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Post by The Equaliser on May 7, 2023 15:29:10 GMT
Entertaining game for the last match of the season, summed our season up a bit, but through some of the disappointing results you can still see what we’re trying to do. A decent first season back with only Exeter above us from the four that came up. Reasonably happy and really looking forward to next season already. 👍🏾
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Post by herbertblake on May 7, 2023 15:41:50 GMT
History made at the Mem today.
What appeared to mark the end of the playing career of Rovers Repubic of Ireland International player-coach Glenn Whelan, whose brief cameo appearance as a late substitute & captain against Bolton today, aged 39 years 114 days, enabled him to surpass the ninety-five-year-old club record set by Jack Evans as the oldest player ever to appear for the club in a competitive fixture. The club’s previous oldest footballer Evans was a Welsh International left winger who played on 9 April 1928 at the age of 39 years 69 days against Crystal Palace at Eastville.
However Jack Evans the previous oldest Rovers player still holds the clubs record as the oldest football league goalscorer on 3 December 1927 at Bournemouth in a 4 -3 defeat.He was 38 years 360 days old.
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Post by cheamgas on May 7, 2023 15:47:22 GMT
Has anyone found out yet why we could use the 7th substitute? Must be some sort of penalty to be levied if it wasn’t another concussion one?
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Post by dudelebowski on May 7, 2023 15:48:58 GMT
Must be some reason, the 4th wouldn’t have allowed it otherwise. Surely🙃
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Post by rememberhalifax on May 7, 2023 15:56:24 GMT
Well that's that, would have been nice to finish on a high but there you go, i know results in last few games have been disappointing but it's all relative to our position and i am sure had there been anything riding on the results performances would have reflected that, just suppose we had finished the season strongly expectations for next season would have gone through the (the new south stand )roof! A season where we briefly flirted with the top 6 but never really got into contention, a season we flirted with bottom 6 but never really got into serious trouble, the report says , 'satisfactory progress with improvement expected next season' Good luck close season one and all , looks like another large turn around of players and i hope some of our own youngsters are included in the plans for next season, good luck JB and all associated with recruitment.
Meanwhile plenty of excitement elsewhere at both ends but nothing compared to the drama at Notts County, run away Runners up in league yet were 2-0 down and scraped through by scoring in 90+ 6 and 120th min! wow , congrats to Plymouth, up there from day 1 and deserved champions,
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Post by Topper Gas on May 7, 2023 15:57:34 GMT
Has anyone found out yet why we could use the 7th substitute? Must be some sort of penalty to be levied if it wasn’t another concussion one? Surprised officials can bend the rules in any game but particularly one involving a team still needing points. |
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Post by badengas on May 7, 2023 16:04:39 GMT
Same old story, decent midfield and attack. Poor defence, desperately missing some leadership in the back line. You can't keep giving the soft goals away and expect to pick up points. I'm optimistic that signing some experience and a strong header of the ball and we are half way there. A different view is that our lack of midfield strength is causing problems at both ends. Yes to a "proper" centre half, but a midfield general the number one priority for me. |
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Post by Topper Gas on May 7, 2023 16:11:59 GMT
Same old story, decent midfield and attack. Poor defence, desperately missing some leadership in the back line. You can't keep giving the soft goals away and expect to pick up points. I'm optimistic that signing some experience and a strong header of the ball and we are half way there. A different view is that our lack of midfield strength is causing problems at both ends. Yes to a "proper" centre half, but a midfield general the number one priority for me. Assuming Rossiter's fully fit next season and Ward signs a new contract I can't see JB adding another experienced midfield player to the squad. |
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Post by socrates on May 7, 2023 16:40:46 GMT
To quote "1 point from the last 6 fixtures - same as the relegation season under Barton. 2 points from the last 7 fixtures. Barton would surely have been in the running for manager of the season, if it wasn't for the team consistently letting him down." Spot on Not sure if you meant to quote my post but I wasn't aware of any of those stats. What I would say it the last 6 or 7 games are very different to the ones in the relegation season. We've played a lot of the top sides and for the most part have matched them, unfortunately our ability to give away soft goals has cost us. As for JB, he's got us back to league 1 & kept us there. He's confident he can push us on towards the championship, whether that's the case or not remains to be seen Good balanced post. This thing that we seem to have in our fanbase of Barton being seen either as the messiah or terrible is bloody boring. He’s done quite well , we don’t have to love him or hate him , that’s the ends of the spectrum and there’s a lot to like and dislike between. |
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Post by Gaswood on May 7, 2023 16:58:08 GMT
Not had time to read back through here, but did many see Finley pull down the Bolton players shorts? Full bum out on display, hilarious. Would be great if it was caught on iFollow 🤣🤣
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Post by purdownpoacher1 on May 7, 2023 17:38:12 GMT
Not true, but I am watered off. watered off we lost at home, again. Disappointed we finished 17th. That had to be at the lowest end of our hopes for this season and is nothing to celebrate, surely. Unless you thought we would be immediately relegated after last year (which I am sure you didn't) Don’t be too disappointed Oldie, after all you probably started out as a back rub and look how far you’ve come so far! Hi Jock! Hope all is well with you UTG 💙 |
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Post by oldie on May 7, 2023 18:26:00 GMT
Not sure if you meant to quote my post but I wasn't aware of any of those stats. What I would say it the last 6 or 7 games are very different to the ones in the relegation season. We've played a lot of the top sides and for the most part have matched them, unfortunately our ability to give away soft goals has cost us. As for JB, he's got us back to league 1 & kept us there. He's confident he can push us on towards the championship, whether that's the case or not remains to be seen Good balanced post. This thing that we seem to have in our fanbase of Barton being seen either as the messiah or terrible is bloody boring. He’s done quite well , we don’t have to love him or hate him , that’s the ends of the spectrum and there’s a lot to like and dislike between. I agree its about balance. Balanced and objective views based upon actual performance. So, relegation, promotion and then 17th. Lets not talk about overspending last season. So, if we were to undertake a performance review, what would we decide? A pay increase? A promotion? or just a "c", met basic objectives.... Answers on a post card |
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Post by smudge1 on May 7, 2023 18:29:41 GMT
Not sure if you meant to quote my post but I wasn't aware of any of those stats. What I would say it the last 6 or 7 games are very different to the ones in the relegation season. We've played a lot of the top sides and for the most part have matched them, unfortunately our ability to give away soft goals has cost us. As for JB, he's got us back to league 1 & kept us there. He's confident he can push us on towards the championship, whether that's the case or not remains to be seen Good balanced post. This thing that we seem to have in our fanbase of Barton being seen either as the messiah or terrible is bloody boring. He’s done quite well , we don’t have to love him or hate him , that’s the ends of the spectrum and there’s a lot to like and dislike between. He's not the Messiah he's a very naughty boy!!!! |
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Post by Topper Gas on May 7, 2023 18:40:20 GMT
Good balanced post. This thing that we seem to have in our fanbase of Barton being seen either as the messiah or terrible is bloody boring. He’s done quite well , we don’t have to love him or hate him , that’s the ends of the spectrum and there’s a lot to like and dislike between. I agree its about balance. Balanced and objective views based upon actual performance. So, relegation, promotion and then 17th. Lets not talk about overspending last season. So, if we were to undertake a performance review, what would we decide? A pay increase? A promotion? or just a "c", met basic objectives.... Answers on a post card Did JB overspend or simply spend within the budget he was given to get promotion at the first attempt? What would you be posting now if we were still in L2 and Elliott Anderson goals had taken Northampton to promotion last season as we wouldn't meet his wages but they did? The best we could have really hoped for is mid table this season so JB's just come up slightly short, so I'd give him a B*. |
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Post by Quarters on May 7, 2023 18:50:21 GMT
I agree its about balance. Balanced and objective views based upon actual performance. So, relegation, promotion and then 17th. Lets not talk about overspending last season. So, if we were to undertake a performance review, what would we decide? A pay increase? A promotion? or just a "c", met basic objectives.... Answers on a post card Did JB overspend or simply spend within the budget he was given to get promotion at the first attempt? What would you be posting now if we were still in L2 and Elliott Anderson goals had taken Northampton to promotion last season as we wouldn't meet his wages but they did? The best we could have really hoped for is mid table this season so JB's just come up slightly short, so I'd give him a B*. Overall losses were in line with budget, however, contractual bonuses paid on promotion led to an overspend. |
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Post by oldie on May 7, 2023 18:53:32 GMT
I agree its about balance. Balanced and objective views based upon actual performance. So, relegation, promotion and then 17th. Lets not talk about overspending last season. So, if we were to undertake a performance review, what would we decide? A pay increase? A promotion? or just a "c", met basic objectives.... Answers on a post card Did JB overspend or simply spend within the budget he was given to get promotion at the first attempt? What would you be posting now if we were still in L2 and Elliott Anderson goals had taken Northampton to promotion last season as we wouldn't meet his wages but they did? The best we could have really hoped for is mid table this season so JB's just come up slightly short, so I'd give him a B*. we lost circa £3.5 million. In the notes to the accounts there was specific mention of spending more than the set budget. I presume (perhaps incorrectly) you are not an employer spending your own capital to fund an operating deficit, because if you were a very subjective B is a grade you wouldnt give |
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Post by oldie on May 7, 2023 18:55:38 GMT
Did JB overspend or simply spend within the budget he was given to get promotion at the first attempt? What would you be posting now if we were still in L2 and Elliott Anderson goals had taken Northampton to promotion last season as we wouldn't meet his wages but they did? The best we could have really hoped for is mid table this season so JB's just come up slightly short, so I'd give him a B*. Overall losses were in line with budget, however, contractual bonuses paid on promotion led to an overspend. That makes no sense, unless you are suggesting we, as a club, did not plan for promotion and had no financial incentives in place to reward it....is that right? |
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Post by percy on May 7, 2023 19:15:22 GMT
Back home from Bristol for the last time this season. Decent game. Sums us up for the most part.
I don’t think we need to rip things up but we need 4-5 top draw signings to really improve. 2 Centre Backs obviously.
Thanks to the loan players but only really interested in Gibson returning and Bogarde if we can.
The last few games since Barton gave up on the season (“I’d rather be playing golf” he said today) and falling behind Burton and Chelts has been disappointing but in the end it doesn’t really matter now.
Get the players in, play to your strengths and the gas heads will be there in numbers again.
UTG
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Post by Quarters on May 7, 2023 19:23:41 GMT
Overall losses were in line with budget, however, contractual bonuses paid on promotion led to an overspend. That makes no sense, unless you are suggesting we, as a club, did not plan for promotion and had no financial incentives in place to reward it....is that right? Extract from the club's website article about the accounts. |
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Post by oldie on May 7, 2023 19:27:52 GMT
That makes no sense, unless you are suggesting we, as a club, did not plan for promotion and had no financial incentives in place to reward it....is that right? Extract from the club's website article about the accounts. Yeah, I read them. But I didnt read that we had contractual obligations in place in event that we were promoted, but had not budgeted for them. I read (paraphrasing) we overspent to get players that won us promotion. |
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