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Post by wallywalters on Nov 17, 2023 12:05:24 GMT
It's ok to dislike football clubs and their supporters gasdust and live a perfectly normal life. Sorry to break it to you but we can't all get along in this world. But we can survive and tolerate one another. Anyway. Have we got a new manager yet? Do you not think that tarring ALL supporters of Celtic with the same brush because of the actions of a few is a bit childish though? No issue with you not liking Celtic as club but surely you can’t think that literally EVERY supporter of Celtic is the same? Yes your probably right. I shouldnt have said all their supporters are awful as every club has their bad apples. I'm just very patriotic and the things they do as a club and as a majority supporter base go against my beliefs.
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Post by gulfofaden on Nov 17, 2023 12:05:29 GMT
Bristol Post non stop speculation now has Neil Lennon linked.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2023 12:06:09 GMT
Do you not think that tarring ALL supporters of Celtic with the same brush because of the actions of a few is a bit childish though? No issue with you not liking Celtic as club but surely you can’t think that literally EVERY supporter of Celtic is the same? Yes your probably right. I shouldnt have said all their supporters are awful as every club has their bad apples. I'm just very patriotic and the things they do as a club and as a majority supporter base go against my beliefs. Fair play, Wally. Takes a big person to admit faults.
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Post by pirate on Nov 17, 2023 12:06:51 GMT
Rotherham were 8th and flying when he took over after Paul Warne had only lost 1 of the first 9 Championship games, with 1.56 PPM and a +6 goal difference. Fortunately for them they had that good start because the form dropped off a cliff with Taylor, subsequently losing 44% of his games with a 1.00 PPM and a -15 goal difference. Loads of teams start well with a big bounce after promotion and then fall away, no guarantees that warne would have done much better. Hardly tearing up trees at Derby. After breaking the Rotherham transfer record in the summer things got even worse this season, with 0.69 PPM, no away wins in the past year, conceding an average of 2 goals a game, just two wins from their 16 league games and sacked when cut adrift of fourth bottom.
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Post by onefindunford on Nov 17, 2023 12:22:40 GMT
A good friend of mine is a Rovers and Celtic season ticket holder. are you saying that he’s a “disgusting supporter” and shouldn’t go to Rovers games? He does smell a bit, mind. 😎
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2023 12:29:16 GMT
Loads of teams start well with a big bounce after promotion and then fall away, no guarantees that warne would have done much better. Hardly tearing up trees at Derby. After breaking the Rotherham transfer record in the summer things got even worse this season, with 0.69 PPM, no away wins in the past year, conceding an average of 2 goals a game, just two wins from their 16 league games and sacked when cut adrift of fourth bottom. Where do you think Rotherham should be in the championship is the main question I suppose?
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Post by TAGas on Nov 17, 2023 12:29:18 GMT
Maybe the owners are waiting for us to get to 100 pages 😅
Come on people!
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Post by olskooltoteender on Nov 17, 2023 12:34:34 GMT
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Post by pirate on Nov 17, 2023 12:34:41 GMT
After breaking the Rotherham transfer record in the summer things got even worse this season, with 0.69 PPM, no away wins in the past year, conceding an average of 2 goals a game, just two wins from their 16 league games and sacked when cut adrift of fourth bottom. Where do you think Rotherham should be in the championship is the main question I suppose? Survival, but with things continuing on a downwards trajectory and Taylor's record getting worse I can see why Tony Stewart sacked him. “It was felt by myself and the board that we had to act now by making a managerial change in order to give ourselves the best possible chance of retaining our Championship status this season."
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Post by pirate on Nov 17, 2023 12:35:44 GMT
Superb solidarity for the Palestinian people from the Celtic fans. Bravo 👏
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Post by olskooltoteender on Nov 17, 2023 12:37:33 GMT
Superb solidarity for Hamas from the IRA-supporting Celtic fans. Bravo 👏 There you go, fixed that for you . . .
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Post by supergas on Nov 17, 2023 12:42:02 GMT
...aside from the fact it's new owners having to make it, it's still one of the trickiest managerial decisions in recent years.
We're closer to the playoffs than relegation, so appointing Mangan sounds great but would he be out of his depth if we did get promoted in six months?
So maybe find a manager with Championship experience....? Except we might finish seventh and then we're overpaying for a manager with the wrong experience.
...or try to find a decent League One manager. Who could be the wrong leader if we go up but perfect if we remain stable in League One (and to clarify that would have been their remit but also judged by fans to be a failure).
...or change could lead to a loss of form and we need a scrappy manager to stop us being relegated...
I genuinely think this is the most difficult managerial appointment we have had to make for well over a decade, and whatever decision is made is risky in one way or another (and will be criticised by many people for different reasons...)
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Post by rememberhalifax on Nov 17, 2023 12:42:54 GMT
Bristol Post non stop speculation now has Neil Lennon linked. No thanks
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Post by lastminutewinner on Nov 17, 2023 12:44:16 GMT
...aside from the fact it's new owners having to make it, it's still one of the trickiest managerial decisions in recent years. We're closer to the playoffs than relegation, so appointing Mangan sounds great but would he be out of his depth if we did get promoted in six months? So maybe find a manager with Championship experience....? Except we might finish seventh and then we're overpaying for a manager with the wrong experience. ...or try to find a decent League One manager. Who could be the wrong leader if we go up but perfect if we remain stable in League One (and to clarify that would have been their remit but also judged by fans to be a failure). ...or change could lead to a loss of form and we need a scrappy manager to stop us being relegated... I genuinely think this is the most difficult managerial appointment we have had to make for well over a decade, and whatever decision is made is risky in one way or another (and will be criticised by many people for different reasons...) Yes not everyone will be happy. This is Bristol Rovers we arent going to get anyone with an impeccable record. Will need due diligence and luck to get the right person. I dont envy them.
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Post by warehamgas on Nov 17, 2023 13:42:40 GMT
It's ok to dislike football clubs and their supporters gasdust and live a perfectly normal life. Sorry to break it to you but we can't all get along in this world. But we can survive and tolerate one another. Anyway. Have we got a new manager yet? Do you not think that tarring ALL supporters of Celtic with the same brush because of the actions of a few is a bit childish though? No issue with you not liking Celtic as club but surely you can’t think that literally EVERY supporter of Celtic is the same? Very true. How many fans of Celtic or Rangers or even BRFC are there? 60,000? 70,000? 10,000? It would be very naive or even stupid to think all the club group think the same way politically, religiously, or those who keep their opinions to themselves or those who show them off publicly or have the same opinions regarding world events. And as we know all clubs, even us, have our fair share of idiots. All clubs have all types of fan, it’s just in the bigger clubs the numbers are probably greater, including sensible ones. So to characterise all clubs fans as being the same is a tad unfair and naive to say the least. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Nov 17, 2023 13:44:02 GMT
...aside from the fact it's new owners having to make it, it's still one of the trickiest managerial decisions in recent years. We're closer to the playoffs than relegation, so appointing Mangan sounds great but would he be out of his depth if we did get promoted in six months? So maybe find a manager with Championship experience....? Except we might finish seventh and then we're overpaying for a manager with the wrong experience. ...or try to find a decent League One manager. Who could be the wrong leader if we go up but perfect if we remain stable in League One (and to clarify that would have been their remit but also judged by fans to be a failure). ...or change could lead to a loss of form and we need a scrappy manager to stop us being relegated... I genuinely think this is the most difficult managerial appointment we have had to make for well over a decade, and whatever decision is made is risky in one way or another (and will be criticised by many people for different reasons...) Indeed supergas. There are never any guarantees. UTG,
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Post by Gashead73 on Nov 17, 2023 13:47:26 GMT
I'm a Catholic, don't follow Rangers nor Celtic. And I still don't want Neil Lennon. It's a big fat No from me
I'll do 10 Hail Mary's, 1 Our Father and a Glory Be, if the board don't entertain this madness!
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Post by oliverhelmet on Nov 17, 2023 13:48:41 GMT
I don’t think a lot of those fans holding the flags up have much idea what is going on,or even know where Palestine is - They just see the green and white.
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Post by percy on Nov 17, 2023 14:03:09 GMT
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Post by Claremont Gas on Nov 17, 2023 14:07:16 GMT
Neil Lennon is just a Ginger Joey Barton
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