LilRascal

Jacki is the playmaker - heart of the team

Lee Bowyer's done time, hasn't he? Fit's the bill...

How much is sacking him going to cost them?? Contracted until 2026, wasn't he? Maybe that's be the piggy bank they'd saved up for the JCH fee in January gone already?

16 hours ago, pongo88 said:

As Mrs Pongo was watching Bake Off on TV I decided to have a look at the Rovers forum. I actually found someone who posted a sensible comment:
 

“Only QPR, Sheffield Wednesday, Bristol Rovers and Grimsby Town out of the 92 haven't built a new permanent stand or stadium in the last 30 years. Board after board after board have bullshitted the supporters with drawings, designs, campaigns, videos and appointing stadium advisors. How can 95% of the Football League something that is apparently not achievable for us?” 
 

Come on, which of you have joined their forum and pretended to be Gashead? 

And the stadiums of Sheff Weds, QPR and even Grimsby are far, far superior to theirs. 

Eastville was such a dump - but look at the size of it, the potential of the site they once had to build a decent stadium (plus additional facilities), in their traditional heartland, with excellent road and train links. Only a truly incompetent (or corrupt) management could have f-ed it all up quite so comprehensively. 

Leics Police seem to be a lot friendlier, more organised and professional than their West Midlands colleagues, judging from the post above!

Our kop was the east end.

Now that Reading have been docked another 3 points, am I reading the table right - without the point deductions to Wigan and Reading, ie., based purely on footballing merit - Rovers should be in 20th place, just scraping above the relegation zone not even because of goal difference but just because Carlisle have played one more and lost 3?

I thought they were going to walk the league this season?!

My attempt at a best XI, plus 9 substitutes, 4-4-2 formation, with Alan Dicks as manager:

GK: M Gibson

RB: L Carey

CB: B Wedlock

CB: S Taylor

LB: B Drysdale

RM: S Murray

CM: G Gow

CM: T Doherty 

LM: B Tinnion

CF: J Atyeo

CF: A Cole

Subs:  A Basso, N Hunter, D Barnard, J Dziekanowski, J Jordan, G Sweeney, C Whitehead, B Taylor, T Abraham

Got to have John Atyeo and Billy Wedlock in there, surely?

6 minutes ago, spudski said:

....1928 verses the Gas. 

Can't remember anything earlier...

https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/

Think this is the URL - https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/137176/ 

Got to say Eastville in 1928 looks a hell of a lot better than their current dump!

Isn't Gardner-Hickman that DIY shop behind the Evening Post building?

I like the clarity of this graph: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_derby#/media/File:Bristol_Derby_League_Performance.svg  Has anyone seen a similar comparative graph of average home and away attendances? Could be an easy way to shut down certain outside posters..

8 minutes ago, supercidered said:

I'm bored.

Where is Hot Air / Joey Barton? 

The parental controls on his device only allows him 2 hours of wifi access per day. He has to balance OTIB with his other favourite teenage activity.

I’m surprised he hasn’t tried comparing Gas to St Pauli yet. 

19 minutes ago, BetterRedthanBlue said:

Steve McClaren would be the manager. Trying to think about who the assistant is.

Think I had airbrushed McClaren from my memory!

5 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said:

Two plus an assistant.

who was the other England manager (other than Hodgson) and the assistant? (I should know this, shouldn't I?!)

I'm horrified to learn that people outside our fanbase know that our ex-chairman was a session musician approx. 35 years, how has this information leaked out?? I feel so ashamed.

Maybe stream the urinals through to the Fanta taps? 

I think we should leave the CM vacancy open for the returning Benerous. He’s quality. 

Mickey Bell - not only did we get him cheap, but we also got his son 20 years later - great deal from Wycombe!

We had so many good left backs back then, but only one left sided midfielder - think it was no coincidence that the left backs flourished when we had Tinnion on the pitch.

The overlaps between whichever left back we had and Tinnion were a joy to watch. (And then the switch over to the right wing where Scott Murray would cut in and score). Ah - nostalgia!

6 minutes ago, Steve Watts said:

Absolutely need to be careful with his recovery from this one.  No point in rushing him back while we have other options.  Let him recover properly and just hope that the double injury doesn't take anything away from what looks/looked to be a promising career.

Absolutely - I can remember Christian Ribeiro....

3 minutes ago, phantom said:

Last I heard he was being eased back in, running but not ready for contact yet

that's good to hear 

Has there been any news of Amyan Benarous's recovery back from hic ACL injury? Is he anywhere close to getting back into the squad?

Last I saw was this piece https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-preseason-training-benarous-8555653  a month ago, which seemed optimistic. Would be great to have him back.