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Tom Eaves
Jan 8, 2015 10:08:33 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2015 10:08:33 GMT
What you're saying there Cheltgas is that Gateshead are basically rubbish. I agree.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2015 10:15:56 GMT
What you're saying there Cheltgas is that Gateshead are basically rubbish. I agree. I concur
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c13
Rickie Lambert
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Post by c13 on Jan 8, 2015 19:30:46 GMT
Unlikely to join us but quite a tidy player in his own right
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Lindsay Parsons
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Post by brizzle on Jan 9, 2015 15:05:02 GMT
I thought that I must be living in an alternative universe when I read that. Traditionally we have always been a ''direct'' type of team, preferring to get from A to B as quickly as possible. We always left it to the other mob to try to play a passing game, which is one of the main reasons that I always felt comfortable watching Rovers. Some prefer to call it ''Hoofball,'' but to me it was always far more exciting. I used to love it (particularly at Eastville and Twerton) when a tremendous boot from the rear towards the forwards was greeted with shouts of ''whoosh,'' and ''it'll come down with snow on.''Seriously though I realise that we are attempting to play more of a passing game nowadays, and good luck with that too I say. Its all relative. For example, the home game against Torquay - we were by far the passingest side that day, as confirmed by a neutral I know who went to the game. I suppose that the style of football that a team plays is determined by the quality of the playing surface at their home venue. The quality of our playing surfaces over the years has not been that good, in fact at Eastville it was diabolical on occasions, something to do with the River Frome wasn't it? This clearly ruled out a passing-type game, but encouraged the more direct route style of play which became our trademark. Twerton could be a bit sticky, and of course we shared our present playing surface with Bristol Rugby Club until the end of last season. Again this all but ruled out a decent playing surface, the pitch being used by a rugby and football team over a nine-month season. So now that we have the opportunity to prepare our own playing surface, exclusively for our own use, the results are impressive which of course leads us to a change in playing style. But just remember what it was like a few decades ago. I wonder that Paul Randall could even run at any speed, let alone score. By the way, didn't Dave Staniforth have an impressive beard?
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