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Post by dudelebowski on Jan 19, 2023 11:04:43 GMT
Smith & Woodards both went off injured in the first half against Pompey on Easter Saturday. Our two best defenders. Twin that with the fact our squad were desperately unfit and couldn’t play for more than an hour, we were pretty much *ed at that point. DC also chucked in the teenagers Tom Lockyer & Ollie Clarke to playing centre midfield together. Dark days😂 The one other shining light that season was Eliot Richards, who although inconsistent had the ability to come up with something. Ward, in his wisdom swapped for Alan Gow who basically arrived in a wheelchair and never got out of. (That was the same season wasn’t it?) It certainly was. Eliot found out he was going on loan via the clubs tweet, how horrendous is that.
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Post by poorblue on Jan 19, 2023 11:25:51 GMT
Scottish football is sh**. Fact. Is that a proven fact or just your opinionFact there are 371 foreign players playing in the English Premiership Fact Prem clubs can and do play all foreign player squads. Fact Prem clubs cannot have more than 17 non "home grown" players, thus only 8 "home grown" players. Home grown includes Wales Scotland and NI I presume.? Fact The English Prem is considered amongst the best if not THE best in the world. Shame it's not English players and perhaps why England national team is not in the same place as when I was young. Fact at the start of this season Rovers had 8 non English players on the books. So what is English or Scottish football?
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jan 19, 2023 11:27:48 GMT
Sccotish football is sh**. Fact. Is that a proven fact or just your opinion Both.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jan 19, 2023 11:31:28 GMT
Fact there are 371 foreign players playing in the English Premiership Fact Prem clubs can and do play all foreign player squads. Fact Prem clubs cannot have more than 17 non "home grown" players, thus only 8 "home grown" players. Home grown includes Wales Scotland and NI I presume.? Fact The English Prem is considered amongst the best if not THE best in the world. Shame it's not English players and perhaps why England national team is not in the same place as when I was young. Fact at the start of this season Rovers had 8 non English players on the books. So what is English or Scottish football? English football is football played in England (and a few Welsh teams). Scottish football is football player in Scotland (except Berwick). English football is generally of a high standard. Scottish football is generally of a poor standard. Hope this helps?
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jan 19, 2023 11:32:27 GMT
The one other shining light that season was Eliot Richards, who although inconsistent had the ability to come up with something. Ward, in his wisdom swapped for Alan Gow who basically arrived in a wheelchair and never got out of. (That was the same season wasn’t it?) It certainly was. Eliot found out he was going on loan via the clubs tweet, how horrendous is that. And we loaned in Gow from Exeter in exchange who was doing well at the time but got injured straight away with us?
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Post by dudelebowski on Jan 19, 2023 11:34:30 GMT
It certainly was. Eliot found out he was going on loan via the clubs tweet, how horrendous is that. And we loaned in Gow from Exeter in exchange who was doing well at the time but got injured straight away with us? ACL in his second appearance or something daft, it really was an absolute horror show of a season.
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Post by Marshy on Jan 19, 2023 11:55:45 GMT
It certainly was. Eliot found out he was going on loan via the clubs tweet, how horrendous is that. And we loaned in Gow from Exeter in exchange who was doing well at the time but got injured straight away with us? Gow! Now that name makes me wanna puke from many moons ago 💩. 😤
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Post by padstow on Jan 19, 2023 12:06:23 GMT
Is that a proven fact or just your opinion It’s his opinion but it isn’t wrong. Having outlaws that live in Scotland I’ve taken in a few games when up there. Teams I’ve watched are Stirling Albion, Dunfirmline, Alloa, Motherwell, Falkirk, both Dundees, Livingston and Kilmarnock. I can honestly say the standard was at best L2 and the worst conference north/south. The main reason for the standard of football in the lower leagues is money.they get very poor attendances hence haven't got the means to resist it when english clubs make offers for their players.offers that would be laughed at by conference sides in england.in the premiership the majority are better financed so are more able to resist offers hence the standard by and large areat English championship level.when you look at the number of Scottish players in English football it explains the lower standards
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Post by padstow on Jan 19, 2023 12:09:19 GMT
Is that a proven fact or just your opinion It’s his opinion but it isn’t wrong. Having outlaws that live in Scotland I’ve taken in a few games when up there. Teams I’ve watched are Stirling Albion, Dunfirmline, Alloa, Motherwell, Falkirk, both Dundees, Livingston and Kilmarnock. I can honestly say the standard was at best L2 and the worst conference north/south. Looking at that list did they ask you what time you can make it so you wouldn't miss the kick off. On a side note there is one English club that haven't made the grade in Scotland isn't there?
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Jan 19, 2023 12:16:36 GMT
And we loaned in Gow from Exeter in exchange who was doing well at the time but got injured straight away with us? Gow! Now that name makes me wanna puke from many moons ago 💩. 😤 That swap was such bad luck/judgement. Exeter ended 5 points clear of us that season with Elliot scoring two late winners and a late equaliser for Exeter which accounted for those 5 points! He also scored two more goals in a 3-0 win so all his goals were crucial. Gow had done really well for Exeter that season prior to the move with goals and assists, but started slowly with us and then got seriously injured in his fourth game. I kind of get why Higgs/Ward brought him in but regardless of the injury, it was asking a lot to expect a lower league journeyman to have the personality to come in and immediately pull the strings in a struggling team. Since then, obviously Elliot’s career was sadly derailed due to his cancer diagnosis, but fair play to him, he recovered and is still playing now for Merthyr in the Southern league. Gow only started 17 games in Scottish football over the next four seasons before retiring.
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Post by Marshy on Jan 19, 2023 12:38:09 GMT
Gow! Now that name makes me wanna puke from many moons ago 💩. 😤 That swap was such bad luck/judgement. Exeter ended 5 points clear of us that season with Elliot scoring two late winners and a late equaliser for Exeter which accounted for those 5 points! He also scored two more goals in a 3-0 win so all his goals were crucial. Gow had done really well for Exeter that season prior to the move with goals and assists, but started slowly with us and then got seriously injured in his fourth game. I kind of get why Higgs/Ward brought him in but regardless of the injury, it was asking a lot to expect a lower league journeyman to have the personality to come in and immediately pull the strings in a struggling team. Since then, obviously Elliot’s career was sadly derailed due to his cancer diagnosis, but fair play to him, he recovered and is still playing now for Merthyr in the Southern league. Gow only started 17 games in Scottish football over the next four seasons before retiring. I didn’t mean that Gow, I was referring to a late 70’s early 80’s horrible shithead.
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Jan 19, 2023 12:41:38 GMT
That swap was such bad luck/judgement. Exeter ended 5 points clear of us that season with Elliot scoring two late winners and a late equaliser for Exeter which accounted for those 5 points! He also scored two more goals in a 3-0 win so all his goals were crucial. Gow had done really well for Exeter that season prior to the move with goals and assists, but started slowly with us and then got seriously injured in his fourth game. I kind of get why Higgs/Ward brought him in but regardless of the injury, it was asking a lot to expect a lower league journeyman to have the personality to come in and immediately pull the strings in a struggling team. Since then, obviously Elliot’s career was sadly derailed due to his cancer diagnosis, but fair play to him, he recovered and is still playing now for Merthyr in the Southern league. Gow only started 17 games in Scottish football over the next four seasons before retiring. I didn’t mean that Gow, I was referring to a late 70’s early 80’s horrible shithead. Ah yes, the one with the perm? He was a bit before my time for the sh** but I remember him as Yeovil manager. My Dad took me there a couple of times before we started going to the Gas.
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Post by meldrew on Jan 19, 2023 13:06:48 GMT
This was in the days when you had to have an E on the end of your name to play for the teds. Example - Andeee,Jackeee,Matte e, Gereee.Bobee.Ronee.
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Post by Colyton Gas on Jan 19, 2023 13:20:53 GMT
Been to Falkirk's ground a few times.Div one and average crowd about 4 to 5 thousand.Nice stadium used extensively by many local groups,meetings and even the council.
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Post by DrFaustus on Jan 19, 2023 13:41:08 GMT
Is that a proven fact or just your opinion Both. Glasgow Rangers, UEFA Cup finalists last season. 🏴
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Post by baggins on Jan 19, 2023 14:09:05 GMT
Glasgow Rangers, UEFA Cup finalists last season. 🏴 They win?
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Post by Marshy on Jan 19, 2023 14:14:06 GMT
Glasgow Rangers, UEFA Cup finalists last season. 🏴 They win? Obvious not or the good doctor would have stated winners not finalists. 😁
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Post by The Equaliser on Jan 19, 2023 15:55:48 GMT
It’s all about money nowadays, the Scottish Premier is so far down the league regarding revenue. It’s like comparing us with Manchester United.
What Rangers achieved last season was a phenomenal effort 👍🏾
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Post by DrFaustus on Jan 19, 2023 16:07:47 GMT
Glasgow Rangers, UEFA Cup finalists last season. 🏴 They win? Robbed by err...the ref, weather, shirt colour and oh yeah, a better team. Still an outstanding achievement and more than the mob from East Glasgow can manage these days.
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Post by pirate on Jan 19, 2023 21:33:13 GMT
Robbed by err...the ref, weather, shirt colour and oh yeah, a better team. Still an outstanding achievement and more than the mob from East Glasgow can manage these days. Not so great in Europe this season.
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