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Post by trunky on Apr 21, 2015 15:01:46 GMT
There are no new owners lined up ....WAKE UP!! ..... As I said on here months ago and was shot down by the usual cyber knowalls .... if Sainsburys money is not forthcoming we are heading for Administration... Points deduction will be the least of our worries. Lansdown or Ken Bates to offer £1 for the club!! This is the damage the Board has done to our Club..... I honestly fear for us ! That's how important promotion is this Season! Bournemouth went into administration in 2008, it hasn't done them to much harm,in fact 99% of clubs which have gone into administration are in a far better place than us.
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Post by trunky on Mar 31, 2015 7:56:13 GMT
Oh the relief is tangible isn't it? If he keeps them up, you can surely say "well done" with the grace that befits the Forum world. Relief that we're not sacking our manager and replacing him with a busted flush who got sacked when on the brink of 2 relegations in a row? Yeah, pretty relieved. Or you could put it another way he kept a village team at a higher level than us for most if not all of the seven seasons he was at Yeovil which I think is a huge over achievement and took over the mob across the way when they were struggling in div 1 and got them within an ace of premiership football, it depends how you want to look at it.
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Post by trunky on Mar 30, 2015 12:04:18 GMT
Today's performance at Macclesfield proved showed or confirmed what I have thought since the start of the season that Darryl Clarke is out of his depth as manager of Bristol Rovers. This squad isn't very strong even in a poor standard of football which the Conference is. However Alfreton's superb equaliser gives us a chance. It's now a sprint to the finish and we must win all five games and even that probably won't be enough but it might be. Watching the game today I couldn't work out what our game plan was and assume we didn't have one. We certainly didn't play with much conviction and to me we didn't want it enough. Our manager looked frightened stiff with little direction from the touchline . We can't sign anymore players so we must make the best of what we have. I have zero confidence that Darryl can or knows how to do that. Both players and supporters need a boost. Living on the outskirts of Bristol is one of if not the best lower league managers of recent times. I feel absolutely sure that he would love to manage the sleeping giant which is Bristol Rovers. I say bring him in now in some capacity. He would have the respect of the players and supporters alike. He would organise them and motivate them for the task ahead. Now I accept that he still might not be able to get us to top spot but then let's turn to the playoffs.Gary has a huge amount of experience of playoff games and finals. What better person could there be to prepare and organise us. Just think for a minute who would you rather have organising us in the dugout at Wembley Gary or Darryl. It's a no brainer isn't it and a frightening choice. Furthermore who do you think the managers of the other playoff contenders would rather see in our Dugout ! So come on the Board of Directors get Gary Johnson in now and give us a good chance. I know I would not want Darryl here another season and just know Gary would get us back in Div 1 sooner than anybody else I can think of. Not an argument for appointing Gary Johnson but I know for a fact that Yeovil supporters are more worried about him coming to us than being relegated. Rather nice that ! I think the timing of this post is appalling even though I agree with most of what it says I don't think there is any doubt that Gary Johnson would get us well organised and playing decent football.I wish sometimes our fans would look at what is good for the football club and not let their petty prejudices get in the way.
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Post by trunky on Mar 26, 2015 13:32:47 GMT
Is he worth signing ? Saw article that all Torquay Utd players are on £350 per week and goalkeeper has left to get job as a car salesman.
I rate Young but with Lines and Mansell may find it hard to accommodate him. Plus we have Sinclair and Clarke when they are fit so competition for places is already quite high I think you have answered your own question.
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Post by trunky on Mar 25, 2015 12:15:29 GMT
I farted again on the ham if anyone's interested. Yes and I think my wife must have sat on the fish.
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Post by trunky on Mar 23, 2015 9:08:38 GMT
Apparently if they ever win it again they get to keep the paintbrush.
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Post by trunky on Mar 12, 2015 15:44:11 GMT
I have been hit for three consecutive (lucky) sixes at his old ground! Which one? He's connected to quite a few around Bristol. Downend most famously but there's also a Grace family connection with the ground at Thornbury I believe, the County Ground itself and several others that are no longer in existence. It was kind of the family business! I think I live in the house he resided in for most of the time (in Downend), I have found beard trimmings all over the place.
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Post by trunky on Mar 11, 2015 12:29:55 GMT
W.G.Grace WAS a good cricketer. I know I live in his old house.!
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Post by trunky on Mar 11, 2015 11:34:36 GMT
I would have him back like a shot,when he was our manager we played some of the best football I have ever witnessed a Bristol Rovers team play, apart from that he made us millions with his signings Jason Roberts, Barry Hayles,Nathan Ellington all sold for a huge profit. What he did at Blackpool is probably one of the greatest football achievments ever, tell me any other manager in the world who could take over a Championship side with average gates of 7,500 spend no money in fact they actually made a profit of £60K on their transfer activities that season and on top of that Blackpool were red hot favourites for relegation that year and get them promotion.
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Post by trunky on Mar 6, 2015 8:27:39 GMT
I have been working on a project recently where the FCA recommended interest rate for damages was 8% pa simple interest. The onus will most likely be on the BoD to prove to the judge that they were forced to take out the loan to assist them in the period of Sainsbury's refusal to pay the funds. That will be made more difficult by the fact that Sainsbury could look at our accounts and say that the club was leaking cashflow anyway and that it was not their fault that BRFC had to borrow money at exorbitant rates. Further Sainsbury could take the position that the refusal of the club's bank to lend further funds was down to historic performance and ineptitude rather than their not paying up. The lawyers are going to have a field day on this one and to get compensation BRFC will have to have a very strong virtually bullet proof case. They are few and far between in my experience. As a complete lamem, wouldn't you assume as NH has had some level of success in the construction game, he would be experienced in this particular field? Or maybe it's about whom has the squidgiest handshake.. Whats a lamem?
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Post by trunky on Feb 24, 2015 16:23:53 GMT
How about pork pie sausage roll come on Worrall give us a goal.
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Post by trunky on Feb 23, 2015 12:20:37 GMT
Here is my two pennyworth on this. Without Geoff we would not even have The Mem to sell to Sainsburys or use as security for loans. Some view Geoff as a crafty operator who punches above his weight and others view him as a manipulative double dealer. Whichever description is more accurate I believe that if he had been in charge last season his street fighting qualities would have ensured that Rovers were not relegated to the Conference. If Geoff owned 52% of the club and was down to his last ten million I believe he would have loaned the club two and a half million rather than give security and pay interest to an outside finance company. In my view he would be desperate to make sure that, even if the worst case scenario happened, he left the club in better financial situation than it was when he joined it. If the stories are true, and Geoff is being denied the chance to become a Vice President and not being welcomed at club functions, then I feel those responsible should remember that two wrongs don't make a right.
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Post by trunky on Feb 9, 2015 12:22:26 GMT
It is - for home and away fans What about the other fans?
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Post by trunky on Feb 5, 2015 11:52:27 GMT
He's also kept Yeovil at a consistently higher level of football than us. They were never going to be able to sustain championship football. In fact it was a miracle that he even got them there. This season he has been given next to nothing to spend on the team., and last years team have basically departed because of budget cuts. His biggest asset is his contacts at the higher levels of football, which allows for far better quality loanees than we get. He's also failed at Peterborough & Northampton in recent years. Define failed, neither club was relegated and I thought the reasons his contract was terminated on both occasions were because of disagreements with the chairman.
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Post by trunky on Feb 4, 2015 8:57:21 GMT
Some on here can critisise a new signing when never having seen him play. Imagine if Internet forums were around in the 1980s... "we've signed Gary Penrice and Phil Purnell from Mangotsfield, underwhelmed by these signings" "where the hell is St Blazey anyway?" "he's an electrician who couldn't even get in Boston United's first team ffs" Gasheads have sadly changed. Gone are the days when the team/manager received our full support. Is it no wonder we have changed after what we have had to endure over the last five years its a wonder we are not all in clinics under strong medication. At the moment we are all traumatised but I am sure things will return to normal when we get back on track.
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Post by trunky on Feb 3, 2015 8:25:05 GMT
Another poster compared losing Sinclair to losing Ronnie Mauge when we looked odds on for promotion under Ollie, and hoped we learned from the mistake of bringing in youngsters to do a man's job. Unfortunately, you fear from this signing we didn't learn anything but I guess he can't be any worse than Lockyer in midfield? You are absolutely spot on I am convinced a little bit of extra investment then would have reaped huge rewards. As is the case now we are in a strong position and need a bit of quality to ensure promotion when are our board going to realise there are times to be prudent and times when going that extra mile would bring major benefits to the club.
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Post by trunky on Jan 27, 2015 10:14:55 GMT
One thing they have not got is their dignity in 1982 they owed a lot of people a lot of money which was never paid they even had to tear up players contracts telling them if they didn't accept a pittance they would get nothing.We will always have the moral high ground over those guttersnipes.
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Post by trunky on Jan 21, 2015 12:37:43 GMT
with respect its not hindsight. there were many arguments against what has occurred that happened in real time. Your analogy with our friends across the river is a false one and is a straw man argument. Nick has had years to create his legacy, and this he has done. huge accumulated operational losses, one failed stadium development plan and now perhaps another one, two relegations and a public relations persona that would make Basil Faulty look clever. I would agree that "In the Hole" is about right though
so would you have prefered a pansdown type figure to be running our club instead of Nick Higgs Is that a serious question.
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Post by trunky on Jan 9, 2015 8:10:51 GMT
I think them are good enough to keep us up as long as we get a decent striker.We have struggled in that respect ever since we sold Lambert.
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Post by trunky on Jan 7, 2015 10:26:35 GMT
I can give you a long list of league clubs who have gone bust and are in a much better situation than we are.
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