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I'd have taken 7 points from 5 games at the start of the season and I'd happily take them now.

23 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

...and The Bristol Post still spouted loads of nonsense about that lot being the best supporters - they apparently have proof!

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/6-photos-that-prove-why-bristol-rovers-8217-fans-really-do-give-the-best-support/story-29651880-detail/story.html

Load of tosh!

They are without doubt the best supported ex non-league club in Bristol.

6 minutes ago, oldrosie said:

"we easily beat them on home attendances"

Pretty obvious why ... but I suspect if you look at % of capacity they'd easily beat us ... 

Agent provocateur alert

2 hours ago, Phileas Fogg said:

They don't help themselves do they..

Even their dates confuse me, do they have 23 months of the year in Horfield.  If so is that due to the fact they have 24 fingers and toes

58 minutes ago, Kingcider said:

Looks likely,says he was in the Friendship Inn, Nailsea - they will need to watch their flooring ! 

Pea green trainers.  Not a winning look.

Probably peed down his leg as well.

11 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

I have the condensed version. 

 

They stole stole it from the Rugby club at a time when they were struggling. 

purloined is the technical term.

1 minute ago, Bar BS3 said:

On a seperate note, it's interesting to see that in the footballing "backwater" of ours, we have 30,000 people attending home matches this week. 

It makes you wonder how big Bristol, as a one club city, could be. 

Of course I'm not even remotely suggesting the ludicrous merger idea, but the sooner Rovers crawl away & die, the better. 

I went to Norwich yesterday.  It must be great to live in a City which gets behind the one team.  It wouldn't be too bad if the sags actually made a positive contribution to Bristol, but throughout their history they have lived nothing more than a parasitical existence. 

4 minutes ago, Smaller than a flea said:

To be more precise:

Beaten by Scunthorpe, who were on the verge of the playoffs last season.

Beaten by Bolton, who were two divisions above us in May.

Beat Oxford, who finished above us and were tipped to do well in L1.

Beat Cardiff.  Your rivals, who do better than you.

Not brilliant, but not bad.

And as for calling 9,000 in League 1 "pathetic", the vast majority of clubs in that league would bite your hand off for an attendance like that.

I'm not trying to big us up, but just hoping that some more reasonable posters on here might see that what we have achieved in the past two years is actually pretty impressive.  We're not going to storm League 1 as you did, but to be where we are now compared to May 2014 is something to be a little "prowed" of.

 

Enjoy your trip to saffend at the weekend. Have a poke of whelks on us.

4 minutes ago, Tomarse said:

Dopey Darrell says 3-4 in before end of month. Presumably with a multi trillionaire they'll break their record transfer fee. It's only been standing for 24 years

The money we're receiving for the Bolaise sell on clause is almost certainly more than the total they've spent on players in the whole of their miserable history.

17 hours ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

Proof, if it were ever needed, that the gas are a pantomime.

Oh no they're not.

2 hours ago, Aizoon said:

I heard it from my front room. Nosy bastards

 Did they want to know all your business? I'd have told them to eff off.

13 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

Do these ***** EVER play against eleven men ?

Going down the Swindle route.

Who's the eejit reporting on sky.  Talked about a great atmosphere.  You could hear a pin drop.

1 hour ago, Smaller than a flea said:

Just like you will be playing Man U next season after two matches.  You might, of course, if they are relegated.

We've played Man U in the league plenty of times, even beat them home and away. I believe you beat them in the Cup once, about 60 years ago, but have never been good enough to measure up to them in league football.  Still at least you got a chance to play their near rivals, Altrinham.

11 minutes ago, Smaller than a flea said:

It's a virtual sellout tomorrow.  Oxford have taken their 1,200 and over 9,000 have been sold in advance. POTD will soak up the rest.  

Darryl's strange new hairstyle is firmly gelled in place. Matty is wearing his lucky scoring pants.  And our stunning new Macron kit is ready for its League debut.

 

A draw tomorrow, a loss to Bolton, who are on an early roll, on Wednesday and after 3 games you're already cut adrift,

Happy Days.

12 minutes ago, formerly known as ivan said:

Brownhill was far from impressive last week and the whole time he was on the field the game passed him by. Would feel better if Pack was in the middle alongside O'Neil.

Little at right back also concerning. If Matthews is that unfit makes the decision to let Ayling leave even more of a strange one given the lack of defensive cover.

Can see us conceding at least two, not saying we won't score three, but we look wide open.

Gold in the team sprint wgaf about the sags.

2 minutes ago, Olé said:

How do you mount a TV studio on top of a tent anyway?

Tentatively.

Was it up there with their glorious triumph in the Watney Cup?

9 minutes ago, 1960maaan said:

Cycling's good , just saying 

Just seen Laura getting changed.  It's the pig tails that do it for me.

How could you all watch that dog s**t when the cycling is on Beeb one.  GB sprint team already broken Olympic record in qualifying, plus Laura Trott is to come.

It's obvious that this Facebook nonesense is a diversionary tactic to hide the fact that there has been zero progress on the UWE front and that they haven't spent a bean in the transfer market.  Of course the sags being the sags they've fallen for it hook line and sinker.

i expect they'll get in a few journeymen lower league players on loan before the window closes, but it will be no great surprise if Dopey is gone, one way or the other, by Bonfire night.

On 5 August 2016 at 21:12, Smaller than a flea said:

Bristol Rovers Facebook. Likes 100,335.

Bristol City Facebook. Likes 99,301.

The horse punching tent dwelling minnows are liked by more people than the one team in Bristol. 

As a matter of disinterest when was the last time the sags had a crowd of > 17.5k for their first home game of the season?  My guess is at least 50 years.

11 hours ago, Red Right Hand said:

They probably had it all anyway as most of them are in the scrap metal business - the ones that don`t do tarmac anyway.

I saw a convey of travellers' caravans heading up the M5 yesterday.  Presumably the sag hoardes on their way to Scunthorpe.

13 minutes ago, Smaller than a flea said:

It's a classic kit which everyone admires.  Except on here.

Rovers get two mentions in this link.  Can't see City anywhere there.

http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Articles/Classics.htm

It looks ridiculous.