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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 21, 2021 21:48:43 GMT
Well done to Brandon Hanlon on scoring against Man City for Wycombe tonight.
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 19, 2021 21:33:04 GMT
'a younger DOF who had a good database of players. Isn't that what we were told Widdrington was? If not, what's the point of him? Then again, his database seemed to develop an over-ride search criterion of 'Joey's mate' at some stage, so probably needs switching off and on again. There were people within the game who raised their eyebrows at TW becoming DOF. A scout maybe or the posher title of Player Recruitment but never a DOF. He wasn’t that bad a caretaker coach. In hindsight if he had taken the reigns following Garner or tisdales exit then things could have been different for both him and the club.
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 19, 2021 0:04:47 GMT
It now seems to me we will never get rid of him, even if he is convicted. He has been given too much control and everyone seems scared of challenging him. He should never have been appointed and now appears to be un-sackable. He has a worse record than Garner having both managed 26 league games with Garner achieving 22 points compared to Barton's 18. www.bettingodds.com/thesackrace/managers/league-twoI don’t believe there arent candidates at any time. I’d be happy with almost the managers of other league 2 clubs managing Rovers. We missed the boat with Nigel Clough. Mike Flynn is good, Derek Adams has been there and done it. In fact the only point of difference that our Joeybag has is his Twitter followers and celebrity reputation.
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 18, 2021 23:05:09 GMT
What will Barton’s excuses be if or when he finally goes?
Injuries? He’s already said the squad game is survival of the most adaptable.
Culture? He has been allowed to remove all people he considered toxic or unproductive from the club. He’s replaced them with his people.
Budget? He has been given a budget similar to most top teams in this division.
Infrastructure? He’s the first manager who’s got a purpose built training ground. His backroom staff is large.
Himself? You must be joking.
The fans? We’re a constant that’s lasted all those failed managers.
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 18, 2021 13:28:30 GMT
Three at back, one up top. Captain in first match Coots on bench. Where’s Hughes? View AttachmentGarners 11 would beat Barton’s 11. It’s almost like he’s intentionally sabotaging the club. Dreadful manager, appalling appointment
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 18, 2021 10:43:37 GMT
Bookies odds update. Orient tightening everywhere now (typically 7-5). Draw widening slightly at 11-5. Rovers drifting at 2-1. I have not heard Barton's pre-match talk. It does not appear to have inspired confidence in the gambling community. Most popular bets: (courtesy oddschecker) Orient Win about 2/3. Draw about 1/3. Rovers Win 0. The bookies don't 'know' anything, the odds just reflect the volume of money being placed on a particular outcome. Yes, very interesting. A £1 bet on Gas win & a £1 bet on a draw sees at least £3 return, for a £2 stake, as long as we don't lose. At home. Orient beat Oldham 4-0 last week, 13 shots on target. Rovers need to replace their form from the first half of the Oldham game to stand a chance. We need to score first. Trouble is Joeybag will play is three at the back with non wingback wingbacks and a centre midfield of strangers with a marshmallow strike force. Away win for me.
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 17, 2021 21:59:31 GMT
“ but he knows how to call out Charles Darwin as a wrong un” What? I exaggerate. It is survival of the most adaptable. People often think Charles Darwin’s theory was survival of the fittest, it never was, it was survival of the most adaptable so we are going to have to adapt. I think lower league football squad building was exactly what Darwin had in mind when he concluded his research.
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 17, 2021 21:57:02 GMT
We’d be better off reuniting Lambert and Walker this season They are both playing in the Martin Belsten memorial testimonial in a week's time.
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 17, 2021 12:21:34 GMT
Signing Leon Clarke is like buying the reduced price fish that looks slightly slimy and then being surprised when you get an upset stomach.
How many tickets do you think need to be sold to eventually pay for the period for which he's injured. Barton should be given a written warning just for signing Clarke.
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 16, 2021 23:36:10 GMT
The choice of the name Orient came about at the behest of a player, Jack R Dearing, who was an employee of the Orient Steam Navigation Company, later part of P&O – Peninsular & Oriental. The term "Orient" derives from the Latin word oriens meaning "east". I remember Jabo Ibehre as one of those players who always caused Rovers problems in the lower leagues. Great player and still only 38 which means he could do a job if the other veterans in the squad are out with old people related injuries. Jabo only ever scored against Bristol Rovers, so we have a very biased view Jabo and Ian Stevens seemed to up their game against Rovers. Also Chris Billy always popped up. Those were days. Now it seems everyone scores against us.
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 16, 2021 22:04:29 GMT
Is that "Santa's Grotto" to the right of the clubhouse? I knew they just couldn't let go of it...
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 16, 2021 12:20:48 GMT
I see that even having taken over with a team in a relegation place and kept them up rather than taking a club from a safe position to being rock bottom, and without the court cases, and with a win ratio of 26.4% Chris Houghton has lost his job. Who would swap Joeybag for Chris Hughton? I'd swap Joeybag for Chantelle Houghton
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 16, 2021 12:17:28 GMT
The choice of the name Orient came about at the behest of a player, Jack R Dearing, who was an employee of the Orient Steam Navigation Company, later part of P&O – Peninsular & Oriental. The term "Orient" derives from the Latin word oriens meaning "east".
I remember Jabo Ibehre as one of those players who always caused Rovers problems in the lower leagues. Great player and still only 38 which means he could do a job if the other veterans in the squad are out with old people related injuries.
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 14, 2021 5:25:50 GMT
Best player for Rovers was Barry Hayles - based on my recollection. The thing which set him apart was that he made so many of his goals through skill and strength. And I just liked his rise up the pyramid. I don't think we truly saw the best of Astafjevs since none of his teammates were on the same wavelength.
Best player against Rovers was either Lua Lua - he always had us for breakfast or I remember a game at Twerton v Birmingham where Kevin Francis was just unplayable (but that's my memory maybe playing tricks). I also remember when Ismael Miller absolutely owned us when we played West Brom in the cup. The best player I have seen play against Rovers was Edgar Davids but he wasn't at his best.
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 13, 2021 8:46:18 GMT
I understand that many say he should not have been hired in the first place. He's here and we need to focus on the football and picture a successful season come May. A lot has to happen in the meantime. Forwards, Leon Clarke (Hamstring) Pitman (Lack of fitness) Rodman (Broken Foot) Z.Walker (Loan) K.Phillips (Loan) J.Barrett (Gone Away) leaves us only Saunders and Collins as forwards, where are the goals and success going to come from?. We have a few forward players or those that can at least operate in the final third: Westbrook, Nicholson, Luke Thomas, Sion Spence, Langlais. What we don't have is a team or a game plan as it all seems a bit porridge. I don't think Joeybag has done any better that Garner in assembling a squad given the imbalance that's fairly obvious.
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 12, 2021 4:18:01 GMT
Mohamed Bagdadi scored 7 in 14 for Dorchester on loan from Rovers in 2017 whilst Jonah Ayunga scored 8 in 24 in 2016.
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 11, 2021 19:47:50 GMT
If it is down to non football reasons then i agree, but football wise we have to give him a chance with his squad. 20 games or even a 2nd window. Where is the sense in sacking him after 6 games when the window has just closed. I know he is not popular and i don't like the circus he brings or his misdemeanours, but he is here and we need to back him purely for football reasons. If he is found guilty of either allegation then sack him, if not we wait until he let's the board sack him for football reasons. The squad went out for a team bonding meal last sunday, all good signs of cohesion and team spirit with a mix of experience and youth. Barton has built this, let's at least allow him the chance to see it through. If the decision whether to sack JB right now was down to "footballing reasons" he would be gone today. His record is appalling. There is no avoiding that fact. He’s rid the cancer at the club but it seems we were a lot healthier with ‘the cancer’. Glad he’s not my doctor. Barton out.
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 11, 2021 19:41:24 GMT
This was a game that we expected to lose, and we did. It does sound like we could have easily got a result if only we were able to score... That sounds horribly familiar to last season. I'm not sure we have solved anything with this new squad. Remember, we have dropped a division, so we are playing worse teams than we were playing last season. By definition, we must be worse as a team this season. I am patiently waiting for this squad to "gel". What if I am still waiting in April 2022? By the time we gel the average age of the squad will be above 40
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 11, 2021 9:43:16 GMT
Joeybag’s former club shop sells a Fleetwood Mac Very good. I’m also available for Christmas parties and wakes.
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 11, 2021 9:09:37 GMT
I sat on the train in Ipswich station that evening and listened in disbelief as Coughlan dropped his bombshell. Ive often wondered if he’d have said anything if we’d been beaten. I’ve always suspected he made a calculated statement when the fans were on a high, with all that bollox about missing his family. How many years did he spend at Plymouth and Southend? Never a whisper of homesickness then, yet when he’s the boss of a club much nearer home he suddenly misses putting the kids to bed? Pull the other one. He got offered a shed load of money by Mansfield and he forced the issue, hoping the fans would fall for it after a great performance and win, and with the club in its highest position for years. He might have also thought the club would match Mansfield and they called this bluff I would have done the same thing as GC. He was employed on the cheap, delivered results above expectation and would have wanted a salary increase on that basis.
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