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Post by bluestone on Jan 27, 2018 16:31:39 GMT
Menayese, Sweens & Broadbent now all on together.
Wow this should be interesting! We're literally putting a brick wall up in front of our goal.
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Post by bluestone on Jan 27, 2018 16:11:47 GMT
Ginja ninja strikes!
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Post by bluestone on Jan 27, 2018 15:27:47 GMT
Such a shame Sweeney hasn't been able to find the consistency of last season, he's been about as useful as a chocolate teapot so far this season. I dunno I think he's pretty useful to be honest!
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Post by bluestone on Jan 27, 2018 15:26:34 GMT
Sweeeeeeney!
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Post by bluestone on Jan 27, 2018 14:18:27 GMT
Well that puts to bed the myth that DC won’t play with two left-footed centre backs then. Locks injury he got towards end of last week must have been worse than first appeared Says on the club website he picked up a knock last weekend which doesn't sound like he'll be out for that long. Hope not because he has only just recovered some form.
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Post by bluestone on Jan 27, 2018 12:44:37 GMT
I literally cannot understand all the negative sh1t from people on here. Look at our history. There has never been a better time to be a gashead. So much potential. Owned by financially savvy and stable people. Playing at our own ground. Decent attendances. A young manager with a 49.2% win rate (better than Eddie Howe, less than 1% behind Jurgen Klopp). F*cking hell it is LUSH being a gashead right now. Typical pessimist Bristolians always finding something to bitch about. Some folks won't be happy until we have our very own rosy cheeked lady garden sugar daddy (a la the sh*t) and for some reason they think we've some god given right to success. Cmon do me a favour BRFC aren't the only hard up football club in the league and the chances of being snapped up by somebody who's got more money than sense are very slim indeed. We can't just sit around waiting to strike it lucky like that, our best chance of success is to support the manager, the team, the club and the owners to get there over a period of time and to make sure that success is sustainable in the long run. Sorry to say it but that is why the owners said from the outset it would be "evolution not revolution". To me it looks like that is exactly what we are getting. Don't get me wrong I would like evolution to go at a slightly quicker pace but there's f all I can do about it other than put my hard earned into their coffers by going to support the team every other Saturday. UTG!
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Post by bluestone on Jan 27, 2018 12:11:45 GMT
I would be happy with a draw to continue our unbeaten streak but fancy us to nick it in the last 10 mins. Ellis to score, he's due one!
UTG!
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Post by bluestone on Jan 26, 2018 14:10:20 GMT
DC is the manager. Why does he need to be f**king cryptic?
He clearly is closeish to Wael (pictures of them hanging out). I am sure DC will tell Wael and Hmer straight.
It's up to Wael and HAmer to convince Dwane Sports for money.
If HAni isn't interested in football I doubt he pays attention to DC interviews let alone veiled and cryptic bloody messages
People make me laugh. He is a football manager. all football managers want more money and more players.
So why was DC so negative in his pre-Christmas interviews? I doubt being close to Wael counts for a lot TBH when it's clearly Hani holding the purse strings, hence why DC keeps repeating the comments about people at the club being passionate but never says the same about the owner(s)!! it's nonsense to say Hani is not interested in Rovers as they must be a significant part of the ALQ business empire. Why was DC so negative before Christmas? I would have thought that was obvious, because we had won only 3 matches in the previous 14 games before we drew with Walsall on Boxing Day.
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Post by bluestone on Jan 26, 2018 14:03:17 GMT
It seems DC could not even sign his own name at the moment never mind a new player what hope do we have other than no hope So you admit you're hopeless then 😋
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Post by bluestone on Jan 25, 2018 19:18:36 GMT
I've got a really good feeling about Mayo. Watched him pre season. Looks like a centre half, good build, good in the air and technically decent, not a slouch either. Bright future. Spot on, I saw him play against Mangotsfield in pre season and he was as solid as a rock, it seemed that virtually every ball that came in he got on the end of it heading away to safety. I don't think it will be that long before we see him breaking into the 1st team on a more regular basis. Well done Rollin!
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Post by bluestone on Jan 25, 2018 16:50:05 GMT
Quite right. Ridiculous carrying out his media obligations and keeping fans informed. Every minute of every day during January should be spent looking at transfers - no sleeping, no eating, no going home, nothing but transfer business. He said after a game in late December that the phone would be glued to his hear so if it was then 1 signing so far he needs a new phone and contact list - surely he should have been negotiating transfers last year ready to complete in Jan I know, it's so bloody easy isn't it? Makes me wonder why you aren't employed as a scout for BRFC as you clearly know so much more about how to do transfer business. In fact why stop there, sky's the limit, I reckon you should be our manager instead of DC, or perhaps even our chairman. It's obvious that you would do such a better job than anyone else at anything else!
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Post by bluestone on Jan 25, 2018 14:26:01 GMT
What this tells us is that DC is still trying his hardest to achieve what he said he wanted to achieve at the beginning of the window. Nothing more nothing less.
But imo that's good to know as it keeps me optimistic that we still might have a good window overall (fingers crossed!). If he doesn't achieve it then naturally of course I will be slightly disappointed but I won't hold it against DC or the club, I do believe they are trying their best.
If he had not said anything then the pitchforks would be out as we go into Saturdays game, as it is some have them out already it seems, so he is probably damned if he does give us an update and damned if he doesn't.
Cmon DC, you can do it! You are the best salesman that BRFC have right now!
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Post by bluestone on Jan 24, 2018 17:00:29 GMT
As far as I know DC has not given a cast iron guarantee that he would bring in 3 or 4 players this window.
As far as I know the January window is not over yet so he can't be judged on what business he has our hasn't done yet.
He expressed his preference to making permanent signings in lieu of loans but said he might have to dip into the loan market in the last week if things don't work out.
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Post by bluestone on Jan 23, 2018 15:57:06 GMT
So the Fat Lady has finally sung. Will the last one on this thread turn off the lights when they go? The landing lights were turned off a long time ago lol
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Post by bluestone on Jan 21, 2018 23:52:56 GMT
Apart from what Ellis does on the pitch, imo he has been consistently brilliant this season, let's not forget that he also plays a very important role in the dressing room.
You can tell from his interviews he's a very funny bloke, I expect he keeps the teams spirits high with all his banter.
Also let's not forget he is still quite young so has time to improve even further. I expect he is definitely attracting interest from other clubs so if he's only on a 1 year deal then we should sign him up for 2 more!
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Post by bluestone on Jan 21, 2018 13:16:45 GMT
Partington got turned inside out several times by the little winger today, but he isn't a fullback anyway. But will become one of our best players. Bola seems to have drifted somewhat. He's ok but his distribution can be poor. He also took ages to get back in position after attacking down the wing. Problems arise when two many are played out of position. Not to mention Lines who contributes nothing. But quite rightly Gaffney was taken off today. One of his poorest games today I felt. But the others really came to the fore today. Sercombe really is a class act. Had to laugh with Mensa. He went mental when the third goal went in. There will be no shortage of banter with him in the changing room. What? I know it’s about opinions but that just bonkers! UTG! DC said in his post match interview that he changed formation to 4-4-2 when making the subs so I guess he thought he could afford to give Nichols a run out. Personally I would have kept Gaffney on as although he wasn't at his best he was holding the ball up well and Gaffney not at his best is better than Nichols at the moment. Nichols confidence looks shot to pieces right now, I don't think it would do him any harm to be loaned out for the rest of the season tbh but I don't see that happening.
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Post by bluestone on Jan 21, 2018 13:08:18 GMT
Hugo, where are you? Mass bans are in order!
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Post by bluestone on Jan 21, 2018 10:53:10 GMT
Any new news / rumours about Christian Doidge?
I see he scored a brace for FGR yesterday, would be great if we could sign him this window but I know that is unlikely if championship clubs are sniffing around.
I didn't realise that he was released by us as a teenager, that's clearly one that slipped through the net!
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Post by bluestone on Jan 21, 2018 10:39:50 GMT
You can tell DC has a particular issue with Ed, but the questions (if you can call them that) are pretty lame.
I've noticed that DC has certain 'tells' when he is getting fed up or irritated, he starts fiddling with his neck or rubbing his eye or something.
I think the interview wasn't actually going that badly but at the end DC was clearly annoyed by the fact that the transfer question would only have been raised if we had lost the game. Having said that the interviewer probably couldn't win as if he had asked the question he would have been slapped down by DC saying "what's wrong with my current squad, don't write off my players etc".
It makes for uncomfortable listening at times but at least DC is not afraid to express how he feels I suppose.
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Post by bluestone on Jan 21, 2018 10:24:53 GMT
Don't think Ellis or Gaffers deserve any criticism for yesterday.
Both battled hard, gave 100% and played an important part in a fantastic team performance and brilliant result.
For me Ellis edged it slightly yesterday but both of them actually made errors with some passes, I think it is unrealistic to expect them not to occasionally and that doesn't take away from what the boys achieved.
We beat 5th place Bradford 3-1 returning the compliment from earlier during the season, what's not to like about that!
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