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Post by wiaww on Sept 19, 2016 1:43:48 GMT
Of course he did. Blah blah blah. We get it. Just wish he could score this season. Taylor is nowhere near as good as people on here believe. In fact he is a complete waster. Taylor has had enough matches and missed too many simple chances. He needed replacing a long time ago. I do not wish to see that useless waste of space in the famous blue and white quarters again. I have watched many many very good players pull on the blue and white shirts ( not always quarters). Taylor can not be put in to any category except that of poor. His finishing ability is nothing short of shocking. People are blinded by his running around and apparent ball skills, but once again yesterday I saw misplaced passes and bad ball control in evidence. He is nowhere near good enough. I am sorry if this offends his fans, but that is the way it is. ...and many, many more. The word "clueless" springs to mind. For all his apparent sarcasm and misdirection it's clear that tbonegas knows sweet f.a about football at this level.
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Post by wiaww on Sept 17, 2016 14:50:50 GMT
5 in 6 so far and he'll still get grief off some on here for that!
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Post by wiaww on Sept 17, 2016 14:40:13 GMT
What a cop out. I get the distinct impression that the vast majority who are up in arms about this absolute non-issue have never actually been to a Fresher's Fair. It's not a trade show, it's literally an opportunity for students to get some free sh*t. Look at the size of the pitches for goodness sake, they're tiny. Any excuse to bash the club though eh? Just because we haven't become a shining beacon of corporate sterility overnight. Not a cop out at all, in fact i've contacted the club many times in the past about a variety of things over the years and never had one response. ..and im sure you have been told before its not the size its what you do with it that matters? Very clever, well done.
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Post by wiaww on Sept 17, 2016 14:34:06 GMT
If someone from the club wants me to do it they know where I am and I know they do read this. In any case its not the point, if you volunteer to do something at least make it worthy of Bristol Rovers FC. What a cop out. I get the distinct impression that the vast majority who are up in arms about this absolute non-issue have never actually been to a Fresher's Fair. It's not a trade show, it's literally an opportunity for students to get some free sh*t. Look at the size of the pitches for goodness sake, they're tiny. Any excuse to bash the club though eh? Just because we haven't become a shining beacon of corporate sterility overnight.
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Post by wiaww on Sept 17, 2016 14:05:09 GMT
You could approach the club and offer to organise the stall for future freshers fayres? Maybe I will, it would be a damn sight better than this offering. I have seen better setups at the Mem car boot sale on a Sunday. No you won't.
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Post by wiaww on Sept 16, 2016 23:54:13 GMT
Was the grotto there? Is that pic on one turd in Bris? You can bet your bottom dollar the sheds will be creaming themselves over the photo. Which is funny because they don't care about us right? Right??? I wonder what Cardiff did for Cardiff Uni Freshers...
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Post by wiaww on Sept 16, 2016 18:35:40 GMT
That's what the pens are for! I thought pens didn't count ? Depends who's taking them, Matty T or big Rickie Lambert!
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Post by wiaww on Sept 16, 2016 15:41:47 GMT
What a bunch of moaning tarts! As if any of the new UWE cohort give a flying toss about an eye-catching banner. The three things that matter at a Fresher's Fair are (in ascending order of importance): 1. Free pens 2. Other free sh*t or the potential to win free sh*t 3. Free or heavily discounted booze Most will be too hungover to even remember they've been. As long as they walk away with something Rovers related in their pocket and their contact details in the club's possession then it's job done. Of course to do this you need students to actually stop at the stall and not just walk by i.e display something that is eye-catching. Just hope the whiteboard has played its part and got plenty of students' contact details today. That's what the pens are for!
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Post by wiaww on Sept 16, 2016 13:39:33 GMT
What a bunch of moaning tarts! As if any of the new UWE cohort give a flying toss about an eye-catching banner. The three things that matter at a Fresher's Fair are (in ascending order of importance):
1. Free pens 2. Other free sh*t or the potential to win free sh*t 3. Free or heavily discounted booze
Most will be too hungover to even remember they've been. As long as they walk away with something Rovers related in their pocket and their contact details in the club's possession then it's job done.
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Post by wiaww on Sept 14, 2016 17:08:57 GMT
Well, it was a higher level than League Two so...
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Post by wiaww on Sept 9, 2016 14:43:19 GMT
Every now and again when I come on here I get a message to say I've been blocked. Is it just me or does anyone else have this problem? Perhaps we all hate you? 'Tis a bit rich
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Post by wiaww on Sept 8, 2016 10:15:41 GMT
What would your XI be? I'd go for: __________Roos ___Clarke_Lockyer_Hartley Leadbitter__________Brown ___Lines_Boateng_Colkett _____Taylor____Harrison Toss-up between Leadbitter and Roberts starting for me, though. Would be more than happy with this line up. Although I'd be tempted to give Taylor and James a run out together as Taylor and Harrison often seem to be on different wavelengths.
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Post by wiaww on Sept 8, 2016 9:25:16 GMT
good interview he looked a bit nervous and dont forget hes going into the unknown,this aint youth football anymore,this is real football and what happens from now until the end of the season will shape his career. Interesting that you felt he looked nervous, I thought he came across very self-assured and calm. I was actually wondering about how much media training the top youths at the big clubs get; quite a bit I would imagine.
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Post by wiaww on Sept 7, 2016 20:15:33 GMT
"The measure of a man is what he does with Power.” You reap what you sow in life and remember your friends on the way up because you will need them on the way down...........Lee Power is a wealthy man, I'd say in line with Nick Higgs but he doesn't have football money and as Nick Higgs found out, £20 or 30 million is nothing in football and it soon goes. I think you will find Lee Power has been clever in this situation on the grounds of being a struggling man in football club ownership. But I do believe this may come back to bite him in another way, he might want a loan player off us in the future. He also hasn't bought his own fans any browny points, he can hardly defend them now in a situation with another club. He's done or will have done his own damage to himself and his club, leave him to find this out himself, the more at Swindon on the 20th the better. So, on reflection, not that clever then.
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Post by wiaww on Sept 7, 2016 20:14:38 GMT
"The measure of a man is what he does with Power.” I can think of a thing or two...
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Post by wiaww on Sept 7, 2016 14:06:56 GMT
I think that footballers have been playing bad "pranks" on one another for quite a while, the only difference now is that they've got a camera in their face 24/7. Don't really see the harm in this to be honest, there are plenty more pressing problems with the English game IMO!
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Post by wiaww on Sept 7, 2016 8:17:11 GMT
Win, lose or draw this is how the Cockney sees Bristol Rovers fans and half of the Swindon Town fanbase: If that makes him "a very clever man" and "no mug" and "very shrewd" then good for him and I hope he never regrets putting profit ahead of all else. However there's no way I'll be putting any money in his grubby little pocket.
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Post by wiaww on Sept 6, 2016 14:49:54 GMT
Is it acceptable to go if you didn't go to the original game ? Even less so
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Post by wiaww on Sept 6, 2016 13:30:53 GMT
With regards to Tilly’s Thighs post regarding the IFO’s response: It’s very much apparent that going by the letter of the law Swindon Town FC and the Cockney are doing nothing wrong. It would seem to me that the advice from the Independent Football Ombudsman that “each club must have a declared policy” and that the “statement on [Swindon’s] website which explains the justification for what is being done,” is contradictory but they “can take no action in this case”, so we have to assume that what has been done is technically above board. However, it is also very apparent that by the standards of the football community as a whole – criticism of the decision has come from those involved in the game far and wide - they are breaking several unwritten agreements and showing a flagrant disregard for anything other than trying to squeeze as much money out of Bristol Rovers fans as is possible. This is unacceptable. The top level of the game has been corrupted by money, there’s no doubt about that, but as a supporter of a lower league side it is sad that this is filtering through to our level with increasing impact on regular fans. To be charged £19 for two-thirds of a football match in a sub-standard stadium (this isn’t a dig, I’m well aware that the facilities at the Memorial Stadium are below par, especially for away fans) is beyond the pale. Rant continued...
Below is statement from the Cockney which I have annotated outlining why I believe it is, for want of a better phrase, a “p!ss-taking crock of sh!t” that makes it very apparent that the Cockney’s view of the average football fan is as nothing more than a commodity: “While we understand supporters’ frustration regarding ticket arrangements for the Bristol Rovers replay, what happened on Saturday afternoon was an act of God and beyond the club’s control." ***
In what other industry would the supplier’s inability to fulfill a commitment to a customer as a result of bad weather be blamed on an act of God? To mind I can only think of examples of air travel cancellations and insurer disputes, and both broadly define an “act of God” beyond what occurred in Swindon on the 27th of August. In fact, Confused.com has this to say;
The term "act of god" refers to natural phenomena such as lightning strikes, hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes - large-scale, freak weather occurrences.
The phrase is usually used by insurance companies, and in other legal circles, to describe events that couldn’t have been predicted or prevented by any reasonable measures.
For example, when the Icelandic volcano eruption in 2010 delayed thousands of travellers’ journeys, many insurers refused to pay compensation under their act of god clauses.
The rain during the game was NOT an “act of God” by any stretch of the imagination, and even if it was the key here is “couldn’t have been predicted by any reasonable measures”, and while unfortunately I don’t have access to a weather forecast for the day in question the following post on the Swindon Town forum suggests that it wasn’t exactly balmy on that August afternoon…
And by the way, hope it rains heavily for a couple of hours from 1.30 onwards. Just heard the first strains of Irene from the comforts of The Savoy. *** "I must stress that the club still has a number of costs to meet on a matchday. These costs have increased dramatically due to the fact that this is a derby match. We work closely with the police and the local authorities to make sure that players and supporters enjoy matches at the County Ground in a safe environment and, on this occasion, the costs to ensure this are higher than usual – a figure which has risen even further because the replay will be played in midweek. "***
Boo hoo. This fixture wasn’t a surprise and should have been budgeted for. There’s no point getting in to a debate about costings and whether (weather) or not Swindon have made any money on the 59 minutes played on the 27th August, unless of course the Cockney is willing to illuminate us as to exactly what the cost of additional policing and stewarding was, in relation to the higher gate, higher ticket prices, and higher takings at bars etc., etc., etc. that the “derby match” brought.
What is an absolute fact is that they have had ample time to ensure that this fixture is priced in line with their “model of self-sustainability” (see below) and that indicates that a profit would have been made on the day should they be in any way competent…
*** "If we could reduce these costs then naturally, these savings would be passed down to the supporters however, in this situation, this is not the case. The football club is run on a model of self-sustainability. When additional costs arise, extra revenue needs to be generated to meet those financial demands." ***
That’s ever so generous. Presumably the additional costs are: Policing, stewarding, matchday staff (i.e bar staff etc.) and FLOODLIGHTS… damn those pesky midweek replays. Essentially anything that isn’t any football club’s biggest overhead; the playing staff wage bill. We can fairly reasonably assume that this isn’t increased by a rearranged match, unless of course the entire squad are contracted on a pay-as-you-play basis.
Additional costs = cost of replaying 59 minutes and the remaining 31: matchday costs minus cost of playing staff budgeted for on 27th August. So how can costs be equal to those of the original fixture? It’s nonsensical. Or, and bear with me here as this is a leap, simply untrue.
*** "The club have been in regular dialogue with the police and the authorities to try and reduce the costs incurred in staging this re-arranged fixture however, no mutual agreement has been reached. We understand their difficulty in trying to reduce costs as they require the assistance of officers from other counties to police this game."***
Bad luck. That’s the risk you take when you run a football club. Charging fans THROUGH THE NOSE twice is unjustifiable.
*** "Our Season Ticket holders support the team week in, week out and make up more than half of our attendance figure on a matchday so we have decided to reward their loyalty with free entry to the replay. It is unfortunate that a number of our own supporters as well as those who made the trip from Bristol Rovers have been affected."***
There are plenty of perks to being a season-ticket holder as it is but if I was a non-season ticket holding Swindon Town fan (God forbid) I’d be more than a bit miffed at essentially being classed as a second rate supporter, less “loyal” than their superior (capital S) Season (capital T) Ticket holder counterparts.. I’ve been both a season ticket holder and not, my support for my club as either has been unwavering and in actuality not having a season ticket usually ends up costing me far more. If “more than half” of Swindon Town’s matchday attendance is made up of season ticket holders then it follows that a sizeable chunk are not. It would be interesting to see what would happen if that support were to disappear…
*** "We are following national supporters' groups in confirming - as was quoted in the media yesterday - that clubs do not usually offer any form of refund when the game is abandoned after half-time and not before."***
Clubs don’t usually have the sheer nerve to charge full price for the replay either. Probably because 99% of reasonable human beings can see that it’s totally immoral.
Also, that’s patently not true is it? A certain match abandoned in the 66th minute springs to mind:
Supporters who went to the original game with either a ticket stub or unique code they were given after the abandonment have until this Friday to either reserve a new ticket or ask for a refund.
Even f*cking Wycombe weren’t ballsy enough to try and charge the fans full price again. Jesus Christ what does that tell you?
*** "I would like to pay tribute to our groundstaff who do a great job in making our pitch one of the finest in the league. After spending a significant amount of money on improving the pitch this summer there was nothing that they could have done to prevent the heavy rain from causing Saturday’s abandonment.” ***
I mean, I’m no groundsman-cum-soggy pitch expert but I’d imagine that watering a pitch prior to heavy rain doesn’t do it much good, you tw@.
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GASHEADS, I implore you to boycott this sh!tshow. A statement (both literally and metaphorically) has to come from the fans that this won’t be stood for. We are not cash cows to be milked by greedy, sleazy chairmen with no regard for the average fan. There will be the same old arguments about supporting the team, about giving Swindon Town a competitive advantage, about wanting to go and watch Rovers no matter what anyone else says but how about some solidarity for the lifeblood of this club? What about those fans who can’t really afford to pay £25 (TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS MIND), plus travel costs, plus food and drink but feel compelled to do so for the reasons above? If some of us boycott and some don’t then we will end up with a couple of hundred there and our away support will look crap and nothing more. If we boycott completely then we will send a clear message to the Cockney in the form of a blow to his wallet, and it’s clear that the only thing this man cares about is money.
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Post by wiaww on Sept 6, 2016 13:19:39 GMT
Brace yourselves, rant incoming...
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