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Post by long john silver on Jun 15, 2016 18:18:26 GMT
he never really pushed on last season and struggled to get anywhere near the first team for the promotion run in. think we can do alot better than parkes, good move for both partys IMO
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Post by long john silver on Jun 14, 2016 9:01:32 GMT
The last lot took 15 years to run us into a dead end . If Higgs was still in charge we would be blowing another 1.5 mill wonga loan at the supreme courts . The truth is the current lot have done more in 4 months than the last lot did in those 15 years . It's pretty obvious wael took one look at the terms Higgs signed us up to and said f**k off .
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Post by long john silver on Jun 10, 2016 18:43:01 GMT
Is anyone actually going to pay £18 to watch rovers vs Swansea u21s ? I doubt it . How many fans are going to travel to Liverpool on a Tuesday night and fork out that money to watch what is effectively a friendly in a empty stadium . Also who's going to watch Man U u21 vs Chelsea u21 at Wembley , about a thousand people maybe ? What a pointless competition that has just become .
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Post by long john silver on Jun 9, 2016 8:18:59 GMT
Rumours were he was on 5k a week and our highest paid player ever. I worked for a bank which had a famous rovers forward on its books. I know the truth as I legitimately had to know this info. However, I could never tell anyone what the truth was. Integrity is everything and it's unprofessional to disclose so not even by PM, so don't bother! I did hear that Jeff Hughes was on 7k and lines was on 4k. As rumour, I never saw their earnings. If its unprofessional then why bring it up ? Probably not worth mentioning .
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Post by long john silver on Jun 8, 2016 20:29:44 GMT
Great news that leadbitter had resigned. Having almost got our back line sorted is a good start. I just hope that if Taylor does go, we find an adequate replacement. Would be a shame for rovers to go back to the team who are great defensively, but don't score enough goals. Just out of interest, does anyone know how much Lambert was on pw before leaving? Rumours were he was on 5k a week and our highest paid player ever.
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Post by long john silver on Jun 8, 2016 12:20:20 GMT
Hopefully will see some more signatures by the end of the week but can't help but think a few players may get better or longer deals elsewhere and move on . Wouldn't bother me to much, in DC I trust !
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Post by long john silver on Jun 7, 2016 11:52:31 GMT
As someone who actually knows him personally , I can tell you he's been at home in Newcastle for the past month. So unless Langford Gas took the 5 hour drive and has been hanging around his street I can't help but think that's an outright lie" Actually you are almost right, he has been away the last couple of weeks, but not yesterday I can see a "Who's best mates with Leadbitter" competition coming on. Fight ! Fight ! Fight !
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Post by long john silver on Jun 7, 2016 8:33:48 GMT
I'm not. Loads of new glory hunters stood in front of me talking all through it and getting in my way and blocking my view and eating all the pasties before half time. Bloody glory hunters where were they against Telford eh !!!!!!!!! ? This. When we were really down and out and the club was on its knees and really needed support where were they? It genuinely wateres me off. if we are to grow as a club we will need to attract new fans end of. i also remember over 11k against alfreton so yes they were there.
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Post by long john silver on Jun 6, 2016 22:15:29 GMT
new season ticket holders wont be new fans though so unfortunately your logic is flawed. They don't need to be new fans.....you are assuming the average 4570 pay on the day fans are the same 4570 fans turning upto every game. This is rarely the case ,it is A random 4570 from the 7500 minimum different people who attended games but were not season ticket holders. It is fair to say that within that 4570 there is a core thatgo to most games and it is mostly those who have bought season tickets this year. There may also be people who only attended the last few home games and got the buzz and decided to get season tickets. The same motion action that encourages people to get a season ticket will also encourage more pay on the dayers at the start of the season...it's upto DC and the team then to persuade them to keep coming. i'm pretty sure the extra thousand or so season tickets we've sold would have gone to visit regularly but pick and chose what games type of fans . I like your enthusiasm though and im looking forward to visiting a much fuller mem next year either way.
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Post by long john silver on Jun 6, 2016 21:44:50 GMT
If last season BRFC sold 3526 season tickets and the average crowd was 8096 that means on average 4570 pay on the day or early bird ticket it. If all the seats in the West and East stand sell out that would make our current season ticket sales at about 6129. Therefore if the same average pay on the day people turn up on average the average HOME crowd will be 10,699. With most teams in league one bringing a reasonable away following we will be looking at 11,000 average crowds. That means EVERY GAME is going to be all ticket matches. So be prepared to miss out on a few home games next season if you can't get a ticket quickly. new season ticket holders wont be new fans though so unfortunately your logic is flawed.
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Post by long john silver on Jun 6, 2016 12:11:52 GMT
surely if taylor goes to wigan he's just going to be backup for will grigg.
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Post by long john silver on Jun 5, 2016 18:39:01 GMT
Would be absolutely staggered if we lost a player to a club in the same division and with less financial clout. If dc wants to keep him he'll be staying, dc didn't decide to stay to start losing our best players to Oxford. Who says you have more financial clout? Our Billionaire owner.
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Post by long john silver on Jun 5, 2016 13:19:27 GMT
I think Ryan Tafazolli would be a decent partner for Locks. I think the DC factor could sway it in our favour. Agreed a move to Peterborough apparently.
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Post by long john silver on Jun 4, 2016 10:48:37 GMT
that site is crap anyway , the club prefer to use facebook and youtube.
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Post by long john silver on Jun 2, 2016 17:55:13 GMT
When I was a kid i saw santa once , he was in his grotto down bristol town center. I asked him for a bike but he gave me a toy train instead.
what a prick he was. true story !
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Post by long john silver on Jun 1, 2016 16:51:13 GMT
OK! I will try to encapsulate various posters and comments, as I see it, in this post: Gashead79 appears to be trying to be Devil's Advocate too often, to the point where it is annoying (to me anyway)!............. Red shirts anyone? (I would mention that I got my Gran to knit a blue and white/red and white scarf, that ended up about 30 feet long, when we played in red and white stripes as our away colours). I do not think anyone would disagree that the Mem is below par for League One football, let alone Championship, but it is still better than a rented ground, 22 miles (approx.) from our spiritual home. However, it is not anywhere near as bad as many grounds for atmosphere, Trashcan for instance. The pure, overwhelming delight that Ricky Lambert's goal caused in the Paint Trophy semi-final exceeded even the hatred that the new kids on the block created at Trashcan on 14.9.13. As an aside: One of the best football experiences I have had was in the Robins pub, when Rovers played Newcastle after Eastville got torched by some Spamheads: The Geordies had left home on the Friday night; gone to a disco in Brum; slept in their coaches overnight: arrived at the Robins (Ashton Gate for those who do not know) and then joined in card games with the Rovers fans who used the pub (me, for instance, being from the posh end of 'artcliffe). They were scheduled to get home around lunchtime on the Sunday: I asked them what their wives/girlfriends thought about those arrangements and got some strange looks, along with such comments as, "It's football"!" Yatton: I get the impression that you are trying to impress/please a new wife? You mention " my 5yr old lad" and "my Mrs and her 10yr old daughter" That suggests to me that your reasons are outside of football and more to do with your relationship. I apologise if this seems personal , but it is what your posts express to me. Long John Silver: The Mem may be awful but it still knocks spots off Twerton. to be fair I wasn't really trying to compare the two but i think a lot of younger fans haven't known us to play anywhere else and hold a affiliation with the mem that i don't really share but yes twerton was a sh** ground as well.
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Post by long john silver on May 31, 2016 20:35:48 GMT
i agree with gashead79 , the mem is a sh** hole. i started watching rovers at twerton park and the mem has never really felt like our home. i won't miss it when we leave.
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Post by long john silver on May 31, 2016 19:43:47 GMT
to be fair they have made it pretty clear how the stadium is being funded and been very transparent about where they are with it. Can you explain more, because I must have missed this? Genuine question. the deal with the UWE was dependant on sainsburys going through and was voided when it didnt. lawyers have had to write up a whole new contract with UWE, hence why everything is taking so long. Wael is funding the stadium through external investors rarther than paying out his own pocket, which kind of makes sense given he's a very successful investment banker.
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Post by long john silver on May 31, 2016 15:15:40 GMT
it will be owned by BRFC, wael isnt putting a penny in, its being paid for by investors. But who owns BRFC > BRFC(1883) > Dwane Sports who I assume are owned by Al-Qadi's? Not sure there is any evidence yet Wael/the Al-Qadi's are not putting a penny in, even if they are looking for investors. to be fair they have made it pretty clear how the stadium is being funded and been very transparent about where they are with it.
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Post by long john silver on May 30, 2016 21:10:19 GMT
Happy with those odds , another season flying under the radar suits us best .
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