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Post by Rex on Feb 28, 2021 20:04:15 GMT
Does anyone know exactly what happened in the incident between Barton and the 15 year old? All I can find online is that there was an 'altercation' Sorry, I think I mixed up Barton's incidences of violence involving teenagers. It was a sixteen year old he attacked. The incident with the fifteen year old Everton fan in Bangkok was Barton kicking off after the child made a comment, then fighting his teammates who intervened to restrain him, I think. Sorry, but it's hard to remember which violent incident is which with Joey Barton. I think it's fair to say there is plenty of evidence that he is prone to violence. I'm just always a little wary that stories can get somewhat exaggerated, I have a suspicion that this may have been the case in that particular episode (though worryingly, not in others such as the most recent one with the Barnsley manager)
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Post by Rex on Feb 28, 2021 18:17:27 GMT
Does anyone know exactly what happened in the incident between Barton and the 15 year old? All I can find online is that there was an 'altercation'
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Post by Rex on Feb 28, 2021 11:50:04 GMT
... It's such a shame I'm writing this on a Bristol Rovers forum. Many of you think I'm a idiot for taking this position, according to your insults above. Good riddance, you may say. But the feeling is not mutual. I don't want rid of you at all. I cannot support Joey Barton's Rovers, but I don't criticise you for doing so. I look forward to the day we have a board and most importantly a manager, whether successful or failing, whom we can all support without holding our nose... This is the sad part, the fact that many of the Barton supporters can't accept others may have a different opinion and hurl insults at them.
Before the appointment I was reading things like: "People should be ashamed of themselves if they email the club saying they don't want Barton." ... Hmm! The shame! < scratches head >. Then, as you say, the insults such as good riddance, as if you are no longer welcome as a supporter just because you don't agree with the appointment of the manager. ... I don't want Barton, but it doesn't stop me supporting the team. Then, after the victory last night, the goading with comments such as: "Where are all the snowflakes now then?" ... So, just because you don't agree with appointing a manger, because of his violent actions and personal attributes to date, it makes you a snowflake. Okay then. BTW 'snowflake' has to be the s***tiest new putdown, following on from the equally pathetic 'grow a pair' and 'man up'. There have been plenty of digs in the other direction as well. I didn't really want Barton as manager, but now he's here , I will still support the team and certainly won't be hoping for them to lose like some do. That of course is up to them, but a Rovers forum is a strange place to share those views. What's the average employment time of a football league manager these days, a couple of years? He will be gone soon enough anyway.
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Post by Rex on Feb 28, 2021 11:41:11 GMT
In a desperate attempt to salvage the season with some silverware RELAX!!!! will be entering.
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Post by Rex on Feb 28, 2021 11:40:14 GMT
In a desperate attempt to salvage the season with some silverware RELAX!!!! will be entering.
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Post by Rex on Feb 28, 2021 11:32:45 GMT
Sheffield United v Southampton 1-1 Aston Villa v Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Bristol City v Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Coventry City v Derby County 1-1 Millwall v Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Accrington Stanley v Swindon Town 2-0 Hull City v Bristol Rovers 1-2 Shrewsbury Town v Fleetwood Town 1-1 Bradford City v Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Colchester United v Newport County 1-2
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Post by Rex on Feb 26, 2021 10:02:32 GMT
1..Peter Shilton 2..Gary Neville 3..Ashley Cole 4..Bobby Moore 5..Colin Hendry 6..Bryan Robson 7..Steven Gerrard 8..Bobby Charlton 9..Kenny Dalglish 10.Jimmy Greaves 11.George Best 12..Wayne Rooney 13..David Beckham 14..Gary Lineker 15..Denis Law 16..Ian Rush 17..Neville Southall 18..Billy Meredith 19..Gareth Bale 20..Robbie Keane 4-4-2 My British All Time 11 Uses The Same Rules Of Today = 11 Players, With 5 From 9 Subs. Robbie Keane isn't British though .
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Post by Rex on Feb 24, 2021 15:11:52 GMT
Those seats really are horrible though. Wimbledon's new ground seems to have them as well. I did hear somewhere that it's to give the impression of the ground being fuller than it actually is. As rank s**te ideas in ground design go, that's right up there.
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Post by Rex on Feb 24, 2021 6:28:33 GMT
To be fair to o2 he’s one of the more reasonable fellows behind Barton Rovers. Over on Gaschat it’s like a cult. It’s really interesting because people over there have for the most part been refusing to criticise Widdrington. If Barton fails to get a tune out of them they are going to turn on Widdrington like a pack of jackals because relegation will absolutely not be anything to do with the latest tactical mastermind in the dug out, it will be 100% the recruitment and the fault of every manager and club official up until the day Barton walked through the door. Nope. Anyone into Barton Fandom deserves to get straight talked till out of it if we are to get our rovers back. We need to be tough on this misplaced Fandom, because there is no intellectual or emotional justification for supporting this shallow, fraudulent twat of a man. So what makes Barton Fandom tick? What are the solutions to this current crisis at rovers? The solutions. If it was as simple as they share Bartons love and understanding of Nietzsche, then I can solve that with merely one or two posts on just this one forum. If they still think he has potential to be a good football manager despite failure at Fleetwood and his possessing zero positive managerial and leadership traits, it will take longer, but also easy to eventually get them to realise this is his last managerial post in football league before his bs is finally found out. If we are right, and he is a rubbish manager, we don’t have to do much, he will prove this to the world. If it’s generational thing, and they can plead young and immaturity then I will actually enjoy embarrassing them about it when they grow up. More serious if it’s lefty politics rallying around their man, like lefty politics rallied around Jeremy Corbyn (Barton did return to the Labour fold to stand up for Corbyn) this a juvenile emotional, almost evangelical attachment, not founded in anything intellectual, meaning it will just be difficult to reason with them. But we will get there. We will remove him, hopefully in time for a summer rebuild for L2. Getting rid of Wael I think is ultimately the bigger problem if we want our Rovers back. Are you okay?
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Post by Rex on Feb 23, 2021 21:08:25 GMT
Well, on the plus side Rovers didn't get the easy win that I was worried may paper over the cracks. Secondly, I am very unlikely to spend another tenner this season. I thought Rovers were the better side and didn't deserve to lose, but bearing in mind we were up against a side in total freefall, that really isn't saying much. If Barton can turn it around I will be mightily impressed.
And WTF was Ayunga doing giving away a soppy free kick like that!
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Post by Rex on Feb 23, 2021 19:59:45 GMT
City were 5/1 to win tonight. I couldn't resist I'm afraid. City are renowned for blowing 3-0 leads. Hope I'm wrong for your sake Rex. I would honestly rather lose the money!
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Post by Rex on Feb 23, 2021 19:57:00 GMT
After having only paid for i follow once earlier in the season, I am now on my 3rd game in a row! I'm not sure I approve of the 'Say no to piracy' banner that comes up at half time though. Can't we have a 'Say no to s**theadery' instead?
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Post by Rex on Feb 23, 2021 19:55:02 GMT
City were 5/1 to win tonight. I couldn't resist I'm afraid.
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Post by Rex on Feb 23, 2021 16:45:00 GMT
I hope we win tonight and will be very disappointed if we don't. However there is part of me that hopes we don't hammer them. Wigan are obviously a bit of a car crash at the moment and I'm slightly worried that an easy win will paper over our own, very large, cracks.
Mind you, given that it's Rovers, an easy win is a pretty rare thing anyway.
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Post by Rex on Feb 23, 2021 16:37:09 GMT
I don't think I've ever seen so many social media posts by Rovers for any other previous appointment, be that manager, player or owner. Twitter, Instagram, facebook, website. "Announce the appointment" / "JB" / "Straight to work" / "A busy first day for the new Rovers manager" / "First day on the grass..." / "First interview". He does speak well, I'll give him that. Although if he became a Bristol Rovers fan after we nearly beat Liverpool in the cup, it begs the question, who did he support a year or two later , when City actually did win up there
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Post by Rex on Feb 23, 2021 14:31:25 GMT
I'm still baffled as to why there is matchday music and announcements at the moment.
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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 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 Barton 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 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 Rex on Feb 22, 2021 21:40:04 GMT
It’s a shame, sounds like a lot of regulars on here will become a lot less invested until the day Barton leaves. I honestly thought we were a club that were against having people with violent criminal records on the payroll. Nice to have a topic we can agree upon though @thinwhiteduke 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.
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