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Post by Wembley_Gas on May 24, 2024 20:57:07 GMT
The gas are going to be linked with every man and his dog Roll on the Preseason and summer window or as I like to call it the "Silly Season" Every man and his dog have already signed for Rotherham đ Youâd have thought with a name like Rovers weâd at least be more attractive to dogs than Rotherham!
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Post by Wembley_Gas on May 23, 2024 15:14:41 GMT
Itâs about appearances. Look fanbase we really were after decent players we just didnât quite get them ⌠sorry you ended up with the squad you got but we tried! And itâs not just the fanbase theyâll be trying to convince, if we want Evans to extend his contract being linked with better players than we can afford might tip the scales. LT and Connor T would be kept happier if there seemed to be some quality in the signings we attempted to make. Were LT and Connor signed accidently? Or has this new cunning ruse only began with Alfie May? Then what about ÂŁ300k for Conteh? You are overthinking it, in my humble opinion. They have told us our budget is lower, pretending to be willing to throw money about for appearances makes no sense. You accusing me of thinking? How dare you! Both LT and Connor were signed in the spirit of JB getting the band back together and the promise of a forward of the calibre of May or JCH which didnât materialise. The ÂŁ300k for Conteh was a sweetener for losing another of âthe bandâ in Collins. We are weaker than we were at the start of last season with apparently a lot less to spend and supposedly about ten places to fill, hence Edwards, who is apparently worth top end six figures or just in seven figures isnât a likely use of our war chest and mention of him as a rovers target is more for show than a realistic pick.
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Post by Wembley_Gas on May 23, 2024 13:27:36 GMT
I reckon this is another Alfie May type link. Weâre quite happy to let it be known weâve spoken to them about him but in reality we wonât talk seriously about money and wages etc and then declare we were just pipped by better offers having never really made one. It maintains the appearance that weâre prepared to splash serious cash but our transfer fee ceiling is more than likely about half that of the bigger budget L1 clubs and weâre already priced out of the race for players commanding a substantial fee. interesting story. what would be the point? Other than to increase what other expect us to pay, which isnt a bonus. Itâs about appearances. Look fanbase we really were after decent players we just didnât quite get them ⌠sorry you ended up with the squad you got but we tried! And itâs not just the fanbase theyâll be trying to convince, if we want Evans to extend his contract being linked with better players than we can afford might tip the scales. LT and Connor T would be kept happier if there seemed to be some quality in the signings we attempted to make.
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Post by Wembley_Gas on May 23, 2024 13:11:56 GMT
I reckon this is another Alfie May type link. Weâre quite happy to let it be known weâve spoken to them about him but in reality we wonât talk seriously about money and wages etc and then declare we were just pipped by better offers having never really made one. It maintains the appearance that weâre prepared to splash serious cash but our transfer fee ceiling is more than likely about half that of the bigger budget L1 clubs and weâre already priced out of the race for players commanding a substantial fee.
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Post by Wembley_Gas on May 22, 2024 23:59:20 GMT
Millers fan here (in peace) We are currently rebuilding our squad in L1 after the Matt Taylor stint in charge. We now have only five Matt Taylor signings left, two of which are injured, He just kept signing more and more crocked players who had no affinity with our club. Tactics, especially away from home were ultra-negative and we only won one away game during his entire spell in charge. Thought I had better warn you about what he has been like. By the way I have visited Bristol many times over the years to see the Millers play there , and often stayed with friends who were Rovers fans. I may be able to visit again next season. Good luck (except against the Millers). Thanks but weâve already noticed a shift towards less forwards on the pitch as the season went on, Chris Martin getting suspended enabled us to try a new formation of 7-3-0 in our last couple of gamesâŚeven at home. Also luckily for MT we already had our own stockpile of perpetually injured players so he hasnât needed to take any action in that regard! What he has been able to tell us in his highly entertaining and motivational after match interviews is that although we are blessed with talented footballers they are flawed into making the same mistakes week after week which he as a highly paid coach is unable to train out of them and he needs some new blood in the squad equipped to do what he requires. Presumably thatâs two ears to hear instructions, a brain to carry out said instructions, legs to move them around the pitch to where those instructions will be most beneficially employed. Whoâd have thought we would have employed so many deaf, thick and immobile uncoachable footballers at the club at the same time?
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Post by Wembley_Gas on May 21, 2024 8:14:21 GMT
imagine if we got our business done early and had a good start to the season maybe im getting carried away, i'll be saying we're gonna win the Euros next Positive if we see this CB sign today. Optimistic George will be a good person to have in the club in this role. Well respected and loads of contacts it would appear. Is it naughty to want the first signing we get over the line to be a scouser? Donât think theyâve been that bad for our club overallâŚa young Rickie Lambert type would be great!
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Post by Wembley_Gas on May 20, 2024 12:24:17 GMT
Not seen any rumours yet? Club shop closed today - too much to hope for an imminent release?! What do we expect? Quartered back with gold numbers and piping? Blue shorts? White socks? Collar, V or round neck? It isn't going to have quarters on the back. Got told by club shop staff. Itâs going to have roundels on the back. Taylor, Wael & co say they are fed up with walking around with targets on their backs âŚletâs see how the fans like it.
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Post by Wembley_Gas on May 16, 2024 18:39:38 GMT
Great interview with a great servant of the club. Gave up so much of his personal life to be with us. Some on here have been suggesting he wanted out and that MT and him had fallen out but apparently they were talking new contracts but the ownership weren't interested in following it up. Said his best football has been under Taylor. Makes some on here look a little silly if true... Ownership werenât interested??? Does that mean the manager and recruitment team arenât deciding the make up and balance of the squad? Remind me, how did that work out for successive managers at Chelsea? I know itâs their money but let football people make the football decisions for goodness sake. I admit I have not been enthused by the idea of a team of MT hard working journeymen but saddling him with a load of players he canât work with has got to be worse.
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Post by Wembley_Gas on May 15, 2024 22:50:23 GMT
Finally JCH has put pen to paper and we can stop going on about him no it will just be months of moaning because we didnt get him now Think it will be less than a month of moaning that we didnât get him, once we start making signings it will shift to moaning about who we have got!
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Post by Wembley_Gas on May 12, 2024 16:50:07 GMT
Good idea, if Martin misses with his head butt Dean can follow up with a stamp or two. bells will ding a ling ling if they got together Well theyâd certainly live up to the Rat Pack moniker.
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Post by Wembley_Gas on May 12, 2024 15:22:02 GMT
Max Dean from MK Dons worth a punt? Now franchise MK have been totally spanked out of the playoffs and remain in the 4th tier next term. Good idea, if Martin misses with his head butt Dean can follow up with a stamp or two.
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Post by Wembley_Gas on May 2, 2024 16:43:46 GMT
I see the Grecians lost every game on display on that page, even the FGR one that has the scores against the badges the wrong way round!
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Post by Wembley_Gas on May 2, 2024 16:38:40 GMT
Trying to find information about our academy team is very difficult. I will try to post a link of the latest results / fixtures. I asked a serious question about 6 months ago asking were they played ?. I suggested the U.W.E but no one seemed to know. I'm sure fans would like to show support to the odd game . Click below for an outstanding win against Brentford recently. Interesting all opposition teams write a review on their official website of the games. Ours is non existent. www.brentfordfc.com/en/news/article/academy-bristol-rovers-u18-3-brentford-u18s-1Nice of them to bother listing our team although it looks like we started with 10 men!
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Post by Wembley_Gas on May 1, 2024 18:54:44 GMT
Anybody else surprised Hoole, Sinclair and Rossiter are all only considering our offers, does that mean the offers are so low that they are seriously considering their options? I recall in previous seasons the indication of whether offered contracts would be accepted or not was already known but not published immediately, instead being drip fed through what is notoriously a slow news month for clubs whose season is not extended by playoffs involvement
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Post by Wembley_Gas on May 1, 2024 18:40:13 GMT
He lives in Bristol apparently Swear Iâve seen him about Mangotsfield. Still rate him but think he may be a bit old for us if weâre young down the young and hungry route. Yes if the brief is to have a the consistency of a young squad sprinkled with a few old heads then with Wilson (35), Martin (35), Hunt (33), Ward (29) and potentially another 35 year old if Sinclair accepts the new deal that would suggest the âsprinklingâ is complete and a 34 year old Sercombe wouldnât fit the bill. If Scotty decides our offer is not good enough then there might be room for Sercs return.
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Post by Wembley_Gas on May 1, 2024 1:26:52 GMT
Howâs Mr Cardboard doing so far? Do you all have confidence in his abilities to build a new progressive Bristol Rovers? We donât do progressive, we have a subtle range of levels of mediocrity with occasional uncharacteristic promotional spurts.
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Post by Wembley_Gas on Apr 30, 2024 19:12:46 GMT
I've heard the retained list has been handed in, on the back of a fag packet. Benson and Hedges have been released, and are currently looking for a new club... The retained list was beautifully typed up on Rovers headed notepaper. Unfortunately the person responsible for publicising the list saw their own name was top of the list and left before sharing it!
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Post by Wembley_Gas on Apr 30, 2024 16:56:10 GMT
Iâd like us to employ Ukrainian former Russian international Rats in some capacity so that when he inevitably departs Bristol Live can use the headline âRats leaves Roversâ sinking shipâ.
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Post by Wembley_Gas on Apr 30, 2024 16:38:31 GMT
Perhaps as head of data and analysis he just completed analysing Friend, Spendlove & Taylor and realised it was time to get the hell out!
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Post by Wembley_Gas on Apr 28, 2024 21:21:39 GMT
So say is the football mantra. However is it really the case? Off the top of my head and during my time watching Rovers I've see the likes of Bobby Gould, Ian Holloway, Chris Lines, Gary Penrice, Paul Randall return and do a decent job. Conversely, Gerry Francis and John Ward blotted their copybook, although JW did do alright initially. Which players or managers returned and did well and not so well? Is the perceived wisdom really true? I think it's difficult to be as successful second time around because the very fact someone is asked to return means they set a high standard first time around. The fact they probably got sacked is forgotten because we only remember the good times. So anything they do on their return is compared to the good bits and not the hazy poor bits. One to buck that trend - Vaughan Jonesâs first spell at rovers was superseded by his second.
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