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Post by rowdenhill on Oct 2, 2022 11:25:08 GMT
Camus really socked it to Sartre on Algeria.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2022 11:25:14 GMT
Maybe by then I will have time and money. Meantime I'm providing plenty of fodder for yourself and Dr F to carry on with your scathing and uninformed comments. Go me. Not sure I was scathing to you Anne, but if you read anything that way, please accept my apologies as that was unequivocally not my intention. Fully understand about not having the resources and time to attend often, as for a few years, was in the same situation, so once again my apologies. Genuinely felt best wishes to you.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 2, 2022 13:50:50 GMT
Message to self: Don't make daft jokes on messageboards. Of course I didn't f**king screenshot a post. Still think the idiot shouldn't have posted it though, or try and dig his/her way out afterwards. Off to Huyton tonight to see Don Bartoni. Thank you for clarifying as i have been the victim of someone who took screenshots of what I thought was a private conversation so i am touchy and admit that. I am very happy to hear you were joking. For the record, when we had the clubs own forum, you did have to tread very carefully. Same applies on any public forum though so it pays to me mindful of what could be acted upon. I hold no grudge nor close, toward you. The biggest problem is that it is way too easy to misinterpret the written word, alone as there is no eye contact, tone or timbre of voice and no body language. I obviously erred in this instance so i apologise as i can only react to what i see, that is written.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 2, 2022 13:56:23 GMT
😌 - thanks Tel, I think. Just an accident of birth (date). By the way I'm an Albert Camus fan like you.For some years now I have been a huge devotee of his philosophical theory of Absurdism . . . well, I do use this Messageboard.My fave Camus quote: “You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life." So, with that in mind, #UpTheROVERS Maybe you would enjoy a page on instagram, i find it both fascinating and motivational. I’m now a big fan of stoicism and will find the name of it, IF you use that platform ?
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 2, 2022 14:07:16 GMT
So..... after 122 pages, one promotion to where we were when he took over, one conviction v one acquittal v one pending trial: I can't work out consensus whether Joey Barton is unfit to manage Bristol Rovers, or no? Tbh o2o2 you make up your own mind, plough your own furrow, take a huge pinch of salt with what others post and just keep your fingers crossed that BRFC as a club continues to grow, preferably in the right way. Post with respect and acceptance that there are alternative views I guess. And keep supporting BRFC. I don’t think Esmond Million or any of those involved with the betting scam back along were fit people to be associated with BRFC. (My grandad certainly didn’t think so!) But we were all proud of Bert Tann for exposing it whatever it meant for BRFC at the time. Times change. As to the original question, results on the field will determine JBs future as a manager, much like the other 91 managers in the PL/EFL. UTG! Albeit the club seem to think our crowds are smaller, i think the support has been tremendous in numbers and especially when not winning games. We can all remember crowds of as low as 5.5k in tier 3. Fair play to those who continue to go and show support, thank fully we are only small in numbers in how many, as a percentage, use any forum
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 2, 2022 14:08:55 GMT
Not logical at all. This is the forum which will one day give me the news I'm waiting to hear. Hopefully sooner rather than later. You didn't go to games pre-Barton so why will you start when he's gone? The question is a moot one. It obviates itself
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 2, 2022 14:12:24 GMT
So I have woken up to a message this morning with a message from Epping Gas threatening to ban me permanently because this was interpreted as a veiled threat. It can only be on the basis that I am working in conjunction with the Mersey Mafia to target a Forum member with a bird as a motif. How utterly ridiculous this Forum is. Crikey - I was going to follow up with something along the lines of "You might wake up and find the head of a Liver Bird on your pillow". Thank goodness I didn't - it seems that jesting is not allowed. However, you can insult somebody, delete your account so that your don't get action taken against you, and then come back under a different name - if you're in with the "in crowd". Is there an in crowd on here ? I’d be stunned if so.
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Post by Bath Gas on Oct 2, 2022 14:30:48 GMT
Crikey - I was going to follow up with something along the lines of "You might wake up and find the head of a Liver Bird on your pillow". Thank goodness I didn't - it seems that jesting is not allowed. However, you can insult somebody, delete your account so that your don't get action taken against you, and then come back under a different name - if you're in with the "in crowd". Is there an in crowd on here ? I’d be stunned if so. It's okay - you're in it! All I will say, is that when I started posting on here more regularly, I was not made to feel very welcome. I don't mean the fact that some people disagreed with what I said - forums are all about opinions, and thank goodness we all have different ones - it was the tone and language of the posts, some of which weren't far off bullying in at least one case.
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Post by Cheshiregas on Oct 2, 2022 15:07:07 GMT
Camus really socked it to Sartre on Algeria. Well he was playing at home.....
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Post by Igitur on Oct 2, 2022 15:29:21 GMT
Can we please get back to insulting Barton rather than each other?
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Post by Bath Gas on Oct 2, 2022 16:09:09 GMT
Can we please get back to insulting Barton rather than each other? This isn't an insult (disclaimer) I do like what he's done with the club, getting things improved behind the scenes, and the football we've played under him at times - it seems as though things may be starting to come together this season too. However, I do think it's inevitable that he will impode at some point - not necessarily in a violent way, he may well just walk away if the mood takes him - that's the way he's built.
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Post by Angas on Oct 2, 2022 16:28:12 GMT
Maybe by then I will have time and money. Meantime I'm providing plenty of fodder for yourself and Dr F to carry on with your scathing and uninformed comments. Go me. Not sure I was scathing to you Anne, but if you read anything that way, please accept my apologies as that was unequivocally not my intention. Fully understand about not having the resources and time to attend often, as for a few years, was in the same situation, so once again my apologies. Genuinely felt best wishes to you. Apology accepted. No, you weren't scathing to me personally but I include myself in the group who will not attend until Barton is gone. Therefore by association ...
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Oct 2, 2022 17:06:01 GMT
It's actually a point.....we are all here talking about a history pre JAB and post JAB.
Imagine if you rolled up for the first time to watch Gas in JAB tenure?
I wonder how many have stayed ? I wonder how many didn't? It's been rollercoaster ride either way!
It's been an exciting journey for those whom have started to venture into being a Rovers fan, then a GasHead.... especially this calendar year.
On the other side, maybe playing less fashionable clubs and relegation put some off continuing?
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 2, 2022 17:16:37 GMT
Is there an in crowd on here ? I’d be stunned if so. It's okay - you're in it! All I will say, is that when I started posting on here more regularly, I was not made to feel very welcome. I don't mean the fact that some people disagreed with what I said - forums are all about opinions, and thank goodness we all have different ones - it was the tone and language of the posts, some of which weren't far off bullying in at least one case. We lost a good few balanced and grounded people, when Don Bartoni was made manager. I certainly miss them. I agree, it is not like it was, there are still some nice people though. I am sorry you felt/feel this way. The block button is a good tool if it is the same suspects though
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 2, 2022 17:18:50 GMT
Can we please get back to insulting Barton rather than each other? Amen
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2022 21:55:05 GMT
This place was nicer before Barton arrived, but I have to say, some folk wilfully declined to interpret what I meant from something I said wrote in good faith. Others got carried along by the beer and bullying club, and didn't bother thinking enough to understand it, and to be fair, why should they? I didn't mean to call them simple, no, thoughtless at worst. Can we please get back to insulting Barton rather than each other? I hope so, and I'll try to. I hope Barton-averse stay-aways (my family included) all attend the first home game possible after he's gone, and I hope he's gone before he gets us relegated, again.
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Post by baselswh on Oct 2, 2022 22:29:28 GMT
This place was nicer before Barton arrived, but I have to say, some folk wilfully declined to interpret what I meant from something I said wrote in good faith. Others got carried along by the beer and bullying club, and didn't bother thinking enough to understand it, and to be fair, why should they? I didn't mean to call them simple, no, thoughtless at worst. Can we please get back to insulting Barton rather than each other? I hope so, and I'll try to. I hope Barton-averse stay-aways (my family included) all attend the first home game possible after he's gone, and I hope he's gone before he gets us relegated, again. Are you saying you think we'll be relegated this season?
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Post by Bath Gas on Oct 2, 2022 22:47:37 GMT
This place was nicer before Barton arrived, but I have to say, some folk wilfully declined to interpret what I meant from something I said wrote in good faith. Others got carried along by the beer and bullying club, and didn't bother thinking enough to understand it, and to be fair, why should they? I didn't mean to call them simple, no, thoughtless at worst. Can we please get back to insulting Barton rather than each other? I hope so, and I'll try to. I hope Barton-averse stay-aways (my family included) all attend the first home game possible after he's gone, and I hope he's gone before he gets us relegated, again. It looked like things were starting to come together a bit more on Saturday. For the sake of the fans who enjoy watching entertaining football, and the increase it brings in people coming through the turnstiles, I hope he’s here for a good while yet.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2022 6:00:26 GMT
Are you saying you think we'll be relegated this season? I'm saying I fear we'll be relegated again this season. I wasn't great at predictions when I was watching, so now I'm that not, I'm informed only by results, tables, and the accounts of various Gas Guzzlers, yourself included. I hope Barton's sacked before the takeover is complete and this season's wrecked, though.
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Post by fatherjackhackett on Oct 3, 2022 6:18:53 GMT
Can we please get back to insulting Barton rather than each other? I’d rather get back to supporting Bristol Rovers FC tbh.
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