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Post by oldmarket65 on May 2, 2024 19:24:48 GMT
From what I know we currently have one of the worst youth setups in the EFL so it does not surprise me one bit that a lot of these players got released watching the fa youth cup game it was clear as day that most if not all of them would never reach the required standards which is an indictment on the whole setup itself. There was one lad from the Cheltenham side who was clearly levels above and it showed that if Cheltenham can get these sorts of players, why can't we? It's embarrassing that in a city like Bristol, our academy is this poor. Got people like Max Allyne who was a local lad taken from under our noses and went to Southampton got sold for multi-millions of pounds and is in the Man City academy What about Kofi Shaw ? footballleagueworld.co.uk/premier-league-interest-surfaces-in-bristol-rovers-starlet/
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Post by oldmarket65 on May 2, 2024 16:47:15 GMT
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Post by oldmarket65 on May 2, 2024 16:29:07 GMT
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Post by oldmarket65 on May 2, 2024 16:26:30 GMT
Trying to find information about our academy team is very difficult. I will try to post a link of the latest results / fixtures. I asked a serious question about 6 months ago asking were they played ?. I suggested the U.W.E but no one seemed to know. I'm sure fans would like to show support to the odd game . Click below for an outstanding win against Brentford recently. Interesting all opposition teams write a review on their official website of the games. Ours is non existent. www.brentfordfc.com/en/news/article/academy-bristol-rovers-u18-3-brentford-u18s-1
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Post by oldmarket65 on May 1, 2024 11:01:43 GMT
List out soon. 4 offered deals the rest are goners. Would guess/hope Hoole, Sinclair, Martin (although would just be triggering extension?) and maybe Greenslade? Either Greenslade or a legally binding 6 month for Grant ?
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Post by oldmarket65 on May 1, 2024 11:00:47 GMT
List out soon. 4 offered deals the rest are goners. Surely Martin Sinclair Hoole is 3 . The 4th is an interesting one if its not any youngsters.
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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 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 oldmarket65 on Apr 27, 2024 18:35:25 GMT
The owners are to blame for getting Taylor he was always the cheap option The board needs to set a target by the end of October . I would say we need to be top 10-12 . If he don't improve things then they need to act. Deep down they must be disappointed like most fans .
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 27, 2024 16:25:52 GMT
The problem we have is a lot of those players are still under contract. Only Rossiter Marquis and Gordon are definitely up. I won't offer Rossiter anymore than 6 months . Grant, Hoole & Sinclair are also definitely up if MT wants to release them? Your correct but Grant got a pre contract same as Martin and I think Hoole & Sinclair will be offered 1 year. So it will be 6 loans plus Finley Marquis Gibbons Gordon plus academy . I'll be surprised if anyone else goes .
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 27, 2024 16:18:58 GMT
Loanees aside, these are the ones I'd actively move on Wilson J Grant Gordon Rossiter Marquis Brown Ones I wouldn't have an objection to moving on Hoole Sinclair (although think he's signed a new deal) It's going to be an interesting summer The problem we have is a lot of those players are still under contract. Only Rossiter Marquis and Gordon are definitely up. I won't offer Rossiter anymore than 6 months . Once we release Finley Gibbons and the two above. I think that's pretty much it . Let's remember we have 6 loans so about 9-10 will be released plus youngsters.
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 24, 2024 11:44:59 GMT
So why don't you concentrate on the many in your own party ?. In the last week there's been two . You come across a bit desperate to score just one goal !. Plenty reporting what a few Conservative MPs have done. Why is no one (seemingly apart from me on here) holding the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party to the same standards...? Because life moves on. I don't obbsess about the Wiltshire MP or Menzies or even Wragg all Tories.
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 24, 2024 11:20:36 GMT
So why don't you concentrate on the many in your own party ?. In the last week there's been two . You come across a bit desperate to score just one goal !. Plenty reporting what a few Conservative MPs have done. Why is no one (seemingly apart from me on here) holding the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party to the same standards...? We are all aware of the investigation about Raynor. However you seem to be giving a running commentary day after day . Like I asked have I mentioned Menzies ?.
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 24, 2024 11:09:03 GMT
I’m surprised to read this post. Despite being on the other side politically, I do enjoy reading what you write and think that it’s actually balanced, considering it’s the opposite view. However, this comes across as judging before conviction. And tbh, the amount of scandals of the last 10 years that have been in the heart of our government must be a record. I’d far rather Rayner than any of those pillocks. Surely I can judge her in the same way she judges others she politically disagrees with? I have certainly read more evidence against her than she normally has when she launches into an attack on her political enemies? The main reason I keep banging on about her is that it highlights the massive double standards from her (and her party), the mainstream media and so many people on here who are defending her *despite* the evidence, yet would be happy to condemn someone they politically disagree even when it's only allegations that are being made... Rayner could clear this up today. She could have cleared it up months ago. We know she and the Labour Party hold certain documents that could be published without breaching any confidentiality rules that would disprove the long list of allegations against her. As I stated weeks back, if it *was* an error, that's not a problem - admit it and move on. It's the attempted cover-up and the bad politics that is her problem now... So why don't you concentrate on the many in your own party ?. In the last week there's been two . You come across a bit desperate to score just one goal !. For the record I haven't mentioned Mark Menzies . You are in danger of becoming obsessed about Raynor super !.
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 23, 2024 12:03:25 GMT
I get it, you're talking about the actual players, not the total amount we have spent on them so far. I wonder what SwissGas has to say about this? I don't understand roadmans counter argument that spending on players isn't included in a budget but wages are. Anyway each to there own but I'm unconvinced we have a budget aligned with the top clubs. It seems to me the club gave Barton a good reasonable competitive budget around 9-14th in comparison but realised very quicky to compete with the bigger boys . The club must carry on and on spending anything up to a seasonal 8-10 million budget which we simply haven't got and never had. I don't see an issue with this but it is disingenuous to suggest we are matching teams like derby pompey Bolton Blackpool etc etc. In fact the position we are in is reflective of our budget size within a small margin and the club have down well . Do people read this forum ?. I used the word 'reasonable' 4 months ago in a debate with Roddy. Now the word ' reasonable ' seems a widely used term for our playing budget. ( see second paragraph ).
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 20, 2024 12:31:48 GMT
No, I (and many others) are saying Rayner deliberately lied about where she was actually living to make financial gains from HMRC and the local council by a variety of means. We know on her first tax return as an MP (filed in the second half of 2015) she declared various things about her Vicarage Road property, including that she had been living there since she got married in 2010. We have a series of claims from various people (including her own social media) that she was actually living in Lowndes Lane with her husband which make the claims on the tax return (and a variety of financial gains she made from the claim) fraudulent. No one is claiming HMRC or the council let anything go, the claim is that Rayner mislead them and made fraudulent financial gains because of it... Still obsessed with Rayner ? 😂🙄 When you have Monday ) TORY MP under pressure to resign by cross party group for using taxpayers money for personal libel. Tuesday ) Lizz Truss releases book slagging off Tory party. Wednesday) Internal opinions polls by Tories giving Sunak the worst ratings ever some at minus 27 -. Thursday) Give me 6k as bad people are after me MP. Friday) Nadine Dorries tweeting negative comments about Sunak . That's in 5 working days. And remember this is Tories on Tories. Won't you be obsessed with Angela Rayner ?
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 20, 2024 10:33:46 GMT
Violent conduct in the 41st minute on Tuesday apparently. Wonder what he actually did and if there’s any video clips? Surely cambridge made a complaint. Who would have time to review every game every second?.
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 18, 2024 16:50:10 GMT
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 17, 2024 11:33:30 GMT
It's dirty politics. The Tories will go on and on and on and on about Raynor. Labour will use the Lizz truss book just released and the £60k taxpayers moneys used for personal reasons. Labour will focus on the Wiltshire MP. Is it a resignation or when is she going to pay back tax payers money for her legal costs ?.
Welcome to Westminster!.
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 17, 2024 11:20:01 GMT
Not necessarily, depends on the motives and little benefit if you have very few MPs and 5 years away from another GE. At the moment I'd say it's about deflection and minimising loses at the next election. Fair enough, but it also goes back to my point about Rayner mis-handling it. Come clean at the start and no one is talking about it three months later - the only reason this went from CGT to rental income to Electoral Registrations to council tax discounts to Right to Buy discounts to mortgage payments and more is because she ignored the initial claim. Which is why I don't think it's an attack to win votes as she could have shut it down back in Jan/Feb when no one was really thinking about local or general elections... Hang on a minute. Have she been found guilty by the police ?. Let's wait and see. Let the police decide . That's what British justice is all about.
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