Galway Red

You got to laugh at the Evil post, earlier this week someone was comparing one of their players with Adebayor the ex Arsenal & Man City striker and today another clown is comparing their current manager with Sheff Utd boss Chris Wildet

8 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said:

I'm going to suggest that our record in the time period you mention, which includes relegation out of the league, being knocked out of the cup by countless non league sides and never having played you in a league fixture, suggests that there is no perceivable bias toward our club by match officials.

If there is such a bias, then we are in even bigger trouble than I thought.

You are, because match officials can't keep showing this obvious bias, people will start to ask questions

26 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said:

It really hasn't

You would say that

11 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said:

I have no idea what the stats are and can't be arsed to look them up. However, I'm willing to bet anything you like, that over the years, we have probably had around about the same amount of penalties awarded to us, given against us and the same with red cards as any other team.

No doubt that some teams do get little runs of such things going in their favour, but as conspiracy theories go, it's just a little bit more likely than flat earthers view of the world and a little less likely that the current crop of world leaders are all in it together

But your little runs of such "such things' has lasted about 15 years, you've had strikers that constantly tumble in the box as if they've been shot dating back to the likes of Roberts and Haldane and your current striker is as bad. 

5 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx--7xHyx3M

Love it

1 hour ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

You could be correct mate, I used https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk for the stats as a few people on here, such as @Davefevs and @JonDolman have said it’s a good source of info and stats - so apologies if the penalty stats on that site are unreliable ...

No problem

Can't get into that link mate but I can promise you that they haven't given away 9 penalties this season, they are also 5-1 better off when it comes to sending offs

25 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said:

I'd lost count! hope you all had a nice Xmas and New Year!

It's funny how you've popped back Miah just as Rovers win their first game for 4 years, Leeds win for the first time since Brexit and Rangers implode at the first sign of pressure

16 minutes ago, Galway Red said:

Really don't know where you are getting your stats wrong

*From

49 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

This season Rovers have been given 6 penalties .. 8 other clubs in league one have been awarded the same, or more. And also so far this season Rovers’ opponents have been awarded 9 penalties when playing against the gas. So more pens have gone against them than for them.

Last season Rovers were awarded 7 penalties; compare that with Charlton who were awarded 15 in league one, Accrington 11 and Luton 10 - and 6 other clubs were awarded the same number of pens as the gas. Also last season, Rovers’ opponents were awarded a total of 7 pens - so awarded and conceded totals were the same.

In 2017/2018 Rovers were awarded 4 penalties - 13 other clubs in their division were awarded more than them. And in the same season, Rovers’ opponents were given 13 penalties - so they were awarded 9 less than they conceded ...

It really does pain me to say it, but this thing about them getting loads of pens and more pens than anyone else is just a convenient myth...they have actually had more pens awarded against them over recent times ...

 

Really don't know where you are getting your stats wrong

They've conceded 9 penalties? Surely that can't be right

9 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

Unfortunately that’s a myth GR 

You reckon? Don't know the stats but certainly seem to get more penalties than against 

4 hours ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

To me, teams they play against at home do seem quite likely to have players sent off - more regularly than many other clubs, including our own. Are there any stats to support this feeling?

Throw in penalties as well

2 hours ago, Seneca the Younger said:

Not making excuses but they have all of Devon & half of Cornwall supporting them. Must be nearly 2m people there?

Plymouth away support is fantastic, they have to travel for 2 hours before they even hit Bristol, not as good as Rovers away support though

I love the excuses their manager is coming out with for their losses. bad pitches, refs not being strong enough, time wasting from the opposition, obvious penalties not being given, he sounds desperate, no excuse tonight against a very poor Tranmere side that hasn't scored for 5 games 

1 hour ago, Shaun Taylor said:

To be fair Exeter brought 2000 but we sold all our tickets and could have done with more! 

Could of done with more? Who do you think you are, Rovers? 

3 minutes ago, Shaun Taylor said:

As a Swindon fan I went to all the City matches at home from the late 70's onwards and they were always really lively. Also went to Elm Park and found their lot rather quiet and not really a Derby compared to you guys the Gas and Oxford 

With all due respect, taking the Town end was a walk in the park, we got far more issues at Oxford and Newport 

2 minutes ago, Banjo Island said:

Indeed buddy brings a tear to me eyes

Funny enough I was at a wake of a dear friend on Friday and Torquay was mentioned, it was great to reminisce of some great memories following City, as you say, brings a tear to the eye

5 minutes ago, Banjo Island said:

Thats were i was drinking galway where has all those years gone mate

Happy memories Banjo

7 minutes ago, Banjo Island said:

The torquay weekender mass football match on beach the boat that sank in 2 foot of water with 1 of the hapless sailors arrested when old bill followed his wet footprints to where he was hiding behind a nearby building an amazing weekend spent with some fantasic lads what memories

Ahh, the Yacht & the Gibbon bar on the harbour, was that really over 35 years ago? 

8 minutes ago, ukneil said:

Yeah.  Not that this stuff should be forgotten about or viewed with any kind of nostalgia, but exactly what relevance does this have to tonight's game?  Is it something the post prints every time we play Reading away?  

Perhaps the writer is Gas and the six digits on each hand confused him when using them to erroneously determine it's the 25th anniversary this year...

The Editor-in-chief is certainly gas and used to stand on the Tote End

4 minutes ago, Nogbad the Bad said:

Never been a rioter but was present at the 'goings on' at Reading, Swindon, Plymouth, and even Torquay - after the game (Nolan sister, made the papers)

Also on the train to York, as mentioned above, but remember that as a good day out and very peaceful except the first City fan off the train at York ran across the platform shouting, BRRRISSSSSSSSSSSTOL, and was promptly rugby tackled to the ground by police and arrested.

Always thought that was a long way to go to be arrested within 30 seconds!

That Torquay game was nuts, Ms Nolan was seeing a Torquay player at the time, Wilson? Another City game to hit the Nationals!!! 

Maybe tomorrow 'The post' will print how Rovers fans attacked families of Swindon fans with baseball bat's in a pub garden on Gloucester Road? 

I remember the away days in the'80s & early '90s like it was yesterday and yet hardly any recollection of any away days since apart from the odd one or two

23 minutes ago, glen humphries said:

If I remember rightly a big mob of Man City turned up .

Stockport was a Man City stronghold