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Post by markczgas on Dec 20, 2019 21:25:06 GMT
Should be a XMAS cracker ! I remember our game with them last season at home - 2 -2 draw -one of the best games of the season I thought. Think it was Ferguson's first game in charge and they sneaked a late equaliser.
going back to tomorrow's game - hoping for a good'un but can't help worrying about all the upheaval - first GC and then Dunne going - fearing it might just be too much for us, but who knows we might have a big crowd - make some noise and spur The Gas to 3pts !!
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Post by markczgas on Dec 20, 2019 21:19:37 GMT
btw. Cribbs training ground was bought a while ago by a private school - Redmaids if I remember rightly so all football users including the Gas will have to move in about a year apparently.
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Post by markczgas on Dec 20, 2019 21:17:06 GMT
it would all be so different if we owned our own training ground
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Post by markczgas on Dec 20, 2019 14:24:29 GMT
Good to see KM is taking the team tomorrow - he has been closer than anyone to the team this season. The candidates seemingly available at the moment for the new manager do not inspire me - personally I would leave things as they are with Maher, Mansell and Tucker running things until the season end. I'm sure there will be more candidates available before the start of next season if the club need to
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Post by markczgas on Dec 20, 2019 14:24:06 GMT
Good to see KM is taking the team tomorrow - he has been closer than anyone to the team this season. The candidates seemingly available at the moment for the new manager do not inspire me - personally I would leave things as they are with Maher, Mansell and Tucker running things until the season end. I'm sure there will be more candidates available before the start of next season if the club need to recruit again. might agree with you but importantly which players are staying and going is also huge.
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Post by markczgas on Dec 20, 2019 14:22:41 GMT
Mayer, Manse & Tucker in charge tomorrow, then. Hargreaves out of the running for the job? Absolutely, can’t believe people would think he’ll get it when he’s not even been involved in the two games when we are down to the bare bones Have you forgot he assisted GC when there was no manager appointed after DC left ?
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Post by markczgas on Dec 20, 2019 10:28:38 GMT
Thing is Starnes was put in a rock and a hard place with the question. If he says no players including JCH won’t be sold and we end up selling him for a big fee then everyone would call Starnes a liar and the club with no ambition. If he says we have to sell a player to balance the books and to create working player budget then everyone will decry the club for everything they do now. The journo was trying to pre-empt the future which in some respects the club, the board or even the players have no control over. What he said was correct and worth remembering that JCH has 2 years to go on his contract, is a BRFC player and if someone wants him they need to pay the going rate for him and whilst he’s scoring 11 goals in 19 games he will garner interest. yes but Starnes could've said - the club is bowled over with the surprise success this season and confirm that no-one will be sold in Jan window so the club can have a crack at top 6 come the end of the season - result: fans fully behind the club and probably increased gates and revenue : JCH would still have 18mths left on contract and so will command a big fee in the summer Otherwise : we sell him now and who knows others (Jaakola ?) - no replacements come in or a few loans and we drop like a stone - crowds down to barely 6k and lost revenue for the club. Depends what state our finances are in (we sort of know) and how the club want to deal with it of course.
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Post by markczgas on Dec 20, 2019 9:55:13 GMT
Graham has gone up a bit in my estimation there. Appreciated he took the time to speak to 20man and try and smooth things over a bit. What shined through for me was that the decision to leave was 90% based on being close to his family. Its a shame then that in his Ipswich post match he was talking about not being able to take the club further and all that stuff. We'll soon find out if his hands had been tied in January when the window opens and we start to see the incomings and outgoings. I don't. I just think 20man didn't press him on his other reasons for leaving - maybe he thought GC wouldn't say anything - ex-managers have clauses put in their contracts that they cannot criticise the running of their club on leaving it. We shall see the whole truth by 31st Jan.
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Post by markczgas on Dec 20, 2019 9:51:11 GMT
From Bristol Post ...
"Now, like many other supporters, I am left wondering if he believed the club matched his own ambition and were prepared to give him the necessary financial backing to reach the Championship.
Had he been told that Jonson Clarke-Harris will be sold in the January transfer window? When chief executive Martyn Starnes was asked about that prospect this week, he replied with the phrase “every player has his value”.
That is almost like issuing an invitation to other clubs to make bids. Are we going to see Rovers’ star striker follow the manager out of the club at a time when the team are among the League One promotion contenders and enjoying a run in the FA Cup?
Only time will tell, but everything now rests with the board and fans are crying out for some positive news, not just on the playing side, but about plans for a new stadium and the development of a training ground".
If only we can get some straight answers from Starnes or Wael. does anyone know if Geoff Twentyman is going to have any interviews with BRFC leadership in the near future ? Sadly, I fear a nosedive down the table as the season goes on. UTG !
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Post by markczgas on Dec 18, 2019 16:14:50 GMT
another quirky stat - all our 5 league defeats have been 0 - 2 !!
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Post by markczgas on Dec 18, 2019 16:12:25 GMT
What price does everyone really expect for JCH? I can’t remember a big price received for one our players in a long time ? It's very sad that we have to be resigned to losing him when we are on such a good run - I think Starnes could've said - he's going nowhere this season and we are going to do everything to stay in the top 6. Instead he's telling everyone - every player has his price and such and such a club are showing an interest. Whatever we get for him (600, 700, 800K !?) we know very little of it will be invested back in the playing budget.
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Post by markczgas on Dec 18, 2019 16:06:23 GMT
This is our home record. Bristol Rovers 10 5 4 1 17 11 +6 19 very solid. bring on the Posh !
and our away Bristol Rovers 9 5 0 4 12 14 -2 15 . We have won 5 of our last 6 away and are now 4th in the form table !
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Post by markczgas on Dec 18, 2019 16:03:28 GMT
Posh's record at Home Peterborough 10 7 2 1 25 9 +16 23 Mightily impressive !
and their away record. Peterborough 10 3 3 4 18 16 +2 12 nowhere near as good.
I think the players will be well-pumped for this game but it would be so much more positive for us if we have some more players back - Ogogo and JCH of course - these two always give us fans a lift !
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Post by markczgas on Dec 17, 2019 15:22:56 GMT
Cant understand why he left now as if had stayed to the end of the season and got us either onto the playoffs or promoted he could have touted himself to any club up north. He has made a big mistake. Tough. Im looking forward to Walsall thrashing Mansfield If our best players are going to be sold in Jan (and Starnes comments about JCH suggest this), I fully understand him. I think GC did a brilliant job - his record speaks for itself - I'm gutted about him leaving and terrified about what lies ahead to be honest. This could've been a very exciting season but now .............................it could go very flat.
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Post by markczgas on Dec 14, 2019 22:14:47 GMT
BBC Radio Bristol reports that Mansfield have had an approach for Bristol Rovers manager Graham Coughlin turned down by the League One club.
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Post by markczgas on Dec 14, 2019 22:03:18 GMT
Fair points but as a fan who’s been to Mansfield to watch us many times there’s no way on any day ( stadium Or training facilities aside) I’d never ever say they had more potential than us . I’m obvs wrong though..... wouldn’t be the fist time ! 😃 Totally agree that we have far more potential than them, I just find it depressing that so many "smaller" clubs have far better facilities than us. meanwhile The Colony lies wasting away ....... cos it costs too much to sort out
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Post by markczgas on Dec 14, 2019 21:57:21 GMT
Sounds like the family issues are coming first (they live in Sheffield). We should respect him for that and thank him for what he’s done for us over the past year, and then move on. In which case from a geographic point of view it’s a no brainer. and if Mansfield at least match his salary - you can understand it. Plenty of players drop a division to sign for another club - as long as the money is good or contract longer
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Post by markczgas on Dec 14, 2019 21:54:26 GMT
Stags fans seem pleased. Obviously every single one of us can understand the frustrations at the apparent lack of money the club are investing in the squad, but do we really want to rack up potentially crippling debt to chase a pipe dream we haven't got the infrastructure to sustain. We aren't in any way ready for championship football, and until we are financially stable and have a new stadium/better facilities. We are better off staying as a mid table club. Granted that could well be beyond my lifetime. I'd rather not end up being the next bury. What you say is all perfectly good/ common sense, but it's also crushing especially for a supporter in a 2 -club city.
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Post by markczgas on Dec 14, 2019 21:22:58 GMT
which bit of the interview ? All of it. Very odd thing to come out and say hes considering his future after a great away win against one of the top teams in the league. Other managers have done this before ..... a roll of the dice perhaps ...... to get more from the board. If he gets what he wants from them - he will stay. As you say after a great win - so his mind was still on the job enough to get them up for this mega tough game and win it. We will know very soon.
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Post by markczgas on Dec 14, 2019 21:13:48 GMT
Hoping GC stays whatever people are now writing ....... he said he's going to think over his situation tonight and probably everything will be a lot clearer/ decided by Monday. UTG ! Probably a bit late for that, hes painted himself into a corner and more or less made his position untenable hasnt he? which bit of the interview ?
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