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Unless he was shouting at Bodin and they have turned on the team pre season instead of waiting until September.

Has the winner of the raffle lost their ticket?

Has anyone ever considered that they are infact an elaborate prank? A Spinal Tap of the football world if you will. This would explain the constant feed of hilarious news coming from them. I think the joke is on us and someone somewhere is giggling at us for falling for it.

Have just looked on that link and someone has quoted "If I'd asked people what they wanted they would've said faster horses" - Henry Ford. Not in R*vers' case they wouldn't, Henry. Slower horses make for easier punching one would imagine, Henry.

Crikey, I think you may be right and we now look very very stupid indeed. I thought Chris Morris had been quiet but he's been running this massive comedy project for the last few years and we've all fallen for it. Come on Chris, game over now. But it has been brilliant. My particular highlight was your impersonating the "Rovers fan" on the phone-in programme: "Two divorces, the Thatcher years..". Chris you are a stone cold genius sir.

My dad bought me a Tri-ang train set because it was all he could afford. I spent many happy hours watching the engine and carriages go round and round in circles because that is all they did. My brother, the cat and I sat on the lino floor beside it waiting for the engine to derail (which happened regularly) and ready to carefully put it back on track and set it running again.. Friends and family seemed to enjoy seeing us get such pleasure out of the little toy although I never really caught on to what they were really thinking. Many of my contemporaries had a Hornby train set which cost a bit more than the Tri-ang. These had signals and sidings with multiple lines and lots of different types of engines and rolling stock. There were stations and landscapes and little figures all built to scale and painted in appropriate colours with great attention to detail. If you were lucky enough to have one of these sets you couldn't just sit on your backside watching it go round and round. You needed to design the layout in an imaginative way so as to create a working model railway which would impress your friends and gain their admiration for your skill and ingenuity.

Apparently the additional costs are due to them insisting on having `#comingforyou#ticktock` across the shoulders.

Come on, be realistic - how can you expect them to find the time to build a new shed, erect a new canopy, put new seats with letters that don't make sense in AND sort out the new kit? Also, I think you forget that they were a non-league team a couple of years' back and this sort of situation with the kit is perfectly normal at that level. In fact don't be surprised if they play in skins in their next game....

I think you're right. This isn't the first time there has been a jolly good jape at the Mem. Remember the feng shui hoax from 2000? https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/jan/20/newsstory.sport1

ignore, stupid forum glitches Who was it, BHS ?

You might read it better than me, I actually thought they were number 6's in the stand. I can see two, is there a third?

There is understandably concern among followers of Rovers who can think for themselves. The expected public relations improvement has not materialised and the gaffes with the UWE false dawn, the new kit delays, the fun day scheduling, the ludicrous bigging up of tents and canopies and now piegate are all so reminiscent of the Nicholas Higgs era. The new directors have not taken full time executive roles and are merely friends of "the family" helping out. The day to day running is in the hands of Sir Stephen Hamster who, with the best will in the world, is not a cutting edge 21st century high flier. And apparently the Bristol Rovers acquisition has been described in some circles as "a property deal gone wrong". There is a suspicion that the managers three year contract and the last minute signing on bonus for Matt Taylor were panic reactions and symptomatic of the lack of direction the club is experiencing. The new signings are uninspiring and not what was expected which probably accounts for the manager publicly showing his unease by stating that he wants to bring in two or three more quality players. All in all one can only speculate that our owner's policy is now re-evaluation not evolution. It is not an easy ride at Rovers but we will get there in the end and as long as we can generate a lot of laughs along the way then everyone will be happy.

Looks like they the hashtag they are pushing is #evolutionnotrevolution - really trying to hammer home that wally's not about to splash the cash: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23evolutionnotrevolution&src=typd

Special thanks to Somerset for knocking off Glamorgan for us.

I think it was worth flagging up as Brexit may well affect Rovers' chances in the Champions' League in three seasons' time.

Ah, the main crew from their Twerton days...

Chesterfield all over again

Everything about them screams amateur

Must be a lot of competition, I imagine

I’ve just had a massive row with my dad and his new Thai bride over their relationship. He said my attitude stinks and my dad agreed.

Apparently pies will be back on the menu as from next week - power to the people!

Yeah some of them dont understand the origin of this thread we definately are not jealous. We rarely spoke about rovers until we went down and that was because the gas were loving it on social media and having relegation parties and announcing our defeats seperately on their tannoy, always singing about us etc etc. For them to turn around and say we are obsessed is hilarious! Even when they got promoted instead of enjoying their own promotion they make it all about us.....they are coming for us dont you know..... We decided to put a thread about them on here constantly mocking them as pay back. They themselves come on here and read it everyday and take the bait. Its a job well done boys and long may this thread continue!

I can stand when watching my son's school team play football but I wouldn't consider them a serious rival to Bristol City (well maybe they would have been in the Pulis days ).

Indeed, the contrast between this poster's humorous and well thought out postings and the inane tripe of the other one who is always on this thread stands out a mile.

I like your posts, Bert, and it is not nice to see you write like a broken man. I suppose life as a Rovers fan gets to you all eventually. Chin up.

Frankly I should have expected the Al-Qadi family to have engaged an experienced PR agency to manage the publicity surrounding their acquisition of Rovers. Instead they set out a rather predictable and cloudy vision involving a new stadium, a training ground, an academy, development of home grown players, links with Jordan, more community involvement etc etc but there was little specific detail. Yet the perception for most fans was that all these things were "in the bag" and in addition we could expect a huge transfer budget a massive improvement in the club's image and finally a serious assault on Bristol City's supremacy. As we stand now absolutely everything depends on how well the team does in the first few months of the season yet it didn't have to be this way. A little careful thought, attention to detail, coaching of existing staff or replacement with better staff, media management and an inspirational leader could have avoided the disappointment which may lie in store. If the UWE Stadium cannot be financed and we need to set our sights lower and if the only cash available for the playing budget has to come from the income we generate and there is no pot of gold to draw from then tell us and we will understand. We are different from Bristol City, we always will be and we don't need to try to copy you. There are ways in which we can gain the competitive edge and attract the thousands of potential local football followers who currently don't support either team and we need to find those ways. We will not do it by making ourselves look ridiculous by boasting about new canopies, new shipping containers or letters on plastic seats. No matter how much fun it gives you lot !

However you want to dress it up..."New Canopy"

Very sad news: The chap who invented predictive text has passed away. For anemone intestine in going to his funfair, it’s next monkey.