Need a decent victory!

I reckon plenty feel similarly Matt.

I feel the same

Its very difficult to get any enthusiasm, particularly looking at this seasons fixture list.

If people feel this way now, I dread to think what will happen if we dont get off to a good start........

The family club seems to be alienating people at a time when we all need to stick together better than at any time previously, and I include that first summer leading up to the Twerton days in that, when stones had to be cleared off the pitch etc by fans helping the club out.

I go with my son and some mates and to me its not all about the football. A few pints and a chat before and then if the football is poor then the afternoon hasn't been a total write off. I know some people have a total different opinion, including one of my mates who I go with, that football game/result is all that matters. I used to go to Eastville and Twerton but took a break to play footie on a saturday. Before the break, I would sulk if Rovers lost, now it annoys me walking back to the car, but put a bit of music on and realise there is more to life than footie. Its not easy to change your mindset, but I'm glad I have been able to, especially considering the last 5 years. I will be back to support BRFC next year and will continue to do so as long as my mates/son continue going. Otherwise my attendance would be down to the standard of entertainment

I fear we will be totally humiliated on live TV in the first two games we are involved in.

I said about three months ago the club is in terminal decline ... there has been no substantive review , no changes where it matters. As Matty says its really hard to show any enthusiasm about what is to come in the next few months.

The life breath is being slowly taken out of my club by the incompetence ( or is it deliberate malpractice) of the Board, I don't recognise my own club any more after 45 years of supporting them.

Is DC all talk ? A puppet ?

I must admit what has happened over the last 10 years has actually made me start to lose interest in football, let alone the Gas.
I love the tradition of the club, the good years I have watched them and the bad years but recent events, actions and attirude of the BoD has really made me become cynical about it all.
Seeing good people forced out of the club, back biting and in fighting amongst directors who hold themselves up as shining lights of the club, the consistent failure of managers who have succeeded elsewhere and players who are only here for the cash, has only increased the feeling of disillusionment.
The advent of the internet and forums such as this has heightened the expectation of instant information which the club just cannot meet. Further the nasty vicious back biting on the forums developing the for / against the BoD cliques has quite taken me aback and is not something I encountered previously between fans.

I hope the coming months will re-kindle my love of the game but I am not holding my breath.

PS this is the first time I have no interest in watching the World Cup finals even England - I am told it was good.....

People have differing opinions about how much of last season was DC's fault and there is no point debating that again. I will judge recruitment not 4 weeks before the season starts but 2 or 3 months into the new season. The truth is we do not know what the next season holds for BRFC but we all have our opinions, some will be right and others wrong. The squad isn't good enough yet, but DC says he will use the loan system more than recent years, so let's wait and see what happens. DC is trying to change the club from recruiting journeymen footballers who are interested in money to a club where attitude is just as important as ability, I will give him time to succeed, because that could not happen overnight.