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Post by gashead1981 on May 15, 2024 17:44:23 GMT
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Post by gashead1981 on May 8, 2024 14:17:39 GMT
"Style of football" I mean, its just a phrase that is chucked about now when a chairman wants to sack someone. Personally, I like winning games of football. I dont care how its achieved whether its a hoofball goal or tikka takka total football. Hull have been a relegation threatened team since 2016, 7th is their best finish in years and I had them down to go up next year. Its akin to Birmingham sacking Eustace. ...or us letting Coughlan slip away. Hmmm. Did we? I mean, most of our fans didnt like him because he wasnt DC, he got pelters from the terraces, family was abused on SM and everyone criticised his style of football regardless of the results he was getting. Is it any wonder he had his head turned by a club that was on his doorstep? Also the fact he then told all of the players on Friday he was leaving despite telling the board he would speak to them post ipswich game, cue the radio interview... I think I was one of the few that enjoyed the football from a POV of knowing we would probably win 1-0 most games but our own fans played a part in the club choosing to accept his public resignation, the same fans who are now saying we made a mistake in getting rid of him.
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Post by gashead1981 on May 8, 2024 13:09:33 GMT
Rosenior took over in Nov 2022 (when they were one point above the relegation zone) and guided them to 15th (14 points above relegation). Their chairman was asked after the first game of this season what their target was and he said top ten. Rosenior was sacked for doing so well that he missed a target (promotion) that was never set in the first place.... A good discussion about the decision on Talk sport earlier, the owner suggesting he was sacked as he doesn't like his style of football. It seems not many fans agree, time will tell who's right. "Style of football" I mean, its just a phrase that is chucked about now when a chairman wants to sack someone. Personally, I like winning games of football. I dont care how its achieved whether its a hoofball goal or tikka takka total football. Hull have been a relegation threatened team since 2016, 7th is their best finish in years and I had them down to go up next year. Its akin to Birmingham sacking Eustace.
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Post by gashead1981 on May 8, 2024 8:33:56 GMT
I'm wondering if KP is having some serious words with his source. It's taking a while to come true. Surely not misinformation? I mean, its not as if he has form for this is it... It's going to be a long summer.
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Post by gashead1981 on May 7, 2024 16:15:48 GMT
Just crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s On the prescription for the next round of fantasy drugs?
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Post by gashead1981 on May 7, 2024 13:23:25 GMT
I got a text saying he is gone at 12 midnight. I cannot find anything to back that up but will see later this morning Who text you ? 😂 More like someone has had no attention for a while...
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Post by gashead1981 on May 1, 2024 13:14:42 GMT
I'm not sure what those stats say. A good player in a poor side would have a lower ppg than a poor player in a good side. I think what these stats show us is who was playing when most of our points were won. It's not saying they had a series of good personal performances if they have a high PPG or bad personal performances if they have a low PPG - but this is a measure of all the players in the squad across all the games so it's a big sample size - therefore we should get a good idea of who made the team better (although not necessarily how or if they personally made it better...) Wilson, Hunt, Grant - what an appaulling apearance rate. Wilson was 7th highest in the squad for total minutes played (2197 mins/24.4 games). Hunt was 12th (1731 mins/19.2 games) and Grant 14th with 1559 minutes/17.3 games played. Which shows how fragile this squad is, when a player who's played less than 25 games is 7th in the appearance list. Awful.
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Post by gashead1981 on May 1, 2024 13:12:50 GMT
Even when Javani had it at his feet it was a lottery as where he pass it. As for trying to trap a ball, well, I'm not sure he could trap a bag of cement.
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Post by gashead1981 on Apr 30, 2024 17:32:12 GMT
The prospect of a MT squad overhaul terrifies me. He made a complete pig’s ear of Rotherham’s squad last summer, signing a load of over-the-hill crocks. He is blamed by many for Rotherham’s shocking season. I also vividly remember his speech to the Rovers players when he arrived about how good the squad was and that’s why he took the job etc. Does this guy know a decent player when he sees one? I’m not convinced. Which is exactly what Barton did in the close season last season. Hardly going to say that the squad were a bunch of talentless chancers though is he....
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Post by gashead1981 on Apr 29, 2024 17:17:24 GMT
I do love a good stat and found this website that I've not come across before that allows you to analyse players across the league via various metrics - for example this is the Rovers players with the highest points per match (a minimum of 30mins/match for that match to qualify): James Wilson - 25(+1) games, 1.50 PPG Jack Hunt - 21(+4) games, 1.44 PPG Matthew Cox - 28 games, 1.32 PPG Luke Thomas - 33(+4) games, 1.32 PPG Chris Martin - 28(+6) games, 1.32 PPG Tristan Crama - 22(+5) games, 1.300 PPG Aaron Collins - 23(+4) games, 1.26 PPG Harvey Vale - 31(+8) games, 1.26 PPG Connor Taylor - 30(+3) games, 1.24 PPG Joshua Grant - 16(+13) games, 1.24 PPG Wilson, Hunt, Grant - what an appaulling apearance rate.
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Post by gashead1981 on Apr 28, 2024 21:42:53 GMT
They seem to take them in the hope they stay fit like Bodin managed to do and then it leads to our promotion? MT's said a few times we wouldn't be able to sign players like Ward if they had good fitness records. It'll be interesting to see who MT brings in this summer as it seems he's looking to offer Rossiter a new contract, the way he's been bigging him up since he returned to fitness. It's a fair shout and I understand taking maybe one player with a poor record on the hope of turning him into something decent might be worth a punt. But we have signed serial sicknotes or players with poor appearance records across their careers. Take wheelchair Wilson as an example. 15 years as a pro and he's managed just 4 seasons where he's played more than 30 league games. 4 seasons out of 15!! And at 34/35 what logic says he'll play 30+ games now when his body is battered?! Wheelchair Ward, 10 years as a pro, has played a full season twice. Barton extended his contract by 2 years!! Rossiter has never managed it but some are creaming because he's played 5 games of 50 mins. Jack Hunt 13 years as a pro played 30+ games 5 times. Josh Grant - hasn't managed a full season and had 4 major knee ops. It's insanity the wages we've wasted on sicknotes and I can't believe people sit back and think it's totally acceptable because "no player wants to be injured" or "we might find the next Bodin". At least DC kept him on short contracts for a good while.
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Post by gashead1981 on Apr 28, 2024 20:31:55 GMT
That's going to depend on how serious the new owners are isn't it. We can have them as squad players or pay them up and move them out. Either way they will steal a living from us for the next 12 months. What's this "steal a living" nonsense, do you really think Ward and LM want to spend all their time in the treatment room rather than playing? How many of us would have happily gone though what Rossiter must have gone through over the last 18 months and come out the other side? I'm not sure if you really believe what your posting or are just on a wind up. As far as the playing budget is concerned the owners have already made it clear MT will have around a mid table budget as they have no intention of giving him a top 6 challenging budget until the Mem etc has been redeveloped. Injured players have a degree of sympathy and empathy from me as of course no one wants to be broken in some way. But as a club we cannot keep on signing players that can't manage full seasons. It's bonkers recruitment and 2 of the 3 mentioned haven't played full seasons in their whole career, so what's the point in taking them? The only thing it guarantees you is a treatment room full of players which you still have to pay for and it does nothing for a settled team.
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Post by gashead1981 on Apr 28, 2024 12:56:23 GMT
Absolutely terrible performance today, but the burning question in the thread title still appears to be unanswered. Was he or wasn’t he? On the bench apparently, which probably means nothing of note took place at the awards? You're the first person to say he was there. Spoken to at least 10 people who have confirmed he wasn't
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Post by gashead1981 on Apr 28, 2024 12:53:33 GMT
How much is it going to cost to move on Ward, LM etc and sign all these super fit replacements? Even if we've the budget are we really going to attract 20+ new players this summer, when we only managed to sign one in January and he cost us decent money for this level. That's going to depend on how serious the new owners are isn't it. We can have them as squad players or pay them up and move them out. Either way they will steal a living from us for the next 12 months.
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Post by gashead1981 on Apr 28, 2024 11:14:24 GMT
Do we have a decent spine though Wareham? A kid in goal, no centre halves have stood out as being proper pros on or off the pitch and leading by example midfield lightweight, little pace on the wings and 1 striker who knows where the net is but is 35. Thomas, Sinclair, Martin, Connor Taylor, are the only ones I'd keep from the Scouse invasion. I'd even sell Evan and even then those 5 don't constitute a "spine" Yes. I’d say we do but the lack of strikers means we are such an unbalanced side. The pressure our keepers and defence have been under this season has been because the game is usually played in our half and we are usually under pressure. No strikers can hold the ball up and bring others into the game. Martin has no support. The spine….I think Ward has done ok in goal. Of course mistakes have been made but he'll get better. Decent I think. Taylor is certainly a very good Ch who has suffered with the changes in defence continually all season. I think we’re a better team for having him. Wilson, Baggott and Crama and even Wilson are decent though I get your point about injuries. In the centre of midfield Grant Ward, Evans, Conteh and possibly Rossiter are good. Then it stops, nothing else. So yes we have a decent spine but the lack of strikers combined with the poor injury record of too many players has really affected us. And of course no real pace apart from Luke Thomas has made us a poorer side. And we are, as you’ve implied, very weak in the FB positions. I hope MT will decide on the system we play and give Taylor a consistent CH a partner or partners. UTG! This is the problem that Barton hoodwinked many into believing.... He'll be a good player if.... Once we get him fit.. If he can have a good preseason... If he can reverse a career problem of ill discipline.. If he has more experience around him... If if if... add infinite any other excuse you want to put there. We don't need players with a history of persistent injury problems who on paper should be excellent. How long have we done that for? Has it ever worked? Once with Bodin and we're still dining out on that years later. Ian Atkins refused to sign anyone who hadn't played 35 games a year for 3 years. His team and the team that Trolls took over had very little injuries for that whole duration. Wilson has averaged 25 games a year for the whole of his career, Hunt the same, Ward the same, Rossiter the same, Finley the same, I could go on. We need an experienced number 1 who can bring Jed on. I like Ward, but he needs a season at this level as No2. Wilson, Baggott and Crama have had enough auditions this year and they aren't the answer. Ward LMc and Rossiter can't play a season, get rid. Evans, it's clear his heart isn't here and longs for the days of the Scouse mafia, get rid. None of the above are spine players, they are weak, not good enough or not durable enough.
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Post by gashead1981 on Apr 28, 2024 10:24:58 GMT
Macanthony has employed Ferguson 3 times and it's always worked out.
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Post by gashead1981 on Apr 28, 2024 10:24:01 GMT
“The grass is always greener” . If Ipswich go up and lose their first 6 games Ipswich fans will be calling for a more experienced manager who knows the premiership. MT’ s points haul from his first 29 games in charge is better than either DC or JB. Have people forgotten how bad it was when we had JJOT as the scapegoat in the team and players rumoured to be taking drugs.People were on the pitch calling for the heads of the Baord members . 12 months later…… Lewis Hamilton will never win a formula one race at the wheel of even the fastest and most luxurious, expensive tractor in the world. How is Taylor expected to field a resolute hard working and pressing team when he does not have the players to do it. Need I go in with other silly analogies But Taylor had a window and brought in more midfielders and no strikers despite that being an obvious problem. Taylor also has persisted picking Brown, effectively setting us up with 10 men. Yes, some of the squad appear to have downed tools but it's Taylors job to sort that. Unfortunately he was told to pick Brown by the hierarchy as they were hoping to sell him in the summer 😂😂
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Post by gashead1981 on Apr 28, 2024 10:22:05 GMT
"We've got our rovers back" because it was no longer governed in part by the head of the Scouse mafia and his cronies Jennings and the colonel. I was overjoyed because it meant we could clap a manager and sing his name with a clear conscience and not supporting a violent, wife beating, misogynistic sewer rat of a person. Also, after half of last season and the first 13 games of this season it was clear that after spending £4.5m that 4 wins (1 win in 6) with a squad full of pensioners and crocks that we were going to be more relegation fodder than we were play off contenders. Once the real effect of the mafias spending spree took hold, Ward, Wilson, Hunt, Finley, LMc, playing their regulation 20-25 games, the rest of them that weren't good enough Cox,Grant (did he make 20 games) Crama, Gordon, Javani, Collony (conceding goals for fun in L2 at Morecambe and not making the starting 11 there and couldn't even dislodge Grant from CB 😂) Were massively exposed. Add in the sale of Collins and basically you're turning up with 5 players good enough. Are you surprised at MTs frustration? I mean, at least he kept working at it unlike wife beater who came in and because he decided the players were what he liked, gave up and got us relegated. So yes, having a proper person in charge, by proper I mean a decent human being who's ego isn't the size of wife beaters admittedly, is kind of like having a part of Bristol Rovers back where we would have never employed such a repugnant piece of 💩to begin with. Say what you think mate, don't hide behind innuendo and hyperbole. 😉 Hear was I thinking I made it quite clear...
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Post by gashead1981 on Apr 28, 2024 10:21:18 GMT
The fans are demanding more because it’s what we’ve been promised by the previous majority owner and the previous manager. Anyone with a half functioning brain that has an iota of football knowledge could see the club was nowhere near ready for a tilt at the top 6, yet the previous manager and the previous majority owner kept on banging away about having a go at it and getting the club to the championship. We’ve now got the new majority owner who started out with telling us that The Premier League is the long term goal. That then moved to Championship within 3 years and has now been adjusted in his latest interview to 3-5 years. The reality is that Bristol Rovers are absolutely miles and miles away from being a club who will consistently challenge for a place in The Champ and even further away from being a side that are remotely close to being able to stay there. Yet we have been continually fed bluff about going up etc. We’d be better off to just accept the fact that it’s going to take a long time until we get to the stage where we can have a go. Yes, I said something similar recently that JB and Wael had raised the fans’ expectations about a challenge for the Championship when in reality when push came to shove we haven’t quite pushed on. By that I mean we have a decent spine to the team but again when it came to getting strikers and players with real pace into the team we didn’t complete the recruitment. No balance. No real problem with the recruitment last summer save for the fact we didn’t get any strikers, like 2020 and we’ve paid the price, although not so severe as 2021. And that’s been the strange part of this season. Compared to much of this century we’ve done ok yet there is a real negativity around the place and I think the fanbase expects to be challenging when in reality, as you say we are some way off. But football’s a funny game and decent recruitment this summer and keep the best of what we’ve got annd get strikers and we could challenge. If the owners want to that is. UTG! Do we have a decent spine though Wareham? A kid in goal, no centre halves have stood out as being proper pros on or off the pitch and leading by example midfield lightweight, little pace on the wings and 1 striker who knows where the net is but is 35. Thomas, Sinclair, Martin, Connor Taylor, are the only ones I'd keep from the Scouse invasion. I'd even sell Evan and even then those 5 don't constitute a "spine"
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Post by gashead1981 on Apr 28, 2024 10:15:30 GMT
I don't ban people, they ban themselves. If you could be a little more patronising that would be good, and possibly indulge me with what you mean when you say "we've got our Rovers back" in relation to Taylor. As for Taylor Out, I'm not sure if I agree or disagree with you on that, but obviously you've watched a lot more games than I have this season. I think Taylor inherited a lot of problems that were out of his control but I also watch how he sets us up and makes substitutions and wonder what on earth he is doing. I'm not fully Taylor out, but I'm leaning that way because he really hasn't helped himself. Not sure you need lessons, but OK. "We've got our Rovers back" was the fatuous claim when Super Matt was appointed. Just as well he's made us so much fun to watch again, got the best out of the players and has us scoring for fun, otherwise the very real prospect of relegation next season could be on the cards. As for his substitutions, yesterday was a prime example of your point. He brought on (loanee) Vaughan and left Lawrence on the bench. If it's true he didn't want the job, but Rovers hounded him, it beggars belief to imagine his salary. Have a fun summer. 🏴☠️ "We've got our rovers back" because it was no longer governed in part by the head of the Scouse mafia and his cronies Jennings and the colonel. I was overjoyed because it meant we could clap a manager and sing his name with a clear conscience and not supporting a violent, wife beating, misogynistic sewer rat of a person. Also, after half of last season and the first 13 games of this season it was clear that after spending £4.5m that 4 wins (1 win in 6) with a squad full of pensioners and crocks that we were going to be more relegation fodder than we were play off contenders. Once the real effect of the mafias spending spree took hold, Ward, Wilson, Hunt, Finley, LMc, playing their regulation 20-25 games, the rest of them that weren't good enough Cox,Grant (did he make 20 games) Crama, Gordon, Javani, Collony (conceding goals for fun in L2 at Morecambe and not making the starting 11 there and couldn't even dislodge Grant from CB 😂) Were massively exposed. Add in the sale of Collins and basically you're turning up with 5 players good enough. Are you surprised at MTs frustration? I mean, at least he kept working at it unlike wife beater who came in and because he decided the players were what he liked, gave up and got us relegated. So yes, having a proper person in charge, by proper I mean a decent human being who's ego isn't the size of wife beaters admittedly, is kind of like having a part of Bristol Rovers back where we would have never employed such a repugnant piece of 💩to begin with.
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