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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2018 8:20:38 GMT
It is fair enough that they would want a return, they are not a charity after all. What rankles for me with the potential "It was a good deal for us but not for Dwane" school of thought is the agony that they would not build it...but seemed to be doing nothing about looking for someone who would. And so we as supporters were left to watch possibly our best ever chance of a stadium disappear down the river never to be seen again for reasons we aren't allowed to know. The thought that it might be because they didn't get what *they* were looking for when there could have perhaps been alternatives leaves me wondering rather bitterly "what if?" This has only been compounded by what appears to have been gross negligence since. The money has dried up, sponsors are forking out for "temporary" measures and the owners refuse to clearly state their vision of the future direction of the club. It feels like we couldn't be more rudderless if we tried and the plans for the UWE are yesterday's chip wrappings. Hard to believe that things could have gone so wrong from the day they takeover This is not an I told you so post but I had my misgivings about them from day 1. I warned friends not to be boastful and that we had to wait & see. We were the ALQ”s second choice, or should I say Waels second choice ? Gillingham owner knocked them back. The badge kissing made me nauseas as did the many, many selfies & Waels pretence. His desperation in attempting to be one of the boys & happily taking credit for promotions. I once warned him, in a private twitter chat, of the speed things & opinions can and do change and he replied along the lines of I can take it as I understand football very well. Seems that now he has had some questions asked, he is quickly withdrawing from social media. I wish him no ill will but I always felt there was huge naivety in him. Lets face it, he was blagging it all the while. Most people who professed to know football so well would not have need to hire as many experts but I fear that was nothing but a smokescreen. It takes some doing to come into a club and more than double the losses. Sadly I can only like this post once KP, it is one of the most honest posts that I have ever read on this forum ! Yes the badge kissing was cringeworthy but what made me wonder about them was the appointment of Hamer as a paid chairman ! waqs interviews and bulls**t and his habit of talking to fans on social media,the selfies with famous people have all been embarrassing but what I find really depressing is that so many have been willing to lap it up. Hopefully we wont have to endure seeing his smirking face or listen to his ridiculous interviews for much longer,first job for any new owners will be to sack Hamer ! start off with a positive action.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2018 8:34:28 GMT
This is not an I told you so post but I had my misgivings about them from day 1. I warned friends not to be boastful and that we had to wait & see. We were the ALQ”s second choice, or should I say Waels second choice ? Gillingham owner knocked them back. The badge kissing made me nauseas as did the many, many selfies & Waels pretence. His desperation in attempting to be one of the boys & happily taking credit for promotions. I once warned him, in a private twitter chat, of the speed things & opinions can and do change and he replied along the lines of I can take it as I understand football very well. Seems that now he has had some questions asked, he is quickly withdrawing from social media. I wish him no ill will but I always felt there was huge naivety in him. Lets face it, he was blagging it all the while. Most people who professed to know football so well would not have need to hire as many experts but I fear that was nothing but a smokescreen. It takes some doing to come into a club and more than double the losses. Sadly I can only like this post once KP, it is one of the most honest posts that I have ever read on this forum ! Yes the badge kissing was cringeworthy but what made me wonder about them was the appointment of Hamer as a paid chairman ! waqs interviews and bulls*** and his habit of talking to fans on social media,the selfies with famous people have all been embarrassing but what I find really depressing is that so many have been willing to lap it up. Hopefully we wont have to endure seeing his smirking face or listen to his ridiculous interviews for much longer,first job for any new owners will be to sack Hamer ! start off with a positive action.
On the subject of output, Hamer, hasn't exactly done a lot in 2 1/2 years has he. I've not heard of the bloke for ages.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 1, 2018 19:03:30 GMT
Sadly I can only like this post once KP, it is one of the most honest posts that I have ever read on this forum ! Yes the badge kissing was cringeworthy but what made me wonder about them was the appointment of Hamer as a paid chairman ! waqs interviews and bulls*** and his habit of talking to fans on social media,the selfies with famous people have all been embarrassing but what I find really depressing is that so many have been willing to lap it up. Hopefully we wont have to endure seeing his smirking face or listen to his ridiculous interviews for much longer,first job for any new owners will be to sack Hamer ! start off with a positive action.
On the subject of output, Hamer, hasn't exactly done a lot in 2 1/2 years has he. I've not heard of the bloke for ages. His masters voice. I think even he gets very little real information but I could well be wrong. When he did the duet interview with DC on 20man, I felt even he was feeling frustrated
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2018 19:41:53 GMT
On the subject of output, Hamer, hasn't exactly done a lot in 2 1/2 years has he. I've not heard of the bloke for ages. His masters voice. I think even he gets very little real information but I could well be wrong. When he did the duet interview with DC on 20man, I felt even he was feeling frustrated He doesn't have to stay in the job if he feels his principles are compromised. He was quick enough to kick off and spit his dummy when he couldn't get the seat he wanted at a Swansea game, if that gets him going than being excluded from the decision making process at a football club that he's Chairman of should leave him apoplectic.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 10:52:43 GMT
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Post by vaughan on Oct 3, 2018 11:04:02 GMT
I think that this is all to do with the incompetence of BCC, nothing to do with fault at Rovers' door.
Engineering issues, planning issues for a shack?
You have to despair.
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Post by Igitur on Oct 3, 2018 11:13:21 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 11:19:45 GMT
I think that this is all to do with the incompetence of BCC, nothing to do with fault at Rovers' door. Engineering issues, planning issues for a shack? You have to despair. Sounds like typical Gorringe, everything he touches seems to go wrong somehow.
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Post by fatherjackhackett on Oct 3, 2018 11:45:36 GMT
I think that this is all to do with the incompetence of BCC, nothing to do with fault at Rovers' door. Engineering issues, planning issues for a shack? You have to despair. Sounds like typical Gorringe, everything he touches seems to go wrong somehow. What is your agenda against Gorringe, or is ambition a dirty word amongst the old psychophants? The bloke is literally employed to increase revenue and reduce waste, and as far as I can tell he is covering his remit admirably. Professionalism, something that was lacking at Rovers for three decades, is not a dirty word.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 12:02:27 GMT
Sounds like typical Gorringe, everything he touches seems to go wrong somehow. What is your agenda against Gorringe, or is ambition a dirty word amongst the old psychophants? The bloke is literally employed to increase revenue and reduce waste, and as far as I can tell he is covering his remit admirably. Professionalism, something that was lacking at Rovers for three decades, is not a dirty word. It's somewhere in between, there has been a fair few commercial blunders this summer. However, maybe these would be helped by employing a full time Stadium Manager .
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 12:29:35 GMT
Sounds like typical Gorringe, everything he touches seems to go wrong somehow. What is your agenda against Gorringe, or is ambition a dirty word amongst the old psychophants? The bloke is literally employed to increase revenue and reduce waste, and as far as I can tell he is covering his remit admirably. Professionalism, something that was lacking at Rovers for three decades, is not a dirty word. All I've done is comment on mistakes made. That's not an agenda, it's an observation. Yes, I agree, professionalism is lacking.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 12:30:04 GMT
Sounds like typical Gorringe, everything he touches seems to go wrong somehow. What is your agenda against Gorringe, or is ambition a dirty word amongst the old psychophants? The bloke is literally employed to increase revenue and reduce waste, and as far as I can tell he is covering his remit admirably. Professionalism, something that was lacking at Rovers for three decades, is not a dirty word. He does appear to be involved in a lot of cock ups though, that cannot be denied. Great end of season award dinner though. How much did the club make?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 12:36:44 GMT
What is your agenda against Gorringe, or is ambition a dirty word amongst the old psychophants? The bloke is literally employed to increase revenue and reduce waste, and as far as I can tell he is covering his remit admirably. Professionalism, something that was lacking at Rovers for three decades, is not a dirty word. He does appear to be involved in a lot of cock ups though, that cannot be denied. Great end of season award dinner though. How much did the club make?That sounds like a loaded question. Go on then, I'll bite, how much money was made?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 12:45:33 GMT
He does appear to be involved in a lot of cock ups though, that cannot be denied. Great end of season award dinner though. How much did the club make?That sounds like a loaded question. Go on then, I'll bite, how much money was made? I honestly have no idea, I thought somebody might know though. It was a bloody good night though.
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Post by Henbury Gas on Oct 3, 2018 13:17:11 GMT
Sounds like typical Gorringe, everything he touches seems to go wrong somehow. What is your agenda against Gorringe, or is ambition a dirty word amongst the old psychophants? The bloke is literally employed to increase revenue and reduce waste, and as far as I can tell he is covering his remit admirably. Professionalism, something that was lacking at Rovers for three decades, is not a dirty word. Its all part of Bambers Hidden Agenda against authority at the club
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 13:36:20 GMT
What is your agenda against Gorringe, or is ambition a dirty word amongst the old psychophants? The bloke is literally employed to increase revenue and reduce waste, and as far as I can tell he is covering his remit admirably. Professionalism, something that was lacking at Rovers for three decades, is not a dirty word. Its all part of Bambers Hidden Agenda against authority at the club He's not really hiding the fact he thinks they're a bite s**tey.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 13:46:04 GMT
What is your agenda against Gorringe, or is ambition a dirty word amongst the old psychophants? The bloke is literally employed to increase revenue and reduce waste, and as far as I can tell he is covering his remit admirably. Professionalism, something that was lacking at Rovers for three decades, is not a dirty word. Its all part of Bambers Hidden Agenda against authority at the club If that's the case it's a pointless agenda as I have no intention of convening any meetings and am not in a position to influence anything.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 13:55:42 GMT
Its all part of Bambers Hidden Agenda against authority at the club He's not really hiding the fact he thinks they're a bite s***ey. I want my club to be run well, that's all, honestly, nothing more, nothing less.
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Post by vaughan on Oct 3, 2018 15:24:26 GMT
Gorringe is not the problem.
He was given no backing and had to find a supplier willing to buy into Tents R Us to fulfil the laudable objective of more seating.
He found Bristol Energy who basically gave him £10k to build a structure to support less than 100 season-ticket holders.
When the owners have no money to invest, no pride in their Stadium, you end up with crap.
Maybe I have an agenda against the owners or I am calling out what the rest of Bristol see us as - Rag Ass Rovers.
It's not Gorringe - a commercial brain equipped with a Mecanno set.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Oct 3, 2018 16:24:37 GMT
Hilarious! Some folk moan when the stands are open, saying it's an embarrassment.
Some folks moan when the stands aren't open saying it's an embarrassment.
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