Smaller than a flea

I just congratulated both sides on a win. I think you are a little bit too sensitive.

Hello friends! Well, we both won again and things are looking rosy in the Bristol footballing world. It's a little spooky how often we both have good seasons at the same time. Just as we are about to narrow the gap, off you lot go again to maintain it. It's just the way of the world. Anyway, 92nd minute winner or not, they all count. Our very own on-loan Chelsea starlet Charlie Colkett did the business. Playoffs here we come.

Few posters looking at those photos and secretly thinking "hmm they do look a bit alike actually". Goodnight.

Someone was missing us a few posts back. I come on here to relieve his pain and look what I get. Bye then.

Oi oi. I meant it about the City Ground. Your sarcasm detectors are overset to double max.

Hello dear friends. Nice to remember sellout crowds of the past. I'm sure we all want those days back. Hoping we tank Northampton tomorrow and their maverick George Best of the lower leagues - John-Joe O'Toole, who when he was with us said he wanted to be playing in the Championship. If only he'd stayed with us. Obviously I hope Forest win, but I fear it's three points for you. By the way, Ashton Gate looks a bit like the City Ground nowadays, don't you think?

Well this new political slant has opened up up a whole new can of worms hasn't it? Has this been brewing for a while in the minds of some?

OK. Can you tell me what he was actually saying or suggesting then?

I've got tomorrow off work so I'm happy to stay up late and keep you all in line.

And what was zippycar doing? Just commenting on politics in the Middle East?

And this means what exactly? Some sort of implication that the new Jordanian owner of Bristol Rovers must mean there is some kind of spurious link with extremism? Shame on you.

True, but there is a small chance we will be playing you in the Championship next year. It all hinges on the new stadium. If it fails we might do a Yeovil. If it happens, who knows?

You make a fair point, but we can only play the teams we have in this league, and if we beat Port Vale, who were 5th this morning, then that is a good result, especially with our £20m striker Matty Taylor out with a hamstring thingy.

To answer a few concerns about our bribing of referees, can I quote the deluded forum? "Since the Torquay home game on New Year's Day 2015,we went over 21 months without being awarded a penalty in a home league match (Walsall 13/9/2016) both dodgy ones mind you.Now had 2 in the last 11 days!" So it's not all luck then. Early days, but one point off the playoffs. You must be horrified at the thought we might be coming for you. Crap striker, crap manager, crap owner, crap fans. How is this happening?

Actually there are several posters on both Rovers forums who take a cynical/pessimistic view of our new owners. These people aren't banned, but they do face a barrage of criticism, as you would expect. They would get the same on here, if they were City fans who consistently criticised the club. That's to be expected. I'm talking about a relentless and bizarre campaign to criticise everything Rovers do nowadays, all expressed on your forum. No praise for promotions, no praise for a good manager, no praise for a good striker. Just negativity. And all this from a Rovers fan. Please..... As I've said before, if the alter ego of Bert (let's call him Fred (Ford)), existed on Gaschat, those on here who read his bile would be seriously critical of him for a) his total negativity and b) his cowardly decision to only post on a rival forum. He is not a fan of Bristol Rovers. He is either a fake or disturbed. I'm not letting him off.

Some telling points there Bert, with the usual painfully verbose attempts to extract some humour through imaginary quotes. So much time taken to compose. So little wit as a result. Why though, as ever, do you choose to make them on this forum? Others are available.

We've stumbled from the Conference to League 1 in two years. The old leadership who led us to the Conference have gone. Based on last season, we are 7th in home attendance, competing against the likes of Millwall, Coventry and Sheffield United. Away attendances are incredible considering what we've gone through in recent years. It doesn't match where you are now, but to call it a shambles is frankly nonsense. But you knew that when you wrote it.

Bert might be disloyal or an imposter, but moron is a bit harsh.

You've upset me now.

I will wait in turn for my internal examination. Be gentle, and use some lube. But I don't have a problem with any of you lot here. I get it, and your mods allow me to post on here, so that's all good. You're supporting your club, and taking the piss out of us, with good reason, until recently. I am troubled by Bert, though, either by what he purports to be, in which case he is perhaps not the best fan in the world, or he is a fake, in which case he's just a bit sad.

Keep getting those likes Bert. It must keep you happy. Have you been to many games lately? Which ones? Do you think that the club and squad have improved or declined in the last two years?

Remember the old days when City used to play clubs like that? Must be 50 years ago.

By the way, I meant to ask how the pies were at Scunthorpe. Presumably there were no problems with half time queues.

These really are genuine questions to any posters who wish to consider them reasonably. If someone like the equivalent of Bert Tann posted regularly on Gaschat, taking the position of being a City fan, assuming of course they were allowed to do that, and consistently criticised Bristol City, having special bile for Bristol Sport and without ever a word of praise for anything positive like a promotion or a new manager, how would you feel about it? As on here, no doubt "Alan Dicks" or whatever he might call himself, would get loads of likes from Rovers fans, and congratulations for seeing the truth about how rotten the club really are, or at least as he portrays the club. You would read this on Gaschat and come to the conclusion that the bloke is a total shyster, wouldn't you? You wouldn't take a word he says about being a City fan with any credibility, would you? Would you?

The first three questions are very good and need answers. The last is disrespectful. Call him Dopey if you want to be a forum favourite, but we all know he's done a great job at Rovers in the last two years. Leeds wanted him. He was sensible enough not to want them. His tactical changes at Chelski almost rescued the game against the big boys to the point where they had to bring on Hazard and Terry to keep it safe. And even then they were worried. DC is a great young manager with a great future, perhaps not with Rovers. This "Dopey" crap is just that. We might be ragbag Rovers, but we do not have a ragbag manager. He's the best thing to have happened to us for 20 years.