Drew Peacock

2 hours ago, Libertine1 said:

I'm actually surprised at the number of Rovers fans who would need to drive to their games

I suspect a lot of them live more than 200 yds from the Mem though.

But how long to sell out a car park? WTF!!!!

2 hours ago, Bristol Rob said:

Was he waiting for Wally to authorise the spending of 10p on a new biro?

Waiting to see if he got the Reading job.

10 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

Very envious Phil, we've got to put up with only being able to play Villa in the League next season.

Twice.............

25 minutes ago, Big Brother said:

Even if they end-up playing in a souped-up athletics track, the gulf in terms of football infrastructure between them and clubs in the Championship is enormous, yet they are sounding like it's a piece of piss to build a squad that can even compete at the top end of League 1.

SC found it a piece of piss......

Where?

1 hour ago, phantom said:

Apart from Rugby League is there a "large" summer sport?

Certainly won't be Glos CC on the move

Tennis. It would be a good place for a big David Lloyd tennis centre.

Athletics. Put in a decent athletics stadium.

13 minutes ago, pongo88 said:

Interesting conversation with someone who claims to be ITK at Rovers. The new owners beleive they have been fooled by the previous owner and there is no value in the deal. There is nothing tangible on the new ground negotiations and they may take action to recover some of their money. This may be rumour, or in the weeks / months to come you may say "Pongo told us first"

If you ask for my sauce all I can say is red sauce on a sausage sandwich and brown sauce on a bacon sandwich. 

Sometimes you read stuff which you know, deep down, is bollocks, yet you wish beyond all reason that it is true.  This is one of those moments.

5 minutes ago, Red Ferret said:

Er...they are our rivals and have been for the last 100 or so years 

100 years?

They only came into the league this season!

31 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

I'm sure there's a joke about a caber somewhere but I can't think why.

Someone will toss one in

Come on Wolves

2 minutes ago, 29AR said:

I'd like to see Charlton equalise. Brings us level with Fulham 

Ahead of Fulham?

10 minutes ago, Esmond Million's Bung said:

Not if those shares included the minimal stadium.

 

That isn't how it works.

4 minutes ago, bert tann said:

 

The auditors are Grant Thornton which is a premier league accountancy team.

And I disagree with those who claim it's entirely their fault.

An audit is a check on documents which the company produces and the responsibility for producing those documents lies with Toni and ultimately Nicholas.

But having perused the accounts I should say the most interesting revelation is the dramatic change in Nicholas's signature between February 2015 and February 2016. Anyone with experience in handwriting and signature analysis may want to comment on the 3 inch long, 45 degree angled, right pointing line which has appeared as a final flourish.

What does that tell us ?

 

I wouldn't have said premier league, more championship.

They have physically signed the accounts off as being correct, I remember many an unhappy hour proof reading accounts checking every number, every spelling, every bit of grammar and cross referencing. GT will be highly embarrassed by this, quite rightly so too. 

Who are their auditors?

Blackburn winning.  New manager syndrome. Bollocks. Not going to be easy next week.

24 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

 possessed by the blue fog of entitlement.

I like that phrase

9 minutes ago, Coombsy said:

yesterday at 12:23pm 
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Two defeats, five wins and one draw in eight matches. It's not that bad really. There are however areas for improvement.

Goalkeeper Situation
I don't think Nicholls is a bad keeper, I don't think Chapman was a bad keeper, I also don't think Mildenhall, Puddy and Preston are bad keepers. There needs to however be some level of consistency. The Goalkeeper situation should have been solved in the summer, the goalkeeper (if a loan for a season) needed to be in during pre-season working with defenders and how the team plays. At times there is a clear lack of communication between the back four/five and the keeper. This needs working on. If we are to continue with Nicholls he needs help with his confidence. If we don't continue with him I'd like to see a permanent goalkeeper signed in January to stop this daft revolving door situation.

Centre Midfield
We don't have an out and out attacking central midfielder. It's very rare that we see midfielders strike the ball from outside the box, find through balls to strikers and create chances. The midfielders we have are all seemingly deep lying which, is fine when wingers are on form but the wingers can be in and out quite a lot. I'd like to see a midfielder who can chip in with goals and assists brought in (easy said than done).

Shooting
As alluded to with the midfield situation we need to bloody shoot. We have players with the ability to hit ones from 20+ yards but how many times in the last season and a half have we seen it from open play. Strikers currently seem to want to take 2/3 touches when one would suffice. We're not working on instinct and over thinking chances. Just do it, do it simple and get a shot away.

Plan 2*
We're very one dimensional at the moment, away from home it works due to opposition teams playing high lines and coming at us. I'd like to see Montano given a chance and potentially a new striker signed with something a bit different (the three currently being used have been OK but are quite similar in their play). Until January with Blissett seemingly done I'd like to see Lucas given minutes to see if he can make a difference.

 *Amended for clarity.
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Gas Meltdown yesterday at 12:41pm
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Too sensible!
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Gas Meltdown yesterday at 12:59pm kingswoodpolak likes this.
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yesterday at 12:41pm laughinggas said:
Too sensible!
You're right.

Sack Clarke, don't appoint a new manager, spend the savings on strippers and coke.

Read more: http://gasheads.org/thread/4169/gas-meltdown#ixzz3r6TyMKsS

Zzzzzzzżzzzzzzz................

4 minutes ago, Garland-sweden said:

Think we gonna have a pen.

Not with Stuart Atwell. 

1 hour ago, Major Isewater said:

Cotts talked of signing an experienced midfielder , what happened and is that what we need ?

We do need one. And a new defence.

19 minutes ago, Esmond Million's Bung said:

Yes and of course to blame for all 3 goals? or even 4 goals.

 

Flint is to blame for them.

Buggered if I do

Doesn't Sinclair wash his own dick?

Their manager's reasons for making so many changes...

"I changed it because Fabbrini played three in a row after no pre- season with us. Kike played three in a row and we have Nugent in his position. Kalas played where he did because of the long balls we expected and Gibbo has had an injury and I didn't want to take any chances. Albert has played three in a row and I felt he was tired having played stunning in his position."

Three in a row, at this stage of the season? Goodness me. With our first team, they need proper injuries (or be sent off) to miss any games at all!

"The long balls we expected."

He had no reason to shame me like that 

Sorry mate, too good to miss!

The late winner v  Leeds, the win away here.

 

Credit to the lads and manager, real mental toughness.

Bugger. I missed the winner against Leeds.  I left when it was still 2-2.