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Post by warehamgas on Jul 24, 2023 17:18:38 GMT
I think that it is a disgrace that you have to pay your manager money for him to tell you about the club. You don't , you just wait till it's announced on the club web site, of course if you want to be first with the news then you can pay. Not sure that’s the point halifax. Wasn’t on there 10 minutes ago. I don’t need to be first to know but I don’t expect news about BRFC to be relayed first on the manager’s subscription account. If others disagree fair enough. UTG! edit: still not there at 6.20
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 24, 2023 17:13:14 GMT
I think that it is a disgrace that you have to pay your manager money for him to tell you about the club. 100% agree. Who at the club has sanctioned this?? No manager in the league is doing this and I see no benefit to our club for JB to be doing it for us. Absolutely. Not sure there is any benefit for BRFC, certainly not the fans. Just checked the website which is usually my first point of contact for news (it shouldn’t be but it is!) and there was nothing on it about these signings 5 minutes ago. Perhaps they’re preparing it as I type. Or perhaps not. Why hasn’t someone, Wael or TG, realised that JBs subscription account shouldn’t be the means of communication about BRFC. Fine to be the place for JB news. JB perhaps taking the p*** out of the club and the fans here. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 23, 2023 19:47:55 GMT
This smells like a professionally crafted objection with a strong brown aroma emanating from the very highest level of BS3 Yes, this is not your normal objection. The substance is limited in terms of what they are objecting to but they’ve had an articulate person put it together. Perhaps something that many people would construct if they didn’t want something built. I sure the planners are used to objections like this. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 22, 2023 12:24:36 GMT
Great save Earps. That should have been 1-1 Especially after the comments about women’s goalkeepers. The standard of goalkeeping perhaps not the best but the very best keepers like Earp are very good. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 21, 2023 15:55:55 GMT
I’m not bothered Would prefer JM given a chance with the new attacking line up. Or better loan options out there. Wouldn’t mind him being on the bench in place of loft if nothing better comes up and we keep AC Middlesbrough won’t be looking for a team where he sits on the bench, he needs to be playing. Given that he’s young and will improve I’d have him back but can see the attraction of a proven scorer, JM, being first choice. A bit of a dilemma for JB but given JB always spoke well of Coburn and we’ve had no loans so far it may happen. Sure JB is waiting later in the window to get his full quota of loans in. Bogarde as well perhaps. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 21, 2023 12:15:06 GMT
That's rubbish,my own personal experience and what made me successful in leadership positions was being able to display Passion, empathy and a bit of charisma. I would say Roy Keane was a brilliant leader and captain for Manchester United. He may have displayed a lot of passion and he does have charisma. Do you think he had much empathy? Jose Mourinho one of the most succesful managers over the last 20 years. Again he certainly had passion and at times charisma, do you think he had much empathy? Roy K was a very good footballer and a great captain. And he had lots of qualities but not sure he had much empathy which didn’t stop him achieving as a footballer. But as a manager his lack of empathy put a ceiling on how high he managed. Owners would not trust him with upsetting their best players at the very top. Klopp and Guardiola’s man-management is excellent. Keane is a good pundit because he tells it as it is and as a player he was very selfish which helped him on the pitch but man-management isn’t his thing. I don’t think people would call him emotionally intelligent which didn’t stop him achieving as a player. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 21, 2023 10:13:27 GMT
So, England showed yesterday what Bazball can do,they are playing a different brand if cricket to anyone else ATM,the Aussies couldn't cope. We are in a dominant position in this test and a 200 run lead will be decisive,sadly looking at the forecast up here I can see little play over the weekend and showers today That will save the Aussies and we will potentially be robbed of a fantastic final game at the oval. My take so far of the series is that only one team has played positive cricket the other has reacted albeit they are 2-1 up,I hope we get enough sessions for England to win, whatever happens yesterday was the best day I've seen for years. Yes it’s been a great series and well done to England. It’s an entertaining way to play cricket but as you say the weather will probably stop us winning this match and in the end we’ve played Bazball and the Aussies have played Test cricket. We should have won the first two tests had we played differently at key moments so it’s an entertaining way to play. Instead of being 1-1 or even 2-0 up we found ourselves 2-0 down and we shouldn’t have imo. Yesterday was a great example of Bazball other days not so much. But it has and will attract people to Test cricket so well done to England for doing that (although I think it’s more Nathan McCullum and Ben Stokes). As to this match given a whole day today, bat for a 300 lead and then get as accurate forecasts of the weather as possible and decide accordingly. Tomorrow, like Headingly we could have a last session to do something. The way Stokes has started today we could be well ahead by mid afternoon. Whatever it will be exciting and I hope they play with their heads over the next few days. 👍 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 21, 2023 9:02:37 GMT
It’s called Emotional Intelligence and over the past 20/30 years it has become very important. Any leader unable to show emotional intelligence would find leading groups of people harder than if they showed it. Never really looked up what the dictionary definition is but I’ve always understood it as being able to manage your own emotions in any situation and being able to understand the emotions of others at that time and acting accordingly. You learn to develop empathy and communicate effectively using social skills. You are very aware of yourself and the impact you can have. Qualities that you can learn and use more effectively as you develop. Basically being a very good leader.
I suspect Ferguson, Clough, Guardiola, Ben Stokes and others have/had those qualities in spades.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 20, 2023 19:17:57 GMT
Got my ticket sat with the locals in the North Stand. Will have to keep quiet but with the way we usually lose at Pompey and our opening match it shouldn’t be too difficult. Come on, let’s break the habit of the last 10 years or so. 👍
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 20, 2023 19:06:56 GMT
We all have a personal story. To be honest 1981 you do sound unsure of yourself. I do not think anyone is judging anyone, with the exception of Barton. Only then because he CHOOSES to make public utterances based upon his profile in sport. Given the sample definition I posted up, do you see any of those traits in Barton? That's the question, not how you have chosen to (or do) lead your personal life. Strictly talking about sport here. I would say at least 3 out 5 of those are needed to be successful or a winner in any sport Lets just name a some, do you not think Muhammad Ali used strength, or showed lack of emotion and had plenty of dominance to be as good as he was? Roger Federer? Radal Nadal? Novak Djokovic? Jack Nicklaus? Tiger Woods? Usain Bolt? Michael Schumacher? Lewis Hamilton? Sachin Tendulkar? Brian Lara? Ricky Ponting? Shane Warne? Glen Mcgrath? Courtney Walsh? Curtly Ambrose? Jimmy Anderson? Stuart Broad? Maradona? Zidane? Both Ronaldos? Messi? Bob Paisley? Brian Clough? Sir Alex Ferguson? Carlo Ancelotti? Pep Guardiola? Jurgen Klopp? If Muhammad Ali didn't have strength, or an aura of dominance he wouldn't be called 'The Greatest' would he? If a young Rovers acadamy player lacked strength and wasn't dominant in either his performances, application, work rate etc He'd be released straight away. So Joey Barton who made it to the top level of English Football and got capped for his country, will no doubt have those traits too. It doesn't instantly make it Toxic. This is why it gets tiresome and most of it's absolute bullshit. Yes, well put, nothing wrong with the masculine traits from before and the characters you’ve drawn out acted out those traits in spades. In themselves those traits aren’t toxic. It’s just individuals that put the ‘toxic’ into toxic masculinity. And Andrew Tate is one of those. I’d also say he’s a complete di**into the bargain. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 20, 2023 18:10:51 GMT
Yes, I agree, one of the many reasons why discussions about football and footballers are frustrating. You know 99% of footballers will go where they make most money even if they’ve tried to support causes that support racial and sexual equality. And they usually come out with something about ‘trying to change something from inside’. Nothing wrong with chasing the best contract offers but I wish they’d be honest about their motivation. UTG! Isn't that true, generally, of any profession? Yes, you’re probably right and that is why I said ‘nothing wrong with chasing the best contract….’ Although I think most other professions may well admit that they are chasing the cash. Either way it’s a world where money talks. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 20, 2023 11:17:26 GMT
Why anyone would want to go to a stone age, fascist dump like that is beyond me. Qatar was bad enough, but SA is near the top of the list of backward countries, along with Kuwait which I had the misfortune to visit with work last year. I agree totally with your descriptions. I can think of several million reasons though💰 Morals go out the window when copious amount of moneys involved. Just look at Jordan Henderson. Vocally supporting LBGTQ groups for years. Yet has just packed his bags to move to a country where being every single letter in the groups he was supposedly supporting is illegal just to get even more wealthy than he already is. Yes, I agree, one of the many reasons why discussions about football and footballers are frustrating. You know 99% of footballers will go where they make most money even if they’ve tried to support causes that support racial and sexual equality. And they usually come out with something about ‘trying to change something from inside’. Nothing wrong with chasing the best contract offers but I wish they’d be honest about their motivation. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 20, 2023 7:58:26 GMT
Lad told two of us in a Bristol bar “I’ll be more popular than Rickie Lambert at this football club one day” he didn’t like it that I laughed out loud. Irony being he was battered at the time and treating his body like a theme park. In his dreams. As I said, not the brightest. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 19, 2023 22:22:33 GMT
Don’t go Woke on me, you know I did t mean that. To clarify it’s open to ANYBODY with skill sets they require to grow their economy independently of oil. Regardless of the Human Rights issues in Saudi... Oldie, if our own government can’t be bothered to carry out a foreign policy which takes human rights issues in Saudi Arabia into account then there will be few football clubs who give a toss about it. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 19, 2023 22:15:11 GMT
Getting the better players will allow the Saudis to make a better league and they won’t care about the same stuff we do. But because their clubs are so linked to the political system they don’t work under the same controls that we do. They can throw as much money as they want at players, stadiums, anything.
And when they start getting decent players in their prime and not just good players in their mid 30s looking for a final pay day others who wouldn’t normally consider Saudi Arabia will start to think maybe it will be easier, less stress, better climate for zillions of £s.
No real idea what the impact will be on teams in our lower leagues but there have been few developments in football that haven’t affected the lower leagues eventually a few years down the line. So we’ll all be able to have a laugh at the big clubs in this country perhaps being worried but I suspect it will be the smaller and middling PL clubs who suffer more. The top 7/8 clubs will still thrive and when they start getting worried about the financial controls and fair play limits they’ll just sell to the Saudis and get out of trouble.
One thing I do know is that the Saudis and the PL clubs will never consider what’s good for BRFC. They do things that will benefit them not us. We just pick up the scraps just as we’ve done since the PL started in 1992.
Whatever, UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 18, 2023 18:04:30 GMT
One of my favourite what if scenarios at rovers. What if Taylor had stayed that season. We were on absolute fire and pushing towards the playoffs whilst city were struggling in the championship. There was a real feeling that we might finally overtake them! He was actually a great signing for City. Not because of his on-field performances necessarily (although he was involved in a move which led to them scoring against Man Utd or Man City or whoever it was that they beat in a cup).. but signing our top goalscorer at a time when we had some real momentum going up through the leagues - and City in decline at the time (20th in the Champ?) - was a genius move. All the "Welcome to Bristol" stuff and the snake gif and the "Champagne Moment" was a real lift for their fan base and took some of the pressure off of Lee Johnson. Definitely a "what if" moment.. if he had stayed we could have snuck play-offs.. and City might well have gone down. Imagine! Yes, I think that’s about right. Not the sharpest knife in the kitchen and he and his agent wangled the best financial deal he could. And of course he will always pay the consequences. I’d say MT was manipulated but I’m sure he was happy to sign and as he has admitted, he was surprised by our reaction. (As has been said, not the most intelligent of players!) It was always more about the **** spoiling our push for the play-offs and breaking our momentum than about helping them. As you say LJ was under pressure and that move gave a laugh to the other lot. Yes, an “if” moment. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 18, 2023 8:08:24 GMT
And of course because of what he did in Jan ‘17 he’ll never get an objective opinion on here! I understand that.But, in May ‘14 if someone had said that MT would score all those goals for us and get us back into the league and then another promotion to League 1 and then sign for the **** I’d have bitten their arm off. I suspect most on here would have agreed in May ‘14 but circumstances changed so they didn’t in Jan ‘17. I don’t have the hate for him that others have, I’m just grateful he scored all those goals for us. It’s about BRFC and being successful and he helped during those years. I don’t expect others to agree with me. UTG! Yeah, I’m sure double agents who worked for the Germans in world war 2 were beloved because before they sold out their countrymen they “did a lot of good work for us and we are just thankful for that” You people, you have overactive empathy and not enough fire and brimstone. Can we all grow some testes please. I can’t even watch highlights from that era to see that turncoat arrogant fk celebrating. I rest my case. A tad OTT perhaps, your comparison! 😉 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 17, 2023 21:38:10 GMT
And of course because of what he did in Jan ‘17 he’ll never get an objective opinion on here! I understand that. But, in May ‘14 if someone had said that MT would score all those goals for us and get us back into the league and then another promotion to League 1 and then sign for the **** I’d have bitten their arm off. I suspect most on here would have agreed in May ‘14 but circumstances changed so they didn’t in Jan ‘17.
I don’t have the hate for him that others have, I’m just grateful he scored all those goals for us. It’s about BRFC and being successful and he helped during those years. I don’t expect others to agree with me.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 17, 2023 21:25:41 GMT
Further he slides😄😄😄 He was pretty woeful at Oxford, no guarantee he’s still got it even at L2 level. Mullin will make him look Sunday league. I guess he had a poor season last one but until then he had a good record there, very good. Give him good service and he will score. Imo of course! 😉 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 17, 2023 17:20:42 GMT
Mikkel Anderson, my favourite Rovers Keeper was Danish. I think my biggest apprehension is he played for a club that recently got relegated for 2 Bundisliga. But let’s be honest, none of of us know anything about the bloke. Anyone witness Michel Kuipers' one and only appearance in goal for Rovers away to Bournemouth. The biggest cheer of the night was when he managed to kick the ball upfield and keep it in play. Yes. Not only was his kicking poor every time the ball went near him I thought they were going to score. Never really recovered with us but I think he went to Brighton and become a well respected and decent keeper? Just shows what happens at one club doesn’t necessarily define your career. UTG!
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