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Deluded Slag heads thinking they’re Galatasaray again. ? Are there any professional footballers out there who would actually “shit themselves” when playing at the Mem in front of 6000 gurning, badly dressed wrong uns sitting in tents? If they want to introduce realistic crowd noise they’ll have to make sure that 95% of the chants are about us. cj Fans' Favourite 22 hours ago Quote Obviously we all know our performances and results have been poor so far this season. The table don't lie of course. But do you think that there would have been any difference with our position in the table - if we had fans in the ground? (Before anyone suggests this, I am not using 'no fans in the ground' as any kind of excuse for our current situation) We've heard many times down the years from players and managers, who mention our fans as being the 12 man and its like we give them an extra 10% out on the pitch, especially during home games. And we've even heard opposition managers say they want to keep us quiet. Do you think some players are just going through the motions and acting like its some sort of reserve game as there is no positive/negative pressure from a crowd of fans? Some of our players haven't experienced how vocal we are on match days yet and some players probably don't have much, if any, experience of playing in front of crowds full stop. Some would probably s**t themselves when they experience us and some could thrive on it. Im not sure if this has been discussed on here, so forgive me if it has. Games in the top league have sound effects for crowd noises and chants, which is playing in the background during the match, to make it feel like the players are playing in front of a crowd. Do you think we should try something like this?

I see Rovers have made an appeal following Boris' announcement about numbers being allowed back into grounds They are appealing for people with spare time on their hands to go along to the minimal to help get the crowds up to 4,000

I'm not comfirtable with this idea at this stage. Allowing large groups of people to gather just doesn't seem sensible until they are rolling out the Vaccine and just opens up a whole load of risks that just aren't worth it. This feels like another Government initiative badly thought out and no doubt will be badly implemented, leaving it to the clubs to interpret and pick up the pieces. - Creating safe distancing when in your seat is possible in principle but this is heavily dependant on fans being robots sitting in their seats and not mingling - but then how and who polices this during the game if some fans decide to mix or walk about? Can you imagine the reactions towards stewards approaching fans asking them to sit in their seat and keep apart from each other. Or even some fans challenging other fans - i can imagine there would be carnage. - I don't believe distancing is possible moving to/from your seat, e.g. under the stands for example before/after the match, at halftime, to go to the toilets/food/drinks etc- again, who/how would this be policed? Can you imagine the cost/risks to do this? And as per the above, the fan reaction at being policed? - If facilities are open, how do the club manage the staff working on match day to ensure they are also safe and tested and have sufficient staffing levels? What does the club do if staff are tested positive on match day, e.g. replacements? - Again, with facilities, who is going to police the queues to make sure people keep apart? not going to happen or happen well. We've all seen how busy it is at half time, even with reduced numbers it would still be too busy when you factor in the amount of space needed for a queuing system. - It's one thing trying to manage some fans turning up on match day having been on the pre-match lash in pre COVID times - can you imagine the poor stewards/Police that have to do that plus factoring in safe distancing rules once in the ground? No chance. - Then you have the process of chosing who attends/making it fair/policing fans coming from different Tiered areas - oh and the big one - relying on fans to stay away if they are feeling ill on match day (but they've 'won the lottery' being selected to attend the match). Guarantee there will be some selfish **** that still goes to the match whos ill becasue they'd prefer to take the risk just to watch live football. Thats all it takes. I'm sure there are lots of other risks (and extra costs i'm sure the club don't need) too but you have to ask if it is all worth it? Personally, as shit as it is not being able to see City live and how having to make do with horrible emtpy stands during games, i'd rather stick with this approach at this stage with a Vaccine possibly just around the corner rather than risk peoples lives. (Apologies if my spelling is really bad)

Bristol almost certainly won’t be in the lowest tier, so meaningless for us.

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I highly expect Bristol to be in Tier 3. A family member is in a fairly senior position at the BRI and it is bad in there at the moment.

You’re not huddled together with the 4,000 though are you. You’re outside, distanced and (I imagine) wearing a mask. That’s been compulsory in Germany etc. It’s all moot right now anyway as Bristol is most likely gonna be Tier 3 so, yeah. No idea how the ticketing works either, I assume it would all be season ticket holders on rotation?

This is seriously overcomplicating, and if you're that concerned just don't go. I think it's fair that every individual decides the amount of risk they're willing to take based on what we know, but when you agonise over the very small risk involved in washing your hands after having a piss, I'm thinking don't wash your hands then. Problem solved.

Only if we were 9th!

I’m not joking, I miss that place so much I’d go if I was the only person allowed ?

Highly likely to be in the highest tier City of Bristol has one of the highest number of cases in the UK at the moment.

I'm not sure Tisdale will be able to sort out their mess to be honest. It's easier at bigger clubs like Team Bath, Exeter and MK Dons to produce actual good players.

Other countries have managed it so not sure why British clubs can’t

It's good that smaller clubs have been testing and trialling it but I'm still not convinved it's safe enough to justify the risks (or the costs to the club). Clubs might be able to stagger entry times and check IDs but that doesn't completely remove the risks of the virus spreading as per some of my examples. I'm not convinced it can be policed safely throughout. This isn't a model where every club is the same and therefore testing it at a few clubs lower down the pyramid means it'll work and deliver the same results at every club. I know you could argue the risks are the same as walking down the street or through Cabot Circus where there are lots of people not socially distancing (which is probably already a contributing factor to the numbers increasing in itself) but the difference here (imo) is for the sake of entertainment, the Government and Football authorities are willing to turn the tap on to increase the spread of the virus. Feels wrong at this time when a vaccine hasn't yet been rolled out.

Yep it is. We`re in West Devon just over the Cornish border and are also very low but in half an hour I can be in the centre of Exeter (been working there all day today) or Plymouth. It will probably end up the same everywhere purely because of the ease of travelling from a low to a high area.

Yes it is a difficult situation, Teignbridge is currently bottom of the Devon cases league and when I last looked 3rd bottom in the country but out of my window across the bay I look over Torbay which is high and a place I visit every day for work.

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In work, we had engineers based in tier 3 areas (Bolton actually) that were travelling to tier 1 areas (North Wales) for work. They were allowed to travel but not to stay overnight even though they were travelling for work. I would imagine the same will apply to us after Dec 2nd as we will probably be tier 3 then, we can travel into lower risk areas but not stay overnight.

Ah right, just wondered if you'd had issues with the home one and was letting you know it's going out quickly enough now. No idea about the 3rd kit.

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You are obviously entitled to your opinion but it's a shame how you focus on all negative points. You need to research how clubs that have been letting fans in already, that explains and proves your points are incorrect. You surely realise that there's staggered entry times and points, people will become checked on arrival and show ID to prove they're the person who purchased the ticket.

I would think so using the England/Wales example - she’s travelling for work which can’t be done from home which would be classed as essential and therefore was ok cross border during the “firebreak” - no reason to doubt any different here. However, I don’t then believe you would be able to book a table at said restaurant to meet her after work (or the restaurant shouldn’t knowingly let you), as the meal would involve unnecessary travel. At least, that’s my best interpretation from precedent to date...

When will we find out which areas are in which tiers do we think? i`m guessing we`ll be in tier 1 down here in Devon but Bristol will be in tier 2 or 3? Even if 4k fans were allowed in to AG I doubt I`d want to go - I don`t want to drive 120 miles on my own to sit on my own (none of the people I go with are in my `bubble`) and then drive 120 miles home again. The club need to do an initial canvas to see who feels the same as I do so they can be removed from the ST total and then see how many are left.

I don't think we will be allowed any and I'm not overly interested as the atmosphere would be flat, but surely has to be done on loyalty points kind of thing. If it happens ! I think this is more to help the lower League teams in smaller towns etc. And that should be encouraged.

Mental to think that I might be allowed back in the ground before I receive my replica kit I ordered in September!! ? ?

The Sag isn't wrong there, one look at those wrong uns and they'll probably empty their entire digestive systems!!

Sounds like very random figures based on zero logic... So pretty consistent with everything the Prime Oaf has done to date.

Well, they've selected a man with a track record of consistently delivering such lofty ambition, regularly* *The term Regular would be interpreted as 1 season in every 18.

Absolutely, there are 2 Wards (one of them in South Bristol) that are amongst the highest in England. Unless this alters drastically in the next fortnight this is completely academic for us.

8th in League One - That's Rovers' version of success in my view.

It's does make me laugh, how he is (was) so highly rated. He's managed 1 (ONE) season in 18, where he's managed to finish in the top half of league One. Everything else he's managed has consisted of non league promotions or failure to get teams out of league 2, with the exception of 1 promotion to League 1, which was followed up by relegation 3 seasons later, after 2 years of struggle and that 1 season finishing 8th. For a so say "highly rated" manager to only have 8th place in League One, to show as his higest ranking finish, in 18 seasons, doesn't exactly indicate much ambition or expectation.

They made piped in crowd noise an art form long before it was cool. I’m sure opposition players would find a muffled rendition of Goodnight Irene about as intimidating as a Weavers concert.

Bristol will probs be in Tier 3 anyway so unfortunately won’t be applicable for our games to start with anyway

I have no interest in going to a sterile 4,000 attended game. Expect there will be many interested though so good for them and should have done ages ago. Daft for old Trafford to have 4,000 though - have a row each.

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Surely you can see SOME sense in it? The sense is that clubs desperately need fans back in order to survive and 4000 fans outside in a 25k stadium is lower risk than seeing all your family indoors at Xmas. You might disagree with it but the sense is quite clear.

Let the fat lady sing - Beans on Toast If you want social realism lyrics with politics and bittersweet love songs check Beans on Toast out. Very much from the Billy Bragg school.

I know that Sarah had some weight issues, but calling her inflatable is a bit harsh. Also, there’s no need to use such a crude word to describe her sexual proclivity, Sorry, I miss-read duck.

The trouble is, while most of us are well up the tree of life, they are still struggling to crawl out of the primordial slime.

Nice of England to let them have their best player back

PT will be seen as the biggest mistake made the board when we get relegated this season. Need to get rid of him asap.It was a knee jerk decision getting rid of BG and the same applies to the appointment of PT

We've won as many league games in our last 3 games as Rovers have won since before Easter.

Ahhhhhh .......the old ‘Alex Ferguson one’... ? Manager loses first game ................compare to Sir Alex Ferguson...... Yep that’s it ......... ??

The only thing they are coming for is Babestation in the clubhouse.

Me and my 16 year old son danced around the room when he lost. Childish.... But it felt GOOD!!!!!!!!

20,000 cases a day