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Post by bluebeard on May 19, 2016 9:41:22 GMT
Had a few beers in WSM last night expecting to be able to watch the rugby but couldn't find a bar prepared to devote even one screen to the game. Liverpool shirts everywhere and nobody seemed aware, or indeed to care, that a championship play off final involving a "local" club was happening at the same time.
I'm sure there would have been more interest in and around Bristol itself but the Lansdown marketing machine might not be as slick as it seems. I have followed Bristol RFC since I was a kid but this Bristol Sport thing is placing a big strain on the relationship. If you buy tickets for the rugby you get spammed with city related material and it does feel like the 2 clubs are losing their individual identities.
I know Rovers and Bristol had a love hate relationship while sharing the Mem but for every 82er or neutral who takes an interest in the rugby now, there must be plenty more who have lost their affinity with the club since it became part of the evil empire.
It will be interesting to see what kind of crowds they get in the premiership, how much SL is prepared to invest and what impact if any, a successful rugby team has on the men's football division.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 9:48:15 GMT
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Post by crater on May 19, 2016 9:49:22 GMT
Soon the franchise stadium will be blue n white
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Post by PessimistGas on May 19, 2016 9:52:45 GMT
Had a few beers in WSM last night expecting to be able to watch the rugby but couldn't find a bar prepared to devote even one screen to the game. Liverpool shirts everywhere and nobody seemed aware, or indeed to care, that a championship play off final involving a "local" club was happening at the same time. I'm sure there would have been more interest in and around Bristol itself but the Lansdown marketing machine might not be as slick as it seems. I have followed Bristol RFC since I was a kid but this Bristol Sport thing is placing a big strain on the relationship. If you buy tickets for the rugby you get spammed with city related material and it does feel like the 2 clubs are losing their individual identities. I know Rovers and Bristol had a love hate relationship while sharing the Mem but for every 82er or neutral who takes an interest in the rugby now, there must be plenty more who have lost their affinity with the club since it became part of the evil empire. It will be interesting to see what kind of crowds they get in the premiership, how much SL is prepared to invest and what impact if any, a successful rugby team has on the men's football division. They have lost their soul now they are part of the Bristol Super Sports Franchise Hashtag Tw*ts. |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 9:56:28 GMT
Was thinking of going for the 2nd leg, not much point now, surely even Briz can't mess this up, can they?
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Post by matealotblue on May 19, 2016 9:58:13 GMT
Was thinking of going for the 2nd leg, not much point now, surely even Briz can't mess this up, can they? On a sort of related subject of other threads.....Accy did! In their hands to lose and.....well we all know that one don't we! |
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Post by a more piratey game on May 19, 2016 9:58:57 GMT
I know Rovers and Bristol had a love hate relationship while sharing the Mem but for every 82er or neutral who takes an interest in the rugby now, there must be plenty more who have lost their affinity with the club it has faded a bit for me. Just doesn't feel quite the same. I was listening online last night though
I don't know why Rovers and rugby didn't co-exist better. I thought it could have been a very good combination
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 10:06:37 GMT
Glad to see the back of them,pitch destroying egg chasing rubbish imo
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Post by PessimistGas on May 19, 2016 10:06:46 GMT
I know Rovers and Bristol had a love hate relationship while sharing the Mem but for every 82er or neutral who takes an interest in the rugby now, there must be plenty more who have lost their affinity with the club it has faded a bit for me. Just doesn't feel quite the same. I was listening online last night though
I don't know why Rovers and rugby didn't co-exist better. I thought it could have been a very good combination
Well we know that our old board weren't the easiest people to work with. On the bright side, our pitch has been in fantastic condition since they left. |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 10:09:31 GMT
Was thinking of going for the 2nd leg, not much point now, surely even Briz can't mess this up, can they? On a sort of related subject of other threads.....Accy did! In their hands to lose and.....well we all know that one don't we! But Accy needed to win. In football terms, Briz have played the first leg away and have a result a tiny bit better than a 2-0 advantage going into the home leg. Guess if Bristol go 1-0 down early on it could get interesting. No shortage of tickets, it's just a morale dilemma, no problem with Bristol Rugby, even if after all this time loads of their supporters refuse to understand how we came to own the stadium, but funding Lansdown's plastic 10th rate version of what Stan Kronke does, enough to make the blood run cold. |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 10:09:47 GMT
Can this be moved to the piss drinkers forum?
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Post by a more piratey game on May 19, 2016 10:19:49 GMT
Well we know that our old board weren't the easiest people to work with. On the bright side, our pitch has been in fantastic condition since they left. two very good points there
the end of season football on the sandpit wasn't good - we just don't grow the samba beach footballers required here
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Post by theeyeofaneedle on May 19, 2016 12:09:09 GMT
Very unfortunate really, spent many an enjoyable time watching Brizz, The ShoGuns, whatever name they used, with the wife and friends. Not now though, as soon as the plan was unearthed to move to The Evil Empire my wife and I stopped. No thinking, just abruptly stopped!! Even last night, I couldn't have cared less if they won, drew or lost as they are no longer Bristol Rugby but are now Bristol Sport (Rugby). Playing in a r*d stadium will surely ensure that they will primarily play in that vile colour, never will I support any team in r*d.
On the positive side, it isn't hard to notice that along with Darrell 'God' Clarkes arrival and their departing, along with a now immaculately unchurned pitch, the Gas are on the up. All in all, it wasn't a bad thing that they b*ggered off!!!! |
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Post by Curly Wurly on May 19, 2016 12:20:38 GMT
Was thinking of going for the 2nd leg, not much point now, surely even Briz can't mess this up, can they? You're saved the dilemma Bamber, the game is now sold out, which does negate the original posters point a little. As a Bristol Rugby and Rovers supporter for many years, I was bemused at the underlying antagonism, which mostly came from the rugby fraternity towards Rovers. They were going bust and Rovers enacted the pre-agreed arrangement to take over the Mem and allow them to continue, but instead of directing their anger towards their own poor management, many wanted to turn their spite on Rovers. The move to AG as part of D.o.G.'s franchise was the straw to break the camels back for me and I wouldn't ever bother to pay for a ticket to support them now. However, I do think promotion to the rugby premiership could be to City's disadvantage, with SL's funds being directed more to the oval ball and away from the sh*te... no?...well you can hope! |
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Post by alloutofgas on May 19, 2016 12:24:49 GMT
Steve Landsdown got his fingers burnt chucking £60 odd million at the 82ers. I really want Bristol RFC to be promoted as once in the Aviva Premiership, he will get more bang for his buck. Rugby attracts bigger crowds, players on less money, and more television coverage than Championship football. s**theads get very twitchy at the prospect of being the 'junior partner' in the Bristol Sport set up. Wonderful
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Post by theeyeofaneedle on May 19, 2016 12:53:27 GMT
Steve Landsdown got his fingers burnt chucking £60 odd million at the 82ers. I really want Bristol RFC to be promoted as once in the Aviva Premiership, he will get more bang for his buck. Rugby attracts bigger crowds, players on less money, and more television coverage than Championship football. s***heads get very twitchy at the prospect of being the 'junior partner' in the Bristol Sport set up. Wonderful Funnily enough, the half wits from the other side of the cut started jumping on the anti Rovers band waggon as well even though they had not one ounce of knowledge on the original agreement between Rovers and the Rugby. I still hear it now from the unintelligent specimens, not one of them, nor their Rugby bed fellows acknowledges the fact that Rovers actually SAVED Bristol rugby from extinction. I rather think they are well suited!!!! |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 12:55:21 GMT
Was thinking of going for the 2nd leg, not much point now, surely even Briz can't mess this up, can they? You're saved the dilemma Bamber, the game is now sold out, which does negate the original posters point a little. As a Bristol Rugby and Rovers supporter for many years, I was bemused at the underlying antagonism, which mostly came from the rugby fraternity towards Rovers. They were going bust and Rovers enacted the pre-agreed arrangement to take over the Mem and allow them to continue, but instead of directing their anger towards their own poor management, many wanted to turn their spite on Rovers. The move to AG as part of D.o.G.'s franchise was the straw to break the camels back for me and I wouldn't ever bother to pay for a ticket to support them now. However, I do think promotion to the rugby premiership could be to City's disadvantage, with SL's funds being directed more to the oval ball and away from the sh*te... no?...well you can hope! Good. Would probably have ended up sat next to a s'hed anyway. And the last thing I want is a load of advertising crap from the 82ers. Agree with everything you say apart from using the past tense for their underlying antagonism, they are still at it today. Plenty accuse us still of 'stealing' their ground. Almost as if they didn't agree to a legal contract and they would have acted differently in our position. |
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Post by Peter Parker on May 19, 2016 13:37:53 GMT
You're saved the dilemma Bamber, the game is now sold out, which does negate the original posters point a little. As a Bristol Rugby and Rovers supporter for many years, I was bemused at the underlying antagonism, which mostly came from the rugby fraternity towards Rovers. They were going bust and Rovers enacted the pre-agreed arrangement to take over the Mem and allow them to continue, but instead of directing their anger towards their own poor management, many wanted to turn their spite on Rovers. The move to AG as part of D.o.G.'s franchise was the straw to break the camels back for me and I wouldn't ever bother to pay for a ticket to support them now. However, I do think promotion to the rugby premiership could be to City's disadvantage, with SL's funds being directed more to the oval ball and away from the sh*te... no?...well you can hope! Good. Would probably have ended up sat next to a s'hed anyway. And the last thing I want is a load of advertising crap from the 82ers. Agree with everything you say apart from using the past tense for their underlying antagonism, they are still at it today. Plenty accuse us still of 'stealing' their ground. Almost as if they didn't agree to a legal contract and they would have acted differently in our position. and ignoring the fact we actually paid £2m+ for it |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 14:15:09 GMT
Good. Would probably have ended up sat next to a s'hed anyway. And the last thing I want is a load of advertising crap from the 82ers. Agree with everything you say apart from using the past tense for their underlying antagonism, they are still at it today. Plenty accuse us still of 'stealing' their ground. Almost as if they didn't agree to a legal contract and they would have acted differently in our position. and ignoring the fact we actually paid £2m+ for it Exactly. Nothing like a bit of selective memory, is there  |
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Post by Cheam Gas on May 19, 2016 15:05:42 GMT
I used to have a soft spot for Bristol Rugby. No more. I really wish they would change their shirts to red as it really irks me to see a Bristol Sport team stealing our colour. South of the river is red - north of the river blue and so may it be for ever.
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