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Post by aldershotgas on Sept 6, 2014 21:21:06 GMT
Someone who went today..........If you are reading this, please for once acknowledge and do something.......Our club is f******g dying and it is ALL YOUR FAULT.........
"Today for the first time ever I witnessed the patient Bristol Rovers reject it's medicine and treatment.......the club is dying, 50 fans hurled abuse at the players but the majority left in stunned silence, even the fans are giving hope because they no longer have the anger or emotion, we are witnessing this collapse. I'm told Higgs and Bradshaw never went today? Dunford resigned, Kirsty the PR resigned, there are no beacons of hope at this moment. If Nick Higgs ever needed to do a Winston Churchill battle cry it's now, today was so sad to see, the team gave up today with 30 mins to go today, the manager admitted, we've never seen us do this against a part time side, they gave up and the fans are starting as well and that will be the death nail of the club"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2014 21:35:35 GMT
If we were top Higgs would have his smug face everywhere but as it is will let Clarke face the flack. Which he should do of course as his players let him and us supporters down badly.
I have to question Clarke regarding Sinclair. If one player shows fight and determination it's him but he is on the bench. Puzzling.
Shocking leadership by Higgs but expected.
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Post by tbonegas on Sept 6, 2014 21:45:54 GMT
SACK THE BOARD.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2014 21:52:53 GMT
Great idea numb nuts  |
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Post by tbonegas on Sept 6, 2014 21:57:06 GMT
Great idea numb nuts I know. And I've only just thought of it as well. |
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Post by Eclectic Blue on Sept 6, 2014 22:43:05 GMT
Someone who went today..........If you are reading this, please for once acknowledge and do something.......Our club is f******g dying and it is ALL YOUR FAULT.........
"Today for the first time ever I witnessed the patient Bristol Rovers reject it's medicine and treatment.......the club is dying, 50 fans hurled abuse at the players but the majority left in stunned silence, even the fans are giving hope because they no longer have the anger or emotion, we are witnessing this collapse. I'm told Higgs and Bradshaw never went today? Dunford resigned, Kirsty the PR resigned, there are no beacons of hope at this moment. If Nick Higgs ever needed to do a Winston Churchill battle cry it's now, today was so sad to see, the team gave up today with 30 mins to go today, the manager admitted, we've never seen us do this against a part time side, they gave up and the fans are starting as well and that will be the death nail of the club"
Without trying to sound flippant, Aldershot, what is your friend really saying? As we learned at the Q&A, in the summer ex directors Colin Williams and Mike Turl offered to help, but they have been knocked back. Same with that Eales guy. I am guessing the choice is Mr Higgs or nothing. My mate who went today - and deeply regrets a day he will never get back again - tells me that Mr Masters was the only director present today and fair play to the old boy because it's almost as far from Lincoln, where he lives, to Braintree, as it is from Bristol. I'm not sure the departures of Mr Dunford or Mrs Stilwell will have any meaningful effect on the running of the club but I suspect given Mr Higgs' limitations in the communications department you are more likely to get Iain Duncan Smith than Winston Churchill. "Something must be done" is just a slogan. What, specifically, does your friend want and what is s/he prepared to do about it? The answer at Rovers is usually silence, which means nothing. And that is why we are in the Conference (in my opinion). |
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Post by gasheadnaboo on Sept 6, 2014 22:49:57 GMT
There is a good possibility that City will be the 2nd tier and Rovers the 5th, non-league (if we're lucky) next season, if that happens the chances of attracting future generations of supporters will be almost be irrevocably gone.
Please Higgs and co, unless you want to go down as the men that killed Bristol Rovers cut your losses and hand the club over to the supporters.
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Post by LPGas on Sept 6, 2014 23:07:36 GMT
There is a good possibility that City will be the 2nd tier and Rovers the 5th, non-league (if we're lucky) next season, if that happens the chances of attracting future generations of supporters will be almost be irrevocably gone. Please Higgs and co, unless you want to go down as the men that killed Bristol Rovers cut your losses and hand the club over to the supporters. I think Higgs is guilty of us being non league, but so are a lot of the supporters. Hands up if you wanted the entire div one squad sacked when we were relegated from div 1. Hands up if you were one of those who thought Buckle was the man to take us up. Hands up if you welcomed the signing of Matt Harold, and so on. All those decisions were made by the board and most people thought they were the right decisions. So most of you agreed with the boards decisions. As for Clarke being out of his depth i am old enough to remember the same thing being said about Gerry Francis, the first time. The days when we had no expectations other than to be in existence the following week. Of course we had a better chairman then. |
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Post by gasheadnaboo on Sept 6, 2014 23:12:28 GMT
I think Higgs is guilty of us being non league, but so are a lot of the supporters. Hands up if you wanted the entire div one squad sacked when we were relegated from div 1. Hands up if you were one of those who thought Buckle was the man to take us up. Hands up if you welcomed the signing of Matt Harold, and so on. All those decisions were made by the board and most people thought they were the right decisions. So most of you agreed with the boards decisions. As for Clarke being out of his depth i am old enough to remember the same thing being said about Gerry Francis, the first time. The days when we had no expectations other than to be in existence the following week. Of course we had a better chairman then. I wanted the club to stick with Dave Penney, Higgs is entirely to blame for sacking him after buckling to Campbell and his cronies. The below would probably never have happened if we stuck with Penney and Higgs didn't cave to some self serving tossers. |
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Post by Bridgeman on Sept 6, 2014 23:19:57 GMT
You're deluded if you think Nick Higgs would ever lower himself to read anything on this or any other forum so there is no point addressing anything to him here. Why do you think they closed the Official Forum down ? The Director's think we're all idiots or keyboard warriors who are just sounding off and hold us in total disregard. It's important that we debate the issues and sound off about them here but it is equally important that we are respectful of those who have differing views. No matter how angry or frustrated we may feel about what is happening, lets be considered and constructive in how we express them amongst one another....good luck |
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Post by Topper Gas on Sept 7, 2014 6:11:47 GMT
There is a good possibility that City will be the 2nd tier and Rovers the 5th, non-league (if we're lucky) next season, if that happens the chances of attracting future generations of supporters will be almost be irrevocably gone. Please Higgs and co, unless you want to go down as the men that killed Bristol Rovers cut your losses and hand the club over to the supporters. I think Higgs is guilty of us being non league, but so are a lot of the supporters. Hands up if you wanted the entire div one squad sacked when we were relegated from div 1. Hands up if you were one of those who thought Buckle was the man to take us up. Hands up if you welcomed the signing of Matt Harold, and so on. All those decisions were made by the board and most people thought they were the right decisions. So most of you agreed with the boards decisions. As for Clarke being out of his depth i am old enough to remember the same thing being said about Gerry Francis, the first time. The days when we had no expectations other than to be in existence the following week. Of course we had a better chairman then. So basically it's all our fault we're non league? That's utter BS. NH clearly hasn't a clue and even his shipmates can now see that and are jumping ship. |
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Post by PeterHooper57 on Sept 7, 2014 6:43:36 GMT
Great idea numb nuts Were you there yesterday ? |
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Post by Northville Blue on Sept 7, 2014 6:54:51 GMT
You're deluded if you think Nick Higgs would ever lower himself to read anything on this or any other forum so there is no point addressing anything to him here. Why do you think they closed the Official Forum down ? The Director's think we're all idiots or keyboard warriors who are just sounding off and hold us in total disregard. It's important that we debate the issues and sound off about them here but it is equally important that we are respectful of those who have differing views. No matter how angry or frustrated we may feel about what is happening, lets be considered and constructive in how we express them amongst one another....good luck Rest assured, he reads it. |
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Post by splitter on Sept 7, 2014 8:40:46 GMT
Great idea numb nuts Were you there yesterday ? That question is irrelevant. Explain how you "Sack the board" of a private limited company. I think you will find the answer is the same whether you were there or not. |
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Post by Igitur on Sept 7, 2014 9:32:51 GMT
Were you there yesterday ? That question is irrelevant. Explain how you "Sack the board" of a private limited company. I think you will find the answer is the same whether you were there or not. Forget all this "sack the board nonsense." Firstly, us fans have no power whatsoever, and secondly the board members are waiting for the UWE Stadium payoff days and may stay afterwards as the stadium may make more money from non-footballing aspects.
Be afraid if the Sainsbury's contract fails/there are court cases after court cases/UWE pulls out etc, then you will get your wish, the board will go, but so will Bristol Rovers.
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Post by falsenumber9 on Sept 7, 2014 9:39:21 GMT
That question is irrelevant. Explain how you "Sack the board" of a private limited company. I think you will find the answer is the same whether you were there or not. Forget all this "sack the board nonsense." Firstly, us fans have no power whatsoever, and secondly the board members are waiting for the UWE Stadium payoff days and may stay afterwards as the stadium may make more money from non-footballing aspects.
Be afraid if the Sainsbury's contract fails/there are court cases after court cases/UWE pulls out etc, then you will get your wish, the board will go, but so will Bristol Rovers.
Fans have no power? Individually maybe, although we certainly command power collectively. |
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Post by fatherjackhackett on Sept 7, 2014 9:46:02 GMT
That question is irrelevant. Explain how you "Sack the board" of a private limited company. I think you will find the answer is the same whether you were there or not. Forget all this "sack the board nonsense." Firstly, us fans have no power whatsoever, and secondly the board members are waiting for the UWE Stadium payoff days and may stay afterwards as the stadium may make more money from non-footballing aspects.
Be afraid if the Sainsbury's contract fails/there are court cases after court cases/UWE pulls out etc, then you will get your wish, the board will go, but so will Bristol Rovers.
Yet again defeatist claptrap. Again, if fans of Portsmouth, Wycombe, Exeter, Wimbledon, Telford, Halifax etc. etc. had no power whatsoever they would not have clubs to support today. Why do people insist on lying that there is no alternative to repeat and increasing failure when recent history can provide dozens of examples where there is? Is it because they have to move from their keyboards and actually get active in saving the club? |
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Post by Igitur on Sept 7, 2014 11:30:51 GMT
Forget all this "sack the board nonsense." Firstly, us fans have no power whatsoever, and secondly the board members are waiting for the UWE Stadium payoff days and may stay afterwards as the stadium may make more money from non-footballing aspects.
Be afraid if the Sainsbury's contract fails/there are court cases after court cases/UWE pulls out etc, then you will get your wish, the board will go, but so will Bristol Rovers.
Yet again defeatist claptrap. Again, if fans of Portsmouth, Wycombe, Exeter, Wimbledon, Telford, Halifax etc. etc. had no power whatsoever they would not have clubs to support today. Why do people insist on lying that there is no alternative to repeat and increasing failure when recent history can provide dozens of examples where there is? Is it because they have to move from their keyboards and actually get active in saving the club? Slight over reaction and this debate has gone around on this site many times.
I attended the two Welly meetings and the EGM and Q&A, each a 200 mile round trip, so I have moved from the keyboard and really wish BRISA would actually do something. I'm not defeatist and obviously there are 'alternatives,' but having witnessed the board members at the EGM and Q&A, they show no signs of budging and sadly a hiatus will be required as in most of the clubs listed - the fans did not overthrow the boards, so sadly we will have to wait for whatever it is (unless we build the stadium and get to the Premier 4 seasons later.)
Suggestions please on how we, the fans, can sack the board.
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Post by badbloodash on Sept 7, 2014 15:50:32 GMT
Someone who went today..........If you are reading this, please for once acknowledge and do something.......Our club is f******g dying and it is ALL YOUR FAULT.........
"Today for the first time ever I witnessed the patient Bristol Rovers reject it's medicine and treatment.......the club is dying, 50 fans hurled abuse at the players but the majority left in stunned silence, even the fans are giving hope because they no longer have the anger or emotion, we are witnessing this collapse. I'm told Higgs and Bradshaw never went today? Dunford resigned, Kirsty the PR resigned, there are no beacons of hope at this moment. If Nick Higgs ever needed to do a Winston Churchill battle cry it's now, today was so sad to see, the team gave up today with 30 mins to go today, the manager admitted, we've never seen us do this against a part time side, they gave up and the fans are starting as well and that will be the death nail of the club"
It's like we are being deliberately being run into the ground in an earlier post (late July ) I jokingly said I thought landsdown was pulling the strings and Higgs was his puppet but I doubt in his wildest dreams he could have thought things would get so bad so quick we are on a knifes edge our seasons almost over before it began just waiting for Clarke to come out with more s**t about we can win the fa trophy or something Higgs hiding somewhere 2 months max to administration our club is dying and soon the south siders will be danceing on our grave rip gas |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2014 16:00:30 GMT
Forget all this "sack the board nonsense." Firstly, us fans have no power whatsoever, and secondly the board members are waiting for the UWE Stadium payoff days and may stay afterwards as the stadium may make more money from non-footballing aspects.
Be afraid if the Sainsbury's contract fails/there are court cases after court cases/UWE pulls out etc, then you will get your wish, the board will go, but so will Bristol Rovers.
Yet again defeatist claptrap. Again, if fans of Portsmouth, Wycombe, Exeter, Wimbledon, Telford, Halifax etc. etc. had no power whatsoever they would not have clubs to support today. Why do people insist on lying that there is no alternative to repeat and increasing failure when recent history can provide dozens of examples where there is? Is it because they have to move from their keyboards and actually get active in saving the club? Did those clubs you mention not have a board who owns the club as such? Anyway,how do you sack a board of a football club exactly? give them two verbal warnings,then one final written warning then tell them they are sacked? Like in a factory or something? Bugger off and leave the owed millions behind? I'm blowed if I know but wouldn't mind finding out. |
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