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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2016 15:55:45 GMT
The Post has a trite article which attempts to show the Higgs reign as being as good as it was catastrophic. Any views?
A good friend of mine blogged his idea of the highs of the tenure. It was a blank page ☺
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Post by Rex on Feb 25, 2016 16:06:05 GMT
Give the guy a break. He is the only chairman to get us promoted from the conference.
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Post by harrybuckle on Feb 25, 2016 16:14:27 GMT
only Chairman to employ seven managers in eight years.
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Post by Thatslife on Feb 25, 2016 17:13:07 GMT
Only Chairman to get FULL planning permission for a NEW ground.
Only Chairman to bring us D.C
Only Chairman to win a judicial review.
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Post by Peter Parker on Feb 25, 2016 17:29:44 GMT
Only Chairman to get FULL planning permission for a NEW ground. Only Chairman to bring us D.C Only Chairman to win a judicial review. The second one is John Ward's fault, everything else that year was
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Post by alasitsgas on Feb 25, 2016 17:31:03 GMT
I must admit i thought the relegation and appointment of Darren Clarke in Nick Higgs reign the worse in Rovers history.But since then the promotion from the conference has made Rovers into a saleable business so much so we have new owners. I have to say maybe to be proved wrong later that we should regard Rovers tenure with Nick Higgs and Darren Clarke as more successful than some might have given them credit for.
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Post by lenny1883 on Feb 25, 2016 17:31:41 GMT
A good friend of mine blogged his idea of the highs of the tenure. It was a blank page ☺ I thought that summed it up pretty well
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Thatslife
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Post by Thatslife on Feb 25, 2016 17:54:15 GMT
Only Chairman to get FULL planning permission for a NEW ground. Only Chairman to bring us D.C Only Chairman to win a judicial review. The second one is John Ward's fault, everything else that year was John Ward brought him in, twas NH who made him manager. 2 Wembley finals and a great day out at the Millenium Stadium (apart from the result that is)
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Post by stroudblue on Feb 25, 2016 18:25:51 GMT
Did everything he could to try and create a new ground, hired experienced managers, and took it on the chin when events transpired against the club. IMO a good chairman.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2016 18:27:26 GMT
A good friend of mine blogged his idea of the highs of the tenure. It was a blank page ☺ I thought that summed it up pretty well Totally. Almost Beano like
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2016 18:28:39 GMT
Did everything he could to try and create a new ground, hired experienced managers, and took it on the chin when events transpired against the club. IMO a good chairman. Judge by what he inherited and how he left us
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Post by gasheadpirate on Feb 25, 2016 18:30:45 GMT
The second one is John Ward's fault, everything else that year was John Ward brought him in, twas NH who made him manager. 2 Wembley finals and a great day out at the Millenium Stadium (apart from the result that is) The first Wembley final you refer to against Shrewsbury and the Cardiff final were not under Higgs as Chair, the Cardiff final was GD's swan song and the Wembley final was under Craig?
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Thatslife
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Post by Thatslife on Feb 25, 2016 18:36:19 GMT
Many people accused him of driving the club towards bankruptcy with his chasing of the court for, what he believed was a just cause.
However, nobody came up with FACTS to support this and for those accusers, how do you know that the selling of the club wasn't already in his back pocket, so he may not have been risking anything at all.....maybe.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2016 18:55:38 GMT
John Ward brought him in, twas NH who made him manager. 2 Wembley finals and a great day out at the Millenium Stadium (apart from the result that is) The first Wembley final you refer to against Shrewsbury and the Cardiff final were not under Higgs as Chair, the Cardiff final was GD's swan song and the Wembley final was under Craig? Now come on, no need to let the facts get in the way...I mean really:-?
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Post by Angas on Feb 25, 2016 19:05:12 GMT
Many people accused him of driving the club towards bankruptcy with his chasing of the court for, what he believed was a just cause. However, nobody came up with FACTS to support this and for those accusers, how do you know that the selling of the club wasn't already in his back pocket, so he may not have been risking anything at all.....maybe. Yeah right. That's why he always looked and sounded so relaxed, and why he now looks even younger than he did when he joined the board.
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Thatslife
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Post by Thatslife on Feb 25, 2016 19:10:10 GMT
The first Wembley final you refer to against Shrewsbury and the Cardiff final were not under Higgs as Chair, the Cardiff final was GD's swan song and the Wembley final was under Craig? Now come on, no need to let the facts get in the way...I mean really:-? Well butter my bum and call me Biscuit, I got something wrong!!!!!!!!
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Post by kingswood Polak on Feb 25, 2016 19:10:59 GMT
Many people accused him of driving the club towards bankruptcy with his chasing of the court for, what he believed was a just cause. However, nobody came up with FACTS to support this and for those accusers, how do you know that the selling of the club wasn't already in his back pocket, so he may not have been risking anything at all.....maybe. My final post on this topic & then I consign it to the past a man who closed the official forum disengaged from fans lied on radio Bristol and on two main thimgs never did the promised and regular Q&A sessions banned fans called forum opinion just internet warriors and would not engage in anyway unable to delegate unaccepting of constructive criticism never able to accept ANY fault and was the leader of the it's someone else's fault ethos 2 relegation took us out of the FL Took debt from 1 million to close to 10. Repeatedly told us that without him there would be no Rovers. Like we really needed to hear that. Pernickety and mule headed man who could not delegate and did not stop digging when the hole he started got bigger. This is is just off the top of my head. as I said. I am dome with this now. I want and need to look forward. Just the facts mam- dragnet
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Post by gasheadpirate on Feb 25, 2016 19:11:16 GMT
The first Wembley final you refer to against Shrewsbury and the Cardiff final were not under Higgs as Chair, the Cardiff final was GD's swan song and the Wembley final was under Craig? Now come on, no need to let the facts get in the way...I mean really:-? Sorry, I know I am not playing fair. I will do my best not to let the truth get in the way of a good story! :-)
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Post by Thatslife on Feb 25, 2016 19:12:51 GMT
Many people accused him of driving the club towards bankruptcy with his chasing of the court for, what he believed was a just cause. However, nobody came up with FACTS to support this and for those accusers, how do you know that the selling of the club wasn't already in his back pocket, so he may not have been risking anything at all.....maybe. Yeah right. That's why he always looked and sounded so relaxed, and why he now looks even younger than he did when he joined the board. Yeah and like you Angas, I would like to know that secret of looking younger................
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Post by Angas on Feb 25, 2016 19:25:03 GMT
Yeah right. That's why he always looked and sounded so relaxed, and why he now looks even younger than he did when he joined the board. Yeah and like you Angas, I would like to know that secret of looking younger................ Ah - true. Never mind, with age comes wisdom ... or something ...
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