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Post by Rex on Mar 7, 2021 15:49:53 GMT
Haven't Burton had a bit of a decent run? I would imagine it wasn't just Rovers fans who had a sudden burst of interest. These stats would be from Rovers own portal, Burton would be buying from their site and so the 2,000 should be away passes only. Decent enough numbers but that may all change if the team continues this rocky run it’s on. In that case, I'm impressed.
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Post by Rex on Mar 7, 2021 11:57:39 GMT
It’s a fair point, but the more people say f&ck off to Ashton Gate, you’re not a real fan, snowflake etc. then the more argument we will put up to back our point of view. All the pro and anti B***** arguments are pretty boring now. Chuck insults at me and to be honest it’s just a further reminder that the club I grew up supporting is no more. Just little bartonettes storming round like little keyboard footsoldiers I don’t recall anyone who is against B***** telling others to shut up. Once again, severe intolerance of different points of view and it’s all the people who are pro-B***** doing it. Meanwhile the cause of all this in-fighting has 1 win from 4 games. Was it ever worth it? I will give you the benefit of the doubt, and assume you mean that all the people doing it are pro B*****, rather than what you actually typed.
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Post by Rex on Mar 7, 2021 10:34:27 GMT
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Post by Rex on Mar 7, 2021 10:31:14 GMT
The Burton fixture was the club’s most viewed ifollow game this season so far with over 2,220 tuning in. Seems like the B***** appointment has made more people interested than disinterested. I’d imagine that will change if results stay the way they are. Haven't Burton had a bit of a decent run? I would imagine it wasn't just Rovers fans who had a sudden burst of interest.
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Post by Rex on Mar 7, 2021 10:29:22 GMT
GASREX
Crystal Palace v West Bromwich Albion 2-2 Everton v Burnley 2-1 AFC Bournemouth v Barnsley 1-1 Birmingham City v Bristol City 1-1 Queens Park Rangers v Huddersfield Town 2-0 Bristol Rovers v AFC Wimbledon 1-1 Charlton Athletic v Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Doncaster Rovers v Northampton Town 2-0 Carlisle United v Bradford City 1-1 Port Vale v Bolton Wanderers 0-0
RELAX!!!!
Crystal Palace v West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Everton v Burnley 3-1 AFC Bournemouth v Barnsley 2-1 Birmingham City v Bristol City 1-2 Queens Park Rangers v Huddersfield Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers v AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Charlton Athletic v Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Doncaster Rovers v Northampton Town 1-1 Carlisle United v Bradford City 1-1 Port Vale v Bolton Wanderers 1-1
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Post by Rex on Mar 6, 2021 20:47:05 GMT
If it's any consolation I got banned from gaschat for winding up Somerset gas when I said he should support Yeovil. He sent me a personal message which was far from complimentary saying someone of my advancing years should not wind him up! Then he complained to their moderator. Fair trial I don't think so ..carrot crunchers annoy me Ive been banned as well. My offences were disagreeing with the prevailing Remainer view on the political pages, and then banned again as soon as they could because, apparently I used a non- PC word. What word I don't know because the bed wetters haven't bothered to tell me. The fact is they don't want to tolerate anyone with a different view. I can imagine they're mostly a bunch of spotty faced inadequates with a heavily-used w@nk sock tucked under the bed.Well if that was your level of debate.....
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Post by Rex on Mar 6, 2021 20:43:01 GMT
Don’t you want to watch the club’s recap of the laughter and jokes during B*****’s last few days in training? I wonder who’s fault it is today? The ref, the Hull playing style? The centre forward falling over? Ben Garner? Graham Coughlan? Dennis Rofe? I’ve no idea, I didn’t watch it, but I can’t wait to find out I don't think he made any excuses today, he pretty much told it as it was . Whatever anyone thinks of Joey B***** as a bloke, I think it's pretty clear he knows what he is talking about when it comes to what's happening on the pitch.
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Post by Rex on Mar 6, 2021 17:04:53 GMT
Liam Sercombe scores.Quality we could so do with now. Tom Nichols gets his 13th of the season WYHHB?
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Post by Rex on Mar 6, 2021 11:08:14 GMT
I don't disagree. If you look through the Politics section - I tried very hard to try and find common ground. The aim there was to find 'shades of grey' and show that things weren't always black and white. Polite debate was always encouraged. To a degree it was successful, though sadly it's become a very one-sided. The problem with the B***** appointment, is it is a binary issue. You either 'forgive' a man for his very violent past, his long charge sheet, his relentless pursuit to be in the public eye, his plain nasty malevolence on social media, and hope he stays out of trouble. On a professional level, he achieved nothing at Fleetwood on a very healthy budget. And left under a cloud. Of course he did. Or you call out the appointment for what you see the appointment as. A stupid, high risk gamble on an unstable, violent character. An expensive, divisive decision which calls into question the integrity of the Board and the very Club itself. There's no room for shades of grey here. I probably should have PM'd you. I don't want further discussion. Though of course I will have the courtesy to read your response. Well first of all, I rarely venture into the politics section of either forum. I've said before I disagree with politics integration with sport, but understand others love it and can't get enough. I also disagree it's "either or" with JB appointment which has divided the fan base. There is room for other stances.
First of all, the club have a history of employing staff that have transgressed the law before (sometimes with full knowledge prior), so we are not virginal in this regard. Secondly, I think it's a very valid point to passively support an appointment which can potentially help the professional well being of the club, no matter what "baggage" the appointment comes with. To distinguish between personal and professional traits is completely acceptable. Thirdly, it's all about where everyone draws their line on the first two points. I'm still neutral about this appointment. I know that might not sit well with some, and some are trying to put me in a box, but I support the club not any one person in it because no one person is bigger than the club. Although Josh Barrett is on his way to eating his way there... I'm still in two minds. I take on board all the previous incidents, and my natural instinct is to take an empathetic and compassionate approach....but not at the expense of harm to the club or bringing it's reputation into disrepute. And I recognise some may think this has already happened. What this forum should do (and I think does somewhat a good job), is bring everyone together from every political, ethnic, class etc background to inform and explore concepts. But please keep the good work up. It's important to me to be relatively free to express opinion, and it's just as important for others to be relatively free to ignore it... I'm with you on this. Some people have made the B***** appointment a 'You're either with us or agin us' issue, which is not how I feel at all. He certainly wasn't top of my list of who I wanted to be manager, but now he's here, I hope to be proved wrong and that he turns out to be an excellent appointment. One thing is for sure, he won't be here all that long anyway, managers either move on or get moved on.
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Post by Rex on Mar 5, 2021 18:45:44 GMT
Good grief. So now B***** is the victim, just as he says every time he gets caught. This is what he said after being banned for placing bets on football matches over a 10 year period, it wasn't his fault because he was addicted to gambling, he then doubled down on excusing himself by blaming the FA for not doing more to challenge the culture of gambling. That was after he complained that an 18 month ban for gambling was too severe. At times this bloke sounds a bit idiotic I'm afraid. Ref us being a 'Family club'. That ship has sailed with B*****'s appointment. We are now in the gutter with clubs like Liverpool, Millwall, 1982, Villa, West Ham, you know, those clubs with no moral standing whatsoever. Even West Ham fans complained so much about B***** that David Gold changed his mind about signing him, so that sorta shows you where we are in the pantheon of football morality.Not really, it just means some West Ham fans complained, much in the same way some Rovers fans are now.
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Post by Rex on Mar 5, 2021 12:05:34 GMT
Genuine question - I get the reference to Millwall, 1982 and maybe West Ham, but why are Liverpool and Villa in the gutter with no moral standing? Villa have a nasty element in their support base. Liverpool pretend to be victims, always have, but got us banned from European competition, and if you think their behaviour has changed one bit just Google assaults, violence etc involving their fans. We did this on here a while back, it was typified by them attacking the Man City coach, and some on here defending it. They aren't a nice lot up there. Here we go, the usual suspects will crawl out of the woodwork now and say that it's just a few 'wrong 'uns', no it's not, that club has had the problem for generations and should be excluded from all competitions. Attended match days would instantly become safer events for everybody. An awful lot of those arrested at Heysel really weren't Liverpool fans, I knew a couple of them. Hooligans who just liked a fight.
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Post by Rex on Mar 4, 2021 15:24:40 GMT
Bloody hell, that's chucking in the towel a little bit early! We can't beat teams around us, Rex. We are the 2nd lowest scoring team in the division and we've seen enough relegation seasons to see the hallmarks of relegation (ie erroneous referee decisions, not playing two strikers, persevering with an underperforming captain, not replacing the top goalscorer with experienced alternative) I would love to be proven wrong. All those things may be true, but I'll be f**ked if I give in that easily. We may well go down, but there is still more than enough time to get out of it.
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Post by Rex on Mar 4, 2021 10:53:39 GMT
It's not over till Joey B sings Optimistic and keen to turn us around Clint Hill needs to sort defence out and Joey needs Hanlan Daly Ayunga scoring. Impressed with McCormick despite his error last night. Oztumer needs bringing back in midfield. What's happened to Ogogo? Rodman looks good getting fitter. What's happened to Joe Ledley? I thought ogogogo was injured and out for the season? Ledley was never our player and only rumoured to be training with us intermittently. I think we are already relegated, it's just a matter of time before it's confirmed. I also think the mistakes won't be learned (because they haven't been this season) and we'll face an uncertain future next season too.. Bloody hell, that's chucking in the towel a little bit early!
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Post by Rex on Mar 3, 2021 23:55:44 GMT
I don't post on here very often. I am a season ticket holder & so will be getting my £285 back for this season, and won't shell out whilst B***** is there. Post Covid I will walk up to Mangotsfield United. I am also a season ticket holder and so will voice my disgust at the appointment at the next general meeting that the president convenes. It won't change anything, but it'll make me feel better. Have I missed something? Are the club refunding season tickets?
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Post by Rex on Mar 3, 2021 10:09:27 GMT
In a desperate attempt to salvage the season with some silverware RELAX!!!! will be entering. RELAX!!!! have been entered Rex. An interesting choice of name as the last three non-league teams you have entered in cup competitions have been so relaxed they have failed to make any predictions. That was a protest at allowing Dido's over 65s teams in
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Post by Rex on Mar 3, 2021 9:53:46 GMT
And B***** is the face of Bristol Rovers. A great number of people are very supportive of this. Those people have lost their minds. 'A great number' of other people are appalled that this violent criminal 'is the face of Bristol Rovers'. But they can all go hang, right? I think this 'great number' of people who are appalled by the appointment of B***** and those that have 'lost their minds' being supportive of him being the face of BRFC, is a somewhat of an exaggeration. Social media does have that unfortunate effect of amplifying views to the extent that some people thing you either have to be in one camp or the other. If truth be told, I think the vast majority of football fans (not just Rovers) don't really care all that much who the manager is or who the owner is. They want to turn up on a Saturday, meet up with friends and hope to see the occasional good game of football.
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Post by Rex on Mar 1, 2021 11:20:00 GMT
To see joey tweet a pic today off his three kids in rovers shirts saying suns out. Three points and three new gas heads.... brilliant we’ve had more publicity on sky and in the national press in the last week than in the previous five years. Great appointment this gasheads utg He is doing his best to be a Gashead. If you watch his interviews , there have been several occasions, where he nearly calls us 'Bristol' and just about gets away with adding 'Rovers'. I find it quite amusing, but at least he knows !
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Post by Rex on Mar 1, 2021 11:16:37 GMT
Bomber was Gas though He had to wear a Gas shirt in one of the series but was actually in real life a City82er. Still it made me chuckle that he had to wear one! I'm pretty sure that's a myth, he was a Brummie after all. with no connection to Bristol. I just remember a scene where he was talking about football with the cockney one who looked like a 70s glam rock star, who , when his team were criticised, said to Bomber 'Well they're better than Bristol City anyway' to which Bomber replied something along the lines of 'I don't know about them, I'm a Rovers fan' My memory is a bit hazy on this one, but there may have also been a reference to him being a City fan in a different episode, so the continuity people didn't do their job very well! Anyway, we do lack a bit on the celebrity fan front, so I'm claiming him for us , even if he is a fictional character!
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Post by Rex on Mar 1, 2021 10:55:59 GMT
WUM from o p.. Inflammatory, and after this post I'm not responding to the ghost of someone from Auf Wiedersein Pet...Bomber was Gas though
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Post by Rex on Mar 1, 2021 10:54:05 GMT
Given your role, I am surprised that you have taken the stance you have. Bristol Rovers Football Club is an employer, the role of manager is one that needs to be filled. I am not forgiving anyone, I am merely stating what I consider to be the facts of the matter. I had to work with people and understand fully their backgrounds before I could take them forwards and sometimes that was incredibly difficult, but if they had served their time then that was it. In those days we would liaise with the Probation Service as some job seekers were precluded from certain employment, for reasons that you will be aware of. I am not sure that you can be certain that "B***** doesn't want forgiveness", as we are back in the territory of people making assumptions about the intentions of the Al Qadi family without very clear evidence to back it up. As I say to the people who I now employ with my wife in our business, "we are not hear to make friends we are here to make money, if we don't make money we are all out of work". (All our employees have to be DBS checked) The role of a football manager is to organise the team to win matches. That is what most supporters want and the morals or political views of the manager are an irrelevance to most. It doesn't matter if people "like" the manager or not. I fundamentally disagreed with the direction of the previous owner of the Football Club and called him to account at each AGM (and he really didn't like it), but I never stopped supporting the team. I could see what was happening and kept my counsel when people were falling over backwards to support the UWE folly. It was a waste of mental energy to fight a battle that couldn't be won. I have been covering matches for Hospital Radio this season and something had to change, watching in the flesh has been a strange experience and I pretty sure that Garnerball would have finished much earlier than was the case if there had been a crowd in. Tisdale was unfortunate because of the Covid-19 outbreak, but he clearly lost the plot towards the end. Is B***** the answer, I don't know? Recruitment is not an exact science and we were not party to it. Regards John Malyckyj “the morals or political views of the manager are an irrelevance to most supporters”. why? Football clubs are a great institution and do a lot for their community. Being a manager is a very public profile job. It’s not like any other job a reformed and apologetic jailbird can be considered for. It’s not just about keeping teams up “so let’s just forget everything if he does that”. Just like political parties, and society in general, football clubs need to be careful they promote the right values, these are tolerance and respect in politics and society in general, tolerance and respect to the laws governing the land and its inhabitants, with clear lines and to react when those lines are crossed. THIS ISN’T MORALISING. THIS IS BEING PRACTICAL ABOUT IT. Tell me, for example, how does a manager discipline a player for making fascist salute when he makes fascist salutes himself? See? You just cannot believe politics is an irrelevance to this role, when political ideology is so finely woven with racism, antisemitism, and intolerance. Likewise: How does a club sack players who have bet on matches they are involved in, when they hire managers with 18 month ban from football who do that themselves? How do you discipline anyone employed by the club who will beat up 15 year old kids, rather than laugh off a bit of teasing banter, when your leader does this themselves?
Etc. Etc. Etc. To say this particular job comes with white Knight standards is not moralising, some fans need to open their eyes to the practicalities and precedents that underwrite the commercial and political transactions of common everyday life. Did he beat up a 15 year old?
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