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Post by chelt_gas on Oct 9, 2021 10:13:08 GMT
Only issues are Grant is injured. Spence is on international duty. Not sure Nicholson is fit enough to start. Is Anderton fit? Mehew and Martinez both played during the weekend but both at Central defenders. Not sure any clues there. I would pick Phillips too According to our leader all of the above returned to training although didn’t know about Spence. 4-4-2 please, players who can at least run, no players who create liabilities for their teammates
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Post by chelt_gas on Oct 9, 2021 6:13:24 GMT
I'd go for something like this. My main doubt is whether it's worth carrying Pitman in his current state. Whelan and Coutts is a weaker pairing than Grant/Evans/Mehew
GK Belshaw
LB Anderton CB Connor Taylor CB Harries RB Hoole
LW Anderson CM Spence CM Grant RW Thomas
FW Nicholson FW Pitman
Subs GK Ward FW Collins MF Mehew FW Saunders DF Clarke DF Brown MF Coutts
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Post by chelt_gas on Oct 8, 2021 20:42:01 GMT
He is under a lot of pressure both with his pending Court cases and his failure as our manager.Not getting good vibes here as his normal 'confidence and optimism' has gone.Whatever the reasons,he is showing signs of genuine stress albeit self inflicted or not. And we don’t really know what is going on at home either, do we? Basel - let this guy go. He clearly has too much pride to surrender and walk, but if clubs keep a manager where it’s not working too long, it’s just needlessly putting them through it really? I would go out on a limb and say, despite the Barton hatred, not a single Gashead wants to wake up to hear of a found in garage with motor running tomorrow - especially if there’s suspicion the club were hanging on to sack him for free, as the day in court grows closer the pressure on him will be massive, are you listening Wael, pay the man off, theres lots of things he can do with his life other than football management, he could even turn around his whole reputation with punditry after impressive memoirs. If he tries again at another club and is a success, I don’t care. That will just be a happy ending. Chris Houghton ain’t so crap, plenty of excellent experience, but Forest sharp to show him the door, the fresh voice and approach galvanised same set of players. There’s got to be someone with bags of experience out there happy to work with what he inherits here, to try and organise them into more composed and confident performances. Surely it’s screaming at us, this is the right moment. I kind of hope Barton gets some victories before the court cases mean he has to end his association with the club. He doesn’t sound well, he needs some time off.
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Post by chelt_gas on Oct 8, 2021 12:43:05 GMT
He's a screwball, who's created an image of himself for himself. Anyone who is taken in by his twaddle is also a screwball. He's just not a good manager. He's not a nice person. Wael must be embarrassed by the way his club is being mismanaged, dare he show his face at the next football Expo?
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Post by chelt_gas on Oct 8, 2021 12:30:47 GMT
It could be 10-0 to Carlisle and he still won’t be gone. Wael does not want to admit he is wrong. It’s that simple. Barton went to church on Wednesday for an an hour and realised that he had been given the role of getting this club out of the doldrums. See pre-match interview. God works in mysterious ways... I went to Cathedral on way to City versus Rovers on 8th December 1984 and prayed. 1 nil down, 3-1 up, we knocked City out the Cup. 😂😂 www.theguardian.com/football/2015/apr/16/joey-barton-member-national-secular-societyBarton is all over the place.
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Post by chelt_gas on Oct 8, 2021 9:03:43 GMT
Eagerly awaiting Joeybags prematch interview. Has he given up if he offered Wael to throw in the towel?
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Post by chelt_gas on Oct 6, 2021 8:24:48 GMT
Very interesting: “We were in Ireland pre-season. Harry wanted to play three at the back and two holders as well. But Joey was adamant that Harry was getting it wrong. As players you have to listen to your coach. “We went a few days and he started to sabotage it. He wouldn’t do it properly. Joey told everyone in front of Harry it wouldn’t work and, come the start of the season, we played a different formation.” Plus forming a clique to bully players who had joined QPR from abroad. Sounds familiar? Use the weakness of others e.g. Wael, to point fingers at everyone bar him. Surrounds himself with fellow gang members? Also accused of him getting Colin the sack at QPR. A conceited man. A narcissist. Underhand. A proven hot-head. But apart from that.... Could you ever expect players to trust him? Explains why so many were happy to get away. They weren’t pushed, they ran away!!
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Post by chelt_gas on Oct 5, 2021 21:35:47 GMT
Search "Nedum Onuoha on Joey Barton" on YouTube and tell me that this guy holds scrutiny as appropriate for football management. So insightful after what we have had to endure... Also search Danny Mills and Joey Barton. Onouha and Mills both paint a picture of the most innappropriate guy to appoint to a management position.
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Post by chelt_gas on Oct 3, 2021 9:40:34 GMT
"If" what Barton says is true (he might have lied, snake oil salesmen often do) - then what possible reason would there be for Wael to not have accepted his resignation? Barton must have been incredibly confident that Wael would back him. Why? The support base is at least 95% against him remaining as manager - we don't need to go over the reasons why. Getting rid of Barton for free is a no-brainer. Unless Barton has something on Wael and knew he could still count on the owners support. I have a horrible feeling swiss is right - Barton offers a potential route to 'investment/connections'. Anyone else have a theory as to why we aren't celebrating getting rid of this charlatan this morning? The soap opera continues. This gets even worse before it gets better. It is such a no-brainer that Barton has to go, that you have to question why the owner stands by him. Unfortunately, it will need fans protest to force Barton out. Wael does not like toxic. The club is an absolute mess this morning. The undercurrent of corruption makes you fear the worst. Is there a way to find out the agent(s) who represented each of Barton’s signings?
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Post by chelt_gas on Oct 2, 2021 23:14:01 GMT
I think that Garner is probably too much of a gentleman to snub the usual handshake routine. He'll certainly be celebrating when he gets back to the dressing room, but I don't think he's the sort to rub anybody's face in it, including the fans. I hope Ben Garner enjoys his Sunday dinner this weekend. Other managers in the game must know Joeys a fraud and it must have been galling for Ben hearing his name being dragged through it again yesterday. I’m sure he’s laughing tonight and I have to say I’m laughing with him It’s an indictment on Wael that Barton is continually allowed to say these things in the press as the principal representative of the club. Perhaps Wael shares Barton’s opinion and he also believed there was some sort of ‘cancer’ in the club. The culture of a club is set at the top. I can certainly see a ‘chancer’ in the club.
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Post by chelt_gas on Oct 2, 2021 22:44:24 GMT
Since July 2017 I’ve felt the three brothers had many millions at their disposal to do whatever they liked with and Wael chose to buy a football club but didn’t really have any idea what to do with it. If you’ve earned your fortune then it’s likely you know where you want to go next and how you are going to get there but Wael has behaved in the way a lottery winner would. A couple of weeks ago I posted that in Wael’s position, disillusioned with failure and the constant money drain, one course of action would be to try to unburden myself of the football club but keep hold of the Mem and training ground. Pulling that off would mean I could, to a certain extent, save face and at the same time preserve at least some of the capital I’d invested while providing me with an independent income. But that poses the question “ which type of football club owner would want to pay to take over Rovers in our present state and rent a not fit for purpose stadium and training ground ?” And the answer to the question is “ the wrong type, someone who is desperate and can’t get anything better”. Since posting that I’ve been contacted by two completely independent people with good football connections who have both told me they think a separation of the football club from BRFC 1883 Ltd is on the agenda. Any thoughts that those who might want to take over the football club from the holding company might have Barton connections hence Wael's reluctance to accept Bartons resignation? This sounds strangely familiar to the Willie McKay experiment at Doncaster. He was Barton’s agent at the time too.
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Post by chelt_gas on Oct 2, 2021 12:10:17 GMT
We’re really sorry to announce that, due to unexpected licensing issues, our upcoming show at the Memorial Stadium, Bristol has to be postponed. Anyone who has tickets will be entitled to a refund at this stage. We’ll hopefully reschedule this show as part of our 2022 tour. For those close, we playing Sophia Gardens, Cardiff the following day!! Such a disappointment about Bristol but we’ll be back! I guess the show must go on
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Post by chelt_gas on Oct 2, 2021 8:18:58 GMT
Good grief, the guy just can't help himself. Ask a question, he opens his mouth, and out comes everything on his mind. Interviews now come across to me like the teacher in the Peanuts / Charlie Brown cartoons: "Blah, blah blah...". “ He’s a decent bloke and he might take me to task on a few things I said, but I have no problem with that. If he wants to discuss the finer points, I’m sure I can spare 15-20 minutes for him after the game." I would imagine Ben Garner would have no interest with a chat, give a quick hand-shake, a look in the eye, and be on his way. I wouldn't blame him if he kept his hands in his pockets and gave acknowledgement with just a nod and a wry smile and kept walking. I won’t be disappointed if Swindon win only just to see the wry smile on Garner’s as he acknowledges Barton. Barton is to football management as what Bez is to British music.
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 29, 2021 3:59:26 GMT
Ah...did he say "couldn't of"? Surely there aren't still people alive who don't realise that makes absolutely no sense? He did, and there are many. They write as they speak. I see a few examples of that on this forum, thanks to the good old Bristol accent If you write as you say enough times then it does become legitimate vocabulary. I've no ideal why.
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 25, 2021 13:26:14 GMT
Rollin on bench for Walsall. Looks like Josh Barrett is on the bench for us…according to FlashScore
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 24, 2021 23:47:06 GMT
Andy Tillson should never have been sold to Walsall at the time. Terrible bit of business.
The name Walsall is derived from "Walh halh", meaning "valley of the Welsh"
Walsall became internationally famous for its leather trade. Walsall is the traditional home of the English saddle manufacturing industry, hence the nickname of Walsall Football Club, "the Saddlers". Apparently they will be wearing their full body leather home kit for this match as a commermoration to their history.
Noddy Holder MBE (born 1946 in Caldmore) musician and actor, lead singer and guitarist in glam rock band Slade.
Arguably Walsall's best ever player was Gilbert Alsop, born in Frampton Cotterill, scorer of 126 goals in 160 games. Another one that got away.
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 24, 2021 23:32:40 GMT
Is he acting as the intermediary between players signed and BRFC as well as being Barton's agent, which removes any normal governance / separation of responsibilities over what players earn and who gets what in terms of salary? The signings have been generally woeful this summer to the point you have to wonder if some of them are here for the benefit of BRFC or if there’s a different agenda at play. Or did somebody really look at Mark Hughes and Nick Anderton and think there’s the nucleus of a promotion winning back line? If Jennings is involved there are now so many people with their fingers in the pie here delivering sod all you have to wonder if Wael has more money than sense. He must be a salesman’s dream. He probably has his double glazing replaced every 6 months and is waiting on a stack of ppi claims to come through I dislike how so many of Barton's players are all living with each other in shared houses. It's like they're all on a gap year for the 'experience' with the help of a players trafficker,
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 24, 2021 23:28:57 GMT
All managers deserve 10 games so they say and Swindon at home is game Number 10 this season for JB. Swindon, of course, managed by BG. Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t BG get sacked after a 1-4 home defeat to Fleetwood - managed by JB. Seem to recall Van Flappershot losing sight of a 30 yard shot in the wind and rain. Joey did say he’d happily meet Garner and explain what he had been doing wrong. Perhaps Ben Garner can return the kind gesture and explain to Joey how to build a team to challenge the top end of league 2? Perhaps we should also invite Paul Tisdale so he can tell Garner what he did wrong, Barton can tell Tisdale what he did wrong and Garner can tell Barton what's he's doing wrong.
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 24, 2021 12:17:33 GMT
Chris Hughton and I presume Paul Trollope are currently out of work so don't see an issue approaching them. Gareth Ainsworth would be a major challenge but I would at least try to see if he was interested. The DOF / coach partnership wouldn't work in all cases and it collapsed swiftly with Tisdale and Widdrington when Widdrington sensed that Tisdale wanted his long term DOF Steve Perryman to join him. I would also try to talk to Kenny Jacket (I still have his number so could dial him by mistake and have a chat to avoid official approaches, football stinks). If all the above failed I would seek applications (I would regardless) and would probably be surprised at some of the applicants. Just logged on here for a read and the first post I saw was this. While jumping to conclusions, it made me think the twat had been sacked. It seems not though. 😢 Barton knows he’s under pressure and may lose his job. This is probably why he’s been out husking this week trying to raise some spare pocket money
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 24, 2021 8:41:29 GMT
Lobby the club for 8am kickoffs so those gasheads in opposite timezones can actually watch a match at a comfortable time.
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