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Post by chelt_gas on Dec 23, 2019 12:29:20 GMT
But that’s exactly the point. Don’t you see? Tell you what. Forward a link to this thread to Owen Jones, he objects to everything. Have a nice Christmas
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Post by chelt_gas on Dec 23, 2019 12:17:31 GMT
I liked it. Let's see how many gay men object. I'll wager that it'll be a big fat zero. But that’s exactly the point. Don’t you see?
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Post by chelt_gas on Dec 23, 2019 12:05:20 GMT
Only time will tell, I have my doubts, looks like a cheap option and a gamble, one thing for sure he's not going to knock Starnes door down if players are sold in January which Coughlan would have done Every appointment is a gamble whether it’s a proper football man or a left field football student of the game.
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Post by chelt_gas on Dec 23, 2019 11:45:58 GMT
2 issues: Location, location, location. St Phillips?? Retail in the form of shops is dying. We need better facilities akin to 21st century sports stadium, but I am still not convinced that FM site will bring us a significant cash-cow other than new Stadium facilities. Are the new owners ref FM remotely interested in football? 100% Agree. The needs of Commercial space is being redefined all the time so it’s a rather big gamble to assume retail will give a 30-year strong revenue flow. In Sydney, there’s even plans to build a stadium above the Central train station, rather than use ‘new’ brownfield.ground space
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Post by chelt_gas on Dec 23, 2019 11:34:32 GMT
Don’t feel inspired by this. Has not played the game but, apparently, has decent contacts. As usual, hoping for the best Neither had Mourinho, Wenger, Benitez, Rodgers, Villas-Boas, Roy Hodgson!!
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Post by chelt_gas on Dec 23, 2019 11:09:57 GMT
As usual, people desperate to be offended on behalf of somebody else. That somebody else was probably in an up market food shop whilst the game was being played, with his partner, discussing the merits of minted peas as opposed to cooking them with rosemary and almost certainly wouldn't care if someone at a football match sang a childish song about his lifestyle choice. In fact, he would probably feel a bit sorry for the scruffy bloke in his 50s, overweight, smelling of beer, badly dressed and with a dreadful haircut. Oh the irony!!
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Post by chelt_gas on Dec 21, 2019 5:53:06 GMT
Please blame Holmes on the other forum for provoking me into responding to a question about the length of lease apparently being offered by the Fruit Market Developers for their proposed stadium. I broached the subject there earlier with my “Groundshare” theme but didn’t get far so I’ve had another go and thought it might be of interest over here. This is the cunning plan. 1) We know developers want the Mem and we know Hani and his family want to cut their losses but Wael wants to retain a stake. 2. If Wael wants to retain a stake but the Mem has to be sold to repay his family then we need somewhere to play in the short and long terms but we also need cash to fund the business 3. The best way to attract cash from outside sources would be to have a convincing plan in place and for Wael to show his commitment to that plan by reinvesting his share of the Mem sale proceeds into the club as equity. 4. So the steps are : a) Agree a provisional and conditional sale of the Mem to developers b) Agree a provisional groundshare with a suitable local club c). Commission Deloitte or other consultants to draw up a business plan for the club based on leasing the Fruit Market Stadium and using their expertise to determine the minimum lease period necessary for that plan to work d) Go to the market using reputable agents and the comprehensive business plan with the objective of obtaining an investment of circa 19 million in equity for a 76% stake based upon Wael reinvesting 4 million for a 16% stake. (8% held by others) e) With the strength of a company which will be capitalized at 23 million go to the City Council and the Fruit Market Developers and say to them “you want us in, this is what we need to come in, so let’s work together to make it happen” FGR now have outline PP for their stadium. Just a short trip up the M5 for Rovers.
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Post by chelt_gas on Dec 19, 2019 11:04:35 GMT
I'm with you on this. If he's going to Mansfield then why hasn't he gone already? Its not as if he owes Rovers any loyalty as he's only been here for 5 minutes. If he does a good job as caretaker then why not put him in - after all we've promoted from within with the last two appointments and they were both a success. Also we seem to have a very good back room team so why rock the boat by bringing in a new man with all the hangers-on they generally want to bring in. It does seem curious that he's not in the betting though. Surely he's not ruled himself out - he's far more experienced as a league manager than DC and GC were when they took on the roles and he must be hoping for another managerial post. Or perhaps No.2 at Mansfield is a better job than No.1 at Rovers? Why would he want the job when he is on the inside and the club is an apparent shambles and he has to sell 4 players because we don't have a pot to piss in etc, etc Give it to Joe Dunne and let him bring Geraint Williams into the coaching team using coggy’s wages. Dunne and Williams were at Colchester together.
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Post by chelt_gas on Dec 19, 2019 7:27:00 GMT
As we'll be in the Championship next season, the Football Spectators Act (1989) means that we'll have to transition to all seater over 3 seasons. So we'll be knocking down the Thatchers end and it will be tents, tents and more tents !! Not if we stage relegation after two seasons in the championship!! Even with a 25,000 seater stadia we don’t seem to be too dynamic on the new supporter creation and retention strategy!!
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Post by chelt_gas on Dec 16, 2019 10:01:22 GMT
In terms of what comes out of his mouth, he is a liability. He says he doesn't do politics, but that is because he is not bright enough. Well he has the skill and nous to achieve a lot with this squad. I think he has all the right intelligence that many clubs will pay for. As for his interview, I think he gets little direction from an absent board and he has had enough. I think he wants to be a football coach but he probably gets dragged into a lot more if others aren’t falling short.. Who knows. But the lack of intelligence comment is condescending and low if you don’t know him.
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Post by chelt_gas on Dec 16, 2019 6:23:40 GMT
wmgas, Sorry misunderstood I was reading it in a football sense rather than an case of integrity and definitely agree how GC will go down if as looks very likely he goes tomorrow. IMO he has made it impossible to still be Rovers manager by tomorrow night. I don’t think he has. I interpret this scenario as GC issuing himself an ultimatum. If the board doesn’t provide funds for both new players for the squad and improvements in salary then he probably thinks he may as well join Mansfield for a better wage, less hours and less strife. The club need to work out the cost of a replacement manager - I bet they end up paying him more than GC anyway. But GC has probably costed how much the owners could cost him in future roles if they do nothing or force the sale of current players in thus squad.
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Post by chelt_gas on Dec 10, 2019 8:30:28 GMT
So what players may be available to come in? It doesn’t need to be a fee, January can create some loan till end of season purchase then type deals. Also loans. There was talk of a loan from rangers at one point? I agree on the driving from midfield suggestion, though sercs and Clark May pipe up and say, that’s our job. Maybe there is not much back up to them. I’ve always been a fan of Matt Crook. Is he currently at MK? It’s sort of exciting. We are where we are in table withoutvfeeling that good, but both Daryl promotion felt the same but the football and performances woke at Christmas. I still shudder when Ollie brought in Robert Wollaston and Jordan Stewart for the playoff charge 20 years ago and it backfired massively.
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Post by chelt_gas on Dec 8, 2019 2:25:23 GMT
Coughlan is doing great. He’s achieving a lot of relatively less resources than other clubs around the top of the table.
He’s proved himself and he’s made smart choices in his gameplay this season. He’s got passion, a good coaching team and players playing for their shirt.
Some of us Gasheads need to be careful what we’re wishing for. I’m looking forward to seeing what the transfer window brings over Christmas.
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Post by chelt_gas on Dec 6, 2019 22:41:37 GMT
Macclesfield Town: Supporters of financially-troubled club fear 'extinction' By Andrew Aloia General view of Moss Rose, home of Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town are in their second season back in the English Football League, after winning promotion to League Two in the 2017-18 season Macclesfield Town fans fear the club's "extinction" and have set up a "hardship fund" to help players and staff through its financial crisis. The English Football League has suspended Saturday's League Two game with Crewe after the Silkmen said they would be unable to fulfil the fixture. Macclesfield's players had said earlier this week they would not play in protest over unpaid wages and that their emotional and mental wellbeing was at "rock bottom". "We are on the brink of extinction, and likely to suffer the same drastic fate as our near neighbours Bury," the Silkmen Supporters' Trust said in a statement given to BBC Sport before Friday's announcement by the EFL. On Wednesday, ex-manager Sol Campbell backed a bid from HM Revenue & Customs to wind the club up as he is still owed £180,000 by them. With Southend also not too far from the same fate I wonder how Southend fans feel about Sol Campbell’s action against Macclesfield
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Post by chelt_gas on Nov 26, 2019 9:46:11 GMT
Norburn is now also a Granadan international How the hell did he manage that ? Fair play to the guy though as it did look like he was going to go into obscurity and has managed to sort himself out. I always remember the goal at Cheltenham, one of the best and well received goals that I’ve seen, by any rovers player www.shropshirestar.com/sport/football/shrewsbury-town-fc/2019/11/09/ollie-norburn-called-up-by-grenada/His grandfather is Granadan. Amazingly, Shrewsbury now have three granadans playing in the current squad with a forth subject to the player declaring his allegiance.
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Post by chelt_gas on Nov 24, 2019 21:49:53 GMT
watching the highlights i cant see how they werent given a penalty, also i cant see why our goal was disallowed I think the player went down too easily, it's the refs interpretation and we possibly got away with one there, what's that t**t Ricketts going on about Sercombe cheating?? Either say it or keep shut It looked like their player was obstructed but there was little force to justify the way their player then went down.
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Post by chelt_gas on Nov 24, 2019 20:41:16 GMT
I have to admit, Norburn looked like he was going to slide into obscurity at one stage. He must have made some big adjustments, to get into this level of football. I wonder where the Irish player is, whose name escapes me right now, whose father used to post on here as cooder1on1 ? I will have to look it up now. I did look it up, Seanan Clucas. I think he was involved in some controversy as well as ON Seanan Clucas now paying for Dungannon Swifts in N Ireland. After he left us he went to Linfield and had a spell in Australia. UTG! Norburn is now also a Granadan international
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Post by chelt_gas on Nov 23, 2019 14:09:24 GMT
Shrewsbury’s squad includes four Grenadian internationals including vex-Rovers ace Ollie Norburn
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Post by chelt_gas on Nov 15, 2019 2:33:10 GMT
Because if National League South is the best he can get for a loan move for experience, maybe he isn't up to even our first team standard. That doesn't make sense. Lets say TN with history and games under his belt, somebody (please) should take him on loan if offered. A young'un needs to have had some game time for a League 2 club or Conference club to take a punt. There are exceptions, BHA. We must see something to offer any contract, and lets be fair EFL is hardly worth risking JCH for. Alfie Kilgour benefited from his loan stints in non- league in the last season. He was at Hungerford Prior to Maidenhead.
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Post by chelt_gas on Nov 15, 2019 2:29:35 GMT
I agree with you - current situation looks somewhere between deeply concerning and dire without obvious investment coming over the hill.
What I meant by 'a lot more going for us' is largely contextual. We have a lot more fans and we play in a wealthy expanding city with relatively little immediate local competiton compared with teams in the North West. Bury and Oldham are clubs in long term decline because their fanbase is largely dying out - the financial mismanagement was compounded (possibly even caused) by this problem and it's not likely to change even if someone did plough serious money in. Arguably this makes our struggles more embarrassing of course, but in theory at least we should have more potential. Not that it's much of a straw to clutch at right now of course.
Potential won't put bums on seats, especially when there's a PL club in waiting in BS3. We had a stadium in place, one day the truth will surface about why UWE wasn't built. Consistent annual losses, compounding at whatever interest is charged on debt, simply means clubs need a new sugar daddy, transfer fees and Cup runs. Clubs don’t need relegation, unnecessary overheads and losses of income. Rovers are like so many other clubs; I don’t even think a new stadium is the/a silver bullet. The football industry at lower league is unsustainable so long as clubs incur debts to artificially keep afloat whilst, in reality, compete in a race to the bottom.
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