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Post by Big Dave on Jun 28, 2014 20:58:03 GMT
Specifically what do you want to know? Do you have any cats? At least now I know what my question will be if I get into the fans meeting...
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 28, 2014 20:45:36 GMT
I voted mid-table and I'm sticking with that until we see some football and we start winning games. I think for me to move up to the playoffs option we'd need an unbeaten start at home (3 or 4 games), an away win or two as well, plus a thumping of someone...only then will I start to feel more confident...
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 28, 2014 20:40:30 GMT
Given there are no entry restrictions I assume there will be press there. Hope so.
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 28, 2014 20:10:07 GMT
Where was the warning Dave? You normally tag us so us forgetful ones sort it out! been too busy earning a crust! I will try and remember in future
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 28, 2014 10:13:20 GMT
Last chance to enter this round before the matches kickoff! I will accept late entries (ie tomorrow or monday) but obviously several matches will have been played by that point and although hindsight *is* a wonderful thing, you won't be allowed to predict them!
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 27, 2014 20:47:15 GMT
There will be protests first game if we lose Agreed. We'd best win it and the next 45 too...
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 27, 2014 18:51:35 GMT
Is it just me, or do the crowd not look like they are enjoying themselves....maybe I'm getting old, maybe I've never really watched the crowd on the TV before...but they look as miserable as sin at the moment... BBC link
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 27, 2014 17:33:26 GMT
Totally agree, fans at Rovers love a grafter but we need to focus on stats. Can anyone honestly say replacing Harold with 3 new players for the same amount as his wages is not fantastic news ? As long as the three replacements statistically outperform him then it's fine. Assuming they fit into the same wage bracket...
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 27, 2014 17:16:55 GMT
Still having to log in manually (which I've never had to do before...)
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 27, 2014 16:56:51 GMT
Make no mistake, IMO the only reason he is still here is because nobody else wants him. For me, he's always been massively overrated and if I'm honest I'm pretty gutted he'll still be here next season. Will take a good 20+ decent performances from him for me to even slightly change my mind. That said, I'm prepared to give him those 20+ games to prove he's hungry and that he deserves a second chance. Hopefully that guess (which is probably not far from the truth) might wake him up...a poor professional footballer is equivalent to those semi-pros in the Conference who make as much money in their day-jobs and play football for fun/glory... ...if you want to play football for a living it's much easier to stand out than if you work 39 hours a week as a car-salesman/carpenter/plumber/sparky to pay the rent. Rovers need 15+ squad players who have talent and skill and want to do the job they are paid handsomely for...otherwise they really should start night-school classes in something else
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 27, 2014 14:10:20 GMT
So this will be the equivalent of us signing a striker who was relegated from the conference south/north last season! Christ the Rovers forum(s) would go into meltdown.Cant be signing him based purely on his performance against them can they? Good luck to Matt if the deed is done though. Good luck to Matt. But you're wrong in your "us signing a striker who was relegated from the conference south/north" analogy. Crawley probably have a plan in place and a gap in their squad and Harrold fills it...we were trying to push a square peg into a round hole with him most of this season and it cost us. We were playing him 'because he was here' and not planning or playing to his strengths...
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 27, 2014 12:02:45 GMT
Sounds like he has been working hard to get himself fit for the new season and his mate/fitness coach says he is expecting big things from him this season and that his attitude has changed and is fully concentrating on his football. Clean slate from me, as I definitely believe he has the potential to make a proper career in the game. Given the club circumstances everyone gets a clean(-ish) slate. Will still take 20+ good performances for me to rate him, but he can start by forcing himself into DC's team and playing well...
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 27, 2014 11:43:14 GMT
He's a player totally dependant on the players around him and service he does (or doesn't) recieve. He didn't recieve any here last year and therefore didn't score any goals. This reminds me of the pre-xmas game (York in the FA Cup I think) where he came on and it was obvious he was organsing the attack at free-kicks and corners. For whatever reason in that game he organised and we benefited from it. Dunno why it didn't work the same way in the other games.
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 27, 2014 8:56:30 GMT
If it helps, for me quoting posts, editing posts and refreshing is causing problems. I can see posts on the main Gasworks page but not in the individual sub-forums. And I probably will get an error message whey I try to post this...
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 27, 2014 8:45:37 GMT
Dave Croatia did not make it through but Costa Rica did.................... Thanks mate, I noticed after I posted it, but the board is playing up and not letting me see recent posts, edit posts I can see, and other weird stuff. I've restarted, cleared cookies and sworn several times at it...are there global issues Hugo Admin or is it just me?
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 27, 2014 7:49:38 GMT
The Gas and our 'friends' from deepest Gloucestershire are favourites for the Conference. Who has the best squad? (obviously there will be changes in next few weeks) Bristol Rovers 6/1 Forest Green Rovers 8/1 Kidderminster 8/1 Grimsby Town 10/1 FGRRussell, Arnold, White Pipe, Stokes, Bennett, Racine, Oliver, Oshodi, Jennings Bangura, Barry, Kelly, Forbes, Wedgbury, Guthrie, Kamdjo, Frear Norwood, Wright, Viera, Hughes, Rodgers, Mangan GasMildenhall Smith, McChrystal, Parkes, Brown Harrold, Brunt, White, Mansell, Taylor Gosling, Harrison, Clarke, Lockyer, Santos Lucas, Wilson, Greenslade, Ward-Baptiste, Thomas I much prefer the look of theirs. I think Pipe will prove to be a great signing for them. I don't care what anybody says, we need someone of that ilk. On the pitch, yes...off it, no...
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 27, 2014 7:04:14 GMT
You all know the drill by now...add your predictions pre-kickoff. Don't edit your posts. If I get the chance to list them all I will, but once the matchups are known feel free to guess yourselves...and don't forget, its the 90min score that counts. Brazil v Chilie 1-1 Colombia v Uruguay 1-2 Netherlands v Mexico 2-1 Croatia v Greece 1-0 France v Nigeria 2-0 Germany v Algeria 3-1 Argentina v Switzerland 2-0 Belgium v USA 1-1
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 26, 2014 17:32:35 GMT
I wonder what the punishment for randomly biting someone on the street is...?
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 26, 2014 8:04:41 GMT
Just asking for other opinions but after his man magnment skills with Tom Parkes and outing others in interviews last season, is he the new Paul Buckle? He seems very sure of himself. Personally I didn't buy into his on the final day of the season but I hope to be proved wrong. I suspect we will learn a lot more about his man-management during last season if/when the 'true' story about the off-field antics comes out.
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 26, 2014 6:34:26 GMT
You all know the drill by now...add your predictions pre-kickoff. Don't edit your posts. If I get the chance to list them all I will, but once the matchups are known feel free to guess yourselves...and don't forget, its the 90min score that counts. Brazil v Chilie Colombia v Uruguay Netherlands v Mexico Croatia v Greece France v Nigeria Germany v Group H Second Place Argentina v Switzerland Group H Winner v USA
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