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Post by DrFaustus on Apr 27, 2024 19:37:35 GMT
In the last 18 league games, we have gained a whopping 23 points. We've scored 18 goals and conceded 37.*
Thank goodness we "have our Rovers back" as it would be terrible otherwise.
Taylor out and UTFG. 🏴☠️
*Stats provided by the one non drinker in our group of 10, who've been here (Manchester) since yesterday.
It's still freezing.
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 27, 2024 20:09:36 GMT
Even worst is our home record in 2024 which reads W 3 D 1 L 9. Its truly shocking and it was sad to hear fellow Gasheads last week saying " I'm glad the season is over " or the usual self defeating songs in the south stand to gloss over the pain.
Small wonder people are saying " STs is well well down ".
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Apr 27, 2024 20:33:23 GMT
In the last 18 league games, we have gained a whopping 23 points. We've scored 18 goals and conceded 37.* Thank goodness we "have our Rovers back" as it would be terrible otherwise. Taylor out and UTFG. 🏴☠️ *Stats provided by the one non drinker in our group of 10, who've been here (Manchester) since yesterday. It's still freezing. Just because Taylor is doing poorly, that doesn't mean it wasn't right to sack Barton. I'm still glad he's gone and once there has been a clear out of the fantastic top 8 squad he assembled then we will be a lot better off. |
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Post by DrFaustus on Apr 27, 2024 20:42:05 GMT
In the last 18 league games, we have gained a whopping 23 points. We've scored 18 goals and conceded 37.* Thank goodness we "have our Rovers back" as it would be terrible otherwise. Taylor out and UTFG. 🏴☠️ *Stats provided by the one non drinker in our group of 10, who've been here (Manchester) since yesterday. It's still freezing. Just because Taylor is doing poorly, that doesn't mean it wasn't right to sack Barton. I'm still glad he's gone and once there has been a clear out of the fantastic top 8 squad he assembled then we will be a lot better off. You're a mod, so...OK then. Who the heck mentioned Barton? Not me. He was sacked rightly. Taylor is dogshit. |
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 27, 2024 20:50:19 GMT
Just because Taylor is doing poorly, that doesn't mean it wasn't right to sack Barton. I'm still glad he's gone and once there has been a clear out of the fantastic top 8 squad he assembled then we will be a lot better off. You're a mod, so...OK then. Who the heck mentioned Barton? Not me. He was sacked rightly. Taylor is dogshit. I think he's using the Anti Barton argument to justify the ' no progress' which in itself is negative! |
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Post by returnofthedust on Apr 27, 2024 21:08:20 GMT
The end to the season should at least stop any pie in the sky predictions that we will be top 6 when it’s staring everyone in the face that the squad is bang average.
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Post by gashead1981 on Apr 27, 2024 21:26:54 GMT
Do you have stats on player availability from December?
I'm pretty sure we lost around 13 players to injury and suspension from last week in Jan until mid March. I seem to remember Josh Grant playing centre back for a while and Connolly who was playing L2 football for half a year came back and couldn't displace him, that's how bad he was.
I mean wheelchair ward and Wilson ♿️♿️ both made of glass and when Wilson was fit he was getting sent off.
No dount MT has done himself no favours in some ways but the "Scouse mafia" certainly didn't help when they all downed tools in support of their management mates.
That's why we need them all gone.
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Post by pirate on Apr 27, 2024 21:50:57 GMT
I can't believe anyone would trust Taylor to lead a rebuild. |
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Post by gashead1981 on Apr 27, 2024 22:14:00 GMT
I can't believe anyone would trust Taylor to lead a rebuild. Managed to build a good Exeter side though... |
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Post by okebournegas83 on Apr 27, 2024 22:17:17 GMT
Not one for hiring and firing but Taylor has to go for me. I’ve never been so happy for the season to be finished and I still haven’t renewed my season ticket for the first time in years , it was a real chore to watch the gas for the second part of the season , no leadership, no guts , no effort , pants defending then once again selling our best ( although out of form ) asset in January only to not replace him in typical rovers fashion. I’ll more than likely renew my ST but I’m not optimistic about next season, we need to hit the ground running otherwise we’ll be in trouble, the league will be much tougher.
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Post by pirate on Apr 27, 2024 22:17:26 GMT
I can't believe anyone would trust Taylor to lead a rebuild. Managed to build a good Exeter side though... The manager we must not mention got promoted back out of League Two at the first attempt. Also the size of club and expectations totally different. Taylor looks out of his depth at a higher level and his record is alarming. |
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Post by gashead1981 on Apr 27, 2024 22:24:29 GMT
Managed to build a good Exeter side though... The manager we must not mention got promoted back out of League Two at the first attempt. Also the size of club and expectations totally different. Taylor looks out of his depth at a higher level and his record is alarming. He did, but only after signing EA who let's be fair, was an absolute cheat code. Let's not forget that we got battered 4-1 at Exeter by a Matt Taylor Exeter side and scraped a 2-2 draw at the Mem with said cheat code. MT built an excellent Exeter side who played very good football. |
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Post by pirate on Apr 27, 2024 22:37:38 GMT
The manager we must not mention got promoted back out of League Two at the first attempt. Also the size of club and expectations totally different. Taylor looks out of his depth at a higher level and his record is alarming. He did, but only after signing EA who let's be fair, was an absolute cheat code. Let's not forget that we got battered 4-1 at Exeter by a Matt Taylor Exeter side and scraped a 2-2 draw at the Mem with said cheat code. MT built an excellent Exeter side who played very good football. Does Taylor have the contacts to get himself an Eliot Anderson type of cheat code loan if needed? I doubt it. Friend might have, fingers crossed. Seeing absolutely no evidence of good football here, quite the opposite. Where is the evidence of his coaching ability or man management skills here? Frighteningly similar patterns to Rotherham, struggling to score and conceding 2 a game. In fact, record breaking games without scoring here. Absolutely abysmal. Looking back at his recruitment record at Exeter and Rotherham there is nothing to suggest he is the right man to lead a rebuild here and he also doesn't have the personality to inspire confidence or energise the fanbase. The recent dwindling attendances must have rang alarm bells. Keep him and we have to be one of the favourites for relegation next season.  |
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Post by gasheadontour on Apr 27, 2024 22:42:49 GMT
18 players with contracts due to expire and nothing to play for would be difficult for any manager.
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Post by stuart1974 on Apr 27, 2024 23:15:28 GMT
I get the feeling MT is a placeholder for the next season or two while the owners get to grips with structural changes, and with a remit to get us having a 'buy cheap, sell high' production line.
The owners would probably be happy for us to be 8th-14th and selling a good player or two while getting costs under control.
Once that's resolved they may be willing to change things but unless things are going on behind the scenes, I think he'll be here come August.
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 27, 2024 23:22:14 GMT
Managed to build a good Exeter side though... The manager we must not mention got promoted back out of League Two at the first attempt. Also the size of club and expectations totally different. Taylor looks out of his depth at a higher level and his record is alarming. The manager we must not mention, finished below the manager we currently had, even though he had a much bigger budget! He also conceded 9 goals, during the duration of a game, but luckily they let up during the 2nd half. Taylor might be rubbish for us, but he has been better than Barton over the last few seasons. |
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Post by pirate on Apr 27, 2024 23:23:43 GMT
The manager we must not mention got promoted back out of League Two at the first attempt. Also the size of club and expectations totally different. Taylor looks out of his depth at a higher level and his record is alarming. The manager we must not mention, finished below the manager we currently had, even though he had a much bigger budget! He also conceded 9 goals, during the duration of a game, but luckily they let up during the 2nd half. Taylor might be rubbish for us, but he has been better than Barton over the last few seasons. Both sh**e. |
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Post by returnofthedust on Apr 27, 2024 23:27:22 GMT
Really want him to do well but if it was up to me I would lean towards sacking him now.
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Post by gasify on Apr 28, 2024 5:06:34 GMT
In the last 18 league games, we have gained a whopping 23 points. We've scored 18 goals and conceded 37.* Thank goodness we "have our Rovers back" as it would be terrible otherwise. Taylor out and UTFG. 🏴☠️ *Stats provided by the one non drinker in our group of 10, who've been here (Manchester) since yesterday. It's still freezing. Least it's not raining. |
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Post by gasify on Apr 28, 2024 5:25:41 GMT
I can't believe anyone would trust Taylor to lead a rebuild. You posted that article previously. All you need to do is replace "Rotherham" with "Bristol Rovers" and the article could have been written about us. One of the biggest issues that I see is not about the owners, not about the players. It is the fans. All of a sudden our fan base is demanding success that we have only had three times in our history and they seem to view anything else unacceptable. These same fans also say, it's too expensive to follow Rovers. They are also the ones saying, that's it I'm not going any more. They are also saying Premiership football fans are "plastics" all the while sneering at teams for "buying success". Maybe Buckle was right, we are a league one club. We do not have wealthy owners who will buy the league, we have to do it the hard way. We have lots in common with Rotherham, maybe we should be focus more on how they seem to get success with similar attendances to ours. |
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