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2 hours ago, CiderJar said:

The delusion is astounding
 

 

So to summarise:

League Position

City  - 15/24

Rovers - 18/24

Points from Playoffs

City - 10 (GD deficit ito 6th is 12)

Rovers - 9 (GD deficit to 7th is 10)

Points from Relegation

City - 11

Rovers - 7

Conclusion

City - Relegation dog fight

Rovers - "Bristol Rovers are 18th in League Two and nine points of the play-offs, but with games in hand and the league table cluttered they remain in the promotion conversation"

WTAF???? 

This is frankly embarassing from a reporter (even one from Bristol Live) - its no wonder the mutants that inhabit their swamp continually spout BS like they are "coming from us"  when the local Journo and the club is feeding them a constant diet of propaganda that would make a North Korean leader blush.

11 minutes ago, mattjb said:

Just a small point , but how would they own a ground in lyde green?

well it's simple... they just buy the land,  then pay for architects, planning permission and the stadium itsel...... oh i see your point!

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4 minutes ago, Taunton_BCFC said:

Not having a pop at the young lad. But with wells very unlikely to start Saturday it baffles me why he was taken of. I think if wells had them chances we’d of been at least 1-0 up.

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.

2 minutes ago, MarcusX said:

No, they’re just dropped. Pearson pretty much confirmed this, no injury or sickness. They probably wouldn’t be on the bench if they were sick

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.

12 minutes ago, phantom said:

What an obscene amount of money for a final year, I certainly would not mind a salary increase like that 

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.

34 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

“We’re 16th in League Two and we’re playing the bigger sides”

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.

3 minutes ago, Roger Red Hat said:

I've heard the term 'quad' on many occasions, but what is it?

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?

5 minutes ago, Hampshire reds said:

Death bellend is that necessary. i dont rate the manager do i need death in replies

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.

1 minute ago, WessexPest said:

From Devon Live:

“Rovers fans booed their team off at the break – those that hadn’t left anyway.”

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

9 hours ago, bearded_red said:

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-rovers-press-conference-live-6030386.amp?__twitter_impression=true

Every answer, absolutely mental.

The bloke has a bit going on.

This part below appealed to me  - This is a truly mental analogy....

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I’ve doubted myself a little bit because I’m a young coach and I’ve been pulled down by the fact the club has been in a negative cycle with 15 wins in 70 games.

It’s not a great period for the club and we’ve got to change that round and make sure in the next 70 games we’ve got more than 15 wins on the board, because if we haven’t we won’t be a league club. We’ll be out of the Football League.

If we get 25 wins, that’s progress, that’s getting better. If you went to the gym and lifted 15kg one day and the next day you lifted 20kg and the next day you lifted 25kg, you’re getting better.

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.....

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It might not be 100kg because it takes a period of time to get to that, but at this moment in time we’ve just got to be better than what’s gone before.

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" . 

1 hour ago, Fordy62 said:

Yes. You’re right. Just found it. 2 weeks time. And then ideally draw the gas!

A giant killing could be on the cards then!!









... but in that scenario I'd expect Bromsgrove to win easily to prevent that

1 minute ago, BanburyRed said:

Would love Ben Garner to take up the offer from JB for a 20 min chat after the game.....

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

31 minutes ago, TonyTonyTony said:

Last night they played 3 at the back with their wing backs being Ciaron Brown and Mark McGuinness who are also centre backs by trade. Plus Vaulks and Pack in the middle of the park, who are not exactly attacking players. No wonder the fans are going mad. 

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

1 hour ago, woodsyred said:

Heard a whisper in house game between staff and management kicked off after Barton deliberately took out one of the other team

Rovers special Edition Cluedo incoming!

It was:    Joey Barton
on the:    Pitch
with the:  Cigar in the eye

4 minutes ago, 1team said:

Fulham should have been down to 10 by half time, it would have been a different game then.

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

1 hour ago, slartibartfast said:

At the risk of getting a big "whoosh" can you tell me where this "dog fetish" thing with Dopey originated, was it based on some kind of truth (however fanciful) or just a random stick to beat the idiot with ?

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

2 hours ago, nickolas said:

I had to laugh at the ‘we won the 2nd half’ comment. Also it was ‘closer than it suggests’ was a cracker. 
How very non-league he is with his statements. Hopefully hes managing to get them out of League 2!
 

Delusional about getting promotion too. Hilarious! 

2 hours ago, TomF said:

Can we have a moment to admire his win ratio of 16.7% - below Garners 18%

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.

1 hour ago, Red Army 75 said:

9 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

Why are they above Scunny?