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Post by stevek192 on Feb 1, 2024 23:59:47 GMT
The reason we have not got a striker is because we expect to sign players for peanuts. How do we expect to succeed when we sell a striker for £750,000 and expect to get a striker in for peanuts. If you want quality then you have to pay for it.I have less faith in this Manager and owner than i had in JB and Wael. the result of this window will be that the home attendances will continue to reduce. A big signing of a striker would have rerignited interest but i shall be happy when we get to 52 points. Unfortunately there is only one team in Bristol interested in moving forward and it is not us.
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Post by stevek192 on Feb 1, 2024 22:44:12 GMT
We needed another striker in BEFORE we lost Collins. Now we need two in and unlikely to get any. I am not at all convinced by either the owners or the Manager to make quality signings.They have left it far too late (probably intention al) Am totally losing faith in my team as we seem in a totally disorganised mess since JB went. Why should it be any better in the summer?
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Post by stevek192 on Feb 1, 2024 13:04:46 GMT
Not signing anybody is a recipe to disaster. 10 points off the relegation zone can soon go. People talk about not having a recruitment team but surely Taylor knows players inside out.Certainly Barton did. Everybody who keeps on about wait to the summer- this is Bristol Rovers through and through these days.I wouldnt trust the owners to provide money in the summer and do you really get better value in the summer when every club is looking for players. If the owners were really (and im not sure they were) going to pay 1 million for JCH then surely he must be worth making a much reduced bid now.OK he might be free in the summer but i don't think we have a better time than now to get him. With our injury record this season to lose 7 and bring 1 in is really messing about with the future status of the club. Who is going to want to sign for us in the summer if we are a League 2 ckub?
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 29, 2024 23:35:36 GMT
yet again players going with little sign of incoming players. Our club is a bit of a joke when it comes to transfer windows.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 29, 2024 12:41:25 GMT
I agree Wembley Gas especially as we are so disorganised with transfers. if we let Marquis go this would only leave us with Chris Martin and I have no real confidence in our board to replace in time and with quality. IMO we should be recruiting two strikers if Collins goes but wouldnt be a bit surprised to not see a striker come in. Not sure what has happened to Sinclair because as a squad we seem very short of wingers. I would prefer to see new players come in BEFORE we lose players.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 27, 2024 15:00:23 GMT
Tbone lets see what Ward does before we decide if it is the right decision. I am not confident.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 27, 2024 14:54:25 GMT
Sorry Aaron but that is terrible "not in the position to be available"- so have we told him "we are not in the position to pay him". He is contracted to us and should be available to play until he is transferred.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 26, 2024 19:23:49 GMT
Very few first offers are accepted. There are generally at least 4 involved in any transfer for a player who is under contract. 2 clubs the player and the agent and all are seeking to get the best deal they can.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 26, 2024 19:07:40 GMT
Anybody who saw that ridiculous tackle on Rossiter by a dirty MK Dons side would know that it was typical of a Mickey Mouse Cup game where the referee allows ridiculous and dangerous tackles to go unpunished because it is "only a Mickey Mouse Cup game." There were lots of bad tackles that night by MK Dons players and it could have been any player but it was Rossiter. Unfortunately football is a high risk game but in my opinion it is usually the best players who receive the worst tackles. I am sure he would love to be turning out every week if he could.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 24, 2024 12:44:25 GMT
I actually thought that Javani Brown was our best player when he came on. Always looking to move the ball FORWARD which certainly couldnt be said for Luke Thomas last night. I actually think it would be worth building the midfield around Brown even going to an old 4-4-2 with Collins and Martin up front and the midfield pushing up and stopping the opposition from coming forward instead of the present where you have one player expected to run around like a demented chicken whilst everyone else is back in our half. Taylor to me does not seem prepared to change but if he doesnt i fear we are going to find ourselves filling one of the bottom four places come May.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 23, 2024 22:18:43 GMT
Dont believe the owners are providing funds and I wont believe it until i see these players come in. JCH IMO was just a show and they had no intention of paying for him.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 23, 2024 22:16:07 GMT
Sorry but these owners havent a clue about football. We will be lucky to stay up playing like we are.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 23, 2024 22:10:02 GMT
So a lot of fans wanted a Manager who talks posh and sensibly but give me Barton any time. We could still end up in a relegation fight with the dross we are dishing up. How many times did Connelly and Crama pass the ball straight to an opposition player. Even Luke Thomas is passing backwards more than forward Headless chickens come to mind and the quicker we start playing attacking football the better. Exeter were awful but we were worse. Havent seen many occasions this season where a goal been disallowed for somebody in an offside position but didnt touch the ball but in truth we didnt deserve a point.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 23, 2024 20:46:13 GMT
The owners have a lot to answer for. This is some of the worse football this season and we are showing no signs whatsoever of a revival. Taylor IMO doesnt have a clue what to do and at the moment we will have a relegation fight on our hands if nothing improves. We are playing like headless chickens and nobody has performed with any sort of form. There is only one thing worse than this performance and that is the commentators. Keith droning on and this idiot with him has no passion whatsoever. At least the female commentator shows a bit of passion ,these two clowns together are terrible.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 21, 2024 10:23:18 GMT
I agree with Toppergas but you certainly dont take out the one man who knows where the net is!! Which would you prefer- a headless chicken who chases everyone around but rarely scores or a striker who is a class finisher? I know which i would have . The problem as I see it is MT and JB as well like the one up front probably to compensate for defenders who have an error in them,You could play Martin up top on the last man and have maybe Brown and Collins pushing up to pressurise. I think the statistics from yesterdays match were 15 crosses from which only one went to our player. This means either Thomas and Vale cant cross a ball or we dont get enough players in the box quick enough- i think it is a bit of both.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 21, 2024 10:12:08 GMT
What a stupid post this is-unbelievable that any supporter would want to take out the one bloke who actually knows where the net is. The secret is not to take him out but to ensure he gets more chances!! To say you dont want him defending corners- i lay odds he too would prefer NOT to defend corners but to stay up front and in the same way he would prefer to push the last man and pressurise him but on your own you cant do that-you need your other forward players to cut off the out lets. This is not Chris Martins fault- this is how the Manager asks him and the team to play. For some reason -which i fail to understand both JB and MT want everybody back for corners and free kicks and neither manager seem to want to play two up front together.Somebody tell me why you need Aaron Collins defending a corner when he cant really head a ball? Personally I would play Martin and Collins together and press the defenders.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 20, 2024 23:45:28 GMT
Somersetgas, it doesnt matter who you have up front if nobody else is playing the pressure game. MT obviously wants to play the game with no pressure on the opponents back four but stopping the opposition going too far. It obviously isnt working and its the same lack of organisation when we have corners. I would say the opposition score more goals following our corners than we score from them!
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 20, 2024 18:44:40 GMT
martin will easily be ok for this division next year.He is a class act and getting fitter each week. He has never had pace so that has never been his game so he good well go on at a good level similar to Milner. We have too many young players already and need a good mixture. Todays game was a big disappointment but really shows our lack of players in certain positions. There is no point giving up on the season now because that is a route towards relegation.Our target should be too fin ish top ten and for that we need three or four signings.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 19, 2024 19:14:32 GMT
How many more times do we have to start again? I was finely thinking that with JB we had a Manager who will improve us each season. I am sure that with a few signings in january he would have given us a chance of the Play offs. Now we are out of both cups we had left and so say too far behind to get a Play off place. What a waste of a season where if the owners showed a bit of ambition we could catch up that gap by bringing in the right players.i have the feeling we will waste these next three home games through not bringing players in yet. Hope i am totally wrong.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 18, 2024 14:09:39 GMT
It always seems that we wait until the final days of a transfer window but IMO we should be trying really hard to sign players now with three home games to come. As a club we have never seemed to be off the mark quick in windows and allow far too many games to pass before making a signing. It is clear at the moment that we need two or three players urgently. What better timing to show you mean business with three home games which will all probably sell out.
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