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from official site TEAM O’Leary, Pring, Atkinson, Kalas, O’Dowda, Pring, King © (Dasilva 70), Benarous (Palmer 76), Massengo, Scott (Weimann 106), Martin (Semenyo 88), Wells (Conway 90). Subs (not used): Bentley, Wiles-Richards, Vyner, Bell.

Watching the TV coverage I am pretty sure I saw wells go down with cramp, the cameras cut away quickly (i think for a fulham sub) but we had two players down briefly and i am fairly sure wells was one of them.

Physio on to count them

As an aside to this - Vyner shares a birthdate (14 May 1997) with Ruben Dias of Man City. Obviously the two are at very different levels career wise, but think about how Dias is described now (more so than in his early days, when I did hear him described as young a few times) "Young" is the wrong description for a 24 year old pro fottballer IMO., at that stage they should be approachig their prime. I think recent criticism of Vyner (while sometimes fair, sometimes harsh) is based around the thought that fewer people see him as "young" and more people are treating him as just a pro.

100% agree - We've been inept at times over the last three years but I think it would be unlikely even for us to put sick players next to each ther on the bench in current times.

Possibly done to "gift" a higher final salary pension too?

Then when you get to League 2 you find they are rubbing elbows with the like of Salford, Crawley, Barrow and Stevenage in the lower mid-table. I bet they are wishing they were fighting for a "guaranteed" promotion with the likes of the "big clubs" such as Harrowgate, Sutton, and Forest Green.

Recent league matches for them have included Port Vale, Forest Green, Salford City, Tranmere and Northampton. Whilst Joey's statement is probably true that's some way "off the normal script" for the frothing mutants that inhabit the mem. They are used to be fed a diet of "big club" BS.

quaracep = main thigh muscle on the front side of leg

done by ten men - is this foreshadowing the next few weeks for Joey?

One of these?

Most people will have realised the clever tongue in cheek reference Fordy made to one of the most famous quotes in all of history You clearly did not. Figures.

Surely not - they are the most loyal and bestest fans in the world and everyones favourite second team

This part below appealed to me - This is a truly mental analogy.... So he starts of equating wins out of 70 games to weight lifting.. He's right about the series 15 > 20 > 25 as defining improvement (in either the weight lifting analogy or rovers pitiful win record) - then he adds this gem..... so using the analogy of 1 win per kg he's aimng for 100 wins - but out of the next 70 games? I'd certainly agree that takes a "period of time" .

A giant killing could be on the cards then!! ... but in that scenario I'd expect Bromsgrove to win easily to prevent that

He should take up that offer - Joey's wisdon could be invaluable ?

Yeah but with all those defensively minded players on the field they will be VERY solid at the ba...... oh! ???

Rovers special Edition Cluedo incoming! It was: Joey Barton on the: Pitch with the: Cigar in the eye

Calobahs 2nd tackle in the premiere league is probably reviewed by VAR and probably red carded

IIRC Garita offered to retweet messages from fans when he first arrived One of our fans sugegsted he retweet "Darrell clarke w##ks off dogs" and Garita did so without really knowing The tweet was hastily removed (I presume when someone at the club explained what he had done) The meme stuck though

Shall we asume Jailbird Joey's "guarantee of promotion" means they must be targetting the top 3 spots? I thought i'd have a look at how far "behind par" they are already for this target as apparently the deluded fool keeps rolling out the same BS about promotion! Looking at http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/final/indexftables.html It looks like most years you would need a minimum of 79 points to finish in 3rd in League Two - some seasons a little lower and in some seasosns it can even be in the mid 80's! They have "amassed" a whopping 7 points this season from their 8 games - at a rate of 0.875 ppg (for gasheads reading: divide the fingers on your left hand by your total number of toes). To guarantee promotion from here they have to collect 72 points from their remaining 38 games a rate of 1.89 ppg So even if they double their current performace they will still fall quite a bit short of the rate needed. That promotion guarantee is looking long odds to me already! ??? His win ratio is over a much longer period of games - admittedly mostly in league One and not the basement where they now find themselves. There is nothing there either to suggest they are shortly going to flip into some sort of automatic promotion form, so Joey's insistence that they will gain promotion is looking ever more bizzare and Trunp like. His win rate, lack of results, crowd reaction today all suggest that rovers may have to sack him - but can they afford to do that? If they can afford to sack him maybe Wally should hide the cigars in his office in his desk drawer when he invites Joey in for a chat. If they cant afford to sack him and are hoping the court case solves the problem for them what state will they be in by that time. Whichever way this pans out there is plenty of life left in this thread.

I have previously mentioned my deep admiration for the job Ben garner did there. I thought his "win" record would never be "bettered" for the red 75% of Bristol. Joey has done just that so far though! Obviously it is hard to "like" Joey; essentialy he is a nauseating thug, but he is gaining some begrudging admiriation from me for the job he is doing. Bettering Garner (from our point of view) while sigining a lorry load of northern has beens, and spoon feeding the dribbling masses at the mem soundbites like "promotion gauranateed" - it's almost too good to be true thus far! ?? Their current plight is almost enough for me to wish he is not detained at her majesty's pleasu... Scratch that! I hope he gets locked up, but lets enjoy it while it lasts. If carlsberg did seasons... it would have him locked up and their team self-imploding into non league oblivion come early May.

Joey will teaching him the cigar technique next!