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13 hours ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

You’re not one for the rehabilitation of offenders then?  I think a number of City players have had criminaI convictions over the years, some involving assault.  Would you have advocated the sacking of Bradley Orr and Steve Brooker?

Where is/was Jevanis Brown rehabilitation, is he fully rehabilitated in a few months? How has his attitude changed? Does he still drink alcohol and how does it affect him? Is he on any courses for this rehabilitation - he may have met Barton on one... I have read he received counselling for alcohol issues since 2021, then this happens in 2023 - so please explain how he is now some sort of rehabilitated role model.

Did Brooker or Orr get signed when they had been sacked by their previous club, had just pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman, and had another assault charge hanging over them as well?

1 hour ago, SirColinOfMansfield said:

How inconvenient that everything posted on the web gets archived!

So shame on Wael Al Qadi for being a hypocritical scumbag and removing his original posting rather than standing by his word!

https://web.archive.org/web/20210728181132/https://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/2021/july/Wael-al-qadi-letter/

 

Club News

Club President's Open Letter to Fans...

27 July 2021

 

 

 

 

 

Club President Wael Al Qadi has today penned an open letter to supporters...

Dear Gasheads, 

I have been here with you now for nearly five and a half years. I hope that through that time you have seen and felt my passion for this club, my openness with supporters and my understanding of the emotions that you feel on a day-to-day basis. 

 

We have a diverse fanbase, as was celebrated in our recent kit launch campaign and all supporters are welcome at The Mem to enjoy watching our club together.

However, the past four days have been tough for us all and I have seen first-hand that there is division within the fanbase which is not what we want heading into a new season.

Firstly, I think it is really important to confirm that as a club we stand firmly against any form of violence. Any individual that is found guilty of any such offences will be dismissed immediately. I understand the concerns expressed by a number of you. However, in line with the basic principles of British law, it is my view that you are innocent until proven guilty. 

I have seen and understand the response to the statement that was released last night. Given that this is a legal matter, what we can and can’t say as a club is heavily restricted. That said, I think it is important that some context is given to the comment regarding victimless crimes as I know that has caused some distress. The phrase is a legal term referring to cases in which the victim is either unknown or has not made a complaint/engaged with the police enquiries. We in no way meant to belittle charges of domestic abuse. 

I know that this may have been misinterpreted in the statement last night and I wholeheartedly apologise to anyone that was offended. 

As has been well publicised we are partners with the team at HerGameToo and continue to play an active role in supporting that initiative. Furthermore, before we were aware of this issue we agreed last week to support a Domestic Violence campaign which we will continue to do heading into the new season. In addition, in 2018 we partnered with the Southmead Project who provide free counselling and support for survivors of abuse and addiction across Bristol and surrounding areas. All of these causes are at the heart of our football club and we will continue to do all we can to support those in need. 

This period will have undoubtedly strained relationships, however, I hope that we can retain your trust and confidence as we look to continue to build the club and support our wider community.  

I hope that you can all join me in getting behind the team this season, we need your support now more than ever.

 

FTG 

 

Wael

Club President

Bristol Rovers Football Club

 

 

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Isn't Al Quidi a top top man with a nice watch who engages with the fans, I am sure if anyone asks him on Social Media what did he mean when he put out that statement originally he will reply with 100% honesty....

4 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said:

I don't think anyone in their right mind would condone assault, I certainly don't, but we have courts and procedures to deal with those who break the law. Is it just footballers we think should lose their living as a result of a conviction, or is it everyone? Is it just assault on women that deserves the extra punishment, or should we extend it to assault on men as well, or on a certain age group? Is it just violent crime we want to apply extra sanctions to, or should we apply it to scammers as well who cause such heartbreak and ruin? Or drink drivers, or drug users?

 

You seem to be trying very hard to convince yourself it's all ok because a court dealt with it, whilst saying you don't condone it, then asking a load of strange questions about a load of other stuff.

Do people think it is only footballers who should lose their living after pleading guilty to 2 assaults against a woman? Definitely not. 

Let's be fair here, footballers are meant to be role models for people to look up to, especially kids.

Your mob have signed a player who was still in the middle of all of this, and you (Barton/Wael) signed him because nobody else wanted him, and he was simply going cheap. 

Many would have thought slightly different if you did the same signing a year or two down the line and came out with all the rehabilitation rubbish, but no, not Barton, sign him when he has just pleaded guilty and with another charge hanging over him.

Family club my arse. The last couple of seasons will have you down as one of the most despised clubs in the UK. 

Your club deserves Barton and Barton deserves your club. 

9 minutes ago, Gazred said:

There was also that time they deep cleaned their curtains. Could come under renovations I guess.

Plus a subscription to Babestation for the W

A month to month contract, why don't we give him one of those famous  'pay as you play' contracts.....  

1 hour ago, Robbored said:

DW served up the best style of football seen at AG for decades. It was pure entertainment and I loved the ‘buzz’ his teams produced.

Wasn't this the man in charge of us in the PO final against Brighton?

What was pure entertainment about that game? What "proper" management skills did he show us all that day?

What about the drinking culture under him, did that cost us a few points and automatic promotion, and ultimately his job?

8 minutes ago, old parkender said:

As I understand, the other assault was at the same time as the one he pleaded guilty to, he’s pleading not guilty to the second so it’s an ongoing case. 

So they are still happy to work with them for one already guilty charge, but if it's two guilty verdicts it may be too much?

Makes no sense from their point of view. I hope they aren't getting paid by Rovers as it looks a bit of a conflict of interest/brown envelope situation.

20 hours ago, !james said:

 

 

 

What I don't understand about this is he's already admitted and been charged for one assault against a woman already?

So where do they stand on that? 

2 hours ago, OneTeamInBristol said:

You were in the room? 

That must have been a tad awkward...

No, the next room....

25 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

I would suggest that the fact your post and subsequent comments have been removed suggests it was not the most intelligent.

In fact, I would go further and suggest that, were there one iota of truth in your scurrilous suggestion, this would be headline making news, both on here and on the blue side.

It may have been headline making news if a few people knew about it. What if only one or two people knew?

I know of a woman who worked at City sleeping with 2 married City players a few years ago (ex players now). It wasn't reported on here or anywhere as far as I am aware, but I can guarantee it was true as I knew her very well.

I'd also bet a few others on here know of such stories too that are 100% true.

That Post article is mental, could easily take multiple parts of it and rip it apart as laughable. 
 

But I do like the one quote here where he seems to be taking credit for Anderson "Jennings’ principles also guided the decisions to bring in James Connolly and Elliot Anderson in January."

Rovers or Jennings simply just got lucky with Anderson when they signed him on loan. Due to their brilliant recruitment planning by the likes of Rovers, Barton and Jennings, Rovers were basically ringing around clubs at the end of the transfer window scrounging for any players (not too hard to believe). Newcastle had Anderson and they offered him to Rovers, they said he was an excellent prospect but a lack of experience, so it would be a bit of a gamble if it would work out or not.

There was no "guided decisions" to bring Anderson in, unless you count guided into scrambling around clubs scrounging, they just got very lucky due to their own planning of recruitment being abysmal.

26 minutes ago, TedsHeadIs Red said:

If City offered the pitch for people to come and do their ironing then someone would pay to do it. 

Let me know when that is happening as I'll drop mine off.

6 hours ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

On the contrary Phil, they wear it like a badge of honour….”tinpot and proud” they write on Social Media, “we know our place unlike you deluded shitheads” they say.

That is until we or anyone else points out how shit and skint they are when all of a sudden the rage kicks in and they start spouting that they’ve got ‘huge’ support, admired all over the World and a mega rich owner who is committed 100% to the Gas unlike SL who, apparently, wants out.

I'd rather have an owner who wants out and then leaves us with Ashton Gate, the infrastructure, the training ground, 20k+ crowds at home week in week out, and if built by the time he leaves the new Arena, new hotel, new flats etc etc etc.

Rather that than an owner who obviously wants in, a true gashead, and have the Mem with it's tinpotness and an effort of a training ground, and a terrible following that won't be going up anytime soon.

Tough choice...

16 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Saw this, always nice to get an external view on Alex.

 

I literally just watched this myself and was about to post it! 

56 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

It can be for whatever reason, but it still occurred.

Hence @Davefevs point that increased squad depth could help us overcome that plateau. I agree that's possible.

I don't think anyone would argue with that. All I am saying is there is a very valid reason why it happened. We were hardly going to keep up the improved trajectory with a fair few important players injured, and I think it is a bit of an unfair criticism, all things considered.

11 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

My full view (and apologies for not setting it out in full) is that we improved on last season and then plateaued at that new higher point. Essentially we climbed a flight of stairs, then sat on the landing for a bit. We've now got to see if we can scale the next flight.

That summary therefore does take account of the progress that you mention, but also notes that it didn't translate into a sustained improvement in performance.

I'm absolutely not someone who judges improvement/progress on league table position alone.

Surely a lot of that that was simply down to our horrendous injury list and thin squad.  

39 minutes ago, AshtonGreat said:

'Long read' is a bit of a stretch - I think it took me less than two minutes

It was a long read for me as the text kept moving to different parts of my screen, with adverts being added on top of the text. Worse than the BP for adverts!

49 minutes ago, BCFC11 said:

Please do not apply if you are a contractor.

What's all that about? Surely you would want a contractor wouldn't you being a so called professional football club?

It's still a mystery to me how all of these snipers get into the ground and never get caught.

7 hours ago, Kodjias Wrist said:

Well speaking to quite a few gasheads on the weekend they were saying hes a c*** and they can't stand him.

What I will say is out of the gas I know, once you get the first few minutes banter out the way they are normally pretty level headed. A few of them fancy us for promotion

A mate of mine thinks everything he says is excellent, edgy etc and always tells it as it is. I can guarantee I will hear the words of "you'll struggle this season and be in for a relegation fight, and we will probably be top 6", I hear the same every single season with no irony whatsoever.  A few others are a bit more "honest" shall we say, but hardly any of them go and watch them.

1 hour ago, Davefevs said:

They don’t need to be realistic, their aim is to make money.  They do that in their “margins”.

I know you know that, but here’s a good link for others:

https://www.newbettingoffers.co.uk/how-to-calculate-football-betting-margins

Even in things like Roulette, paying out 32x still has a margin because of zero, meaning there are 33 numbers not just 1-32, which means they make a 3.125% margin on every spin on average.  I believe some wheels in some casinos also have a double zero (00), meaning they pay out 32x on 34 numbers!

The difference with a roulette wheel is the margin is fixed so they will never lose longterm.

With the bookies they could have a larger margin in their book than a casino, but can still get it wrong. So it comes down to the punter to spot/know where the value/wrong prices are, hence why bookies ban completely or restrict many punters literally to betting maximum stakes of pennies with them (Horse racing especially). 

1 hour ago, 22A said:

The club could raise funds here by selling off a square yard or metre to fans wanting a bit of AG in their garden.

They could sell off the penalty spots as "like new as has hardly ever been used"

43 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said:

I have never quite understood why people pay for IPTV and give their details over to any Tom,Dick and Harry,there are plenty of free APKs that show sports films etc(with no buffering)where you don’t have to give any details,just use a VPN to change your IP

Plenty of people won't know what an IP is, let alone a VPN. 

6 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

 

 

You outing @Davefevs

1 minute ago, phantom said:

Or more likely that there a more bets currently being placed on them

Apart from City fans I am not sure there would be anyone that would actually put money on us

The books wouldn't have taken hardly any bets yet (if any), Cardiff opened at the price they are due to the opinion of the bookies odds compilers, I doubt they've had a penny put on them yet.