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Post by bluestone on Mar 24, 2018 15:51:15 GMT
Cmon boys, give the traveling gas heads something to cheer about. I haven't heard Goodnight Irene once yet!
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Post by bluestone on Mar 24, 2018 15:19:41 GMT
Game sounds quite flat at the moment. BBC stats say we have had 25% possession and zero shots. The new formation isn't working.
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Post by bluestone on Mar 24, 2018 14:52:38 GMT
DC always surprises us doesn't he?
Interesting formation, perhaps he's decided that he needs to do something different to try and unlock a result against posh.
Good luck boys, bring us home 3 points please!
UTG!
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Post by bluestone on Mar 24, 2018 13:38:14 GMT
Hopefully the boys will want to avenge last week's away loss and will come out fighting.
3 points today would keep us in the mix for the play offs and give us something to really play for as we approach the Easter bank holiday games next weekend.
With Locks and Sweendog both out on international duty this will be an opportunity for Broadbent to remind DC what he's been missing. Would love it if he scored one today from a set piece.
UTG!
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Post by bluestone on Mar 23, 2018 23:02:10 GMT
Lol. Couldn't even be arsed to watch it. Would have been a complete waste of my time as far as I'm concerned.
England play such an insipid, tame and timid style of football these days. It's so frustrating to watch the players we know can entertain (as they do in the league week in week out) turn up and play in such a safe way and not feel confident enough to express themselves. It must be psychological I think, they seem afraid to go for it in case they make a mistake.
Tbh i would rather we had a right good go, if we lost a few games along the way so what.
We haven't got a chance in Russia playing like that imo.
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Post by bluestone on Mar 21, 2018 17:21:30 GMT
I may well be being particularly dumb today but can anyone explain for me please !!! At the moment I have a season ticket for myself & an U11 season ticket for my daughter, My older daughter has also just started attending games & will probably want a season ticket next season. Currently I only have one email address registered with the club, will I need to register another 2 email addresses in order to get my daughters seasons tickets even thought they'll both be juveniles ?? I can't believe the club will only issue 1 Season Ticket per e-mail address. This is all new to everyone, I'm not sure where I'm at with it either fella. Lol, classic Bristol Rovers isn't it? In a bid to modernise, streamline and simplify the process they actually create confusion and chaos all around! I absolutely love this club! UTG!
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Post by bluestone on Mar 19, 2018 15:35:47 GMT
You lot have got way too much time on your hands!
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Well Done
Mar 18, 2018 13:36:31 GMT
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Post by bluestone on Mar 18, 2018 13:36:31 GMT
I have noticed for a while now that we have quite a few idiots in our fanbase. If I'm being honest I like part of the stupidity sometimes as it adds to the experience. There is a line though and I don't support violence or the so called fans that only go to goad opposition etc. I don't mind the singing / chants etc (that's banter) but the goading and rude gestures that a lot of fans seem to spend all their time doing during the game is just childish and pathetic imo. I enjoy away games partly because the atmosphere is more raucous and exciting but I don't think that sort of behaviour adds anything to the experience, for me it's just very annoying and distracts from the game.
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Post by bluestone on Mar 18, 2018 13:29:41 GMT
One thing I do agree with is the comment about corners, we're very unimaginative and predictable. Also the ball gets played in too slow. We should play it short or cut it back once in a while to mix it up.
I felt the same way about it throw ins before Xmas, we were losing possession at most of them I reckon, we seem to have fixed that now but corners definately need improvement.
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Post by bluestone on Mar 18, 2018 13:25:10 GMT
Topper Gas , What doesn't make sense?- You have highlighted just bits and pieces. We were the better side yesterday but that far from makes us a Play Off chasing side- Plymouth did not look a good side and frankly their defence was awful and a decent side would have beaten them yesterday. We lost because out tactics are wrong and we are inviting pressure. The number of games we have lost justly says that as many "projects" are failing as succeeding. The changing formation IMO is not helping us-these are my opinions and you are entitled to yours-fair enough. You're being unrealistic if you expect the opposition not to get spells in the game when they are able to apply pressure, especially when we're away from home. The result has nothing to do with changes in the team or formation or DC's project tactics. We were the better side and deserved to win, if not for the ref we would have.
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Post by bluestone on Mar 18, 2018 13:20:26 GMT
Gone a bit OTT there with the self criticism there I feel.
It was an entertaining end to end game, I think we were playing very well to be honest and if not for a dodgy ref we would have come away with all of the points. We were robbed imo.
Could we have played better? Yes of course, as DC said we came out after half time off tempo, I suspect the boys spent a bit too much energy in the first half, I also felt our fans did the same as we weren't singing as loud either after the break!
Some of the finishing of our opportunities could have been better and we were definately caught out with their first goal from the corner. Not much we could have done about the deflection goal and the pen wasn't a pen, simple as that.
The biggest disappointment for me (apart from the result obviously) was the crowd trouble. That soured the day for me.
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Post by bluestone on Mar 18, 2018 11:42:04 GMT
Totally embarrassing behaviour from some of our fans, irrespective of the fact that the muff idiot went onto the pitch, that is simply not an acceptable excuse.
I honestly think that quite a few only go to away games simply to goad, shout abuse and gesticulate at the home fans. It's as if they are not actually interested in the football.
Whilst they were all busy puffing our their chests acting like hard men the game was being played on in front of us, they should have put their energy into supporting the boys like the majority of the true gashead supporters who stayed out of the fray.
I have only attended a handful of away games this season with my old man but after yesterday on the way back he said to me that the trouble makes him think twice about going again which is a real shame, could be one less supporter for the boys.
My 9 year old son keeps asking to come to an away game with us but I would never want to let him witness such pathetic discraceful behaviour so I definitely won't be bringing him with me for the foreseeable future. What a pity, one less supporter for the boys.
Hope the gas head who got hurt is going to be ok. I expect that he might not want to go to an away game after that, again probably one less supporter for the boys.
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Post by bluestone on Mar 17, 2018 14:36:00 GMT
Taylor as well as Carey are the ones that make them tick. We must take advantage of both their 1st choice CB's being out though... Both are in the starting 11
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Post by bluestone on Mar 16, 2018 19:45:26 GMT
Some very interesting information in that interview regarding DC's relationship with other managers and it gives us a real insight into what goes into the recruitment process. What comes across to me is how hands on and involved he is with everything.
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Post by bluestone on Mar 16, 2018 9:05:18 GMT
DC please please play Broadbent!
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Post by bluestone on Mar 15, 2018 9:39:42 GMT
Indeed. In a previous AGM, Higgsy admitted they couldn't even afford a Chief Exec until we got a new stadium. It was why Boycey did all the marketing in his lunch hour, Higgsy did the player negotiations, the supporters club helped out, etc etc. It was a corner shop. Christ, they even sought a director to have IT experience. They did their best, but it was pitiful come the end and by the grace of god (and darrell) we got out of the Conference. We are now a professional club with professional people. Its a massive sea change and that takes investment (and initial losses), we have a medical & fitness infrastructure, under 23 development squad beginning to bear fruit, hugely expanded academy, marketing department and now even have a business development office in London. Lets hope that bears fruit too, because hopefully when we get a stadium to capture all the benefits of this work we really are ready to go places. I spot no asset stripping. In fact, the opposite. But hey, Gasinsider thinks we are on the road to oblivion - probably because of no more titbits from the corner shop. Pretty sure what I prefer. 2 ways of looking at it though. We were run that way because we were losing money and we didn’t want to increase the debt we already had. Now the ALQs have come in and put all those things in place and increased our debt further in 2 years the previous board had done in 5. Now that debt has to be guaranteed or loaned to the club. So as long as that continues all well and good. But what gasinsider is concerned about is what if the debt outstrips the assets owned and the current board decide to no longer finance or underwrite the club? With no solid foundations for the future yet to be released, or by the sound of it even planned together with a training ground not even in the name of the club and currently a piece of waste ground, there are genuine concerns. All we have is the word that Wael is in it for the long term, but there isn’t any long term plans...so what does he exactly mean? Ok bumbling along under the last board was a painful process but our debt was certainly lower. I’m not entirely sure if the threat of immediate administration was there. That was something that rattled around over years which started black and gold campaigns etc. And that self prophecy turned into a complete nonsense. Currently, we are kind of better off than we were, but kind of not due to the heavy price of debt we are taking on. Surely we were at the mercy of the last owners as well as our new owners. Not much difference other than the rate of debt being racked up as you point out. However the way the club was ran under the old guard it seemed we had squat diddly chance of becoming a self sustaining professional club whereas we seem to be more likely to become that with the new owners. With either scenario we need investment (stadium, development squad, training facilities, back office staff etc.) to become a self sustaining professional outfit. My view is that we seem to be making a lot more progress in that direction under the new ownership than we were previously therefore I think we are in a better place than we were. It's going to take time and I for one accept that, it's taking longer than I would ideally like but we were told it was going to be evolution and that's what we are getting imo. UTG!
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Post by bluestone on Mar 12, 2018 19:58:55 GMT
It won't be at all easy for them. Have you seen the state of the carpet in the Corridor of Uncertainty? Not to mention the fact that there are no ceilings anymore following the storm damage!
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Post by bluestone on Mar 12, 2018 18:53:52 GMT
I can't wait to see the feedback on here, it's going to be a complete meltdown for some (Wael's lost interest, no money to invest, stadium redevelopment = were getting more tents and will take a decade to complete, colony going nowhere blah blah blah), for some it may be over excitement (next year we're going up, top 6 budgets, landing lights are coming back on etc etc).
I'll say right now that it will be more of the same, evolution not revolution, hopefully announcement of various improvements planned over the coming year and there's nothing wrong with that as far as I'm concerned. My expectations are already firmly in the right place, I'm a very happy gas head who is ready to renew his ST right now.
UTG!
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Post by bluestone on Mar 12, 2018 9:31:06 GMT
His off the ball movement is a delight to watch! His on the ball movement is also a delight to watch. Very skillful player indeed who seems to be growing in confidence every game. Can't wait to see what he can do when we've got some decent grass at the mem next season!
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Post by bluestone on Mar 11, 2018 13:31:14 GMT
Good write up, more or less how I saw it.
Whilst Ellis was not at his best yet I do think he deserved more than a 5 though.
Stand out points for me:
Slocombe - by passing it out from the back he kept the game moving well and allowed us to retain possession. I for one think he is better than Smith so happy that DC made the swap.
Bennett - building in confidence every game it seems and what a find by DC! A joy to watch and love the fact that he is allowed to express himself. Although dinky he doesn't seem to get out muscled like other small players (Nichols and Luke James come to mind) but also he's not afraid to make the odd interception and presses the opposition quite well.
Given everything that has been said about our horrible pitch we played some excellent fluid passing football yesterday. It seemed to me that we have adapted to be able to play on it but Northampton were slip sliding all over the place! You could see their players getting very frustrated as the game went on, even having to take throw ins and corners seemed difficult to them. Maybe we can use it to our advantage for the rest of the season against done if the better sides!
UTG!
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