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Post by mftc on Sept 29, 2023 11:44:01 GMT
I hope it doesn't turn into the JB v DC show and a bad journalistic face off leading up to the game when we play them.
It like comparing Birmingham v Walsall.
With all the resources Rovers now have, we should easily beat them.
Would be interesting to see the respective budgets, but would not be surprised if ours is twice the size, if not more. On top of that he has to raise their non existent confidence.
DC is a legend but he definitely has his work cut out.
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Post by bidefordgas on Sept 29, 2023 12:51:46 GMT
I hope it doesn't turn into the JB v DC show and a bad journalistic face off leading up to the game when we play them. It like comparing Birmingham v Walsall. With all the resources Rovers now have, we should easily beat them. Would be interesting to see the respective budgets, but would not be surprised if ours is twice the size, if not more. On top of that he has to raise their non existent confidence. DC is a legend but he definitely has his work cut out. Have we not played DC sides in Walsall and Port Vale since he left us, can’t remember any bad journalistic face offs from those games. |
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Post by Quarters on Sept 29, 2023 13:02:40 GMT
Being a bit hard on yourself there, but who are we to argue. |
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Post by heartofgas on Sept 29, 2023 13:18:04 GMT
Good luck to him, aside from against us. Give him a chance to get his mojo back.
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Post by gingerandwhitegas on Sept 29, 2023 13:35:50 GMT
If he keeps them up , does that mean they'll be getting the party poppers out?  |
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Post by dudelebowski on Sept 29, 2023 13:35:57 GMT
A real shame we don’t play them in the league till December 9th, their current form plus our showing last week, we’d have stuck at least 9 into them.
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Post by bluestargas on Sept 29, 2023 13:45:56 GMT
Great quote from Darrell Clarke"I like what I do, and I like what I say".
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Post by oviedista on Sept 29, 2023 15:03:13 GMT
Think I would want Clarke to succeed in pretty much any job with the exception of City.
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Post by lastminutewinner on Sept 29, 2023 15:08:46 GMT
A real shame we don’t play them in the league till December 9th, their current form plus our showing last week, we’d have stuck at least 9 into them. I admit I did check the league fixtures after the mickey mouse cup game against them, and was also disappointed it wasnt sooner |
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Post by legas on Sept 29, 2023 15:17:03 GMT
A real shame we don’t play them in the league till December 9th, their current form plus our showing last week, we’d have stuck at least 9 into them. At least they won’t have had a transfer window by then and brought a striker in. |
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Post by bambergashead on Sept 29, 2023 15:31:37 GMT
A real shame we don’t play them in the league till December 9th, their current form plus our showing last week, we’d have stuck at least 9 into them. Hopefully the new manager bounce that everyone else except us gets will have worn off by then and we'll still win. |
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Post by Gas-Ed on Sept 29, 2023 17:18:34 GMT
Personally think he should wait for something better and I don’t really want to want Chelts to do well, but good luck to him He will have a mortgage and bills like the rest of us. Good luck DC. |
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Post by socrates on Sept 29, 2023 17:26:27 GMT
If they’ve gone in for DC with a view to build something over the next few years regardless of whether they stay up this season then I can’t think of a better signing for them.
If it’s to keep them up or the sack then probably not so good for him or them based on his time with us anyway.
Good luck to him.
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Post by gulfofaden on Sept 29, 2023 17:28:28 GMT
In 2014, in a place called Bristol, I saw a football club in its death throes. I saw fan base ready to turn their backs, and a team ready to run. Then one man took a step to his front and steadied the line. That’s him, that man. You have to thank your lucky stars we had him. |
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Post by mftc on Sept 29, 2023 17:36:29 GMT
A good catchment area to pick up the best young Midlands talent.
How old are the two youngsters we sold to Villa a few years ago?
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 29, 2023 20:15:25 GMT
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Post by warehamgas on Sept 30, 2023 10:52:16 GMT
I wish DC every success and I hope he can perform some more miracles at Cheltenham. I can’t believe any gas fan wouldn’t. He built something special here and then moved on when he’d done as much as he could. With his players he gave me some wonderful afternoons watching us and delivered some great memories.
I also think he was a better manager than some give him credit for. When we were threatening the play-offs in ‘17 he was doing it with many players that he’d had in the Conference. Several games we were playing with 8/9 players who we’d had earlier which tells me he was able to make players better.
Good luck to him. 👍
UTG!
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Post by devonwhite9 on Sept 30, 2023 11:19:04 GMT
It shows how fragile football management is as I'm sure DC could manage in the Premier League and is one of the best managers in the country. It just takes one or two bad signings and a bad run of form to go from being in demand at a higher level to dropping down a level, or even not getting another chance again
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Post by toggsy2 on Sept 30, 2023 11:32:07 GMT
When they sacked Wade DC was the first name that sprang to mind so not surprised by this appointment(I nearly made a thread on it suggesting his name as the forerunner for the job).
A good appointment for them and I can see him keeping them up this season.
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Post by garystash on Sept 30, 2023 11:38:06 GMT
Love what DC did for us, but he is still to show he can do it above League Two. We had a good first season back in league one 2016-17, but DC struggled thereafter.
I think he's brave to take on a team that sit rock bottom and haven't scored a goal. I personally don't think he can turn that around, but I'd love him to prove me wrong.
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