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Post by towngas on Feb 23, 2021 11:55:24 GMT
I watched the B***** appointment interview, I thought he came across extremely well and had clearly done his homework, he skipped around his grevous misdemeanours as if they were on a level of pinching daffodils from a garden, quoting he is a 'marmite' sort of character, quite remarkable, I don't think anybody's been assaulted by a jar of marmite!, a box of Weetabix mayby!. Forgive me, perhaps I am old fasioned and out of touch, but if I had a similar record, and was about to go on trial for yet another assault, I don't think I would be looking to thrust myself back into the public domain, the pending case would be hanging over me like the sword of damocles guilty or not, how can the man operate and go about his daily work and life in a dignified and conscientious way?. Or perhaps society and values are changing and people just don't care anymore, but I do. That doesn’t matter! He’s a witch!! Burn him at the stake!!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2021 11:56:38 GMT
I watched the B***** appointment interview, I thought he came across extremely well and had clearly done his homework, he skipped around his grevous misdemeanours as if they were on a level of pinching daffodils from a garden, quoting he is a 'marmite' sort of character, quite remarkable, I don't think anybody's been assaulted by a jar of marmite!, a box of Weetabix mayby!. Forgive me, perhaps I am old fasioned and out of touch, but if I had a similar record, and was about to go on trial for yet another assault, I don't think I would be looking to thrust myself back into the public domain, the pending case would be hanging over me like the sword of damocles guilty or not, how can the man operate and go about his daily work and life in a dignified and conscientious way?. Or perhaps society and values are changing and people just don't care anymore, but I do. I think it’s his lifestyle choice to be honest and the latest court case is just another day at the office. I imagine half of gaschat will be outside the court cheering him as he goes in
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2021 12:02:25 GMT
I watched the B***** appointment interview, I thought he came across extremely well and had clearly done his homework, he skipped around his grevous misdemeanours as if they were on a level of pinching daffodils from a garden, quoting he is a 'marmite' sort of character, quite remarkable, I don't think anybody's been assaulted by a jar of marmite!, a box of Weetabix mayby!. Forgive me, perhaps I am old fasioned and out of touch, but if I had a similar record, and was about to go on trial for yet another assault, I don't think I would be looking to thrust myself back into the public domain, the pending case would be hanging over me like the sword of damocles guilty or not, how can the man operate and go about his daily work and life in a dignified and conscientious way?. Or perhaps society and values are changing and people just don't care anymore, but I do. He's very difficult to understand, in fact, he makes very little sense. Watch the section of his ramblings at Oxford that relate to him being sent off in the City title decider match. In literally 1 minute he goes from claiming that his actions were calculated and he hadn't 'lost it' to saying that he didn't recognise the person attacking multiple City players. To me he appears to be in full denial about his anger issues. Of course I'm no expert, but would think he needs help more than he needs to be put straight back into the arena that appears to trigger his outbursts.
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Post by TaiwanGas on Feb 23, 2021 12:12:06 GMT
I watched the B***** appointment interview, I thought he came across extremely well and had clearly done his homework, he skipped around his grevous misdemeanours as if they were on a level of pinching daffodils from a garden, quoting he is a 'marmite' sort of character, quite remarkable, I don't think anybody's been assaulted by a jar of marmite!, a box of Weetabix mayby!. Forgive me, perhaps I am old fasioned and out of touch, but if I had a similar record, and was about to go on trial for yet another assault, I don't think I would be looking to thrust myself back into the public domain, the pending case would be hanging over me like the sword of damocles guilty or not, how can the man operate and go about his daily work and life in a dignified and conscientious way?. Or perhaps society and values are changing and people just don't care anymore, but I do. Maybe he knows he has nothing to worry about in June. Indeed, that is the very point.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2021 12:16:13 GMT
Maybe he knows he has nothing to worry about in June. Indeed, that is the very point. He's obviously convinced Wael that's the case. We'll see what happens. But even without that situation, I still wouldn't want him anywhere near my club.
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Post by syg on Feb 23, 2021 12:29:58 GMT
Indeed, that is the very point. He's obviously convinced Wael that's the case. We'll see what happens. But even without that situation, I still wouldn't want him anywhere near my club. I'm assuming that there is a null and void clause in contract if convicted.
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 23, 2021 12:31:18 GMT
Indeed, that is the very point. He's obviously convinced Wael that's the case. We'll see what happens. But even without that situation, I still wouldn't want him anywhere near my club. This is what i said yesterday if Wael had some knowledge before laying out a pretty penny on JB, his backroom staff, dismissals and let's face it the promise of a pot of gold. He is here to stay either in L1 or L2 next season, don't have to like it or him but i for one will support the players he picks to do a job for BRFC.
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 23, 2021 12:37:49 GMT
Dull as dull can be, but like the England rugby team under Woodward, very hard to beat. Again, what do you want? Pretty relegation or boring promotion? I pay my money to watch us win first. Exactly, there is no pleasing some, i would be happy to win every game with an O.G, play mediocre and get out of this hell-hole of a division we are in. Do we really remember playing superb football, having 70% of play, 20 shots on target and end up losing 1-0, no we always remember hard fought wins. In todays game, fans and boards are very fickle and want success quick and are not prepared to wait and build a good team in time.
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Post by Rex on Feb 23, 2021 12:41:28 GMT
I 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. I tend to agree. I'd forgotten Steve Evans was at Gillingham until I watched the game on Saturday. Having said that , a Cardiff City fan has just this minute sent me a text to offer his commiserations! Joey B***** certainly wouldn't have been on my list, but now he's here I will hope he does a good job. I suspect it will end in tears at some point, but then again what managerial appointment doesn't?
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Post by mangogas15 on Feb 23, 2021 12:43:43 GMT
Again, what do you want? Pretty relegation or boring promotion? I pay my money to watch us win first. Give me Garner's pretty little triangles in midfield, with opposition players scratching their heads wondering if we are mocking them, before barging our lightweight kids off of the ball and walking it into our net please. I rest my case
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Post by Rex on Feb 23, 2021 12:44:04 GMT
That's unfair on GC. I don't think he claimed to be a manager, he was shoe-horned into the position at Rovers, then whatever happened here happened and he left. He took another job that was offered, can't blame him for giving it a go. It worked for him at Rovers, with that group of players, at that time. But it's a bit disrespectful to say he was 'found out', what he did here was get a group achieving far more than the sum of their individual parts, and we should be grateful to him for that. A great shame many of us, myself included, did not feel the games were good to watch. I liked watching Coughlan's side, they knew their roles and for the life of me, I could not see anything boring about the style. They reminded me very much of the 1990 squad- they knew how to win a game too.
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Post by mangogas15 on Feb 23, 2021 12:44:56 GMT
How about you decide whether in your opinion he's likely to change and I'll do the same. Nothing whatsoever in legislation would or could have prevented an employer in this situation declining an interview on the basis that it wasn't known whether the applicant would be at liberty to fulfil the contract on offer, which the club has always made clear required a manager to be part of a long term strategy of developing players. I don’t think I prevaricated on an opinion regarding B*****. Every person has it in them to become a better person. Look at David Jeal for example. As for employing B*****, I agree, on reflection, the club could consider the likelihood of his being able to fulfil a contract, but that would mean making huge assumptions that he would be found guilty and would be awarded a custodial sentence. They obviously granted an interview, that is a matter of fact, and don't think that at that stage they could take into account his previous conviction IF it had been spent. The RHA says so. I have mixed feelings about this whole affair. I don’t particularly like the man, but I don’t think he is irredeemably bad. I think he will provide the drive, determination and passion that was so obviously absent in the last two managers. That’s the least we need to stay up. PS I hope your strap line doesn’t include me! Good point, have I actually said I like him? You don't have to.
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Post by mangogas15 on Feb 23, 2021 12:45:32 GMT
Ben Garner was brought in with a young squad on a long term project. He had a stack of credible references he is best around at developing young players. He was sacked on argument the rookie boss wasn’t great yet at game management. Well first try sticking a Lenny Lawrence on bench next to him then? Our club is being run by imbeciles. Supported by quite a few as well, it has to be said. I'd rather support Rovers than City
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2021 12:46:19 GMT
I watched the B***** appointment interview, I thought he came across extremely well and had clearly done his homework, he skipped around his grevous misdemeanours as if they were on a level of pinching daffodils from a garden, quoting he is a 'marmite' sort of character, quite remarkable, I don't think anybody's been assaulted by a jar of marmite!, a box of Weetabix mayby!. Forgive me, perhaps I am old fasioned and out of touch, but if I had a similar record, and was about to go on trial for yet another assault, I don't think I would be looking to thrust myself back into the public domain, the pending case would be hanging over me like the sword of damocles guilty or not, how can the man operate and go about his daily work and life in a dignified and conscientious way?. Or perhaps society and values are changing and people just don't care anymore, but I do. Maybe he knows he has nothing to worry about in June. Did Stendel’s teeth extract themselves? A sort of “immaculate extraction?” 😂
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Post by mangogas15 on Feb 23, 2021 12:46:37 GMT
I watched the B***** appointment interview, I thought he came across extremely well and had clearly done his homework, he skipped around his grevous misdemeanours as if they were on a level of pinching daffodils from a garden, quoting he is a 'marmite' sort of character, quite remarkable, I don't think anybody's been assaulted by a jar of marmite!, a box of Weetabix mayby!. Forgive me, perhaps I am old fasioned and out of touch, but if I had a similar record, and was about to go on trial for yet another assault, I don't think I would be looking to thrust myself back into the public domain, the pending case would be hanging over me like the sword of damocles guilty or not, how can the man operate and go about his daily work and life in a dignified and conscientious way?. Or perhaps society and values are changing and people just don't care anymore, but I do. Fair comment, but why should he not go to work like anyone else?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2021 12:47:25 GMT
Indeed, that is the very point. He's obviously convinced Wael that's the case. We'll see what happens. But even without that situation, I still wouldn't want him anywhere near my club. Given Wael’s due diligence on the UWE I wouldn’t be resting my opinions on his due diligence for B*****’s court case!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2021 12:50:52 GMT
He's obviously convinced Wael that's the case. We'll see what happens. But even without that situation, I still wouldn't want him anywhere near my club. Given Wael’s due diligence on the UWE I wouldn’t be resting my opinions on his due diligence for B*****’s court case! We don't know what happened with UWE, maybe one day we'll find out. I have no idea why it didn't happen, but one idea put forward was that Rovers' new owners at the time thought that they would be able to renegotiate terms with UWE, when that wasn't possible they backed out of the deal.
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Post by mangogas15 on Feb 23, 2021 12:51:22 GMT
Again, what do you want? Pretty relegation or boring promotion? I pay my money to watch us win first. Exactly, there is no pleasing some, i would be happy to win every game with an O.G, play mediocre and get out of this hell-hole of a division we are in. Do we really remember playing superb football, having 70% of play, 20 shots on target and end up losing 1-0, no we always remember hard fought wins. In todays game, fans and boards are very fickle and want success quick and are not prepared to wait and build a good team in time. At last some sense
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Post by mangogas15 on Feb 23, 2021 12:51:50 GMT
The idea that people think different of Rovers as a club, or of our fans, due to a managerial appt is laughable. I tend to agree. I'd forgotten Steve Evans was at Gillingham until I watched the game on Saturday. Having said that , a Cardiff City fan has just this minute sent me a text to offer his commiserations! Joey B***** certainly wouldn't have been on my list, but now he's here I will hope he does a good job. I suspect it will end in tears at some point, but then again what managerial appointment doesn't? They didn't want Mick and look what happened
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2021 12:54:16 GMT
A great shame many of us, myself included, did not feel the games were good to watch. I liked watching Coughlan's side, they knew their roles and for the life of me, I could not see anything boring about the style. They reminded me very much of the 1990 squad- they knew how to win a game too. That 1990 squad had plenty of talent in it. At the time it all felt a bit 'route 1', but looking back at footage of it now there were some decent players in the team.
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