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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2020 17:23:45 GMT
When our young team are flying high under garner next season we will all look back on this with a wry smile. Good news for garner is that bamber has wrote him off just as he did with dc so that at least is a massive boost for ben. And lets not forget Bamber wrote off GC after the colossal amount of 7 games in charge (we amassed 11 points in those 7 games btw)...This is the same GC who went on to get us to our highest league position in 20 years. The Playstation managers will never understand but this is a season like no other with effectively only 1 relegation place up for grabs (and there was always going to be at least 6 clubs finishing above us) so this is the perfect time to get a plan/ style of play in place to hopefully hit the ground running next season. This may or may not succeed but Playstation managers aside must see what we are attempting to do. That said GC badly needs a win probably more than the club do right now. GC has my total support This explains some stuff. You are, and always were a Mansfield supporter and now they have our ex-manager you feel able to go public. You were probably one of that little group, in with the City supporters, celebrating when we lost our League status. No wonder all you ever do on here is troll people and never give an opinion of your own, you don't actually have one relating to Rovers. You may be correct with this being a season like no other, we'll know on Saturday at 5pm. For what it's worth, I'm desperate for Garner to turn things around, no issue with him whatsoever, but arguing for him in terms of performance or what he's trying to achieve is just plain silly at this stage. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2020 17:46:57 GMT
Blackman,mitchell-lawson and ginelly have featured regularly already. I'm broadly in agreement with vertigo (and that doesn't happen often)! I'm usually glass half-empty, but I'm finding the relentless negativity by some as tedious as a 30+ page thread on Ken Masters. I really like the look of Mitchell-Lawson (my MOM yesterday) and Ginnelli. Both have pace, desire and skill. Barrett looks good on the ball and could add some creativity to our sluggish mid-field (Ogogo, O Clarke & Upson has never really worked). Gutted JML missed that sitter early on yesterday - but the conditions were horrendous. In time - I am confident we will get goals. What I would concede is that the back four is a mess as we don't have a decent full back (either side) and Craig + anyone else in the centre is a disaster waiting to happen, due largely to lack of pace. It is almost a certainty that we will not go down. I'm tempted to say have a look at the bookies odds on such an occurrence happening, but Bambi might have another melt-down. Actually WTF - bookies odds bookies odds bookies odds bookies odds bookies odds bookies odds bookies odds. It now looks like Tranmere / Wimbledon are in a straight fight for the last relegation spot. Yesterday WAS a good point, as a Tranmere win would have closed the gap on teams above them and given them confidence and a bit of hope. It really was vital we did not lose. And we didn't. It was ugly, we fought hard, we gained a point. Ultimately post GC, this will go down as a re-building season. Disappointing for some - but it is what it is. Get over yourselves. I can't see Dwane Sports panicking and getting rid of BG. We are playing better. Obviously we need to get the monkey off the back and get a win. It will come. Keep the faith & UTG. The thing is it’s gone beyond that now, he needs 3 or 4 wins in quick succession to justify not one notable result in 14 games and plenty of dire ones. I actually think we will beat Blackpool and it will be hailed like the second coming with Garner zealots foaming at the mouth and forgetting the last 6 weeks ever happened. The reality is we will beat Blackpool because we are at home and they are the only team that is even s**tter than us having just got rid of their manager. It will be as close to a pyrrhic victory as you can get because we will most likely struggle to beat anyone after that. We might have played well in patches against Coventry and Wycombe but we still conceded at least two goals per game, conceding goals and failing to score against decent sides is not going to change overnight just because we might beat trash like Blackpool. I’d also like to say I admire the optimism shown but I’m not sure I do really. I can’t think of any club that would give a manager with no pedigree free reign to not win in 14 games and still keep his job. It’s practically unheard of in high stakes professional football...but if anyone was rag bag enough to do it it’s Bristol Rovers. *sigh* I don’t know why I’m complaining, nothing will change and he is nailed on to be our manager at the start of next season. I don’t get to many games as I live away but if the club don’t care about results I don’t see why I should pay to keep up to date by watching games on ifollow etc. I shall care about the rest of this season that once promised so much as much as the custodians of this club seem to. |
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 12, 2020 17:59:50 GMT
Blackpool home
Sunderland away
Shrewsbury home
Southend away
Sunderland home
Ipswich home
Peterborough away
Rochdale home
Portsmouth away
Oxford away
Burton home
Accrington away
Lincoln home
Gillingham away
7 home and 7 away, how many of these games can we win to rescue a promising season at 4th to now at 13th..?
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Post by crater on Feb 12, 2020 18:07:19 GMT
And lets not forget Bamber wrote off GC after the colossal amount of 7 games in charge (we amassed 11 points in those 7 games btw)...This is the same GC who went on to get us to our highest league position in 20 years. The Playstation managers will never understand but this is a season like no other with effectively only 1 relegation place up for grabs (and there was always going to be at least 6 clubs finishing above us) so this is the perfect time to get a plan/ style of play in place to hopefully hit the ground running next season. This may or may not succeed but Playstation managers aside must see what we are attempting to do. That said GC badly needs a win probably more than the club do right now. GC has my total support This explains some stuff. You are, and always were a Mansfield supporter and now they have our ex-manager you feel able to go public. You were probably one of that little group, in with the City supporters, celebrating when we lost our League status. No wonder all you ever do on here is troll people and never give an opinion of your own, you don't actually have one relating to Rovers. You may be correct with this being a season like no other, we'll know on Saturday at 5pm. For what it's worth, I'm desperate for Garner to turn things around, no issue with him whatsoever, but arguing for him in terms of performance or what he's trying to achieve is just plain silly at this stage. If you actually read what I said you would see I do have an opinion (which I expressed). Hope that is not too difficult to understand. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2020 18:07:37 GMT
Blackpool home Sunderland away Shrewsbury home Southend away Sunderland home Ipswich home Peterborough away Rochdale home Portsmouth away Oxford away Burton home Accrington away Lincoln home Gillingham away 7 home and 7 away, how many of these games can we win to rescue a promising season at 4th to now at 13th..? Currently I’d only have us as big favourites to win the Blackpool game and marginal favourite for the Southend game. We’ll finish somewhere around 19th. |
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 12, 2020 18:10:37 GMT
Blackpool home Sunderland away Shrewsbury home Southend away Sunderland home Ipswich home Peterborough away Rochdale home Portsmouth away Oxford away Burton home Accrington away Lincoln home Gillingham away 7 home and 7 away, how many of these games can we win to rescue a promising season at 4th to now at 13th..? Currently I’d only have us as big favourites to win the Blackpool game and marginal favourite for the Southend game. We’ll finish somewhere around 19th. Yes, a 16 point lead can easily be whittled away in the blink of an eye. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2020 18:21:30 GMT
This explains some stuff. You are, and always were a Mansfield supporter and now they have our ex-manager you feel able to go public. You were probably one of that little group, in with the City supporters, celebrating when we lost our League status. No wonder all you ever do on here is troll people and never give an opinion of your own, you don't actually have one relating to Rovers. You may be correct with this being a season like no other, we'll know on Saturday at 5pm. For what it's worth, I'm desperate for Garner to turn things around, no issue with him whatsoever, but arguing for him in terms of performance or what he's trying to achieve is just plain silly at this stage. If you actually read what I said you would see I do have an opinion (which I expressed). Hope that is not too difficult to understand. Happy to deal with what you actually wrote. Anybody who doesn't agree with you is a 'PlayStation manager'. Are you surprised that all I did was mock you for accidentally using the wrong initials? You are every bit as bad as me, but I do it because Bamber is a ridiculous character, I think you do it out of arrogance. |
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Post by crater on Feb 12, 2020 18:34:55 GMT
If you actually read what I said you would see I do have an opinion (which I expressed). Hope that is not too difficult to understand. Happy to deal with what you actually wrote. Anybody who doesn't agree with you is a 'PlayStation manager'. Are you surprised that all I did was mock you for accidentally using the wrong initials? You are every bit as bad as me, but I do it because Bamber is a ridiculous character, I think you do it out of arrogance. No, I express my views which eminate from a love affair I had with BRFC many many years ago and I hate seeing anyone constantly talking the club down. That is all. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2020 18:41:01 GMT
Happy to deal with what you actually wrote. Anybody who doesn't agree with you is a 'PlayStation manager'. Are you surprised that all I did was mock you for accidentally using the wrong initials? You are every bit as bad as me, but I do it because Bamber is a ridiculous character, I think you do it out of arrogance. No, I express my views which eminate from a love affair I had with BRFC many many years ago and I hate seeing anyone constantly talking the club down. That is all. Fair comment. I'll take Bamber's idiot hat off for once and try to reply sensibly. I'm probably as desperate for Rovers to do well as anybody, but I'm worried that things may have gone too far with Ben. He has made some very basic tactical errors in games, to be brutally honest, if I can see these things, then the opposition managers are probably scratching their heads wondering what's happening. I was delighted when DC sorted things, just as much for GC, I don't want to actually see anybody fail in anything, ever. To that end, I hope that we get that first win on Saturday and build from there, but L1 is a tough place to learn your trade. |
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Post by eppinggas on Feb 12, 2020 19:10:11 GMT
OK - here's my predictions:
Blackpool home 1 pt
Sunderland away 0 pts
Shrewsbury home 3 pts
Southend away 3 pts
Sunderland home 0 pts
Ipswich home 0 pts
Peterborough away 0 pts
Rochdale home 1 pt
Portsmouth away 0 pts
Oxford away 0 pts
Burton home 1 pt
Accrington away 1pt
Lincoln home 3 pts
Gillingham away 0 pts
3 wins, 4 draws, 7 losses. An additional 13 pts, finishing on 52 pts (17th).
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Feb 12, 2020 19:18:33 GMT
OK - here's my predictions: Blackpool home 1 pt Sunderland away 0 pts Shrewsbury home 3 pts Southend away 3 pts Sunderland home 0 pts Ipswich home 0 pts Peterborough away 0 pts Rochdale home 1 pt Portsmouth away 0 pts Oxford away 0 pts Burton home 1 pt Accrington away 1pt Lincoln home 3 pts Gillingham away 0 pts 3 wins, 4 draws, 7 losses. An additional 13 pts, finishing on 52 pts (17th). A point a game (or equivalent) for moi. 14 points = 53 total. (16th) |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2020 23:24:03 GMT
The main point with garner for me at least is that now is not the time to sack him.
Improved performances and 7 young players signed.
It just makes sense to see if we can get a win and then some wins to generate optimism for next season.
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Post by Mrs V Smegma on Feb 13, 2020 1:41:56 GMT
Blackpool home Sunderland away Shrewsbury home Southend away Sunderland home Ipswich home Peterborough away Rochdale home Portsmouth away Oxford away Burton home Accrington away Lincoln home Gillingham away 7 home and 7 away, how many of these games can we win to rescue a promising season at 4th to now at 13th..? we have to win two from the next 4 or I fear we are in serious trouble. No wins from these (0 from 18) would be sacking time in my eyes. It would only take Tranmere to win two or 3 and the pressure us then right on a young side. Momentum is everything in football. We threw ours away on the back of this gamble. God help us if they suddenly find some |
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Post by eppinggas on Feb 13, 2020 9:23:26 GMT
Blackpool home Sunderland away Shrewsbury home Southend away Sunderland home Ipswich home Peterborough away Rochdale home Portsmouth away Oxford away Burton home Accrington away Lincoln home Gillingham away 7 home and 7 away, how many of these games can we win to rescue a promising season at 4th to now at 13th..? we have to win two from the next 4 or I fear we are in serious trouble. No wins from these (0 from 18) would be sacking time in my eyes. It would only take Tranmere to win two or 3 and the pressure us then right on a young side. Momentum is everything in football. We threw ours away on the back of this gamble. God help us if they suddenly find some I'm not so pessimistic. One win will get the monkey off of the back. I just cannot see Tranmere getting 2 or 3 wins in quick succession. 16 points is a massive gap and Tranmere's last 10 games are W0, D3, L7 Goals For 5, Goals Against 19. (Yes, I know Rovers stats aren't much better). You can get 225-1 on the Gas going down. It is just not going to happen. |
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Post by eppinggas on Feb 13, 2020 9:33:48 GMT
Interestingly, Blackpool are currently the third worst team in terms of current form over 10 games (after of course Tranmere and the Gas).
Blackpool are W1, D2, L7 Goals for 9, Goals against 15.
I fear the conditions will dictate things on Saturday and another wind & rain assisted bore draw is not unlikely. UTG.
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Post by matealotblue on Feb 13, 2020 10:37:15 GMT
Interestingly, Blackpool are currently the third worst team in terms of current form over 10 games (after of course Tranmere and the Gas). Blackpool are W1, D2, L7 Goals for 9, Goals against 15. I fear the conditions will dictate things on Saturday and another wind & rain assisted bore draw is not unlikely. UTG. Sorry...not sure what W1 means.....? 🥺 |
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Post by eppinggas on Feb 13, 2020 15:38:31 GMT
Interestingly, Blackpool are currently the third worst team in terms of current form over 10 games (after of course Tranmere and the Gas). Blackpool are W1, D2, L7 Goals for 9, Goals against 15. I fear the conditions will dictate things on Saturday and another wind & rain assisted bore draw is not unlikely. UTG. Sorry...not sure what W1 means.....? 🥺 Yes - December 14th 2019 does seem a long time ago... |
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Post by gastastrophe on Feb 13, 2020 18:34:06 GMT
Blackpool home Sunderland away Shrewsbury home Southend away Sunderland home Ipswich home Peterborough away Rochdale home Portsmouth away Oxford away Burton home Accrington away Lincoln home Gillingham away 7 home and 7 away, how many of these games can we win to rescue a promising season at 4th to now at 13th..? Think I can see three draws in there. |
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Post by mangogas15 on Feb 14, 2020 7:16:14 GMT
Interestingly, Blackpool are currently the third worst team in terms of current form over 10 games (after of course Tranmere and the Gas). Blackpool are W1, D2, L7 Goals for 9, Goals against 15. I fear the conditions will dictate things on Saturday and another wind & rain assisted bore draw is not unlikely. UTG. Sorry...not sure what W1 means.....? 🥺 Bad Blackpool, naughty Blackpool. You are not allowed to score more than the opposition. The objective is to score less, or let in more, we couldn't even get that right every week 😊 |
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Post by eppinggas on Feb 14, 2020 18:49:54 GMT
Sorry...not sure what W1 means.....? 🥺 Bad Blackpool, naughty Blackpool. You are not allowed to score more than the opposition. The objective is to score less, or let in more, we couldn't even get that right every week 😊 The only time that Blackpool managed to score more goals than the opposition in the last 10 games was home to Sarfend. And even then they only won 2-1. Not sure why they are clear favourites tomorrow. Given half decent conditions I think this would have been 3pts for the Gas. Given the forecast is 40mph+ winds and heavy rain though... going to be a hoofball lottery. Could well be another draw. Don't think we'll lose. UTG. |
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