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Post by LJG on Mar 20, 2021 17:36:09 GMT
I honestly can't remember the last time we didn't do a team on a bad run a favour and I've been watching Rovers for 32 years. If a team needs to break a winless streak there's only one team to play ... Well....you said it... Depressingly predictable. Whether looking up or looking over our shoulders at the drop, Rovers never take their chances when they've been put on plate for us.
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Post by LJG on Mar 20, 2021 17:32:39 GMT
What is they to say just crap i know i have said this couple times on this match . But why o why leave changes until the 80min ? I just dont get it we clearly never doing anything in this after first 15 mins ? I've never understood how managers don't see how pointless late substitutions are.
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Post by LJG on Mar 20, 2021 16:11:47 GMT
Half time music set pretty good... way better than the awful crap served up at the Mem.... Screeching kids at the start / same old tedious Good Night Irene and Ben Gunstone when we lose. I smiled on Tuesday when Charlton ran out to Into the Valley for the second half ... got them pumped up for sure. Our club is amateur everywhere maybe apart from the Commercial side. Half time dub - Ehmer off - JB won’t play him again any time soon! Obviously a matter of opinion. I'm very fond of our music traditions. Clearly nothing to do with how the team performs or the club advances. We don't have to go round following other clubs traditions because they do it. We have two unique songs.
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Post by LJG on Mar 20, 2021 12:45:37 GMT
Plymouth have lost 5 games on the trot and like all runs of form, good or bad, they come to an end sooner or later. Would be happy with a point today and a win against Swindle on Tuesday but have a nasty feeling we will return empty handed today. I honestly can't remember the last time we didn't do a team on a bad run a favour and I've been watching Rovers for 32 years. If a team needs to break a winless streak there's only one team to play ...
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Post by LJG on Mar 16, 2021 18:18:38 GMT
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Post by LJG on Mar 15, 2021 16:57:15 GMT
I really love these "big club" debates. They're so easily resolved because everyone agrees on what they mean by the words "big club" and so its always a reasoned and well balanced discussion rather than people just yabbering the same two words back and forth at each other with a yes or a no in front of it. Yes. No!
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Post by LJG on Mar 15, 2021 16:39:22 GMT
I actually think the opposite Re next season. I think it will be weaker. All the fancied sides are up there this year and if we could lose say Hull, Peterborough and Sunderland. That's 3 big clubs that are likely to be up there every season. Another thing with those teams coming down is none have been in the prem that recently. Peterborough, big club ? Never have been and never will be. They just have a more than decent buying & selling structure in place I really love these "big club" debates. They're so easily resolved because everyone agrees on what they mean by the words "big club" and so its always a reasoned and well balanced discussion rather than people just yabbering the same two words back and forth at each other with a yes or a no in front of it.
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Post by LJG on Mar 15, 2021 10:56:30 GMT
Anybody else think that League One is the hardest it has ever been if we survive this season looking at the teams who could be there Sheffield Wednesday Birmingham Bolton it could be even harder next season thoughts Yes. Basically as more money piles in to the leagues above first the leagues below become more competitive and then they become harder. The Championship has gone out the other side and has become impossible without splashing millions. League One I think has just finished its really fun super competitive phase and is beginning its big money impossible phase. League Two might start looking a bit more fun over the next few years - I just pray we're not in it to see it.
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Post by LJG on Mar 14, 2021 9:40:28 GMT
let’s hope it’s Paul Tisdale or Ben Garner🙏🏻 Hope not. 1.08 points per game might see them safe.
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Post by LJG on Mar 13, 2021 16:58:22 GMT
Brilliant. That's that f**ked then. Thanks a lot. Anytime precious 😘 Boom. Nice one. Ffs.
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Post by LJG on Mar 13, 2021 15:32:41 GMT
Noticed Pitman has scored 4 Swindle they r 1 up against Gillingham Were the other three offside?
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Post by LJG on Mar 13, 2021 11:07:38 GMT
Come on you blueesssss! Massive game today but one if we can win will really boost our chances of survival. Brilliant. That's that f**ked then. Thanks a lot.
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Post by LJG on Mar 13, 2021 11:06:22 GMT
You've compared Hanlan to Nichols. You've compared Ellis to Elliot Richards and you want to bring Alefe Santos back 🤣 I think it's safe to say we fundamentally disagree on what a successful footballer looks like. Also, there's really no need to be so aggressive to people. We can all have different opinions without having "deluded little heads". Christ.. There are some absolute throbbers on here Again, there's really no need to be so aggressive. We can just chat about football.
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Post by LJG on Mar 12, 2021 12:25:38 GMT
Do you really think I choose you to troll? Anyway posted "22 hours ago" is not two days ago, unless you're days are only 12 hours long. Just because Harrison isn't scoring goals doesn't mean his career's "flopped" but you clearly have a better way of judging strikers than either Barton or Jacket. Jesus wept, you're clearly bored so I will indulge you... Ellis did OK for us in an elliot Richards type way. He's carved out a respectable career as a lower league journeyman. Good for him. If it wasn't for him, towards the end of our conference season, we would not have gone straight back up. I thought he was OK for us. We got I believe, 750k for him which was a lot of money when you consider cureton left us for 250k. I believe Ipswich thought they were getting something that Ellis was never going to be and they off loaded him soon after when he flopped for them. Pompey signed him and if you ask their fans about him they will probably say he's a decent squad player but nothing more. I've seen a lot of great strikers at our club over the past 35 years including Randall, white, Penrice, Saunders, Stewart, hayles, cureton, Roberts etc and believe me, hanlan ain't one of them. As stated Ellis was OK but he wasn't one of them either. Maybe you've not followed football or rovers that long and your knowledge is limited and on your limited knowledge you believe that hanlan is decent. Well, I believe that strikers are paid to score goals and if they don't then I expect them to be off loaded. Hanlan, I accept, has been playing up front on his own a lot of the times this season which is tough and leads to a lot of donkey work with little reward goal opportunity wise. However, Ayunga has managed it in the last few games and weighed in with goals. He plays they way a striker must play if up top on his own which is with his back to goal, bringing others from midfield into play by getting them to run on past him, hold the ball up with strength and win headers, all things that hanlan seems unable to do. He's a headless chicken that runs up blind allies and appears to have littke football intelligence about how to play up front on his own. It feels really condescending to have to explain how football works to you topper but with your clearly limited knowledge of the game, is a necessary evil unfortunately. Blimey, talk about having to waste 20 minutes explaining the freaking obvious. Good luck with playing football manager tonight You've compared Hanlan to Nichols. You've compared Ellis to Elliot Richards and you want to bring Alefe Santos back 🤣 I think it's safe to say we fundamentally disagree on what a successful footballer looks like. Also, there's really no need to be so aggressive to people. We can all have different opinions without having "deluded little heads".
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Post by LJG on Mar 10, 2021 22:59:04 GMT
Same nonsense got said about Ellis. When Hanlan leaves for £1m you'll be moaning we didn't get enough. I can guarantee that no one will pay a mlion quid for hanlan. Guarantee it.. I was absolutely over the moon when Ipswich were stupid enough to pay what they did for Ellis Harrison. Look what a flop his career has been since then. We snapped their hand off when they gave us 750k for Harrison and rightly so Yeah yeah yeah. Same old chat. We'll see.
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Post by LJG on Mar 10, 2021 22:40:09 GMT
I would also bet that no other league 1 club would touch him with a barge pole. I think the conference South is his level Same nonsense got said about Ellis. When Hanlan leaves for £1m you'll be moaning we didn't get enough.
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Post by LJG on Mar 9, 2021 10:23:03 GMT
January (H) - Rochdale - * W (3) - (1-2) Loss (-3)February (A) - Accrington Stanley - L - (6-1) Loss (-3)(A) - Fleetwood - L - D - (0-0) Draw (+1) (H) - Oxford - D (1) - L - (0-2) Loss (-3)(H) - Swindon - * W (3)(H) - Portsmouth - D (1) - W - (3-1) Win (+2)(A) - Gillingham - L - L - (2-0) Loss (0) (H) - Wigan - * W (3) - L - (1-2) Loss (0)(H) - Shrewsbury - * D (1) March (A) - Burton - * W (3) (A) - Hull - L (H) - Accrington Stanley - L (H) - AFC Wimbledon - * - W (3) (A) - Charlton - L (A) - Plymouth - D - (1) (H) - Swindon - * W (3) (H) - Sunderland - D (1) April (A) - Ipswich - L (H) - Doncaster - D (1) (A) - Northampton - * - W (3) (H) - Lincoln - D (1) (H) - MK Dons - D (1) (A) - Portsmouth - L May (H) - Crewe - W (3) (A) - Blackpool - D (1) * = 6 PointerPrediction Total = 31 points Match by Match Update = 4 Points Behind Forecast (Updated 24/02/2021) Beginning to look a bleak task! Don't give up on this please, mate. I've found it a really useful place to keep track including your "points behind target" tally.
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Post by LJG on Mar 8, 2021 18:11:53 GMT
I don't think you've ever "pushed" anyone to invest but it was quite clear there was more in it for you than excitement at a new sponsor - including talking about Football Index in other unrelated threads. You've posted nearly as much about Bath Rugby on this forum as you have Rovers, other than that your stuff is pure Football Index. I'm very sorry if I ever made you feel unwelcome but if you are not up front with people then don't be surprised if people react with skepticism. Personally i'm not sure i could have been more up front than i was, introducing myself as a gashead and football index user. There was nothing in it for me, i was just genuinely excited. I could have posted a link at the time that would have got anyone i signed up(and myself) a free tenner. I chose not to as i didn't want to come across as an "ambassador" or push the product on anyone(which i'm glad i didn't the way the product has gone). I just hope you can accept that your skepticism is misplaced that's all . Back to the topic though of Football index. The owners have really screwed traders over and they're coming under a lot of pressure right now from media and the gambling commission. It will be interesting to see if Nottingham Forest and QPR distance themselves from the brand as they sponsor them I believe. I don't really accept my skepticism was misplaced, no. I don't think you're any more likely to be truthful about it now that it's been exposed for the fraud it is than you were before. Like I said before, I'm sure you probably are a gashead but the fact well over half your activity on this forum is Football Index related tells its own story. The idea that I somehow scared you off also doesn't really add up since you posted throughout 2019.
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Post by LJG on Mar 8, 2021 16:53:43 GMT
This was an obvious ponzi-scheme from the start. There were clearly "brand ambassadors" paid or enticed to go on their club's football forum to peddle it. JHGas was clearly ours what with at least 50% of his posts being in this thread. I don't think I ever pushed anyone to invest. I was merely excited that football index was sponsoring the club i supported. You made me feel very unwelcome, so have chosen to withdraw back to being just a reader of the forum since. Your assumption on me is very wrong LJG. I don't think you've ever "pushed" anyone to invest but it was quite clear there was more in it for you than excitement at a new sponsor - including talking about Football Index in other unrelated threads. You've posted nearly as much about Bath Rugby on this forum as you have Rovers, other than that your stuff is pure Football Index. I'm very sorry if I ever made you feel unwelcome but if you are not up front with people then don't be surprised if people react with skepticism.
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Post by LJG on Mar 8, 2021 10:36:57 GMT
This was an obvious ponzi-scheme from the start. There were clearly "brand ambassadors" paid or enticed to go on their club's football forum to peddle it. JHGas was clearly ours what with at least 50% of his posts being in this thread. I've just noticed, going back through his posts that at the time he first signed up here, he'd invested 11k and received 5k in profit? Surely any investment into Football Index of up to 11k is risky in the extreme? Yet he and others were peddling this as a money making scheme. Yes, it was odd. To be fair I think he probably is genuinely a gashead, he's posted on some other stuff but I do believe there was something in it for him to bigging it up on here. Hopefully he didn't bet the farm and isn't one of those who've lost a packet.
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