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Post by bluestone on May 18, 2018 11:46:35 GMT
Most of you lot are a right bunch of miserable bastards ! After reading through these posts I feel like ringing the bloody samaratans ! Ha ha! Welcome aboard, I felt like that by the time we got to page 2! Depressing isn't it? The club are doing their upmost best with what they've got to make improvements in all areas and it seems some would prefer them not to bother. I've just moved our ST's into the new family stand from the SW stand and would have done so even if it were covered in canvass. I'm looking forward to seeing the new structure when it's built. It may not be anything to marvel at but I'm hoping it will give us a better match day experience as we'll be nearer the Thatcher's end where most of the noise is generated and I reckon we'll get a better view of the game too. UTG!
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Post by bluestone on May 18, 2018 10:51:06 GMT
Sorry to disappoint all the tent bashers on here but I understand that the new family stand will actually have a metal roof!
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Post by bluestone on May 14, 2018 10:56:04 GMT
In Wael we trust?
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Post by bluestone on May 10, 2018 12:42:56 GMT
As CGH suggests why are you choosing to ignore the "facts" on this topic? what about these facts
chairman Steve Hamer has confirmed that Rovers will be wasting no time in seeing to the pitch.
“Mercifully, our playing area gets torn up on Monday and a new fibre pitch will be laid giving us an unsurpassed playing surface for the first time at the Memorial Stadium in readiness for next season,” said Hamer.
Correct and that's also now been further confirmed by the contracts manager for the firm doing the work in the you tube interview on the clubs channel last week.
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Post by bluestone on May 8, 2018 17:43:17 GMT
OMG! The beard has shaved off his beard! What the hell are we gonna call him now?
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Post by bluestone on May 5, 2018 11:11:02 GMT
Hello there again!
I have just recently uploaded my end of season awards video, and I think that you should definitely check it out as Bristol Rovers were one of the winners of an award. But what could it be? Check out my video to find out:
Do you agree with my opinion? Thanks for sharing the video....of course I agree but then again I am somewhat biased!
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Post by bluestone on May 5, 2018 7:41:34 GMT
Listened to the interview last night. My take aways are that:
DC is clearly still very highly motivated and is hungry for more success with BRFC.
He continues to be supported by the owners in his quest to make us a professional outfit and push to the next level. As evidenced by the recent recruitment appointment.
He treats any funds that is made available for the team as if it was his own and accepts that he is not going to be thrown a boat load of cash to spend, therefore he has to try and add value to the squad by developing the players himself. I actually think he quite enjoys the challenge!
I got the impression he would probably like 'evolution not revolution'to go faster than it is but can see that a lot of effort is being made by the owners and the chairman to make progress with improving the infrastructure of the club.
He expects us to have the training ground up and running within a year and the stadium redeveloped with 5 years.
In short I am a very happy gas head after listening to that. I think DC is here for the next few years and may stay longer if things progress well on the infrastructure front. However if things stagnate over the next year then I could see him losing his patience and getting itchy feet. So fingers crossed we take some big steps forward soon, at least on the training ground front to keep him happy.
UTG!
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Post by bluestone on May 3, 2018 18:25:10 GMT
Very pleased to see Rollin included in the retained list with the other first team players. Hopefully this means we will be seeing a lot more of him on a Saturday afternoon next season.
I'm a big fan of the big guy. Would love to see him and Broadbent as a centre back pairing once they have gained more experience.
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Post by bluestone on Apr 30, 2018 19:44:04 GMT
What about these images for some inspiration....lol. Bristol Rovers (sponsored by Carlsberg)...probably the best tent stadium in...err...the west country?
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Post by bluestone on Apr 30, 2018 18:54:46 GMT
Can only hope it's temporary to increase capacity whilst there plans to build elsewhere. Another tent is a bit embarrassing, if the ground wasn't already a laughing stock. If you go on certain website's, a lot of away fans are quite complimentary about the Mem. Obviously a lot aren't, but you would be surprised what they say about it. Some may call it a dump but I would call it quirky! I hope when we redevelop it properly it still has some character to it. In many ways the UWE stadium design was actually quite bland tbh.
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Post by bluestone on Apr 30, 2018 17:45:04 GMT
Even if things go well on a redevelopment plan for the mem from this point forward we are probably a good few seasons away from that plan yielding any permanent improvements to the ground.
Why not make some relatively cheap temporary improvements that increase our seated capacity and make more of the ground covered in the interim period.
Hopefully it may only require a relatively small investment that pays for itself in which case it's a no brainer isn't it?
Assuming these rumours are true then I say fair play to Wael & Co, this to me is just another sign that our owners are in this for the long haul.
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Post by bluestone on Apr 30, 2018 13:46:52 GMT
Yea! More tents, I just love camping!
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Post by bluestone on Apr 29, 2018 11:21:51 GMT
Cheers for the report.
I would have to disagree with you on the ref, I thought he was pretty awful tbh and kept getting fooled by the Gills throughout the game.
Re: Moore, I have been really impressed with him since his recent return to the starting 11, especially when on the right hand side. Yesterday on numerous occasions he took on his man down the outside using his pace. Early during the season I had him down as one to go but not anymore, I would like him to stay.
Re: Nichols, he was definitely a weak link yesterday, kept getting the ball stick under his feet and losing possession, I honestly think I would prefer Luke J and that's saying something!
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Post by bluestone on Apr 24, 2018 21:52:50 GMT
Absolutely gutted by this news.
Will never forget that amazing day he helped us secure automatic promotion to L1, just think if it wasn't for his right foot we might still be in L2 now!
I wish him all the best, he will forever be a gas legend in my eyes.
UTG.
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Post by bluestone on Apr 22, 2018 18:43:43 GMT
Sign him and play him in 'the beard role', he is just as hard working and has an eye for the killer pass to play the strikers in , not knocking the former but there is n't any end product to his undoubted endeavors, well remember James playing Rory and Ellis in on goal. He was hard working I will give you that but for me he seemed to fall over a lot of the time and was very easily out muscled off the ball by the opposition, not something I would associate with the beard.
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Post by bluestone on Apr 22, 2018 10:19:27 GMT
Said before and I will say it again. DC as run out of ideas he is not good enough to lead us out of this division You've said it before probably about a hundred times so you don't need to say it again really....but of course you will.
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Post by bluestone on Apr 20, 2018 9:04:08 GMT
Yes x 3!
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Post by bluestone on Apr 10, 2018 18:29:38 GMT
Big game for the sh** tonight they could be a point off the play offs tonight or 7 points off it and out of it. Come on Birmingham. Fingers crossed they continue their poor form and Monks men come out on top. Snakey is back by the looks of it, he's on the bench for them tonight, I just hope he doesn't start banging them in at this stage to rescue their play off hopes.
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Post by bluestone on Apr 10, 2018 17:20:28 GMT
Certainly didn't look out of place on Saturday did he? I think we need to see more of him but tbh if he wasn't a decent prospect I don't think DC would have selected him.
What I think is fantastic about this is if these development squad players (Kelly, Rollin, Russe, Hargreaves etc) can make the step up to the first team so quickly it allows us to provide even more opportunities to young players at the U23's level next season.
UTG!
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Post by bluestone on Apr 10, 2018 13:33:11 GMT
Ah yes but I've heard sausage roll sales are up!
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