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Post by Bamber Gashead on Feb 27, 2023 21:51:17 GMT
Having looked into it further, the BRFC wiki managerial page is incorrect, Malcolm Allison's page and Soccerbase is the correct stats, i will update the list. Are you sure about that? I thought Dennis Rofe was still our manager until early Nov 1992 when we had consecutive 1-5 defeats at home to Barnsley and away at Wolves. Soon after Big Mal took over we had 4 consecutive victories including the televised 4-0 demolition of c*ty. Those were the days... Maybe Mike Jay can confirm.
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 27, 2023 22:02:32 GMT
Having looked into it further, the BRFC wiki managerial page is incorrect, Malcolm Allison's page and Soccerbase is the correct stats, i will update the list. Are you sure about that? I thought Dennis Rofe was still our manager until early Nov 1992 when we had consecutive 1-5 defeats at home to Barnsley and away at Wolves. Soon after Big Mal took over we had 4 consecutive victories including the televised 4-0 demolition of c*ty. Those were the days... Maybe Mike Jay can confirm. On the soccerbase site it has Malcolm Allison's stats as 01.08.1992 to 01.03.1993 - P36, W8, D8, L20 = 22.2% Win rate. I would think soccerbase has the correct stats..
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Post by Bamber Gashead on Feb 27, 2023 22:11:00 GMT
Are you sure about that? I thought Dennis Rofe was still our manager until early Nov 1992 when we had consecutive 1-5 defeats at home to Barnsley and away at Wolves. Soon after Big Mal took over we had 4 consecutive victories including the televised 4-0 demolition of c*ty. Those were the days... Maybe Mike Jay can confirm. On the soccerbase site it has Malcolm Allison's stats as 01.08.1992 to 01.03.1993 - P36, W8, D8, L20 = 22.2% Win rate. I would think soccerbase has the correct stats.. The same soccerbase site that has Dennis Rofe as managing us for only 6 games...? www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=361
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 28, 2023 4:57:52 GMT
On the soccerbase site it has Malcolm Allison's stats as 01.08.1992 to 01.03.1993 - P36, W8, D8, L20 = 22.2% Win rate. I would think soccerbase has the correct stats.. The same soccerbase site that has Dennis Rofe as managing us for only 6 games...? www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=361Yup, seen that too, i have changed Malcolm Allison's stats but after this news it goes a bit Pete Tong...
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Post by Bamber Gashead on Feb 28, 2023 13:07:29 GMT
Yup, seen that too, i have changed Malcolm Allison's stats but after this news it goes a bit Pete Tong... I have corrected some BRFC manager stats on Wiki previously because of these anomalies. One thing I find odd is that they include Glos Cup matches which does not seem right to me.
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Post by hamdonmart on Feb 28, 2023 16:07:17 GMT
Yup, seen that too, i have changed Malcolm Allison's stats but after this news it goes a bit Pete Tong... I have corrected some BRFC manager stats on Wiki previously because of these anomalies. One thing I find odd is that they include Glos Cup matches which does not seem right to me. There was a few seasons when County FA competitions counted as "first team games" and therefore were played under first team rules. I only know this as some Yeovil Town stats were also awry for the same reason.
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Post by gasprom on Mar 1, 2023 23:44:40 GMT
Having looked into it further, the BRFC wiki managerial page is incorrect, Malcolm Allison's page and Soccerbase is the correct stats, i will update the list. Are you sure about that? I thought Dennis Rofe was still our manager until early Nov 1992 when we had consecutive 1-5 defeats at home to Barnsley and away at Wolves. Soon after Big Mal took over we had 4 consecutive victories including the televised 4-0 demolition of c*ty. Those were the days... Maybe Mike Jay can confirm. I remember that well. We had a cracking season after Dennis Rofe took over from Martin Dobson but his second season went from bad to worse. Still there was a lot of bad feeling at his departure. I remember the 1-5 defeats and also Allison’s first game in charge vs Derby, where we played very well but lost to a late goal.
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Post by bluetornados on Mar 2, 2023 20:52:16 GMT
toxic turd Barton explains why Barnsley are Bristol Rovers' toughest match-up in League One..by Sam Frost
Bristol Rovers host in-form Barnsley at the Mem on Saturday and toxic turd Barton believes it is the most difficult game the Gas have left to play this season.
Michael Duff, a good friend and former teammate of the Rovers boss at Burnley, has the Tykes in fine form, winning four straight to move into automatic promotion contention, and Barton has huge respect for the job his old pal from Turf Moor has done at Oakwell.
Rovers have the likes of league leaders Sheffield Wednesday and second-placed Plymouth Argyle to face in their final 13 games of the League One season, but stylistically he admits sixth-placed Barnsley pose them the biggest threat.
Duff's side do not dominate possession in the same way as some of the other promotion-chasing teams, but they get the ball forward quickly, are hugely effective at pressing and counter-pressing – winning the ball back quickly after it is lost – and punished Rovers in transitions in a 3-0 defeat for the Gas in South Yorkshire early in the season.
"There is no tougher opposition for us at this moment in time," Barton admitted at Thursday's pre-match press conference. "They are really good at what they do. Duffo, from Burnley, is 5-3-2, but it’s very much 4-4-2 when they come hunting the ball, they are really aggressive with the numbers, the distances are very good between the units, they set great pressing traps and if you don’t figure them out, they can make life incredibly uncomfortable for you.
"We found out when we were up there and we lost 3-0, Derby are a good side and they found out when they went there at the weekend. We have to stick to our gameplan and our strategy.
"They are rightly where they are in the form table. Duffo has done another really good job, very similar to what he did with Cheltenham but with, no disrespect to Cheltenham, slightly more marquee players for the division because a club of Barnsley’s side allow you to do that.
"I would love for them to get it down and pass it because that suits us, we can press it, but they aren’t that type of team. They will play if the game presents and they get themselves in the lead, and they have got a lot of competent players in Herbie Kane, Luca Connell and Adam Phillips in there.
"(James) Norwood and Devante Cole are hustle-bustle, a handful for the level and a good partnership, and they have three big centre-halves and (Nicky) Cadden at left wing-back and (Jordan) Williams at right wing-back, who are well versed in what they do.
"Duffo is a Sean Dyche disciple and he has taken what Dychey is good at and put his own spin on it and it has been really successful for him. After the weekend’s game, I don’t think we will face a tougher team. That’s mindful that we’ve got to play Plymouth and Bolton, but I think this is our toughest game of the season."
Rovers will face two of their former players in Luke Thomas and Bobby Thomas on Saturday. Luke was a part of the promotion-winning team last season while on loan, while Bobby played for the Gas in the first half of this season on loan from Burnley.
The 21-year-old defender's stay with the Gas was surprisingly cut short in January after scoring three goals in 19 appearances, enabling his move to the Tykes and leading the Gas to sign centre-back Jarell Quansah on loan from Liverpool until the end of the campaign.
The Clarets prospect has played seven times for Barnsley, scoring twice and establishing himself as a regular starter in the back three, while 24-year-old winger Luke is just back from a broken leg, playing as a substitute in the past two games and scoring in the impressive 4-1 win over Derby County last time out.
"LT had a really good year with us, albeit he didn’t show as much on the grass as he would like to," Barton added. "He was certainly well thought of in the group and I know he made a lot of friends, probably for the rest of his life here. He’s such a good kid.
"Bobby did really well for us. I can’t knock Bobby’s contribution and we’ve certainly missed him since he went to Barnsley. I think he’s helped them and losing him as late in the window as we did hurt us.
"But also, on the other side of that, we managed to get Jarell and if you offered me either of them at the start of the season, I would have taken Jarell. As it was, we couldn’t get access to him and Bob came in and did great.
"In deciding to go to Barnsley, he looks like the savant, really. He’s made the best call, he’s gone there and we lost pretty much every game afterwards, and they picked up and went on. He’s got a right chance of getting promoted with Barnsley, so for him it worked out well.
"We were disappointed to lose him because we felt a lot of the mistakes that young players make, he’d made in our team so somebody is always going to benefit from that. We thought we had made it through the adversity with him, so it would be natural for us to want to capitalise on that.
"As it was, Michael Duff knows him from Burnley and has managed to take him up there"
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Post by bluetornados on Mar 6, 2023 15:08:22 GMT
toxic turd Barton issues Paul Coutts injury update after Bristol Rovers captain misses Barnsley clash..i2-prod.bristolpost.co.uk/incoming/article5751113.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/0_JMP_Rovers_vs_Oxford_069.jpgtoxic turd Barton hopes Bristol Rovers captain Paul Coutts will be available for the trip to Forest Green Rovers on Saturday after suffering a knee injury in training. The 34-year-old was a surprise absentee from Rovers' 0-0 draw with Barnsley at the Mem on Saturday after playing an important role in a morale-boosting win at Oxford United seven days previously. Coutts had initially appeared on the teamsheet submitted to the officials before kick-off before being swiftly withdrawn and replaced by Luke McCormick when it became apparent he could not complete a pre-match fitness test. After the game, his manager revealed a knee injury was the issue, but Barton is hopeful that it will not force the Scot to miss any more action. "He just jammed his knee in training and irritated the fat pad," Barton said. "I think he’s going to be fine, but it has swollen up and is very sore and he was nowhere near capable of giving a performance of Couttsy’s quality. "He tried it this morning (Saturday) and he was like ‘No, I’m going to struggle here’, so hopefully we can get him fit for Forest Green next week. "I don’t envisage a problem unless there is an adverse reaction to something in the week. A blow for Couttsy, but it was an opportunity and I thought Grant Ward came in and played a really important role in the team." Despite Coutts' absence, Rovers were able to go toe-to-toe with a promotion-chasing Barnsley team, thanks in no small part to experienced players stepping up like John Marquis. While the 30-year-old striker did not get the chances in front of goal he craves, he was hugely effective in disrupting the Barnsley back three with his physical hold-up play, which was the source of many of Rovers' best moments in the game and Barton was full of praise for his number nine. "For me, until he came off he was our man of the match. He got himself unfortunately booked, he’s tried to steal the ball off the guy and the ref gives him a yellow card and then had to compete physically with Land Of The Giants up there," Barton said. "It was a very unselfish team performance from John and he’s been that way in the past few weeks. He got his goal in the Burton game but he’s sacrificed what he wants to do for the good of the team and I’m so pleased with his performance today. "He was a big part of us having the option to get up the pitch. Could we create more? Absolutely, but they are a good side, as Derby found out last week and from our perspective, a point is another point in the right direction."
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Post by bluetornados on Mar 16, 2023 21:00:29 GMT
Aaron Collins stripped of Bristol Rovers captaincy as toxic turd Barton makes example of star striker..by James Piercy
toxic turd Barton believes Aaron Collins’ head may have been turned by the “noise” around him surrounding international football and potential transfer interest and has stripped his star striker of the Bristol Rovers captaincy following his aberration against Wycombe Wanderers.
Barton was furious with his top-scorer after he ducked out of a header against the Chairboys on Tuesday night and has since handed him an “effort error” penalty, revealing that players are actively moved out of the club if they reach three.
Collins is still some way from that extreme consequence but, in the meantime, has had the captaincy taken away from him and despite “moping” around the building on Thursday as he was shown a brutal post-mortem video of his indiscretions in the eyes of his manager, has apologised and accepted he was in the wrong.
The 25-year-old didn’t train at The Quarters on Thursday, due to a few knocks sustained against Wycombe, and Barton says he’s a doubt for Portsmouth, but not due to his physical state, more if he’ll elect to select him, with Collins having started each of the Gas’ 36 League One fixtures this season.
“I think he’ll be fine (for the weekend),” Barton said. “It’s just whether I pick him, that’s the reality of it. He certainly won’t be captaining the team because he’s lost that privilege and I think it’s a real privilege to lead the club, and he’ll learn the hard way that it’s not just something that lands on your arm in somebody’s absence.
“There is a level of performance and a level of commitment that you owe to the history of this football club when you take on that leadership role on a matchday. For Aaron, hopefully he puts himself in a position that he learns a lesson from it and we never have to tell him again.
“Knowing the type of lad he is, it’ll have hurt him because he is somebody who gives it his all and you can see the amount of times he ends up on his backside, his commitment to the group. But I just feel these last two games he’s let maybe the noise and the outside world affect his performance and I’ve got to make sure very, very quickly that is stopped.”
The concept of “effort errors” have been borrowed from Premiership rugby club Saracens with former captain Kelly Brown having previously addressed the squad due to his connections with non-executive director Chris Gibson.
The theory is such that, as a professional, the absolute minimum requirement as a teammate is to put in your maximum, on the training ground and a matchday, and anyone falling short of that baseline requirement can then cause a disastrous ripple effect through the squad, damaging the collective ethos and culture.
“We’ve shown him the clip this morning that I’m on about,” Barton added. “He’s captain of our football team and he jumps for a header, thinks he’s going to get clattered and ducks and there’s nobody behind him. Unfortunately, it’s not acceptable. Sometimes you have to put your body on the line.
“Everybody else in the team is doing it and there’s no excuse for not doing that. I think it’s an insult to the quartered jersey and the people who pay your wages. In no uncertain terms, via the Bristol Post and the comms after the game, we showed Aaron the video back and he understands.
“Skills errors? It’s our jobs as coaches to help you with, but I class that as an effort error. He hasn’t done anything other than been a really good teammate and a good team person but every now and again you have to explain to the lads that effort errors would not be accepted at this level.
“That’s his first one. For me, you get three of them. Second one, it’s your final warning. Third one, you’re leaving the building and I don’t care who you are. If you don’t commit 100 per cent to the jersey, no man for me is bigger than the badge on the front of the jersey, no matter how big the name on the back is and how much smoke is blown up its backside.
“The badge on the front of the jersey is way more important than the name on the back. All we ask is you give 100 per cent effort. The skills stuff, making mistakes, we’re with you on that. But ducking when there’s an aerial challenge, I think it’s insulting and Aaron’s aware of that and assures me it won’t happen again.
“A mistake of effort, you start to get really concerned about that because when they occasionally arise in your culture you have to be very, very quick to stamp it out because that can be contagious. We can’t just leave our top scorer as immune to it, which I think has happened in the past here.”
Collins missed out on Wales selection just a few hours before the encounter with Wycombe, in a season in which he’s scored 15 league goals and added 11 assists, but has just one strike in his last eight appearances, hitting a lean spell at the wrong time.
Barton has previously admitted that Championship clubs are monitoring Collins’ development after a stunning breakout campaign in League One, and this summer there is likely to be a strong degree of interest in the Newport-born forward who is under contract until 2025.
That extra attention appears, at least in Barton’s eyes, to have been an unwelcome distraction and momentarily interrupted his focus for the Gas.
“Aaron has been a major source of goals and inspiration for us and certainly in the last two games, I don’t know whether he’s had his head turned a little bit, thinking is he going to get called up, or whatever, maybe looking beyond this season now that we’ve gone a little bit higher in the table in recent weeks,” Barton said. “And if you take your eye off the prize for a second against anybody in this division, teams are so closely matched, you’ll get your comeuppance.”
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Post by Blue Mist on Mar 17, 2023 8:59:18 GMT
Wow! That is tough on the lad to say the least. You’ve not been selected to play for your country, we’re taking the captains armband and dropping you for Saturday. Jesus.
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Post by CabbagePatchBlues on Mar 17, 2023 9:12:10 GMT
Typical behaviour for a control freak surrounded by yes men
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Post by The Concept on Mar 17, 2023 9:18:28 GMT
What goes on on tour in the dressing room ... soon becomes public knowledge and announced to the press. Miss a header and you're a third of the way out of the club! Mind you, I was surprised Collins was given the armband. But there's a way to go about things.
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Post by bluetornados on Mar 21, 2023 9:17:17 GMT
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Post by bluetornados on Mar 21, 2023 20:24:26 GMT
Ex-Premier League referee agrees with toxic turd Barton over Portsmouth's opener at Bristol Rovers..
Former Premier League referee Chris Foy believes Colby Bishop’s controversial opener for Portsmouth against Bristol Rovers on Saturday should have been disallowed.
In Sky Sports’ weekly ‘Behind the Whistle’ column, Foy - a Premier League referee for 14 years before retiring in 2015 and joining the PGMOL as a coach - has studied the incident among six decisions made across the EFL over last weekend.
toxic turd Barton, and the vast majority of the Mem, was incensed when Bishop strolled onto a through-ball from Ryan Tunnicliffe in the 18th minute before picking his spot past James Belshaw, the ball striking both posts before crossing the line. The Pompey striker looked too far ahead of the Rovers defence to be onside and yet assistant Ian Cooper kept his flag down.
Coaches Andy Mangan and Glenn Whelan were booked by referee James Bell for their protests while Barton was later cautioned during the half-time interval as he and a number of Gas players continued to try and state their case.
After watching the footage back of the goal, Foy told Sky Sports : “When the ball is played through and while not conclusive from the footage, it does look like the Portsmouth attacker has started his attacking run a little too early and strayed into an offside position.
“There is a Bristol Rovers defender just out of shot, but given the shadows on the pitch, it does suggest that this decision should have resulted in the goal being disallowed for an offside offence. A marginal call though.”
The goal arrived after a period of pressure for Rovers as Lewis Gibson had gone close with a header from a set-piece and Aaron Collins tested visiting goalkeeper Matt Macey from range. It completely changed the dynamic of the first-half as the Gas were knocked out of their stride and the crowd increasingly turned on the match officials, altering the atmosphere inside the stadium.
Rovers, of course, still had the second half to get something from the game but were further pegged back when Bishop scored a second from the penalty spot following a foul on Pompey winger Paddy Lane by Calum Macdonald, another decision Barton wasn't happy about.
He spent the majority of his post-match press conference complaining about the standard of officials in League One and League Two once again raising the concept of them being amateur yet having to referee in the professional game.
“It’s not even like it is a yard, everyone in the stadium can see that it is off. You just know from instinct that it is off,” Barton said. “We have the benefit of a replay but 9,000 of our fans know it’s off. Every player virtually stops and then unfortunately for us the people that matter, the ones who have the responsibility of calling the game squarely, they make stuff up and invent stuff that’s happened.
“And it’s frustrating. Our lads graft and work hard during the week, we work hard Monday to Friday but amateurs, and I say this with the nicest possible hat on, because I do want the lads to get full-time spots.”
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Post by droitwichgas on Mar 21, 2023 22:09:00 GMT
Foy agrees it was offside but can only see Hoole's shadow not where he's actually standing but ends his comments by saying it's only marginal!!
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Post by CabbagePatchBlues on Mar 22, 2023 7:23:40 GMT
Where's Argus when you need him, eh?
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Post by Bamber Gashead on Mar 22, 2023 13:35:07 GMT
Shadows don't lie. It was so obviously offside that I can only conclude someone took a bung to allow it. Wouldn't it be interesting if Pompey scrape into the play offs on goal difference as a result...
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Post by kingswood Polak on Mar 23, 2023 8:26:01 GMT
Shadows don't lie. It was so obviously offside that I can only conclude someone took a bung to allow it. Wouldn't it be interesting if Pompey scrape into the play offs on goal difference as a result... There are people who advertise on various social media and i recently was very tempted to have a pop. It seems i should have as every tip was spot on. I am absolutely now positive that it happens and more often than any of us would believe
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Post by Bamber Gashead on Mar 23, 2023 13:19:58 GMT
Shadows don't lie. It was so obviously offside that I can only conclude someone took a bung to allow it. Wouldn't it be interesting if Pompey scrape into the play offs on goal difference as a result... There are people who advertise on various social media and i recently was very tempted to have a pop. It seems i should have as every tip was spot on. I am absolutely now positive that it happens and more often than any of us would believe It certainly makes me wonder...
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