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Post by blueblood1883 on Dec 14, 2018 21:56:04 GMT
Anyone thinking of a coordinated acknowledgement of DC? Something like a spontaneous applause on 6 minutes next home match v Fleetwood? Or similar? Nothing in form of protest, just a time to come together to reflect as there's no official metaphorical funeral where we get a chance to say goodbye. Or is this all a bit corny? There's a minutes applause on 80 minutes at the Fleetwood game for the recent passing of Gas legend Joe Davis.. No connection obviously but thought it just worth a mention.. Cheers UTG
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Post by blueblood1883 on Dec 14, 2018 18:23:04 GMT
Please please please not Cotterill.. Michael Flynn for me followed by Olly...
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Post by blueblood1883 on Dec 13, 2018 12:08:56 GMT
Truly gutted.. I hate the fact that I can't show my appreciation to DC in a fitting way that he absolutely deserved.
A fantastic servant that grabbed hold of this club in its darkest hour and gave it back the pride and dignity that a mixture of others before him had created.
Thanks DC for so many great memories that will stay with me forever.
I have nothing but disdain for the owners which isn't just a knee jerk reaction to today's news, it's just another one in a line of continual untruths and broken promises.
I was interested to read some people mention Olly as a possible replacement, but he's already questioned the sincerity of this lot at the top in recent times..
A very sad day in the history of BRFC...
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Post by blueblood1883 on Nov 29, 2018 6:54:31 GMT
So many want them out, but don't have a clue what's going on behind the scenes!! Plus a lot of clubs owners are worse than ours. Are we better off than before they took over?? Yes I'm lots of ways. Team might be worse, but the budgets about 50% higher, so that's there fault obviously. More spent in a lot of areas. Better back room staff. Better medical team. Double sponsorship deals Stadium wise, we don't know what is happening, but obviously everyone thinks they do. Those same people knew about Uwe, years before everyone else I suppose as well! Let's half the budget again. Sell player's and never reinvest any of it. Put the mem back to how it was. Look to half the sponsorship and go back to the raffle. Be careful what you wish for. Although we need a new stadium etc, things can be a whole lot worse. Re-Read the first two lines of your post Daniel.. That kind of answers your question..
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Post by blueblood1883 on Nov 28, 2018 6:02:56 GMT
A very important point he makes about taking £1.5m of goals out of the team. There are a collective of other reasons but without a doubt the lack of goals is one of the major reasons we are where we are.
If however you then reinvest barely a third of that budget on a decent replacement its a case of you get what you pay for. A bit like replacing a Mercedes Benz for a Ford KA, or in our case Jayden Stockley for Stefan Payne.
I stand fully behind DC, January is our only real opportunity to at least try and keep our league one status. Wael and Co, over to you!
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Post by blueblood1883 on Nov 27, 2018 3:42:39 GMT
The feel good factor definitely evaporated when the UWE dragged out and then went. So the momentum was lost then. It was then compounded by poor PR and no progress on the training ground. Even the proposed scaled down plans (with additions coming later when finances allowed) would have shown intent and goodwill. It would have ticked one of the promises made. I think fans would understand if we had to start again on the stadium front but some progress in the other areas would have made that palatable. Difficult to comment about the footballing side but it seems from my view that DC has received support, whether he used it correctly or support was minimal, I don't know. It does seem that he had some funding and recruited a defence coach and Head of Recruitment as requested. 70/30 between off field (owners and third parties?) and on field (DC and players) with fans caught in the middle. Your first paragraph is bang on for me. That day at the beginning of August 2017 when they pulled the plug on UWE was the day I lost all faith, confidence and trust in the ALQs. If they had pulled out because it wasn’t in the best interests of the football club and moved straight on to plan B it would have been different but the lack of an alternative and the lack of action since on this or anything else tangible has only confirmed my suspicion at the time, that the reason they pulled out of UWE was nothing to do with the interests of the football club it was solely down to the fact they had either a lack of capital or a lack of will to invest what would be necessary. All that would have been fine too if they’d come in like the Dunfords did telling us that the club was in serious trouble because of decisions made by others before them and they were going to simply ensure we had a future. That’s not how they came in though and the rhetoric was all about new stadium, new training ground moving the club to another level etc. I’m not sure now that any of that was anything more than hot air and we’ve all been taken for mugs. I feel that the reason we were bought by the ALQs was not because of a grand plan to build a fantastic legacy with an underperforming big city club (they wouldn’t have been sniffing around Gillingham beforehand if that was the grand masterplan) but simply because Wael wanted a football club, we were cheap and had assets worth way more than the debt and had an owner that was so desperate to sell he did so for a price that they thought they couldn’t lose. Wael said at the time it was an unbelievable deal from their point of view or words to that effect! An excellent post my friend and word for word exactly how I see things. The rhetoric you speak about is also interesting with phrases like "evolution not revolution" and "the landing lights are on" . Neither of those conundrums have timelines and I believe we've been peddled an intended clever play on words that we are now beginning to see through.
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Post by blueblood1883 on Nov 25, 2018 5:16:47 GMT
DC is nothing but a. Lying two faced bastard. In his post match interview he said about the question of no ham going up for the last attack that we were 2-1 down and he wanted to win the game what hollow And in that case when bonhomie wanted to go up front in the dying minutes against Barnet when we were 2-1 down why did DC stop hip did he not want to win that game He has totally and completely lost the place t even mr blobby could do a better job at the moment Come on the board of brfc sack this idiot now Mods... Do the forum a favour and get rid of this offensive little WUM...
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Post by blueblood1883 on Nov 25, 2018 4:53:37 GMT
I met Kev the day before his debut and I remember vividly him saying how excited he was to be building a career here.. This is truly tragic news to hear, and still so young.
Rest in peace big man, deep condolences to his family and friends..
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Post by blueblood1883 on Nov 23, 2018 14:04:47 GMT
Definitely in..
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Post by blueblood1883 on Nov 22, 2018 15:28:15 GMT
It appears my attempt to distinguish between what an everyday customers expectation level is versus a football fan was completely wasted on you pal.. My comment seems to have been wasted on you pal. :-) I was agreeing with you! Sorry Blueside.. With the level of mood swings on here today I was the one making the assumption.. The wrong one.. Apologies mate
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Post by blueblood1883 on Nov 22, 2018 8:42:34 GMT
Its a great analogy and I'd kind of agree with you if let's say my favourite pie in Greggs suddenly had its recipe changed. But there's something about football and its grass roots that make us feel a little more than just customers, albeit not always loyal ones. And of course, it would take more than one slightly sub-standard pie to stop you ever going again? It appears my attempt to distinguish between what an everyday customers expectation level is versus a football fan was completely wasted on you pal..
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Post by blueblood1883 on Nov 22, 2018 6:27:01 GMT
The only honourable thing for DC to do is to keep going and carry on doing his job. He knows the players better than anyone. A new manager has to work with the same squad and he’s streets ahead with his knowledge of players and the club. Some comments on here are ridiculous. If we had never had DC as a manager and we were shortlisting and he was available, he would be shortlisted. Let him do his job. The fault is certain players not him. One or two need to take a long hard look and a few more need to admit they underperforming and knuckle down. Great Post.. I absolutely agree with you. He's made some mistakes but there's enough time to put it right. The players are underperforming and his job is to get the best out of them which I believe he will do. For me there's not only a crisis of confidence within the group, there's probably one or two bad apples that need sorting out.
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Post by blueblood1883 on Nov 22, 2018 6:11:22 GMT
I like it when its a small crowd because i know im among the true thick and thin rovers fans. All the tourists have fu**ed off which is a nice feeling. To play devil's advocate here, the club took major strides this season to turn us from supporters into customers. Customers, of course, are well within their right to decide they don't like the quality of the product that is being offered and so they can see if they get superior quality elsewhere or simply spend their hard earned money doing something more fulfilling. You pays yer money and you takes yer choice, as they say. Its a great analogy and I'd kind of agree with you if let's say my favourite pie in Greggs suddenly had its recipe changed. But there's something about football and its grass roots that make us feel a little more than just customers, albeit not always loyal ones.
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Post by blueblood1883 on Nov 21, 2018 19:30:38 GMT
Hate to say it but I've got a horrible feeling this is going to pens... Na, I can’t see it. A crushing Rovers win. Hope you're right Marshy.. Just got a nagging doubt we might not finish the job in 90.. Call it a dafty moment of weakness.. UTG..
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Post by blueblood1883 on Nov 21, 2018 19:24:01 GMT
Hate to say it but I've got a horrible feeling this is going to pens...
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Post by blueblood1883 on Nov 14, 2018 6:00:51 GMT
A lot of back slapping going on over there because they've sold 130 tickets for there trip to Ipswich.. Some bellend quoted it as "top support" allegedly... You seriously couldn't make it up...
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Post by blueblood1883 on Nov 11, 2018 8:54:29 GMT
I really enjoy anything that brings those swamp dwelling creatures back down to reality.
My one and only wish however would be for Lansdown to pull the chain on that lot and flush all of that plastic franchise down the toilet u-bend.
Forever in your shadow guys(wink wink)
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Post by blueblood1883 on Nov 8, 2018 6:11:25 GMT
True but you seem to forget by 1986/1987 season rovers were down to 3243 nearly a 50% drop from 1982/1983 so goes to provewhenever anyone is doing well crowds inprove and viva versa But we’re not comparing like with like here. City have remained at Ashton Gate, whereas in 1986 Rovers had to move 13 miles to Bath and play in a delapidated non-league ground, And in 1996 we had to move 13 miles back the other way to again play in a delapidated non league ground....
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Post by blueblood1883 on Nov 5, 2018 12:21:28 GMT
Dick Shepherd, Big Jim Eadie, Nigel Martyn. This...
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Post by blueblood1883 on Nov 5, 2018 11:38:48 GMT
1, Marcus Stewart
2, Alan Warboys
3, Jamie Cureton
Most important contribution - Andy Rammall
Most enjoyable game - The Dukes hat trick at Derby.
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