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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 17, 2020 14:26:48 GMT
Mango, you said that you've just stopped moaning about the Bailey Wright decision. I thought I had got over it, but it keeps re-surfacing in my mind. I think only an explanation from Mr Backhouse - which we'll never get - would provide closure.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 17, 2020 14:23:35 GMT
The Sunderland Echo has got its hands on a bundle of data emanating from the match on Saturday. Their analysis, though, is flawed.
For every action, there is a reaction. Goals change games.
Apparently, Sunderland "enjoyed over 62.5% over the ball" - but why wouldn't they? They had to try to find an equaliser.
Even the Radio Bristol team fell into the same trap, bemoaning Rovers' lack of possession. Did they want us to go gung-ho for a second goal? Would they have preferred, at 1-0 up, that we played an adventurous game? We would probably have lost 5-2.
The Sunderland Echo clutches its handbag indignantly, wailing that the home team "had the most shots (20)" of any League One team on Saturday, one more than "Peterborough and Crewe (19)". Sunderland also had a huge number of passes, inside or outside the box, with only Blackpool close to their total. Isn't it funny that those other teams with such laudable stats all lost!!
Data is invaluable, but you've got to use it sensibly.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 12, 2020 13:11:32 GMT
Subs are van Stappershoef, Baldwin, Hare, Tutonda, Hargreaves, Ayunga and Daly.
(No Upson).
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 12, 2020 13:09:58 GMT
Or is it:
Jaakkola
Little Kilgour Ehmer Leahy
Grant Westbrooke Harries
Nicholson Mitchell-Lawson
Hanlon
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 12, 2020 13:08:40 GMT
Jaakkola
Little Kilgour Ehmer Harries Leahy
Grant Westbrooke
Nicholson Mitchell-Lawson
Hanlon
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 12, 2020 8:14:37 GMT
Bizarrely, the chat tool only seems to appear on the MAIN Rovers website / Home page, NOT on the lower-level page that is dedicated to iFollow!!
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 12, 2020 8:11:26 GMT
If you click on the black envelope, a screen pops-up, allowing you to contact iFollow Support / EFL digital.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 12, 2020 8:10:02 GMT
I didn't know what the Chat Tool was, so I thought I'd have a look. The instructions you quoted advise you to look in the bottom right-hand corner of Rovers website. You should see a small white circle with a black envelope in it. Attachment Deleted
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 12, 2020 7:58:42 GMT
Last week I signed onto Ipswich Towns Ifolliw to watch the LC game. I'm now trying to sign onto Rovers ifollow,but it tells me my email is already being used. So do I attempt - again - to cancel my Ipswich thing ,before trying to sign - again - with Rovers ifollow? I'm told there's a "chat bubble" on the ifollow Rovers site somewhere,to ask for help,but I can't find it. I feel my natural Luddite tendencies simmering. You've probably already seen the "iFollow Guide", as you've talked about the chat tool. Anyway, this is what that Guide says: (I hope the availability "three hours before and after the final whistle" also applies to Saturdays). I have a problem with my account - who do I contact? There a number of ways to contact support services in regards to a problem you may be experiencing with your account.
Email: iFollow@efl.com Phone: 0207 826 4577 (8am-10pm Monday to Friday, as well as three hours before and the final whistle) - billing and subscription enquiries only via this outlet. Live chat: Use the chat tool in the bottom right-hand corner of the Rovers website (8am-10pm Monday to Friday, as well as three hours before and after the final whistle).
We recommend supporters test their login and redeem codes in ample time ahead of kick-off.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 9, 2020 16:48:01 GMT
Haha! Like Arthur Pewty in Monty Python.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 9, 2020 13:28:02 GMT
Ignore the above - what do you mean, you did anyway!
The ref on Saturday against Ipswich was Will Finnie. It's only his second season in the Football League. He'd only refereed us once before: the draw at the Memorial Stadium in the FA Cup against Plymouth. A game that was not without controversy, as I recall.
My mistake was believing the caption which appeared at the start of the iFollow stream, which stated that our referee at Portman Road was to be Neil Hair. My earlier post refers to Mr Hair.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 9, 2020 11:19:55 GMT
wasn’t there a rule you can only make x changes from Saturday in this to avoid fine? I wondered that, as soon as I saw the line-up to face Walsall, but then counted up the changes. (By changes, I think it means anyone chosen to play against Walsall who wasn't in the starting XI or used as a sub at Ipswich). So the changes were only: Kelly, Tutonda, Harries, Mehew and Walker. (Three of those were on the bench at Ipswich, in any case). Since we haven't played any League games this season, perhaps the changes rule didn't apply to this match, anyway. In an interview even before the Ipswich match, Ben Garner was dropping hints that he would be rotating the squad for the Walsall game. The performance against Ipswich was not to his liking, but I think he stuck to his plan, regardless. (Some might have thought that he should have played his strongest side against Walsall to speed the "gelling" process, but I think Garner stuck to his plan. There were signs that he used the Walsall game as something of a development experience: Kilgour captain - Baldwin in midfield). In that vein, I reckon he will change back to his "strongest" side to start up at Sunderland; I think only three of the team that started against Walsall will line up at the Stadium of Light. Jaakkola; Kilgour - Ehmer - Little; Leahy - Westbrooke - Grant - Hare; Mitchell-Lawson - Ayunga - Nicholson.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 7, 2020 11:06:14 GMT
None of last seasons signings, Daly, Harris, Barrel made the 11, and what we saw of them before lockdown they all had something to offer. Whatever Hargreaves role was, wide right float and drift in a la Bodin, you would think Rodman would do better? Barrett was injured against Bristol Manor Farm and hasn't played since in the pre-season matches. Harries was on the bench at Ipswich. I think Daly and Rodman were ill / injured, but that was a couple of weeks ago, and there hasn't been an update on the grapevine since.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 6, 2020 19:10:21 GMT
He's previously refereed us in last season's home game against Accrington (3-3, where JCH scored that overhead kick and Accrington had a man sent off) and the 0-0 at Tranmere. In 2018-19, he was in charge of the 1-1 away at Portsmouth, where JCH scored one penalty and ballooned another over the bar.
It's only his third season in the Football League.
I don't recall any major outrages in any of the above games. A rare, decent ref!
In yesterday's game, I thought he was OK. The only thing that annoyed me was that Ipswich seemed to be nudging our players just before we attempted to head the ball. For example, before their player ran through and nearly lobbed van Stappershoef, he only got the chance because another Ipswich player had clattered into Max Ehmer just before he went to head the long punt forward from their keeper.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 5, 2020 18:17:02 GMT
I didn't have any buffering. The only technical blip was that the audio went funny for a few seconds, making Mick Mills sound like a Dalek. I didn't work out how to switch* to Radio Bristol commentary until after the match was over! However, I found it interesting to hear what Mick Mills said about us. - We will finish in the bottom half. (That's worrying, because broadcasting diplomacy would suggest that that statement is a euphemism for "will be relegated").
- Our 3-4-2-1 and their 4-3-3 are not "compatible" formations. Whichever team goes behind will struggle to make their system work.
- Our [Rovers] formation should give us the advantage of numbers in midfield, but would suggest that Ipswich will have some joy down the flanks.
Before I give the impression that I think he's some kind of genius pundit, he said that he couldn't see where Rovers next attack was coming from; two seconds later, Nicholson was bearing down on goal and brought a sharp save from the Ipswich keeper! * On the computer, at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, there is a symbol which (depending on you) looks either like a football or a wheel. Click on it and a prompt appears, saying "Audio >". Click on that ">" prompt and you get the choice of "Home" or "Away".
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 4, 2020 15:44:43 GMT
Max was playing for Ascot United at the age of 8, and QPR at 11, so I'm not sure what kind of reaction you would get if you complimented him on his English!
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 4, 2020 15:38:27 GMT
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 4, 2020 12:38:58 GMT
For the next month or so, at least, the only way we can watch Rovers -home or away - is by using the iFollow stream. A match pass costs £10.
How much of that tenner goes to Rovers?
I wrote to Tom Gorringe (Rovers’ Commercial Director) yesterday, to see if he could clarify. Tom replied very promptly and his answer surprised me a bit.
“Yes, clubs receive the revenues from iFollow. Ordinarily this is around 80% (minus the VAT), however for the upcoming season clubs will receive all of the revenue (minus the VAT)”.
“Ordinarily, clubs receive all of the revenue for purchases through their site. Therefore if you purchase your pass for an away game through our site, that revenue will be allocated to us. However, for the upcoming season, the home clubs will receive the streaming revenues for the ‘usual’ away club attendance, on top of their own”.
Apart from the current season, then, how do EFL Digital, who run iFollow, know that they should send the money to Rovers?
Tom - “We would always advise that any purchases that you make on iFollow you do so via our site and not that of any teams that we are playing as that revenue will more than likely go to the other team”.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 4, 2020 7:40:10 GMT
Can anyone remember another Rovers league cup tie played on a Saturday Yes, referencing the excellent "Bristol Rovers FC: A Complete Record 1883-1987", I can see the details are on page 192. In front of a crowd of 4,702, Rovers drew 1-1 at Exeter on Saturday 9th August 1980. Chic Bates scored for Rovers. Three days later, in the second-leg at Eastville, Rovers went through on penalties after another 1-1 draw (Rovers' goal again from Bates). Then the Eastville fire. Rovers beat York in Round two before going out to Pompey. The "home" legs of both those ties were played at Ashton Gate. I saw both games against Exeter. The Rovers game was played on Saturday evening, which allowed us to go to Torquay for their afternoon match against Cardiff. On the way back from Plainmoor, we stopped for something to eat and had a word with the great Bobby Campbell, who had been Rovers' manager two years earlier.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 4, 2020 7:06:05 GMT
He featured in the 0-0 up at Fleetwood in late December last year. The video shows an early miss - but you have to be in position to miss. His movement looks good, but (ironically) that's what cost Fleetwood a goal. He moved towards the ball before Evans' net-bound shot, causing the referee to rule offside. It's worth watching, if only to see the Joey Barton meltdown that followed that decision! >>Link to video of Rovers at Fleetwood in December 2019
Re: Paddy Madden - he might suffer from the lack of discipline that seems to be synonymous with Fleetwood Town. I seem to remember, in Fleetwood's play-off semi-final first-leg against Wycombe recently, he was sent off for two stupid, petulant, avoidable indiscretions. Fleetwood had a bad day, losing 4-1. But for the sending-off, they might have kept the score down and given themselves a better chance of making the final and getting promoted.
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