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Post by rowdenhill on Nov 17, 2024 10:04:25 GMT
What's more likely in 2030?
Championship or League Two?
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Post by a more piratey game on Nov 17, 2024 10:11:32 GMT
What's more likely in 2030? Championship or League Two? out of those 2, I reckon League One still |
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Post by matealotblue on Nov 17, 2024 10:30:08 GMT
Why would anything change by half past eight tonight.....?
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Post by baselswh on Nov 17, 2024 10:34:55 GMT
Well you never know,but 3rd or 4th tier likely imo.
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Post by Icegas on Nov 17, 2024 15:01:22 GMT
I've now got a degree of apathy with our club right now.
Almost given up.Not been to a game this season,I view from TV. Don't knock me,as Ive paid tens of thousands of my money into this club in my life.
We are from one of the largest cities in the UK,the most untapped potential of any club in the Country, and we are repeating the same cycle of nothingness of being rag,bag Rovers.
Still in a crap ground, average crowds.Most are happy in L1 and the talk of just trying to becoming a top ten L1 club is soul destroying.
We will be in L1 or L2 in 2030.
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Post by bluetornados on Nov 17, 2024 15:01:59 GMT
What's likely by season 2030..?..I am Optimistic.
2024-25 - This season - remain in League 1
2025-26 - Next season - Promotion to Championship
2026-27 - Relegation back in to League 1
2027-28 - No change, stay in League 1
2028-29 - No change, stay in League 1
2029-30 - Promotion back to the Championship
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Post by eppinggas on Nov 17, 2024 15:59:01 GMT
Not a prediction.
But if the worst comes to the worst... this might come to pass, given the total mis-management of the Club over the last 15 years.
2024-25. Owners cut their losses and run. Wael surprisingly doesn't find a billionaire to bail the Club out. League 1 survival.
2025-26. With no-one to plug the £4-5mil a year deficit, the Club slashes costs. Relegation from League 1.
2026-27. Tailspin. Dwindling crowds, a divided supporter base, a poor side. United we stand, divided we fall. Relegation from League 2.
2027-28. Supporters finally get their sh1t together and Bristol Rovers becomes a fan-owned Club. Consolidation in the National League.
Eppinggas and many others 'lost to the cause' start to attend games again and actively support the Club.
2028-29. The Club engages with the Community. Entrance fee is slashed to get crowds back to 100% capacity. Promotion to League 2.
2029-30. The Club is debt free. Big crowds. Feel good factor. Supporters are united. Back to back promotions see the Gas back in League 1.
Phew. It all ended up OK in the end. 5 year turnaround.
Me, I'd take that.
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Post by swissgas on Nov 17, 2024 16:21:15 GMT
Not a prediction. But if the worst comes to the worst... this might come to pass, given the total mis-management of the Club over the last 15 years. 2024-25. Owners cut their losses and run. Wael surprisingly doesn't find a billionaire to bail the Club out. League 1 survival. 2025-26. With no-one to plug the £4-5mil a year deficit, the Club slashes costs. Relegation from League 1. 2026-27. Tailspin. Dwindling crowds, a divided supporter base, a poor side. United we stand, divided we fall. Relegation from League 2. 2027-28. Supporters finally get their sh1t together and Bristol Rovers becomes a fan-owned Club. Consolidation in the National League. Eppinggas and many others 'lost to the cause' start to attend games again and actively support the Club. 2028-29. The Club engages with the Community. Entrance fee is slashed to get crowds back to 100% capacity. Promotion to League 2. 2029-30. The Club is debt free. Big crowds. Feel good factor. Supporters are united. Back to back promotions see the Gas back in League 1. Phew. It all ended up OK in the end. 5 year turnaround. Me, I'd take that. Are you working on the premise that Bristol City Council step in to buy the Mem from Dwane Sports and Nationwide Finance ? |
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Post by droitwichgas on Nov 17, 2024 20:44:33 GMT
Not a prediction. But if the worst comes to the worst... this might come to pass, given the total mis-management of the Club over the last 15 years. 2024-25. Owners cut their losses and run. Wael surprisingly doesn't find a billionaire to bail the Club out. League 1 survival. 2025-26. With no-one to plug the £4-5mil a year deficit, the Club slashes costs. Relegation from League 1. 2026-27. Tailspin. Dwindling crowds, a divided supporter base, a poor side. United we stand, divided we fall. Relegation from League 2. 2027-28. Supporters finally get their sh1t together and Bristol Rovers becomes a fan-owned Club. Consolidation in the National League. Eppinggas and many others 'lost to the cause' start to attend games again and actively support the Club. 2028-29. The Club engages with the Community. Entrance fee is slashed to get crowds back to 100% capacity. Promotion to League 2. 2029-30. The Club is debt free. Big crowds. Feel good factor. Supporters are united. Back to back promotions see the Gas back in League 1. Phew. It all ended up OK in the end. 5 year turnaround. Me, I'd take that. Are you working on the premise that Bristol City Council step in to buy the Mem from Dwane Sports and Nationwide Finance ? In 2025/26 Dwaine Sport decided to cut their losses and hand over the stadium to BRFC CT by chance at the same time it was decided that since the car loan PCP scandle that the Nationwide loan was to be treated as null & void!! |
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Nov 18, 2024 6:45:51 GMT
This is the longest ahead prediction thread ever!
I'll go:
Exactly where we are now....with season tickets £1k, Pasty replaced by nutrient pill substitute and we'll all be on our hoverboard rolling up to Mem as early as possible to find a hover space.
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Post by rufustfirefly on Nov 18, 2024 7:48:06 GMT
I think the question is much bigger than where will Rovers be in 2030, perhaps how will the EFL be functioning in 2023 is the pertinent question.
I suggest this because i think the restructured European club competitions brings us closer to the European league for the elite clubs.
Should this come to pass i would envisage L1 & L2 clubs along with National league clubs operating in a North/South format with some being feeder/nursery clubs for the new elite!
In December the host nation of the next Football World Cup will be announced in a blaze of glory from Zurich when its odds on gonna be Saudi Arabia who will by it rather than bid for it.
Look at our summer sport, test match cricket is in its death throws, counties are wondering how/if they will be able to keep going as the money moguls from the IPL make a bid for the '100' - franchise sport is with us and overtaking traditional sorting structures.
By 2030 Rovers may well be preparing for significant changes to fit into a different structure in which the beautiful game is organised.
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Post by warehamgas on Nov 18, 2024 18:08:47 GMT
What's likely by season 2030..?..I am Optimistic.2024-25 - This season - remain in League 1 2025-26 - Next season - Promotion to Championship 2026-27 - Relegation back in to League 1 2027-28 - No change, stay in League 1 2028-29 - No change, stay in League 1 2029-30 - Promotion back to the Championship I like this one. Just make it happen bt! 👍👍👍 UTG! |
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Post by warehamgas on Nov 18, 2024 18:13:42 GMT
Not a prediction. But if the worst comes to the worst... this might come to pass, given the total mis-management of the Club over the last 15 years. 2024-25. Owners cut their losses and run. Wael surprisingly doesn't find a billionaire to bail the Club out. League 1 survival. 2025-26. With no-one to plug the £4-5mil a year deficit, the Club slashes costs. Relegation from League 1. 2026-27. Tailspin. Dwindling crowds, a divided supporter base, a poor side. United we stand, divided we fall. Relegation from League 2. 2027-28. Supporters finally get their sh1t together and Bristol Rovers becomes a fan-owned Club. Consolidation in the National League. Eppinggas and many others 'lost to the cause' start to attend games again and actively support the Club. 2028-29. The Club engages with the Community. Entrance fee is slashed to get crowds back to 100% capacity. Promotion to League 2. 2029-30. The Club is debt free. Big crowds. Feel good factor. Supporters are united. Back to back promotions see the Gas back in League 1. Phew. It all ended up OK in the end. 5 year turnaround. Me, I'd take that. If this came to pass it could be a great few years after a terrible 2027. But we’ve been here before, crap 2014 followed by 3 good years up until Jan ‘17. Not so much a prediction more like a Groundhog Day. But it could be fun. UTG! |
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Post by warehamgas on Nov 18, 2024 19:01:06 GMT
Although individual club fortunes do change the overall structure of football doesn’t change greatly. It hasn’t changed much since the 60s. Whilst there have been changes: the PL, the finances around the PL/EFL, they’ve tinkered with the FACup, similar with the European Cup, and the diversity of football players. There have been behavioural changes in the lack of respect shown towards the referees, the mushrooming of salaries to footballers, social media has distorted so many football related stuff. But no real change, the structure of the
Where will we be? No idea. But until we have owners who actually have the finances to match any ambitions they may have and come with a specific, realistic, time-related plan to create a new stadium or at least transform the Mem we will carry on grasping at straws. And for clarity I don’t expect someone to come in and just provide finance. A genuine businessman or woman with a plan to incrementally improve us in a way that is measurable and transparent would be great. Until then….
But, to answer the OP, I think we’ll remain L1 for the next few seasons. After that who knows, it will depend on the AS family. If they get fed up and decide to sell then that will open up another period of hope until they sell to someone else whose financial ability may not equal their ambition. Could be good, could be bad.
We are a lower league football club so uncertainty is the only consistent we’re likely to face.
UTG!
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Post by irenestoyboy on Nov 18, 2024 20:17:33 GMT
Successive relegations back to the conference?
No thanks. I think you have to be on glue to want our club to sink that far again. I hated it. Crap teams, crap grounds, pressure to finish top of the utter lottery of the play offs. L2 is bad enough.
I'd happily still take L1 football being run properly with a good business structure.
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Post by Colyton Gas. on Nov 18, 2024 21:31:05 GMT
Remember ;Braintree,Nuneaton and Alfreton.
Also ,part-time opposition and travelling on the day of the match to Altrincham who had a player drop out at the last minute as he couldn't get time off work!!!!
Ryan Brunts final game I think for us.
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Post by Cheshiregas on Nov 18, 2024 23:01:05 GMT
By 2030 we will have had 3 managers and the Messiah's supporters will have managed to get two sacked and baying for the third to be sacked noting that they didn't play possession football like the Great One. They failed to have 65% possession with no shots on target. Rovers will be 15th in League One having ending up at 15th each season as the managers were sacked every two seasons having failed to gel their teams.
The Quarters last pitch will be sold off for housing- and our now Iraqi owners, fast food Masgouf and Dolma caterers will have transformed the tastes of Gasheads.
Ed Ware will be rumoured to be putting together his 15th Consortium and this time it will get close to putting crayon to paper.
The toilets at the Mem will be returned to open air and a fake Town Gas odour will be blown through the ground at the request of Old Tote Enders who missed the old Eastville smells.
Santa's Grotto will be brought back by The History Group so that children can have a talk on the Good Old Days.
Stuart Sinclair and Chris martin will have their contracts renewed again as we seek replacements.
Ian Holloway will be rumoured to be coming back as a double act with DC after having taken Swindon to the Premiership and back to League Two in an exciting roller coaster ride envied by many of the former Thatcher's End, now renamed the Katy End after their best selling brand.
Vitālijs Astafjevs will eventually be made manager as the club seek to get an overseas manager and after his role in getting Cypriot club Aris Limassol to a European Cup Final.....
Can't wait, hopefully I will still be here to see the glorious days ahead!
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Post by CabbagePatchBlues on Nov 19, 2024 7:43:43 GMT
I’d rather they gave me false stadium dreams forever and a day than crass reality
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Post by warehamgas on Nov 19, 2024 8:43:56 GMT
By 2030 we will have had 3 managers and the Messiah's supporters will have managed to get two sacked and baying for the third to be sacked noting that they didn't play possession football like the Great One. They failed to have 65% possession with no shots on target. Rovers will be 15th in League One having ending up at 15th each season as the managers were sacked every two seasons having failed to gel their teams. The Quarters last pitch will be sold off for housing- and our now Iraqi owners, fast food Masgouf and Dolma caterers will have transformed the tastes of Gasheads. Ed Ware will be rumoured to be putting together his 15th Consortium and this time it will get close to putting crayon to paper. The toilets at the Mem will be returned to open air and a fake Town Gas odour will be blown through the ground at the request of Old Tote Enders who missed the old Eastville smells. Santa's Grotto will be brought back by The History Group so that children can have a talk on the Good Old Days. Stuart Sinclair and Chris martin will have their contracts renewed again as we seek replacements. Ian Holloway will be rumoured to be coming back as a double act with DC after having taken Swindon to the Premiership and back to League Two in an exciting roller coaster ride envied by many of the former Thatcher's End, now renamed the Katy End after their best selling brand. Vitālijs Astafjevs will eventually be made manager as the club seek to get an overseas manager and after his role in getting Cypriot club Aris Limassol to a European Cup Final..... Can't wait, hopefully I will still be here to see the glorious days ahead! You know us so well!😉 UTG! |
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Post by rideintothesun on Nov 19, 2024 9:05:25 GMT
Remember ;Braintree,Nuneaton and Alfreton. Also ,part-time opposition and travelling on the day of the match to Altrincham who had a player drop out at the last minute as he couldn't get time off work!!!! Ryan Brunts final game I think for us. I was about to correct you, but then realised I was getting Ryan Brunt mixed up with Ryan Loft. The halycon days of Alex Wall, Bradley Goldberg and Jamie White, a player tipped to spearhead our campaign who was eclipsed by the Snake and super Ellis.
Had Alan Gow not got injured, none of this would have transpired. You've seen the film 'Sliding Doors'?
Had we actually retained our league status, I think we could be easily still be rattling around the lower reaches of D3. DC oversaw a mass clear-out and the rest is history....
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