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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2021 22:08:37 GMT
And what, pray tell, is a "stereotyping walt"? A Walter Mitty type , pretending to be a footy fan , stereotyping me as a fing Tory Do you fancy being interviewed by Points West? They said rovers fans are divided before interviewing fans that were only pro B*****. You seem more eloquent than they were making the same points
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Post by eppinggas on Feb 22, 2021 22:19:33 GMT
Without some sort of moral compass, we are no worse than the sh*t at trashcan gate. I always thought we were defined by being 'better' than them (not necessarily on the pitch obviously). It would appear I am wrong. Well done Wael, it took you 5 years, but you've dragged us down to their level. I've always thought that was a myth anyway. We are no better or no worse than 'them' as human beings. I have known of Rovers fans who have done disgusting things and I have known of City fans who have done disgusting things. I'm pretty sure the same would apply to the supporter of any football club. All Clubs have their share of brainless idiots. Thankfully ours is quite low. South of the river they have had a problem for decades. Horfield is a safe place to come and watch football for away fans. Bedminster is not a safe place to come and watch football for away fans. In London the sh*t are generally loathed. In London the Gas are generally welcomed. #mythbusting
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2021 22:21:20 GMT
And what, pray tell, is a "stereotyping walt"? A Walter Mitty type , pretending to be a footy fan , stereotyping me as a fing Tory Oh so you don’t like Tories eh? Interesting. You’re aware of the phrase “never trust a Tory”? Because they inevitably let you down by reverting to type? Sounds a lot like B***** really doesn’t it. Maybe you should take your own advice and give more Tories a chance, they might just surprise you.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2021 22:31:30 GMT
My first ever match was in 1971 when my dad dropped me off outside the ground before he when off to shag his mistress. Well that day was the start of my life as. a gashead - it was a very entertaining game which we won 4-1 along with some great vocal support from the Tote End. 50 years on I have have followed the highs hummmmmmmm - well we had a couple of wins against the s*** but have always been in their shadow, a few seasons in the second division. and in more recent times and couple of promotions from the forth and fifth tiers of the football league. The only cup we've won was the Watney cup for fs sake! and as for the lows quite frankly to many to mention bottom line is we won sod all and play in absolute joke of a ground the family stand makes me cringe with embassment ever time I see it. So you might well ask whats is the point of wasting half a century supporting Bristol Rovers well for me it's down to the brilliant supporters we are very resilient and loyal bunch and we all dream that one day a decent stadium and regular Championship football finally realised. As far as the latest manager concerned - well who's knows how long he will be with us - they come and go, and yes Joey is not a nice fellow but as toteend2 commented earlier anybody would think Hitler was our new manager. Obviously it's a personal choice to hold back supporting the club while he's in tenure but for me and the other totteend three - Hell would have to freeze over for us to contemplate withdrawing our support - Gas until we die ( which won't be long the way time is flying) Come on Chris we won the GFA Cup a few times and even the Isle of Wight Trophy but I admit we were crap on the Isle of Man. At least we got our name mentioned in the Daily Mirror today, national recognition once again. www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/joey-bartons-most-disgraceful-controversies-23544106“B***** - while dressed as Jimmy Saville” - made me chuckle
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Post by cornwallgas on Feb 22, 2021 23:12:50 GMT
“B***** - while dressed as Jimmy Saville” - made me chuckle Just read the depressing mirror 'article'..presumably wael overlooked his glowing cv and references from previous employers!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2021 23:18:21 GMT
“B***** - while dressed as Jimmy Saville” - made me chuckle Just read the depressing mirror 'article'..presumably wael overlooked his glowing cv and references from previous employers! I didn't realise that he was sacked from Fleetwood for several fights with players including Ched Evans. Also reports of players unrest. I'm sure Wael would have taken upon a reference from the Fleetwood chairman and then ignored it as he would have been desperate to get B***** off their pay role which he would have still been on.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2021 23:23:34 GMT
Just read the depressing mirror 'article'..presumably wael overlooked his glowing cv and references from previous employers! I didn't realise that he was sacked from Fleetwood for several fights with players including Ched Evans. Also reports of players unrest. I'm sure Wael would have taken upon a reference from the Fleetwood chairman and then ignored it as he would have been desperate to get B***** off their pay role which he would have still been on. Yes, but you’re overlooking the success he delivered. Just look at the facts. 0 promotions - um, what? Hang on...
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Post by emperorsuperbus on Feb 22, 2021 23:34:27 GMT
I didn't realise that he was sacked from Fleetwood for several fights with players including Ched Evans. Also reports of players unrest. I'm sure Wael would have taken upon a reference from the Fleetwood chairman and then ignored it as he would have been desperate to get B***** off their pay role which he would have still been on. Yes, but you’re overlooking the success he delivered. Just look at the facts. 0 promotions - um, what? Hang on... its all rather odd and suspicious really isn’t it? Suggests vampire squid agents have too much sway at our club due to clueless leadership. Reading that mirror summary if anything it was too balanced in B*****’s favour, emphasising how apologetic he’s been, of course he will put a suit on for court and apologise to escape justice for his crimes. Bad day. Makes you feel sick to the pit of your stomach. any gashead chuffed at this are melts. Any gashead who claim it’s the best of the options available needs to find a brain.
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Post by mangogas15 on Feb 23, 2021 7:28:54 GMT
Okay those backing this appointment, let’s ignore the moral dimension (I am not conceding anything to anyone wrong side of the line in how they live life, you are just a burden on the rest of us to put up with you) instead you make an argument this is a solid football choice by a club that is making solid football decisions. What’s B***** ever achieved in football management? His celebrity status isn’t based on anything he has ever done well in football. What has convinced anyone B***** can game manage, coach young players and get best out of everyone whose income and career is now in his hands? Next season starts with a young squad in L2 or a young squad who have struggled to compete in L1. What convinces the board he is the man to make these young men better? You’ve got nothing. Struggling very hard to find the right place to post this after keeping quiet yesterday. I am surprised by the vitriolic, holier than though posts from some on many threads. You don't have to like the manager, you don't have to support the club, you don't have to go. I will go, I will support them, I will give B***** a chance. I don't have to like him. I love Oasis but Liam Gallagher is tw*t, my daughter loves The 1975 but their lead singer takes heroin. I love The Who, shall I go on.. so how many of you on here would not go and see them knowing what we know about Pete Townshend. B*****'s past is not good reading but please let's find some balance here. If Garners plan worked they would not be appointing B*****, I actually thought at one stage that Tisdale had joined us agreeing it was ok to take us down and build from there. We are where are and deserve to be, it calls for drastic measures, so we appoint a young, hungry, controversial manager with the potential to cause us bad publicity and embarrassment, with the potential to save us from relegation and build for next season. Do people think Wael wants us to fail? Do you think he doesn't care about the club? I will tell you something for nothing, if some people dig their heals in and don't come to support the team after everything that has happened just because they've appointed Joey B***** he will not give 2 sh*ts. I will be paying my £10 to see the new Rovers tonight, I will be looking forward to it and excited to see the next few games to see if anyone can get a tune out of this group. It might not work, but guess what, it might. I was appalled at the treatment Coughlan got when he was winning matches. Sometimes I don't know what people want. It's as if they want perfect football and 5-0 wins every week. It's not going to happen to Rovers unless we change something. Give the guy a chance, but please don't think you saying 'I'm not going' makes any difference to B***** or Wael. I understand the moral aspect of this, imagine being a Plymouth fan having to watch that Goalkeeper McCormick, or Southend fan watching Ranger, or anyone Lee Hughes played for. Let's be realistic, B***** proved himself at Fleetwood when it could have gone wrong. Credit to him for starting lower than the likes of Lampard and Rooney, even Woodgate. L1 is unforgiving as we know and he developed this underdog mentality at FW where, for me, they were always horrible to play against. I was surprised the wheels came off as when they beat us 4-1 they looked very good. That club is still on its elastic band and is going to ping back where it belongs one day, but he gave them relative success on crowds of 3000, in his first job. Now, the argument is that we are too big for him, but we need help, we need to stay up, he has a clean slate (with some of us) and a chance to learn from any mistakes he made at Cod. He has already started to whip up the blue half mentality with his comments yesterday which is exactly what I hoped he'd do. Just imagine if this does work out and we end up playing the 82 in the Championship, if Wycombe can do it why can't we? Like I said last week we are allowed to. It is a big gamble, mainly because of the B***** media circus and his potential to implode leaving us in the sh*t, give the board and Joey credit for thinking of this too. He played for some great clubs, he definitely had a renaissance at Burnley and would have played for England a lot more had he been a bit better behaved. I support Rovers and did when Coughlan and Buckle were in charge, so I will happily take my medicine if it goes wrong, I backed Garner from the start, I backed Tisdale from the start and it is my right then to slag them off when they get it wrong, but I will always give them the chance to do what they do best. Feel free to remind me of this post on relegation day or when we are safe. UTG
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Post by Peter Parker on Feb 23, 2021 7:46:54 GMT
Okay those backing this appointment, let’s ignore the moral dimension (I am not conceding anything to anyone wrong side of the line in how they live life, you are just a burden on the rest of us to put up with you) instead you make an argument this is a solid football choice by a club that is making solid football decisions. What’s B***** ever achieved in football management? His celebrity status isn’t based on anything he has ever done well in football. What has convinced anyone B***** can game manage, coach young players and get best out of everyone whose income and career is now in his hands? Next season starts with a young squad in L2 or a young squad who have struggled to compete in L1. What convinces the board he is the man to make these young men better? You’ve got nothing. Struggling very hard to find the right place to post this after keeping quiet yesterday. I am surprised by the vitriolic, holier than though posts from some on many threads. You don't have to like the manager, you don't have to support the club, you don't have to go. I will go, I will support them, I will give B***** a chance. I don't have to like him. I love Oasis but Liam Gallagher is tw*t, my daughter loves The 1975 but their lead singer takes heroin. I love The Who, shall I go on.. so how many of you on here would not go and see them knowing what we know about Pete Townshend. B*****'s past is not good reading but please let's find some balance here. If Garners plan worked they would not be appointing B*****, I actually thought at one stage that Tisdale had joined us agreeing it was ok to take us down and build from there. We are where are and deserve to be, it calls for drastic measures, so we appoint a young, hungry, controversial manager with the potential to cause us bad publicity and embarrassment, with the potential to save us from relegation and build for next season. Do people think Wael wants us to fail? Do you think he doesn't care about the club? I will tell you something for nothing, if some people dig their heals in and don't come to support the team after everything that has happened just because they've appointed Joey B***** he will not give 2 sh*ts. I will be paying my £10 to see the new Rovers tonight, I will be looking forward to it and excited to see the next few games to see if anyone can get a tune out of this group. It might not work, but guess what, it might. I was appalled at the treatment Coughlan got when he was winning matches. Sometimes I don't know what people want. It's as if they want perfect football and 5-0 wins every week. It's not going to happen to Rovers unless we change something. Give the guy a chance, but please don't think you saying 'I'm not going' makes any difference to B***** or Wael. I understand the moral aspect of this, imagine being a Plymouth fan having to watch that Goalkeeper McCormick, or Southend fan watching Ranger, or anyone Lee Hughes played for. Let's be realistic, B***** proved himself at Fleetwood when it could have gone wrong. Credit to him for starting lower than the likes of Lampard and Rooney, even Woodgate. L1 is unforgiving as we know and he developed this underdog mentality at FW where, for me, they were always horrible to play against. I was surprised the wheels came off as when they beat us 4-1 they looked very good. That club is still on its elastic band and is going to ping back where it belongs one day, but he gave them relative success on crowds of 3000, in his first job. Now, the argument is that we are too big for him, but we need help, we need to stay up, he has a clean slate (with some of us) and a chance to learn from any mistakes he made at Cod. He has already started to whip up the blue half mentality with his comments yesterday which is exactly what I hoped he'd do. Just imagine if this does work out and we end up playing the 82 in the Championship, if Wycombe can do it why can't we? Like I said last week we are allowed to. It is a big gamble, mainly because of the B***** media circus and his potential to implode leaving us in the sh*t, give the board and Joey credit for thinking of this too. He played for some great clubs, he definitely had a renaissance at Burnley and would have played for England a lot more had he been a bit better behaved. I support Rovers and did when Coughlan and Buckle were in charge, so I will happily take my medicine if it goes wrong, I backed Garner from the start, I backed Tisdale from the start and it is my right then to slag them off when they get it wrong, but I will always give them the chance to do what they do best. Feel free to remind me of this post on relegation day or when we are safe. UTG I will continue to support the team, but I have a hard time supporting the appointment and right now a i am as much disgusted by the next to nothing we have heard from the board on the appointment. It doesnt matter who was appointed, this was massive, this is our season and to be given the generic statement on the website is shocking and thats before you factor in the feelings the B***** appointment stirred up. Last night, i felt/realised my 'love' of Rovers die a little bit. That's not just down to B***** getting the job, it's everything. The entire season has been a shambles. I have no idea what direction the club is going. Yes we need to stay up right now, but then what. We have rolled the dice on Joey B***** and... Not being able to go to games suck, not being able to get that pent up frustration on a match day through positive or negative support has i think affected everyone and it has been magnified on social media Right now I feel meh about it all. Not sure I can be arsed to watch the game tonight just because
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Post by mangogas15 on Feb 23, 2021 8:01:29 GMT
Struggling very hard to find the right place to post this after keeping quiet yesterday. I am surprised by the vitriolic, holier than though posts from some on many threads. You don't have to like the manager, you don't have to support the club, you don't have to go. I will go, I will support them, I will give B***** a chance. I don't have to like him. I love Oasis but Liam Gallagher is tw*t, my daughter loves The 1975 but their lead singer takes heroin. I love The Who, shall I go on.. so how many of you on here would not go and see them knowing what we know about Pete Townshend. B*****'s past is not good reading but please let's find some balance here. If Garners plan worked they would not be appointing B*****, I actually thought at one stage that Tisdale had joined us agreeing it was ok to take us down and build from there. We are where are and deserve to be, it calls for drastic measures, so we appoint a young, hungry, controversial manager with the potential to cause us bad publicity and embarrassment, with the potential to save us from relegation and build for next season. Do people think Wael wants us to fail? Do you think he doesn't care about the club? I will tell you something for nothing, if some people dig their heals in and don't come to support the team after everything that has happened just because they've appointed Joey B***** he will not give 2 sh*ts. I will be paying my £10 to see the new Rovers tonight, I will be looking forward to it and excited to see the next few games to see if anyone can get a tune out of this group. It might not work, but guess what, it might. I was appalled at the treatment Coughlan got when he was winning matches. Sometimes I don't know what people want. It's as if they want perfect football and 5-0 wins every week. It's not going to happen to Rovers unless we change something. Give the guy a chance, but please don't think you saying 'I'm not going' makes any difference to B***** or Wael. I understand the moral aspect of this, imagine being a Plymouth fan having to watch that Goalkeeper McCormick, or Southend fan watching Ranger, or anyone Lee Hughes played for. Let's be realistic, B***** proved himself at Fleetwood when it could have gone wrong. Credit to him for starting lower than the likes of Lampard and Rooney, even Woodgate. L1 is unforgiving as we know and he developed this underdog mentality at FW where, for me, they were always horrible to play against. I was surprised the wheels came off as when they beat us 4-1 they looked very good. That club is still on its elastic band and is going to ping back where it belongs one day, but he gave them relative success on crowds of 3000, in his first job. Now, the argument is that we are too big for him, but we need help, we need to stay up, he has a clean slate (with some of us) and a chance to learn from any mistakes he made at Cod. He has already started to whip up the blue half mentality with his comments yesterday which is exactly what I hoped he'd do. Just imagine if this does work out and we end up playing the 82 in the Championship, if Wycombe can do it why can't we? Like I said last week we are allowed to. It is a big gamble, mainly because of the B***** media circus and his potential to implode leaving us in the sh*t, give the board and Joey credit for thinking of this too. He played for some great clubs, he definitely had a renaissance at Burnley and would have played for England a lot more had he been a bit better behaved. I support Rovers and did when Coughlan and Buckle were in charge, so I will happily take my medicine if it goes wrong, I backed Garner from the start, I backed Tisdale from the start and it is my right then to slag them off when they get it wrong, but I will always give them the chance to do what they do best. Feel free to remind me of this post on relegation day or when we are safe. UTG I will continue to support the team, but I have a hard time supporting the appointment and right now a i am as much disgusted by the next to nothing we have heard from the board on the appointment. It doesnt matter who was appointed, this was massive, this is our season and to be given the generic statement on the website is shocking and thats before you factor in the feelings the B***** appointment stirred up. Last night, i felt/realised my 'love' of Rovers die a little bit. That's not just down to B***** getting the job, it's everything. The entire season has been a shambles. I have no idea what direction the club is going. Yes we need to stay up right now, but then what. We have rolled the dice on Joey B***** and... Not being able to go to games suck, not being able to get that pent up frustration on a match day through positive or negative support has i think affected everyone and it has been magnified on social media Right now I feel meh about it all. Not sure I can be arsed to watch the game tonight just because I get it. For me it's all about results, I remember how I felt after beating Southend 4-2 last season, relieved, but entertained, happy we had moved up the table again, I want Rovers to win every game, this season has been hard, but hopefully we may see an upturn in results at least. It's football, we love it and hate it. The number of times I have hated it this season, but city should be in the Prem by now so everything is good. Don't lose the love.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Feb 23, 2021 8:19:09 GMT
Struggling very hard to find the right place to post this after keeping quiet yesterday. I am surprised by the vitriolic, holier than though posts from some on many threads. You don't have to like the manager, you don't have to support the club, you don't have to go. I will go, I will support them, I will give B***** a chance. I don't have to like him. I love Oasis but Liam Gallagher is tw*t, my daughter loves The 1975 but their lead singer takes heroin. I love The Who, shall I go on.. so how many of you on here would not go and see them knowing what we know about Pete Townshend. B*****'s past is not good reading but please let's find some balance here. If Garners plan worked they would not be appointing B*****, I actually thought at one stage that Tisdale had joined us agreeing it was ok to take us down and build from there. We are where are and deserve to be, it calls for drastic measures, so we appoint a young, hungry, controversial manager with the potential to cause us bad publicity and embarrassment, with the potential to save us from relegation and build for next season. Do people think Wael wants us to fail? Do you think he doesn't care about the club? I will tell you something for nothing, if some people dig their heals in and don't come to support the team after everything that has happened just because they've appointed Joey B***** he will not give 2 sh*ts. I will be paying my £10 to see the new Rovers tonight, I will be looking forward to it and excited to see the next few games to see if anyone can get a tune out of this group. It might not work, but guess what, it might. I was appalled at the treatment Coughlan got when he was winning matches. Sometimes I don't know what people want. It's as if they want perfect football and 5-0 wins every week. It's not going to happen to Rovers unless we change something. Give the guy a chance, but please don't think you saying 'I'm not going' makes any difference to B***** or Wael. I understand the moral aspect of this, imagine being a Plymouth fan having to watch that Goalkeeper McCormick, or Southend fan watching Ranger, or anyone Lee Hughes played for. Let's be realistic, B***** proved himself at Fleetwood when it could have gone wrong. Credit to him for starting lower than the likes of Lampard and Rooney, even Woodgate. L1 is unforgiving as we know and he developed this underdog mentality at FW where, for me, they were always horrible to play against. I was surprised the wheels came off as when they beat us 4-1 they looked very good. That club is still on its elastic band and is going to ping back where it belongs one day, but he gave them relative success on crowds of 3000, in his first job. Now, the argument is that we are too big for him, but we need help, we need to stay up, he has a clean slate (with some of us) and a chance to learn from any mistakes he made at Cod. He has already started to whip up the blue half mentality with his comments yesterday which is exactly what I hoped he'd do. Just imagine if this does work out and we end up playing the 82 in the Championship, if Wycombe can do it why can't we? Like I said last week we are allowed to. It is a big gamble, mainly because of the B***** media circus and his potential to implode leaving us in the sh*t, give the board and Joey credit for thinking of this too. He played for some great clubs, he definitely had a renaissance at Burnley and would have played for England a lot more had he been a bit better behaved. I support Rovers and did when Coughlan and Buckle were in charge, so I will happily take my medicine if it goes wrong, I backed Garner from the start, I backed Tisdale from the start and it is my right then to slag them off when they get it wrong, but I will always give them the chance to do what they do best. Feel free to remind me of this post on relegation day or when we are safe. UTG I will continue to support the team, but I have a hard time supporting the appointment and right now a i am as much disgusted by the next to nothing we have heard from the board on the appointment. It doesnt matter who was appointed, this was massive, this is our season and to be given the generic statement on the website is shocking and thats before you factor in the feelings the B***** appointment stirred up. Last night, i felt/realised my 'love' of Rovers die a little bit. That's not just down to B***** getting the job, it's everything. The entire season has been a shambles. I have no idea what direction the club is going. Yes we need to stay up right now, but then what. We have rolled the dice on Joey B***** and... Not being able to go to games suck, not being able to get that pent up frustration on a match day through positive or negative support has i think affected everyone and it has been magnified on social media Right now I feel meh about it all. Not sure I can be arsed to watch the game tonight just because Yea, kinda get that. Apart from opinions on whom should be manager (I wanted a change made in season curtailment because it was obvious it wasn't going to work and we had choice of managers available that were very investable) which we could all speculate, and the current crisis around pandemic, the p r from the club has been poor. But then, it's never been brilliant. I'm surprised JB wasn't traditionally rolled out with board surrounding him in press conference to unveil and sit shoulder to social distance shoulder with him as a sign of unity. To answer proper media (as opposed to exclusively our own) questions and subliminally project a positive statement of intent.. There's alot of frustration that could have been dissipated if events were handled differently, but maybe there is a reason for all this, and maybe time will tell. Easier said than done, but try to keep the faith. We've been in more troubled times before..
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Post by mangogas15 on Feb 23, 2021 8:22:37 GMT
I will continue to support the team, but I have a hard time supporting the appointment and right now a i am as much disgusted by the next to nothing we have heard from the board on the appointment. It doesnt matter who was appointed, this was massive, this is our season and to be given the generic statement on the website is shocking and thats before you factor in the feelings the B***** appointment stirred up. Last night, i felt/realised my 'love' of Rovers die a little bit. That's not just down to B***** getting the job, it's everything. The entire season has been a shambles. I have no idea what direction the club is going. Yes we need to stay up right now, but then what. We have rolled the dice on Joey B***** and... Not being able to go to games suck, not being able to get that pent up frustration on a match day through positive or negative support has i think affected everyone and it has been magnified on social media Right now I feel meh about it all. Not sure I can be arsed to watch the game tonight just because Yea, kinda get that. Apart from opinions on whom should be manager (I wanted a change made in season curtailment because it was obvious it wasn't going to work and we had choice of managers available that were very investable) which we could all speculate, and the current crisis around pandemic, the p r from the club has been poor. But then, it's never been brilliant. I'm surprised JB wasn't traditionally rolled out with board surrounding him in press conference to unveil and sit shoulder to social distance shoulder with him as a sign of unity. To answer proper media (as opposed to exclusively our own) questions and subliminally project a positive statement of intent.. There's alot of frustration that could have been dissipated if events were handled differently, but maybe there is a reason for all this, and maybe time will tell. Easier said than done, but try to keep the faith. We've been in more troubled times before.. There's every chance they couldn't do that press conference with COVID
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Post by Peter Parker on Feb 23, 2021 8:24:58 GMT
Yea, kinda get that. Apart from opinions on whom should be manager (I wanted a change made in season curtailment because it was obvious it wasn't going to work and we had choice of managers available that were very investable) which we could all speculate, and the current crisis around pandemic, the p r from the club has been poor. But then, it's never been brilliant. I'm surprised JB wasn't traditionally rolled out with board surrounding him in press conference to unveil and sit shoulder to social distance shoulder with him as a sign of unity. To answer proper media (as opposed to exclusively our own) questions and subliminally project a positive statement of intent.. There's alot of frustration that could have been dissipated if events were handled differently, but maybe there is a reason for all this, and maybe time will tell. Easier said than done, but try to keep the faith. We've been in more troubled times before.. There's every chance they couldn't do that press conference with COVID yeah. probably. What about a 1 to 1 zoom job with Martyn Starnes though. Feels like they are waiting for 3 points tonight and a 'happier' fanbase
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Post by fromegas on Feb 23, 2021 8:28:55 GMT
Struggling very hard to find the right place to post this after keeping quiet yesterday. I am surprised by the vitriolic, holier than though posts from some on many threads. You don't have to like the manager, you don't have to support the club, you don't have to go. I will go, I will support them, I will give B***** a chance. I don't have to like him. I love Oasis but Liam Gallagher is tw*t, my daughter loves The 1975 but their lead singer takes heroin. I love The Who, shall I go on.. so how many of you on here would not go and see them knowing what we know about Pete Townshend. B*****'s past is not good reading but please let's find some balance here. If Garners plan worked they would not be appointing B*****, I actually thought at one stage that Tisdale had joined us agreeing it was ok to take us down and build from there. We are where are and deserve to be, it calls for drastic measures, so we appoint a young, hungry, controversial manager with the potential to cause us bad publicity and embarrassment, with the potential to save us from relegation and build for next season. Do people think Wael wants us to fail? Do you think he doesn't care about the club? I will tell you something for nothing, if some people dig their heals in and don't come to support the team after everything that has happened just because they've appointed Joey B***** he will not give 2 sh*ts. I will be paying my £10 to see the new Rovers tonight, I will be looking forward to it and excited to see the next few games to see if anyone can get a tune out of this group. It might not work, but guess what, it might. I was appalled at the treatment Coughlan got when he was winning matches. Sometimes I don't know what people want. It's as if they want perfect football and 5-0 wins every week. It's not going to happen to Rovers unless we change something. Give the guy a chance, but please don't think you saying 'I'm not going' makes any difference to B***** or Wael. I understand the moral aspect of this, imagine being a Plymouth fan having to watch that Goalkeeper McCormick, or Southend fan watching Ranger, or anyone Lee Hughes played for. Let's be realistic, B***** proved himself at Fleetwood when it could have gone wrong. Credit to him for starting lower than the likes of Lampard and Rooney, even Woodgate. L1 is unforgiving as we know and he developed this underdog mentality at FW where, for me, they were always horrible to play against. I was surprised the wheels came off as when they beat us 4-1 they looked very good. That club is still on its elastic band and is going to ping back where it belongs one day, but he gave them relative success on crowds of 3000, in his first job. Now, the argument is that we are too big for him, but we need help, we need to stay up, he has a clean slate (with some of us) and a chance to learn from any mistakes he made at Cod. He has already started to whip up the blue half mentality with his comments yesterday which is exactly what I hoped he'd do. Just imagine if this does work out and we end up playing the 82 in the Championship, if Wycombe can do it why can't we? Like I said last week we are allowed to. It is a big gamble, mainly because of the B***** media circus and his potential to implode leaving us in the sh*t, give the board and Joey credit for thinking of this too. He played for some great clubs, he definitely had a renaissance at Burnley and would have played for England a lot more had he been a bit better behaved. I support Rovers and did when Coughlan and Buckle were in charge, so I will happily take my medicine if it goes wrong, I backed Garner from the start, I backed Tisdale from the start and it is my right then to slag them off when they get it wrong, but I will always give them the chance to do what they do best. Feel free to remind me of this post on relegation day or when we are safe. UTG I will continue to support the team, but I have a hard time supporting the appointment and right now a i am as much disgusted by the next to nothing we have heard from the board on the appointment. It doesnt matter who was appointed, this was massive, this is our season and to be given the generic statement on the website is shocking and thats before you factor in the feelings the B***** appointment stirred up. Last night, i felt/realised my 'love' of Rovers die a little bit. That's not just down to B***** getting the job, it's everything. The entire season has been a shambles. I have no idea what direction the club is going. Yes we need to stay up right now, but then what. We have rolled the dice on Joey B***** and... Not being able to go to games suck, not being able to get that pent up frustration on a match day through positive or negative support has i think affected everyone and it has been magnified on social media Right now I feel meh about it all. Not sure I can be arsed to watch the game tonight just because
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Post by fromegas on Feb 23, 2021 8:37:19 GMT
My sentiments exactly Mango, I support Bristol Rovers and always will. Doesn’t mean I have to like every employee at the club. I only want the best for the team.
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Post by basel on Feb 23, 2021 8:43:38 GMT
Okay those backing this appointment, let’s ignore the moral dimension (I am not conceding anything to anyone wrong side of the line in how they live life, you are just a burden on the rest of us to put up with you) instead you make an argument this is a solid football choice by a club that is making solid football decisions. What’s B***** ever achieved in football management? His celebrity status isn’t based on anything he has ever done well in football. What has convinced anyone B***** can game manage, coach young players and get best out of everyone whose income and career is now in his hands? Next season starts with a young squad in L2 or a young squad who have struggled to compete in L1. What convinces the board he is the man to make these young men better? You’ve got nothing. Struggling very hard to find the right place to post this after keeping quiet yesterday. I am surprised by the vitriolic, holier than though posts from some on many threads. You don't have to like the manager, you don't have to support the club, you don't have to go. I will go, I will support them, I will give B***** a chance. I don't have to like him. I love Oasis but Liam Gallagher is tw*t, my daughter loves The 1975 but their lead singer takes heroin. I love The Who, shall I go on.. so how many of you on here would not go and see them knowing what we know about Pete Townshend. B*****'s past is not good reading but please let's find some balance here. If Garners plan worked they would not be appointing B*****, I actually thought at one stage that Tisdale had joined us agreeing it was ok to take us down and build from there. We are where are and deserve to be, it calls for drastic measures, so we appoint a young, hungry, controversial manager with the potential to cause us bad publicity and embarrassment, with the potential to save us from relegation and build for next season. Do people think Wael wants us to fail? Do you think he doesn't care about the club? I will tell you something for nothing, if some people dig their heals in and don't come to support the team after everything that has happened just because they've appointed Joey B***** he will not give 2 sh*ts. I will be paying my £10 to see the new Rovers tonight, I will be looking forward to it and excited to see the next few games to see if anyone can get a tune out of this group. It might not work, but guess what, it might. I was appalled at the treatment Coughlan got when he was winning matches. Sometimes I don't know what people want. It's as if they want perfect football and 5-0 wins every week. It's not going to happen to Rovers unless we change something. Give the guy a chance, but please don't think you saying 'I'm not going' makes any difference to B***** or Wael. I understand the moral aspect of this, imagine being a Plymouth fan having to watch that Goalkeeper McCormick, or Southend fan watching Ranger, or anyone Lee Hughes played for. Let's be realistic, B***** proved himself at Fleetwood when it could have gone wrong. Credit to him for starting lower than the likes of Lampard and Rooney, even Woodgate. L1 is unforgiving as we know and he developed this underdog mentality at FW where, for me, they were always horrible to play against. I was surprised the wheels came off as when they beat us 4-1 they looked very good. That club is still on its elastic band and is going to ping back where it belongs one day, but he gave them relative success on crowds of 3000, in his first job. Now, the argument is that we are too big for him, but we need help, we need to stay up, he has a clean slate (with some of us) and a chance to learn from any mistakes he made at Cod. He has already started to whip up the blue half mentality with his comments yesterday which is exactly what I hoped he'd do. Just imagine if this does work out and we end up playing the 82 in the Championship, if Wycombe can do it why can't we? Like I said last week we are allowed to. It is a big gamble, mainly because of the B***** media circus and his potential to implode leaving us in the sh*t, give the board and Joey credit for thinking of this too. He played for some great clubs, he definitely had a renaissance at Burnley and would have played for England a lot more had he been a bit better behaved. I support Rovers and did when Coughlan and Buckle were in charge, so I will happily take my medicine if it goes wrong, I backed Garner from the start, I backed Tisdale from the start and it is my right then to slag them off when they get it wrong, but I will always give them the chance to do what they do best. Feel free to remind me of this post on relegation day or when we are safe. UTG Hear hear Mango!
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Post by Rex on Feb 23, 2021 10:03:22 GMT
I've always thought that was a myth anyway. We are no better or no worse than 'them' as human beings. I have known of Rovers fans who have done disgusting things and I have known of City fans who have done disgusting things. I'm pretty sure the same would apply to the supporter of any football club. All Clubs have their share of brainless idiots. Thankfully ours is quite low. South of the river they have had a problem for decades. Horfield is a safe place to come and watch football for away fans. Bedminster is not a safe place to come and watch football for away fans. In London the sh*t are generally loathed. In London the Gas are generally welcomed. #mythbustingI suspect if you asked the huge majority of London based football supporters 'Which of the Bristol teams do you prefer' the most popular answer would be along the lines of 'Couldn't give a s**t mate'
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Post by syg on Feb 23, 2021 10:13:46 GMT
All Clubs have their share of brainless idiots. Thankfully ours is quite low. South of the river they have had a problem for decades. Horfield is a safe place to come and watch football for away fans. Bedminster is not a safe place to come and watch football for away fans. In London the sh*t are generally loathed. In London the Gas are generally welcomed. #mythbustingI suspect if you asked the huge majority of London based football supporters 'Which of the Bristol teams do you prefer' the most popular answer would be along the lines of 'Couldn't give a s*** mate' The idea that people think different of Rovers as a club, or of our fans, due to a managerial appt is laughable.
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Post by eppinggas on Feb 23, 2021 10:18:58 GMT
All Clubs have their share of brainless idiots. Thankfully ours is quite low. South of the river they have had a problem for decades. Horfield is a safe place to come and watch football for away fans. Bedminster is not a safe place to come and watch football for away fans. In London the sh*t are generally loathed. In London the Gas are generally welcomed. #mythbustingI suspect if you asked the huge majority of London based football supporters 'Which of the Bristol teams do you prefer' the most popular answer would be along the lines of 'Couldn't give a s*** mate' Not when I'm wearing my quarters! Well, used to wear them, way back in the days before Feb 22nd.
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