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The huge majority certainly, then after he's been given his first 20 minutes of game time he can written off as a waste of money and the recruitment team haven't got a clue - by the same majority.

Exactly my point, if they were all banned retrospectively then we wouldn't see it so often now. I'd honestly ban the cheat for as long as the one who got the red and it would at least make him think twice about doing it again.

I said regarding retrospective banning for diving when the likes of Drogba, Ronaldo used to do it. Ban them for 3 games, repeat offender double it, and it would soon have stopped back then, or at least it wouldn't be as bad as it is now as they all do it knowing nothing will happen whatsoever. The same as "it was dealt with at the time so we now cannot change the decision", assuming this is still the case when a blatant red wasn't given and the ref only deemed it to be a yellow, yet when the ref misses it completely they do rightfully give out a ban retrospectively (assuming I have got that rule correct).

Personally I would like a retrospective ban for cheating like that, think it is awful myself and should not be accepted as part of the game and the dark arts.

This is the trouble with experts - they simply aren't experts. On one of our Sky games or the Cup games (cannot remember which one) a couple of pundits said after the game we could make a run for the playoffs. There was no mention of all of our injuries at the time whatsoever which were shocking (Kalas, Atkinson, Naismith, Weimann, Conway, Williams), they just made a judgement on one performance and that was it, there was no in depth discussion or pretty much any discussion at all about our upcoming fixtures or our lack of available squad.

Of course decisions will still be incorrect, but at least we would then know why they were given. When Rotherham should have had a second yellow and us a pen (imo), if the ref truly thought it was a soft dive, blatant dive, no contact because he couldn't be 100% sure etc, I'd rather hear him say that (even if he was wrong), rather than waving play on and nobody having a clue why it wasn't given. Same with their pen, what did he actually see to warrant a pen where it looked like there was hardly any contact and Hugill went down like he was shot. An explanation just to the Captain would suffice. I don't really care if someone is swearing out of shot, I mean blatant swearing and abuse in the face of the refs, just yellow card them all and then when a second yellow comes for players they will soon change their ways/habits. The 4th official could also help out if they heard and seen something too. If a player called the ref a cheat then card them, what's the issue? It doesn't really matter what people looking on thinks really, the point is consistency imo (everything already is interpreted in different ways as it is). If one week it's a booking and the next it isn't and that becomes the norm then the PGMOL need to step in and sort it out. Nothing is improving at the moment, abuse is probably worse than ever, and something needs changing very quickly.

This will (should) then lead to more consistency if they enforce the laws, it will also embarrass players hounding the ref giving him abuse and will be called out. A yellow card for abusive language and it's on the mic too so the player cannot argue the decision, so yellow card the player (and multiple players at that if need be). This is where Nige has a huge point, it is the inconsistency and mic'd up refs will have to be more consistent, or we will at least hear an explanation.

Get the refs mic'd up and we can at least hear why they have or haven't gave a decision. It wouldn't be so bad if they got a decision wrong if they said what their reasoning was, and it was just a mistake. But how it is at the moment everyone are just baffled by multiple decisions.

You need to get away from those things called facts. They don't work weel with those 40000+ Gasheads that turned up at Wembley...

If you were a player or manager and seen/read all of his post match interviews this season alone, why would you go there or let one of your players go there on loan? The manager is a massive piece of the puzzle for a player, he must put off plenty of players whilst he's dragging the clubs reputation (we all know they are everyones second favourite club) down further by each game.

No worries Mrs "Flapper" Phillips

Get a grip you belter.

Marvin Rees was happy to go along with the racial aspect of both of these live on GMB after the Colston statue story,, and Susanna Reid said the names "made my skin crawl" when she was at University here. Never said a word previously until it suited her though as far as I'm aware. I think the Bristolian weatherman was on there as well at the same time, and not one of them said these names were probably not associated with slavery and were all more than happy to say they were. Amazing how they were all happy to go along with it to millions of viewers though, and all to suit the narrative at the time.

100%. Although I think if you are betting with bookies in play the odds are always too short regardless, as they have their built in margin. Just bet on Betfair/Betdaq exchange where the pricing is generally efficient and is a 100% book. I bet Arsenal at 44 on there when the books were only 25/1, I wouldn't have touched them at the bookies odds throughout (they did hit 380 on Betfair). Close but no cigar and a great finish to a very good game.

We are all devastated because we all know this Stadium is happening anytime soon, and again they will be coming for us.... By the time a new stadium is built for Rovers the majority of their fanbase will have left this Earth, and there isn't many more people left to come through the turnstiles, they are way too late to the party.

How many players will be leaving too, and starting yet again another season with other clubs players on loan. Rinse and repeat.... He said at the start of this season he had a top budget, so why has he blamed his budget on his teams season poor performance lately? It's as if he is such a narcissist he cannot take any personal responsibility for anything whatsoever, it's always the fault of anyone but poor Joey. Long may he stay and slag off every club and manager he plays against, they are getting more hated by the week with him in charge by more and more clubs.

I am guessing that by lowering the capacity (and still not filling it), he is then using the tried and tested gaslogic, to calculate the percentage figure of how full it has been - basically make it up as you go along to suit and sell this nonsense to the fans, who fall for this stuff EVERY single time.

How is he a yard onside which Barton is claiming? He is off, not by much but definitely off .

I'd wager that in 6-12 months there will be another statement saying "the numbers didn't stack up and it was a bad deal for Bristol Rovers FC, but rest assured we are all working extremely hard behind the scenes to get you Gasheads a new Stadium", then they will all lap it up yet again saying Al Quidi is doing his best for them...

Looks offside on the highlights to me and Weimann does stop celebrating very quickly and lino has the flag up, so unsure how the 4th official would/could have disallowed it so quick? https://www.skysports.com/football/stoke-vs-bristol-c/468300

I'd have nothing against those words being said by multiple people in football, but if he is a role model then something has gone terribly wrong. It isn't like he was a bad apple 20 years ago, and then changed and became an excellent person. You just have to listen to his narcissistic interviews. I wonder how many young players he has helped better themselves after throwing them under the bus in a interview (players from the club he manages as well).

I am not doubting the recovery time may be quick, but this is a player that could get us 25 million, and there is just 5 weeks left of the season. I can see the club and manager (maybe Scott and his agent too) thinking why risk anything at all now, as there is pretty much nothing to play for (within reason). They may also see it as a great opportunity to get the likes of Taylor-Clarke in to get some more minutes and experience in the first team. I would like/hope him to have a proper sign off though as he has been unbelievable.

Just think of how much of a bellend he was as a player, then take a good look at him now after he has made himself better every day since.... oh wait.....

Cannot see him playing for us again myself. Could be our biggest ever payday for him, and cannot see anyone from the club putting that in jeopardy.