept him - that is fantastic because he was one of the players of much interest. It is great to hear what you would have liked to have seen happen, I should have liked to have seen lots of possibilities but that is the same every year. What I actually said was a reflection on the fact that we have come a very long way in a very short space of time and we are now keeping players rather than selling them. My amazement is that there are so many fans, of which you are typical, who toss away reality. What you have put in your post is what you would have liked. I love Bristol Rovers, it is a very important thing in my life and it defines part of who I am. The last few years after the heart break of going into the conference have been amazing and we are evolving. I am totally thrilled with our progress and I long for steady and stealthy progress, not attracting to much attention - just rising year by year. You may be surprised at my response to your relatively glib post, I have nothing against you and do not mean to offend. I simply think when you start with 'you are easily amazed' it deserves a response because I am not easily amazed and what we are achieving under a great new owners and fresh young management deserves more than hearing what, in your opinion, they failed at.
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Post by markczgas on Sept 2, 2017 7:36:18 GMT
You don't have to defend yourself with an essay. As I said you seem easily amazed at what's going on. No point saying we were in The conference 3 years ago - we aren't now. Just like we were once in The Championship for several years but aren't now. We have reached the level where we've been for the most of our time post-war.
There is a big fanbase and average crowds are 9,000 so we shouldn't expect to be struggling in the division and saying 'we are the minnows" - don't yo agree ? As I said generally pleased with the summer signings and we have a good chance of improving on last season, but we have fallen short with signings (in the left midfield area for one).
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Post by bluestone on Sept 2, 2017 7:38:59 GMT
I think you are a bit easily amazed. We are not Exeter with 3/4,000 gates after all. Overall, I'm quite pleased with the summer acquisitions. Sweeney coming back expected, Lumley not - wonder what happened there - is he still at QPR ? 2 new keepers - good that they're ours but we shall see by Jan if they're up to it. Sercombe, Nichols and Bola very good signings. But yeah that attacking left side is a weak area. Plus I would like to have seen stronger competition for Lockyer's position. If people are surprised about this - look how many we conceded last year and 8 so far in 4 games. Not singling out Locks here, but we need to improve as a backline and keeper. Hopefully, the evolution will get us and keep us in the top 6 soon. No we are not Exeter. We are Bristol Rovers, a football club of perennial under achievement considering Bristol is 6th largest city in the England (give or take a place). We feed on morsels of success and, because we love our club so much, it sustains us. We brush off being beaten by Chesham, because we savour the trip to Stamford bridge. Exeter are a far smaller city with a far smaller fan base. Only 3 seasons ago we were in the conference and we had the very real threat of being wound up. So if you think I am easily amazed I think you have a very short memory and an over active imagination - why was Sweeney 'expected', he was not expected he was hoped! Lumley - he was great for us. You wonder what happened I guess it could be; a) we did not go for him b) QPR did not want to release him. c) we made an offer and it was refused. d) he did not want to come back. e) he is confident in his ability to break into QPR's first team squad this season. f) he thinks his current side might be promoted to the premiership and he is better staying put. The fact is that he was not our player and he is not our player. We did not sign him but we signed two others and a young foreign keeper. I would imagine you have no idea of whom DC might have been pursuing and he may well have been going hell for leather for someone down the left side but failed to get them. I happen to know that the early part of the summer DC was more engaged in keeping his players than finding new ones - fact. How do I know - personal phone conversation with DC. Tom Lockyer, who you thankfully don't blame for conceding goals, is a very good young player with 200+ games under his belt and in the full welsh squad. We have kept him, yes kept him - that is fantastic because he was one of the players of much interest. It is great to hear what you would have liked to have seen happen, I should have liked to have seen lots of possibilities but that is the same every year. What I actually said was a reflection on the fact that we have come a very long way in a very short space of time and we are now keeping players rather than selling them. My amazement is that there are so many fans, of which you are typical, who toss away reality. What you have put in your post is what you would have liked. I love Bristol Rovers, it is a very important thing in my life and it defines part of who I am. The last few years after the heart break of going into the conference have been amazing and we are evolving. I am totally thrilled with our progress and I long for steady and stealthy progress, not attracting to much attention - just rising year by year. You may be surprised at my response to your relatively glib post, I have nothing against you and do not mean to offend. I simply think when you start with 'you are easily amazed' it deserves a response because I am not easily amazed and what we are achieving under a great new owners and fresh young management deserves more than hearing what, in your opinion, they failed at. Bravo! Almost Churchillian that speech. Feel like our backs are against the wall and we're about to go over the top. Charge!!!! (To the championship) UTG!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2017 7:41:31 GMT
I think you are a bit easily amazed. We are not Exeter with 3/4,000 gates after all. Overall, I'm quite pleased with the summer acquisitions. Sweeney coming back expected, Lumley not - wonder what happened there - is he still at QPR ? 2 new keepers - good that they're ours but we shall see by Jan if they're up to it. Sercombe, Nichols and Bola very good signings. But yeah that attacking left side is a weak area. Plus I would like to have seen stronger competition for Lockyer's position. If people are surprised about this - look how many we conceded last year and 8 so far in 4 games. Not singling out Locks here, but we need to improve as a backline and keeper. Hopefully, the evolution will get us and keep us in the top 6 soon. No we are not Exeter. We are Bristol Rovers, a football club of perennial under achievement considering Bristol is 6th largest city in the England (give or take a place). We feed on morsels of success and, because we love our club so much, it sustains us. We brush off being beaten by Chesham, because we savour the trip to Stamford bridge. Exeter are a far smaller city with a far smaller fan base. Only 3 seasons ago we were in the conference and we had the very real threat of being wound up. So if you think I am easily amazed I think you have a very short memory and an over active imagination - why was Sweeney 'expected', he was not expected he was hoped! Lumley - he was great for us. You wonder what happened I guess it could be; a) we did not go for him b) QPR did not want to release him. c) we made an offer and it was refused. d) he did not want to come back. e) he is confident in his ability to break into QPR's first team squad this season. f) he thinks his current side might be promoted to the premiership and he is better staying put. The fact is that he was not our player and he is not our player. We did not sign him but we signed two others and a young foreign keeper. I would imagine you have no idea of whom DC might have been pursuing and he may well have been going hell for leather for someone down the left side but failed to get them. I happen to know that the early part of the summer DC was more engaged in keeping his players than finding new ones - fact. How do I know - personal phone conversation with DC. Tom Lockyer, who you thankfully don't blame for conceding goals, is a very good young player with 200+ games under his belt and in the full welsh squad. We have kept him, yes kept him - that is fantastic because he was one of the players of much interest. It is great to hear what you would have liked to have seen happen, I should have liked to have seen lots of possibilities but that is the same every year. What I actually said was a reflection on the fact that we have come a very long way in a very short space of time and we are now keeping players rather than selling them. My amazement is that there are so many fans, of which you are typical, who toss away reality. What you have put in your post is what you would have liked. I love Bristol Rovers, it is a very important thing in my life and it defines part of who I am. The last few years after the heart break of going into the conference have been amazing and we are evolving. I am totally thrilled with our progress and I long for steady and stealthy progress, not attracting to much attention - just rising year by year. You may be surprised at my response to your relatively glib post, I have nothing against you and do not mean to offend. I simply think when you start with 'you are easily amazed' it deserves a response because I am not easily amazed and what we are achieving under a great new owners and fresh young management deserves more than hearing what, in your opinion, they failed at.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2017 7:43:00 GMT
In the 55 years of me being a gashead we are back where we started and eastville was a better stadium than the mem
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Post by gastronaut on Sept 2, 2017 7:49:21 GMT
I was not defending myself, simply responding.. Essay - if you like.
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Post by gastronaut on Sept 2, 2017 7:53:13 GMT
No we are not Exeter. We are Bristol Rovers, a football club of perennial under achievement considering Bristol is 6th largest city in the England (give or take a place). We feed on morsels of success and, because we love our club so much, it sustains us. We brush off being beaten by Chesham, because we savour the trip to Stamford bridge. Exeter are a far smaller city with a far smaller fan base. Only 3 seasons ago we were in the conference and we had the very real threat of being wound up. So if you think I am easily amazed I think you have a very short memory and an over active imagination - why was Sweeney 'expected', he was not expected he was hoped! Lumley - he was great for us. You wonder what happened I guess it could be; a) we did not go for him b) QPR did not want to release him. c) we made an offer and it was refused. d) he did not want to come back. e) he is confident in his ability to break into QPR's first team squad this season. f) he thinks his current side might be promoted to the premiership and he is better staying put. The fact is that he was not our player and he is not our player. We did not sign him but we signed two others and a young foreign keeper. I would imagine you have no idea of whom DC might have been pursuing and he may well have been going hell for leather for someone down the left side but failed to get them. I happen to know that the early part of the summer DC was more engaged in keeping his players than finding new ones - fact. How do I know - personal phone conversation with DC. Tom Lockyer, who you thankfully don't blame for conceding goals, is a very good young player with 200+ games under his belt and in the full welsh squad. We have kept him, yes kept him - that is fantastic because he was one of the players of much interest. It is great to hear what you would have liked to have seen happen, I should have liked to have seen lots of possibilities but that is the same every year. What I actually said was a reflection on the fact that we have come a very long way in a very short space of time and we are now keeping players rather than selling them. My amazement is that there are so many fans, of which you are typical, who toss away reality. What you have put in your post is what you would have liked. I love Bristol Rovers, it is a very important thing in my life and it defines part of who I am. The last few years after the heart break of going into the conference have been amazing and we are evolving. I am totally thrilled with our progress and I long for steady and stealthy progress, not attracting to much attention - just rising year by year. You may be surprised at my response to your relatively glib post, I have nothing against you and do not mean to offend. I simply think when you start with 'you are easily amazed' it deserves a response because I am not easily amazed and what we are achieving under a great new owners and fresh young management deserves more than hearing what, in your opinion, they failed at. Bravo! Almost Churchillian that speech. Feel like our backs are against the wall and we're about to go over the top. Charge!!!! (To the championship) UTG! We shall fight them on the pitches!
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Sept 2, 2017 7:53:32 GMT
I was not defending myself, simply responding.. Essay - if you like. Nothing wrong with making an effort and going to the trouble of longer and more detailed posts. Bit of a bizarre criticism, really.
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Post by gastronaut on Sept 2, 2017 7:57:06 GMT
In the 55 years of me being a gashead we are back where we started and eastville was a better stadium than the mem In the 55 years of you being a gas head, we never owned Eastville!
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Post by gastronaut on Sept 2, 2017 7:59:05 GMT
I was not defending myself, simply responding.. Essay - if you like. Nothing wrong with making an effort and going to the trouble of longer and more detailed posts. Bit of a bizarre criticism, really. Thank you.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2017 9:11:17 GMT
In the 55 years of me being a gashead we are back where we started and eastville was a better stadium than the mem In the 55 years of you being a gas head, we never owned Eastville! And we don't own the mem?
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Post by knowall on Sept 2, 2017 9:42:15 GMT
In the 55 years of you being a gas head, we never owned Eastville! And we don't own the mem? 92% The Al-Qadi's and 8% The fans = 100% so how do we not own?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2017 9:45:46 GMT
And we don't own the mem? 92% The Al-Qadi's and 8% The fans = 100% so how do we not own? We got to own at least 50 percent so a long way off owning the mem.
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 4, 2017 11:04:16 GMT
In an ideal world it would have been nice to have signed another striker ,central defensive midfielder and a left winger or two. However its not an ideal world ,but the squad has plenty of cover in most areas. Im sure watching the highlights of the Wycombe game that Moore hit the post coming in from the left and Broom was on the left side for at least one of the goals. Maybe they are being trained up to play that side as well. For those with long memories. How many midfielders did the Francis team that won the league have ? Mehew ,Purnell ,Nixon ,Holloway ,Reece...any others ? compare that to Moore , Bodin , Broom , Sercombe ,Lines , O Clarke ,Sinclair I don't think D.C. will play 4-4-2 on a regular basis until he has a centre forward that will score 20+ goals a season .Even then he may not. Perhaps going for 4-3-1-2 or 4-2-3-1. Or maybe the 4-3-3 that we've been playing with all season?
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Post by Henbury Gas on Sept 4, 2017 11:27:44 GMT
92% The Al-Qadi's and 8% The fans = 100% so how do we not own? We got to own at least 50 percent so a long way off owning the mem. Who own's Bristol Rovers football club ?
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