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Post by yattongas on Oct 7, 2023 16:05:59 GMT
I could have had i not deleted it, sorry Was this it polak? Join us on theapp GasBurner Post Writer's picture Gas Burner 18 hours ago 4 min Together We Are Our Strength There are some seriously good people at Bristol Rovers. Working hard for the club and hard for the fans. In recent times Rovers have been dreaming big and attempting to reach far with their ambition. We’ve seen positive moves off the pitch with a new and evolving training ground and we can currently see the development of a new South and South East Stand gathering pace. We’ve seen Rovers grow their commercial offering with the introduction of the ever-growing fanzone, additional sponsorship bands, and enhanced hospitality offerings. We’ve seen the Community Trust continue to flourish and provide invaluable support to the communities of Bristol and beyond. We’ve seen the Gas Girls also grow and flourish. And along with the academy grow more vibrant and confident at every turn with opportunities to break through and build on past success. On the pitch the Men’s team has seen 3 promotions since 2015, we’ve mostly seen a brand of exciting, attacking football, and this year we’ve possibly compiled one of the most exciting squads in recent years with clear potential to reach heights Rovers haven’t seen for generations. Much of this has been down to the love and money Wael Al Qadi has poured into Rovers. Supported by a young, ambitious and commercially intelligent CEO Tom Gorringe, the club has grown it’s stature and it’s reach. And we now have a new majority owner in Mr Hussain Al Saeed who we are as yet unable to make any informed judgement on. Of course we do also find ourselves with a stubbornly recurring issue of a new stadium, or at least a stadium with realistic prospects for significant growth. There’s a sense of deja vu with a new owner arriving, looking at what’s being negotiated and simply saying it’s not good enough! It’s important to stress that at time of writing the club has still not publicly confirmed or denied the reports which emerged via Bristol Live that the Fruit Market deal is on verge of collapse. In fact they have remained strikingly silent on the matter. Some would say this is wise and perhaps suggests that the club will continue to explore their options until such a time comes when you need to definitively pull the plug or sign those lines. Lest we forget we also have the no small mess that is the planning process for the new stand which continues to be a thorn in the match ball. One thing is for sure - you can bet that the club and/or the ownership is leaking money on consultants and lawyers which may turn out to be a waste of resource on yet another failed stadium dream. Unfortunately the club continues to come under criticism for it’s perceived lack of communication to fans and the wider public. The club are seen as allowing others to control the narrative with no proactive attempts to create the narrative. In many cases these narratives are wrong. We reached out to the club for their perspective on all the burning issues of recent weeks. The ultimate response wont have helped the situation. If you follow us on X/Twitter then you’ll know we said the club granted us an interview and answered all of our questions. Unfortunately, for reasons not entirely clear, the club later requested that we didn’t publish any of that interview. We have decided to comply with that request out of respect for the clubs wishes - Even though we did everything we could not to publish any sensitive information. Gasburner is not a news outlet, nor an extension of the club, just a free extra source of information, fan engagement and opinions on all things Rovers. We do however believe in accountability and appropriate openness. Its important to acknowledge that it’s not smart business in any case to give a public running commentary on negotiations and legal processes; and that our CEO has offered up some insight through his matchday programme notes as well as directly responding to feedback from fans. But it must also be acknowledged that fans have a right and some may even say an entitlement to know what is going on at the club they spend a large proportion of their earnings on. To fans it is an investment of not simply their earnings, in some cases their entire disposable income, but an investment of the heart and soul. It’s a difficult balance for the ownership to strike. Wael Al Qadi has been one of the best at communicating and interacting with fans. However, with a new owner may arrive a new trend. As said earlier though It’s too early to make an informed judgement but we can express our wish to the new ownership that they are visible to fans and that they do communicate with fans to answer their questions where appropriate. Or they risk quickly losing the good faith of the hard-liners and fermenting a negative perception across the fan base. And while Rovers are responding to some of the feedback with actions, fans have genuine concerns about prices, about communication, about the running of the club, and about their matchday experience which should never be dismissed or ignored. Generally though, lets remember that we are in a strong position as a club. The new owners have strengthened Rovers financial position with what is believed to be a strong investment, and as mentioned in the opening ramble, there is a big transformation taking place at Rovers. We keep being told its a long term project, so strap-in because the next few years look set to be exciting, and frustrating, it will hurt and it will create ecstasy. And who knows, it might just lead us to the promise land. Up The Gas Jump on the Gasburner... Lots of words but tells us absolutely nothing we didn’t know before 🙄 |
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Post by RD on Oct 7, 2023 16:42:51 GMT
Yeah was in my junk mail The only explanation I have is that I followed the account on twitter for a short time. Not sure if they got my email address from that. I honestly think it's gorringe in disguise. I think he's frustrated about not being able to release any information out as the new owners or wael don't want it being released yet so he's set up this twitter account. Nobody can get your email from X/Twitter, hence why you have to follow a user before they can even DM you. I don't think it's TG as they are continually sending tweets during a match but it could be somebody working for him in the club's media team. This sound like a serious data breach then. No reason for GasBurner to have KP and others emails? Sounds like a serious breach of GDPR. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Oct 7, 2023 16:58:42 GMT
Nobody can get your email from X/Twitter, hence why you have to follow a user before they can even DM you. I don't think it's TG as they are continually sending tweets during a match but it could be somebody working for him in the club's media team. This sound like a serious data breach then. No reason for GasBurner to have KP and others emails? Sounds like a serious breach of GDPR. Unless they've handed them over in the past as I don't seem to have received an email, so the "leak" is not directly from Rovers, X/Twitter or the two main Rovers forums. |
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Post by jongas1 on Oct 7, 2023 18:07:09 GMT
I follow the account and have no email, club has my email.
Those with emails, Are you sure you didn’t sign up on the Gasburner website, that certainly would explain? 🤷♂️
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Post by gasandelectricity on Oct 7, 2023 18:34:09 GMT
Don't think this will be anything to do with the club or supporters club.
I'm obviously a member on here, Gasheads.org (but have hardly posted), follow the club X/Twitter/whatever its called this week, hold a season ticket and website account with the club and also the supporters club. I have received nothing.
Would happily take a look at one of these emails to see if there's anything telling as to whom this may have come from.
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Post by gashead79 on Oct 7, 2023 18:42:14 GMT
Fair questions. Probably better to bombard Wael on twitter though. A single voice wouldn't get far but if a few hundred get on it, we might get somewhere. Another alternative to consider as non shareholders is we could actually allow WAQ to continue to adhere to confidentiality, leaving the guy alone to continue with his own business and continuing to improve the stature of the club. Thankfully, non-entitled Gasheads will outnumber those, who for reasons only know to them, feel they have a right to demand information from commercially sensitive business dealings that they are not financially involved in. Lol, yeah or that. He is obviously completely able to look after his own interests. It's not surprising that fans want to know whats going on since we don't exactly get much out of the club at all. |
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Post by wallywalters on Oct 7, 2023 18:44:31 GMT
I follow the account and have no email, club has my email. Those with emails, Are you sure you didn’t sign up on the Gasburner website, that certainly would explain? 🤷♂️ I 100% didn't sign up to their website. Just gone on there to check again now and it doesn't recognise my email address and asks me if I want to create an account. Edit I'm not bothered that they have emailed me just makes the whole gasburner account all the more strange. I honestly think it's related to the club In some way or another. I'm of the firm belief it is someone like gorringe who wants info to come out but is being stifled by the new regime. |
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Post by baggins on Oct 7, 2023 18:54:50 GMT
Anyone got the faintest? I'm soooooo lost with this one.
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Post by yattongas on Oct 7, 2023 19:00:33 GMT
I follow the account and have no email, club has my email. Those with emails, Are you sure you didn’t sign up on the Gasburner website, that certainly would explain? 🤷♂️ I 100% didn't sign up to their website. Just gone on there to check again now and it doesn't recognise my email address and asks me if I want to create an account. Edit I'm not bothered that they have emailed me just makes the whole gasburner account all the more strange. I honestly think it's related to the club In some way or another. I'm of the firm belief it is someone like gorringe who wants info to come out but is being stifled by the new regime. Not trying to be funny but that’s bloody nonsense ! 😂 |
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Post by singupgas on Oct 7, 2023 19:04:41 GMT
What benefit is it to TG that the owners who pay his wages have possibly done this and that?
I must admit it it worryingly quiet, I was expecting some positive news and talks of great ambition. But don't see what TG gets from the club not progressing.
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Post by trevorgas on Oct 7, 2023 19:07:02 GMT
I 100% didn't sign up to their website. Just gone on there to check again now and it doesn't recognise my email address and asks me if I want to create an account. Edit I'm not bothered that they have emailed me just makes the whole gasburner account all the more strange. I honestly think it's related to the club In some way or another. I'm of the firm belief it is someone like gorringe who wants info to come out but is being stifled by the new regime. Not trying to be funny but that’s bloody nonsense ! 😂 Agreed ,we do have some unbelievable conspiracy theories,it's only a bloody football club not MI5 !! |
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Post by devonwhite9 on Oct 7, 2023 19:27:53 GMT
Given the guy has told us the square root of nothing then it's not much of a conspiracy
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Post by wallywalters on Oct 7, 2023 20:26:11 GMT
I 100% didn't sign up to their website. Just gone on there to check again now and it doesn't recognise my email address and asks me if I want to create an account. Edit I'm not bothered that they have emailed me just makes the whole gasburner account all the more strange. I honestly think it's related to the club In some way or another. I'm of the firm belief it is someone like gorringe who wants info to come out but is being stifled by the new regime. Not trying to be funny but that’s bloody nonsense ! 😂 😂. Netflix have already been in contact. Reckon they can make a 4 parter out of this. |
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Post by BrightonGas on Oct 7, 2023 21:37:20 GMT
Was this it polak? Join us on theapp GasBurner Post Writer's picture Gas Burner 18 hours ago 4 min Together We Are Our Strength There are some seriously good people at Bristol Rovers. Working hard for the club and hard for the fans. In recent times Rovers have been dreaming big and attempting to reach far with their ambition. We’ve seen positive moves off the pitch with a new and evolving training ground and we can currently see the development of a new South and South East Stand gathering pace. We’ve seen Rovers grow their commercial offering with the introduction of the ever-growing fanzone, additional sponsorship bands, and enhanced hospitality offerings. We’ve seen the Community Trust continue to flourish and provide invaluable support to the communities of Bristol and beyond. We’ve seen the Gas Girls also grow and flourish. And along with the academy grow more vibrant and confident at every turn with opportunities to break through and build on past success. On the pitch the Men’s team has seen 3 promotions since 2015, we’ve mostly seen a brand of exciting, attacking football, and this year we’ve possibly compiled one of the most exciting squads in recent years with clear potential to reach heights Rovers haven’t seen for generations. Much of this has been down to the love and money Wael Al Qadi has poured into Rovers. Supported by a young, ambitious and commercially intelligent CEO Tom Gorringe, the club has grown it’s stature and it’s reach. And we now have a new majority owner in Mr Hussain Al Saeed who we are as yet unable to make any informed judgement on. Of course we do also find ourselves with a stubbornly recurring issue of a new stadium, or at least a stadium with realistic prospects for significant growth. There’s a sense of deja vu with a new owner arriving, looking at what’s being negotiated and simply saying it’s not good enough! It’s important to stress that at time of writing the club has still not publicly confirmed or denied the reports which emerged via Bristol Live that the Fruit Market deal is on verge of collapse. In fact they have remained strikingly silent on the matter. Some would say this is wise and perhaps suggests that the club will continue to explore their options until such a time comes when you need to definitively pull the plug or sign those lines. Lest we forget we also have the no small mess that is the planning process for the new stand which continues to be a thorn in the match ball. One thing is for sure - you can bet that the club and/or the ownership is leaking money on consultants and lawyers which may turn out to be a waste of resource on yet another failed stadium dream. Unfortunately the club continues to come under criticism for it’s perceived lack of communication to fans and the wider public. The club are seen as allowing others to control the narrative with no proactive attempts to create the narrative. In many cases these narratives are wrong. We reached out to the club for their perspective on all the burning issues of recent weeks. The ultimate response wont have helped the situation. If you follow us on X/Twitter then you’ll know we said the club granted us an interview and answered all of our questions. Unfortunately, for reasons not entirely clear, the club later requested that we didn’t publish any of that interview. We have decided to comply with that request out of respect for the clubs wishes - Even though we did everything we could not to publish any sensitive information. Gasburner is not a news outlet, nor an extension of the club, just a free extra source of information, fan engagement and opinions on all things Rovers. We do however believe in accountability and appropriate openness. Its important to acknowledge that it’s not smart business in any case to give a public running commentary on negotiations and legal processes; and that our CEO has offered up some insight through his matchday programme notes as well as directly responding to feedback from fans. But it must also be acknowledged that fans have a right and some may even say an entitlement to know what is going on at the club they spend a large proportion of their earnings on. To fans it is an investment of not simply their earnings, in some cases their entire disposable income, but an investment of the heart and soul. It’s a difficult balance for the ownership to strike. Wael Al Qadi has been one of the best at communicating and interacting with fans. However, with a new owner may arrive a new trend. As said earlier though It’s too early to make an informed judgement but we can express our wish to the new ownership that they are visible to fans and that they do communicate with fans to answer their questions where appropriate. Or they risk quickly losing the good faith of the hard-liners and fermenting a negative perception across the fan base. And while Rovers are responding to some of the feedback with actions, fans have genuine concerns about prices, about communication, about the running of the club, and about their matchday experience which should never be dismissed or ignored. Generally though, lets remember that we are in a strong position as a club. The new owners have strengthened Rovers financial position with what is believed to be a strong investment, and as mentioned in the opening ramble, there is a big transformation taking place at Rovers. We keep being told its a long term project, so strap-in because the next few years look set to be exciting, and frustrating, it will hurt and it will create ecstasy. And who knows, it might just lead us to the promise land. Up The Gas Jump on the Gasburner... Lots of words but tells us absolutely nothing we didn’t know before 🙄 hmmm, sounds familiar 🤣 Must be Gaschat related |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2023 21:50:04 GMT
The Kuwait’s were there today again in suit and tie, representing the club in a professional way. Say what you like, they are watching their business and team a lot, this gives me hope, they are on a proper recognisance mission.
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Post by aghast on Oct 7, 2023 22:37:39 GMT
Anyone got the faintest? I'm soooooo lost with this one. I think it's Rebekah Vardy. She's got form in this area. |
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Post by yattongas on Oct 8, 2023 6:55:32 GMT
Anyone got the faintest? I'm soooooo lost with this one. I think it's Rebekah Vardy. She's got form in this area. 🤣 you’ve nailed it ! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2023 11:11:19 GMT
Another alternative to consider as non shareholders is we could actually allow WAQ to continue to adhere to confidentiality, leaving the guy alone to continue with his own business and continuing to improve the stature of the club. Thankfully, non-entitled Gasheads will outnumber those, who for reasons only know to them, feel they have a right to demand information from commercially sensitive business dealings that they are not financially involved in. Lol, yeah or that. He is obviously completely able to look after his own interests. It's not surprising that fans want to know whats going on since we don't exactly get much out of the club at all. Yeah totally understand that 79, were all in the same boat here as fans. I do trust in WAQ and the Al Saeeds to do the right thing for our future though, UTG. |
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Post by gashead79 on Oct 8, 2023 18:05:52 GMT
Lol, yeah or that. He is obviously completely able to look after his own interests. It's not surprising that fans want to know whats going on since we don't exactly get much out of the club at all. Yeah totally understand that 79, were all in the same boat here as fans. I do trust in WAQ and the Al Saeeds to do the right thing for our future though, UTG. Yeah I'm on board. It would be nice to get a 'vision statement' or something though..otherwise what are we doing🤷♂️ |
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Post by baggins on Oct 8, 2023 18:46:09 GMT
Yeah totally understand that 79, were all in the same boat here as fans. I do trust in WAQ and the Al Saeeds to do the right thing for our future though, UTG. Yeah I'm on board. It would be nice to get a 'vision statement' or something though..otherwise what are we doing🤷♂️ We've heard plenty of vision statements in the past, and well, how did they work out? For the moment we're financially safe, more than plenty of other Clubs, let's just enjoy that for a while. |
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