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Post by aghast on Apr 29, 2024 16:36:59 GMT
So James Wilson the player who got loads of hate was actually good? I'm not sure what those stats say. A good player in a poor side would have a lower ppg than a poor player in a good side.
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Post by aghast on Apr 28, 2024 22:16:09 GMT
I think it's difficult to be as successful second time around because the very fact someone is asked to return means they set a high standard first time around. The fact they probably got sacked is forgotten because we only remember the good times. So anything they do on their return is compared to the good bits and not the hazy poor bits. One to buck that trend - Vaughan Jones’s first spell at rovers was superseded by his second. That is a good example which completely contradicts what I'm saying! I can't remember why we let him go to Newport?
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Post by aghast on Apr 28, 2024 16:21:03 GMT
So say is the football mantra. However is it really the case? Off the top of my head and during my time watching Rovers I've see the likes of Bobby Gould, Ian Holloway, Chris Lines, Gary Penrice, Paul Randall return and do a decent job. Conversely, Gerry Francis and John Ward blotted their copybook, although JW did do alright initially. Which players or managers returned and did well and not so well? Is the perceived wisdom really true? I think it's difficult to be as successful second time around because the very fact someone is asked to return means they set a high standard first time around. The fact they probably got sacked is forgotten because we only remember the good times. So anything they do on their return is compared to the good bits and not the hazy poor bits.
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Post by aghast on Apr 28, 2024 16:16:12 GMT
The board needs to set a target by the end of October . I would say we need to be top 10-12 . If he don't improve things then they need to act. Deep down they must be disappointed like most fans . They’re not fans . . . Well I'd agree with that. They seem to approach managing us with the same passion a new Building Society manager does.
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Post by aghast on Apr 28, 2024 16:13:25 GMT
We were 13th when Super Matt took over, with a game in hand on 11th place, which had we won it (stop sniggering at the back), we'd have been 11th. We finished 15th. A great improvement by Taylor (out). 🏴☠️ Red hot wealthy Championship promotion contenders Bristol Rovers appoint a new manager when sitting in 13th place. Club finish 15th and ambitious fans demand his immediate sacking as pigs soar gracefully through the skies above.
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Post by aghast on Apr 27, 2024 21:25:00 GMT
Finley will end up at a club close to scouseland in L2 or NL. Somewhere like Rochdale, Oldham, Chesterfield or Accrington Chesterfield is in Derbyshire and no where near Liverpool. Northern pigeon fancying clog wearing unwashed communists, the lot of them.
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Post by aghast on Apr 27, 2024 21:21:49 GMT
I think it's more a lack of information than a lack of belief in what anyone is alleging.
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Post by aghast on Apr 27, 2024 21:17:45 GMT
Just when Sunak thought he was getting through a difficult time. "Dr Poulter said he would sit as a Labour MP until the general election and then stand down." www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68913287I can sort of understand Tories defecting to Reform, and I expect those on the other forum can easily imagine Labour MPs defecting to the Workers Revolutionary Party, but I can never quite see how the bridge between Tory and Labour is crossed so easily. I suppose I'm old school and in reality the differences are not so great these days, despite the odd maverick like Corbyn or Truss still popping up.
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Post by aghast on Apr 27, 2024 20:37:41 GMT
Matt Taylor. The only manager in the league to be blamed for the league positions of two teams at once. Not withstanding the fact that we finished 15th, despite a poor run-in. Higher than the three previous managers. No time to be sacking anyone.
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Post by aghast on Apr 26, 2024 20:13:57 GMT
Some people he a hit drunk at a works do. It’s not exactly a shock bet some of you are real fun at parties! Are you unable to attend a function where drinks are served without head butting someone? It's the only type of person we employ these days.
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Post by aghast on Apr 26, 2024 19:11:20 GMT
I'm just astonished at how many goals Arsenal are knocking in this season. In any normal kind of year they'd be about 10 points clear.
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Post by aghast on Apr 25, 2024 17:56:16 GMT
The network is already nationalised and the train operators simply lease trains and pay for track time. Most lost money and are bailed out by the government.
Can't see any issues.
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Post by aghast on Apr 25, 2024 16:16:57 GMT
Blimey what a thread ! Are we any the wiser what happened at awards night? Just the scouse lads having a few too many and being a bit laddish? Or a bit more than that? I have no time at all for Mr Barton and am glad that ship has sailed, but I'm not keen on the guilty by association thing. Simply by virtue of the fact they were recruited by him and come from the same region, they must therefore be troublemakers and out to disrupt the club? Unlikely I think.
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Post by aghast on Apr 23, 2024 21:39:05 GMT
Who do you blame for this chronic waste ? So public services are all financed enough in your opinion and just poorly run ? Do you think there should be further cuts ? just interested. I’m guessing you think yrs of austerity had no effect on the way public services perform ? I do not think that at all,the management of resource is shocking,so your view is pouring more money into it will make it much better. The whole lot needs an in depth review,not just chuck money at it and hope it will be ok. It pains me to say it but I have to agree. I have had the dubious pleasure of working in the Civil Service (demotivated and no incentives to improve) and Royal Mail just before privatisation (absolutely shocking management). A good friend joined the Ambulance service two years ago and although he enjoys the job and the valuable service they perform, is shocked at the inefficiency and numbers of managers, supervisors and administrators compared to those out in the field. About 7 admin for every 2 actually in the front line. And he's counting call handlers as front line.
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Post by aghast on Apr 23, 2024 21:25:19 GMT
I'd say Cheltenham have by far the toughest last game facing Stevenage, who are 28 points ahead of relegated Fleetwood and Port Vale. But anything can happen on the final day, as well we know.
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Post by aghast on Apr 23, 2024 21:01:49 GMT
Yeah because life is absolutely all about being a hard man, isn't it? That's what counts. Relax , I was only playing sir Apologies. I misunderstood and I'm sorry.
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Post by aghast on Apr 23, 2024 18:35:52 GMT
It seems very likely indeed to me. What else is it for? Did they run out of corrugated sheeting? The gap in the seating is there to link the east stand seats into the south stand , when the east stand is constructed, that info came from TG. Not sure how that is necessary or practical looking at the layout of the gap, but I accept what you say.
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Post by aghast on Apr 23, 2024 16:39:12 GMT
No need, we are the Pirates. We need not only a new manager and team but the owners to be trueful and get their act together. Wish they were all BRISTOLIONS and not Kuwaites, we cannot wait much longer. Have you got a problem with people from Kuwait ? I am chortling again over the fact that someone who demands a Bristolian can't actually spell Bristolian. Unless he actually wants an actual lion to be in charge.
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Post by aghast on Apr 23, 2024 16:33:59 GMT
Am I right in assuming that it is proposed to go in that very silly gap at the back of the South Stand? That seems unlikely? It seems very likely indeed to me. What else is it for? Did they run out of corrugated sheeting?
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Post by aghast on Apr 23, 2024 16:29:39 GMT
The point you are making is not the point I am making. Not al all interested in meeting you but thanks for the friendly offer. I can hear your ass twitching from here Yeah because life is absolutely all about being a hard man, isn't it? That's what counts.
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