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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 31, 2021 11:00:07 GMT
Barton insulted every single supporter by giving up on the players he inherited within weeks of taking the job.
Barton let down the players and staff he inherited by giving them up within weeks of taking the job.
The guy isn’t ruthless or tough. He’s a charlatan blinded to his own failures as a man manager and as a football strategist.
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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 31, 2021 8:34:59 GMT
He’s scouse. 100% likely then. That’s another northerner to live in a shared house with other Rovers players whilst they ‘give it a go’.
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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 31, 2021 6:13:12 GMT
Clubs like Cheltenham must laugh at how Bristol Rovers spectacularly mismanage their finances. The thing with Cheltenham is that they have had a settled board room of local business owners for many years. But, as we know, there is only so far you can go as a football club in 2021 who are run by local business owners.
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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 30, 2021 22:17:09 GMT
Absolute Masterclass from Martin and I agree with all the subsequent accolades from Teamgashead. The sentence that hit me the most was: 'We are tiny and unsuccessful, and all this talk of being a big club defies the statistics' For last 40 odd years, I've been telling anyone who wanted to listen what a massive club we were and how we went 'toe to toe' in the Second tier against the likes of Newcastle, Palace, Chelsea, West Ham, Sunderland, Tottenham ( we also perfirmed pretty well on the pitch ) Neverthess, we have never been in the Top Division or won a major Cup in all our History so my lifetime belief that Rovers are a big club has been shattered. That said, the long suffering fans do deserve much better and there lies the problem and the possible solution. Our fans are a cut above the rest and we still capable of taking 40k to Wembley. In fact our supporters are potentially Premier league Quality, Tim , however is running out fast we have gone from the blue half of Bristol to tihe blue quarter as the club continues to self destruct. if either the Mem had been rebuild or the UWE had happened we would be shouting with pride from the housetop's In the meantime, this shi#fest contines to run its course whiilst a totally fractured, and disallusioned fanbase watch on Helplessly...................... I’m not sure we would be able to take 40K to Wembley again. I feel our fan base is contracting (based on feeling, no actual data). We also must be losing fans to the dark side. We are a small club. You could argue we are underachievers, but that is purely hypothetical based on the past, and the catchment area. Having said all that, I remember the times when The Mem was rocking to 12K fans, so I still believe that if the product is right, people will turn up in their droves. I would love us to test the theory that Bristol is large enough for two Championship + teams. I am dreaming again. I imagine that was (and still is) Wael’s dream. UTG The influences in choosing a football team to support is very different now, and will be in the future, compared to the eras of yesteryear. People can feel close to teams from any part of the world whilst teams are less representative of the locality today than they ever have been. There's much less to bind a new supporter to a club in today's era. Rovers have so many barriers to overcome before generating new fans. We lack image, identify, supporting environment and success.
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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 29, 2021 23:57:20 GMT
Thank-you for spending the time to write that. Excellent read
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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 29, 2021 10:04:31 GMT
Well Barton, just off the cuff, I can name 2 people who achieved more points-per-game with the exact same working conditions and the same players last season. Are you sure there's nobody better than you out there? The bloke's an idiot yet thinks the people he's talking to are even denser than him. Get rid, move on. Barton would never accept he’s the problem, it’s always everyone else. I bet if he took over Man City tomorrow he would clash with half the players and then accuse them of being ‘cancerous’.
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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 28, 2021 15:49:53 GMT
We are getting promoted mind 😉 The only thing Barton’s promoting is his deluded self worth
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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 28, 2021 15:44:24 GMT
This is truly awful
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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 28, 2021 15:41:04 GMT
We’re crying out for a Hanlon type striker
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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 28, 2021 14:39:39 GMT
Reverend Jim Jones comes on for Barrow.
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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 28, 2021 14:00:22 GMT
Mark Little is injured until Christmas, as per Radio Twentypiece
Also barrow was once owned by money laundromat specialist Stephen Vaughan. Upon his ownership he transferred Barrow’s ground to one of his subsidiary companies, which the court then reversed upon the club’s bankruptcy.
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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 28, 2021 8:45:42 GMT
I think we will end up with Leon Clarke (more or less the same age as Ronaldo) and Bobby Duncan on short term.
Bobby Duncan is scouse, temperamental and without a club but has good pedigree being Steven Gerrards cousin.
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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 27, 2021 21:00:40 GMT
Some interesting strikers in their squad:
Offrande Zanzala (Congo) Dmitri Sea (France) Luke James (Fraggle Rock) Jim Jones (Guyana)
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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 26, 2021 23:19:49 GMT
I've reappraised my relationship with Rovers a few times in the past rather that contemplate quitting or following. Sometimes it's as a result of a change in circumstances - I now live overseas. Sometimes it's as a result of the clubs actions - appointing Barton makes me care far less if his team loses.
Another question to ask is what events or factors would result in you having a closer relationship with Rovers (again)?
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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 25, 2021 9:24:38 GMT
He probably would have sorted his recruitment had he not lost his assistant manager and got involved with a(nother) assault case. I wonder who Leon Clarke and Glenn Whelan use as agents? This is a Barton boys club. The assistant manager went a week ago didn't he, after the season had started? The rest of what you say I agree with, and it's a worry, we do appear to be going 'all in' with Project Punchy. That’s true, good point. But I wonder how much earlier Barton knew Clint was on his way?
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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 24, 2021 21:24:49 GMT
Barry Hayles played for Merstham last weekend aged 49. Only one league below Gloucester City.
Kevin Ellison is 42, currently plays for Newport.
Peter Clark is 39, currently plays for teammate.
Iain Henderson and Tony Craig both 36, playing for Salford and Crawley respectively.
We could have a team of Whelan (37), Leon Clarke (36), Rodman (34), Hughes (34) Pitman (33), Jaakoola (34) and Coutts (33)
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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 24, 2021 9:43:36 GMT
So Barton had a third of last season to take a look and make things much worse, then all of the summer to plan and recruit, now at the 11th hour this is what he's reduced to. I hope there are plans for some serious recruitment rather than this silliness. If not then it's going to be a long season with a very real risk of losing our League status. He probably would have sorted his recruitment had he not lost his assistant manager and got involved with a(nother) assault case. I wonder who Leon Clarke and Glenn Whelan use as agents? This is a Barton boys club.
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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 23, 2021 7:39:02 GMT
The other club bidding for Hanlan is Wycombe. That’s how far we’ve fallen chaps, Lincoln and effing Wycscum are in a position to take players from us. At least he may still play for a quarters
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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 22, 2021 9:52:15 GMT
70 pages and the thread title is as relevant today as it was when on Feb 22nd. In fact, more so. P23 W4 D2 L17 F16 A34 Bearing in mind 2 of those wins came in Barton’s first six games. When apparently Rovers were at their most ‘cancerous’. It got worse the longer Barton was in charge.
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Post by chelt_gas on Aug 19, 2021 22:53:29 GMT
It was in 2002 when Michael Jackson and David Blaine joined co-owner Uri Geller on a parade around the St James' pitch.
I feel short changed given we've only had Noel Edmunds and Jane Couch at the Mem.
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