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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 18:33:15 GMT
Even speaking without a hint of bias one could confidently assert the Bristol Rovers have, on balance, endured greater provocation, criminal damage and violence within the rivalry within Bristol football.
Usually, we think of those at the less aggressive and ignorant end of the spectrum as the good guys. The British love an underdog and there is no doubt whatsoever that The Rovers have been the underdog throughout the years, with capitulation threatened on an almost constant basis. Exiled to Bath, the twice torching of our ground (in retaliation to us winning) and an incident of running our team off the pitch later in the cauldron of 90s football are events without equal in terms of Rovers offences against their neighbours.
Even so, the almighty above decided to bless them with almost unlimited funds from a billionaire backer. A backer who has a personal stated agenda of finishing off the work his thugs couldn't fully accomplish when they walked away from the burning embers of a gutted stand.
The transfer of Mathew Taylor to Bristol City is more than a transaction. It's highly political and is yet another way this tyrant can slap us in the face. It's goodbye to our season and a boost to theirs. It's showing that even our talisman can be bought at the stroke of a phone call and our "loyal" players will come with wide eyes and big smiles to the Labsdowns when the bosses are in town. This is the reality and any one of our players would most likely do the same. Money is money and it talks. No matter who's paying it, it speaks a language of its own.
So, what does this now mean? Do we become a feeder club for City now? Do we accept any of our players will lift their skirts when SL comes with his wallet? I'm not sure where it leaves us to be honest. It leaves us where we always were, a mid to top half third tier club who lose players to higher-ups.
The only positive I can see is that one day, one day, all this heartache will be worth it. One day we may overtake them, and it will feel all the sweeter for this day.
You never know how things pan out but it's going to take a while to see a sliver lining.
All I can hope is this galvanises us further in support of our club. Do your worst, we will stand firm.
UTG.
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Post by gasandelectricity on Jan 31, 2017 18:39:28 GMT
I firmly believe this is our last slap in the face. It really hurts right now but I'm sure we'll look back at this moment in years to come as the last time they are able to outmuscle us in any way.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jan 31, 2017 18:41:08 GMT
Even speaking without a hint of bias one could confidently assert the Bristol Rovers have, on balance, endured greater provocation, criminal damage and violence within the rivalry within Bristol football. Usually, we think of those at the less aggressive and ignorant end of the spectrum as the good guys. The British love an underdog and there is no doubt whatsoever that The Rovers have been the underdog throughout the years, with capitulation threatened on an almost constant basis. Exiled to Bath, the twice torching of our ground (in retaliation to us winning) and an incident of running our team off the pitch later in the cauldron of 90s football are events without equal in terms of Rovers offences against their neighbours. Even so, the almighty above decided to bless them with almost unlimited funds from a billionaire backer. A backer who has a personal stated agenda of finishing off the work his thugs couldn't fully accomplish when they walked away from the burning embers of a gutted stand. The transfer of Mathew Taylor to Bristol City is more than a transaction. It's highly political and is yet another way this tyrant can slap us in the face. It's goodbye to our season and a boost to theirs. It's showing that even our talisman can be bought at the stroke of a phone call and our "loyal" players will come with wide eyes and big smiles to the Labsdowns when the bosses are in town. This is the reality and any one of our players would most likely do the same. Money is money and it talks. No matter who's paying it, it speaks a language of its own. So, what does this now mean? Do we become a feeder club for City now? Do we accept any of our players will lift their skirts when SL comes with his wallet? I'm not sure where it leaves us to be honest. It leaves us where we always were, a mid to top half third tier club who lose players to higher-ups. The only positive I can see is that one day, one day, all this heartache will be worth it. One day we may overtake them, and it will feel all the sweeter for this day. You never know how things pan out but it's going to take a while to see a sliver lining. All I can hope is this galvanises us further in support of our club. Do your worst, we will stand firm. UTG. Totally agree. Let's use his to unite us. The club is still up on the whole and Matty Taylor is one player.
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Post by Gas_Quarters on Jan 31, 2017 18:42:08 GMT
Whether we sign a replacement or not, the last thing the club needs now is for the fans to turn on the owners, the manager or the players because of this. If we do, then lansdown has without doubt won his fight.
The best thing that can happen now is for the supporters to come together and back the people who are trying to take the club forward in big numbers both on Saturday and for the rest of the season. UTG!
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Post by kylegas on Jan 31, 2017 18:42:21 GMT
I firmly believe this is our last slap in the face. It really hurts right now but I'm sure we'll look back at this moment in years to come as the last time they are able to outmuscle us in any way. Until Matty scores the winner against us next season and they go straight back up
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 18:58:10 GMT
I'm not going to blame the club for this. You can't legislate for the actions of one greedy little sh1t
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Post by gonzales on Jan 31, 2017 19:05:03 GMT
We had Judas, Matty Judas, The Duke of Guernsey clapped his hands, And like Oedipus with his mum, He went to play for inbred scum, We had Matty Judas.
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Post by poorblue on Jan 31, 2017 19:05:43 GMT
First things first Thank You Matty Taylor. From the first game I saw you play in a preseason friendly I thought you were a good player and have been at the 3 levels you played for Rovers. Good enough for the Championship, only time will tell. Even if he plays well will he keep the "Sh**" up? In some ways I hope I'm wrong but past experience will show that if he flops the spitting and coin throwing will certainly follow, hope he has a strong character At the time of writing there is no replacement seen, but I'm relaxed about that and the existing strkers will hold the fort IMO. UTG
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 19:09:11 GMT
Tempted to dress up in drag with a sign saying "Matt Taylor is still a bigger whore than me"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 19:12:54 GMT
The contract agreed in the summer was the one that would keep ZERO at the club at that time. The ball was always in his court and whilst DC stated he wouldn't let ZERO leave for less than £10m the choice wasn't his to make. Its always been about the squad and that's the DC way ,that's why he rotates the team. Rovers will continue to grow and maybe the players will use this as a spur to really kick on so they can show ZERO why he should have stayed ..
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Post by yategas78 on Jan 31, 2017 19:13:07 GMT
With hindsight should have let the little sh**e go in the summer unfortunately local rivalry don't mean a thing to footballers to them it's a job and a pay cheque. It's the Fans who stay true to the club we are the only ones who really give a sh**
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Post by xplosivgas on Jan 31, 2017 19:20:01 GMT
The contract agreed in the summer was the one that would keep ZERO at the club at that time. The ball was always in his court and whilst DC stated he wouldn't let ZERO leave for less than £10m the choice wasn't his to make. Its always been about the squad and that's the DC way ,that's why he rotates the team. Rovers will continue to grow and maybe the players will use this as a spur to really kick on so they can show ZERO why he should have stayed .. You'd think DC would be privy to the buyout clause? He's made himself look a bit of a mug with that £10m comment.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jan 31, 2017 19:22:19 GMT
I firmly believe this is our last slap in the face. It really hurts right now but I'm sure we'll look back at this moment in years to come as the last time they are able to outmuscle us in any way. I made the same point about us getting in cheap kids and loanees in the window. It's all about the message. Those pricks have only signed that Dam gold digger to hold us back. And we have rolled over and taken it up the arse once again. We have shown a complete lack of ambition in this window and if it carries on like this much longer DC will be off in the summer. And if he goes we are f**ked, because I can't see anyone else getting our current squad up to 10th without some real investment. If Higgs oversaw a window like this one people would be spewing. I'm not in meltdown, but I am starting to be very concerned about what's going on, or rather what isn't going on.
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Post by beaver132 on Jan 31, 2017 19:22:33 GMT
T only constant at a club are the fans. They have the only loyalty. We have one of our own in Chris Lines. On the terraces, now in blue and white. He's the only one. I wonder if he's hurting with this betrayal? Up and at em Chris, play your heart out to show that pr-ck what this club means.
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Post by CrispPusher on Jan 31, 2017 19:23:03 GMT
As of now there are only 10 teams between Rovers and Bristol Sport's male soccer division and Taylor is talking about Premier League football. Surely it takes longer than a single day to be indoctrinated into the level of delusions exhibited by the Ashton Gate hierarchy? Europa League in 4 years remember!
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 31, 2017 19:31:44 GMT
I firmly believe this is our last slap in the face. It really hurts right now but I'm sure we'll look back at this moment in years to come as the last time they are able to outmuscle us in any way. I made the same point about us getting in cheap kids and loanees in the window. It's all about the message. Those pricks have only signed that f**king gold digger to hold us back. And we have rolled over and taken it up the arse once again. We have shown a complete lack of ambition in this window and if it carries on like this much longer DC will be off in the summer. And if he goes we are f**ked, because I can't see anyone else getting our current squad up to 10th without some real investment. If Higgs oversaw a window like this one people would be spewing. I'm not in meltdown, but I am starting to be very concerned about what's going on, or rather what isn't going on. Fairly obvious everything now revolves around this week's meeting with the UWE, I guess if we spent a fortune on a player today Mr A-Ql could hardly plead poverty at the meeting? Plus he maybe thinking of cutting his losses if he can't agree a reasonable price. Being a seemingly nasty bit of work I wonder if Pantsdown has got wind of our troubles and decided to really stick the knife in by signing MT, as I can't imagine he's content to hand us any money under normal circumstances.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 19:33:38 GMT
The contract agreed in the summer was the one that would keep ZERO at the club at that time. The ball was always in his court and whilst DC stated he wouldn't let ZERO leave for less than £10m the choice wasn't his to make. Its always been about the squad and that's the DC way ,that's why he rotates the team. Rovers will continue to grow and maybe the players will use this as a spur to really kick on so they can show ZERO why he should have stayed .. You'd think DC would be privy to the buyout clause? He's made himself look a bit of a mug with that £10m comment. He may have been trying to scare clubs away ,those not privy to the release clause.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 31, 2017 19:37:38 GMT
You'd think DC would be privy to the buyout clause? He's made himself look a bit of a mug with that £10m comment. He may have been trying to scare clubs away ,those not privy to the release clause. Meanwhile his agent was probably emailing every Championship manager with details of his buy out clause! What's a surprise is no other Championship club appears to have made an offer, either LJ sees something they don't, or Pantsdown just bought him to p us off.
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Post by singupgas on Jan 31, 2017 19:38:01 GMT
As of now there are only 10 teams between Rovers and Bristol Sport's male soccer division and Taylor is talking about Premier League football. Surely it takes longer than a single day to be indoctrinated into the level of delusions exhibited by the Ashton Gate hierarchy? Europa League in 4 years remember! The picture of little Lee and the snake must have been around the same time he began having these delusional thoughts. #relegationbattle
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Post by You can call me Al. on Jan 31, 2017 19:40:02 GMT
Master Stroke by Steve Lansdown on the face of it. Sadly.
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