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Post by tommym9 on Nov 9, 2021 13:23:10 GMT
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Post by tommym9 on Nov 9, 2021 9:05:07 GMT
We like to moan as Gasheads and yes, success is few and far between. However we’ve had a rich and varied history all things considered. Wouldn’t want to support any other club. I read a fair few football books and you'd be surprised at how often our name crops up. For example I'm reading 'All together now' the book about Wimbledon AFC making their way back through the leagues. We pop up a couple of times, but the big one is the 3-2 first game of the season at their place when they had been promoted back to the FL. Party poopers!
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Post by tommym9 on Nov 8, 2021 15:06:10 GMT
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Post by tommym9 on Nov 8, 2021 11:50:32 GMT
Went to the Olympic Stadium once. Was starving at half time so decided to get some veggie Nachos (don't know why, was quite P?!sed) wish I'd taken a photo. Nachos with burger cheese slapped on. Awful. £5.50 and chucked it in the bin Sounds nicer than our pasties I avoid the pasties like the plague. Ginsters can get in the bin!
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Post by tommym9 on Nov 8, 2021 11:37:33 GMT
Went to the Olympic Stadium once. Was starving at half time so decided to get some veggie Nachos (don't know why, was quite watered) wish I'd taken a photo.
Nachos with burger cheese slapped on. Awful. £5.50 and chucked it in the bin
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Post by tommym9 on Nov 4, 2021 15:28:41 GMT
Surely there just isn’t enough room for a decent size stadium to see us for the next X amount of decades, long after all of us have gone? There is such Minimal space behind the West Stand, South Stand and Thatchers End? With the terraced streets hugging the Mem on 3 sides of the ground, plus a new build site next door to the current car park. All well and good using said car park for added ‘new stadium space’, but as already mentioned the parking situation for supporters is and always has been abysmal. Not to mention access. I love what Gloucester Road currently has to offer pre/post match as much as anyone, but any realistic future in a modern all seater stadium lies away from the Memorial Ground. Is the parking situation for fans any better at Ashton Gate? They appear to manage ok.
Living close (for my sins) the car park at AG isn't much bigger than the Mem if at all People here get watered off with matchday parking, some of which looks like it's been done by Stevie Wonder Talk of opening up the park and ride on Saturdays and reopening the Ashton train station could help.
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Post by tommym9 on Nov 4, 2021 9:35:42 GMT
Mets sat down with assistant Kit Man at Bristol Rovers and Gas legend Tom Foley. They sat down at The Barton Hill Boxing Club where Tom volunteers. Tom has been in post for 18 years and has seen plenty of the behind the scenes going on at the Gas. Tom takes us through what his role entails, the huge amount of work that goes on behind the scenes on a matchday. He talks about his previous life as Captain Gas, one he took on to win a bet! He chats about the best and worst managers he's seen at the Gas and gives us a peek behind the curtain at what a motivator Joey Barton is. A die hard Gashead himself he talks about how he feels when following the gas up and down the country and clues us into why Ellis Harrison ran over to the bench when he scored at Wembley. listen.gascastpodcast.co.uk/276671/9429472-a-chat-with-tom-foley
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Post by tommym9 on Nov 3, 2021 17:35:24 GMT
Great news!
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Post by tommym9 on Nov 3, 2021 10:05:41 GMT
One thing ALL clubs could do, is include a public transport ticket with the matchday ticket. Something they do in Germany.
Would encourage people to get public transport instead of driving. I know its not practical for everyone, but a small step in the right direction.
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Post by tommym9 on Nov 2, 2021 21:06:29 GMT
Quite worrying accounts by the Swindon chap & the stories heard from those South of the River. I have a terrace ticket and hope there will be no issue with overcrowding, Mr Vince seems to turn a blind eye to any feedback that has come about the last few weeks/months. He's gone full troll mode rather than turning a blind eye! Hopefully it's not as bad as it has been for the six fingered fans previously. Good luck!
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Post by tommym9 on Nov 2, 2021 13:05:22 GMT
Funny how most of these campaigners fit the bill. It’s almost like an authoritarian system which restricts peoples rights and freedoms (under the banner of saving the world) is of interest to wealthy narcissists who don’t need to play by the same rules. It’s almost like they will have the world to themselves while everyone else lives in city pods eating locally grown broccoli. We had an old system which preached being humble for the good of mankind, while the clergy lived it up. Things don’t change much. The moment those “leading the way” change their habits im on board. While they maintain their conferences and private jets and spectacular luxury, all claims for wanting a “fairer, sustainable world” are merely hot air - which sadly also leads to global warming. I agree with some of what you say. I do believe that there is a lot of hypocrisy flying around (sometimes literally!) but that's par for the course in politics and at the upper echelons of society. Do you not think though that your attitude is rather childish and petty "I'll be onboard when they do their bit". I mean, if we ALL do our own little bit, even if it's just spending 10 minutes more each week to do more recycling or composting or something, that's better than just saying "* it, as they're not doing enough over there, so why should I?". That attitude is something I find very negative and doesn't help anyone. There are a few good suggestions here: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/58821632Plus FGR are mentioned of course
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Post by tommym9 on Nov 2, 2021 9:41:06 GMT
You might be joking, but I suspect not. Where FGR are leading now in renewables and sustainability, we'll all be following in a few years, so you'd better brace yourself. Yea, because we are being forced to, regardless of Democratic consent, because the end of the world is nigh if we don’t. I’m fully aware that this stuff is sweeping through everything at present but when your kids can’t take flights like we could, have to live in little feudal zones living off the land with programmable money which others can decide how it’s spent, I can guarantee you, you and your kids will be far more miserable. It’s a future not really worth having. I say bring on the climate catastrophe rather than live like feudal peasant, and believe me, the upshot is living like a feudal peasant. I’m not really sure if I’m joking or not here. I don’t think regular Joe public has thought through what all of this means. I think they think it means subsidised insulation and new boilers. The initial comment was taking a pop at insufferably middle class people wearing their sustainability and eco principles as a badge of enlightenment. No matter how concerned I would ever be about the environment, I could never be allied to these canapé munching egotists. Rest assured, the Dale Vinces and all their wealthy eco buddies won’t be paying the price the average Joe will. They will just have nice clutter free beaches to visit. Virtually none of these people give up their travel. If someone suggests a system where air travel and independence don’t become a luxury of the wealthy then I’m all ears. How about banning private jets before we ban flights to Tenerife? At least flights to Tenerife are full. I bet that never happens. It will be us going to Torquay and then riding around like kings. And our horizons will shift from wanting a holiday fo just a little piece of real meat. That’s how bad it’s going to get. Progressive. Our PM got a private jet from London to Cornwall. He's also getting one back from Glasgow to London. I'd say we're getting exactly what we voted for.
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Post by tommym9 on Oct 29, 2021 16:15:17 GMT
GB News "unbiased".. pa ha ha! Even Andrew Neil left them for being too right wing We have a huge conservative majority in this country, so right wing is normal and thus unbiased. The conservatives got that whopping great majority on 43.6% of the vote. More people voted for left leaning parties in the last election so actually the 'normal' is further left than you think. The current voting system helps the Tories hugely hence why they want to change local elections to use first past the post too Anyway I'll stop now, take off my anorak and get down the pub like a normal person on a Friday after work!
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Post by tommym9 on Oct 28, 2021 9:17:42 GMT
Barton is doing as Barton did everywhere as a player. Charm everyone on the way in,read a few excerpts from his philosophy phrase of the day loo roll, start a bit okay, then get shown up for not being as good as anyone thought, and start with the bollocks - the attacks on others, the downright offensiveness and so on. I'd argue that he said that word either (a) out of a deep-rooted need for attention or (b) to deliberately take the attention off his team's performance. Either is bad. The very fact that we have fans boycotting or thinking of it should ring alarm bells to Wael, who is faced with funding the losses he inherited and subsequently increased, falling crowds post Covid, and the age-old Rovers problem: younger folk not going in enough numbers cos of other competing interests, be they playing the game, the Prem on TV, or the creeping influence of City across Bristol (they fund kids sports after school clubs at my kid's primary school 0.5m from the Mem). The fact that Barton was appointed shows what little regard Wael has for the matchday punter. Don't get me wrong, I think he wants to do well and wants to be liked by us, but you don't care about a club or it's supporters if you're willing to hire a guy with a track record of violence and of leaving every job he's ever had under a cloud, if you're not just doing it because you've decided he's worth it, because the club's your plaything. People have, and will continue to, say things like 'cancel culture' as if some Student Union have rocked up in BS7 demanding he be sacked for saying a naughty word 25 years ago. Thing is, all the stuff in the past isn't the reason for a sacking - they're reasons not to hire the bloke in the first place, but Wael doesn't think the reputation of the club is as important as him hanging out with a famous ex player is. Since he's been here he's been given everything he wanted and failed twice - we could've stayed up with a better manager, and if anyone's happy with the position at the moment I'd be shocked. Then there's off the field - continued statements about how the club is beneath him, insulting previous managers who then rock up and embarrass him on the field, the events in London this summer (without going into an ongoing legal matter, it's actually quite hard to get arrested if there's no evidence you did anything) and now dropping offensive terminology into pressers cos you love the attention. Barton is what he is, a gobshite. He'll be gone one way or another. Wael's behaviour - from the 'victimless crime' statement, to the issue with the lad with the charity cheque, to this absolute silence this week, is a disgrace. In the hypothetical "Barton says the N word scenario" I'm sure Wael would be reaching for the thesaurus to explain why. He's not used to scrutiny - either in his work at dad's banking firm or with us - because he's basically been given god like status for 4 years on account of not being Higgs. So now he's staked his personal credibility on someone's who's dragging the club through the mud off the field and a pathetic failure on it, he's getting stick for the first time in his charmed life. And he's acting like a kid - unsurprising given that us normal people go through this much earlier in life than a spoilt rich boy - and putting his fingers in his ears. I've been mulling this one over in my head over the past few days, if this is indeed a 'dead cat' then Joey has played us all masterfully!
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Post by tommym9 on Oct 25, 2021 12:05:22 GMT
Terrible news. Only knew him from here but seemed like a nice bloke
RIP
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Post by tommym9 on Oct 23, 2021 11:52:16 GMT
The Blue Lagoon looks like it's full of Newport fans. Plenty of police around.
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Post by tommym9 on Oct 21, 2021 14:49:54 GMT
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Post by tommym9 on Oct 8, 2021 11:39:11 GMT
Well done Ash. One of the few bits of good news at the moment!
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Post by tommym9 on Oct 7, 2021 11:13:42 GMT
In this week's episode, Neno is joined by Max and Caz to discuss another hapless home defeat, this time to local-ish rivals Swindon Town. Ben Garner's men showed Rovers what they could have had in another life with a dominant 3-1 victory at the memorial stadium. The gang go over their pros and cons for the game, and look at where it all went wrong - again! Max fortifies his "Barton out" stance, Neno is baffled by the lack of pace, and Caz thinks Wael is hesitant to pull the trigger again too early. With GasCast switching to a weekly format, we can bring you all the misery and apathy on a more regular basis. Thanks so much for tuning in, and up the Gas! listen.gascastpodcast.co.uk/276671/9316540-ben-schools-barton
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Post by tommym9 on Oct 4, 2021 9:39:50 GMT
I feel so sorry for any post Rovers reporter. They are never going to please everyone and whatever they do they get pelters.
For example he would be 'classic evil post biased and against Rovers' if he asked the above questions cause some of them are a bit aggressive.
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