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Post by warehamgas on Aug 5, 2018 19:10:16 GMT
Do you really believe some comments on twitter really frighten Healey off? Blaming twitter comments for the difficulty we seem to have in attracting players is really pointing the blame in the wrong direction I think. Yes I do. If I was a player and had the choice between a few clubs. If one teams fans were slagging me off and fans were saying, no wonder Nichols confidence is shot, why would I pick that club?? Obviously it won't be the only factor, but if it was the choice between 2 similar clubs, I would pick the ones not moaning about me. If he's not bothered, he wouldn't have been looking into us. Every person is different and some people would worry a lot about those comments. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons we never hear about targets from the club or from senior staff. They know what the consequences might be. We only hear from those who have been told a rumour or from those picking up a rumour or report on social media. Whilst I’d be happy to know about a player once he has signed I’m sure you can’t stop the twitter and other sites reporting stuff, I’d like to but you can’t turn the clock back. Unfortunately? UTG!
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Post by peterparker on Aug 5, 2018 19:18:37 GMT
Do people realise that he scored 5 goals last season where he was being played in a complete different position to how we would play him? The guy hasn’t even worn the shirt and people are already disregarding him. How many people didn’t rate Ellis originally because I can sure remember people moaning and groaning at the mem not even two years ago. If people weren’t so judgemental and opinionated I’m sure we would have had that Rhys Healey from Cardiff since that was pretty much confirmed from multiple sources, but then the player him self ‘liked’ a tweet on Twitter about how our fans love to moan about future signings and nothing came from it. Get behind your team ffs Do you really believe some comments on twitter really frighten Healey off? Blaming twitter comments for the difficulty we seem to have in attracting players is really pointing the blame in the wrong direction I think. Who knows, but seems Tom Nichols has set up a new twitter account. Probably fed up of bellends sending him abuse
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 19:47:23 GMT
he didn’t play many games for the first team, but they watch a more friendlies than I do. I’m just saying thats their overall opinion of him. I'll stick with my own opinion and more importantly the likes of Gary Bowyer who rates him highly and Chris Wilder who spent £400k on him and doesn't want to let him go permanently yet because he thinks he might yet still have something to offer at Championship level. He has only made one first appearance for them and that was described as "assured" in his local press. He is a class act and would've been ideal in my opinion. Not saying you're wrong or anything, but why do you go with another manager's opinion on him, but at the same time tell us that Darrell has it wrong re Bakayoko and the selection of Walsall fans you found on their forum are right to say he's not good enough? At the end of the day, each and every one of us on here are just amateurs, just fans who watch and love our football. None of us have a fraction of the knowledge of what makes a footballer that managers such as Darrell Clarke, Chris Wilder, or any other football manager has. Even Lee Johnson.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 19:48:26 GMT
Everyone's a bloody expert it seems. Can't we just welcome the lad to the club and give him a chance ffs. He hasn't even been officially announced, I'd laugh my socks off of it turns out to be someone else! I feel quite sorry for any new player that joins Bristol Rovers. We like to think we're some of the best fans in the world but if the views of many on this forum are representative of the wider fanbase then sadly we are not imo. Moan, moan, moan, moan, moan. Well if it's ok with you I will put my trust in DC and MS rather than you so called "experts". They may not have got it right with all our signings (Nichols being the obvious recent example) but they've not done bad job overall. All of our players that have moved up to the championship over the last 2 seasons (Bodin, Ellis, Snake) are talent that were developed under the stewardship of DC and Bristol Rovers Football Club and there are many others still in our current squad that have been developed into decent L1 players as well (Sincs, OClarke, Leads, JClarke Locks). Whether you like it or not, this is how it is going to be, no marquee signings, but spotting raw talent that needs to be nurtured and developed (Mensah, Partington, Broadbent) or finding someone that has fallen out of favour at their current club (Bennett, Craig). So if you want to support BRFC then please quit griping and moaning and get behind the strategy. So many people on here presume to know that DC is not happy with the backing he is getting (blah blah blah etc.) but not long ago he signed a 5 year contract extension remember?! Rant over...... Trust in DC and Up The Gas! Quality post.
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Post by irene on Aug 5, 2018 20:01:38 GMT
Quality post indeed as I’ve posted before stop the carping and get behind these players
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Post by rovers5charlton5 on Aug 5, 2018 20:09:47 GMT
Quality post indeed as I’ve posted before stop the carping and get behind these players Thanks DC
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Post by pirate on Aug 5, 2018 20:36:11 GMT
I'll stick with my own opinion and more importantly the likes of Gary Bowyer who rates him highly and Chris Wilder who spent £400k on him and doesn't want to let him go permanently yet because he thinks he might yet still have something to offer at Championship level. He has only made one first appearance for them and that was described as "assured" in his local press. He is a class act and would've been ideal in my opinion. Not saying you're wrong or anything, but why do you go with another manager's opinion on him, but at the same time tell us that Darrell has it wrong re Bakayoko and the selection of Walsall fans you found on their forum are right to say he's not good enough? At the end of the day, each and every one of us on here are just amateurs, just fans who watch and love our football. None of us have a fraction of the knowledge of what makes a footballer that managers such as Darrell Clarke, Chris Wilder, or any other football manager has. Even Lee Johnson. If I'm totally honest, I'm not really bothered what Wilder and Bowyer think and trust my own opinion on the lad and just rate him highly having watched him several times in the past. As for Bakayoko, if the management have seen something in him they like then we will have to just hope he's more of a Taylor than a Nichols with his impact. I'm bored of talking about both players for now and wish them both well, obviously more so Bakayoko if he signs and not for Heneghan when he plays us!
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Post by William Wilson on Aug 5, 2018 20:39:12 GMT
Do you really believe some comments on twitter really frighten Healey off? Blaming twitter comments for the difficulty we seem to have in attracting players is really pointing the blame in the wrong direction I think. Who knows, but seems Tom Nichols has set up a new twitter account. Probably fed up of bellends sending him abuse Well, that`s one way of avoiding the abuse. Scoring a few goals would be another.
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Post by warehamgas on Aug 5, 2018 20:45:00 GMT
I’m sure he’s trying to! UTG!
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Post by Topper Gas on Aug 5, 2018 20:45:23 GMT
Who knows, but seems Tom Nichols has set up a new twitter account. Probably fed up of bellends sending him abuse Well, that`s one way of avoiding the abuse. Scoring a few goals would be another. One of the worse abusers on his Insta account is Jake Gosling!
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Aug 5, 2018 20:47:06 GMT
Well, that`s one way of avoiding the abuse. Scoring a few goals would be another. One of the worse abusers on his Insta account is Jake Gosling! The same Jake Gosling who appears to watch Love island! He's got a cheek!
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Post by rosssgb on Aug 5, 2018 21:00:23 GMT
Wish Bakayoko all the best when he signs.
Hopefully he’ll prove to be the focal point the team needs and positively impact Reilly and Nichols games.
Alternatively, gives us a great option to play him up top on his own with Matthews or Sercombe just in behind.
Feel we also need another target man in before the deadline in case AB gets injured.
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Post by chilly1883 on Aug 5, 2018 21:04:26 GMT
stay away then, your negativity won’t be missed 👍 true they will make enough of that themselves this year! 😜 lets just support them, after all, we’ve only played one game 😂
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Aug 5, 2018 21:06:13 GMT
Not slagging the player off - I’ll give him a chance but I’m definitely very unhappy with the club. They can consider themselves very lucky to have my £300 this year! The rovers I fell in love with seem to have disappeared and I’m fed up of being fed rubbish, treated like sh*t and taken advantage of as a fan. Plus evolution is boring as hell! I really hope I feel more positive come next Saturday but at present I am not looking forward to watching this squad. Seems like it’s going to be a drag of a season! I’m feeling less and less passionate for rovers Which is very odd for me. It’s like something in me knows I’m being played with and wants to stand up and say no more, that’s it! Weird one! stay away then, your negativity won’t be missed 👍 Now look what you've done!
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Post by singupgas on Aug 5, 2018 21:09:42 GMT
I'll be going loco with Amadou Bakayoko...
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Post by legas on Aug 5, 2018 21:43:17 GMT
I'll be going loco with Amadou Bakayoko... just don’t stay too long.
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Post by singupgas on Aug 5, 2018 21:45:45 GMT
I'll be going loco with Amadou Bakayoko... just don’t stay too long. Yes I'll be going loco with Amadou Bakayoko, The magic is too strong.
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Post by legas on Aug 5, 2018 21:47:09 GMT
just don’t stay too long. Yes I'll be going loco with Amadou Bakayoko, The magic is too strong. I’m bannng myself.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 23:17:52 GMT
I'll stick with my own opinion and more importantly the likes of Gary Bowyer who rates him highly and Chris Wilder who spent £400k on him and doesn't want to let him go permanently yet because he thinks he might yet still have something to offer at Championship level. He has only made one first appearance for them and that was described as "assured" in his local press. He is a class act and would've been ideal in my opinion. Not saying you're wrong or anything, but why do you go with another manager's opinion on him, but at the same time tell us that Darrell has it wrong re Bakayoko and the selection of Walsall fans you found on their forum are right to say he's not good enough? At the end of the day, each and every one of us on here are just amateurs, just fans who watch and love our football. None of us have a fraction of the knowledge of what makes a footballer that managers such as Darrell Clarke, Chris Wilder, or any other football manager has. Even Lee Johnson. Exactly right,were all just bloody amateurs on here way out of our depth compared to dc,marcus stewart etc,dont matter if we played football,watched football for years or watched endless videos of matches. We are just amateurs showing our passion by giving our amateur opinions. Its just fun but somehow certain posters actually believe they know more about the game than proper pro football people. You couldnt make it up really.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 23:20:17 GMT
We need a big man,we cant afford an expensive big man,so were getting a player who might become an expensive big man. Or not. Its not rocket science is it?
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