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Post by meader on Aug 14, 2021 17:30:38 GMT
I have supported Rovers from 1966 to February 2021. I really hope we lose the next 6 games and sack the manager, if not before! Supported club bout some time and have given up going to away games as costing to much to watch a losing team. Can use my pension money on better things. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2021 17:30:47 GMT
It’s early days. As I said before kick off, the only problem to fix from last season is lack of flair creating chances. And that has been fixed, there’s more than enough in this squad now, we just haven’t been able to get it on pitch yet. Far too early this stage of a rebuilt team for hyperbole afterthis. So it's 'far too early' to comment honestly on what's happening in front of your eyes, which sounds very much like a continuation of last season, what is it now for Barton, 3 wins in something like 23? Yet you think it's reasonable to turn on your fellow supporters after 75 minutes. I don't understand? |
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Post by Bath Gas on Aug 14, 2021 17:33:45 GMT
And now it’s started. Clint Hill has jumped ship. Or was he pushed off the gangplank? |
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Post by meader on Aug 14, 2021 17:38:28 GMT
And now it’s started. Clint Hill has jumped ship. Or was he pushed off the gangplank? People are saying he leaving due to Family reasons. |
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Post by towngas on Aug 14, 2021 17:46:40 GMT
I’ll say all this up front. Today isn’t important or indicative. Very good today or disappointing, it doesn’t mean anything in the bigger picture. We are going up this season, and it likely begins today against impoverished Stevenage. But it doesn’t have to. Not many clubs will match our huge following home and away. FGR don’t even run away match coaches. That will be a factor. Every pundit and bookie loves our summer recruitment. They aren’t wrong. We have plenty of quality. Plenty of depth to a large squad too, so many teams inside this division, struggling post Covid like Stevenage are, just can’t match our all round quality, quantity, support. We are a powerhouse in this poky league this season, it’s just a question how quickly we can get the wheels going and the points racking up. So today on its own isn’t important. Very early days. But it would be nice though to begin it today. Show some of that power today. Even then, good performance and convincing result today isn’t on its own indicative. It’s how we follow up today’s good performance and win in the coming weeks. One good performance to three average ones isn’t good enough for automatic or even play offs, it needs to be three convincing performances to one average one. We’re not a powerhouse in this league. We’re a small club with decent support, playing in a shabby, outdated stadium. The club and the stadium are an embarrassment for a city the size of Bristol. Outplayed at an inconsequential town like Mansfield that has lost its main industry. Their club has a stadium that shames ours. Outplayed and embarrassed at home by frigging Cheltenham Town, a small town with no discernible industry but the club has a stadium with far better facilities than us, and trounced by Steve age Borough, not even a Town. Jesus H. Can it get even worse? We are so farcical, I suspect that Khan and Marvin will manage to provide an underground transport system for Bristol before we get a new stadium. what a car-crash. |
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Post by towngas on Aug 14, 2021 17:55:33 GMT
And now it’s started. Clint Hill has jumped ship. I can’t say I blame him. I don’t think I’d want to be associated with that total sh1te. He probably thinks it’s time to get away from Barton before he’s forever tainted and associated with his Sh1t football. |
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Post by meader on Aug 14, 2021 18:01:51 GMT
I’ll say all this up front. Today isn’t important or indicative. Very good today or disappointing, it doesn’t mean anything in the bigger picture. We are going up this season, and it likely begins today against impoverished Stevenage. But it doesn’t have to. Not many clubs will match our huge following home and away. FGR don’t even run away match coaches. That will be a factor. Every pundit and bookie loves our summer recruitment. They aren’t wrong. We have plenty of quality. Plenty of depth to a large squad too, so many teams inside this division, struggling post Covid like Stevenage are, just can’t match our all round quality, quantity, support. We are a powerhouse in this poky league this season, it’s just a question how quickly we can get the wheels going and the points racking up. So today on its own isn’t important. Very early days. But it would be nice though to begin it today. Show some of that power today. Even then, good performance and convincing result today isn’t on its own indicative. It’s how we follow up today’s good performance and win in the coming weeks. One good performance to three average ones isn’t good enough for automatic or even play offs, it needs to be three convincing performances to one average one. We’re not a powerhouse in this league. We’re a small club with decent support, playing in a shabby, outdated stadium. The club and the stadium are an embarrassment for a city the size of Bristol. Outplayed at an inconsequential town like Mansfield that has lost its main industry. Their club has a stadium that shames ours. Outplayed and embarrassed at home by frigging Cheltenham Town, a small town with no discernible industry but the club has a stadium with far better facilities than us, and trounced by Steve age Borough, not even a Town. Jesus H. Can it get even worse? We are so farcical, I suspect that Khan and Marvin will manage to provide an underground transport system for Bristol before we get a new stadium. what a car-crash. I’m very sure that the hunt for a new ground is well and truly over. Spaces to build a football stadium with a car park are slowly vanishing in and around Bristol. Even spaces in South Gloucestershire are vanishing. The only decent area fit enough to build a stadium and car park no one will ever be allowed to build anything and that is on part of the Downs. Maybe someone could come up with money to fully rebuild the Mem. But as the years go by, we will never see the 20,000 plus stadium fit fit our club. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2021 18:21:05 GMT
Bus Boy, you said you weren't there, so believe us that were...there was nothing to inspire any confidence at all in that performance.
The highlight for me was the classy way Chris Lines conducted himself after he scored. I wish he was still with us.
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Post by eppinggas on Aug 14, 2021 18:24:08 GMT
Slow. Motion. Car. Crash.
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Post by alftupper on Aug 14, 2021 18:44:26 GMT
To tell truth, I worry for our club. Things have been going wrong for age. I don’t care what others say, but I still believe that something happened inside the club that lead to Graham Coughlan leaving the club, something he didn’t want to be part of. People responsible for running our club are letting it die. There ARE people involved in the running of the club who do not want us to succeed and survive. Time is running out. 1) Who art these people? 2) We were utter rubbish, nothing up top and no offensive midfield capacity. We passed sideways and backwards. 3) If this is what Barton’s about footballing-wise, the sooner he’s gone the better. Utter, utter sh1te. The boos at the final whistle were deserved. Barton doesn’t seem to know what he’s doing. Would it be fair to say, that you`re not overly confident for the immediate future?
Not difficult for anyone who`s done their homework on us, to come up with a game plan. Press us high up the pitch, and we don`t have a clue what to do. Lost count of the amount of times that the ball ended up back with our keeper, following a spell of our possession near the halfway line. Even when we did manage to break forward, there didn`t seem to be any urgency from the midfield, ( apart from Thomas ) to get forward to support the man on the ball. Whether that was just lack of fitness on a hot day, or the team orders that they`d been given, I don`t know. And why anybody applauded Barton off at the end, is mystifying to me. He`s got us playing like City would, if I was their manager.
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Post by alftupper on Aug 14, 2021 18:45:42 GMT
Bus Boy, you said you weren't there, so believe us that were...there was nothing to inspire any confidence at all in that performance. The highlight for me was the classy way Chris Lines conducted himself after he scored. I wish he was still with us. Even before he scored, he looked better than anything we had out there. |
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Post by baselswh on Aug 14, 2021 18:46:51 GMT
I was disappointed just how poor we were today.
No creativity,so very little threat to Stevenage.
We need our first 11 available and fit.
I'll stick with my 5 to 10 games to get firing on all cylinders.
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Post by emperorsuperbus on Aug 14, 2021 19:02:41 GMT
2 League games into a season with a rebuilt side. There is just far too much hyperbole. Rome wasn’t built in a day. In fact, I reckon it could get worse before it gets better. Di Cannio Swindon romped this division, but their form looked hopeless in much of the first six.
Most games of football are tight, even in promotion seasons, in the second half today the first to score won it, only we haven’t got our cutting edge out there yet in the second half take the game by the scruff of the neck and get us in front. There is a reason the pundits rate our signings and our chances, they are good signings, it’s a good enough squad, it’s a no brainier it gets better than this, after about 6 league games or so a month or so in.
Having said it could get worse before it gets better, Oldham could go out the league this season so are weaker than Stevenage, whilst Exeter have started disastrously, so will have pressure and nerves in front their home fans. Two wins in 7 days would be a pleasant surprise, but not even necessary in terms of winning promotion.
Let me point to so many comments not liking the team performance, but liking so many individual performances…
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2021 19:24:43 GMT
Yeah Bus Boy...you weren't there.
There were no positives. The manager is toxic and my 107 year old Grandma would do a better job as manager. She's been dead since she was 89.
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Post by texasgas on Aug 14, 2021 19:28:20 GMT
2 League games into a season with a rebuilt side. There is just far too much hyperbole. Rome wasn’t built in a day. In fact, I reckon it could get worse before it gets better. Di Cannio Swindon romped this division, but their form looked hopeless in much of the first six. Most games of football are tight, even in promotion seasons, in the second half today the first to score won it, only we haven’t got our cutting edge out there yet in the second half take the game by the scruff of the neck and get us in front. There is a reason the pundits rate our signings and our chances, they are good signings, it’s a good enough squad, it’s a no brainier it gets better than this, after about 6 league games or so a month or so in. Having said it could get worse before it gets better, Oldham could go out the league this season so are weaker than Stevenage, whilst Exeter have started disastrously, so will have pressure and nerves in front their home fans. Two wins in 7 days would be a pleasant surprise, but not even necessary in terms of winning promotion. Let me point to so many comments not liking the team performance, but liking so many individual performances… We’re not trying to build Rome, but be competitive in league 2 immediately after dropping from a higher division. I haven’t attended games and relying on those who do. I’ve heard there’s nothing to inspire any confidence. From the 2 league games this season, what are the promising things you’ve seen that make losing both games (potentially losing more before it gets better) all part of the bigger plan? |
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Post by alftupper on Aug 14, 2021 19:28:25 GMT
2 League games into a season with a rebuilt side. There is just far too much hyperbole. Rome wasn’t built in a day. In fact, I reckon it could get worse before it gets better. Di Cannio Swindon romped this division, but their form looked hopeless in much of the first six. Most games of football are tight, even in promotion seasons, in the second half today the first to score won it, only we haven’t got our cutting edge out there yet in the second half take the game by the scruff of the neck and get us in front. There is a reason the pundits rate our signings and our chances, they are good signings, it’s a good enough squad, it’s a no brainier it gets better than this, after about 6 league games or so a month or so in. Having said it could get worse before it gets better, Oldham could go out the league this season so are weaker than Stevenage, whilst Exeter have started disastrously, so will have pressure and nerves in front their home fans. Two wins in 7 days would be a pleasant surprise, but not even necessary in terms of winning promotion. Let me point to so many comments not liking the team performance, but liking so many individual performances… There are two possibilities here. 1. You`re trying to wind us up. 2. You have Pollyanna syndrome.
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Post by richmace on Aug 14, 2021 19:41:07 GMT
The fans are to blame today. Last 15 minutes, big three points, where is the 12th man? All that is coming across on commentary is people shouting like at a crap warm up band at a gig. I do agree with a lot that you post, but disagree with this comment.
Yes, the Mem was not rocking (although the atmosphere was good at the start, but for me it is a two way thing. Yes, the crowd can lift the team, but the crowd needs something to work with. This team gave nothing of excitement today. A few half chances and speculative long range efforts. Today felt exciting because of the occasion, but this will wear thin very quickly indeed.
As entertainment, this was as exciting as a trip to an art gallery with paintings that I have drawn with my feet. Actually, that would have had comedy value possibly.
As a football performance, we had a fairly solid defense until Stevenage applied the pressure late on. There was no midfield to be seen (watching Chris Lines was entertaining for all the wrong reasons, what a classy passer of the ball he still is). We have zero attacking threat, so the absolute best we could achieve yet again is a goalless draw. Unfortunately we could not even celebrate a hard earned point.
Yes, this is a new team that needs time to "gel". I understand that. This was a poor performance / result under the circumstances, and just goes to show how far we have fallen.
At this point, this team looks worse than last season's team. At least the 2020/2021 team could pass the ball around.
I hope this changes or we are in for a relegation battle. It is starting to feel like 2001/2002 all over again.
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Post by emperorsuperbus on Aug 14, 2021 19:47:53 GMT
2 League games into a season with a rebuilt side. There is just far too much hyperbole. Rome wasn’t built in a day. In fact, I reckon it could get worse before it gets better. Di Cannio Swindon romped this division, but their form looked hopeless in much of the first six. Most games of football are tight, even in promotion seasons, in the second half today the first to score won it, only we haven’t got our cutting edge out there yet in the second half take the game by the scruff of the neck and get us in front. There is a reason the pundits rate our signings and our chances, they are good signings, it’s a good enough squad, it’s a no brainier it gets better than this, after about 6 league games or so a month or so in. Having said it could get worse before it gets better, Oldham could go out the league this season so are weaker than Stevenage, whilst Exeter have started disastrously, so will have pressure and nerves in front their home fans. Two wins in 7 days would be a pleasant surprise, but not even necessary in terms of winning promotion. Let me point to so many comments not liking the team performance, but liking so many individual performances… There are two possibilities here. 1. You`re trying to wind us up. 2. You have Pollyanna syndrome.
and the third possibility. I have been following football for two and a half thousand years (as old as I feel) and the number of times a side is flying and brushing everyone aside after Christmas and go see what their first half a dozen games were like, they were like this. Promotion season under Trollope excellent example, about 18th after about 18 games with about 18 goals. This is not a wind up, this is how it always happens. And when it does, then we will know just who has been posting rubbish in this thread today. |
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Post by richmace on Aug 14, 2021 19:50:16 GMT
I have watched some truly awful Bristol Rovers teams during my time, but I am struggling to remember a team that consistently creates so few chances as this and the previous season's team.
Without chances, you cannot create goals. It is that simple.
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Post by Bamber Gashead on Aug 14, 2021 19:52:56 GMT
It’s early days. As I said before kick off, the only problem to fix from last season is lack of flair creating chances. And that has been fixed, there’s more than enough in this squad now, we just haven’t been able to get it on pitch yet. Far too early this stage of a rebuilt team for hyperbole afterthis. So it's 'far too early' to comment honestly on what's happening in front of your eyes, which sounds very much like a continuation of last season, what is it now for Barton, 3 wins in something like 23? Yet you think it's reasonable to turn on your fellow supporters after 75 minutes. I don't understand? This time next week it will be 3 wins from 23 games. |
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