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Post by LJG on Jun 4, 2021 9:31:32 GMT
Cheapskate only £14m at least Wael wrote off £20m no he has not Why do you say that? Because it was converted to shares? Convenient isn't it that you didn't post a link to the news story about Steve Lansdowne which confirms that his "write off" has been done in exactly the same way. Aren't you tying yourself in knots a bit? Or don't you care so long as you and Swiss and Horfield can peddle your deluded daydreams?
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Post by LJG on Jun 3, 2021 16:38:34 GMT
Scott McGleish had experience......I’ll withhold judgment until we see what he’s replaced with but if it’s someone like Akinde or Pitman I won’t be enthused. I presume you mean Pitman now. Pitman in his prime would be a different matter, surely? We can only dream of a striker like that! UTG! Ummm ... how would it be possible to have Pitman any other way than now? Surely, according to the laws of physics, it's too late to have Pitman before now?
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Post by LJG on Jun 3, 2021 14:14:39 GMT
Football is a hard game at times Isn't that an indication that he has no money according to you?
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Post by LJG on Jun 2, 2021 8:36:49 GMT
The issue was that rebuilding the Mem was never viable, or that's what we were told anyway, why rebuild the Mem if it was still going to lose money each season? Although we're now stuck with the Mem probably costing us even more money each season. Really? Here's nearly 20 years worth of news clippings telling us the Mem was going to be redeveloped in a variety of different ways: bristolroversmemorabilia.weebly.com/the-mem-redevelopment.htmlAnd here's Wael telling us that the Mem is ideal for redevelopment: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40880638Personally I would love to see a redeveloped 18,000 seater Mem.
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Post by LJG on May 28, 2021 20:02:34 GMT
What worse than Chris Beardsley? The non scoring striker. We had a few of those in the Conference, Jamie White, Bradley Goldberg, etc, etc, whilst Luke James was a poorer version of Tom Nichols. If Hanlan can rediscover his early season form he could score 15/20 goals next season given even Tom Nichols managed 15 this term in L2. Tom Nicholls scored 11 in league two this season. Not 15.
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Post by LJG on Apr 20, 2021 22:03:04 GMT
Alright guys. I'm spending too much time worrying about Rovers and not enough time on important things in life so I'm taking some time off for a couple of weeks.
Stay safe, guys. Stay happy. There's so much more to life.
Love to all.x
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Post by LJG on Apr 20, 2021 21:43:24 GMT
As I've said elsewhere. Whether his criticisms are right or not is irrelevant. The manager's role is to be the public face of the club. You don't know that he's not putting off young fans with his outbursts. You don't know that there isn't someone prepared to invest in a stadium project with Wael who is now thinking twice because Barton is saying on the radio every week that the internal organisation is so bad it could be on kitchen Nightmares. And you don't know investors aren't prepared to get involved because they know we're being run like a National League side. If Barton remains our manager and drags us forward the 30 years DC suggested that we are behind the times (odd he got praise when he said it?) then we might be in a far better position than we are now. I guess the alternative is to sack Barton and just remain being run like a National League club with Hargreaves and Mansell in charge. I don't know that Topper but ... again... that's totally irrelevant to the point being discussed. You can't excuse completely unprofessional behaviour and potentially damaging public outbursts by saying "you don't know that something different and unrelated isn't happening". That's nonsense. If you have a defence for him acting in such an unprofessional manager as to say before a crucial game that he wouldn't sign any of the players then let's hear it.
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Post by LJG on Apr 20, 2021 21:33:41 GMT
Typical Widdrington and Starnes haters with their personal grudges against Widdrington and Starnes.
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Post by LJG on Apr 20, 2021 21:32:13 GMT
Who? Joey Barton? Or you?
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Post by LJG on Apr 20, 2021 21:22:55 GMT
That's not the point. We can all appreciate honesty on a personal level, but being a professional football manager comes with certain responsibilities, and one of those responsibilities is to not publicly slam almost every single person in the club. Some fans might enjoy it, but that doesn't win us matches. The key thing above all else is to do whatever is possible to organise and motivate the players. Everything else is just needless at best, and irresponsible, unprofessional and dangerous at worst. He is absolutely right to criticise though, players are far too protected and it easy to sack another manager. You will be waiting a very long time of you think being nice would make these players come good, being nice is exactly why we are where we are. JB is saying that the player I'm the changing rooms not realising what it means and are not hurting enough, I can't accept that, and I applaud our manager for being honest saying they are not good enough to wear the quarters, I have watched almost every game this season and have seen for myself they are not. Get rid of them. As I've said elsewhere. Whether his criticisms are right or not is irrelevant. The manager's role is to be the public face of the club. You don't know that he's not putting off young fans with his outbursts. You don't know that there isn't someone prepared to invest in a stadium project with Wael who is now thinking twice because Barton is saying on the radio every week that the internal organisation is so bad it could be on kitchen Nightmares.
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Post by LJG on Apr 20, 2021 21:18:35 GMT
You don't think if he really had to say it he could have said it after the end of the season rather than before a crucial game? I'd have hoped the players had a bit of pride in themselves to at least put up a fight, but they have proven what most of us have known for a long time in that they are a lost cause That doesn't really answer my question.
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BARTON OUT
Apr 20, 2021 20:47:14 GMT
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Post by LJG on Apr 20, 2021 20:47:14 GMT
Barton: "When I came down and Tommy Widdrington showed me the board I said to him there's not a player on that board I'd take in at Fleetwood. Not one. Not even in a back-up capacity because we were trying to push on out of the division". Really clever stuff to say right before our do or die game of the season. Good. This means if he is still here we won't see the same sh**e next season You don't think if he really had to say it he could have said it after the end of the season rather than before a crucial game?
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Post by LJG on Apr 20, 2021 20:23:19 GMT
Barton: "When I came down and Tommy Widdrington showed me the board I said to him there's not a player on that board I'd take in at Fleetwood. Not one. Not even in a back-up capacity because we were trying to push on out of the division".
Really clever stuff to say right before our do or die game of the season.
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Post by LJG on Apr 20, 2021 19:38:29 GMT
He says he told the owner if he was ag Fleetwood he wouldn't have signed a single one. Hardly motivational before the game that could end or save the season. Also bullshit if you ask me, he'd have Anssi and McCormick soon as blink. I want to see video evidence of this or it never happened. BBC radio Bristol listen again. About 18.45.
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Post by LJG on Apr 20, 2021 19:37:25 GMT
He says he told the owner if he was ag Fleetwood he wouldn't have signed a single one. Hardly motivational before the game that could end or save the season. Also bullshit if you ask me, he'd have Anssi and McCormick soon as blink. If he really said this he should be struck off immediately. He really said it.
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Post by LJG on Apr 20, 2021 19:36:37 GMT
He says he told the owner if he was ag Fleetwood he wouldn't have signed a single one. Hardly motivational before the game that could end or save the season. Also bullshit if you ask me, he'd have Anssi and McCormick soon as blink. In the pre match interview? It was on Radio Bristol at about quarter to seven so I guess so.
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Post by LJG on Apr 20, 2021 19:31:38 GMT
Wouldn't you have after listening to him say right before the match that he wouldn't have signed a single one of them? Didn't see this? If my new manager came in and said this about me I'd do my best to prove them wrong. I guess that's the difference (and footballing talent) between me and them.Seems to work well in my field. He says he told the owner if he was ag Fleetwood he wouldn't have signed a single one. Hardly motivational before the game that could end or save the season. Also bullshit if you ask me, he'd have Anssi and McCormick soon as blink.
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Post by LJG on Apr 20, 2021 19:25:27 GMT
Wouldn't you have after listening to him say right before the match that he wouldn't have signed a single one of them?
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Post by LJG on Apr 20, 2021 17:19:27 GMT
You don't know. You don't know anything. Who are the medical staff that are underperforming and what are the issues they've caused? Who are the coaches that have failed and what is it that entitles you to say they've failed? You don't know. If you're talking solely about his comments about the squad - he knew the squad before he came in, he'd watched the DVDs remember? So he should keep his comments about that issue- which he was well aware of before he joined- for behind closed doors and shut his mouth about everything else apart from what happens on the pitch in front of the camera. I can say that I disagree with him publicly slagging the club to the press because I've seen him publicly slag the club to the press. The only thing I need to know to say I disagree with that is that he slags the club to the press. Unless Barton is breaking the terms of his contract he can really say what he likes, he doesn't have seek your opinion before he speaks, if you don't like what he has to say, then simply don't listen to his interviews, it can't be that hard to avoid them. As usual, Topper its not really anything to do with whether I like it or whether he's breaking hi is contract. Don't know if you've noticed but there are 20 odd blokes who rely on him saying the right things to help them do their job better... the players, remember them? Not to mention the public image of the club to potential young supporters or, if it were ever needed, investors. You don't know that there isn't an american land developer considering coming in on a stadium project. They could hear Joey talking his Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares sh** and think "Oh dear, do I really want to be associated with this organisation"? Excusing blatant unprofessional behaviour by saying "you don't have to listen to it" is just a nonsense response. Whether I listen or not (I don't any more) is irrelevant.
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Post by LJG on Apr 20, 2021 16:07:57 GMT
You don't know. You don't know anything. Who are the medical staff that are underperforming and what are the issues they've caused? Who are the coaches that have failed and what is it that entitles you to say they've failed? You don't know. If you're talking solely about his comments about the squad - he knew the squad before he came in, he'd watched the DVDs remember? So he should keep his comments about that issue- which he was well aware of before he joined- for behind closed doors and shut his mouth about everything else apart from what happens on the pitch in front of the camera. I can say that I disagree with him publicly slagging the club to the press because I've seen him publicly slag the club to the press. The only thing I need to know to say I disagree with that is that he slags the club to the press. Maybe stevek192 does know - players talk about what's going on in their work environment, the same as the rest of us do. They've not had to sign the Official Secrets Act. They wouldn't have to, Joey does enough blabbing to the press for all of them. If stevek does know he'll be able to answer my questions.
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