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Marshy Gas      Posts: 7,868   Posting Level

about an hour ago via mobile chewbacca likes this Quote   Post by Marshy on about an hour ago I just don’t get this thread?  The Al Quidi’s have told us that finance is not a problem, what’s wrong with everyone?

Bought my tickets for the Bath game which is still a month and a half away. I thought I would be alright waiting a bit, but already over 20k sold! Apart from the (very expensive) Lansdown Stand there is only one block left where you can get anything other than single seats, so I've had to slum it in the end block in the Atyeo. 

Unbelievable really for a game so far away. Nailed on for a sell out. 

15 minutes ago, Gas Go Marching In said:

You do realise the bloke bottled it, came off "injured" and lost 3-1. Boom boom.

Hang on, you actually honestly believe that he faked an injury in order to save himself from being abused by a few thousand idiots with inflatable snakes?

It's comments like that that keep this thread going. Keep them coming

What did Matty actually do wrong?

A team met his release clause, so he made the decision to move up a division, for a very decent payrise. 

What a bastard. 

I finally got around to watching the EFL highlights last night, and thought I'd take a rare dip in to the League 1 highlights to see this "immense" and "bonkers" support that is "the envy of most Championship clubs".

Turns out that all I saw was a half full stand with lots of people sat around looking bored and occasionally abusing their own players after a goal... Must have missed something!

Well yes, they may not have scored in the league at all this season, be in the relegation zone in a league where there is effectively only two relegation spots, be calling for the manger's head, and suffering from abysmal attendances, BUT they did get further than us in the League Cup. So... Successful season really!

14 minutes ago, richwwtk said:

I see the excuse for the sub-10000 crowd on Saturday was the fact that POTD attendees had to buy tickets at the ticket office portakabin rather than cash on the turnstiles. Must have been so confusing for the poor dears.

The implication being that people made the effort to get to the ground, but then when they tried to pay with cash on the turnstile and we're told that they needed to visit the ticket office,  they just simply gave up and went home instead... Yep, totally plausable reason for an abysmal attendance.

Not sure if it's already been mentioned in this thread, but turns out that the 15ers "unique" blue and white quarters, aren't even unique in League One... 

10 minutes ago, Busterrimes said:

Just see on asschat that some of the fewers would like to get Taylor back, then one sensibly says that we wouldn't sell to them. Does he not realise it was their owner that said no more deals between the two clubs?

Not to mention the fact that they would actually have to pay a fee*.

*Just to explain for the 15ers that visit the site, that is a process where the team recieving the player actually pays money to the other team.

3 minutes ago, BobBobSuperBob said:

That's brilliant. But why is it in the 15ers thread?!

36 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

I see that Rovers’ new kit has finally been revealed and in an attempt to seduce their supports and help them forget about the shitstate the club are currently in, its a retro design, “celebrating” 30 years ago, when they had no stadium of their own and were squatting in a different City, in a non league ground. A time that saw them promoted from the level that they are currently playing at, modelled by their new signing who recently helped get their bitter rivals promoted from that division, whilst also scoring for them at Wembley as part of their double winning season. 

Cute, eh...! 

#mindthegap

I thought I would have a check on their 'historic' 1989/90 season as according to the press release it was "one of the happiest in Rovers fan's memory", so I checked out the Wikipedia page for that season, which I have shown below in its entirety.

That's literally it. Obviously super prowed of that season... 

Massive crowds too 

12 minutes ago, bcfc01 said:

 

Unbelievable.

From one of the dribbling fewers, they really do believe their own hype;

"It’s just numbers. It depends what questions you ask of the data as to what you get out of it. For example, if they looked at the percentage of away support against home attendance I would hazard a guess that we would move up a couple of hundred places, but so what. Even that has nothing to do with why I identify with BRFC. You can’t really quantify integrity and soul."

Evening my deluded Pikey friends, keep 'em coming 

What is it with the 15ers and this "away support as a percentage of home support" thing? I've literally never heard fans of any other team referring to this 'stat'... 

And all it does is highlight how shit their home support is... Honestly don't get why this is a good thing??? 

18 minutes ago, AshtonPark said:

Its county cricket though, not city cricket?

So the county cricket club of Gloucestershire play in the county of Bristol, now whos the confused ones there? Yet people support them as they are the "local club", how does that make sense?

Surely the county lines should be what is classed as local, not where the team plays? Otherwise surely MK Dons are still Wimbledon FC etc.

 

But the City & County of Bristol do not have a team named after them, so who am I to support?

The closest team to me? That's Gloucestershire.

The team that actually play in the City & County of Bristol? That's Gloucestershire. 

The team that play in a city I've actually been to? That's Gloucestershire. 

So yep, they're my local team 

This thread will shortly be moving in to here:

So, we can continue to discuss over therehow incredibly mistaken you Somerset fans are, and how you're all supporting the wrong team 

36 minutes ago, AshtonPark said:

Might aswell support rovers if you are supporting glos at cricket. 

Nah, I support the only team that play in Bristol rather than the team that play in a town I've never even visited.

Gloucestershire la la la *

In response to @The Gambler that's not a bad idea at all!

*I might have to move my own post to the non-football forum!

7 hours ago, BobBobSuperBob said:

Not sure of the current situation or , the regs etc but back then they certainly had a ‘Centre of excellence in Bath and we’re sweeping up most of  the best kids around Bristol , Bath & South Wales

It didn’t help that the Gas were a bit of a shambles and , post 82 we were still trying to put in place some sort of network to find and develop those up to age of 16 (When YTS was order of the day)   , We had nothing of a structure until JJ came in 

 

They've definitely still got a base in Bath. In fact, Louis Carey is the U16 coach there!

1 minute ago, Southport Red said:

Alan Ball played for the gas?...?

 

1 minute ago, bristolmoose said:

Seriously? How the hell does that happen?

To be fair, City have regularly played two preseason games on the same night in previous years. The difference being we actually had enough players to do it!!

1 hour ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

Either...they're plastic as **** and will only watch their team if they've got a nice comfy seat to sit in OR those fans don't exist.

That's what I really don't get.

They claim to be the most loyal fans in the world, but at the same time they say that if they had a lovely new stadium, their support would suddenly treble. So basically, two thirds of their supporters will only watch them if they get a nice comfy seat...

#gaslogic

4 minutes ago, Unan said:

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wertongas said:

nickchippenhamgas said:

That’s it think small be small my friend!!

 

Well I would rather see the club survive than put its future at risk with something that is not viable. 

 

I just think if we accept league 1 top half or a once every 30 years play in the championship with some of the big boys is what you think we’re good for, or should set our sights on is our goal then a make do and mend 15,000 stadium fits perfectly. Don’t forget we are alleged to have a capacity in excess of 12,000 after recent tent additions! I’m telling you this, if I had Steve lansdowns money the gas would have a 28,000 seat stadium now, and we’d be filling it I’ve no doubt in city’s position

Yes, of course. They haven't averaged over 10,000 since the mid 1970s, but they'd defeinitely be getting 28,000 every week if they were in the Championship 

1 minute ago, richwwtk said:

I would be interested to know just how wide your social circle would need to be to meet three people that moved to Bristol for work, decided to go to both Bristol clubs before choosing one to follow and then all chose the ramshackle bunch.

That Henbury bloke must meet a lot of people!

Not only that, he's spoken to at least three people who fit those exact circumstances, so there's probably hundreds more...