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Post by warehamgas on Jan 30, 2024 22:47:00 GMT
Calling Barton an idiot is a polarised view. 3 points on the following two topics but depending on your view, many more. Good signings - Evans, Thomas & Taylor. Poor signings - Clarke, Gibbons & Hall. Barton himself Good traits - top player, well connected so access to premiership loan options & galvanised a section of the fan base. Poor traits - personal baggage, hung players out to dry and alienated a section of the fan base. It’s not black and white in my opinion. P.S Nigel Martyn was a great player who I saw play his first game for The Gas. Went on to have a brilliant career. Again, in my opinion, Elliot was more ‘stand out’ in his short time with us. Who knows if he will ultimately have as good a career as Nige. I think everyone knows on this forum I despise the bloke and yes I might have a biased view. That said, biggest budget in our history in Div2 and this season, a new budget taken another level. For all his signings, and I still say it now that Taylor has made Finley and Evans better performers now at Div1 level and Thomas, the blokes PPG record at this level was atrocious. When I consider his budgets he’s had, I can’t hand medals for a few good signings because do we really need to go down the Leon Clarke, Pitman, Rossiter, Mark Hughes, Junior Brown route to name a few? I can’t keep doing this, oh let me throw in Trev Clarke, Calum MacDonald, Gibbons, Jasper, Harry Anderson (never fit), Loft, Spence……..loans as well like Quansah and Thomas poor here now playing much higher level. You said - Good signings - Evans, Thomas & Taylor 3 in how many? Beefy six figures as well. 1.31 points PPG average, biggest budgets in clubs history, I’m made up Matt Taylor has made your 3 good signings better players, let’s not forget one was publicly called an idiot! And of course as we all know, no Brett Pitman and his brilliant cushioned header equaliser at Bradford City no promotion. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 30, 2024 22:43:11 GMT
I think this window is really important. Get a couple more decent additions and we'll have some decent momentum heading into the summer. Nothing at all coming out of Rovers to suggest we're attempting to sign anymore players. The club really knows how to make transfer deadline weeks boring for its fans! Never boring Topper. Last window, that evening with JCH will he /wont he was magic, reading the stuff on here that evening was just like gogglebox or whatever. Brilliant entertainment. I’m hoping for something similar this time. BRFC may be many things but boring, never. 😉 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 30, 2024 15:50:44 GMT
Anything between 10-13 points would be very acceptable, more brilliant. . No easy games though a few easier perhaps. Those saying 18 I love the optimism and I’m sure one of our resident statos could tell us the last time we won 7:consecutive league games. But it’s not going to happen. Stevenage away will be harder than it looks and Northampton have crept into a very respectable position after a great run. I’m sure MT will not be underestimating anyone.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 29, 2024 21:51:40 GMT
Isn't he out of contract in the summer, if that's the case it's unlikely he'll get a new contract offer? It looks like we'll be having another "reset" over the next two windows, as MT moves on as many of JB's players as he can and then brings in his own men to replace them. As we aren't safe and have an injury prone back line I think it would be madness to get rid. All we need is one of Friend, Wilson, Hunt to be injured again. ……which one of them will be. All good players but they do like our medical room. Not their fault I should add but true nevertheless. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 29, 2024 21:32:29 GMT
This is what I was talking about last week. Doidge would have been a good signing perhaps two of his clubs ago. Not now, get them when they’re moving up not when they are moving down and looking for a last or nearly last contract. UTG! Doidge was actually on our books until about the age of about 15, before we released him Yes, I think I did know that. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 29, 2024 18:06:53 GMT
I’m enjoying this January window. Some sensible good decisions being made. Players who were unlikely to get regular game time leaving and taking salaries with them creating space for potential replacements for our future. Seems like a very forward looking strategy as we build a squad that we are happy with. A few top signings before Thursday night and I feel we will be a happy bunch ready to see what this season and beyond brings. Unlike Barry Fry at Birmingham with 55 pro s. Sensible management of funds, looking like a bit of space to be pro active. Perhaps but let’s not leave ourselves too short. A lot of matches to play with injuries and suspensions yet to come. I’m not saying it’s not sensible but I hope there are plans for injuries and suspensions. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 29, 2024 18:04:10 GMT
Exeter City close to signing Christian Doidge from Hibs for a small fee. Would he be a good option for us to replace Marquis? This is what I was talking about last week. Doidge would have been a good signing perhaps two of his clubs ago. Not now, get them when they’re moving up not when they are moving down and looking for a last or nearly last contract. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 27, 2024 23:44:49 GMT
Maidstone United keeper anyone? He's made three or four great saves v Ipswich in the first 12 minutes No thanks mate. Need players to help us move out of the league not non league players. If he has a good season then maybe but not just an odd 12 minutes of a game. I wouldn’t sign him either. But not for the reason you’ve given over being non league. That’s ok to move up from non league, Conteh was non league last season and he seems to have been ok today. The best of non league are exactly what we should be looking at. Covolan was with DC at Port Vale two years ago but was poor, a few appearances and a few red cards. He struggled with league football and moved down the leagues, Chesterfield and now Maidstone. Not for us. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 27, 2024 22:32:52 GMT
Laters Aaron ya one season wonder. One year wonder perhaps, 2022. 2021 we all wondered why we’d got him and in 2023 he just couldn’t repeat what he did in previous year. And 2024 looks to be a year when he stops acting professionally. Think he’s a very good player but he really does need to stop diving and stay on his feet and if he has refused or even asked ‘not to be considered’ that’s very poor. I’m sure he expects to get paid. Sad if he goes but not the end of the world but if anyone wants him then they pay at least £1m. On the lengthy contract still remaining we can play a longer game and make sure we get a top fee. If Wrexham or anyone else want him badly enough then they have to pay. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 27, 2024 22:01:19 GMT
Yes there are more points to play for. But rich, up to you, but just enjoy a very good win and an excellent keeper performance by one of our own. Stop trying to turn it into the start of a play off push.its not. You help make this place schizophrenic!! Tuesday showed us that we’re way behind other teams. Exeter were awful but beat us easily. We’ll win some and we’ll lose some before the end of the season. We just need to be pleased we’re looking better than last year and with some strategic improvements we could improve next season. Every time we win play offs are mentioned and when we lose everyone worries about looking backwards. Which tells me what we are, a bog-standard mid table league one team which can, in a relatively poor league one, beat teams at the top but can also slip up against teams lower down. Just enjoy the wins rich! Well done MT today and well done the team after a difficult week. And if Aaron C wants to go let him. He had a great 2022 with us but apart from that…. He’s good but not as good as he thinks he is. Today, special mentions to Chris M, Jed W and Kamil C, a good start. 👍👍👍 UTG! I agree with so much of this comment. I also don’t look backwards too often. I’m just an optimistic, hopeful guy. I enjoy my football this way. Hope keeps my interest alive. Enjoy your evening. Rich, that’s fair enough and room for all opinions. I hope you leave me with egg on my face. 😉 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 27, 2024 17:16:38 GMT
Twelve points off the play offs. Tall order but plenty of points to play for. Great team performance full of endeavour and spirit. Plenty of quality performances out there. MOM Jed Ward. Delighted for him - he’s one of our own. Are we back and ready to compete, consistently? This is more like it. A few extra signings this week and the hope will be there again. Thanks for making this Saturday night better. Yes there are more points to play for. But rich, up to you, but just enjoy a very good win and an excellent keeper performance by one of our own. Stop trying to turn it into the start of a play off push.its not. You help make this place schizophrenic!! Tuesday showed us that we’re way behind other teams. Exeter were awful but beat us easily. We’ll win some and we’ll lose some before the end of the season. We just need to be pleased we’re looking better than last year and with some strategic improvements we could improve next season. Every time we win play offs are mentioned and when we lose everyone worries about looking backwards. Which tells me what we are, a bog-standard mid table league one team which can, in a relatively poor league one, beat teams at the top but can also slip up against teams lower down. Just enjoy the wins rich! Well done MT today and well done the team after a difficult week. And if Aaron C wants to go let him. He had a great 2022 with us but apart from that…. He’s good but not as good as he thinks he is. Today, special mentions to Chris M, Jed W and Kamil C, a good start. 👍👍👍 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 26, 2024 21:56:41 GMT
8777 with 1234 from Oxford.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 26, 2024 21:54:44 GMT
Millwall v P N E. 1-1 Gas v Oxturd. 2-1 Cambridge v Burton. 2-1 Reading v Orient. 1-1 Wimbledon v Mansfield. 1-2 F G R v Accrington. 1-1 Swindon v Bradford. 1-2 Aldershot v Rochdale. 2-1 Blyth v Warrington. 1-1 South Shields v Boston. 1-1 Hampton v Chelmsford. 1-1 Worthing v Torquay. 2-1
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 26, 2024 17:20:02 GMT
Well, how have we pulled this one off with no recruitment or scouting network (those You tube Channels must be pretty good), no money, no ambition, poor management skills with no experience of running a football club. Did the lad just rock up and ask to sign ? Rumors of the Supporters club talking to the board as well, about toilets, tickets, PA systems and having a meet the boss night, cant be true can it, we have no communication with the club. Welcome Kamil. Hope you have a long and successful Gas career. If you have half an interest in football outside of Rovers that goes down the pyramid rather than up you'll know that this kid was hot proerpty for Gateshead last year and Grimsby were rather fortunate to have had him for 6 months. This is exactly the sort of signing MT would have had Rotherham go for and we have benefited from him being known for having to operate in the bargain basement for talent. Excellent signing. Agree 1981. One of my biggest gripes with us over the past few years is that we see other clubs recruiting young players who look as if they could be very good signings. We then sometimes sign players when, for want of a better expression, they are past their best and moving down the pyramid, a few years after they were at their best. Now obviously there are never any guarantees with any transfer but this is exactly the type of signing we should be making. Good luck to the young man. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 26, 2024 16:45:12 GMT
Have you approached him directly by email? If you have and received no answer then that is poor. If you’ve just asked a question on here then if he hasn’t seen it….. But I’m sure the problem has been a long standing one and considering he was on here asking for support at election time then it’s a tad poor if he isn’t reading this place and making sure he’s a step ahead of fans and their concerns. And I would have thought that as the fans rep on the BoD he’d be on here giving updates as a means to communicating as well as the other things he does. I maybe expecting too much but I don’t think my expectations are that demanding. We haven’t heard from him since the takeover have we or have I just missed it? UTG! TBF Wareham, he is regularly online here, was last on seventeen hours ago but rarely posts, He was also online when the previous thread appeared about the Fans Director a few weeks back, I specifically checked. I emailed Tom Gorringe about the ticketing issue where you can’t buy an Under 14 ticket on its own, explaining my personal issue for my Son, I am a Season ticket holder along with my other Son. He failed to even reply. He has previously replied to other emails (two) Lost confidence and the interest is waiting with the dross that has been on the pitch this season, Evans, Ward, Finley, Taylor and Thomas excluded. Somerset, I wasn’t doubting you at all. Just replying to your post. The lack of a reply or acknowledgment is poor and even rude esp when fans are trying to resolve a ticketing issue. Experience tells me the longer you fail to reply to anything the harder it gets. Face up, answer the problem and try and resolve it. And as we all know it’s never the original problem that gets you, it’s the failure to do anything, sweep it under the carpet or even cover it up that gets you into deeper trouble.Things sound pretty bad re communication at the moment in the club. Good luck in resolving your issue Somerset. 👍 UTG! UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 26, 2024 15:14:36 GMT
The bogs at Rovers are disgusting... needs sorting out. Puddles of water everywhere - wincing every time I have to touch the tap. Not sure whats going on with some of our fans anatomy too, looks like some of us have a Hozee sprinkler attachment on the end of our pork swords.... Maybe it was Arron Collins actually, he hasn't aimed well for months. Again, I posted on here asking for an update from the Fans Representative, shock horror, continued radio silence. This will be the third time. Easy toilets are slippery and dangerous. On the East Terrace you can’t hear the PA from where I stand, so any safety information wouldn’t be heard if needed. Have you approached him directly by email? If you have and received no answer then that is poor. If you’ve just asked a question on here then if he hasn’t seen it….. But I’m sure the problem has been a long standing one and considering he was on here asking for support at election time then it’s a tad poor if he isn’t reading this place and making sure he’s a step ahead of fans and their concerns. And I would have thought that as the fans rep on the BoD he’d be on here giving updates as a means to communicating as well as the other things he does. I maybe expecting too much but I don’t think my expectations are that demanding. We haven’t heard from him since the takeover have we or have I just missed it? UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 26, 2024 15:06:38 GMT
A contract is a contract and I hope BRFC honour the terms of every contract. They have to follow the legalities. However, we perhaps need to consider players’ long term injury records when we first sign players and be cautious as to the terms we agree to. Consider it then not later when we’ve entered into a commitment.
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 25, 2024 18:34:40 GMT
But where was this energy post Charlton and a superb December?🙃4 weeks hell of a long time down the Mem There have been concerns for a long time, some of us voice them more so than others. Even if we won the next 3 or 4 games, that would not stop me from being concerned about the direction the club is going in. We don't go a week, definitely a month, without there being another story about how something at the club has gone wrong. I am fed up of us being mediocre. Just to add a family member of mine was going to buy a seat in the East stand for Tuesdays game, it was near £40. It's an insult when we can even sign players. How many league 1 clubs charge near £40 for a seat. The club need to start treating us with some respect as paying supporters who will be here when they move on. I question their heart to progress Rovers. I can just about put up with mediocrity. It’s the being totally crap that I have problems with. (But I get your drift! 😉) UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 24, 2024 17:59:28 GMT
There is no Recruitment department … Off the field we pull below average people from job sites with an aim of low cost over quality. On the field we have no true scouting network or football intelligence programme. We then wonder why we are in the mess both on and off the field. Spot on, there is no department. Fault lies at the foot of previous owner because we had one irrespective of what you think about TW. Wail allowed Barton to replace it with his mates which we all knew would evaporate when he left. Which it did, leaving us exposed once injuries struck. Current owners need to take a degree of responsibility. Once they had responsibility for the club they must have realised the position regarding recruitment and if they didn’t know that they should have been seeking advice from people who did know. Whatever, it needs to be sorted for the summer. Fingers crossed. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 24, 2024 17:46:37 GMT
Taylor just said it on the radio. When he came in we had no scouting and we are behind all other clubs in recruitment. My old pal , Roadman ,always said EJ having that job was basically fraud…he was right He’s right. But tbh there were plenty on here saying similar long before your friend came back. UTG!
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