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Post by mftc on Apr 28, 2024 13:13:59 GMT
Getting ready to put a bet on. At least one goal scored by Mansfield against us, will be by a former player: Nichols, Boateng, Alfie or Ollie Clarke. Is O'Toole still there?
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Post by mftc on Apr 28, 2024 13:07:45 GMT
Compared to what we have, if we had Victor, Ellis, Ayunga and Bodin if would be a massive improvement up front. With their power and movement it would compliment Martin.
I doubt any of them would cost that much in wages and I think all of them are out on contract.
If we got any one of them to come back I wouldn't be disappointed. Surprisingly Billy would be my last choice because of his injuries.
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Post by mftc on Apr 27, 2024 16:15:17 GMT
Who’s Ned, is he running in the 3 o’clock at Newmarket? Ned Beatty? Remember him? Wasn't he squell little piggy in Deliverence the film with the duelling banjos. Scary film. Like getting lost around the Malago.
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Post by mftc on Apr 27, 2024 13:40:18 GMT
I certainly won't trust Taylor with the budget.Relegation is a big worry under him and he won't be getting my money of a season ticket to spend for a season of struggle I don’t like seeing clubs chop and change managers but you do have to wonder if MT the man to be trusted with a complete playing staff overhaul and then take us forward? A club of our size, after a couple of consolidation seasons back in league one, should be to eyeing up a playoff place - can MT improve us by 20+ points to get a top 6 place or is he more likely to take us in the opposite direction? It is going to be extremely hard next season. Play offs is pure fantasy. If we finish clear of relegation with 4 games to go I will be happy. The problem isn't the number of players out of contract, it is the number of disinterested players that are under contract. We can't afford to pay off other people's mistakes. At least we can get 2 new first choice strikers plus Martin and Greenslade. If we get someone to hold the ball up and some pace, it will stop so much pressure on the defence. So many times this season, it looked like we were playing with ten men. Don't kid ourselves, there is a hell of a lot of work to do.
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Post by mftc on Apr 27, 2024 11:42:33 GMT
What odds a Bolton v Blackpool final at Wembley. A real throwback to yesteryear.
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Post by mftc on Apr 27, 2024 11:39:44 GMT
Think we all are! Also the off season seems a lot longer this year. Season done before May (for us anyway) and not starting again until second weekend of August which is later than normal. That should mean we'll be at home first game then. Surely not, that's against the law. The stat is something ridiculous like 2 starts at home in 10 isn't it? Could mean an extra 1000 on the gate. Usually by the second Saturday we have already lost in the league and are out of the league cup so the new season bounce is already pretty flat.
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Post by mftc on Apr 27, 2024 11:36:42 GMT
Come Gas let’s go out with a bang Head says Wigan as we have an appalling record against them but heart gives us a chance . If the players want to go out with some pride and secure contracts here or elsewhere they need to turn up today 1-2 being optimistic Remember Byron Moore have two great games at the end of the season after being told he was not having a new contract. Are players being watched by prospective new clubs, so will put in a shift?. Who knows.
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Post by mftc on Apr 27, 2024 11:33:14 GMT
Matthias Verreth another impressive player out-of-contract this summer reportedly earning €1,500 pw at current club. View Attachment
Surely that is Chris Lines for Bath and someone has added some technical jiggery-pokery to make it look like a proper stadium and give him more hair! Can't remember Linesey doing a knee slide though.
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Post by mftc on Apr 27, 2024 11:24:33 GMT
Nice to see the two young lads on the bench. Shame we have zero strikers. Looking at Jerry Lawrence on Wikipedia it says he's a midfielder who made his only Rovers appearance in August 2022. Had a couple of loan spells in the Southern League Premier but only made 18 appearances and scored 3 goals. Wonder why he hasn't been given a chance since? No page for Kofi Shaw but I gather he won the academy player of the year? What position does he play? Both midfield I think, which is useful as we don't have many of those in the squad! I think Jerry has featured in a few EFL trophy games as well as sub in the league. Really think we need to utilize the trophy games more for some of the youngsters next season. Also, we should have used a few meaningless end of season games last year to give someone like Jones a chance rather than the Stockport reserves player we had on loan. I can't see any reason why Shaw and Lawrence couldn't have been on the bench recently. That said, I think Vaughan had his best 5 minutes in his cameo last week, but really can't see the point of including him today. Could have put Hall on the bench to give him 5 minutes if the result was already a foregone conclusion, or the youngster who played in the FA cup v Whitby.
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Post by mftc on Apr 27, 2024 9:38:29 GMT
When has there NOT been rumours of fights- Gerry and Paul Nixon, Miller and Billy Clark, Dev and Billy Ocean.
Joey and ...... well you get the picture.
Million and Williams had (deservedly so) a few punches from Joe Davis and others allededly.
Not saying it should happen (apart from the last example), but I doubt it is really that uncommon.
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Post by mftc on Apr 27, 2024 9:32:15 GMT
Disappointing. Was hoping development squad was being set up straight away. Will the club be detailing the youth team retained list, or are you allowed to divulge any further info of players being let go? I cant really until Tuesday (ish) I believe one has been kept on as Pro though (waiting on deceision of 1 more) . So with that one, Kofi Shaw, Jerry Lawrence. Thats all you will have as under 21's Going into next season. Aren't a lot of sides u-23s? That could include Gordon and Jones. Maybe naive of me but I thought covid would knock some sense into "football people" but the wages are still absurd. I thought we would have a few almost professional "squad" players, someone like Cam Hargreaves who would be on not that much and would effectively be semi pro and be contracted to work say 6 hours a week for the Community Trust and similar hours for the FC in some other capacity, such as sponsors or social events or meet and greets at hospitality if not selected. Would have rolling two year contracts and play about 5 league starts a season but would play in the EFL trophy and early rounds of cups and would be handy to be on the bench to play the pressing game when one nil up away from home similar to his best performance when he won a blatant pen (not given!) v Cov when just constantly haranguing the Cov back line. If we had 4-5 of those type of contracts for squad players in different positions we could use more of the budget on main targets. If the player doesn't make it, at least their cv shows they have other transferrable skills and experiences other than just a failed pro. I'm not sure a full development squad and all the management, coaches, physio etc and all that entails are very cost effective.
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Post by mftc on Apr 25, 2024 7:14:35 GMT
There seems to be a current trend for nostalgic chats with former players.
This one, Holtby's keeper night, similar at Glos CC.
If they make money why don't the club do it, or at least let the support organisations use the Mem.
The Tote End boys, the SC and former players association, plus Blue Diamonds have to go elsewhere.
For a club who loses millions of pounds a year, you would think they would look to re-coup some extra bar money?
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Post by mftc on Apr 24, 2024 7:40:12 GMT
Im not saying bring back Ellis, but it seemed he was a real live wire in the camp, a bit like Hinton, or Bill Roost and Josser.
It would good if we could bring someone who has real enthusiasm and dare I say it, a sense of fun.
I'm sure in all walks of live working with someone like that makes going to work much better.
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Post by mftc on Apr 21, 2024 11:35:02 GMT
For me we have gone from different extremes with nearly every manager.
GC did a brilliant jobs with a limited budget to improve things. Wasn't the loan wages for Smith and Victor less than conference wages as they were "work experience"? If only he was allowed to sign the two player he wanted. One now an international with European experience and from the description, pretty sure it was Adkins from Mansfield.
Joey was given a massive budget and some of his signings have been hit or miss but we are still paying for players who have not yet come good.
Garner was given a similar remit as now - bring in young hungry players with the potential to improve but the squad was too top heavy with youngsters.
Hopefully Taylor and Friend can make sure we get an even balance this time.
Looking at our midfield yesterday they play looking up, but with no one able to hold the ball up, or run on to through balls apart from Sinclair we just can't break teams down. Let's hope there is another Barry Hayles out there somewhere!
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Post by mftc on Apr 21, 2024 11:22:00 GMT
I have had very little interest in watching Premiereship matches, after the top clubs voted to end FA Cup replays, that interest is now absolute zero. Brighton, Bournemouth, and Luton etc, have forgotten where they have come from! Sure glad I do not have Sky, which help make the elite super rich. I would like to see Bristol Rovers in the Championship, not the Prem. The blame surely lies with the FA Cup agreeing to their proposals? As MT suggested why do we need so many International breaks? Although isn't 30 years since we had a replay at a big club so it hardly matters to Rovers anyway. In the last few years we have featured in live games on telly in early round replays (Plymouth and Bromley) and if you look at the replay attendance and general buzz around after the Norwich first game you can see the financial benefits for lower league clubs. True they were not big clubs, but to many clubs the replay monies have an absolutely massive effect. With no replays we could have lost on pens in the first round and there would have been no Fulham or WBA in that great cup run under Trolls or Sion Spence's best moments for the Gas v Oxford which kinda kick-started the promotion run. Funny that Ryan Jones was regarded good enough to come of the bench to play 15 minutes of extra time in that game and has not had much of a look in since.
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Post by mftc on Apr 20, 2024 10:23:26 GMT
How has Vassell been doing at Bath?
Also Pirate, what about the top scorer in conference south. Hasn't he got 40 goals this season and regularly scored 20 a season before.
Worth a punt if he knows where the net is?
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Post by mftc on Apr 20, 2024 10:20:02 GMT
I was going to predict 3-2 either way as Posh can be a bit gung ho. With Big John injured and no Martin, I think it will be harder to score more than one now. Mind you Evans hasn't had his scoring boots on recently. Hopefully the Player of the Year trophy might inspire one of his specials.
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Post by mftc on Apr 20, 2024 10:14:27 GMT
It’s been that good a season- Jordan Rossiter is favourite in my book 👍 Definitely been consistently good. Hopefully he will play at least 30 games next year and will walk away with the prize.
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Post by mftc on Apr 20, 2024 10:12:32 GMT
Would be good if there was a players team, or at least a Gas Girls, football club staff and a youth development side.
During the scharescheme era and definitely at Twerton and before, was not unusual to have players attending this type of event.
Must have raised a decent amount and quite often the players enjoyed themselves and it definitely helped build up a rapport with players and the fans.
Maybe this is something the SC should look at?
I'm sure if people like Jed Ward, Byron, Wayne Carlisle and Kofi Shaw made up a team for example, there would be much more interest.
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Post by mftc on Apr 19, 2024 23:15:56 GMT
Imagine there’s quite a step up in class going into a national league . Playing at the Mem should help attract the better players that they’ll need . And hopefully the supporters they will need as well.
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