Red34
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Professionalism.
That's the word I want to scream when I have to talk to a Gashead.
City:
* Proper training facilities with potential upgrade coming soon
* A proper stadium that looks amazing - and when our move fell through Lansdown already had designs, planning permission and exactly how he was going to fund it already in place. That's a proper businessman - you have back up plans
* Well respected in the city and surrounding areas, with academic institutions and local authorities actually happy to work with us
* Part of a large sports franchise that isn't just advertised on billboards deep in Rovers territory but is part of a global company's nationwide radio campaign. Also has the Foundation working with schools and the community and the team appearing at the Balloon Fiesta etc
* Actually rich owner - the stadium, his old firm and the rich lists all prove it
Rovers
* A field somewhere - the fence hasn't been paid for and they've not got planning permission yet despite their current training ground having been sold by its owners
* Some tents, patio furniture and a condemned pasty hut. The UWE "fell through" / couldn't be afforded with no plan B in sight let alone with planning permission or funding
* Burned bridges with UWE, their local community, Sainsburys, anyone they've ground shared with and any contractors they've not paid
* They've appointed a used car salesman as commercial director. Oh and Santa's Grotto. Never forget that
* Their owner has only spent money he's secured against their home, appears to have no wealth from the family beyond that backing him and his wealth seems to be forever out of the reach of Rovers. He also wears tracksuits with his initials on despite never playing as he saw it on TV dramas and thought it looked cool
Even ignoring the more-than-double attendances, we're not even in the same universe. We're professional and professionally managed - they're just tinpot...
PS: And before a Rovers fan says "but you're obsessed with us" my grandparents and family spent all they had on shares in 82 to save the club, and watched Rovers fans denigrate us and try to block any attempts to help us. So I'll hate them till I die and foster this hatred in the next generation too!
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5 minutes ago, GrahamC said:
In Jack Vittles' dreams.
North Korean match reports would be more impartial than him.
To be fair I'd struggle to do his job.
Having to find something positive to say about them?!
"Umm, the Mem might make a nice supermarket? Not a posh one though, a Lidl or something..."
"Their owner has a very nice tracksuit although we're not sure why he's got one..."
And I'm out
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2 hours ago, SirColinOfMansfield said:
Is this what they mean by a Championship-ready sprinklers system?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNyoYyVaBvs
I'd actually forgotten in the Football League there are still some grounds where fans don't get a roof over their head
Mind you their club might not have one either next year...
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Really happy with this result - although like many was desperately hoping we could hold on for a surprise win...
We're looking pretty solid at the back (first time in ages?!) and got competition for most positions (particularly the CBs) and looking creative in attack.
If anyone ever asks I'll still say I'll be happy with a mid-table end to the season, but recently I've actually started to feel that's possible - and maybe we could even sneak a bit better
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While I could probably make my first post on how great I think we're doing at the moment (3rd generation City fan and honestly think we look the part for the first time in many years)...
The dawning of reality on the R*vers forum was too good to pass up:
15 minutes agoPost by Topper Gas on 15 minutes ago
But they were fighting relegation all last season? Although they sold Gay Meadow for an out of town site, the opposite Wael wants us to do!
Perhaps Shrewsbury is the model we should be looking at and we forget the delusions of grandeur that abound.But would such player want to play in a crap stadium and port a cabin training facilities when they could go to the likes of Shrewsbury Town with their new but basic stadium and training ground
Relegation, delusions of grandeur and tinpot all in one...
The portacabin training facilities Henbury mentioned:
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Bristol R*vers dustbin thread
in Football Chat
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On a lighter note they are the Comic Relief for the Red side of Bristol
I always am happy to step into my local Sainsburys and buy a red nose too!