Lanterne Rouge Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 (edited) The snake has had to go off injured for Oxford today. Cue the conspiracy theories about him being too scared to play in the replay in front of the dribbling fewers on Tuesday. Edited November 13, 2021 by Lanterne Rouge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 Watched the 2nd half. Total shitehouse football from Rovers once they were gifted the lead. Ball was barely in play for more than 10 secs, +8 added time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 Good result for them. Can’t stand them & it is basement football but to win with 10 men for 25 minutes or so is a decent effort. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calculus Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, Gazred said: Watched the 2nd half. Total shitehouse football from Rovers once they were gifted the lead. Ball was barely in play for more than 10 secs, +8 added time. If only we could do that... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 Just now, Calculus said: If only we could do that... The thought did cross my mind but it was painful viewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSSEL85 Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 Tbf that’s a decent win, il wait for them to implode next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Gazred said: The thought did cross my mind but it was painful viewing. Not half as painful as us against Coventry, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 Good win for them with 10 men . It might not be pretty but they would give us a tough game atm. Think they may be turning a corner although it pains me to say it. Local derby next season anyone? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 7 minutes ago, marmite said: Good win for them with 10 men . It might not be pretty but they would give us a tough game atm. Think they may be turning a corner although it pains me to say it. Local derby next season anyone? Based on what? They are halfway up the bottom division. It is an enormous gulf still. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, GrahamC said: Based on what? They are halfway up the bottom division. It is an enormous gulf still. Based on which way both clubs are heading. Plus we couldn't beat an egg as things stand. Edited November 13, 2021 by marmite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC11 Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 1 hour ago, RUSSEL85 said: Tbf that’s a decent win, il wait for them to implode next week I hope to god it'll be a long time before we call a 2-1 win at home to Northampton a decent result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC11 Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 1 hour ago, marmite said: Good win for them with 10 men . It might not be pretty but they would give us a tough game atm. Think they may be turning a corner although it pains me to say it. Local derby next season I know we are shit but they take shit to a whole new level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsyred Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 1 hour ago, marmite said: Good win for them with 10 men . It might not be pretty but they would give us a tough game atm. Think they may be turning a corner although it pains me to say it. Local derby next season anyone? The problem for us is we wouldn't give anyone a tough game at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSSEL85 Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 31 minutes ago, BCFC11 said: I hope to god it'll be a long time before we call a 2-1 win at home to Northampton a decent result. It would be a decent result now 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 1 hour ago, marmite said: Good win for them with 10 men . It might not be pretty but they would give us a tough game atm. Think they may be turning a corner although it pains me to say it. Local derby next season anyone? Er, they have 2 more points than us 2 leagues below. I don't think il be losing sleep just yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 1 hour ago, marmite said: Good win for them with 10 men . It might not be pretty but they would give us a tough game atm. Think they may be turning a corner although it pains me to say it. Local derby next season anyone? Forest Green are doing well tbf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 2 hours ago, GrahamC said: Based on what? They are halfway up the bottom division. It is an enormous gulf still. I posted this on other thread as well. It’s amazing when you compare Joey Barton’s record at Rovers compared to NP’s at City. I think they took the jobs about the same time, Barton took on much more of a basket case IMO with arguably one of their worst squads ever, and he seems to, against all odds, have started to get a tune out of them (albeit in League 2), whereas NP is way more experienced and to date has a worse record than Joey Barton, and there’s no way anyone can tell me we were in a worse state than Rovers. I hope NP turns it around but he should have some idea by now of what to do surely, and if not will he ever? it’s not beyond the realms that we could get relegated, especially based on form over the last few seasons. And League 2 is so tight with so much dross, it doesn’t take an amazing side to get promoted, so that massive gulf you speak of is not as massive as you think it is 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 10 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said: I posted this on other thread as well. It’s amazing when you compare Joey Barton’s record at Rovers compared to NP’s at City. I think they took the jobs about the same time, Barton took on much more of a basket case IMO with arguably one of their worst squads ever, and he seems to, against all odds, have started to get a tune out of them (albeit in League 2), whereas NP is way more experienced and to date has a worse record than Joey Barton, and there’s no way anyone can tell me we were in a worse state than Rovers. I hope NP turns it around but he should have some idea by now of what to do surely, and if not will he ever? it’s not beyond the realms that we could get relegated, especially based on form over the last few seasons. And League 2 is so tight with so much dross, it doesn’t take an amazing side to get promoted, so that massive gulf you speak of is not as massive as you think it is Being so cheerful, keeps you going ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 6,884 509 Cobblers Another sell out at the Memorial Ground.....not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 23 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said: I posted this on other thread as well. It’s amazing when you compare Joey Barton’s record at Rovers compared to NP’s at City. I think they took the jobs about the same time, Barton took on much more of a basket case IMO with arguably one of their worst squads ever, and he seems to, against all odds, have started to get a tune out of them (albeit in League 2), whereas NP is way more experienced and to date has a worse record than Joey Barton, and there’s no way anyone can tell me we were in a worse state than Rovers. I hope NP turns it around but he should have some idea by now of what to do surely, and if not will he ever? it’s not beyond the realms that we could get relegated, especially based on form over the last few seasons. And League 2 is so tight with so much dross, it doesn’t take an amazing side to get promoted, so that massive gulf you speak of is not as massive as you think it is Barton has been allowed to completely overhaul his squad (a squad who were outside the L1 relegation zone when he arrived) and practically bring in an entire new team. Pearson has been tasked to work within a very tight budget despite shipping out so many players in the Summer. I would argue that Pearson’s challenge is far bigger than Barton’s. Ridiculous to compare the two, Barton should be doing far better than he is and we all knew what to expect from City this year and we knew it would be tough. Saying “we could get relegated and they could get promoted” is just stating the obvious. Sooner or later it will happen, we’ve found ourselves in the same division as other similar sized clubs before, Yeovil and Burton for example. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsyred Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said: Barton has been allowed to completely overhaul his squad (a squad who were outside the L1 relegation zone when he arrived) and practically bring in an entire new team. Pearson has been tasked to work within a very tight budget despite shipping out so many players in the Summer. I would argue that Pearson’s challenge is far bigger than Barton’s. Ridiculous to compare the two, Barton should be doing far better than he is and we all knew what to expect from City this year and we knew it would be tough. Saying “we could get relegated and they could get promoted” is just stating the obvious. Sooner or later it will happen, we’ve found ourselves in the same division as other similar sized clubs before, Yeovil and Burton for example. The problem is Pearson doesn't seem up to the task he has in front of him and he isn't even around now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, woodsyred said: The problem is Pearson doesn't seem up to the task he has in front of him and he isn't even around now If only someone had said this before.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC11 Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 49 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said: I posted this on other thread as well. It’s amazing when you compare Joey Barton’s record at Rovers compared to NP’s at City. I think they took the jobs about the same time, Barton took on much more of a basket case IMO with arguably one of their worst squads ever, and he seems to, against all odds, have started to get a tune out of them (albeit in League 2), whereas NP is way more experienced and to date has a worse record than Joey Barton, and there’s no way anyone can tell me we were in a worse state than Rovers. I hope NP turns it around but he should have some idea by now of what to do surely, and if not will he ever? it’s not beyond the realms that we could get relegated, especially based on form over the last few seasons. And League 2 is so tight with so much dross, it doesn’t take an amazing side to get promoted, so that massive gulf you speak of is not as massive as you think it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 19 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said: Barton has been allowed to completely overhaul his squad (a squad who were outside the L1 relegation zone when he arrived) and practically bring in an entire new team. Pearson has been tasked to work within a very tight budget despite shipping out so many players in the Summer. I would argue that Pearson’s challenge is far bigger than Barton’s. Ridiculous to compare the two, Barton should be doing far better than he is and we all knew what to expect from City this year and we knew it would be tough. Saying “we could get relegated and they could get promoted” is just stating the obvious. Sooner or later it will happen, we’ve found ourselves in the same division as other similar sized clubs before, Yeovil and Burton for example. You really think Pearson’s budget, comparatively speaking, is tighter than Barton’s budget at Rovers? Really? All I’m stating is facts, Barton unbelievably has managed to cobble together a team with no money who has started winning, I don’t think it’s much to ask that Pearson, after 30 odd games and the end of last season to work out what needs doing, to start doing the same, especially considering his experience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 12 minutes ago, woodsyred said: The problem is Pearson doesn't seem up to the task he has in front of him and he isn't even around now Maybe not. If only he’d been in a position to bring in a whole new team in the Summer like Barton did….but then the financial situation for clubs like us in the Championship means that’s not really an option. Both Skybet and Bet365 had Rovers as pre season favourites for promotion from L2 whilst both predicted we’d struggle. Tells you something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said: You really think Pearson’s budget, comparatively speaking, is tighter than Barton’s budget at Rovers? Really? All I’m stating is facts, Barton unbelievably has managed to cobble together a team with no money who has started winning, I don’t think it’s much to ask that Pearson, after 30 odd games and the end of last season to work out what needs doing, to start doing the same, especially considering his experience Barton’s budget must be top 5 in League Two. Ours definitely is not. So comparatively speaking, yes I do believe Pearson’s budget is tighter. Not that I really care. We wont go down and they won’t go up. Barton to go on a winning run and then get sent down, it’s what they do. They’ve been the gift my whole life and that won’t change now. Edited November 13, 2021 by Marcus Aurelius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Marcus Aurelius said: Barton’s budget must be top 5 in League Two. Ours definitely is not. So comparatively speaking, yes I do believe Pearson’s budget is tighter. So by that rational LJ must have been a genius of a manager to do what he did, don’t you agree? I think budget is irrelevant, Nige has had 30 odd games and we are no better than when he took over, in my view that’s enough time to show some shoots of recovery, especially for a guy of his experience Edited November 13, 2021 by Tinmans Love Child Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 Just now, Tinmans Love Child said: You really think Pearson’s budget, comparatively speaking, is tighter than Barton’s budget at Rovers? I think that quality Championship players demand much higher wages and that under the current financial climate we have to cut our cloth accordingly. We’re competing against teams with Premier League parachute payments. In reality, whilst we laugh at their tinpot new tents, they are probably quite well off compared to many other teams in L2. So the answer to your question is ‘yes’. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said: So by that rational LJ must have been a genius of a manager to do what he did, don’t you agree? I think budget is irrelevant, Nige has had 30 odd games and we are no better than when he took over, in my view that’s enough time to show some shoots of recovery, especially for a guy of his experience We routinely did spend spend higher than our league position when LJ was in charge. So no, he wasn’t a genius. We spent 60m in 3 years under LJ. Nige has spent.. 2(?) if that. Edited November 13, 2021 by Marcus Aurelius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 15 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said: I think that quality Championship players demand much higher wages and that under the current financial climate we have to cut our cloth accordingly. We’re competing against teams with Premier League parachute payments. In reality, whilst we laugh at their tinpot new tents, they are probably quite well off compared to many other teams in L2. So the answer to your question is ‘yes’. Blackpool, Luton, Millwall to name 3 seem to be coping ok with similar restrictions, all I’m hearing is excuses, I’m not asking for promotion this season, I’m asking for improvement after 30 odd games of being manager, that’s not too much to ask. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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