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Post by faggotygas on Sept 18, 2017 9:09:44 GMT
Taking risks gets you goals. The likes of Sinclair cover for those risks, and sometimes build on them. All part of the balance that a good squad needs, and I think he has been missed. I think we miss Lee Mansell (or someone like him) far more. Well Mansell was a quality player
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 15, 2017 12:37:10 GMT
That's it isn't it. Even great teams have some 'non flare' players. Even great managers sign some duffers. Angelo Balanta.
A name that won't live long in the memory for Gasheads but he scored what could have been a very important last minute winner against Barnet and the pressure penalty after Pitman's miss. Two huge moments by someone who was a squad player. That penalty that he calmly stroked home was in my opinion the moment we won that shoot out.
He'll always be alright by me for those very reasons. People can break things down too much, after all, 99% of managers end up sacked so are failures.
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 15, 2017 12:31:51 GMT
Will we be a better team if and when the beard comes back? There are times when we need to just fight and win the midfield battle. No fancy flicks. No Hollywood passes. Just graft and win the 50/50 balls. These times are when we need the Beard. These times are (IMHO) most of the time. Taking risks gets you goals. The likes of Sinclair cover for those risks, and sometimes build on them. All part of the balance that a good squad needs, and I think he has been missed.
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 14, 2017 13:51:22 GMT
I do not feel that D.C has impressed with his signings since he has been manager. Who feels the same as me. What? The core of the players he's signed have gained us 2 promotions and a top half league one finish for the first time in years. Not all have worked out, but they never do.
You've got a short memory mate
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 13, 2017 12:03:06 GMT
G Lockyer An OK game but need more organising from him as captain. We need to mark much better and cover each other better. problem is that we have no real competition for him. 5.5 Sweeney Great headed equaliser and probably the best defender but went to sleep on the third goal and didn't put a challenge in. To be fair full backs are not helping either centre half 6 So the striker getting in front of Sweeney was Lockyer's fault? He should have had eyes in the back of his head, and been telling Sweeney to do basic defending, yes?
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 13, 2017 11:21:40 GMT
Oh I know, football is demented now. Full of short termism. Just try and enjoy the escapism and if not the pub. This post definitely needed a third ism. pubism
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 13, 2017 9:24:07 GMT
Massive fan of the feast or famine reactions of Rovers supporters. Champions League on Saturday, Downs League on Tuesday. Last night was poor, proper s***e. That said I don't think it really deserves cataclysmic hyperbole voiced by many hysterical obscurantist dafties. Every listen to Radio 5 mate? It's not just Rovers supporters, although with our recent history I think we can be forgiven for being a bit more bipolar than most!
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 13, 2017 8:10:26 GMT
Very niave to go chasing a winner when getting level with 5 minutes to go. A point was a good result given where we were with 10 to go. Far too open at the back and yet again we concede from a cross. A chance would have been created and we could have nicked it. No need to chase a winner that's how we play mate, DC is attacking and makes no apologies for it. Sometimes it works - Walsall for example, down to 10 men and we score a winner due to our right back and more defensive midfielder being in the box!
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 12, 2017 8:09:20 GMT
"...can't understand why there are people at Rovers actively searching for things to put a negative spin on. Getting very sick of this toxic pessimism - perhaps this is just a minority of miserable b******s that all clubs have. Some people, it seems, will NEVER have a good word to say about anything in our club. They will leap to the worst possible conclusion from the tiniest detail, declare it irrefutable fact and proof that BRFC is doomed. Stirring the pot from afar, based on hearsay and cherry-picked quotes, is much easier than doing actual research or having a shred of optimism and faith in the club. Even if UWE went off flawlessly, was the swishest stadium in the country and we were playing in the Prem in 5 years time, guaranteed these people would be going "Hmph. The atmosphere's not the same." I F |_| C K I N G hate unnecessary negativity and seeing any one of us scaremongering like this. We're playing good football on the pitch and for the first time in years have some actual depth options. If we could make that our focus instead of trying to bring everything into a lull of doom and gloom, it would make this life sentence as a Gashead that much more enjoyable" - I posted that on the 31st August, statement still stands. With all respect, mate, I think if you have something negative to say, you shouldn't spoil it for the rest of us by stamping on every smidgen of healthy hope that we might have. Agreed? No - Democracy ends not with a bang but with the sentiment of 'if you haven't got anything nice to say then don't say anything at all'. It's always a good thing to question and doubt anyone who has a position of authority, power or influence over you or anything you care about. Our owners are no different. Unbelievable, isn't it, that people have the audacity to tell other people what to talk about. The same people I'm sure that, if the tables were turned, would be going on about free speech and bullying.
They can't see that by blindly supporting the owners they are just jumpting to conclusions, in the same way that somebody damning the board would be. We just don't have enough to go on yet, and even if we were to get to the Prem with a 90000 seater stadium, yes I would still examine every decision to decide if I like it. I personally see it as the duty of fans of a club to not be complacent.
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 11, 2017 15:09:43 GMT
Add to that the constant demand for a left winger and a defensive midfielder, when we haven't regularly played with either of those for a long time Do you know, I think exactly the same, but I didn't like to say so. You know, didn't want to ruffle feathers or anything. Feathers are there to be ruffled
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 11, 2017 15:06:33 GMT
Well personally, at no point have I said that we shouldn't give them a chance.
However I see little conclusive evidence that 'The future is in good hands and WAQ knows what he's doing!'. I should also say that I see little conclusive evidence that the future is NOT in good hands, or that WAQ doesn't know what he's doing!
I also see no reason why I should stop discussing the future of the club I support, as has been demanded of me.
DC asked for a better playing Pitch - He got one DC asked for a Better training/academy - he is getting one DC asked for a better playing budget - He got one The fans asked for better pasties - still waiting for that one The fans wanted a better Santa Grotto - we got the old one back.... A decent start, but with the great unanswered question of the rolling credit facility remaining unanswered, that's all it is. Not worthy of childlike unquestioning devotion yet, for me.
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 11, 2017 14:21:35 GMT
Jules, I quoted blueiris from further up because I agree with him that stevek (op) and quite a few others on here and at The Mem seem rather wedded to the idea that we are still watching football from the Sixties/Seventies. eg "not backwards", "too deep", "get it forward", "they don't tackle", "DC should stick to a settled team", "DC doesn't know his best front 2" - ideas that are a bit passé in the current squad game. (And I'm older than stevek). Do they watch football other than the Gas, say on tv? - cos that's how it is now; possession is key; work openings, not hoof and hope for openings. Add to that the constant demand for a left winger and a defensive midfielder, when we haven't regularly played with either of those for a long time
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 11, 2017 14:06:27 GMT
Well he's got it slightly wrong on one point for sure. The Brentford reduction was at the behest of their Chairman, not the planners. His logic was that as they were heading for the PL (make of that what you will!) the gate receipts counted for less than the TV money in that League. Thus it was his llogic that the savings made from building the smaller stadium would go into team bulding to make the promised land of the PL. I noted this in the thread about the new Commercial Dirctor some days ago, it having been reported in the press. Well for a business based on a semi-random ball game, with promotion and relegation, that's some risky logic.
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 11, 2017 13:59:22 GMT
Good grief, what a miserable thread. Give the owners a chance. It's only a couple of weeks since the UWE deal fell through. Well personally, at no point have I said that we shouldn't give them a chance.
However I see little conclusive evidence that 'The future is in good hands and WAQ knows what he's doing!'. I should also say that I see little conclusive evidence that the future is NOT in good hands, or that WAQ doesn't know what he's doing!
I also see no reason why I should stop discussing the future of the club I support, as has been demanded of me.
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 11, 2017 13:48:20 GMT
What difference would be not speculating make? Why would my 'focusing on the performance on the pitch' make any difference? I'm not on the pitch.
Not saying it's not, but why do you think the future is in good hands? What makes you think that WAQ knows what he is doing?
And finally, with all respect, who are you to tell me what I should be doing with my time?
"...can't understand why there are people at Rovers actively searching for things to put a negative spin on. Getting very sick of this toxic pessimism - perhaps this is just a minority of miserable b******s that all clubs have. Some people, it seems, will NEVER have a good word to say about anything in our club. They will leap to the worst possible conclusion from the tiniest detail, declare it irrefutable fact and proof that BRFC is doomed. Stirring the pot from afar, based on hearsay and cherry-picked quotes, is much easier than doing actual research or having a shred of optimism and faith in the club. Even if UWE went off flawlessly, was the swishest stadium in the country and we were playing in the Prem in 5 years time, guaranteed these people would be going "Hmph. The atmosphere's not the same." I F |_| C K I N G hate unnecessary negativity and seeing any one of us scaremongering like this. We're playing good football on the pitch and for the first time in years have some actual depth options. If we could make that our focus instead of trying to bring everything into a lull of doom and gloom, it would make this life sentence as a Gashead that much more enjoyable" - I posted that on the 31st August, statement still stands. With all respect, mate, I think if you have something negative to say, you shouldn't spoil it for the rest of us by stamping on every smidgen of healthy hope that we might have. Agreed?
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 11, 2017 13:41:59 GMT
What difference would be not speculating make? Why would my 'focusing on the performance on the pitch' make any difference? I'm not on the pitch.
Not saying it's not, but why do you think the future is in good hands? What makes you think that WAQ knows what he is doing?
And finally, with all respect, who are you to tell me what I should be doing with my time?
"...can't understand why there are people at Rovers actively searching for things to put a negative spin on. Getting very sick of this toxic pessimism - perhaps this is just a minority of miserable b******s that all clubs have. Some people, it seems, will NEVER have a good word to say about anything in our club. They will leap to the worst possible conclusion from the tiniest detail, declare it irrefutable fact and proof that BRFC is doomed. Stirring the pot from afar, based on hearsay and cherry-picked quotes, is much easier than doing actual research or having a shred of optimism and faith in the club. Even if UWE went off flawlessly, was the swishest stadium in the country and we were playing in the Prem in 5 years time, guaranteed these people would be going "Hmph. The atmosphere's not the same." I F |_| C K I N G hate unnecessary negativity and seeing any one of us scaremongering like this. We're playing good football on the pitch and for the first time in years have some actual depth options. If we could make that our focus instead of trying to bring everything into a lull of doom and gloom, it would make this life sentence as a Gashead that much more enjoyable" - I posted that on the 31st August, statement still stands. With all respect, mate, I think if you have something negative to say, you shouldn't spoil it for the rest of us by stamping on every smidgen of healthy hope that we might have. Agreed? I'm not pessimistic, I'm not optimistic, I'm agnostic. I require evidence to believe something is true, however much I would like it to be true.
Where is the pessimism in any of what I wrote? It's neutral. The absence of optimism is not pessimism.
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 11, 2017 13:35:57 GMT
What difference would be not speculating make? Why would my 'focusing on the performance on the pitch' make any difference? I'm not on the pitch.
Not saying it's not, but why do you think the future is in good hands? What makes you think that WAQ knows what he is doing?
And finally, with all respect, who are you to tell me what I should be doing with my time?
... Why do you think he is not doing a good job ?.... Not having a go just interested Where did I say that?
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 11, 2017 13:06:07 GMT
Good to hear this, big step forward. Now we need to leave it to the board, stop speculating and focus on the performance on the pitch. The future is in good hands and WAQ knows what he's doing! What difference would be not speculating make? Why would my 'focusing on the performance on the pitch' make any difference? I'm not on the pitch.
Not saying it's not, but why do you think the future is in good hands? What makes you think that WAQ knows what he is doing?
And finally, with all respect, who are you to tell me what I should be doing with my time?
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 7, 2017 12:25:07 GMT
No, his hair is still exactly the same. sigh
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Post by faggotygas on Sept 7, 2017 7:28:39 GMT
Any highlights?
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