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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2018 7:17:41 GMT
Just a thought, but two promotions in the basement divisions and mediocre survival in league one.
DC gave us our Rovers back and god bless him for that, but has he reached his limit?, maybe this is as good as he get's?
You could argue he has been let down by those in Box 1 - maybe?
i.e. No Stadium/Training Ground etc etc etc ……...
And yet again, something is wrong at our much loved and long suffering club.
Thoughts - for a honest question
[But who knows a win tonight and again next Saturday and everything could change - 'shout it loud' - I believe .. or not] I don’t think it’s DC that has reached his limit, I think it’s Rovers who have reached theirs. This league isn’t like it once was, we now have big clubs in this division every year, whether it’s been; Leeds, Sunderland, Blackburn, Southampton whoever it is they all have huge fan bases, but more importantly huge income compared to us. Whether it’s being pumped in by the owners or generated through their match day/ non match day experiences. Look at Peterborough, Fleetwood for example, Rovers do not have a cat in hells chance of competing with these clubs regardless of fan base, like DC said, we are 30 years behind these clubs and that is the reason imo anyway that we have found our level. We really were spoilt with back-to-back promotions and now some fans are thinking it’s the norm for us to fly through the leagues. Trouble is DC trying to manage like a premiership manager in league one when a settled side is required for more consistency.
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Post by Topper Gas on Aug 29, 2018 7:20:41 GMT
Just a thought, but two promotions in the basement divisions and mediocre survival in league one.
DC gave us our Rovers back and god bless him for that, but has he reached his limit?, maybe this is as good as he get's?
You could argue he has been let down by those in Box 1 - maybe?
i.e. No Stadium/Training Ground etc etc etc ……...
And yet again, something is wrong at our much loved and long suffering club.
Thoughts - for a honest question
[But who knows a win tonight and again next Saturday and everything could change - 'shout it loud' - I believe .. or not] I don’t think it’s DC that has reached his limit, I think it’s Rovers who have reached theirs. This league isn’t like it once was, we now have big clubs in this division every year, whether it’s been; Leeds, Sunderland, Blackburn, Southampton whoever it is they all have huge fan bases, but more importantly huge income compared to us. Whether it’s being pumped in by the owners or generated through their match day/ non match day experiences. Look at Peterborough, Fleetwood for example, Rovers do not have a cat in hells chance of competing with these clubs regardless of fan base, like DC said, we are 30 years behind these clubs and that is the reason imo anyway that we have found our level. We really were spoilt with back-to-back promotions and now some fans are thinking it’s the norm for us to fly through the leagues. But we should be able to compete with the likes of Oxford, Wimbledon, Walsall, Plymouth, Oldham etc? If it was true we had the 17th biggest wage budget last season then there's teams with even smaller budgets if we still have a similar budgets.
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Post by station on Aug 29, 2018 7:22:45 GMT
I have read peoples post above and thought about the situation at length
We all agree to disagree, that after all is only human
My gut feeling tells me that the problem is at the foot of Box 1. - I truly believe that they do not have the funds to build a successful football club and there is an awful lot of 'smoke & mirrors', which I have voiced in earlier post. [funds - or unwilling to make available?]
What really upsets me is that we can take away almost 1800 fans for a mid-week unimportant cup game, or 600-1200 to the average away league game and still the fans do not get what they deserve - a successful football club, our home gates are better than most for our status and league position, but still that door eludes us to success.
The evolution not revolution is a bitter pill to swallow and I am sure many like myself are questioning exactly where we are going, the silence regarding future plans is deafening.
I have been attending games with my close mate BC since 1966 and have seen it all, the up's and far too many downs and although it hurts me to say, but dare I say, like many before me - I am not sure it will ever change unless serious money arrives from another port?. [will it ever?]
Back to the question regarding DC - tactics are an issue, some poor singings are another, but I do believe he has more to give and possibly another promotion - but only if he gets the support he so clearly deserves, and that is not fan support, but that of a serious financial backing/ownership of our club. I believe in DC and the fans, but do I believe in the integrity of our board - answers on a post card.
Lets be constructive.
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Post by knowall on Aug 29, 2018 8:41:29 GMT
I don’t think it’s DC that has reached his limit, I think it’s Rovers who have reached theirs. This league isn’t like it once was, we now have big clubs in this division every year, whether it’s been; Leeds, Sunderland, Blackburn, Southampton whoever it is they all have huge fan bases, but more importantly huge income compared to us. Whether it’s being pumped in by the owners or generated through their match day/ non match day experiences. Look at Peterborough, Fleetwood for example, Rovers do not have a cat in hells chance of competing with these clubs regardless of fan base, like DC said, we are 30 years behind these clubs and that is the reason imo anyway that we have found our level. We really were spoilt with back-to-back promotions and now some fans are thinking it’s the norm for us to fly through the leagues. Trouble is DC trying to manage like a premiership manager in league one when a settled side is required for more consistency. Agree with this, even Premiership managers know which player is best in each position
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