Tinmans Love Child

1 hour ago, City169 said:

To be fair I think we are on the same level as Arsenal. Apart from them having a bigger stadium, better players, playing in a higher division, playing in the Champions league, having a lot more money, having a larger wage cap, and a few more minor things like the ones already listed.

Oh no this thread is going to turn into Life of Bryan quotes I can feel it!!!

6 minutes ago, Southstandoriginal said:

But we are playing Villa for real!

I can see it now, they beat Villa pre-season, we lose to Villa in the league = Rovers are better than City #gaslogic

I look forward to DC getting the boot in 6 months when they are bottom at Xmas, thinking about what could have been at Leeds Utd

24 minutes ago, Philgas said:

I did deliver The Observer around 4 years ago for fitness training. . I delivered around 3,000 papers a week and ran the whole 10 rounds .. was training for a John O Groats to Lands End run which I did for charity .. 

To be fair I delivered the Observer about 20 years ago, used to love getting the extra leaflets as that = £££ 

2 hours ago, Philgas said:

Our promotions etc you can tell by most of the comments on here .. slate us all you want .. sticks and stones etc .. must dash I have work to do 

The Bristol Observer doesn't deliver itself

Rovers fans seem to want DC to show loyalty to Rovers, to see the job through, keep learning your trade etc etc but if they  start League 1 badly next season he could easily be gone by Christmas and what then for him?

If DC is half as good a manager as the Rovers fans say he is, then he doesn't need to worry about having a dodgy Leeds chairman, cause he will be successful, and at the end of the day Leeds have not been successful for years.  He has also worked under a dodgy Chairman at Rovers for the last 2 years and it went ok, so a bit of a non argument.

DC can't do anymore with Rovers in their current state, terrible stadium, no prospect of a new one for at least 3 years, the sensible decision is to cash in your chips now DC if a bigger club comes in, the opportunity may never come up again.  

Plus it would amuse me greatly, as I wouldn't like to come into Rovers now with players all out of contract, selling their top striker etc etc could be very tough

There is no way DC will turn down Leeds Utd, a fantastic opportunity regardless of the owner.  He's had an amazing run at Rovers and all it takes is a bad run in League 1 and he could be out on his ear with no chance of attracting the attention of a club the size of Leeds Utd again.

2 minutes ago, BRISTOL86 said:

Rotherham managed...just!

Not to mention Bournemouth and Brentford

Possession almost the same but shots on goal 30 - 9!

2 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

Am I right in thinking Accy can afford to lose if the slags draw?

If Rovers win and Accy draw Rovers beat them on goal difference

1 minute ago, Red_Wizard said:

Even if Rovers fail to gain automatic promotion today. They still have a very good chance going up through the play-offs. So wouldn't celebrate just yet, even after 90 minutes.

You could probably say they have a 1 in 4 chance of getting promoted through the play offs

Stanley!!!!!!

11 minutes ago, Stortz said:

Unfortunately you are in a tiny minority. The vast majority of your fans are literally obsessed with attendances and are forever telling us how shit our support is compared to their magnificent fans who are more fervent, passionate and loyal than any other fans in the world.

Sell your effing ground out for a vital promotion game then, or stfu about it!

In the words of Rafa 'Fact'

Other results couldn't be going much worse either!  COYR SORT IT OUT!!!

5 hours ago, Big Phil said:

I recently read a book called 'Bovver' written by a Bristol Rovers fan who followed them through the 70's & 80's in which he alluded to the notion that although City had a slightly larger fanbase Rovers had the far tougher element within Bristol and all the 'softies' supported City. Is there any truth in this or is the author being biased?

He's hardly going to write a book about Rovers and say they were softies!

I think the club should have announced when the new owners came in that there was a plan b for the ground (like City did when going to court about Ashton Vale), the fact they didn't says to me that it's not going to happen

6 minutes ago, kivsy said:

People moaning about empty seats in the ateyo  , just excusing myself to super fans like yourself !!      If there are plenty of empty seats I'm sure there are other fans like myself who pick and choose games , hence the empty seats 

People?  1 person actually

3 minutes ago, Reds2016 said:

I live 5 hours away from Bristol, if that's an intended dig at me

I just think it's ironic someone making a negative comment about the empty seats looking bad on TV that's all, not a dig

2 minutes ago, Reds2016 said:

The empty seats in the Atyeo looks awful on the telly

Too many people watching it on telly instead of being there

8 points clear of relegation as it stands and 8 points behind Forest in 11th, keep it going boys!

I'm surprised how many Rovers fans are sucking each others bits at the moment about this on their forum, I'm not sure it's necessarily great for the club, great for Higgs and co as they don't lose all their money,  and the new owners get the land etc but I fear Rovers end up losing all assets 

And there it is, I was waiting for how long talk of the premier league came up, 13:47 was the time!

6 minutes ago, howey_ducky said:

They invest a few quid and get the stadium built in Glos, then they use the mem land to build a fancy hotel, reap the profits from the hotel and lose whatever small amount of interest they had in the Gas, sell the stadium back to the UWE and the Gas find themselves playing at Twerton in 2020/21?

Fingers crossed the gift will get the money to keep on giving for a few years to come yet.

Fancy hotel in Horfield? Good luck with that

Wes Burns!!!!!!!