RobintheRed Red

21 hours ago, Portland Bill said:

It became personal to me when he destroyed my love of watching us play, when he claimed his love for my club, after saying the same about Oldham and Barnsley, when he thought he was the high and mighty, and none of us watching were worthy of understanding the game.

The strange thing is that I quite liked him as a player, always playing it simple, keeping the ball, giving it to players who were far more talented than him. 

But as a coach/manager he thinks he is some kind of inimitable expert, that must be looked up too. His after match interviews are farcical and pathetic, talking down to people who just watched 90 minutes of sheer shite, by trying to tell them they didn’t understand what they were watching.

No other Championship club would have gone anywhere near him ( someone give me one reason why they would of? ) when SL hired him. He had done nothing to warrant coming here, except being a mate of the owners son.

Yes, it’s personal, i and many others have been involved with football for 50 years plus, one thing I don’t need is someone who isn’t very good at his job, trying to tell me what I’m watching. 

Spot on you could see through him .he  

1 hour ago, BigTone said:

O'Doodah for me

Yeh never gonna do anything rather see Benorous out wide .

23 minutes ago, brad blit said:

More good news. Looks a great player in the little time we have seen him and will only get better with more opportunities around first team. 

New 3.5 year deal to 2025

Great stuff rather see him in team than odowda .

5 hours ago, firstdivision said:

I don’t suppose you’ve even met him, have you? 

I know all about how he treated the young players bully boy .

8 hours ago, Northern Red said:

The more I see that the more it looks like a foul on Pring.

It  was  mate these refs are *******  **** 

On 28/01/2022 at 17:52, BigTone said:

What a plank

Hes a manual manipulator blames anything bar himself 

8 hours ago, sludge said:

I swear there was some belter on this very forum a few months ago stating how overrated massengo was and that he was nowhere near good enough

Mr John Dodimead

On 10/02/2021 at 08:45, firstdivision said:

Yes, it’s amazing how people forget. 
Also, Lee Johnson helped us to some reasonable finishing positions in the Championship. It’s amazing how people forget that. But I suppose he didn’t win the Champions League so best to rubbish him as much as possible.

Man's a *** 

On 09/02/2021 at 23:31, Frenchay Red said:

He is so full of cr@p, how on earth could Lansdown have been so taken in by it.

Probably because Ashton is also full of it!

Always been a manual manipulator will win fuxk all

On 16/09/2021 at 23:59, RobintheRed Red said:

Very True Dave deals were scuppered when cotts went on holiday .

2 hours ago, steviestevieneville said:

                                              Kalas.                Klose.              Atkinson

            Tanner.                                                                                                          Pring

 

Callum has improved but Im still not convinced he’s going to make it here tbh. Hope I’m wrong but he still don’t impact games enough 

Agreed hes had enough chances prefer Benarous out wide .

11 hours ago, Davefevs said:

Funny that Ian Gay is no longer saying we should’ve got Ismael in the summer, he’s now moved on to Cooper.

Just now, RobintheRed Red said:

Used to like listening to his views hes lost the plot now playing blokes out of position trying players in positions they've never played and stats and possession thats all he talks about :laugh:.

4 hours ago, spudski said:

Are we still using one?

Like NP I was totally frustrated watching how easy it was to score against us from crosses/set pieces.

Is it the players fault...or are they being asked to defend/set up like that?

Yes...it's arguable that out GK could have done better for both...however, how do you expect to win a header when marking as they do?

How we set up to mark for the second goal was so inept.

Not one of our players gave themselves a chance to actually challenge and win the ball.

All in a line on the 18 yard box, 18 yards of space for the cross to come into, and the opposition able to run into that space, nothing stopping them. Only have to concentrate on heading the ball goalwards under no pressure.

We are lined up in-between them. Offering no blocks on runs, and having to defend with back to ball, facing goalwards, instead of away from goal. Giving yourself the hardest possible chance of defending the ball, winning it or clearing it.

No one looking to attack the actual ball...just running back between the opposition, no real attempt to block runs or win the header. I've used this word before regarding defending...it's ' symbolic'.

It's basic stuff. 

I really don't understand how professional footballers are making such basic mistakes. 

 

Yes and two of the smallest guys getting continuously beaten in the air on crosses Dasilva and Massengo teams have sussed this out .

6 hours ago, Merrick's Marvels said:

The manager believes in Conway and has played him when he's been fit. Ditto Bell. Sam Pearson's not good enough.

So what's your point?

It's demonstrably obvious, noted by various posters with reasoned arguments more than once, that Britton isn't physically up to Championship standard. There's no doubting he has natural ability when it comes to putting the ball in the net but modern football requires supreme physical athleticism above all else which he hasn't got and is unlikely to develop no matter how "fit" he gets.

Semenyo is the exact opposite - superb physical attributes, poor technique. But his technique can be improved through hard work and good coaching - we've seen that already.

The areas Britton needs to work on cannot be so readily improved, if at all - it's down to DNA by and large - watch the video with Dave Rennie talking about the most important quality in modern top level football being explosive power. Semenyo has this in spades, Britton has the explosiveness of a tub of lard.

That's not to say he can't have a career - there will always be a need for players who can find the net as well as he can, just not at the level City are aspiring to. 

This is all pretty obvious stuff so I  can only assume the reason you're getting your knickers in a twist is you're his dad or something. 

We took a punt on a local lad with some ability. Like most punts it wasn't a winner. It hasn't cost us much so no harm done. Next. 

Il come back to you if he progresses funny how you can slate him and kick him in the bollox hope he dont come back to bite our ass.

3 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

Pearson is on loan, same as Britton and so was Bell so it seems to me the only player that Nige really thinks is close is Conway. I would have thought there will be footballing reasons for that rather than because he likes Conway and hates the others.

States on Bristol live hes being released .

1 hour ago, Numero Uno said:

I'll humour you.......

Do you think that watching the kid train every day might give Pearson a better opinion of his current ability than you?

How come he never smashed it on loan at Woking if he is as good as you say he is? Were they picking on him too?

You don't think Scott and Benarous are better than Britton?

What problem does Pearson have with the lad? I'm asking because you state it is so obvious but I'm a bit dimp and can't see it.......

If West Brom and Wolves are watching him what is he doing on loan at some League of Ireland mob?

Not comparing with the likes of Scott and Benarous  I'm talking Pearson Bell and conway .

1 hour ago, Roger Red Hat said:

It means the poster is semi-literate.

Can see why Tommy Cooper is your logo

3 hours ago, handsofclay said:

But we can all do that on our day, it's doing it consistently that matters (although one can only do it twice a season v Brentford if in the same division as them).

He didn't get another chance to prove himself obviously his face didn't fit west Brom and wolves watching him.

5 hours ago, Robbored said:

A one-off game Rob. Didn’t cement him a place.

Hes being released dont drink dint smoke obviously pearson has a problem with him the other young uns no better.

4 hours ago, Robbored said:

Nige said awhile back that Britton doesn’t have the physically as yet to push for a first team place and that he lacks enough games playing competitive mens matches.

Since then things have obviously changed if Britton is trialling in Ireland. Maybe he’s been released?……….

All I know is last season he battered two Brentford defenders and scored a goal ?

8 hours ago, Lew-T said:

Shoutout to the fella in the away end with a Gas flag.

“Yeah, you know what I’ll take a Bristol Rovers flag in and show them”

Tadaaaa

And the silly ***** wiping his ass in our Robins flag 1.0 up then went in to a coma whilst we banged in three .

8 hours ago, sh1t_ref_again said:

Taken from Cardiff forum where they are calling this out as disgusting, apparently Cardiff directors had to apologise and will be sent the bill.

Bristol toilets smashed

I've just got back from the Bristol game, and I'm pretty disappointed. Not just in the result, but in the actions of a group of idiots who thought it was okay to completely demolish the gents toilets in the away end. I hoped our fans were better than that.
Sinks and pipes were ripped off the walls, the suspended ceiling was brought down, with metal rods, insulation and broken tiles everywhere, the electric wiring was ripped out and hanging down - it looked like a bomb had gone off in there. What sinks were still intact were overflowing, as the plugholes were blocked and the taps forced open. There was water everywhere.
Okay, some will say it's just fun and games, but if someone did this to our away end, you'd never hear the end of it. It was appalling behaviour, and whoever did it should be ashamed. Rant over.

The only result the Welsh scum got today battered on and off the pitch .

7 hours ago, OddBallJim said:

I’m feeling I’m in the minority here, but I’m not convinced on him… yet. 
 

Their second goal looked saveable at the time, and having watched the footage back I would hope he could have done a little better. The ball seems to take an eternity to go in. He seems to also be a bit rooted to his line when crosses come in. 
 

Flip side of it is that he does look very comfortable with the ball at his feet, and can drill the ball with seemingly far more accuracy than Bentley. Plus he has a good long accurate throw out as well. This seems to suit how we want to play better than Bentley’s slow delivery and inevitable long high punt. 
 

In summary… I’m not sure who I’d pick moving forwards (unless Bentley is sold). But certainly don’t think it’s as easy as saying one is clearly better than the other when they each have merits and weaknesses. 

Yes agree both got faults Bentley rooted to his line good shot stopper was disappointed with their second but think Max edges it .

1 hour ago, CHAZ MICHAELS said:

And Owura Edwards scores in 3 minutes on his debut for Colchester.

Got more goals than odowda in six years

34 minutes ago, westonred said:

Be nice if we could get this lad in and ship out COD and maybe get some money for him. To me COD has undoubted ability but only ever plays well for about 45 mins every 2 or 3 games.

League one player at best