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Post by Bernard Briggs on Feb 25, 2015 16:44:53 GMT
so do you cheer the team on? celebrate goals? sing the songs? whats your approach on match days ? are you grim faced waiting for us to be 7th in league 1? No, I don't jump around in faux delirium when a goal is scored. To be honest, I find watching people doing that quite embarrasing and rather ridiculous. I agree with Mr Gasgroin. Leaping about as if your trousers are on fire, simply because a goal has been scored, is childish and puerile. Still, there`s nothing I can do about it.
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Feb 25, 2015 12:07:19 GMT
I may have missed it but was there a reason, other than Clarke's choice, for Dawson not starting? Really couldn't understand that one! The games I`ve seen Dawson play, he`s tended to do well in the first half, then fade in the second. I can understand Clarke saving him for the second half, but he should have been on right at the beginning of the second period. I think it would have been a more comfortable win, if Dawson had had 45 minutes to exploit the space on the right. Why Clarke persists with Gosling is beyond me. Every time he starts, it`s like Groundhog Day. He spends the entire first half causing the opposition no problems whatsoever, then doesn`t come out for the second half. The only time I would play him, is if there was absolutely nobody else to play in midfield. The sooner we have a fit again Sinclair back, the happier i`ll be.
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Feb 25, 2015 8:01:42 GMT
great relief that we found a way to win ,,braintree were well set up and very lively upfront,,,with dawson i can only think that dc wants him fresh for saturday and gambled on leaving him out. And did he gamble on sticking Blissett out on the right wing for most of the first half? Inexplicable. We won last night in spite of Clarke`s management, not because of it.
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Feb 24, 2015 22:13:04 GMT
Masterstroke by DC bringing Dawson on with 20 minutes left, we needed his quality and skill to be as fresh as possible when Braintree's legs had gone, and the loan man delivered, keeping him on the bench will do him no harm, DC did it with LDV, keeps them keen and hungry. Couldn`t disagree more. Dawson should have been on at the start of the second half. It`s beyond me why Clarke put Balanta into an already crowded midfield, when width was needed against Braintree`s ten men. Not good management at all.
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Feb 23, 2015 11:40:09 GMT
doubt its a newport fan myself I agree. No Welshman can spell that well.
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Feb 23, 2015 11:28:30 GMT
Matty Taylor seems to be the latest player to divide opinion amongst us gasheads. To me he is the best centre forward at the club, he holds the ball up better than anyone else, he brings other players into the game. Unfortunately he is guilty of missing chances which gives the doubters easy ammunition to criticise him. Hopefully his injury isn't serious, if it is I think DC will try and get another loan player in. Agree absolutely. Taylor never stops running, never stops dragging defenders all over the pitch, has an excellent first touch, and is pretty reasonable in the air for someone who isn`t the tallest. Of course I wish he was more composed in front of goal, but overall his contribution to our healthy league position has been as great as any other player. Criticize Blissett, who is to football what Audley Harrison is to boxing.
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Feb 23, 2015 7:51:23 GMT
I thought Ellis did ok. Most times he got the ball, he made space for himself nicely. Can`t agree that Blissett was "ineffective". He was worse than that. Far worse. No matter how gently the ball was played in his direction, it would bounce at least ten feet away from him. His control was pitiful. i agree that blissett had a poor game yesterday bernard but i think hes "a work in progress" young and raw and still adapting to being a full time professional,with easter injured our options upfront have been reduced perhaps meaning hes had to play more than is good for him He`s certainly had to play more than is good for me. If that`s the case, Mr.1973, would you play him on Tuesday night?
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Feb 22, 2015 11:27:40 GMT
Was outstanding today, reminded me of Steve Elliott at his best. Player of the Season for me so far, keep it up Tom! At the begining of the season, he wasn`t so great. He looked like he thought he was too good to be playing non league football. Away to Altrincham and Braintree, he was an absolute liability with his attitude and his standard of play. But he has improved massively. Great performance yesterday, and ably assisted by McChrystal.
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Feb 22, 2015 8:08:14 GMT
What I don't understand is the hoof ball, the pitch isn't bad anymore, so there are no excuses really. There did seem rather a lot of pointless booting the ball to no one in particular at times and whilst I don't want to be critical of the players what I can never understand is why Mildenhall constantly kicks the ball from hand down the pitch to our smallest player on the pitch Matty Taylor, hasn't he noticed that Blissett is about 15 inches taller and should be his target. Perhaps he`s noticed that Blissett is about as good in the air, as one of those statues on Easter island. Kicking the ball to Taylor is far more likely to be productive.
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Feb 22, 2015 8:00:21 GMT
How weird, I thought Ellis played well, in fact I saw Blissett as ineffective. I'd go Taylor Harrison Tuesday. I thought Ellis did ok. Most times he got the ball, he made space for himself nicely. Can`t agree that Blissett was "ineffective". He was worse than that. Far worse. No matter how gently the ball was played in his direction, it would bounce at least ten feet away from him. His control was pitiful.
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Oct 1, 2014 7:49:17 GMT
Outstanding performance from the Rovers tonight. Players ran their bollocks off. I've never brought into this idea of blaming refs etc, however, the officials tonight were inept beyond belief! I have been a huge critic of DC tactically but hats off to the way he shuffled the pack at HT and for large parts you would never have known who was playing with ten men. Agreed. At half time I feared for our goal difference, but the second half was as good as it gets, given that we were a man down. Clarke`s decision to play the second half with two up front, seemed to completely confuse Eastleigh. It wasn`t what they were expecting, and at times they were reduced to hitting the ball long, which isn`t how to break down ten men. Everybody was superb second half, but a special mention to Lee Brown who ran non stop up and down the touchline, in front of the bulk of the travelling fans. Brilliant defending, and a constant threat going forward too. It was a good game in front of two sets of fans, who created a cracking atmosphere.
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Sept 7, 2014 10:40:41 GMT
i went to the game today,very even 1st half,tom parkes clearly pushed there striker for the pen,,2nd half a walk in the park for braintree should have got 3 or 4 and didnt have to withstand any pressure from us. trotman was a real warrior today and lockyear and cunnington battled hard......ollie clarke and later ryan brunt simply passed the ball to braintree! You must have been standing fairly close to me, Mr 1973. That`s pretty much how I saw the game. Trotman did his best to single handedly repel all Braintree`s attacks. Cunnington tried hard, and won his share of the ball in the air, but White was nowhere to be seen when the ball was flicked on. You could never fault the effort that Ollie Clarke puts in, but if he`s a professional footballer, I`m Ron Jeremy. He spent the entire game either giving the ball to the opposition, or hoofing it aimlessly out of play. Paying him to play football, is like paying Shane McGowan to advise people on how to stop drinking. Why Clarke wasn`t replaced by Sinclair, when we went two down yesterday, is beyond me. Instead, our "manager" brought Sinclair on to play at right back. How that was going to get us back in the game, is beyond me. And a special word for Tom Parkes. He plays as if it`s beneath him to be in part time company. Against Altrincham, and yesterday against Braintree, he spent the game blatantly pushing and kicking the opposition. He needs to sort himself out.
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Sept 7, 2014 10:07:04 GMT
Pulling knives from his back? We all know he is an inexperienced manager,why expect miracles on a vastly reduced budget and,evidently senior players who have escaped the bulls*** aimed at him and his signings,not pulling their weight? Why dont people get the fact that the board cant be arsed to watch Rovers says all that we need to know? But if you cant see past Darrel Clarke being the only reason for Rovers being rotten then it says it all about the knowledgable Rovers supporter. Is it expecting miracles for Rovers to go to part timers like Altrincham and Braintree, and not be played off the pitch by them? I very much doubt that there`s one single Gashead, who thinks that Clarke is the only reason for Rovers being rotten. But right now, he is the biggest single reason.
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Sept 7, 2014 9:54:50 GMT
They're hardly a pub team though are they? A team that can't pay enough that the players don't need other jobs, but I'm sure they're players are ex full time professionals mostly etc. I may be entirely wrong, Mr1234, but I think there was a degree of irony in the song.
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Sept 7, 2014 8:50:28 GMT
I think it was the most disgusting thing, and to think he was a Gashead! He should be permanently banned. The guy is a pain in the arse. I had the misfortune to be standing near him at Altrincham, and he was pissing everybody off there. Some Rovers fans behind him, started chucking stuff at him. Would be happy to see him banned.
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Sept 7, 2014 8:45:46 GMT
....Braintree didn't celebrate like they had beats a bigger, mightier, more professional club! You would've thought they would've gone mental?! They just treated it like it was another win against a poor, mediocre, unconfident, disjointed team. And they're right... Absolutely right. It was just a stroll for them. The song that their fans kept singing, summed the afternoon up. "We know what we are, We know what we are, A pub team from Essex, We know what we are."
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Aug 30, 2014 16:22:43 GMT
Cunnington was man of the match - now 15th in table He was, although Mildenhall kept us in it with two great saves in the first half. Hope we can keep Cunnington all season. He won so much in the air, he gives us a whole new outlet in attack. Sinclair played really well when he came on. Never stopped running, and some great passes too. A real crowd favourite.
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Aug 24, 2014 6:30:21 GMT
Just got back from the game.... Back 4 completely clueless Parkes was utter utter rubbish Midfield ok against a poor side except Bob Monkhouse had a bad game Front 2 again looked good but up against a poor team Don't get me wrong we played some good stuff but against a team that will struggle this year UTG Exactly how I saw it. Don`t know what`s wrong with Parkes. He was abysmal against Altrincham too.
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Aug 20, 2014 16:24:14 GMT
No gashead wants to be in this league but unfortunately we are. I fear it could be for a while too. Pre-season didn't look great and we have had a bad 1st 3 results, with performances below what was expected but looking at the history of relegated teams we could be here for a while. I don't know the stats but few teams bounce straight back. A mate of mine is a Carlisle fan and they managed it however by the end of the season when they actually went down they were an improving side who had a terrible start to the season, they were too far adrift to recover, they stayed together and came back up. Many other relegated teams have remained in the conference or gone out of business. Rovers went down because they were a poor team, any half decent players have now gone and we are left with what we have plus the new recruits. Even if this team does turn out to be a promotion challenging group I think it will naturally take time. I am not convinced by the players or by Clarke at the moment but time will tell. Clarke's changing the team cannot help as I think we need consistency, you would have hoped that he would know his best 11. There is not surprisingly a lot of negativity around at the moment but we should try and be positive, constant changes have not served the club well over the past few years. Anyway here's hoping we buck the trend and get back up soon but be prepared for a potential prolonged stay in the conference. UTG The only way we`ll be leaving the Conference in the next few years, is the same way we left the football league. We have a board that reeks of failure, and a manager who is every bit as clueless as the last few losers we had in charge. Not good.
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Aug 16, 2014 20:42:58 GMT
Not good reading. I only heard bits of the game. Am I reading that comment about "the fisherman/worzel gummidge" right - was Sinclair moved to full back??? He was. When we went two down, we switched to three at the back, and Sinclair moved to the right side of defence.
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