TinMan's left peg

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/68175678

in case, like me, you hadn’t seen the relevant Wilder rant on the bbc.  

11 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

 

My theory is that as this game was not broadcast then there were probably far fewer than 15 cameras. In fact iirc I don't remember there being any other camera angles on the big screens either other than the main camera view. No close ups etc like we get at Ashton Gate. 

So my theory is it was hand ball but that VAR couldn't overrule it because they couldn't say for sure that the ref had made a clear and obvious error because of the lack of a camera angle. 

Agreed. So we were basically robbed because of a bad decision and half arsed implementation of VAR. the club really should have complained about this 

Just watched the highlights and it definitely looks like handball.  If there are more angles which show something different then we should be able to see them.  If there aren’t then why were they allowed to have VAR in the replay and not the first leg (where there were tons of different cameras).  

2 minutes ago, Midlands Robin said:

I've got it in my head that we had a penalty shoot out at the Gate at some point in the late 90's or very early 00's. I seem to remember the opposition manager moaning like **** that the ref chose to have the penaltys taken shooting towards the Atyeo and that it wasn't fair.

 

I was at that match but no idea who it was against.  I seem to remember Junior Bent stepping up to take one and everyone saying “oh no!” but he smashed it in 

Other clubs do the resale thing I think (Arsenal?).  Can the club take a cut of that so everyone’s a winner? 
 

whilst I’m fully behind all the promotions for kids (they’re the next generation of support etc) I do think there’s an issue when we are “sold out” and there are people who want to come but can’t get a ticket yet there’s hundreds of empty seats everywhere.  

41 minutes ago, Lew-T said:

 

“Our head-to-head record is shocking: 

Won: 8

Lost: 26

Drawn: 9”
 

I knew our record was bad…. But that’s gotta change! That is pants.

And we all thought Preston was our bogie team!  Is this our worst record? 

Keep it simple … 

Cam Pring is a s***head he wears a red and white hat

he plays for Bristol city, and he is a very nice chap 

he really hates the Rovers , he wishes they were dead 

and if he sees a gas head he kicks ‘em in the head 

ooohhhhh….. 

Don’t know why but I’m more angry about the way the woman’s team are being managed than the mens.  I can at least see some logic on the men’s side.  The people i feel most sorry for are the staff and the long-standing die hard fans ( I’m very much a part time one over recent seasons only for the women).  All that effort to get up, unbelievable progress with crowds and facilities etc just to chuck it all away after a feeble 1 season fling  

I can’t understand the thought process.  In the men’s game there’s at least a theory that being a yo-yo club allows you to accrue money from TV payouts and parachute payments.  You then gradually build your club until it’s ready to stay up.  But that strategy doesn’t make sense in the WSL.  All the money is in the top flight, basically nothing in the championship.  Getting back up might take ages.  There’s only 1 relegation spot so we only need to be better than 1 team.  And it’s not like Lansdown could have watched the first half of the season and thought we’d more than likely survive as we are.  Plus investment is relatively peanuts in terms of cost compared to the men. Therefore it can only be that they either don’t care, are incompetent or actively want the women’s team to fail.  

4 minutes ago, shahanshahan said:

Looks like this is from a press conference today, but it appears that on WSL transfer deadline day, the club will have no more deals...

 

Unbelievable.  That’s the club accepting relegation half way through a season when we have one of the best average attendances in Europe.  They literally don’t care 

Quite depressing today.  Really poor at the basics.  Gave the ball away repeatedly, couldn’t string passes together and then lacked quality when we did make chances. The most frustrating thing was the lack of fight and urgency given how important the game was.  The way West Ham celebrated at the end showed they understood the significance.  
 

As others have said though, if / when we drop out of the WSL the blame lies firmly at the feet of the board.  It’s essentially a dereliction of duty.  A very bright future was there for the taking but they don’t seem bothered 

Greek acropolis 1

cowshed apocalypse 0

4 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

Incredible scenes.

****ing hilarious! 

Just now, Homer Simpson said:

How will he find it?

Left them in row M for him 

2 hours ago, Miah Dennehy said:

I suspect this is the case. As it stands, there is not enough room to build a cantilever stand at that end of the ground.

It’s not a problem.  I’ve sold Wally several vats of invisible paint to coat the pillars with.  

4 hours ago, View from the Dolman said:

They've had to slash prices for tomorrow too in order to meet the 75% requirement for a test event...

https://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/20242/january/10-tickets-v-exeter/

This is mind blowing !  Just when you think they’ve stopped doing anything hilariously s**t they go and outdo themselves again.  Incredible.  There cannot be another club in the country like them surely. 

2 minutes ago, Swede said:

well, I would be sad to see him go. I think the transition into coaching here would be a no brainer. He's been there seen it and done it. He's a very intelligent player and can still play albeit in a limited capacity. He's great with the young players and is a fan.

Agreed.  There’s a risk here if the club loses  too many senior players in a short space of time that the culture and morale etc shifts quickly and unpredictably.  I always felt LJ and Ashton made a mistake doing this (Pack, Fielding & Wright one year, Smith, O’Neil, Flint the year before).  

Aggghhhhh so poor, thrown it away 

7 minutes ago, phantom said:

Has anyone noticed the person behind the goal to the right dressed as a Seagull 

Originally I thought it was a mascot but they've not moved all game

Is he in the Ska band? 

Get in!! 

Is there a live Ska band in the stadium?! 

Balls 0-1

Big game today, even bigger one next weekend - hope we sell a few more tickets for that.  Feeling a bit more positive now we’ve finally made a signing.  

57 minutes ago, Scrumpty said:

Indeed, our coach was very spacious on the way back to the Black Horse, as many of our number decided to spend the evening in Aldershot

1 hour ago, Red said:

 

also the fun had with the squaddies later in town centre

This is very sweet, I wonder if it lead to any lasting romantic relationships 

Got 2 tickets, 1 charged a booking fee and the other 1 didn’t.  I’m assuming that’s because it was an under 19s membership and they don’t get charged? 

2 hours ago, archie andrews said:

Wonder if they ever consider dolman side cameras.... 

they were in there last night