|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 29, 2024 21:37:49 GMT
If you look at the finished South Stand it does not take a genius to see that this is NOT a temporary stand and football wise it is the best stand at the ground. If similar was built all around the ground we would have a ground we could be proud of especially if it was built the same height as the existing east stand. I am convinced if we had the money then a ground of capacity around the 22000 could be built. As I have said before the actual land area is the same as Goodison Park.
|
|
|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 21, 2024 18:55:24 GMT
Oh no now the Return of the dust as if Roady returns wasnt bad enough. Where have you both been? Can you not go back there? I am sure every supporter is able to have an opinion as to whether they have their Rovers back and also know if they have without being told. This in all honesty is not about the sacking of JB. With or without either him or Matt Taylor how can anybody feel with these owners that they have their Rovers back when I have never thought until this season that I had lost them!! So many things that supporters have complained about coupled with numerous Board changes, a supporters club that is split, the cock up which has caused the new stand to be empty for so long, the JCH signing, ticketing. six weeks to find a replacement Manager and release of a letter just before season tickets go on sale which is the first we have heard from the new owners in an age. Do you really feel we have our Rovers back?
|
|
|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 21, 2024 18:37:21 GMT
Never mind lads it don't matter because as we all know "We have our Rovers back". In 60 years I have never felt any worse as regards where our team are. Yes we have had far worse times on the pitch and far worse times off the pitch but together this period takes some beating. Any new project takes a time and we have had god knows how many rebuilds but I cant recall any time i have felt worse than with the combination of decision making owners who seem to make decisions on other than football reasons with no real clue on what they are doing together with a Manager who whether it was his decision or the owners or a combination failed us miserably in the window. On health grounds I havent attended a fixture in two years an d worrying from my viewpoint im not sure if as a sofa supporter I am worse off or better off. One thing i certainly know are I feel a mile away from Having my Rovers back and not until I have faith in both the owners and the Manager will i feel like I have.
|
|
|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 21, 2024 10:28:24 GMT
The truth is that out of every hundred youngsters probably one makes it with even a League 2 team. Pirate names us thousands of players but how many are youngsters from this area? The days of lower clubs producing their own players were over when the rules were changed and made to so favour the top clubs. The truth now is that top clubs are paying so much for young talent that it makes it nigh on impossible for lower clubs to be able to afford these players even if they fail with the top clubs. If we followed what this writer is suggesting we will end up with all local players but Bristol Rovers will be playing well down the pyramid lost forever with your Torquay or Yeovil. Just as an example when was the last big,physical striker produced from this area? Unfortunately it has taken City twenty odd years of being the top local team to start producing their own talent and the truth is that unless you are playing Championship football then the value of your talent does not come to the fore. Any player who manages to play twelve of so Championship games suddenly is worth millions yet somebody who plays twice as many games in League 1 or 2 is unlikely to make the club £400,000. This is football today- Crewe were always used as an example of a club that brought through their own youngsters and granted they have produced some great stars but WHERE ARE CREWE NOW? Do we really want this for our club?
|
|
|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 21, 2024 9:58:50 GMT
I could bid a million pounds for a player if i had no intention of actually signing the player. This is the sour taste i still have on the JCH deal. I shall wait till the summer to make up my mind about the Manager but more importantly the owners. Talk is of a complete rebuild but this is not totally necessary as we will still have some good players left from this season. For example Brown has shown signs of being a very skilful player who could do a good job for us. He has not yet matched his Exeter form but perhaps this is because he has not yet found his place in the team. Wilson is another who recently has struggled but was a good player for Plymouth and the sort of player who many on here were saying was a great coup. Maybe yet he will prove that it is not his legs gone but a bad period of form due to return from injury. I think MT will be stupid just to write off players. Yes i appreciate that he will need to cut the wage bills-most Managers do have that stipulation but will the owners again come out with their Top 8 budget or will the Andy Tilson record signing remain during these owners tenancy? If it does the chances of Championship in 3 years are nothing short of a pipe dream.
|
|
|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 17, 2024 15:57:28 GMT
So Roady why did you return? Could have done us all a favour.
|
|
|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 12, 2024 21:30:20 GMT
Roady answer this for me. You said that the Manager had peanuts to spend in the January window but also you stated at least three quality players that the Manager wanted in the summer and one would definitely sign. What makes you think that these owners are suddenly going to pay good money? Are these three players you mention willing to play for peanuts? Where do you see good signs from this Manager that he can build a good side? Has he built one before? You are talking rubbish- you cant say now that players will sign for next year when they dont know what division we are going to be in.
|
|
|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 12, 2024 10:27:58 GMT
RD I do very much hope I am talking utter tripe. Nothing would please me more. I hope Roady is right and these new players of Championship quality will come in. I laugh when I hear Taylor talking about the squad in the same way as JB did when he came in- now that was a squad of useless players. The squad we have now is,when all are fit a good squad that needs a few changes and a complete change of attitude and tactics. In January we basically needed a striker (two if you take into account losing Collins, a centre half due to recent injuries and a reliable left back. The one thing I have never agreed with is having so man y loans that are regular players. IMO you should have your own team with the loan players boosting the squad and pushing your first team. I fully believe also that whoever is Manager at the beginning of the season should be the Manager at the end of the season. This would cut out the ridiculous situation that football is in at the moment when Managers are sacked after four of five games. IMO the only thing that is important is the position a team is in come May. I am worried the position we will now find ourselves in May and so heres hoping we pick up some surprise results as soon as possible.
|
|
|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 12, 2024 9:36:12 GMT
The big querstion is- Does Taylor have the ability to build the squad for next season. There are n o obvious signs he has. You would expect your Manager to have knowledge of the players available and I would have expected Taylor to know in January who was available but the things he said when he arrived about lack of scouting indicated he didnt have a clue on that side. JB had so many contacts and I am convinced the team only needed a bit of smart business in January. A striker like JCH would have been a big step forward. As it is we have taken a huge step backwards.
|
|
|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 11, 2024 10:43:13 GMT
Not Exeters fault but our fault for thinking that because a Manager plays a certain way with one team he can do it with a different team. Also both Tisdale and MT had lousy January windows with us. I fear the summer wont be much better. I hope I am wrong.
|
|
|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 11, 2024 10:37:27 GMT
Toppergas, I agree with you so IMO if you havent got a LWB you dont play with one and you play the extra player up front and pressurise the opponents defence. We allowed both Burton and Fleetwood to build from the back and in fact in both games we were the ones being pressurised. I have to say that since MT came in the football has deteriorated each game. His window was a waste of time- we are worse because he has signed light weights. Even the centre half at 6ft 5 is just not a bruiser and to be honest not a very good footballer- in fact just like Burtons 6ft 9 player doesnt look as if he can play football in a million years. Until we ATTACK teams at home we will not pick up any points and our away games coming up dont feel me with confidence with a Manager who looks and sounds out of his depth and I dont care who Roady says he will sign in the summer-the important time is now. Who knows who he will be able to sign in the summer when they dont even know what division we are going to be in? Roady chats rubbish, In Barton we were in most games we played,dominated possession and created chances and missed sitters. Some games were lost when we were reduced to 10 players, some were just downright poor refereeing. The last two games we cant blame the referees or missed chances because MTs tactics dont result in many chances created. In fact both Fleetwood and Burtons keepers could have stayed home. DIRE FOOTBALL.
|
|
|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 10, 2024 21:51:44 GMT
Our teams trouble is we are forever coming out of defence. The whole set up is to provide cover and numbers in defence without having the pace to get out if you are all going to defend. I get fed up of the two wing backs having to spend most of their time coming back then having two midfielders defending (generally not very well) and then at the most one player up front on his own. The new centre half is probably the poorest we have had. If we are going to play with pacy wide men then let them play as wingers and support the man up front with proper full backs behind them. We have in recent times had two Managers with an Exeter back ground and neither of them appear to have had a clue between them.
|
|
|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 10, 2024 21:24:18 GMT
Roady, I get fed up with hes looking at this or looking at that after what has been a totally disappointing window. If he plays the way we are playing at the moment with just one isolated up front and no front pressing we will be looking at a new squad in League Two next season. If that happens then for starters if the three players you mention are any good they will not sign for League Two. To me there are no signs at all that he is a better Manager than JB in either his team selection and substitutions or tactics. Christ he brings on defenders when we are two down and signed three light weights. Does he even look at videos of games under Barton. If so he would know that to play Gordon , Houle or Grant in defence is a recipe to disaster. Evans whilst playing well wastes 90 per cent of the free kicks and corners and most of the time Marquis is a headless chicken. If the club had not messed up the JCH deal IMO we would never have been in the mess we are in and also would not have lost AC. Three good players were needed in the transfer window. However to conclude it is no good looking back and we cannot afford to write the current players off completely or they will down tools (and may already have done so) and relegation will become reality. The Manager must change his thinking and change to an attacking ,pressing game of football and not let mediocre teams like Fleetwood and Burton play unopposed from the back. JB is gone and whilst I believe it was a bad decision, poorly timed and with no real knowledge of a replacement it is a decision that has been made and we as supporters must accept that and hope that Taylor can prove to be a good Manager which now the window is Past means getting the players he has playing to their peak.
|
|
|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 10, 2024 17:21:55 GMT
Boring Roady. Perhaps you want us to appoint Lee Johnson with you as his assistant.
|
|
|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 10, 2024 17:16:58 GMT
Does either Taylor or the owners know what they are doing? That is another absolute rubbish performance with a team that changed formation and personnel so many times with no real improvement. Throughout the game the only consistency was playing with one up front. Does it work? I don't think it has ever really worked. We are supposed to be the home side but we play like the away side with a Manager who does not appear to know what he is doing and in two games against two awful sides we have struggled to conjure up decent chances. How long will it take the Manager to work out that Grant is an awful defender and Gordons end product is a waste of time.Taylor has managed to make us even worse and nothing I have seen so far makes me think he is even an average Manager.. oh no I must be wrong because Roady says he is a very good Manager.
|
|
|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 10, 2024 16:14:19 GMT
You dont need to back off Roady because he is so knowledgeable. He comes back and the forum goes to pot. Loves to tell us who he knows ,now we are going to sign three very good players in the summer. We were 5 points off the Play offs when JB was sacked. Mtty Taylor has done very well (not) I hope he succeeds but so far i have watched more tripe than good and a boring style of football. Roady tells us he is a very good Manager-if he fails Roady will go missing again and then Roady will again return again later. We can survive without him returning!
|
|
|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 9, 2024 19:31:59 GMT
His very name Roadyretrns says a lot. Seems to take every opportunity to criticise JB . As far as I am concerned the signs are that MT will do no better than JB but i very much hope i am totally wrong. I am convonced that JB would have sorted us out in the January window and again finished the season in an improved position on last year.
|
|
|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 7, 2024 16:17:38 GMT
Gasify, Nothing to do with the change of regime.Due i think to results plus the inability to bring in a noteworthy striker ie JCH or similar ilk. Everybody knew that especially after selling Collins at least one striker was minimum requirement. However i am convinced that JB would have brought in another striker. It is far to early to blame the Manager or to say that the change was a poor decision. If a new striker had been brought in to show the owners mean business I have no doubt that the 75% limit would have been reached
|
|
|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 4, 2024 15:45:23 GMT
Very much of the optimist/pessimist is down to the owners and Manager as well as the players. I still believe that when you look at the squad we now have we are in a reasonably good place and I certainly dont think there is any need for a complete clear out in the summer. Obviously with six loans there are probably going to be the six leaving although evidence of recent times are that at least one of them will come back probably as a permanent even another loan. Of the rest of the squad at least to compare to previous years most if not all of the 18 are capable of playing League 1 football. Personally i would like to see a return to having mostly permanent signings. The lacking at the moment of strikers is to me a very negative point and i think is the reason that many supporters have given up on this season completely. The loss of form in the new year together with the failure to bring in a striker brought about our inability to reach the 75 per cent capacity on the new stand. With a sensible head the Play offs are probably out of reach unless we have a run of astonishing results. A marque signing of a striker would have created a greater belief in the owners but who knows perhaps at least one of the new boys is going to prove a marque signing.
|
|
|
Post by stevek192 on Feb 4, 2024 15:22:38 GMT
i personally feel that the 18000 is the minimum capacity that can be fitted in the ground and am sure that the club are looking sensible at this stage so as not to make too many hostilities with the neighbouring houses. The actual space available is no less than Goodison Park and therefore it certainly is not impossible to have a capacity of 22000-25000 and believe me i think if we were to reach the Championship those attendances would be possible as the availability of more seating and a higher standard of football together with making on the day availability will be more attractive especially to family attendance. Also dont be fooled by the City attendances because there looked to be a lot of empty seats in Ashton Gate on Friday for what was declared a sell out.
|
|