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Post by The Concept on Feb 22, 2021 21:27:19 GMT
At least we'll get some national headlines at last but not necessarily on the back pages! A pretty miserable day to top off a pretty miserable year and a bitš„ I'm not sure whether, when you say a year and a bit, you mean since June 2020 when Wael told us he had taken full control of Rovers ? At that time most Gasheads seemed to think that once Wael was free to do as he pleased everything would work out well. But with hindsight it now looks as though having Hani, Mike Turner and Steve Hamer around was actually in Rovers best interests because their influence prevented the catastrophic decision making we have seen over the past eighteen months. It is sad to see Gasheads reacting in the extreme way many are today because I don't think it will help the club if good people turn their back on it. But, on the other hand, when fans say "we must all get behind Wael" I think by being behind him all they are doing is pushing him closer to the edge of the cliff. Someone needs to be standing on that cliff edge pushing him in the other direction away from the bad influences he seems to be under and towards the sound advice which he could get, if he wanted to, from professionals like Deloitte or Taylor Wessing and personal advisors of the caliber of Colin Sexstone whom Nick Higgs brought in to help. I don't know for sure, but when I read it I took that to be a reference to Covid-19.
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Post by The Concept on Feb 21, 2021 21:09:54 GMT
I've not bothered commenting on the possibility of B***** becoming the next manager of BRFC before now, because I honestly thought it was all pie in the sky gossip and paper talk with no substance. I thought there was no chance of us even contemplating employing someone due in court in the summer on an assault charge, with the possibility of conducting team talks during a spell at Her Majesty's pleasure - especially thought no chance of Mr A-Q wanting him to be manager. ... Unbelievable Jeff. Itās as well to say he hasnāt been found guilty of that yet. He deserves the right to work in the mean time and it somewhat bothers me the way our culture demands sacrifice before justice has even had the chance to have itās due. See: Ryan Giggs as Wales manager, ushered out the back door because of the negative headlines even though he has been found guilty of nothing yet. The issue with B***** should squarely be on his previous character being appropriate for such a public role and also whether his managerial record can be held in mitigation. So, does a mid table and play offs finish (in a curtailed season) justify the hiring of someone with the list of offences that follows B***** around? I know my answer to that question but it will be different for everyone. Yeah, innocent until proven guilty, and all that, but the guy has got previous.
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Post by The Concept on Feb 21, 2021 20:01:55 GMT
I've not bothered commenting on the possibility of B***** becoming the next manager of BRFC before now, because I honestly thought it was all pie in the sky gossip and paper talk with no substance.
I thought there was no chance of us even contemplating employing someone due in court in the summer on an assault charge, with the possibility of conducting team talks during a spell at Her Majesty's pleasure - especially thought no chance of Mr A-Q wanting him to be manager.
... Unbelievable Jeff.
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Post by The Concept on Feb 21, 2021 19:54:23 GMT
This the Telegraph , gaschat is the Sun - I am new on here , utg Definitely a few Guardian writers on here as well Allygas. Probably better to say Broadsheet v Tabloid. Although, I'm aware there more sizes in between these days.
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Post by The Concept on Feb 20, 2021 21:25:03 GMT
Stendel is now the favourite! ... Our first manager from outside the British Isles... if it happens. Das ist gut...nicht wahr? Not strictly true... One of our previous managers was born in Malta.
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Post by The Concept on Feb 20, 2021 18:40:14 GMT
1 shot all game. At home, and going behind with still a quarter of the game left, and only managed 1 shot in the 90+ minutes.
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Post by The Concept on Feb 20, 2021 15:01:41 GMT
Difference from Portsmouth game is we finally, for once, took our chances.
Just take your chances Rovers. Okay, slightly unfortunate hitting the woodwork 3 times, but 19 shots away from home and no goals.
If we'd have taken our chances today it's a different game - we wouldn't have been so open at the back for their goals.
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Post by The Concept on Feb 20, 2021 14:34:48 GMT
Shots on target 1 ... goals 1.
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Post by The Concept on Feb 20, 2021 13:32:03 GMT
Nah, they're not really shaped the way of your average footballer; and besides, Beluga Whales are more into their rugby...
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Post by The Concept on Feb 19, 2021 14:13:26 GMT
Whomever will be chosen as the new first team coach will need to play 5-3-2, work with the existing coaches and promise never to criticise the board. I canāt see anyone beyond Widdrington for the role. Iāve just got Theo Widdrington at 150-1 How about Kai Widderington? What are the odds on him? Okay, 'Strictly' speaking he doesn't have the qualifications, but he's already proven he's '... Got Talent'.
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Post by The Concept on Feb 18, 2021 20:55:57 GMT
Their roots go back to the early days of football and, like us, a founder member of the football league. A club that refuses to die. Here's an interesting story from their club history book. In February 1907 Stanley played away from home to Bradford City for an FA Cup tie. Their goalie was the legendary and gigantic Willie āFattyā Foulke, whose jersey clashed with the red of Stanley. Not surprisingly a suitable other coloured replacement could not be found. The problem was eventually overcome by the use of a sheet, borrowed from a nearby house, which was wrapped around the manās giant frame. Bradford City won by a single goal and since Foulke didnāt dive during the game you now know where the expression āto keep a clean sheet' comes from. Lovely story, and may well have happened, but to say that is the origin of the phrase 'to keep a clean sheet' is fanciful at best! 'A clean sheet (or slate)' would have pre-dated 1907 by some distance. Used in a few different ways, from the same root, for instance: - To start something again/afresh. - Without restraints or commitments. - To show no mistakes. Football would have borrowed the phrase from existing similar usages.
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Post by The Concept on Feb 17, 2021 12:55:33 GMT
Leahy - A long-header to set Ayunga away for the first / A cross into the box for the second / And then harrying the defender to win a penalty - I was wondering what the hell he was doing that far up the pitch, thinking he should get back to the defensive line ... what do I know!
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Post by The Concept on Feb 17, 2021 12:52:13 GMT
Day's save in the first half, when their player was clean through.
It doesn't appear in the highlights, but he slipped as he went to close the player down - makes it more remarkable he managed to keep the shot out (or perhaps more remarkable the player couldn't put the ball away!).
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Post by The Concept on Feb 17, 2021 12:46:32 GMT
Yes, fair play to the Gaschat boys. Not sure whether they have had any experience in commentating before (Hospital Radio commentary maybe?) - perhaps none at all. Doing well so far, and I'm sure they will improve over time - you have to start somewhere.
The thing I find strange is that Screen Soccer, a group of Rovers fans (who did a brilliant job over the years, by the way), got the boot from commentating and producing videos a couple of years back, because the club wanted their own team doing it, yet here we are with a group of Rovers fans doing the commentary again!
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Post by The Concept on Feb 16, 2021 17:48:24 GMT
2-1 to the Bristol Rover [sic]
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Post by The Concept on Feb 16, 2021 10:10:41 GMT
If JB is appointed, and he gets Ricky Hill to be assistant, will they live in B***** Hill? Oi! Get your own jokes please. :-)
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Post by The Concept on Feb 16, 2021 10:09:27 GMT
Bristol Rover's ?!?
Oh, come on Epping, please!
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Post by The Concept on Feb 15, 2021 21:15:09 GMT
Joseph Anthony B***** & Keith John Hill ... the B***** / Hill dream ticket.
Rovers' heartland of North Bristol, was once mostly known as B***** Regis (royal B*****) ... Rovers' colours Royal Blue ... 'B*****' in Bristol now only existing in the B***** Hill area-l ... it's all coming together.
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Post by The Concept on Feb 14, 2021 19:46:25 GMT
www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/every-word-martyn-starnes-said-5001162" Weād identified a number that we felt were potential targets and each one we tried to recruit, for various reasons, chose not to come.
One [forward] in particular, Jayden Stockley. We tried very hard to bring him in.
I got to the point where Iād been speaking to Preston. Peter Risdale said on the figures that we were talking about he felt there was a deal to be done. It just needed the player to come in the next morning and say he wanted to come to Bristol Rovers.
Unfortunately he went in to see Peter Risdale and said he wanted to go to Charlton Athletic.
We tried other players. Iām not going to mention other players, but we did try others. For various reasons, the player didnāt want to come because of personal reasons or the club didnāt want to let him out." ... ... " I can understand him [Paul] being disappointed. I think let down is a bit strong because we did everything we could to sign a striker.
We recognised we could do with one and we recognised at the beginning of the season we could do with four strikers, but Ben was insistent we were going to play one up front from the start of the season and three strikers would be sufficient.
We went with that because that was the managerās wish.
Come January, Benās gone and Paulās come in. We still recognised we could do with another striker. There arenāt many available in the January window that would tick the boxes.
As I explained earlier, we tried very hard to get Jayden Stockley, we tried very hard to get several other experienced strikers and none of them would come for various reasons.
Most of those reasons were either the club didnāt want to let them out, or the player didnāt want to come for personal reasons, or he preferred to go to another club."
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Post by The Concept on Feb 14, 2021 19:38:30 GMT
The South Tent has had a few incarnations over the years, although nothing major.
It has covered a greater length behind the goal in the past, and I always thought (purely my own assumption) that the current length is down to safety concerns, and having a large enough area for people away from the stand - say for people leaving the stand at halftime for refreshments, or when leaving after the game.
Perhaps if a proper stand was built that end, and extended the full length, it would need a concourse under the seats.
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