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Post by markczgas on Jun 15, 2020 11:26:02 GMT
Warwick could be staying too. Dionne? Walk on by. The Stranglers.
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Post by markczgas on Jun 15, 2020 11:18:27 GMT
Pity we're stuck with Little and Bennett. Both probably on decent wages and for various reasons never play. Also sorry to see Sercs and Craig move on. Sercs was our most naturally gifted midfielder and I'd have liked to see Craig given a player coach role. I'm on the fence regarding Clarke. I think we're right to offer him a deal but it should be for a fringe player not a captain. Other than that, much as expected. do you blame Little for getting injuries ? Do you think he was doing it on purpose ?
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Post by markczgas on Jun 15, 2020 11:14:31 GMT
anyone noticed with that list we r light on forwards only jch and James Daly left Keiran Phillips Warwick could be staying too.
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Post by markczgas on Jun 15, 2020 11:13:48 GMT
Sad to see TC go … Would have been a good voice in the dressing room and a guide to the defensive team in training. How Ollie Clarke hasn't been released is beyond me … fingers crossed he wont take a drop in pay ( surely that's what we are insisting) and will move on. Thing is, if he refuses our contract offer, where does he go? Who'd want him? MIGHT get an offer at a Walsall or Northampton but more likely to be wanted by a bath city.. They can't give him a decent wage.. Seem to remember a similar thing happened with a defender we had in our conference season called neal trotman.. We spent ages negotiating a new contract with him, he refused, we released him and no one else wanted him, never found another club and retired without playing another game for anyone.. OC would do well to consult trotman before he dismisses a contract offer out of hand as I feel similar could happen to him. a wind -up or an insult to Ollie Clarke ! You're comparing injury -prone Trottman with Clarke ! and Trottman was a conference player too !
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Post by markczgas on Jun 15, 2020 11:10:34 GMT
very sad to see TC go, but understandable because of his age. Can see him going to a promotion chasing L2 club now. Rarely a bad game and as influential as Steve Elliott was for us a few years ago. Happy to see Nicho, Reilly and Matthews go - all were too lightweight and didn't have enough pace or skill to get by at L1 level.
Hope Ollie, Harry and Lucas all sign.
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Post by markczgas on Jun 7, 2020 13:06:54 GMT
Have you got a spare one ?
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Post by markczgas on Jun 7, 2020 12:56:27 GMT
Its disappointing that we are still reading negative comments about the manager of our football club. On the particular issue of this thread every supporter must know that our mis firing midfield has been a big problem for the last couple of seasons and what ever has been tried does not seem to work,its also been a major contribution for our strikers failing to hit the heights. All our current midfielders are capable of man of the match performances as individuals but they are few and far between, and which ever combination from the same 4/5 players is put on the field they do not seem capable of performing as a unit. Personally i would have made radical changes a long time ago and IMHO BG can see the problem and has decided to do something about it, i can see where he is going with it and fully support him in his efforts, i know i am a Tinter and the only experience i have of sport management is running a marble grand prix team of average, mid table ability !but as far as the manager and players of our team are concerned those glasses will always be on! UP THE ROVERS! I understand where you are coming from but I also don't get this Rovers midfield isn't good bit - what's wrong with Ogogo, Sercombe, Upson and Clarke ? I'd say they're all good players - all league 1 players. Hope the other 3 stay and we get a similar type replacement to Sercs - a ball carrier with an eye for a goal.
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Post by markczgas on Jun 7, 2020 12:52:08 GMT
Sorry to see Sercs go - he was an exciting player when playing well and he scored some cracking goals. I do remember one belter at The Mem from a free kick - a game I think we still lost - was it Gills 2 -1 ?? Think he was unlucky with regular niggley injuries these last two years. He'll get a big clap from me whenever he comes back to The Mem.
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Post by markczgas on Jun 7, 2020 12:48:27 GMT
don’t believe a word about wanting 2 get rid of certain senior players it seems 2 me that some fans on this forum want Ben garner 2 fail Garner is managing to fail all on his own. He doesn't need our help. That's not very loyal dear chap !
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Post by markczgas on Jun 7, 2020 12:40:57 GMT
That's a great interview there. Walker certainly loves The Gas !
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Post by markczgas on Jun 7, 2020 12:22:02 GMT
That's a shame - he was known to be a bit of a prickly character, wasn't he ?
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Post by markczgas on Jun 7, 2020 12:20:20 GMT
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Post by markczgas on May 22, 2020 13:49:13 GMT
Oh and when we played West brom in last 16 of the fa cup at the mem a few years ago and got hammered in awful conditions from memory.. West brom had a big striker possibly on loan to them called Miller?? He was a right handful and absolutely tore us apart from what I remember I think you mean FA Cup QF - but there was nothing awful about the conditions - just that kick off was about 6pm on a Sunday - oh and that Miller was too good that night.
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Post by markczgas on May 22, 2020 13:45:27 GMT
Steve Kindon playing for Wolves against us at Eastville when they hammered us 1-5. I spoke to him about that performance several years ago and although it has always stayed with me he couldn't remember it at all. Maybe it shows how crap we were . Anyway how about remembering a brilliant Gas performer ! There must've been one of those
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Post by markczgas on May 22, 2020 13:43:20 GMT
Lambo when he got 4 past Southend. Think he got taken off after getting his 4th - save Southend more of a battering.
Randall v Soton in the cup at Eastville also springs to mind.
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Post by markczgas on May 22, 2020 13:40:58 GMT
Hi Gasheads, first time Ive been on since day after Sunderland win. Hope you are all doing well. Saw this on the Rovers' site - good to see that several players - local and from the outside are going on to do apprentices. www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/2020/may/scholars-join/The article says 6 local and 3 from outside have been offered scholarships but I noticed only 8 players featured ( 6 local and 2 from outside). Does anyone know who the other player is ? Anyone know about any of these boys. I saw Zak Ford play when he was much younger - he really impressed then. Cheers !
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Post by markczgas on Mar 14, 2020 16:19:25 GMT
Yes I’m feeling fat. Had a huge fry up this morning and can hardly move. don't you mean bloated not flat ?
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Post by markczgas on Mar 14, 2020 16:17:34 GMT
Doing a bit of digging. Luke Russe is playing for Chippenham in Conf south at home to top of table Wealdstone. Currently 1- 1. Yep I am missing The Gas today
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Post by markczgas on Mar 14, 2020 16:09:46 GMT
Bluebutterfly, I know what you are saying but it was the worse situation that he could have come into with that happening straightaway especially for a team like us that scored very few goals and rarely win a game by more than one goal. How i see it is that there is no need to play down coughlan's achievements at rovers just to support an argument for ben garner. When coughlan was manager people put down DC to big up coughlan but to me that was stupid. If garner can get the team playing like they did v sunderland he can make his own reputation without any need to downplay the previous manager. Under coughlan jaakola,hare,davies,craig,kilgour,upson,ogogo and clarke-harris were all consistent performers so it was not just about those jaakola saves. Agree with you they performed well but these 3 couldn't play for BG as they were injured for most/nearly all of the 16 league games - so made BG's job a lot harder, no ?
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Post by markczgas on Mar 14, 2020 16:07:04 GMT
Lets be a bit fair when we say that Ben took over a team in 4th place. Yes that is correct BUT and its a big but. How many points were gained in that first period by world class saves week in week out from Annsi and Ben Garner lost him within 8 minutes of the game against MK Dons and confidence went big time until Ben signed Blackman. Whilst Blackman is a brilliant basic goalkeeper he does not make the worldies that Annsi did. I actually think Blasckman is the better all round keeper but will not win as many points as Annsi did. Add to this when you take over a team in a great position you can generally only go one way-down whereas if you take over a team performing badly it is easier to make signings that will make the team better and your chances are that there will be an upturn. I don't really think there were many of us who thought we were a top four side. That liverpool keeper is brilliant look what happened when he was injured. So really liverpool are very lucky and in a false position because of alisson. So basically klopp and coughlan just got lucky because of their goalkeepers. think he's saying a combination of things but The Jaak won us many points for sure. We were not destined to finish 4th the way we were playing under GC - I'd have been happy to stayed in the top 10. Maybe if he stayed and got 3 more good players in ( striker to partner JCH, a left -sided wing back/attacker and someone at right-wing back to replace Hare then yes - top 6 was on.
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