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Post by thegasman on Aug 7, 2021 13:10:15 GMT
Is it time that the club should challenge EFL with always having an away game first?
Seems to me that our chances of getting a winning start to a season is always diminished. No other club in the EFL has this restriction, and hinders Rovers getting a good start.
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Post by Midsomer Murderer on Aug 7, 2021 13:15:31 GMT
Pistols at dawn would be my choice
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Post by axegas on Aug 7, 2021 13:16:44 GMT
Maybe, but I’m not sure we’d have much of a case. I mean most years (although not this) there’s usually a logical reason why we play away first that they’ll just point to, the balloon fiesta.
It’s annoying as a fan to put it mildly, but do we really get much of a sporting disadvantage considering everyone plays 23 home games and 23 away games over the course of a long season? It’s not like playing away results in an automatic loss either.
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Post by clockendgas on Aug 7, 2021 13:22:54 GMT
Pistols at dawn would be my choice Pretty vacant or god save the queen? |
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Post by kruger on Aug 7, 2021 13:32:40 GMT
Doesn't really bother me, Does it mean our last game is home every season though
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Post by alanrg on Aug 7, 2021 13:33:00 GMT
What I could not understand about last season was we played Sunderland away on the opening day and went to Blackpool on the last day anyone explain how that happened
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Post by richmace on Aug 7, 2021 13:34:12 GMT
I would much rather we finished the season at home.
Over the course of a season it does not make a difference.
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Post by thegasman on Aug 7, 2021 13:43:30 GMT
Doesn't really bother me, Does it mean our last game is home every season though Nope |
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Aug 7, 2021 13:45:20 GMT
Said this previously. Not our fault there's a balloon fiesta on every year. Yet we get affected by it. Make the sh** play midweek or something.
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Post by e4bandrobinstubbs on Aug 7, 2021 13:51:02 GMT
Said this previously. Not our fault there's a balloon fiesta on every year. Yet we get affected by it. Make the sh** play midweek or something. Which came first on or around 10th Aug: a) The Football Season? b) The Balloon Fiesta? c) Linda Lovelace? Tip: it wasn't b) or c). |
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Post by Midsomer Murderer on Aug 7, 2021 15:00:18 GMT
Pistols at dawn would be my choice Pretty vacant or god save the queen? Bodies |
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Post by bluebiro on Aug 7, 2021 15:04:15 GMT
Yes. Puts you on the back foot straight away.a home game you like to think you can win and starts the ball rolling
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Post by Topper Gas on Aug 7, 2021 16:07:12 GMT
Is it time that the club should challenge EFL with always having an away game first? Seems to me that our chances of getting a winning start to a season is always diminished. No other club in the EFL has this restriction, and hinders Rovers getting a good start. We should challenge the balloon festival organisers to move the date, seeing as Marvin is apparently a Gashead perhaps he could have a word? |
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Post by Gashead73 on Aug 7, 2021 17:20:01 GMT
Yes, can't recall being at home first game of the season. F##k the City and Balloon Festival
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Post by gregsy on Aug 7, 2021 17:26:10 GMT
Never bothered me, so long as we get a fair split on Christmas / new year / Easter fixtures.... Which as far as I can remember no ones ever complained about....
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Post by paddingtongas on Aug 7, 2021 18:08:04 GMT
Yes, can't recall being at home first game of the season. F##k the City and Balloon Festival 2014 v Grimsby 0-0 tho, it was in the National League........ |
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Post by miltongas on Aug 7, 2021 18:10:00 GMT
I wasn’t bothered but today’s result made me think. Next week we are at home and need to win. Not desperately but for morale and momentum. If we lose we could lose fans, be bottom of the league. I get it’s early days but it does matter. Mansfield go to next week’s game knowing they have 3 points and are up and running. I’m not saying we’d have won at home but I do think we always start with the more difficult option. And that does increase the pressure next week which brings its own complications. It would be nice to get a fair crack of the whip at these things - we can’t start at home every year but alternate years would be nice
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Post by gassygas on Aug 7, 2021 18:29:51 GMT
I wasn’t bothered but today’s result made me think. Next week we are at home and need to win. Not desperately but for morale and momentum. If we lose we could lose fans, be bottom of the league. I get it’s early days but it does matter. Mansfield go to next week’s game knowing they have 3 points and are up and running. I’m not saying we’d have won at home but I do think we always start with the more difficult option. And that does increase the pressure next week which brings its own complications. It would be nice to get a fair crack of the whip at these things - we can’t start at home every year but alternate years would be nice So we have 1 away and 1 home game to start the season, and we want to avoid losing them both. Doesn't really matter which order we play those two games in does it. Lets not make sh1tty excuses, having our first game of the season away from the home isn't the reason we keep getting relegated is it. |
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Post by miltongas on Aug 7, 2021 18:55:05 GMT
I wasn’t bothered but today’s result made me think. Next week we are at home and need to win. Not desperately but for morale and momentum. If we lose we could lose fans, be bottom of the league. I get it’s early days but it does matter. Mansfield go to next week’s game knowing they have 3 points and are up and running. I’m not saying we’d have won at home but I do think we always start with the more difficult option. And that does increase the pressure next week which brings its own complications. It would be nice to get a fair crack of the whip at these things - we can’t start at home every year but alternate years would be nice So we have 1 away and 1 home game to start the season, and we want to avoid losing them both. Doesn't really matter which order we play those two games in does it. Lets not make sh1tty excuses, having our first game of the season away from the home isn't the reason we keep getting relegated is it. I’m just putting the idea out that being at home makes a difference. If, and it’s just if, we had been at home today we might have won. Then next week’s away game would have been that bit easier. I’m not claiming it would be earth shattering but being at home usually helps and that gives us a confident start rather than having to pick ourselves up from a defeat. |
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Post by gassygas on Aug 7, 2021 19:16:35 GMT
So we have 1 away and 1 home game to start the season, and we want to avoid losing them both. Doesn't really matter which order we play those two games in does it. Lets not make sh1tty excuses, having our first game of the season away from the home isn't the reason we keep getting relegated is it. I’m just putting the idea out that being at home makes a difference. If, and it’s just if, we had been at home today we might have won. Then next week’s away game would have been that bit easier. I’m not claiming it would be earth shattering but being at home usually helps and that gives us a confident start rather than having to pick ourselves up from a defeat. Over the season we play every other team in the league home and away. The order in which we play our first couple of games makes so little difference. If anything, the fact that our last game of the season is at home could be more important than the first being away. |
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