Anyone else lost complete interest?

If you want passion then you only have to look at Taylor's 'fist pumps' after the Cheltenham. And if you want more then consider his emotive address/meltdown to the fans after the Stevenage win, which will live long in the memory of those who witnessed it. 

I never really felt that B***** made a similar effort to engage the fanbase, who were too eager to give him credit on the basis that a former PL player deigned to manage little old Bristol Rovers. The way that some of our fans fawned over 'Joey' was embarrassing and even degrading. 

John Ward was associated with the England U-21 set-up and managed at championship level, albeit with the sh*theap across town. JB's crowning achievement to date was getting Fleetwood to the D1 play-offs and then being forced out after his own chairman imposed a transfer embargo on him. 

He knew nothing of our club and nothing of our history, as shown by the bulls*it he spouted about this being the greatest ever squad in our history. He issued his parting good wishes to the club over Twitter, which says so much about him and his attitude to the club. 

He was completely full of s*it, and this quite clear by the end of the season, when MT had to make do with the horribly unbalanced, injury-prone, aging and shallow squad he left behind.

Give MT the first 10 games of next season, and then see where we are. 

We have a very modest stadium and a very mediocre squad that doesn't score goals or even shoot on target for the whole 90 minutes.If we start winning or even scoring the sap will rise again but I understand your sentiments.
Tomorrow ,I will be at Beer Albion with Richard Walker.Ambitious club ,good crowds and the most scenic ground ever.Final of the Devon FA Cup looming and a real buzz there.Do hope one day the 'BUZZ' will return to the Mem.

Biggest win - B***** is gone, including his entourage. Huzzah, huzzah, huzzah!
New South Stand adds a lot. Huzzah!
New manager talks sense. Huzzah!
New owners appear to be an upgrade. Huzzah!
More points than last year. Huzzah!
Highest league finish in many years. Huzzah!
Gas Girls now part of the club again, after winning another trophy - big huzzah!

Ground developments look likely to continue. Potential huzzah!
Quarters developments might continue. Potential huzzah!

Wael seems to be finding some sort of diplomatic role in football. Huzzah for him!

Usual thing about losing lots of money. Oh dear, that's much trickier

But overall, no, not lost interest at all. Things are on the up!

You lost me when you said a manager that talks sense.. how?

I'm not saying that he is awlful, but he is so boring,and then blamed the side when results went wrong after saying in his first interview that the squad is quality and unperformed.

The only reason that I see any justice in him still being manager on August is that I'm old school and believe a person should be given 2/3 seasons at a club like in the good days.Apart from that he has so far been an appalling appointment and doesn't inspire anyone that this will change.

We were all told that we had the best ever squad and that they were underperforming, by guess who and his acolytes who still praise him and attack MT without giving him the time and chance that Barton had?
65% possession, tippy tappy football and no shots on target in some games proved it, we were just shot shy.
I am sure MT did the research [he seems the type] and that is what he read and was told and sold.
No doubt his frustration with some going through the motions and others being disruptive [allegedly] is part of it and has broken through at times.

I am prepared to give MT until 10/15 games in to see his settled squad and I am sure he won't be saying we have the best ever squad, neither will it be, but it will be mostly his squad.
Then no excuses.

I admire people who still have the interest (in Rovers), fair play to them. My interest has gone. Might come back. Never say never.
Anyway, buzzing for Wormley Rovers vs Dunmow in the Thurlow Nunn Division 1 South Play-Off Final. Winner promoted to the Essex Senior League at step 5.
For £6.

He's unknown,if he had reccomended a couple of good uns in his time I imagine we would of been told.

Plenty with greater experience than Friend flopped at scouting,coaching and management after illustrious playing careers.
Would you hire Gazza?Actually if Gazza recommended a player I would definitely check him out.🙂

Did Taylor hire Friend as a scout?
I don't think he did.
Who decision was it?

I've acknowledged Friend might turn out to be a successful scout ,but he's an unknown.
Gary Neville must of looked attractive to Valencia,until he flopped.

Certainly good luck to the bloke and I hope he succeeds.



Examples of why "hungry to do well" types are Rovers best bet please?

Ok. I’ll play.

Don Megson 1972 onwards.
Terry Cooper not so successful but I look on him as successful insofar as we were in lots of trouble at the time.
Gerry Francis after his failure at Exeter was eager to succeed with us. And did.
Olly as a first time manager.
Paul Trollope first time manager with us. Player to coach to manager.
DC jumped at the chance to be John W’s assistant and then our manager and finally left after two promotions and pretty much a legend.

Blimey, even Bert Tann when he came to us was a first time manager after leaving Charlton for our very first promotion.

Im sure others can name other staff, other than managers who started with us and did well. 

So 1953, 1973-4, 1989-90, 2007, 2014-15, 2015-16 were all achieved with managers/coaches. 6 out of the 7 promotions. The last one JB had been sacked by Fleetwood so also came ‘hungry to do well.’

I’ve played nicely so can you tell me why we wouldn’t want to appoint staff who are ‘hungry to do well?’ And give some examples of those managers who’ve done well with us. Thanks. 😉

UTG!

ps. And bas, of course he’s ‘unknown’ to you ( but not the football world!). We are BRFC not Manchester City.

We've done well with managers promoted from the coaching staff previously, e.g. IH, PT, DC, and GC, including in the short and medium term: the don't require the full clearout or great reset nonsense. I favour a permanently invested Director of football who recruits and managers (not serves) the manager and who has already recruited viable replacements in the sad event of the manager leaving, or worse, necessarily being sacked.