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Post by warehamgas on Apr 4, 2024 15:14:04 GMT
Bristol Rovers should never have dropped out of the Football League, it's a stain on the history of our club. When the club had been in danger of being relegated earlier in the century the board moved to prevent it. The complacency of the regime who were obsessed with beating Sainsburys was breath taking "we didn't plan for relegation" said the director of finance.... Kind regards John Malyckyj Of course you’re correct about going out of the league but as fans we're helpless to affect major club decisions and in the end have to deal with the consequences of other peoples’ decisions. Unfortunately the consequence of the decisions (failure to recruit a striker the summer before, poor decisions regarding Elliot R / Alan Gow transfer in January, even the rubbish surrounding JJOT just before Easter) led to what happened. The following two seasons redeemed the situation even if we were left with the stigma of being non-league albeit for one season. DC and the players …..👏👏👏👏. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Apr 4, 2024 15:02:53 GMT
Understand Burnley fans being jarred off but I’ve seen worse given so yes, yes and yes. Blaming the ref is and always has been a lazy way to deflect what your own side has done (or in Burnley’s case hasn’t done).
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Post by warehamgas on Apr 3, 2024 21:24:26 GMT
With all three being so equal atm I’ll always go with who’s the best team and I think that’s Manchester City. Liverpool seem to be getting the better decisions going their way at the moment but that usually evens itself up. UTG! It doesn't. I've watched a lot of Burnley games this season, and can assure you it definitely doesn't. It does. And Kompany enjoys a good whinge. Burnley have been poor, they are deservedly where they are. He should have had to put up with some of the refs clubs in League 2 have to. They he might have a reason to moan. 😉 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Apr 3, 2024 19:56:23 GMT
I would have expected this type of story on Monday, before 12.00.
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Post by warehamgas on Apr 3, 2024 10:23:41 GMT
We can't keep hemorrhaging money, as much as Roady's supposed 25% cut in the budget next season sounds dramatic, I can see why the owners would want to get costs down. It seems to me that Exeter may well be the business model we are looking at in that we buy young, develop and sell on for a profit. Certainly the appointment of GF as Head of Recruitment, MT's history at Exeter and Conteh as the type of player we are looking for leans that way. It's not a bad model to emulate and if the team is allowed to gel over the next couple of years, then taking a step back after a few seasons of overspending would allow a reset. Where I do disagree with some posters is that this is precisely the time to invest in the infrastructure side, both are key to exploiting this model and eventually moving on from simply developing players to making that move to becoming genuine promotion contenders. This strategy is fine but as fans we will need to accept several years of standing still and potentially going backwards before it starts to work. Do we have the patience for that? Don’t disagree but for the fact that you’ve implied that “we will need to accept several years of standing still……” is a bad thing. These two seasons as a mid table side in League 1 is about as good as it’s been this century. So I’m pretty sure that “standing still” in League 1 is ok for me. But I suspect you made the comment knowing that for most on here it is unacceptable so I think your post was a fair summary of the position. 👍 And I’ve got plenty of patience because looking at the table of losses that began this thread you realise the sheer lunacy of trying to run a competitive football club. None of it makes any sense and how clubs like Derby or Bolton are allowed to accrue the losses they have so soon after going bankrupt is just wrong. Companies, firm, individuals are owed money by the ‘old’ club yet the new club is being allowed to accrue similar levels of debt. If the current system is allowed to continue we may as well just accept that we will never be able to compete at a level some on here want to do without a vast injection of money (which we don’t have) by people (who we don’t currently have). Completely crazy situation isn’t it? UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Apr 2, 2024 12:42:57 GMT
For me a quality striker and commanding centre half should be the first priorities for any funds (fees and wages). Surely Taylor's that he just needs a Craig type player alongside him? No idea what we do with Wilson, as I can't see clubs will be lining up to take him off our hands. Baffling how he was part of Plymouth's promotion team last term. But Argyle realised as soon as they had promotion that he wouldn’t be part of their Championship squad. They knew his limitations and that age had caught up with him. Sadly with us he’s been injured, which at his age, affects him more and that’s led to him being not so good. And perhaps he’s realised that hence the frustration which affects his attitude. Who knows, but whatever it is he’s not been as good as he was with Argyle. Sadly. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Apr 2, 2024 8:22:54 GMT
Generally 1 up front doesn't mean you score less. When we have the ball, it's supposed to be 3 up front. Seeing as though we have hardly any strikers, it's not surprising we set up like this🤣 Which was well known on the last Transfer window, we had a lack of attacking intent. And tbf it’s been the same for the last few windows. Always seem to be a striker we’re looking for. We went down in 21 because we recruited everything except a proper striker. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Apr 1, 2024 11:48:33 GMT
Admin should bin this thread pronto. Not funny and could actually be taken seriously especially by the players! I think they did so, about 4 games ago!! 😉 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Apr 1, 2024 10:43:37 GMT
With all three being so equal atm I’ll always go with who’s the best team and I think that’s Manchester City. Liverpool seem to be getting the better decisions going their way at the moment but that usually evens itself up.
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Post by warehamgas on Apr 1, 2024 10:06:23 GMT
7555 with 390 shrews.
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Post by warehamgas on Mar 31, 2024 22:13:49 GMT
Swansea v Q P R. 1-1 Gas v Shrewsbury. 1-1 Cambridge v Wigan. 1-1 Charlton v Stevenage. 2-0 Cheltenham v Exeter. 1-1 Orient v Posh. 1-3 Harrogate v Gillingham. 1-1 Morecambe v Barrow. 1-1 Newport v Crawley. 1-2 Sutton v Swindon. 2-1 Curzon v South Shields. 1-2 Torquay v W S M. 2-1
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Post by warehamgas on Mar 30, 2024 23:32:37 GMT
...and that then begs the question - why does it look like there is very little effort and skill being shown? I can't for the life of me imagine there are clubs queuing up to sign them or that they all signed pre-contracts in January... I doubt it makes any difference, Gibbons is a classic example, he looked poor whenever he played for us but still got a loan deal with Cambridge and has been a regular starter since he joined them including playing in yesterday's win at Barnsley. In fact Gibbons s just what we needed yesterday, a decent LB/LWB instead we had Gordon pretending to be one.Agree with that. I’ve felt a tad sorry for Gibbons during his time with us. Why did JB sign him? Was one of PVs best players in their promotion team comes here and it’s all stop start. JB didn’t fancy him in the team so he wasn’t able to play himself into the team. Goes to Cambridge U and they play him and seems to be ok. When they signed him they obviously wanted him, I’m not sure we did. Like so many teams now, I know it’s a squad game but I don’t think either manager this season has really known what their best team is. Injuries don’t help but even so. Whatever, good luck to him. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Mar 29, 2024 20:39:05 GMT
Got to give the guy a chance. The current lot have downed tools. Moving them on is the right thing to do and if the budget needs to be cut by 25% then so be it. At the start of this season it truly felt like we’d flashed the cash with the players being bought in and to be honest, it seems to me as if we overspent massively. The players aren’t capable of doing what is asked of them and that’s true under Barton and Taylor. There comes a point where you have had multiple managers and you need to start looking at the playing staff. Perhaps g and e but if we splashed the cash we stopped before we got a striker who would score ready for August. CM been very good but that was more a last minute panic wasn’t it? UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Mar 29, 2024 20:33:45 GMT
Are you saying that comparing MT results to JB results is unfair? It's very much like Barton's first season, when he and the players gave up, which I think is what I would compare it to. At least, hopefully, we won't get relegated.... And even similar to Dave Penny/ Stuart Campbell fiasco when the players gave up. Unfortunately that was mid-season which did cost us. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Mar 29, 2024 20:29:15 GMT
After 62 years of following Rovers I’m now doubting, for the first time ever, if I’ve done the right thing in renewing my season ticket? I’ve been through some crap over the years but not trying is the worst thing to endure. Today was amongst the worst of that. Hopefully at least some of them turn up Monday as I’m doing “Director for a day”. Feels like I’ve wasted my money at this point - booked before New Year (in hope). Well, everything about supporting Rovers is in hope isn’t it! UTG! Yes I know what you mean. But…. You sound a similar vintage to me wider and I can remember losing at home to Workington at Eastville back in ‘67 (Blimey, that was awful.) when they were the worst ever team in a Division 3, a drubbing at Crewe on a Friday night in ‘68 (I didn’t see that one), and a 1-4 defeat at York more recently (I did see that one.) Those were terrible. But the lack of effort, like today, is the worst. No excuse if you don’t try and that is unforgivable. A testing few weeks for MT methinks. Not all his fault, the players have to shoulder most of the blame but these weeks will test his ability to manage players who’ve upped sticks and are already on holiday. Good luck to him. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Mar 29, 2024 18:37:08 GMT
As I said several days ago 8/9 days on holiday since our last debacle and it would appear another one today. First game I have missed lin person or on ifollow. Just watched the Sky highlights for Port Vale, we obviously didn’t have any. At least I saved a tenner today, feel sorry for those that travelled and all who watched on ifollow. It appears the majority of players have checked out for their holidays, I eagerly await a mass clear out and I hope this Manager has the ability to bring in players that will play for the shirt and can stay fit. It’s quite obvious just watching all opposition teams this season their are loads of players better than what we have, so there’s plenty of choice out there so no excuses for those in charge to get some decent footballers through the door. Yes, I hope George Friend’s contact book is up to date and he’s working hard to identify what we need. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Mar 29, 2024 18:08:58 GMT
They will win Monday because some of this lot will be scared of the reaction of the home fans if they turn up like this again. We are all Gasheads, we all want the best, I just post what I am told and let’s be honest, none of it has been wrong yet. I will go to the remaining home games with my season ticket but I am going to enjoy the clocks changing, the spring and the summer but I don’t need the Rovers debating anymore for a few months which is a personal choice. All the best, and look forward to posting on next season. You do realise you don't have to delete your account if you’re merely taking a break ? Come on albaron! You know it’s about making a splash, making a big noise about doing something and being a spectacle and making the story about him! 🥱🥱🥱 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Mar 29, 2024 15:27:56 GMT
You do realise Cheltenham fans don’t like us rovers lot…? I like DC but I won’t be cheering on Cheltenham. I’ve noticed that before, less ‘em! Makes me laugh that the likes of Cheltenham, Yeovil and Forest Green try desperately to create some sort of rivalry whilst we’re not really arsed. Very true. But I’m glad when DC does well. Did a good job at PV in trying circumstances and seeing what’s happened to them perhaps a better job than they appreciated. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Mar 29, 2024 15:24:19 GMT
I'll focus on Rovers first and tbh I don't care if Cheltenham stay up or get relegated. No reason you should care about it. 😉 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Mar 29, 2024 13:59:54 GMT
DC. A great guy. Who would have thought 10 years ago that he would gain legendary status with us, then move on and still be as popular. To be manager when we went out of the league yet work so hard to redeem the situation, gain two promotions give us our club back. A genuine guy. I hope Cheltenham do another ‘great escape.’
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