Gert Mare

I listened to Dopey's rant following defeat at the hands of the mighty Shrewsbury. Apparently the "faithful and true" booed the players off the pitch. Surely not??!!! That behaviour is only performed by the deluded obsessed Ted's at the crematorium of the Bristol Sport 1982 franchise?!!!!!!!'

6 points dropped in less than a week lost 6 of the last 7 games. Dear oh dear. The wheels are coming right off.....big time!

Come on! Let's get a massive point at home!

Millen, McInnes.........and now maybe Johnson?

4 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said:

Well what can you say...

Abraham missed from 2 yards out and then missed 3 THREE separate one on ones without hitting the target.

All Brentfords chances came from defensive errors including the goal deflected in off someones ass.

At least we have come up with a novel way to avoid losing by 1 each time - send the keeper up for corners so we lose by 2 instead! 

Bryan a shadow of himself, Engvall an absolute ringer for Savage, Smith unfit, party on

Really? Are you sure that he is not just Tony Dinning?

3 minutes ago, Dark Wood Covert said:

You're not a realist though, you are a total pessimist

When it comes to City's history there is no viable alternative state of mind!

3 minutes ago, Top Robin said:

Which ever way you look at this, it's a very very poor result against one of the weaker championship sides.

Lee needs to work out what's going wrong and why and sort it out quickly.

Thats why he is paid bundles.

He'll be on the phone to daddy and uncle Pete tonight I expect?

Not inspiring the troops are we Lee? Better extend the contract. 

Are we really playing with one up front at home?

18 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

No, other clubs aren't given time to build a dynasty, and therein lies the problem, because it requires both time and patience.

What exactly is it that you are expecting from a club who has only recently escaped the league below and doesn't have the benefit of parachute payments unlike many others in the division?

If we lack quality at this level then that must go for the 11 teams below us as well.

I think Leicester's Premiership success last season proved that having loads of money doesn't guarantee success on the field, but 11 players working as a complete team is what breeds success.

I can't remember Holloway having any money or parachute payments when he took relegation certs Blackpool into the Premiership? Or am I missing something? 

What have we seen this season? Mainly poor performances with a nice slice of luck and Tammy going on a run of scoring, making up for a severe lack of goals from other areas of the team.

Lee doesn't know his best team or formation....a problem that is strangely being mirrored by our near neighbours in South Glos.

We can happy clap all we want, but we are slipping and the glitter is beginning to drop off and I can see a bit of a turd underneath...not sure if anyone else shares the same view, but I have supported City a long time and am used to seeing the all too familiar signs.

What is this work in progress tosh?! Do you think that any club is given time to mess about and build a footballing dynasty these days? Utter garbage. It's just an excuse for having a team that lacks in quality at this level. Karl Robinson was given years at the franchise and they are back to treading water again.

Is Tomlin Adebayor in disguise? Did we actually sign Engvall or is it a cardboard cut out on the bench? If there isn't enough pressure to get the lad in side already just imagine how it will be when he is expected to save us from a relegation dog fight after Christmas?

Lee Johnson said it himself that we won a lot of the early season games when we didn't deserve to. Take away Tammy's goals and we would be in a dog fight now. So now our luck has ran out and our performances haven't greatly improved the penny is beginning to drop for fans that have been subjected to this boom and bust football for decades.

The happy clappers are still believing the work in progress propaganda, but the reality is that the majority of Lee's signings have delivered little or no return. The other Barnsley players that he wanted to sign (probably the better ones) chose to go elsewhere.

Be interesting to see what happens in January, but the responsibility for continual lacklustre performances rests at the door of the manager. 

Something needs to happen soon, either we put in a quality performance or two on the bounce or we purchase one or two players with Championship quality in January otherwise I fear that the slide may continue.

Anyway, at least we can forget about the playoffs now. Back to squeaky bum time!

On a lighter note....The squatters aren't coming for us anymore, according to them today they will be waving to us as our ship sinks past them on their way up.

FFS!

3 non-league beauties that put their foot on the Gas!

I thought that the Sags poet failed to paint the right picture of what it is to be "Faithful and True", so his poem has been re-written......They must be so "prowed" to have nailed the wrong colours to their flag post 

http://sendvid.com/1n1t4ha4

3 minutes ago, Star of a gunner said:

I thought Swindon were the oldest ?

Yeah, they forgot

In view of Darrell's recent comments I'd like to remind Gasheads of why we go on and on about the gift that keeps giving. Remember, you bring it all on yourselves with garbage like this and we laugh loud and long when it comes back to bite you firmly on the butt. At this point you usually find some excuse to blame us and then want to fight about it like some spoilt child.....

Please continue to give generously....especially at Christmas 

This is more like it..........

21 hours ago, Kodjias Wrist said:

You know you could just move the keeper position out of goal right? That way there is no one in goal or do they prevent that on this footy manager.

You have to have someone between the sticks unfortunately. Agent Akinde was fantastic. Let more in than a Gas babe at Chasers.

Football Manager update......

It is actually possible to get rid of the Gas. After being sacked by Wally for going on holiday all of the time and leaving Stewy to run first team affairs I had a short but successful stint at the 6 digit hillbillies of Yeovil before amazingly managing to keep Whitehawk Welfare in League 2.

To my delight the Rovers job came up again and I took it. I managed to finish 23rd in League 2 and send the Sags back into non-league oblivion.

Wally sacked me again, but this time I stayed unemployed until the Rovers job became available again. I applied and got the job. This time I went for all out destruction. I signed agent Akinde (now 36) for the entire transfer budget on a 5 year deal. I then proceeded to stick him in goal. I went into the transfer market and bought as many over 30's keepers on 5 year deals as I could. I then offered all remaining players to clubs for free.

With my team full of aged keepers I came up with a new formation and got hammered 19-1 at home to Dagenham and Redbridge. After weeks of getting slaughtered and taking the blue few to rock bottom I was sacked again after fans had protested outside of the ground (and probably punched a few horses).

 I stayed unemployed until the Gas job came up again and numb nuts Hamer jumped at the chance of having me destroy the Gas who were now struggling at the foot of the Vanarama North.

My most memorable defeat was the 31-0 home thumping by the mighty Dover Athletic. 

Other fine defeats included a 23-0 home destruction by Weston-Super-Mare, and a 21-0 away defeat to Hemel Hempstead.

For some unknown reason the board were pleased to have me in charge.

In the end I was sacked with 7 games to go, but by then my Sag team of aged keepers fate was well and truly sealed.

I got rid of the Gas and it was good to see them at the level they should be....in the "others" section alongside teams like Mangotsfield and Bristol Manor Farm.

Goodnight Irene.

23 hours ago, myol'man said:

According to rumours coming from Ipswich, if we beat them this Saturday it could cost Rovers their manager.

Ipswich Town Forums suggesting Clarke & Stewart sounded out ..... To replace Mick McCarthy if he gets the chop

They won't leave. Rovers are the 6th richest club in the world!

I have just been playing Football Manager 2017 on my phone and it is great! I started out unemployed and within 2 weeks Rovers had sacked Darrell Clarke. Naturally I applied for the position being an obsessed Ted and was offered the job with the remit of Rovers finishing mid table. I accepted but it soon became apparent that my budget £875k was taking the mickey. So I decided to hand over the reigns to Marcus Stewart and take advantage of Wally's cash by booking a holiday. I came back to find out we had lost to Braintree in the cup so I put myself on garden leave. I went on holiday again for about 2 months and came back to find that Rovers were now 24th in League One and the board were not happy. I threw my teddies out of the pram and clicked the "Holiday" option again. I came back to find out that some of the players contracts had expired and they had thrown a wobbly and left. I couldn't handle the stress so I handed over the reigns to Stewy again and booked another holiday. I came back in May to find out that we had been relegated having finished 22nd. To be fair I was happy to still be in the job considering that I had spent the majority of the season in the Canaries. 

The board decided to keep me on because in my absence Stewy had signed some complete unknown by the name of Pete Burton and apparently the board were happy with that?! They weren't too happy about the wage bill and so I immediately went on holiday again and let a few more contracts expire. 

I came back to find that Coventry and Burton had both offered £475k for Matty Taylor. I said I was happy to discuss a deal at a more realistic figure so I proposed starting at £10 million. I left the training to Stewy again and took another holiday on Wally whilst Coventry and Burton considered revised deals. When I got back expecting to dot the i's and cross the t's with either Coventry or Burton on the Matty Taylor deal I had received emails from both clubs pretty much saying the same thing that they had immediately withdrawn their interest. I also discovered that not a single club in the Championship or Prem had swooped for an absolute bargain???!!!

Anyway, played the pre season friendlies and got hammered 5-0 by Rotherham, and lost 3-0 to Forest Green. It wasn't all doom and gloom though as we thrashed East Thurrock 5-0 and a few more players contracts expired.

After 9 games I had taken us from 5th to 23rd and Wally sacked me whilst I was on holiday. I found out by email when I got back. To be fair I had left Stewy in charge for all 9 games as I took in the sights of Dubai. Spending Wally's cash like water!

I immediately reapplied for the vacant position but they gave it to Nathan Jones so I applied for the vacant position that came up at Liverpool.

Thoroughly recommend Football Manager 2017!

They are coming for us......exactly when is anybody's guess?! Wonder if we can make it a nice round figure like 82 years, seeing as they are obsessed with 82.

On this day Rovers fan Wayne Baker (a former farrier) admitted to punching a horse when Rovers played Mansfield.....

"PC Small turned Jubilee towards the defendant and, with his right fist, he punched the horse to the left side of its neck. It connected and the horse threw its head to the right side."