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Post by warehamgas on Aug 28, 2023 21:56:58 GMT
50 years ago we went on a run from the start of the season in Division 3 that went on and on. Losing our unbeaten sequence at Wrexham. Around February time. Leeds UTD were on a similar run at Div 1 level and lost theirs shortly afterwards. I sense another run similar to 73/74. I was on the bus to most matches that season. The new bus is even more exciting. UTG We did tbone. My favourite season ever. Like you I did loads of games that season home and away. We started at Bournemouth and I was there. In the first half we were lucky to go in 0-0. Bournemouth hit the bar and post and we should have been behind but in the second half scored 3. It could have been very different but we never looked back after that match. We then returned to Bournemouth to lose 1-0 3 days later in the League Cup before winning against Charlton on Saturday. I knew then that we’d go up. We were really strong and in a different world then we didn’t rotate and used the same eleven for most of that season. Very few changes. Don Megson knew his best team and played it. At the moment JB doesn’t know his best team so let’s hope he doesn’t take too long deciding what it is. In 73/74 we were a true team with a few good individuals. Seems now we have quite a few very good individuals but I’m not sure we have a team…..yet. UTG! |
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Post by wertongas on Aug 29, 2023 10:21:38 GMT
I was very suprised that JB played all the older defenders last weekend. When we signed them I said they are good players to have if you don't play them all at once. Need to mix it up a bit and play some of the younger wing backs to creatre more pace, creativity and hopefull goals.
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Post by richhertford on Sept 1, 2023 21:56:11 GMT
We are about to witness a very special season. Strap ourselves in for another ride. We are going places. WOW.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2023 21:20:50 GMT
This start of season feels so very different, doesn't it? A renewed sense of purpose is running through Bristol Rovers. I can certainly feel it as well in the positive vibes from many on gas chat. The prospect of glory, promotion and possibly champions is certainly worth thinking about. Our squad, strengthened seemingly every week, have returned to the training pitch with a fire in their bellies that's unmistakable as seen in our recent performances. Joey Barton's passion is infectious and clearly attracts top players. We can be confident about the future. There's an aura of determination and unity around this club that's the hallmark of any footballing success. A winning culture is being forged, and for those of us who've stood by Rovers through thick and thin, this feeling is as precious as silverware. The whispers of hope are growing louder, not only within the stands but within gaschat. Our Dreams, long held in check, are converging with the reality of what our club can achieve. No longer looking down but looking up to the future. Joey Barton has nurtured a spirit that is seen in of champions, and our style of play is imbued with the same energy, the same hunger that defined the great teams of yesteryears. This season, the road to promotion is in front of us. The bus is here, as it has been since 2011, ever hopeful, waiting for us to climb aboard and carve our name in the annals of Bristol Rovers football history. For me, I am daring to dream of the unattainable - To be Champions - the ground-breaking goal. Like everyone, I’ll take promotion in anyway. With the right mindset and the talent in our squad anything is possible. The bus is ready to ride again. Whoops. |
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Post by gasandelectricity on Oct 24, 2023 21:21:44 GMT
This start of season feels so very different, doesn't it? A renewed sense of purpose is running through Bristol Rovers. I can certainly feel it as well in the positive vibes from many on gas chat. The prospect of glory, promotion and possibly champions is certainly worth thinking about. Our squad, strengthened seemingly every week, have returned to the training pitch with a fire in their bellies that's unmistakable as seen in our recent performances. Joey Barton's passion is infectious and clearly attracts top players. We can be confident about the future. There's an aura of determination and unity around this club that's the hallmark of any footballing success. A winning culture is being forged, and for those of us who've stood by Rovers through thick and thin, this feeling is as precious as silverware. The whispers of hope are growing louder, not only within the stands but within gaschat. Our Dreams, long held in check, are converging with the reality of what our club can achieve. No longer looking down but looking up to the future. Joey Barton has nurtured a spirit that is seen in of champions, and our style of play is imbued with the same energy, the same hunger that defined the great teams of yesteryears. This season, the road to promotion is in front of us. The bus is here, as it has been since 2011, ever hopeful, waiting for us to climb aboard and carve our name in the annals of Bristol Rovers football history. For me, I am daring to dream of the unattainable - To be Champions - the ground-breaking goal. Like everyone, I’ll take promotion in anyway. With the right mindset and the talent in our squad anything is possible. The bus is ready to ride again. Whoops. Happy? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2023 21:25:28 GMT
Not at all matey.
Posts like these at the start of the season water me off though.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2023 21:26:10 GMT
Currently the bus is for repairs.
Needs at least two new wheels and a new driver
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Post by gasandelectricity on Oct 24, 2023 21:26:14 GMT
Well I hope the bump made it feel better. |
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Post by gingerandwhitegas on Oct 24, 2023 21:28:19 GMT
Currently the bus is for repairs. Needs at least two new wheels and a new driver Owners no where to be seen either.... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2023 21:29:25 GMT
What a bump?!?! 👏🏻
Like one of those buses in South America around cliff tops with rubble falling away under the tyres 😂
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2023 21:30:34 GMT
Currently the bus is for repairs. Needs at least two new wheels and a new driver Owners no where to be seen either.... I can only hope they are doing a proper root and branch review of the club and will soon put an advert out for a new driver and conductor UTG |
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Post by gasandelectricity on Oct 24, 2023 21:36:13 GMT
Imagine revelling in our season turning out sh** so far.
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Post by stuart1974 on Oct 24, 2023 21:42:20 GMT
What a bump?!?! 👏🏻 Like one of those buses in South America around cliff tops with rubble falling away under the tyres 😂 Thinking the last scene from The Italian Job. 😶 |
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Post by aghast on Oct 24, 2023 21:53:58 GMT
What a bump?!?! 👏🏻 Like one of those buses in South America around cliff tops with rubble falling away under the tyres 😂 Thinking the last scene from The Italian Job. 😶 |
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 24, 2023 22:24:35 GMT
Owners no where to be seen either.... I can only hope they are doing a proper root and branch review of the club and will soon put an advert out for a new driver and conductor UTG Another one? UTG! |
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 24, 2023 22:49:15 GMT
I should have added I hope you’re correct. 👍
UTG!
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Post by richhertford on Oct 25, 2023 5:20:36 GMT
Hope at the start of the season is always high within many clubs. I enjoyed writing that piece. Thanks for taking the time to locate and bump.
I’m sorry the enthusiastic post has offended. We might still surprise. Plenty of season left. Plenty of players to return from injury.
Clearly work to do. I’ve certainly not given up hope. Only seven points from the play offs.
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Post by gasify on Oct 25, 2023 5:59:12 GMT
Hope at the start of the season is always high within many clubs. I enjoyed writing that piece. Thanks for taking the time to locate and bump. I’m sorry the enthusiastic post has offended. We might still surprise. Plenty of season left. Plenty of players to return from injury. Clearly work to do. I’ve certainly not given up hope. Only seven points from the play offs. I think we were all 'cautiously optimistic' at the start of the season. Who wouldn't be after what some said was the best squad ever. The bump is a bit playground "I told you so so" which doesn't help anyone. We are all in this together haters and lovers alike, we want to see good exciting football and winning games. |
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Post by DrFaustus on Oct 25, 2023 6:42:08 GMT
Hope at the start of the season is always high within many clubs. I enjoyed writing that piece. Thanks for taking the time to locate and bump. I’m sorry the enthusiastic post has offended. We might still surprise. Plenty of season left. Plenty of players to return from injury. Clearly work to do. I’ve certainly not given up hope. Only seven points from the play offs. We have a game in hand against the Devon Hamlet..Win that and we're 11th. It's October, not May. 🏴☠️ |
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Post by rememberhalifax on Oct 25, 2023 7:18:05 GMT
Faustus is right ,win the game in hand and we sit 1/2 way, yes i know it's if but its still early days. Would folk rather us do a Cambridge and be top after 3 or 4 games then drop like a stone? Nowt wrong with the original post ,well done Rich Hertford, don't really understand why folk need to troll through historic post's in order to ridicule same, i am sure we have all posted articles which have not'aged'well, but they are not deliberate 'lies' or delibately misleading, just our thoughts at the time, to quote Kevin Keegan ' i would love it' if come May Richhertford
had to turn folk away because the bus was full up! as for me well if we finish strong top 10 it will represent good progress.
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