Cheshiregas
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Easter
Nov 14, 2014 13:25:51 GMT
Post by Cheshiregas on Nov 14, 2014 13:25:51 GMT
i was thinking go for a league 2 striker on the same wages as lee brown/tom parkes but a championship one on 3 times more again at least seems a bit silly to me Unless of course the lending club offers to pay part of the wages as we have done in the past. It would do them a favour as well because we would get him match fit. It does us a favour if he scores a few. As long as we don't do what we always seem to do and keep them warming the bench!
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Easter
Nov 14, 2014 13:30:41 GMT
Post by The Gas on Nov 14, 2014 13:30:41 GMT
I see BSS has posted a truer version of events, it's a shame that the WHOLE story is not in the open.
I think DC is under a lot of strain at the moment, even taking into account our current league standing and he appears to be lashing out in all directions.
Perhaps DC needs to come clean about EXACTLY what went on.
I think Brian has given a Politicians answer, his wording is very carefully chosen I think. He says "I am sure you have read the stories which are being circulated which is suggesting that the Bristol Rovers Board has blocked efforts by manager Darrell Clarke to sign a striker SUCH AS (my capitalisation) Jamaine Easter" - are the stories that the Board has blocked attempts to sign ANY striker or are they that they have blocked the specific signing of Easter? The key words here are 'such as'. I don't doubt that the BoD will support DC to sign 'a' striker. But will they support the signing of ANY striker? And have they specifically said NO to Easter? If the cost is too much then they are probably right to block the move in my humble opinion.
My understanding is that the club had agreed to sign Easter until the end of the season at a much reduced wage and Easter was happy with that as he wants to move back nearer to Cardiff.
However, his agent then came back wanting a twelve month contract in view of the reduction of his wages and the Directors correctly told him what to do.
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brizzle
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Easter
Nov 14, 2014 15:16:40 GMT
Post by brizzle on Nov 14, 2014 15:16:40 GMT
i was thinking go for a league 2 striker on the same wages as lee brown/tom parkes but a championship one on 3 times more again at least seems a bit silly to me Unless of course the lending club offers to pay part of the wages as we have done in the past. It would do them a favour as well because we would get him match fit. It does us a favour if he scores a few. As long as we don't do what we always seem to do and keep them warming the bench!I quite agree with that. Now I can fully appreciate that a player arriving from another club may well need a period of time to adjust to his new colleagues and surroundings, but we do seem to take it to the extreme very often. I think the example of Lyle Della-Verde is a good one in this respect. In the two matches since he signed for us from Fulham he has played just under an hours worth of football, despite getting good reviews from all and sundry. And unfortunately he isn't the only player to be treated in this way. Hopefully he'll make the starting XI tomorrow.
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Easter
Nov 14, 2014 15:54:14 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2014 15:54:14 GMT
According to his manager its the first he has heard of this
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Easter
Nov 14, 2014 16:14:27 GMT
Post by brizzle on Nov 14, 2014 16:14:27 GMT
Am I correct in saying that BRFC almost signed Jermaine Easter a few years back?
If my memory serves me correctly everything had been agreed on the telephone with the selling club and his agent, and he was coming to the Bristol for his medical. But whilst en route his agent took a call from PAFC, and instead of stopping off in Bristol to do the business, they carried on down the M5 and he ended up signing for them instead. I'm certain in my own mind that it was Easter, but I could be wrong.
Interestingly enough it is almost a mirror image of John Ward's recruitment to BRFC when again he was travelling to Plymuff to sign on the dotted line as their DoF, when he received a phone call and got off the train at Temple Meads. That much at least is certifiable.
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Easter
Nov 14, 2014 16:23:32 GMT
Post by matealotblue on Nov 14, 2014 16:23:32 GMT
I think Brian has given a Politicians answer, his wording is very carefully chosen I think. He says "I am sure you have read the stories which are being circulated which is suggesting that the Bristol Rovers Board has blocked efforts by manager Darrell Clarke to sign a striker SUCH AS (my capitalisation) Jamaine Easter" - are the stories that the Board has blocked attempts to sign ANY striker or are they that they have blocked the specific signing of Easter? The key words here are 'such as'. I don't doubt that the BoD will support DC to sign 'a' striker. But will they support the signing of ANY striker? And have they specifically said NO to Easter? If the cost is too much then they are probably right to block the move in my humble opinion.
My understanding is that the club had agreed to sign Easter until the end of the season at a much reduced wage and Easter was happy with that as he wants to move back nearer to Cardiff.
However, his agent then came back wanting a twelve month contract in view of the reduction of his wages and the Directors correctly told him what to do.
May I ask how you came by that "understanding "?
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Easter
Nov 14, 2014 16:44:14 GMT
Post by Antonio Fargas on Nov 14, 2014 16:44:14 GMT
That much at least is certifiable. Good choice of word.
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Easter
Nov 14, 2014 16:56:59 GMT
Post by irishrover on Nov 14, 2014 16:56:59 GMT
My understanding is that the club had agreed to sign Easter until the end of the season at a much reduced wage and Easter was happy with that as he wants to move back nearer to Cardiff.
However, his agent then came back wanting a twelve month contract in view of the reduction of his wages and the Directors correctly told him what to do.
May I ask how you came by that "understanding "? And even if that is 100% correct to interpret that as 'board does not back Clarke' (which I note this poster hasn't) would be way wide of the mark. I mean we could go out, completely the mortgage the stadium, scrap the UWE project and probably fund 5-6 high quality players who could guarantee us promotion and I imagine Clarke (as the guy who has to have success in the short term) probably wouldn't mind that but it doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. I will criticise the board for many things but taking a slightly longer term view and making sure we don't get shafted may actually suggest an element of having learnt from past mistakes. I worry where these rumours are coming from about Clarke mainly. He is known to be a)quite emotional and b)quite a gossip and I wonder if he has been sounding off a few frustrations to people here and there. I think that's what would worry me more than anything else - that the board and manager are not quite singing from the same page and are using the wrong avenues to express their frustrations.
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Post by a more piratey game on Nov 14, 2014 16:58:15 GMT
Scope for plenty more jokes about getting easter before christmas still, i think
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Easter
Nov 14, 2014 17:21:28 GMT
Post by fanatical on Nov 14, 2014 17:21:28 GMT
If we can't afford him then they've done the right thing in my opinion. Our income should be more than enough to make us very competitive in this league and the one above. It's not like we're sitting on massive cash reserves.and whose fault is that?
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Easter
Nov 14, 2014 17:31:49 GMT
Post by bluebeard on Nov 14, 2014 17:31:49 GMT
If we can't afford him then they've done the right thing in my opinion. Our income should be more than enough to make us very competitive in this league and the one above. It's not like we're sitting on massive cash reserves.and whose fault is that? The bankers?
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Easter
Nov 14, 2014 17:33:54 GMT
Post by bluebeard on Nov 14, 2014 17:33:54 GMT
If we can't afford him then they've done the right thing in my opinion. Our income should be more than enough to make us very competitive in this league and the one above. It's not like we're sitting on massive cash reserves.and whose fault is that? Estate agents, traffic wardens?
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Easter
Nov 14, 2014 17:45:26 GMT
Post by swissgas on Nov 14, 2014 17:45:26 GMT
If we can't afford him then they've done the right thing in my opinion. Our income should be more than enough to make us very competitive in this league and the one above. It's not like we're sitting on massive cash reserves.and whose fault is that? The chair man ?
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Post by gas2 on Nov 14, 2014 17:49:33 GMT
I think if d c gets more abuse from the idiotic fans who have had a go at the team and d c over the season I can see him walking away and if he did I would not blame him one bit we have imo the best young manager we have had for many years ffs give the bloke a break
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Nov 14, 2014 18:05:49 GMT
I think if d c gets more abuse from the idiotic fans who have had a go at the team and d c over the season I can see him walking away and if he did I would not blame him one bit we have imo the best young manager we have had for many years ffs give the bloke a break Good luck to DC explaining that at his next interview: 'So why did you leave Bristol Rovers? Well there was this fan who tried to get on the bus & criticise me and .... Next'
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Easter
Nov 14, 2014 18:07:19 GMT
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Post by james83 on Nov 14, 2014 18:07:19 GMT
I think if d c gets more abuse from the idiotic fans who have had a go at the team and d c over the season I can see him walking away and if he did I would not blame him one bit we have imo the best young manager we have had for many years ffs give the bloke a break well said we just need a goalscorer and we will walk the second half of the season inmo he's taken on a almost impossible job second only to the england post so give the man time and credit! Only one criticism of him is playing Taylor every week but hey every manager has a player they always pick
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Post by bluebeard on Nov 14, 2014 18:14:13 GMT
Doh, silly me. yep it's a disgrace that of all the teams in the top 5 tiers, we are the only one that has failed to accumulate substantial cash reserves.
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Easter
Nov 14, 2014 18:20:19 GMT
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Nov 14, 2014 18:20:19 GMT
I think if d c gets more abuse from the idiotic fans who have had a go at the team and d c over the season I can see him walking away and if he did I would not blame him one bit we have imo the best young manager we have had for many years ffs give the bloke a break well said we just need a goalscorer and we will walk the second half of the season inmo he's taken on a almost impossible job second only to the england post so give the man time and credit! Only one criticism of him is playing Taylor every week but hey every manager has a player they always pick This is the most hilarious post I've read in weeks. Well done son take a bow
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Easter
Nov 14, 2014 18:32:19 GMT
Post by jackthegas on Nov 14, 2014 18:32:19 GMT
If we can't afford him then they've done the right thing in my opinion. Our income should be more than enough to make us very competitive in this league and the one above. It's not like we're sitting on massive cash reserves.and whose fault is that? That wasn't a criticism. As someone else said, maybe we are learning from our mistakes with regard to managing our finances.
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Easter
Nov 14, 2014 20:06:23 GMT
Post by warmleygas on Nov 14, 2014 20:06:23 GMT
All the Darrell Clarke seems to do is sign players he knows already has worked with etc, surely this means there are loads more players out there not even on the clubs radar. Have they sorted out any kind of scouting network yet? Seems as long as we are being just about successful enough to keep people quiet, nothing gets done or changed, hardly shows any amount of ambition.
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