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Post by GasMacc1 on Jan 14, 2021 11:30:14 GMT
It might have been a good strategic move to get knocked out of two cups in four days.
Our home League fixture with Pompey has now been re-arranged from 29th December 2020 to 16th February 2021.
That means we now play Saturdays and Tuesdays every week in the League from now until the first free Tuesday on 16th March.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Dec 26, 2020 14:47:35 GMT
I can only get BBC 3Counties Radio on iFollow, whether I select Home or Away audio.
Here's the explanation:
"Bristol Rovers commentary is not available for today due to the travel restriction to their commentators. For this match, only MK Dons commentary is made available".
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Post by GasMacc1 on Dec 15, 2020 8:16:32 GMT
We haven't won at the Valley since 1958! Tonight will be our 19th attempt since then.
"Tonight, tonight...today, all day I had the feeling, a miracle could happen..."
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Post by GasMacc1 on Dec 13, 2020 12:26:36 GMT
Sorry Gasheds, but you’ve got it wrong. You are basing performance on results again. That wasn’t a convincing performance. We handed Muff at least two certain goals, it was criminal finishing at this level they didn’t take them. I would like to criticise the lack of possession, and territory, but to be fair I haven’t a clue what the strategy and tactics were meant to be, but I rather suspect we were actually told to play counter attack and hit long balls. The press was so so at times. What was better was pass and move zippier than under Tiz so far, and plenty of resilience to block and close down in defensive shape. Jordi Man of Match? LOL. All the stuff that came his way was regulation saves, it’s just that expectation is so low we applaud regulation catching and blocking now. To go back to what was the tactic, there’s not just one way to try and win a football match, take the difference between pep and mour for example. I’m suspecting we have sacked pep and hired mour. Sure, there's plenty to work on and improve. But when Tisdale talked about restricting his input to "setting the tone", I think he's empowered the players to make their own decisions and be creative, rather than worrying about what they should not do. I don't know how far something that simple can take us, but if you compare the fluency and confidence of the players in the match against Plymouth and Wimbledon, with that against Swindon and Gillingham, then that is a positive improvement in my eyes. Ben Garner was keen to play out matches by slowing down the tempo (messing about, wasting time). A lot of opponents have done this and it's worked against us. But Paul Tisdale wants us to be positive. I've always thought that slowing the tempo - unless doing so with a certain level of aggression and intensity - tends to make you more passive, which psychologically makes a team vulnerable. Even so, I was shouting at Luke Leahy on the TV after 85 minutes that he was being naive in taking that free-kick quickly when we were 2-0 up. Ten seconds later, we were 3-0 up.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Dec 8, 2020 18:11:38 GMT
Yes, a bit pedantic! I remember when Fabian Broghammer went back to Germany, I noticed the club he then played for (Wiesbaden, was it, from memory?) had crowds of a couple of hundred and played against several B and C teams from the Bundesliga.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Dec 8, 2020 14:20:03 GMT
As part of my ongoing protest, I shall not be attending. I understand the reasons for your stand-off but I'm not sure about the conspiracy theory of testing the grounds for a European super league as Man Utd have already apparently declined. Football isn't only about untold riches, and to be honest, I don't think such a league is beneficial to anyone, especially the top clubs. The CL is a super league in its own right and generates enough cash for all of them. As for under 21s being added to the EFL Trophy, I honestly think it was nothing more than an attempt to up the attendances of what has always been a low attendance tournament until the semis and final. I've become increasingly aware over the last couple of seasons that people are losing sight of the original reason for boycotting the EFL Trophy. For example, on Radio Bristol Richard Hoskin just said "it's a tournament that isn't much liked by the fans". The original reason was that the introduction of U21's was seen as a possible first step towards allowing B and C teams of Premier League clubs to compete against the first teams of clubs in the lower leagues. They do that in Spain, in Germany and in other countries. So why would it matter? Because those countries have never had the depth of support at the 3rd, 4th (or even 2nd and 5th tiers) that has been enjoyed in this country for over a century. The move is a threat to the very existence of clubs in the lower tiers, once the competition "in which we spend all of our Saturday afternoons" is devalued to the point that it's nothing more than a platform for the top 40 rich clubs to experiment with trialists or put an old pro out to pasture. Of all clubs, Bristol Rovers, whose all-time league position is about 10th in the 3rd tier, and yet (in good times) can summon home crowds of over 10,000 would no longer have a meaningful league competition in which to play. Once your matches lose their meaning, you quickly lose fans. I repeat the blurb I've posted in most rounds of this trophy over the last couple of seasons: "We need to highlight that the changes to this competition could be the first step to inclusion of B teams in the lower leagues. That would destroy the integrity of the Football League and, through the consequent devaluation of the League matches, lead towards the demise of clubs who normally play at the lower corners of the Football League pyramid". By the way, I think the boycott is no longer effective. I would prefer to find some way of putting pressure on the EFL Football League to make a statement that B teams will never be allowed to enter league competitions. Maybe 2020 is not the time, though, whilst clubs are fighting for their survival for other reasons.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Dec 7, 2020 11:03:16 GMT
Did the ref explain the reason for the pen? looked to me [on the highlights ]as though the "offender" was being tackled by the Wimbledon player coming away from the goal!! All I can offer is this. I watched the match again on iFollow, this time with the home team's audio. A full 12 seconds elapsed between the moment of the incident and the Wimbledon commentary team realising that the referee had given a penalty. There was a couple of seconds delay in synchronisation, but even so, I think it suggests that the only person in the ground who thought a penalty was even a possibility was the referee. I agree with you. I've played the incident back a dozen times. The Wimbledon player lunged for the ball and was already off balance before Zain Westbrooke had moved. I think the ref saw the Wimbledon player on the floor and assumed that he had got there by means of Westbrooke, instead of by his own lunge.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Dec 6, 2020 12:43:00 GMT
That's the one. Monday 1st April 2013.
John-Joe O'Toole and Oumare Tounkara put us two nil up in six minutes. Danny Woodards made it three after 20. Daggers got one back through Ben Strevens, but Tounkara found the net again to complete the scoring for Rovers. Jake Reed got a second for the home side.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Dec 6, 2020 12:16:13 GMT
Heartwarming to see the uplift in self-belief, compared to the Gills game. I couldn't remember the last time Rovers won 4-2 away, so I've looked it up. Any offers? Bristol City (A) After Extra Time in a League Cup 2nd leg tie in the early nineties ? Not the last time, but well done for bringing up that memory!
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Post by GasMacc1 on Dec 6, 2020 11:30:04 GMT
Heartwarming to see the uplift in self-belief, compared to the Gills game.
I couldn't remember the last time Rovers won 4-2 away, so I've looked it up. Any offers?
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Post by GasMacc1 on Nov 21, 2020 13:33:03 GMT
On the Wolves website:
'[At Gwyn's care home in Caernarfon], Senior nurse Debbie Parry said: “...He had a Wolves and Bristol Rovers badge on his bedroom door either side of his name...".'
RIP.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Nov 19, 2020 15:34:27 GMT
I do feel that there is now a professionalism off the pitch... One tiny example: the announcement that the Gillingham game was being put back 24 hours. That gives us an extra day after the Darlington FA Cup match, which was re-scheduled for TV to the Sunday. A small matter, but I well remember Easter 2014, when we were the only club to play two games in three days. That season didn't end well.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Nov 19, 2020 15:26:43 GMT
Maintain that this season and we'll finish in about 10th or 11th place. Not bad.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Nov 17, 2020 17:25:11 GMT
Sadly with a 6pm ko this now clashes with Game of Shows with Richard Osman and also Bob Ross Joy of Painting at 7:30pm on BBC4. Haha!
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Post by GasMacc1 on Nov 12, 2020 18:44:51 GMT
🗓️Our @emiratesfacup Second Round fixture against @official_Darlo will take place on Sunday, 29th November at 1:30pm. 🖥️ The fixture has been chosen for live coverage on both BBC and BT digital platforms. Note the " digital platforms". The BBC Sport website makes that clear; on the Sunday, you can see the game [only] on BBC iplayer or via the BBC Sport website (or on BT). I hope we get some money from BBC and BT Sport for switching the game. We now have two games in three days - Gillingham (H) on Tuesday 1st December.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Nov 12, 2020 11:55:04 GMT
I remember Martyn Starnes saying* that his short-term financial plan was to reduce the losses from £3.4 million (to June 2019) to £1.5million (not sure if he meant the current financial year, or the one ending June 2020). He made that statement just as Covid emerged, so in the next breath accepted that the plan would be swamped by the effects of the abnormal conditions. Sadly, Wael's open letter gives us a measure of the Covid impact.
*I don't immediately recall whether this was on an open letter on the Rovers site, or in a Geoff Twentyman radio interview, or somewhere else. I'll try to locate it.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Nov 11, 2020 21:50:07 GMT
Finland are two-nil up against France, with 10 minutes to go. Anssi is one of two goalkeepers on the bench!
Edit: Final score. France 0 Finland 2.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Nov 8, 2020 14:10:33 GMT
One of the drawbacks with Oztumer is the FIFA law that it's not an offence to kick him up in the air. At least that's the way the refs viewed it in the games against Shrewsbury, Peterborough and Walsall.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Nov 6, 2020 20:14:30 GMT
Could someone explain to me what a 'sensory room' is please and why I would want to use one at Rovers? "This will help create a safe space for everyone to enjoy match day and encourage a welcoming and inclusive community environment for all football fans" [Official site - my italics]. From the online Q&A in July, Tom Gorringe explained that, whilst we have a number of bars, which clearly a lot of Rovers fans enjoy, they can - in his words, if I remember rightly - be "a bit rowdy". Believe it or not, there might be some existing Rovers supporters, or - dare I say - potential Rovers supporters, who would prefer somewhere a little different and non-alcoholic to spend the hour or two before kick off. Maybe they might even spend some money in that time as well. I seem to remember that Tom said that he recognised that, if you didn't go to one of the bars, you either went straight to your place in the ground and watched the players warming up for half an hour, or you arrived with 5 to 10 minutes to spare. The sensory room, as I understand it, is primarily aimed at families and is an attempt to address the lack of alternative ways to enjoy the time before kick off. He also mentioned something about a place to play computer / video games (is that still a phrase - sorry!) - although whether I'm mixing that up with the sensory room, I'm not sure.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Nov 5, 2020 20:57:53 GMT
Misses Fleetwood at home.
Doesn't really "miss" Chelsea U21 as - no doubt - Jordi would have been selected for that one, even if Anssi had been available.
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