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1 minute ago, Ska Junkie said:

In all seriousness and I'm one that has taken the piss out of Clarke (as the gash boss, he was fair game), looking in from the outside, you have to say their board have just binned the only remotely decent thing in their club. All joking aside, he's done one hell of a job for them bringing them back to L1 from non- league.

Hopefully, by binning Clarke, they've just signed and sealed their relegation. 

Where’s the ‘fingers crossed’ emoji?

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steviestevieneville

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I think the caretaker manager will get the job. Wally probably thought , we’ll get rid of dopey and give Stewart the job. He then walks so gives the caretaker job to a coach ( who ever he is) definitly think cotterills price has come down because there’s been a few city fans betting on him.it doesn’t take a lot for that to happen. 

Cant see SC going there anyway . He’s still getting paid by brum ain’t he ? You’d have to be ******* mental to take that job. 

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I’ve not read all through the posts of today so appologies if anyone has already commented, but didn’t he age over the four years or so. He looks pretty haggard now even compared to the promotion footage shown on the news. Best out of it I think, leave them to rot.*

*I’ve got no love for him by the way, he has said and done some stupid things but I guess in this Season of Goodwill it’s hard to kick a bloke when he is down...kicking a club however is totally different! :laugh:

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Fiale

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53 minutes ago, Tyna said:

Open letter/ petition on Change.Org

We now have a plot of land in Almondsbury sitting doing nothing and our (now ex) manager saying he doesn't believe it will be built during his tenure. It's inconceivable that the owners appear to believe this doesn't warrant some kind of official statement underlining what they intend to do going forward to finally provide this club with fit-for-purpose training facilities.

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Well he wasn't wrong ?

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This sounds very much a case of the owners carrying out a damage limitation exercise. They just could not let Clarke undermine their non plans with his vocal outbursts, which effectively was telling the fans that the owners had no intention to invest any money into the team or ground. The only investment has been from ticket/player sales, apart from the purchase of the colony, which they hope to gain PP on for housing, as the adjacent site is planned to be developed, just like the rugby ground, it's secured investment. Clarke knows they don't have any money, so he's shouted loud now and they've had to act and pay him off, with whatever they could get away with. They probably thought that nice man Marcus Stewart would take on the mantle but, he's burst their bubble and jacked. Clarke has got out with his reputation relatively intact and a bit of a pay off, and the owners look like they've finally been rumbled, along with their smokescreen non descript, non committed Chairman and CEO.

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Lanterne Rouge

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4 minutes ago, BCFC11 said:

I really cannot see Cotts managing that lot, don’t think he’d put up with Wally’s false promises, no transfer funds, shite squad, and imagine he’s still being paid a lot more by Birmingham than what the Sags can offer.

Me neither and I really hope he doesn`t. it would have one benefit though given the amount on s*gchat that say they`re done with the club if he does get the gig.

Don`t do it though Cotts - it isn`t worth destroying your reputation for a quick payday which probably won`t turn out to be anything like you got promised at your interview.

A fair bit going on Michael Flynn from Newport now (I think he`s the bookies` favourite now) but that`s probably just the fewers lumping on him once they heard the rumour he`d been approached.

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1 hour ago, Tyna said:

Open letter/ petition on Change.Org

https://www.change.org/p/wael-al-qadi-open-letter-to-the-board-of-bristol-rovers-football-club?recruiter=66015793&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=share_email_responsive

We the fans of Bristol Rovers Football club are writing this letter to you; the board to try and mend our broken relationship.

It is now nearly 12 months since we were told that the club was about to submit a planning application for our training ground to South Gloucestershire council and it is not acceptable that the fans only discovered that plans had been shelved due to cost nearly a year later in a damage limitation interview by Steve Hamer in the wake of the Barnet defeat nearly a year later. We now have a plot of land in Almondsbury sitting doing nothing and our (now ex) manager saying he doesn't believe it will be built during his tenure. It's inconceivable that the owners appear to believe this doesn't warrant some kind of official statement underlining what they intend to do going forward to finally provide this club with fit-for-purpose training facilities.

The same is true for the stadium. Since the club pulled out of the UWE Stadium project, many feel that no adequate reason has ever been provided and are left bewildered that any deal could possibly be worse than an indefinite stay at the crumbling Memorial Stadium, with yet another tent thrown up haphazardly to improve spectator experience. We know many parents who are hesitant to bring their young children to the Mem because of the derelict conditions at our ground which puts us in serious danger of losing a generation of fans as the rest of the football world modernises around us. It is not unreasonable to expect updates on the owner's stated goal of redeveloping the Mem, unless of course the new tent is the extent of these plans.

Finally, whilst we understand that the owners can not be expected to come and and quash any and all rumours around the club, the strong and consistent rumours that the club is up for sale and there will be no more investment in the club until any takeover is completed are troubling and paired with the lack of progress in infrastructure or any meaningful communication from the board create a self-perpetuating atmosphere of unease around the club that we believe is beginning to have an effect on the pitch.

We are not writing to you to demand that you immediately progress on the training ground and stadium. The reasons there has not been progress may be complex and varied. What we are demanding is communication from the club on a regular basis on what is being worked on, what direction any future plans are going in and any delays that have come up.

We see this taking one or more of the following forms:

- A monthly fans forum where fans can ask questions directly to the board
- A monthly written statement from the board on the work it is doing
- Regular interviews on club channels on the work the board is doing
- Immediately putting out a statement if there is bad news to announce

We believe the above would stop the current cycle of radio silence and then bad news slipping out in BBC Radio interviews. This would also go some way to stopping wild rumours circling around the club and building trust between the board and the fans.

Bristol Rovers fans are used to having our backs against the wall and no one expects overnight success or massive unsustainable investment but we do demand is to be kept informed and whenever possible involved in the direction of a club many of us have supported for 50, 60 even 70 years of our lives. Let's work together to ensure there is a competitive, modern and sustainable Bristol Rovers football club for our children and grandchildren.

Yours sincerely

Gasheads everywhere

**** me! That's a lot of words for a Thursday night.

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BCFC11

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17 minutes ago, Red Right Hand said:

Me neither and I really hope he doesn`t. it would have one benefit though given the amount on s*gchat that say they`re done with the club if he does get the gig.

Don`t do it though Cotts - it isn`t worth destroying your reputation for a quick payday which probably won`t turn out to be anything like you got promised at your interview.

A fair bit going on Michael Flynn from Newport now (I think he`s the bookies` favourite now) but that`s probably just the fewers lumping on him once they heard the rumour he`d been approached.

For obvious reasons and I’m a tad bias, but with the amount of comedy moments and embarrassing things that they continue to produce for a so called ‘professional football club’ on a near on weekly basis that only us locals hear about, no one would dare even apply to manage that shower of shite if half the things they do went national, and yet the loyal and true (all 6/7k of them) seem to think they deserve so much better? The same loyal supporters who’d never go to watch them again if they did appoint Cotts ??  I get that he’s ex City etc but they all seem to have taken his RagAss Rovers comment to heart, where @Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan states that it’s clearly nothing to do with them at all, he’d be the best manager they’ve had for a long time if he did get it, just a shame the squad is dogshit and going down.

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Born and Red in 82

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39 minutes ago, Rich said:

This sounds very much a case of the owners carrying out a damage limitation exercise. They just could not let Clarke undermine their non plans with his vocal outbursts, which effectively was telling the fans that the owners had no intention to invest any money into the team or ground. The only investment has been from ticket/player sales, apart from the purchase of the colony, which they hope to gain PP on for housing, as the adjacent site is planned to be developed, just like the rugby ground, it's secured investment. Clarke knows they don't have any money, so he's shouted loud now and they've had to act and pay him off, with whatever they could get away with. They probably thought that nice man Marcus Stewart would take on the mantle but, he's burst their bubble and jacked. Clarke has got out with his reputation relatively intact and a bit of a pay off, and the owners look like they've finally been rumbled, along with their smokescreen non descript, non committed Chairman and CEO.

And that is exactly the situation!! 

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redsquirrel

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57 minutes ago, 29AR said:

The CEO said he can't imagine appointing anyone before Christmas, doesn't sound nailed on SC then, or like they had a plan...

that's stating the obvious. 'these things take time'

 

on a side note,harry rednapps turned them down as they couldn't match his 7 jam rolypolys a week pay demands.they showed him the door when he asked for custard win bonuses

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BCFC11

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1 hour ago, Tyna said:

Open letter/ petition on Change.Org

https://www.change.org/p/wael-al-qadi-open-letter-to-the-board-of-bristol-rovers-football-club?recruiter=66015793&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=share_email_responsive

We the fans of Bristol Rovers Football club are writing this letter to you; the board to try and mend our broken relationship.

It is now nearly 12 months since we were told that the club was about to submit a planning application for our training ground to South Gloucestershire council and it is not acceptable that the fans only discovered that plans had been shelved due to cost nearly a year later in a damage limitation interview by Steve Hamer in the wake of the Barnet defeat nearly a year later. We now have a plot of land in Almondsbury sitting doing nothing and our (now ex) manager saying he doesn't believe it will be built during his tenure. It's inconceivable that the owners appear to believe this doesn't warrant some kind of official statement underlining what they intend to do going forward to finally provide this club with fit-for-purpose training facilities.

The same is true for the stadium. Since the club pulled out of the UWE Stadium project, many feel that no adequate reason has ever been provided and are left bewildered that any deal could possibly be worse than an indefinite stay at the crumbling Memorial Stadium, with yet another tent thrown up haphazardly to improve spectator experience. We know many parents who are hesitant to bring their young children to the Mem because of the derelict conditions at our ground which puts us in serious danger of losing a generation of fans as the rest of the football world modernises around us. It is not unreasonable to expect updates on the owner's stated goal of redeveloping the Mem, unless of course the new tent is the extent of these plans.

Finally, whilst we understand that the owners can not be expected to come and and quash any and all rumours around the club, the strong and consistent rumours that the club is up for sale and there will be no more investment in the club until any takeover is completed are troubling and paired with the lack of progress in infrastructure or any meaningful communication from the board create a self-perpetuating atmosphere of unease around the club that we believe is beginning to have an effect on the pitch.

We are not writing to you to demand that you immediately progress on the training ground and stadium. The reasons there has not been progress may be complex and varied. What we are demanding is communication from the club on a regular basis on what is being worked on, what direction any future plans are going in and any delays that have come up.

We see this taking one or more of the following forms:

- A monthly fans forum where fans can ask questions directly to the board
- A monthly written statement from the board on the work it is doing
- Regular interviews on club channels on the work the board is doing
- Immediately putting out a statement if there is bad news to announce

We believe the above would stop the current cycle of radio silence and then bad news slipping out in BBC Radio interviews. This would also go some way to stopping wild rumours circling around the club and building trust between the board and the fans.

Bristol Rovers fans are used to having our backs against the wall and no one expects overnight success or massive unsustainable investment but we do demand is to be kept informed and whenever possible involved in the direction of a club many of us have supported for 50, 60 even 70 years of our lives. Let's work together to ensure there is a competitive, modern and sustainable Bristol Rovers football club for our children and grandchildren.

Yours sincerely

Gasheads everywhere

A step up for bombarding a Jordanian bank on Twitter I suppose.

When you have a shit fanbase such as theirs I suppose a demo/march would look shite with so little attending, they’d just assume it’s the que for the piss flavoured Fanta.

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