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Post by bambergashead on Aug 14, 2021 17:11:02 GMT
What was the Gate today anyone? Still trying to find out.
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Post by lastminutewinner on Aug 14, 2021 17:13:03 GMT
Yep Clint Hill has left Rovers for personal reasons
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2021 17:14:04 GMT
Is that 8 defeats in a row? Club record I think. Utterly inexcusable and a sackable run of form no matter who the manager is. Add to that the two court cases hanging over him. Has to go.
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Post by Tilly's Thighs on Aug 14, 2021 17:14:09 GMT
Yep Clint Hill has left Rovers for personal reasons Think he'll pop up somewhere else before long.
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Post by socrates on Aug 14, 2021 17:14:20 GMT
Joey unable to face the media? 🤔 chatting to Wael maybe? 🙏 Bottled it... Can't keep making excuses..Not a good sign if he can't talk about a bad result.If Hills not here then who will? Got to say after slagging off the managers before him when he arrived for them being ill prepared , poor pre season , lack of fitness etc he’s sent his side out three times so far this season looking poorly prepared , lacking fitness ,awful performances and lost all three. I really hope we don’t have to sack another manager but it’s fair to say he looks like a right Dick at the moment. If you talk the talk the way he does then you’d better walk the walk and so far we’ve been worse under Barton than we were under the managers he slated.
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Post by Strange Gas on Aug 14, 2021 17:15:51 GMT
Bottled it... Can't keep making excuses..Not a good sign if he can't talk about a bad result.If Hills not here then who will? Got to say after slagging off the managers before him when he arrived for them being ill prepared , poor pre season , lack of fitness etc he’s sent his side out three times so far this season looking poorly prepared , lacking fitness ,awful performances and lost all three. I really hope we don’t have to sack another manager but it’s fair to say he looks like a right Dick at the moment. If you talk the talk the way he does then you’d better walk the walk and so far we’ve been worse under Barton than we were under the managers he slated. Yep, are we allowed to use the word negligent or is it just him?
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Post by gassince1957 on Aug 14, 2021 17:16:45 GMT
What was the Gate today anyone? 7,077 according to the PA announcement.
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Post by socrates on Aug 14, 2021 17:17:08 GMT
Got to say after slagging off the managers before him when he arrived for them being ill prepared , poor pre season , lack of fitness etc he’s sent his side out three times so far this season looking poorly prepared , lacking fitness ,awful performances and lost all three. I really hope we don’t have to sack another manager but it’s fair to say he looks like a right Dick at the moment. If you talk the talk the way he does then you’d better walk the walk and so far we’ve been worse under Barton than we were under the managers he slated. Yep, are we allowed to use the word negligent or is it just him? I’ll bet Garner and Tisdale are laughing their bollocks off.
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Post by wilmslowgas on Aug 14, 2021 17:17:50 GMT
Let's face it - the start to the season has been dire. Three matches played - all lost, with two of those at home. A team that can't keep a clean sheet and rarely scores a goal. This is a complete replica of last season's team which was useless.
After two games bottom bar one in the table.
Any team playing us knows that there is no goal threat and if they remain patient scoring opportunities will prevail.
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Post by Strange Gas on Aug 14, 2021 17:18:01 GMT
Got to say after slagging off the managers before him when he arrived for them being ill prepared , poor pre season , lack of fitness etc he’s sent his side out three times so far this season looking poorly prepared , lacking fitness ,awful performances and lost all three. I really hope we don’t have to sack another manager but it’s fair to say he looks like a right Dick at the moment. If you talk the talk the way he does then you’d better walk the walk and so far we’ve been worse under Barton than we were under the managers he slated. Yep, are we allowed to use the word negligent or is it just him? All these managers he chats to that say they are a few weeks off being ready, have they all also lost 3 of 3?!
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Post by Icegas on Aug 14, 2021 17:18:25 GMT
What was the Gate today anyone? 7,077 according to the PA announcement. That's bad, but excepted I guess.
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Post by axegas on Aug 14, 2021 17:18:46 GMT
What was the Gate today anyone? 7,077 according to the PA announcement. That’s a really disappointing turnout for the first home league game in 18 months to be honest.
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Post by rovers5charlton5 on Aug 14, 2021 17:21:57 GMT
Is it possible to discuss the game without calling for the manager's head every week?
If you lot were in charge we'd have a new one every home game and we'd be playing Downs League.
I was surprised Finley went off, but I can only assume that he's not fully match fit yet. I would've replaced Hargreaves who I thought struggled a bit today.
We lacked a pattern of play, but that'll come with game time once the players gel.
I saw a lot to be optimistic about this afternoon. Especially once Pitman is fit.
UTG
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Post by bigal40 on Aug 14, 2021 17:22:32 GMT
Tactically, I think we lost that in the midfield after Finley went off. Hargreaves/Grant were overrun and completely gassed. We couldn't match the energy levels of Stevenage's midfield (including a 35 year old Chris Lines). So we sat too deep, invited the pressure and got punished. What's happened to Westbrook, is he injured or on the way out? Probably doesn't want to play for us again after the comments Tuesday night. Its fine that we all have our opinions and slag players off but to come out and publicly say we have no midfielders after the game is horrific man management. Grant is a centre half? Westbrooke is a 10 and Ben Liddle is meant to be a midfielder ? Liddle was very poor on Tuesday and has been disappointing so thats not my point but meant to be a midfielder ?? he has played in the Championship I believe as a midfielder (I think) ? he must feel great after hearing that. Grant has played midfield for a decent amount of games at this level and higher now he isn't one, Westbrooke has played at a higher level but isn't one. No matter what we think that is shocking man management !! This fella may take us down if we are not careful. Would you want to play for him if those comments were directed at you ??
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Post by dragonfly on Aug 14, 2021 17:23:40 GMT
Barton post match interview not featured, perhaps he has walked along with Clint Hill?
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Post by axegas on Aug 14, 2021 17:23:47 GMT
I really liked Stevenage’s centre back Terrence Vancooten. I reckon he’ll be playing higher before long.
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Post by lastminutewinner on Aug 14, 2021 17:24:38 GMT
What's happened to Westbrook, is he injured or on the way out? Probably doesn't want to play for us again after the comments Tuesday night. Its fine that we all have our opinions and slag players off but to come out and publicly say we have no midfielders after the game is horrific man management. Grant is a centre half? Westbrooke is a 10 and Ben Liddle is meant to be a midfielder ? Liddle was very poor on Tuesday and has been disappointing so thats not my point but meant to be a midfielder ?? he has played in the Championship I believe as a midfielder (I think) ? he must feel great after hearing that. Grant has played midfield for a decent amount of games at this level and higher now he isn't one, Westbrooke has played at a higher level but isn't one. No matter what we think that is shocking man management !! This fella may take us down if we are not careful. Would you want to play for him if those comments were directed at you ?? To be honest Westbrooke has been poor from day 1 and if he cant respond to a kick up the ass then he is better off somewhere else
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Post by Tilly's Thighs on Aug 14, 2021 17:24:59 GMT
Is it possible to discuss the game without calling for the manager's head every week? If you lot were in charge we'd have a new one every home game and we'd be playing Downs League. I was surprised Finley went off, but I can only assume that he's not fully match fit yet. I would've replaced Hargreaves who I thought struggled a bit today. We lacked a pattern of play, but that'll come with game time once the players gel. I saw a lot to be optimistic about this afternoon. Especially once Pitman is fit. UTG Finley said in his interview that he found it really hard, as he missed pre-season, and today was his first proper competitive match, so 60 minutes was his max. Apart from that, he sounded upbeat.
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Post by socrates on Aug 14, 2021 17:25:41 GMT
Let's face it - the start to the season has been dire. Three matches played - all lost, with two of those at home. A team that can't keep a clean sheet and rarely scores a goal. This is a complete replica of last season's team which was useless. After two games bottom bar one in the table. Any team playing us knows that there is no goal threat and if they remain patient scoring opportunities will prevail. I agree with that except I think last seasons first 3 games we looked loads better than we do now. We were crap mind, but not this crap.
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Post by Tilly's Thighs on Aug 14, 2021 17:25:49 GMT
Barton post match interview not featured, perhaps he has walked along with Clint Hill? Clint wasn't at the club during the week, didn't just "walk" today.
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