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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2020 18:03:47 GMT
As soon as the family issues are resolved I would imagine a method will be found to allow all parties involved to save face. So I would be confident he has managed his last game for the club. Fingers crossed this situation works out for the best for all involved. Do you think we'll ever find out what the 'family issues' are?
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Post by mangogas15 on Jan 12, 2020 18:20:42 GMT
As soon as the family issues are resolved I would imagine a method will be found to allow all parties involved to save face. So I would be confident he has managed his last game for the club. Fingers crossed this situation works out for the best for all involved. Do you think we'll ever find out what the 'family issues' are? Not sure, apparently he was told immediately after the game, then he told players in the dressing room then the powers that be
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2020 18:48:05 GMT
Do you think we'll ever find out what the 'family issues' are? Not sure, apparently he was told immediately after the game, then he told players in the dressing room then the powers that be Hmmmm. OK then. Well, my best guess is that we'll have a caretaker for a couple of weeks, and then 'for continuity' that guy will be given the gig until the end of the season. This is based on nothing other than gut feeling.
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Post by lostinspace on Jan 12, 2020 19:07:15 GMT
SO... the age of FIFA player / PlayStation managers win the day-it seem, not happy with the reality of winning their leagues and cups on a plastic screen not happening in real life
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2020 19:40:17 GMT
The underlying thread here appears to be that some people doubt the story. If so, those responsible for doubting it should be ashamed of themselves.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2020 19:48:09 GMT
As soon as the family issues are resolved I would imagine a method will be found to allow all parties involved to save face. So I would be confident he has managed his last game for the club. Fingers crossed this situation works out for the best for all involved. Do you think we'll ever find out what the 'family issues' are? Probably not. I’m sure Ben is proud of his reputation as a coach and would not want his family situation and his ill-fated stint as Rovers manager (to date) to be correlated. And I’m sure the club wouldn’t want to air his family laundry in public at this difficult time so best that no more is said about it and we move forward with Maher. Good luck to him.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2020 21:13:44 GMT
Edit: Info removed as per request for privacy on the other forum. Best wishes to all concerned.
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Post by Mrs V Smegma on Feb 2, 2020 15:44:12 GMT
In complete agreement... Too many Playstation football managers on here who think they know better and are full of their own self importance...it actually borders on attention seeking. Get behind our manager and support the team. Have a good feeling that BG will do a good job here, given time. Enough with the negativity based solely on the result...we're not world beaters when we win and we're not panel beaters when we lose. There's a bigger picture at play here and I for one think exciting times are ahead. Hope you are right. Based on the last 6 performances, I don’t share your optimism and am really worried that we are seeing a train crash unfold before our eyes. Getting the 5 wins we need to ensure our L1 status can’t come quick enough now but I just don’t see where they are coming from. Our ability as a club to royally f things up gives me no confidence whatsoever that we won’t be relegated. So how long do we give him before we start to panic? Another 10 games - is that fair? Say we have only picked up 2 or 3 more points in that time. That would give us 12 games which we would probably need to win 4 - doable but not if you are a club in a flat tailspin. I do hope I’m wrong but have a horrible feeling that I just can’t shake that I’m not. So since the chipmunk cup debacle, we have played another 6 games. 2 more league points on board, with 3 defeats, and out of the FA cup thanks to a 3-0 hammering. Likely we will need at least 4 more wins to stay up. I've seen nothing so far to make me any less worried about the outcome of this. On the one hand we keep kidding ourselves that all the teams we come up against are brilliant, yet we are also saying that this season's league is the weakest for ages. 3 wins out of the next 5 should be the minimum expected and we really should expect something at the lightning cheats too, despite the season they have had to date. Mar, April and the final game away to Gills look much tougher so we really do need those points on board now. Fingers and everything else crossed, but thumb poised above the panic button
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2020 15:59:27 GMT
Hope you are right. Based on the last 6 performances, I don’t share your optimism and am really worried that we are seeing a train crash unfold before our eyes. Getting the 5 wins we need to ensure our L1 status can’t come quick enough now but I just don’t see where they are coming from. Our ability as a club to royally f things up gives me no confidence whatsoever that we won’t be relegated. So how long do we give him before we start to panic? Another 10 games - is that fair? Say we have only picked up 2 or 3 more points in that time. That would give us 12 games which we would probably need to win 4 - doable but not if you are a club in a flat tailspin. I do hope I’m wrong but have a horrible feeling that I just can’t shake that I’m not. So since the chipmunk cup debacle, we have played another 6 games. 2 more league points on board, with 3 defeats, and out of the FA cup thanks to a 3-0 hammering. Likely we will need at least 4 more wins to stay up. I've seen nothing so far to make me any less worried about the outcome of this. On the one hand we keep kidding ourselves that all the teams we come up against are brilliant, yet we are also saying that this season's league is the weakest for ages. 3 wins out of the next 5 should be the minimum expected and we really should expect something at the lightning cheats too, despite the season they have had to date. Mar, April and the final game away to Gills look much tougher so we really do need those points on board now. Fingers and everything else crossed, but thumb poised above the panic button 3 wins out of 5 when we've managed 0 out of 11. Good luck with that.
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Post by toteend3 on Feb 2, 2020 16:16:27 GMT
Good 90 mins at Bolton Good 35,mins against Coventry - Still got JCH plus the new boys and more coming back from injury - no worries will win two out the next three minimum! Hip Hip Horay!
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Feb 2, 2020 17:31:21 GMT
Irony for me was I thought we played better in the home league game v Cov and lost..... Yet were lucky to get the draw in fa cup match and played poorer.
Didn't want to play Brum anyway.... hopefully they'll save their winning boots for their visit to Bris on Friday.
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Post by LPGas on Feb 2, 2020 23:45:33 GMT
Garner was at the Rovers games 2 weeks before we played Ipswich. Source (a Steward)
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Post by Mrs V Smegma on Feb 3, 2020 22:42:18 GMT
3 wins out of 5 when we've managed 0 out of 11. Good luck with that. Yep. My feeling too...…... It is what we should be aiming for though
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Post by emperorsuperbus on Feb 4, 2020 21:25:48 GMT
What if somebody thinks that the manger is making basic tactical mistakes, explains what those mistakes are and is worried that Garner has turned excellent form into relegation form. Is it OK to discuss this? There isn't a duty to support something if you think it's wrong, in fact, I would say that as supporters of the club, if we genuinely want what's best for Rovers, if we see something and honestly believe it's not being done well, we have a responsibility to mention it. We have just lost a manager who with a little backing from the Board and the Fans could have gotten us to the Championship - His Crime the football was 'boring'. We now have a new man at the helm, who has already stated he wants his team to be more pleasing to the eye. Hes already got a couple of new players in and paved the way for at the very least a Totem Pole to replace Nichols. I dont think last nights match has any relevance its a s***e competition where the majority of Gas have rightly boycotted it. Going back to Sundays game, it was a workman like performance, with some promise against a very good Coventry side. For goodness sake can we stop all this negativity and give the Team and Manager a chance to get back on track! UTG I find myself agreeing with @bambergasgroin and toteend3 even though on the face of it they appear to be opposing views I found the Stevenage game hugely frustrating. Whatever the competition, there is no way we should lose to a team at the ass-end of League Two and any Gashead should have the right to vent about that. Equally, BG is on a massive learning curve as a manager and he has chosen to start that new career at a club in a tough league and one that is hardly renowned for big spending. Gasheads will need to give him time, let's face it we have little choice other than to stop supporting the team. Personally, that will never happen it's in the blood. There is no way we are going to get relegated and promotion was always a pipedream for this season. Hard as it may be to take, mid-table mediocrity will be deemed as success (again) by our owners and a large chunk of Gasheads. It seems a perennial Bristol Rovers statement but let's hope BG will come good and out time will come next season. I too uneasy how often I find myself agreeing with Bamber of late. I think there’s nothing wrong talking tactics, people were sat around talking football tactics long before football manager and play stations came along. Tactics evolve looking for advantage, so there’s always something new to say. The trend these days is to play on deck, out from back, keep ball have you oppo chasing shadows, even right down the leagues. imo all of a sudden the deep lying playmaker is more important to the system than the number 10 or creative midfielder. Maybe we can deploy barret there? In place of Upson. Guy in front of defence doesn’t have to be adept at screening if we are using it as a deep lying creative option?
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Post by TaiwanGas on Feb 5, 2020 5:22:33 GMT
According to Transfermarkt (not sure how reliable this site is!) and as an example of us v Coventry (as we have played them 3 times recent) based on 2019/2020 Squads, Rovers have the second oldest squad in L1 with an average age of 27.2 years, whilst Coventry have the second youngest team with an average age of 24.2 years, I thought it was an interesting stat, and can see why BG wants to inject youth with his signings for the future, can see Coventry going up automatic this year and going far if they can hold that team together.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Feb 5, 2020 11:07:34 GMT
I find myself agreeing with @bambergasgroin and toteend3 even though on the face of it they appear to be opposing views I found the Stevenage game hugely frustrating. Whatever the competition, there is no way we should lose to a team at the ass-end of League Two and any Gashead should have the right to vent about that. Equally, BG is on a massive learning curve as a manager and he has chosen to start that new career at a club in a tough league and one that is hardly renowned for big spending. Gasheads will need to give him time, let's face it we have little choice other than to stop supporting the team. Personally, that will never happen it's in the blood. There is no way we are going to get relegated and promotion was always a pipedream for this season. Hard as it may be to take, mid-table mediocrity will be deemed as success (again) by our owners and a large chunk of Gasheads. It seems a perennial Bristol Rovers statement but let's hope BG will come good and out time will come next season. I too uneasy how often I find myself agreeing with Bamber of late. I think there’s nothing wrong talking tactics, people were sat around talking football tactics long before football manager and play stations came along. Tactics evolve looking for advantage, so there’s always something new to say. The trend these days is to play on deck, out from back, keep ball have you oppo chasing shadows, even right down the leagues. imo all of a sudden the deep lying playmaker is more important to the system than the number 10 or creative midfielder. Maybe we can deploy barret there? In place of Upson. Guy in front of defence doesn’t have to be adept at screening if we are using it as a deep lying creative option? I don’t understand why anyone would have any worries about agreeing with @bambergasgroin as he is just a no nonsense poster. I enjoy his posts as there is always an interesting view or I can have a laugh as he rips into someone & usually gets the better of it.
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Post by lostinspace on Feb 5, 2020 13:26:42 GMT
Possibly because people get pissed off trying to flog a dead horse with him, and just give up 🤗
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2020 19:13:13 GMT
How good were Oxford last night if anyone watched. Good football isn't that difficult to play.
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Post by toteend3 on Feb 9, 2020 11:37:07 GMT
Yep! Football sure is 'a funny old game' summed up this week by Oxford, who gave Newcastle a run for their money on Tuesday night by playing some very good football. Only to get 'blown away' defensively resulting in getting 'hammered' 4-0 yesterday. The last half a dozen quotes from the wycombe cheats thread, thankfully paint a generally positive spin, albeit with some hard truths contained within.
We are beginning to see, in patches., some decent attacking play creating lots of chances on the way, with but little luck.The midfield has been highlighted for criticism along with the defence, This compounded with another awful referee adding insult to injury.
I thinks it's fair to say BG, provided he has the stomach for the battle ahead, will be given the time to find the answers. Goalkeeper - stand in very good but we could go with our own 'banksie' back, the defence need to get back on track (excuse the pun!) by putting bodies back on the line, midfield needs reenergising, and the strikers need to improve goal ratio from chances. Luck and a decent referee wiill over a season even things up.
It's certainly not going to be easy but I for one think it can be done and eventually we will get the best of both worlds (no not a new stadium!) but a good footballling side which will score goals and concede less!
Roll on Tuesday a prerequisite is three beautiful points for the gas all right, all right, all right! UTG
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Post by a more piratey game on Feb 20, 2020 9:53:35 GMT
The Holloway thread got me thinking that I'm liking the boldness of the Garner initiative - trying to play modern football, recruiting for the future, a 'thinking man's game'
Also, it maybe ties in with the best of the current regime - instilling business disciplines (sometimes at the cost of some 'old' babies going out with the bathwater), spending money on a good pitch, improvements in the Gorringe areas, more emphasis on Development Squad etc (and medical etc back when budgets seemed to allow)
I've never really thought of us as an 'ahead of the curve' club. And we're not ahead of it yet, but I can see some green shoots (just as I could when the current regime was new). We've had a bit of sizzle with our sausage via Malcolm Allison, Mick Channon and Alan Ball, but they were to some extent aging show ponies, and it was a long time ago
It might or might not work, but it's different and interesting (and might even become exciting)
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