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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2023 17:23:55 GMT
As if the eventual ‘welcome to rovers’ thread has once again turned into a Bartonfest. They’re still grieving, dude. They’ll move on to acceptance soon.
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Post by percy on Nov 30, 2023 17:23:56 GMT
Happy if it’s Taylor. Nothing is guaranteed and yes he hasn’t performed in L1 yet but he beat the pants of Barton in L2 and rightly got a championship crack, something likely to evade our previous manager. Some are obsessed with PPG but our most successful managers were successful here first.
Matt(y?!) Taylor’s blue and white army!
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Post by madgas on Nov 30, 2023 17:28:48 GMT
He did it in one season instead 4... he's got experience at playing at prem level and more wins as a manager in the division we play. Seems crazy to believe this is a huge upgrade. Happy it's over. And good luck. denial anger bargaining depression acceptance Come on, you've done so well over the last 5 weeks, just need acceptance and we can all move on. Weird post. I was never pro barton. I was content to move on and no longer be associated with the skeletons. But to judge the replacement without reference to the past is burying your head in the sand.
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Post by playtowin on Nov 30, 2023 17:29:02 GMT
I heard a rumour Karl Taylor turned us down to become a Monk.
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Post by BuckNaked on Nov 30, 2023 17:30:51 GMT
As if the eventual ‘welcome to rovers’ thread has once again turned into a Bartonfest. I don't get how people can still have unabashed man love for Barton. Dude was a prick and not exactly incredible either when it came to tactics and such. I swear I think some believe we would be top 4 right now if he had stayed. He is gone, thank f**k for that. Time to get behind Taylor.
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Post by discodave on Nov 30, 2023 17:30:53 GMT
This stinks of Tisdale Mk 2
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Post by madgas on Nov 30, 2023 17:33:39 GMT
As if the eventual ‘welcome to rovers’ thread has once again turned into a Bartonfest. I don't get how people can still have unabashed man love for Barton. Dude was a prick and not exactly incredible either when it came to tactics and such. I swear I think some believe we would be top 4 right now if he had stayed. He is gone, thank f**k for that. Time to get behind Taylor. I've explained. No love just calling spades spades. Barton couldve been sacked several times in his rovers career before he did. The owners told me it was due go matters on the pitch. To that extent- I see little improvement. Really hope they're right.
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Post by Goose on Nov 30, 2023 17:33:55 GMT
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Post by BuckNaked on Nov 30, 2023 17:34:40 GMT
I don't get how people can still have unabashed man love for Barton. Dude was a prick and not exactly incredible either when it came to tactics and such. I swear I think some believe we would be top 4 right now if he had stayed. He is gone, thank f**k for that. Time to get behind Taylor. I've explained. No love just calling spades spades. Barton couldve been sacked several times in his rovers career before he did. The owners told me it was due go matters on the pitch. To that extent- I see little improvement. Really hope they're right. Fair enough, we shall see either way.
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Post by daniel300380 on Nov 30, 2023 17:35:08 GMT
5 weeks is crazy for sure but in what way is he less qualified than Barton? Taylor performed better in his promotion season than Barton, and he has experience in the Championship, being the first manager to keep Rotherham there since 2016 and the best performance for them since 2004. He has experience too of building a team and gaining promotion with it. Joey got promoted yes but it was absolutely hectic and was on the verge of getting sacked before going on an unbelievable run. He did it in one season instead 4... he's got experience at playing at prem level and more wins as a manager in the division we play. Seems crazy to believe this is a huge upgrade. Happy it's over. And good luck. Barton had a massive budget and got lucky with the Anderson signing, he admitted that himself. Did a Championship club come in for Barton?? I can't remember, when they did???
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Post by baggins on Nov 30, 2023 17:36:42 GMT
I heard a rumour Karl Taylor turned us down to become a Monk. A heard a Monk turned us down to be a Tailor.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Nov 30, 2023 17:38:09 GMT
Is that a myth?? When you ask people what games we played good football in, they can't think of many. It was like Garner. Pass, pass, pass at the back going no where and then kick it long! Because Barton said it was good, fans believed him. I don’t know who you asked. I can think of lots of games where we played great football and I think we still do unfortunately it counts for nothing if you can’t score or defend. We played great football but we can't score or defend? Are you sure? :/
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Post by wertongas on Nov 30, 2023 17:38:17 GMT
Do you think if we asked nicely he’d change his name? Can we really sing ‘we’ve got super Matty Taylor …’?! 😬 His name isn’t Matty though. It’s Matt. It’s just people on here who’ve started calling him matty. Well done for pointing that out, he hasn't even started managing us yet and we are insulting him by calling him Matty Taylor !
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2023 17:39:45 GMT
What a horrible and disgusting human being.
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Post by pirate on Nov 30, 2023 17:39:46 GMT
Bristol Post reporting taylor- I hope I'm wrong but... 5 weeks to appoint a manager less qualified than the chap we sacked- crazy. The bloke wasn't avaliable until a fortnight before. Screams no plan. Fortunately I didn't want Barton either so the omens are good. Still doubt this appointment massively. 5 weeks is crazy for sure but in what way is he less qualified than Barton? Taylor performed better in his promotion season than Barton, and he has experience in the Championship, being the first manager to keep Rotherham there since 2016 and the best performance for them since 2004. He has experience too of building a team and gaining promotion with it. Joey got promoted yes but it was absolutely hectic and was on the verge of getting sacked before going on an unbelievable run. Taylor has only managed 11 games and achieved 4 wins in his career at this level. Joey has a playoff finish in League One on his CV. They both have a League Two promotion on their CV, Joey's at the first time of asking. Taylor's recruitment this summer left a lot to be desired and that is after breaking the Rotherham transfer record. -No away wins at Rotherham in a year - a PPM average of 1.00 in first season that would have had them relegated over the course of a full season EDIT:(without points deductions) - a PPG average of 0.69 in 2nd season after breaking Rotherham transfer record - Average of 2 goals conceded per game this season - Sacked with only 2 wins in 16 games this season and cut adrift of 4th bottom in the relegation zone Does he have better contacts than the previous manager? Does he have more experience of the level? Does he have experience of similar sized budgets? What is his previous buying and selling record like in the transfer market? Is he able to attract a better standard of player?
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Post by stuart1974 on Nov 30, 2023 17:40:48 GMT
I heard a rumour Karl Taylor turned us down to become a Monk. A heard a Monk turned us down to be a Tailor. Indeed, he had a bad habit, that's why.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2023 17:41:16 GMT
5 weeks is crazy for sure but in what way is he less qualified than Barton? Taylor performed better in his promotion season than Barton, and he has experience in the Championship, being the first manager to keep Rotherham there since 2016 and the best performance for them since 2004. He has experience too of building a team and gaining promotion with it. Joey got promoted yes but it was absolutely hectic and was on the verge of getting sacked before going on an unbelievable run. Taylor has only managed 11 games and achieved 4 wins in his career at this level. Joey has a playoff finish in League One on his CV. They both have a League Two promotion on their CV, Joey's at the first time of asking. Taylor's recruitment this summer left a lot to be desired and that is after breaking the Rotherham transfer record. -No away wins at Rotherham in a year - a PPM average of 1.00 in first season that would have had them relegated over the course of a full season - a PPG average of 0.69 in 2nd season after breaking Rotherham transfer record - Average of 2 goals conceded per game this season - Sacked with only 2 wins in 16 games this season and cut adrift of 4th bottom in the relegation zone Does he have better contacts than the previous manager? Does he have more experience of the level? Does he have experience of similar sized budgets? What is his previous buying and selling record like in the transfer market? Is he able to attract a better standard of player? 1 PPM would have kept them up. Reading went down on 44
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Post by rovers78 on Nov 30, 2023 17:41:36 GMT
Will admit, this goes against what I heard and posted here so apologies. But as the post reports, Holden was interviewed and under real contention. Mangan had been heavily implied he had a big chance to get it too.
I had heard Taylor wasn’t interested as he moved everyone back up north when he took the Rotherham job, and he was (is) still being paid a good wage from Rotherham due to his severance. I wonder if he will be living without his family and decided the money being offered was too much to turn down in the end. Because One thing is for sure, this is a VERY, VERY expensive decision, I’d wager he will be on the biggest contract in Rovers history and will be a big test for how interested the new owners really are if it doesn’t work out.
His football isn’t great, would be prepared for very direct very long ball based on being physical, rather than anything too pretty on the eye.
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Nov 30, 2023 17:42:15 GMT
This stinks of Tisdale Mk 2 Are you saying Robinson will become our eventual Barton mk2?
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Post by pirate on Nov 30, 2023 17:43:14 GMT
Taylor has only managed 11 games and achieved 4 wins in his career at this level. Joey has a playoff finish in League One on his CV. They both have a League Two promotion on their CV, Joey's at the first time of asking. Taylor's recruitment this summer left a lot to be desired and that is after breaking the Rotherham transfer record. -No away wins at Rotherham in a year - a PPM average of 1.00 in first season that would have had them relegated over the course of a full season - a PPG average of 0.69 in 2nd season after breaking Rotherham transfer record - Average of 2 goals conceded per game this season - Sacked with only 2 wins in 16 games this season and cut adrift of 4th bottom in the relegation zone Does he have better contacts than the previous manager? Does he have more experience of the level? Does he have experience of similar sized budgets? What is his previous buying and selling record like in the transfer market? Is he able to attract a better standard of player? 1 PPM would have kept them up. Reading went down on 44 Sorry, I meant to put in a normal season without points deductions.
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