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Post by chelt_gas on Jul 3, 2021 23:01:10 GMT
Gareth Southgate is now the 2nd best England manager behind Alf Ramsey, he has a 4th place & a Euro semi-final to Ramsey's World Cup win and a 3rd place in the 1968 Euro's. IMO we have nothing to fear from Denmark, Spain or Italy TBH. Come on England, let's make our 1st major Final for 55 years. Sir Gareth it is then. Southgate has done nothing noble or spectacular to warrant a knighthood. He’s managing a group of players very well paid who are well skilled. The state doesn’t need to reward someone for doing their job, the FA has already given him a long term contract. I just hope this teams success erodes brand Beckham’s influence.
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Post by chelt_gas on Jul 3, 2021 22:56:16 GMT
Anyway, back to the topic here. Unless we see a decent striker then I genuinely fear for us next season. I can already hear the apologists saying the team will need time to gel and I see us at mid table at best. Get that striker and maybe a couple more and that could change. One thing can be said, it’s never dull being Rovers. It’s a club of extremes. Saw the Facebook post about the result and plenty saying it was just to stretch their legs. Personally I don’t there is ever a true friendly game unless it’s a seniors or charity match. Winning is habit forming and we beat then 6-0 last time. Hoping to be proved dreadfully wrong though as I never want us to lose. The team put out were pros and should be winning these games. Interesting times ahead They would stretch their legs more by winning comfortably against amateur opposition. Thought Barton wants to install a winning mentality? I want Barton to at least translate his desire and ruthlessness on the field.
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Post by chelt_gas on Jun 30, 2021 6:10:31 GMT
Hare moving back to a second stint with Eastleigh much like Partington. All three of last season's coaches didn't fancy either of these full backs so may be their natural level is 5th tier.
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Post by chelt_gas on Jun 29, 2021 11:27:24 GMT
I don’t bet but, wouldn’t the teams at the foot of the odds for promotion be the teams at the top of the odds for relegation? Surely. Or is there a subtle difference? UTG! You are correct. Fun fact: Man U are 10-1 for the Premiership title, 4th favourites. 1000-1 to get relegated. 3 go down out of 20. Bristol Rovers are 9-1 for the League 2 title, 2nd favourites. Only 2 go down out of 24. So what should the odds be on relegation? I think it will 'only' be 66-1 or maybe 100-1. If the bookies follow the Man United 'logic' and offer 1000-1 then they will attract a lot of interest. £10 to potentially gain £10,000. Mr Barton might build a good squad and challenge for the title. However nothing he has done or said leads me to believe that he will. There is a chance that Bristol Rovers will completely implode. And it's not a 1000-1 chance. Or 100-1. More like 10-1 IMHO. As someone else posted - 3 times in the last 11 years the Club finishing bottom of League 1 has been relegated the following season. I will leave you with that cheery thought. Maybe that’s Wael’s cunning plan. Where else can you get a 1,000% return on your money in under 12-months?
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Post by chelt_gas on Jun 28, 2021 21:53:08 GMT
We have a new exterior shot of the gymnasium/medical room complex. View AttachmentI believe the concept was designed at the same time as the infamous Santa’s grotto
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Post by chelt_gas on Jun 26, 2021 10:05:11 GMT
It won’t look good for Joeybag if the players he releases all perform adequately in a higher division and the players he signs fail to perform at league 2 level. Personally I think the issue is mainly with the culture and environment within the club last season and not with the ability of some of the players who have since left. Thank goodness the environment of last season will be gone!Awful set up. It seems WAQ is listening to JB.Good. Looking forward to seeing us challenge under Joey Bartons leadership. I am intrigued to see how Barton does over the summer and into the new season. At least Wael’s gone ‘all in’ on backing him in his decision making. I think Barton needs his kind of players so I’m sure we’re going to be seeing a few more northerners down south. The cafeteria will be like an episode of Bread!!
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Post by chelt_gas on Jun 26, 2021 5:03:46 GMT
I don't get how these players can get a L1 gig after last season. 4 of them. Leahy, Williams, Ehmer and Tutonda. At least Upson had the decency to play at his level. I would rate him better than 3 of that 4. Williams was a Tisdale signing who was no better than Rodman or Hare. I was not impressed by him. I am glad he is off the wage bill because he didn't earn it since January. Crazy. Last season when BG cleared out Ollie C, Tom N, Tony C, Abu O, and others they all went into League 2. Yet they had got to 4th in League 1 at one stage. This year’s clear out, the players have, miraculously, managed to get League 1 teams when they could only have dreamt of being 4th. How does that work? Either they have good agents, they are better than we thought and TW was right all along or those League 1 managers are in for a shock. Or did JB and BG and PT just fail to get a tune out of them? I’m confused after seeing where they are going! 🤔 UTG! It won’t look good for Joeybag if the players he releases all perform adequately in a higher division and the players he signs fail to perform at league 2 level. Personally I think the issue is mainly with the culture and environment within the club last season and not with the ability of some of the players who have since left.
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Post by chelt_gas on Jun 24, 2021 22:29:37 GMT
Good question. Do you think there will be an iFollow option available for next season and what percentage of pre-covid game-going supporters will now prefer that option?
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Post by chelt_gas on Jun 23, 2021 9:31:18 GMT
Some action in the striker area - at last??? Bristol Rovers boss Joey Barton is close to sealing a double deal that would see Aaron Collins and Harvey Saunders arrive at the Memorial Stadium, according to D3D4FOOTBALL.COM. The pair are out of contract this summer and although Forest Green have offered Collins a new deal, it appears he is ready to move on after two years at the New Lawn. Collins is a skilled forward and has put in a number of excellent performances during his time with the Green Devils. The 24-year-old netted 11 goals last season in Gloucestershire and also had seven assists. Another player [possibly] heading to Bristol is former Fleetwood man Harvey Saunders who was on loan at Hartlepool last season. The 23-year-old was released by the Cod Army at the end of last season and could link up with Sam Finey and Paul Coutts after both players joined the Gas earlier this summer. I wonder if these were our Joeybag’s first choices or whether he’s not got his budget he wanted. A Fleetwood reserve player and a 11-goal a season striker from the tree huggers. Hmmm.
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Post by chelt_gas on Jun 17, 2021 23:59:38 GMT
I wouldn’t. I saw Barton pick out Ehmer and use him as a scapegoat but also, in doing so, probably lost the dressing room as the captain was picked by the players. In my time of supporting Rovers, I’ve never seen such behaviour and I think it was appalling to be honest The tweet by him is very soft in comparison & I hope he goes on to do well. I think he could have been much harsher in his choice of words but didn’t lower himself to the standards that Barton has Ehmer showed no desire to play for the Rovers, and if he wanted to be up for the fight he would not have swaned off for an operation. A captain should be willing to lead from the front. He was not and happened a long time before Barton arrived. To much rewriting history around here to fit the agenda. You’re as much rewriting history as anyone else. The players have joined a club who have been chaotic in just one season. Even given covid. It’s never the clubs fault though, never.
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Signings
Jun 17, 2021 9:43:12 GMT
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Post by chelt_gas on Jun 17, 2021 9:43:12 GMT
Asked a coach at Stoke,who had previously told me about Matt Lund joining us, about a lad who it seems is coming our way on ,loan.Connor Taylor. Connor's had quite a fast track into professional football. A couple of years ago he was on the books at Stafford Rangers as a junior but never played for their first team. Signed for Stoke halfway through his scholarship , last season had a few games on loan at Chester where he made a very good impression. Has made one sub appearance for Stoke first team in the midst of a bit of an injury crisis. The plan will be to loan him out and I would think he could cope at League 2. He's a big lad, at least 6'3 but not afraid to have the ball.
There's a bit of history repeating itself if he signs, when Joey B was at Fleetwood he had Harry Souttar, an even bigger centre back, on loan from Stoke and it all worked out very well, came back to be a first team regular.. I think Clint Hill was quite influential working with Harry. Hopefully this works out as well. #BristolRovers "We are pleased to announce the loan signing of Connor Taylor. The defender arrives at the Mem on a season-long loan from Stoke City Football Club." The interviewer must be on a step ladder as the new lad keeps looking up. Looks like a young Colin Hendry so he should head the ball where Baldwin prefers to duck
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Post by chelt_gas on Jun 17, 2021 9:36:31 GMT
I wouldn’t. I saw Barton pick out Ehmer and use him as a scapegoat but also, in doing so, probably lost the dressing room as the captain was picked by the players. In my time of supporting Rovers, I’ve never seen such behaviour and I think it was appalling to be honest The tweet by him is very soft in comparison & I hope he goes on to do well. I think he could have been much harsher in his choice of words but didn’t lower himself to the standards that Barton has What kp said Barton has very questionable leadership and management skills. I hope his players respond better than a seasoned league 1 player who was previously captain of both his former teams.
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Post by chelt_gas on Jun 16, 2021 9:56:05 GMT
I see he has re-joined Gillingham So I assume he has taken a pay cut to join them and we have paid him off a nice sum,rather than a straight free transfer or he/his agent has pulled a blinder over the Gas Or Wael has just been man enough to cover the cost and admit his original mistake, in playing pretty football , in tier 3. I think it’s the right thing to do & I applaud Wael putting up the finance to get him off of our payroll This move says more about the Rovers circus this season than it does about Ehmer’s ability as a footballer.
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Post by chelt_gas on Jun 16, 2021 9:53:53 GMT
Asked a coach at Stoke,who had previously told me about Matt Lund joining us, about a lad who it seems is coming our way on ,loan.Connor Taylor. Connor's had quite a fast track into professional football. A couple of years ago he was on the books at Stafford Rangers as a junior but never played for their first team. Signed for Stoke halfway through his scholarship , last season had a few games on loan at Chester where he made a very good impression. Has made one sub appearance for Stoke first team in the midst of a bit of an injury crisis. The plan will be to loan him out and I would think he could cope at League 2. He's a big lad, at least 6'3 but not afraid to have the ball. There's a bit of history repeating itself if he signs, when Joey B was at Fleetwood he had Harry Souttar, an even bigger centre back, on loan from Stoke and it all worked out very well, came back to be a first team regular.. I think Clint Hill was quite influential working with Harry. Hopefully this works out as well. Harry Soutar is the Australian Harry Maguire. Scored 6 goals in 5 games and is a nightmare in the oppositions penalty area.
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Post by chelt_gas on Jun 11, 2021 5:46:58 GMT
Barton has had issues as a player with every club he has played for. I wonder if he would stand behind his (and his agent's) conduct when he was a player now that he is a manager. How would he also deal with players who will seek to replicate his behaviour as a player?
The most bizarre and negligent appointment in the history of Rovers. I just hope we ride out the storm if/when he leaves or it turns out to be a masterstroke by Wael.
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Post by chelt_gas on Jun 7, 2021 7:38:31 GMT
Or just plain boring for a lot of posters when it's continually regurgitatedly by the same poster. That alpine chap is many things, but very seldom boring imo Yes, that's how the Swiss Roll.
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Post by chelt_gas on Jun 7, 2021 7:35:08 GMT
I wonder if the prosecution will call on Ousmane Dabo, Morten Gamst Pederson, the Scouse Taxi Driver, the 15-year old Man City supporter he assaulted in Thailand or Jamie Tandy (the youth team recipient of the lit cigar). Fortunately, Joeybag's behaviour has improved following his visit(s) to Sporting Chance (after chance, after chance...).
Interestingly, his Wikipedia page states that he is honorary associate of the national secular society. Funny, as I swear he has also recently made references to his religious beliefs in a few of his YouTube interviews.
I hope the right decision is made, whichever way it is. But he certainly has a colourful history.
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Signings
Jun 4, 2021 7:26:29 GMT
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Post by chelt_gas on Jun 4, 2021 7:26:29 GMT
Agree. I think Tisdale would have been ok with a preseason but a change in manager mid season, during the Covid calamity, really needed someone with a very special set of skills to get a low-skilled team playing and to parachute a few new players. I would have still chosen Holloway or Cotterill. Definitely not Dolly Barton. Who thinks we'll have the worst disciplinary record next season? Hope life is good down under Chelts. Haha! You like a bet,I'll happily bet we do not finish bottom of the 3rd tier disciplinary table. £100 I'll go higher if you fancy. I do love a bet. But those odds are stinking. How about if Rovers don’t finish top you’ll donate £100 If Rovers don’t finish bottom of the disciplinary table then I’ll donate £100 If you win I’ll also publicly say you are right, which will be really really hard for me. Life is good bar the funny tasting Aussie meat. You wait till this trade deal kicks in and you see the size of the chicken breasts that we’ll export. Hope all is good down there, you’re lucky to have scotch eggs and Timothy Taylor’s
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Post by chelt_gas on Jun 4, 2021 6:20:30 GMT
Maybe true, but was a disaster after and wasted a transfer window. For that he will not be forgotten. I’ve put it in the waste bin. I think Tisdale was put in a very poor situation where he was being openly undermined Agree. I think Tisdale would have been ok with a preseason but a change in manager mid season, during the Covid calamity, really needed someone with a very special set of skills to get a low-skilled team playing and to parachute a few new players. I would have still chosen Holloway or Cotterill. Definitely not Dolly Barton. Who thinks we'll have the worst disciplinary record next season?
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Post by chelt_gas on Jun 4, 2021 6:16:08 GMT
Barton needs players who compliment his character. No surprise we sign a few scousers and I'm sure we'll see more northerners or tough characters arrive. I think this may make for a decent season if he can create squad of hard b'stards to worship the king of the charlatans.
Hold on to your hubcaps!!
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