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Post by Tilly's Thighs on Mar 23, 2023 13:36:58 GMT
Good interview with Scott Sinclair (sorry that it's a Daily Mail link) Interesting to read his comment at the end as to why he signed for Rovers. |
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Post by fanboy on Mar 23, 2023 15:16:16 GMT
Good interview with Scott Sinclair (sorry that it's a Daily Mail link) Interesting to read his comment at the end as to why he signed for Rovers. "The gaffer is brilliant, players take to him" Almost as if Joey is a ... a good manager!  |
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Post by stuart1974 on Mar 23, 2023 16:26:26 GMT
Also taking his coaching badges. Maybe player coach in time?
"I'll take my coaching qualifications but I'm still enjoying my football and the gaffer is brilliant. That's why I signed longer term. Players take to him. He wants us looking up, aiming towards the Championship."
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Post by oldie on Mar 23, 2023 16:43:13 GMT
Good interview with Scott Sinclair (sorry that it's a Daily Mail link) Interesting to read his comment at the end as to why he signed for Rovers. It's interesting. I wonder why then they, on the face of it, under perform / are so inconsistent? If the players are so happy, have the abilities and the tactics are right. I don't understand it. |
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Post by dudelebowski on Mar 23, 2023 17:17:00 GMT
Good interview with Scott Sinclair (sorry that it's a Daily Mail link) Interesting to read his comment at the end as to why he signed for Rovers. It's interesting. I wonder why then they, on the face of it, under perform / are so inconsistent? If the players are so happy, have the abilities and the tactics are right. I don't understand it. Because they’re largely, average League One footballers. |
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Post by yattongas on Mar 23, 2023 17:26:11 GMT
Good interview with Scott Sinclair (sorry that it's a Daily Mail link) Interesting to read his comment at the end as to why he signed for Rovers. It's interesting. I wonder why then they, on the face of it, under perform / are so inconsistent? If the players are so happy, have the abilities and the tactics are right. I don't understand it. What did you expect from this season Oldie ? We’re doing as well as Port Vale & Exeter who came up with us last season and a lot better than Forest Green . Finishing in the middle third of the division would be a decent season in my books . |
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Post by kruger on Mar 23, 2023 17:45:29 GMT
It's interesting. I wonder why then they, on the face of it, under perform / are so inconsistent? If the players are so happy, have the abilities and the tactics are right. I don't understand it. What did you expect from this season Oldie ? We’re doing as well as Port Vale & Exeter who came up with us last season and a lot better than Forest Green . Finishing in the middle third of the division would be a decent season in my books . He has nothing and I mean nothing good to say about our club, haven't you worked that out yet? I don't think I've ever read a positive post from him, I'd love to be proved wrong mind |
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Post by bluegas on Mar 23, 2023 18:09:33 GMT
What did you expect from this season Oldie ? We’re doing as well as Port Vale & Exeter who came up with us last season and a lot better than Forest Green . Finishing in the middle third of the division would be a decent season in my books . He has nothing and I mean nothing good to say about our club, haven't you worked that out yet? I don't think I've ever read a positive post from him, I'd love to be proved wrong mind It's what he expected from this season - plenty of opportunity to lambast JB. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Mar 23, 2023 18:10:15 GMT
Good interview with Scott Sinclair (sorry that it's a Daily Mail link) Interesting to read his comment at the end as to why he signed for Rovers. It's interesting. I wonder why then they, on the face of it, under perform / are so inconsistent? If the players are so happy, have the abilities and the tactics are right. I don't understand it. You sense they just ran out of steam, plus injuries to Gibson and Rossiter didn't help matters nor did losing Thomas. L1 also looks a tough league this season when the likes of Oxford, MK Dons and Accrington are all in serious danger of being relegated. |
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Post by gasheadmichal on Mar 23, 2023 18:12:45 GMT
Good interview with Scott Sinclair (sorry that it's a Daily Mail link) Interesting to read his comment at the end as to why he signed for Rovers. It's interesting. I wonder why then they, on the face of it, under perform / are so inconsistent? If the players are so happy, have the abilities and the tactics are right. I don't understand it. Maybe individually they're having mental health issues. From my own experience it's not easy to go through things that are happening around us and be always in the great shape mentally. And then things start going to be affected. Who knows,who knows.hehe |
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Post by oldie on Mar 23, 2023 21:57:14 GMT
What did you expect from this season Oldie ? We’re doing as well as Port Vale & Exeter who came up with us last season and a lot better than Forest Green . Finishing in the middle third of the division would be a decent season in my books . He has nothing and I mean nothing good to say about our club, haven't you worked that out yet? I don't think I've ever read a positive post from him, I'd love to be proved wrong mind Don't be silly. |
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Post by oldie on Mar 23, 2023 22:13:21 GMT
It's interesting. I wonder why then they, on the face of it, under perform / are so inconsistent? If the players are so happy, have the abilities and the tactics are right. I don't understand it. What did you expect from this season Oldie ? We’re doing as well as Port Vale & Exeter who came up with us last season and a lot better than Forest Green . Finishing in the middle third of the division would be a decent season in my books . I guess I was hoping for signs of clear progression. I never thought we would achieve promotion (although, like everyone else I hoped for it), but after the storming end to last season and the momentum gained from that, clear progression. In my head to finish 10th would be a good sign of that. But this is season so far has been like a yo yo. A crap start, a very good Autumn and early winter, only to descend to crap again from mid December on. What is it, one goal scored in the last seven home games? I think. As it stands we are ten points off of 10th and ten points off the relegation zone. One month our forwards score for fun, the next month they cannot score for toffee...our defence, well it's been laughable at times hasn't it. I believe we will get the 50 points we need, but it is disappointing to be "hoping" to achieve that target still at the end of March. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Mar 23, 2023 22:24:04 GMT
Given we only scrapped promotion at the death I'll take a season of disappointment this season as long as we survive in L1 for another year.
This summer will be a big one for JB as it looks like he'll need yet another reset.
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Post by gashead1981 on Mar 23, 2023 22:53:47 GMT
When Trollope got us up in 07, the following year we finished 16th.
DC managed to get us 10th in 15/16.
If we finish anywhere between 10-16th this year it would largely be ok, but we must get our recruitment absolutely spot on this summer to progress.
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Post by toggsy2 on Mar 24, 2023 0:04:20 GMT
Also taking his coaching badges. Maybe player coach in time? "I'll take my coaching qualifications but I'm still enjoying my football and the gaffer is brilliant. That's why I signed longer term. Players take to him. He wants us looking up, aiming towards the Championship." A case of watch this space be nice to see him go full circle with him taking over as manager at some point a bit like Ollie |
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Post by gashead79 on Mar 24, 2023 7:14:57 GMT
Good interview with Scott Sinclair (sorry that it's a Daily Mail link) Interesting to read his comment at the end as to why he signed for Rovers. It's interesting. I wonder why then they, on the face of it, under perform / are so inconsistent? If the players are so happy, have the abilities and the tactics are right. I don't understand it. I suppose if Scott Sinclair was a poster on this forum, you'd be calling him out as a liar and trolling him. |
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Post by socrates on Mar 24, 2023 7:39:10 GMT
What did you expect from this season Oldie ? We’re doing as well as Port Vale & Exeter who came up with us last season and a lot better than Forest Green . Finishing in the middle third of the division would be a decent season in my books . I guess I was hoping for signs of clear progression. I never thought we would achieve promotion (although, like everyone else I hoped for it), but after the storming end to last season and the momentum gained from that, clear progression. In my head to finish 10th would be a good sign of that. But this is season so far has been like a yo yo. A crap start, a very good Autumn and early winter, only to descend to crap again from mid December on. What is it, one goal scored in the last seven home games? I think. As it stands we are ten points off of 10th and ten points off the relegation zone. One month our forwards score for fun, the next month they cannot score for toffee...our defence, well it's been laughable at times hasn't it. I believe we will get the 50 points we need, but it is disappointing to be "hoping" to achieve that target still at the end of March. I think it’s down to a few things. Last season coutts and Whelan were good enough as holding mids for league 2 but this season step up a league combined with a year older they’ve been poor. Rossiter was great - out for season when we were 8th We had Anderson last season- not replaceable We had Taylor last season - haven’t replaced him. Constant changes of formation ( last season we stuck with one formation from Christmas onwards.) Injuries to injury prone players. Overal I think we’ve been ok and as long as we stay up then it’s mission accomplished. |
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Post by oldie on Mar 24, 2023 7:57:05 GMT
It's interesting. I wonder why then they, on the face of it, under perform / are so inconsistent? If the players are so happy, have the abilities and the tactics are right. I don't understand it. I suppose if Scott Sinclair was a poster on this forum, you'd be calling him out as a liar and trolling him. 😂😂😂😂 |
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Post by xenongas on Mar 24, 2023 7:58:29 GMT
Promoted teams are consistently good over a season.
Relegated teams are consistently bad over a season.
Mid table teams are consistently inconsistent over a season.
Rovers are obviously in the third category. I'd say all the teams between 10th and 17th are much of a muchness. But of the league Two promoted teams, three of them will finish ~15 places higher up the pyramid this season (clear progression?), one team will finish 1 place higher up!
Sinclair looks like a good guy to have around. As Barton has said before, he doesn't need to play here at this level - it's a choice and with that comes some freedom.
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Post by oldie on Mar 24, 2023 8:03:41 GMT
I guess I was hoping for signs of clear progression. I never thought we would achieve promotion (although, like everyone else I hoped for it), but after the storming end to last season and the momentum gained from that, clear progression. In my head to finish 10th would be a good sign of that. But this is season so far has been like a yo yo. A crap start, a very good Autumn and early winter, only to descend to crap again from mid December on. What is it, one goal scored in the last seven home games? I think. As it stands we are ten points off of 10th and ten points off the relegation zone. One month our forwards score for fun, the next month they cannot score for toffee...our defence, well it's been laughable at times hasn't it. I believe we will get the 50 points we need, but it is disappointing to be "hoping" to achieve that target still at the end of March. I think it’s down to a few things. Last season coutts and Whelan were good enough as holding mids for league 2 but this season step up a league combined with a year older they’ve been poor. Rossiter was great - out for season when we were 8th We had Anderson last season- not replaceable We had Taylor last season - haven’t replaced him. Constant changes of formation ( last season we stuck with one formation from Christmas onwards.) Injuries to injury prone players. Overal I think we’ve been ok and as long as we stay up then it’s mission accomplished. Yeah I am with you. I guess my personal hopes were a little higher than just staying up. But of course will take that. But I agree to with the comment earlier in this thread, this summer's recruitment will be crucial to further our ambitions. We cannot keep recruiting half crocked (but good) players be and hope it will be "alright". We cannot, surely then rely on another to recruitment campaign 4 months later to bail us out. Time will tell, but in the interim, let's just get the 50 points. Please. |
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