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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 3, 2020 13:31:47 GMT
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 29, 2020 13:36:32 GMT
How many ST's have we sold out? Orient have sold over 3,000! Their average last season was only 5,608. So you'd have to say that is quite an impressive number... We've also sold over 3,000. Attachments:
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 29, 2020 11:24:56 GMT
There is some judgement involved here.
1. Let's assume that all restrictions on attendance at the Memorial Stadium are removed from 1 Jan 2021. To see all the League matches (on video in 2020 and then in person in 2021) you would save £52 (£347 - £295) by buying a season ticket.
Season Ticket North Terrace = £295
Assume No Crowd restriction from 1 Jan 2021 (13 matches) Cost Without Season Ticket = 13 x£19 = £247
Assume Free Video Stream Access (for 10 League matches) Cost Without Season Ticket = £100
Total Cost without Season Ticket = £347
2. Let's assume the most pessimistic case: all you get for your season ticket is an ifollow pass for all 23 matches. You could have bought an ifollow pass per match, and been £65 better off. If you gamble now that restrictions will be in place all season, preventing you seeing any matches in person, you would be better off buying a season pass for ifollow.
Assume Restricted all season Assume Free Video Stream Access (for 23 League matches) £230
3. If restrictions are lifted before 1 Jan 2021, of course, the season ticket is even better value.
4. Buying a season ticket helps the club!
5. So does buying an ifollow pass - but not as much.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 29, 2020 10:22:40 GMT
Inplayer is the streaming service that Rovers have been using during pre-season. "InPlayer, the world’s leading pay-per-view and subscription solution, helps set up and grow recurring revenue for any company that is looking to enable online sales and access management for their video, audio, files and HTML content". IFollow is the EFL product run by the Football League. "EFL Digital operates and maintains a range of digital services for clubs across the EFL. These services include official websites; mobile applications; and the video/audio premium digital content known as iFollow".Iplayer is from the BBC that has little to do with Rovers! "BBC iPlayer is an internet streaming, catchup, television and former radio service from the BBC".Once the season gets underway, I believe the streaming we're talking about is iFollow. So, to answer the question (to quote EFL iFollow FAQ's; click on underlined links; applies to Domestic users, not necessarily International ones): If I buy a match pass, does this mean I can also access the full match replay or highlights the following day?Match passes give you 24 hour access, from as soon as the match video becomes available. You will be able to access premium video content associated with that match during this 24 hour period, including highlights and match replays. Please note that match footage is subject to holdback restrictions.If I have a subscription to watch iFollow, will my club show full replays of matches or only highlights?Full match replays and highlights will be available on iFollow following the match.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 29, 2020 7:40:58 GMT
Remember England playing Holland in the Nations League semi-final not long ago?
The commentator and side-kick repeated the theory that, out of 100 such risky acts by the keeper or the back players, one or two might end up gifting a goal, but nine or ten might lead to a goal for your own team.
Before the end of that match, John Stones and Ross Barkley had gifted the Dutch two goals!
We lost.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 28, 2020 16:30:14 GMT
It's posted now on Rovers twitter.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 28, 2020 15:56:34 GMT
Next match on ifollow is Ipswich in the Carabao Cup.
Rovers v Cardiff is on Inplayer. (The stream is still not advertised by Rovers or Cardiff though...just over an hour to kick off).
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 28, 2020 14:19:00 GMT
Today's game is not on "ifollow", which is the brand and technology promoted by the Football League ("EFL").
The early season friendly games have been stream on "Inplayer", not "ifollow".
We are still waiting for confirmation from Rovers that the game against Cardiff today is being streamed at all.
If you meant "Inplayer", what you have to do is just click on the "Buy Now" button ten minutes or so before the kick-off time (even if you have already bought your "pass"). You might be asked again for your password, or you might just be presented with the video stream.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 28, 2020 13:19:34 GMT
Funny that Rovers haven't confirmed the streaming, or replied to queries about whether it would be streamed, four hours after announcing the "behind closed doors" match.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 27, 2020 21:48:09 GMT
I knew we could count on you! ...Strengthen the Pyramid... - "good luck with that"
The line - "The campaign is backed by fans’ organisations from almost all [my italics] of the 92 Premier League and EFL clubs..." had me wondering whether the exercise is a little hypocritical, given that, in the last 28 years, we have witnessed a separation of the Premier League wheat from the lower League chaff. But even fans of current Premier League clubs can be worried about their ownership e.g. Newcastle. "We Eat What We Kill!"
There's a further article on the FSA website from the Portsmouth CEO - with the quote: "We eat what we kill!". link to Article by Pompey CEO: "Sustain the Game is No Silver Bullet"
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 27, 2020 20:16:37 GMT
Currently on the Supporters Club website: "Supporters’ groups from across the country have joined forces with politicians and pundits to launch “Sustain The Game!” – a new campaign which calls for urgent action from the authorities to protect the existence of clubs throughout the game". link to Sustain the Game
Right. Over to Bamber...
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 25, 2020 20:40:31 GMT
That was £5.00 well spent.
Rovers' play became more fluent the longer the game went on.
Some delightful fast inter-passing in and around the Cheltenham box produced some near misses.
The confidence was summed up by Tom Mehew in the last two minutes, who - under pressure - brought a Rovers' clearance down just outside our own penalty area, looked up and played a nice ball out to the wing. Whether in a real match at that stage he would welly a ball like that into Row Z remains to be seen.
Two-nil to the Gas.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 22, 2020 8:51:04 GMT
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 20, 2020 6:34:37 GMT
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 19, 2020 11:55:36 GMT
Posh. After a great run from the half-way line (right in front of me in the West Stand) that ended with a foul on him in the penalty area (South stand end).
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 18, 2020 11:01:56 GMT
In the spirit of AMPG's post on another thread (that we should pin certain fundamentals), I make no apology for repeating my reason for the boycott:
"We need to highlight that the changes to this competition could be the first step to inclusion of B teams in the lower leagues. That would destroy the integrity of the Football League and, through the consequent devaluation of the League matches, towards the demise of clubs who normally play at the lower corners of the Football League pyramid".
I was thinking of writing to the Football League to say that I would support the competition if they would only make a statement to the tune of "the Football League will never include B teams in the lower leagues".
Meanwhile: do we know that the Rovers v Walsall match will be that way round, for DC to return to the Mem? Or could we be away?
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 10, 2020 14:57:39 GMT
Link to London articleTom Lockyer has taken up the clause allowing him to leave Charlton Athletic. The Wales international now has a month to find himself a new club before it activates. It means the Addicks still have a slim chance of persuading Lockyer that his future does still lie in SE7. But that is only likely to be possible if the 25-year-old could see positive changes at the South London club – with doubts over the long-term future. When Charlton were relegated from the Championship there was an option in Lockyer’s favour for him to leave for nothing. Swansea City were also interested in the centre-back before he opted to join the Addicks last summer after becoming a free agent at Bristol Rovers. Lockyer had a set timescale in which he had to trigger his clause and it now leaves him in a position where he can weigh up his best options over the next month. He played every minute in 43 matches for the South Londoners last season – only missing the other three games due to suspension.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 9, 2020 11:07:10 GMT
The first name that springs to mind is Skinner Normanton. Turns out I'm a couple of decades off the mark. And the wrong club.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 7, 2020 14:26:32 GMT
It would be useful to compare Rovers’ total player wages in recent years with that £2.5m cap.
The only figures I have to hand are:
Rovers Total Wages 2017 (not just players): £5.047m. Agent’s fees paid by Rovers 2018-19: £0.14m
And another thing.
“Any contract entered into on or prior to today’s vote will be capped at an agreed divisional average until that contract expires. Moving forwards, Clubs that are relegated will be permitted to cap all contracts at the divisional average prior to the Club’s relegation until those contracts expire”.
I’m trying to disentangle this paragraph. Let’s say the divisional average contract is £100k. It means that if we’ve agreed a contract with a player before today for £150k per annum, it would only count £100k per annum towards the club’s limit.
I thought initially that this rule would favour the relegated teams (Charlton, Hull and Wigan, at the time of writing). Maybe Rovers have a slight advantage, though, in that we’ve brought in six players early!
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 5, 2020 11:24:54 GMT
I thought this might be of interest, by way of comparison with Rovers' current state of play: Update from Chairman of Rochdale
An update from Chairman Andrew Kilpatrick… To the Dale family. After five long months since we last played at the Crown Oil Arena, we welcomed the players and first team management back to training this week. I hope you will agree that it was great to see our media channels busy with football related content after a prolonged period without. In turn, and following the EFL’s confirmation of a September 12th start date for the 2020/21 season, we have now also, this week, brought more staff back off furlough, to allow us to prepare for the start of the campaign and to gear up for the launch of our Season Cards, as well as the always highly anticipated kit launch. It is great that we have been able to start returning to some sort of normality behind-the-scenes at the Crown Oil Arena, however, with that, the return of players and staff brings further financial pressures. Since we last played at the Crown Oil Arena on March 7th, the only income the Club has received, outside of the regular EFL payments, is from three very generous sponsors - Crown Oil, Andrew Kelly Lettings and Smith Metals. It has been fantastic to continue our long-term partnerships with these sponsors and it is brilliant that they have shown their support for the Club during these difficult times, however the income raised from these deals only brings in one third of a month’s normal outgoings. We have not received any extra monies from the EFL during the lockdown period, nor have we received any contributions from the Premier League. I can tell you that we are currently operating with a deficit of £625k since March alone. Whilst we have been, and still are, very grateful for the assistance of the Government’s furlough scheme, it has only helped cover part of our wage bill. Our wage bill is around 250k per month and the furlough scheme has brought in £125k per month, so over the last five months, we have a deficit of around £625k. Following the players’ return to training, they have now been taken off furlough and we will no longer be able to receive Government help so the financial gap is only going to get bigger. In addition, each player will be tested for Coronavirus on a weekly basis. The cost of this is not subsidised by the EFL. I hope that all of us can take some encouragement from the signing of Alex Newby but the stark reality of the Covid-related hole in not just the Club’s, but football in general’s, finances mean that, of necessity, we are going to have to operate on a significantly reduced Playing Budget than in previous seasons. The Manager is fully bought into this reality and has been planning accordingly. We hope to be making a small number of additions to the squad in due course and, of course, these will be announced as soon as is practicable. Our finances will be impacted further by starting the season behind-closed-doors. We know that the 2020/21 campaign will kick-off behind-closed-doors before moving to a reduced capacity inside the stadium from October 1st onwards. We will be limited to just 2170 fans inside the Crown Oil Arena and if that limit is to be in place for the entire season, then we face a loss of revenue of £650k, as well as a loss of £450k from Executive Boxes and hospitality, resulting in a further £1m hole in our finances. It is for this reason we have been extremely grateful and humbled by the generosity of fans who have supported the Club in any way they can in recent weeks. It was wonderful to see the queues of supporters lining up outside the Club Shop when it re-opened last week. Thanks, also, to those who have signed up to our newly revamped Dale Lotto, and to those who have decided not to claim a Season Ticket refund for the remaining six unplayed games of the 2019/20 season. Your actions are very much appreciated, and I want to take this opportunity to thank you all on behalf of the Board of Directors. Best, Andrew
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