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Post by fanboy on Oct 23, 2023 16:04:39 GMT
I prefer to judge on the performances and I personally rate the RECENT performances in the last 5-10 games, and have seem more than enough to suggest we're going to kick on under JB. Some do not seem to view the recent performances the same as I, I suppose that will always happen, that's a different debate though. I can't really be arsed any more with the nonsense around Barton any more but even look at those 5-10 game brackets it's midtable obscurity... 5 Games - W2 D0 L3 F9 A9 PPG1.2 10 Games - W4 D1 L5 F15 A13 PPG1.3 I don't think it warrants a sacking mid-season but if it continues in a similar vein to the end of the season you're look at a 2-6 point improvement on last year. That might be the catalyst for change. If over the course of the season our performances don't get a better points tally then I'd agree, questions should rightly be asked and a change may be forced. But rightly or wrongly I am still confident that these performances will lead to a big improvement in our points tally in the coming weeks and will set us up for a good position this season.
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Post by fanboy on Oct 23, 2023 14:03:03 GMT
It's only an overreaction if you look at it as a small window of time (in GGMIs example, 2 games!). But even then, if you look at just this season it only tells part of the story. Yes you can make reasonable excuses (new season, new team etc.), but the FACTS are that this dire run of form has been going on for almost an entire year. At the end of the day, the camp you sit in will largely be determined by where you draw that line in the sand; if you draw it from the start of the season or - maybe the last couple of games - you're likely prepared to give him time. If you see it as starting further back, then you've likely already seen enough, or are close to having seen enough. Either is fine - opinions are what it's all about. But we certainly cannot state "it's an overreaction" as some kind of factual statement when, quite clearly, it's not that simple. I think with JB (perhaps more so than any manager I can remember) there is an element of the fanbase (not all, but some) that will forgive him no matter what. I.e., no matter how bad the form got, how long it lasted or even what he did off the field, all would be forgiven. As such, I don't think we'll ever find common ground. He's a very polarising figure and, as I say, there is an element of hardcore support for the man that simply will not waver regardless. I prefer to judge on the performances and I personally rate the RECENT performances in the last 5-10 games, and have seem more than enough to suggest we're going to kick on under JB. Some do not seem to view the recent performances the same as I, I suppose that will always happen, that's a different debate though.
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Post by fanboy on Oct 22, 2023 11:52:49 GMT
Our form is mid table.Yet anyone paying attention can surely see we just haven’t quite had the luck, in the last couple especially. The performances were there - I watched them all and can’t really see how anyone that watched it wouldn’t come away impressed by us.
At times earlier in the season we genuinely did not create anything. We now do. We have improved, yet can further.
If we continue to fail to get results for months longer, I may become concerned.
At the moment I’m still very positive. I think we have the look of a great side and I’m confident it’s going to click very, very soon.
And when we do, aside from perhaps JCH, we’re ready for a big push.
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Post by fanboy on Oct 15, 2023 11:04:47 GMT
Evidence for that or are you just speculating? I got both emails and notifications from Apple about data leaks and they helped me to change every password on each site on which it happened. It was not a quick task, one was my bloody bank account. Fwiw the Apple breach notification does not say every website that has had a data leak. It just says your account was leaked somewhere and so you should change it on all websites that use that account.
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Post by fanboy on Oct 8, 2023 14:37:25 GMT
To be fair that's a decent response to the needless 😂 by Hogg? You’ve missed the point….it’s not their assistant. It’s just a random fan with the same name. Being picked up by a load of big accounts now. Another big embarrassment for him and the club this week. Ho hum I guess. Look forward to what’s to come next week. Who cares? He’s made a crap joke and is now getting the mick taken out of him. Couldn’t care less. He’s here to manage our football club and to take us forward not to represent us in comedy.
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Post by fanboy on Oct 7, 2023 22:28:40 GMT
For those interested out of the top 7 teams in National League South the order is…. 1st Yeovil 2nd Taunton Town 3rd Bath City 4th Maidstone 5th Worthing 6th Aveley 7th Torquay Perhaps it’s going to be a local promotion battle. Yeovil starting their comeback, Taunton massively over achieving and Bath having a good season so far. Torquay with some work to do. FGR soon to meet a few of these! 😍😍😍
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Post by fanboy on Oct 7, 2023 22:03:04 GMT
I actually think we have consistency in our performances since the Wigan game. Since then, I'm yet to see a game in which we aren't looking dominant and dangerous in attack. Earlier games in the season we looked a bit lost when going forward, even when dominant. I don't think that's the case now, lots of the ball in dangerous areas.. but the first goal matters and it hasn't gone for us. I genuinely think we've just been pretty unlucky in both Peterborough and Oxford away games. If we play like we did today against most away from home, we will win comfortably. On a separate note... hate seeing the way so many seem to get a kick out of us failing atm. We're in the ascendancy right now, moving in the right direction and we're in a really solid position to kick on from. We can achieve this season, I'm sure of it! Problem is when we play the likes of Cambridge our performance levels drop to their levels, Burton will be a good test if we can keep the performance levels up this season. Agreed it will be, because since that dire performance at Cambridge I do believe we've turned a corner. We will find out in a couple of weeks.
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Post by fanboy on Oct 7, 2023 21:58:27 GMT
Just home, been out with 15 Oxford fans tonight living up here, they all said we blew it first half, too many missed chances. We played well but a story of our season and why I think the DOF Jennings and Barton must be questioned, the blame lies at their doors. In no way with a so called top 6 budget should we be relying on a 34 year Chris Martin to lead the attack who is unfit. We’ve been like it since the first game of the season, a whole summer window wasted. Oxford today had Harris and Rodriques today upfront, both scoring, both have pace and both mobile, both signed this summer. Beadle for Oxford in goal was given MOM, that’s because our offensive unit can’t score. Same at Peterborough, people will throw Port Vale and Wigan at me but we are inconsistent and why we will end up a mid table side. Hunt put in some brilliant balls into the box, Sinclair and Evans did at the end, we don’t have a number 9 who can be in the right place. It will keep happening like today until we get a proper striker and we should have 4 in total, not just 2 or 3. Sorry, but unless DOF Jennings and Manager Barton file the paperwork, how can we question them? The deal was done for the solution to that problem. And a fantastic deal it was. Someone blew it, but I struggle to believe it was either of them. Edit: btw, we've scored 7 in our last 2 home games lol
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Post by fanboy on Oct 7, 2023 21:56:49 GMT
Like I said in an earlier post, absolutely gutted about the result. But anyone that was there today could see what an honest performance it was from the lads, the fans respected it and the reaction when the team came over to the away end was class. Consistency is our problem, if we can find a good run of form we’ll be right up there this season. I actually think we have consistency in our performances since the Wigan game. Since then, I'm yet to see a game in which we aren't looking dominant and dangerous in attack. Earlier games in the season we looked a bit lost when going forward, even when dominant. I don't think that's the case now, lots of the ball in dangerous areas.. but the first goal matters and it hasn't gone for us. I genuinely think we've just been pretty unlucky in both Peterborough and Oxford away games. If we play like we did today against most away from home, we will win comfortably. On a separate note... hate seeing the way so many seem to get a kick out of us failing atm. We're in the ascendancy right now, moving in the right direction and we're in a really solid position to kick on from. We can achieve this season, I'm sure of it!
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Post by fanboy on Oct 6, 2023 16:24:09 GMT
Either way Fanboy and thanks for your information BTW, we are now experiencing under 8,000 gates so early in the season with warm weather, a record budget, fan zone, we are much better club now, where have the fans gone? It is a fair question and one I'm not sure of the answer.. I don't know if the south stand debacle is somehow responsible. Either way, I anticipate crowds growing very quickly with the progress we've made in the last few weeks on the pitch. Here's hoping it continues with 3 points tomorrow which would be a big statement.
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Post by fanboy on Oct 6, 2023 16:22:52 GMT
Is there any needs to be personal, why? I appreciate it’s a debate, I appreciated Fanboy pointing this out, is this you Harley? Hope you are well mate if so. Indeed it is, hope you're well too - good to see you back!
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Post by fanboy on Oct 6, 2023 15:02:45 GMT
As I said Bridgewater, brand awareness is so much more than just fan attendance but granted under Barton they are good. But if we are throwing GC into the hat, let’s throw in DC, I’m loving this!! Last season our average attendance was 8,907 In 2017 it was 9,302, 400 up on Barton’s reign, brand awareness, move love for DC? 2018 our second season in Div1 like now, 8,933, again more than last seasons attendance. Now so far, this season our attendance is 1,000 plus already on DC’s second season. Let’s not make our glitter is gold guys, the club has gone backwards on past seasons promotions, how is the brand awareness going? And cost of living crisis, 15,000 season ticket holders at Ashton Gate, is it only certain areas of Bristol struggling, we also have record wages levels in the country fuelling inflation We have significantly reduced our capacity in recent years, due to safety review. We sold out our final game against Bolton last season, the attendance was 10,086. I believe we also sold out our first two home games, FGR & Oxford, with 9,064 and 8,297 the recorded attendances. Not sure if we sold out others. If comparing to DC 2016-17 season, we had 11.2k against Coventry, and 11.7k against Millwall. 10.5k against Swindon. At least 3 other 10k+ attendances. Figures that it seems the stadium can't satisfy now even if the demand is there, which it seems it was last season. For this reason the comparisons you're making aren't really possible to make.
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Post by fanboy on Oct 1, 2023 14:55:08 GMT
Bit random
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Post by fanboy on Sept 30, 2023 7:38:52 GMT
After absolutely dominating the living sh out of Wigan, one of the better teams in this league, I think this was the turning point and we will beat Peterborough today. A bold statement I know but if we are in games where we can play, then I think we have far too much for anyone. Some of the quality of the moves v Wigan were the best I’ve seen in ages. It would be a serious statement if we did beat them. One off wins like the Wigan game happen from time to time, but if we build on it against another good side we’ll have some great momentum. I agree with what you’re saying, I think if teams are willing to play we’ve got what it takes to best anyone in the league. But today will be how we find out if that’s true!!
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Post by fanboy on Sept 17, 2023 13:03:40 GMT
If I'm honest, whilst I'm happy there is some genuine investment into the improvement of the Mem, I do think the design of the new south stand looks a bit amateur with all the supporting pillars at the front. It would be fine if it was just a stop-gap, but if they go onto say that this is the first step of a Mem regeneration, given the news coming out about the Fruit Market, I'd be pretty concerned about what the remaining re-gen steps would look like. I think it looks pretty impressive compared to what I expected tbh!
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Post by fanboy on Sept 16, 2023 10:33:07 GMT
What I genuinely think is different right now is that we are playing well and retaining the ball, we haven’t managed to click in the final third and haven’t got the chance creation right yet. But overall, I think we look a good side with real potential. If we can just get that bit improved, I think things will get very interesting very quickly. We aren’t far off. The issue is that we'll never "click" when we have to rely upon JM to put the ball in the net, we totally lack a natural goal scorer. Perhaps AC will find his shooting boots again but it's now getting nearly a year since he lost them. I guess it puts it into perspective how far our ambitions have risen, mind. We have Aaron Collins and Jevani Brown in the side, both scored for fun in L1 last season and probably carry a 1m+ price tag!
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Post by fanboy on Sept 15, 2023 12:06:05 GMT
Sounds like Lewis Grabban is close to Exeter, great signing that. Maybe they will push for promotion this year! They seem to have recruited well and new players have hit the ground running. Good going considering the key players they lost in the summer. Why are we always the team that takes months to 'gel' What I genuinely think is different right now is that we are playing well and retaining the ball, we haven’t managed to click in the final third and haven’t got the chance creation right yet. But overall, I think we look a good side with real potential. If we can just get that bit improved, I think things will get very interesting very quickly. We aren’t far off.
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Post by fanboy on Sept 15, 2023 11:22:09 GMT
Funny how some people suggest Elliott should leave England and play for the Auld Enemy as it his best opportunity. If he thinks himself as English, why would he want to represent anyone else? I doubt on club level the same people suggested to Matty Taylor he should leave Rovers to play for City as it his best financial opportunity? He’s not “leaving” England, he’s been playing for Scotland since U16! If anything he’s leaving Scotland.
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Post by fanboy on Sept 14, 2023 20:49:58 GMT
This wobbling between the two doesn’t really come across well imho
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Post by fanboy on Sept 5, 2023 20:02:42 GMT
That OG is so bad I refuse to count it!
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