Rich

27 minutes ago, In the Net said:

In this case, my thoughts consisted of "I have incurable cancer, maybe life is now too short to get involved in unnecessary dialogue". 

I believe that I need to focus on the positives in life, and the laughs on here have provided some of that in the past, for which I thank all posters.

Very brave of you to put that news onto a public forum. You have my support in your battle, keep up the dialogue if and when you can, it might help.

7 hours ago, Major Isewater said:

You mean to say that you listen to Mrs Sniper? 
Mrs Isewater stopped talking the other day and I thought I’d gone deaf. 
 

 

 

Mrs Rich went out with friends the other day. After about an hour, I realised that I didn't actually have Tinnitus.

17 hours ago, In the Net said:

Quite happy to step away. 

What a strange response. I don't believe anybody wants you to "step away", I've not suggested it, in fact I stated that I welcomed your contributions, normally.

The thing is with regards to this subject, you haven't actually contributed anything whatsoever. You have made a couple of off the cuff comments directed at myself. Commented that it would be pointless if everybody just posted tit for tat comments, which is exactly what you did with your glass houses comment and also what Miah has done, yet you liked his comment.

I'm sorry if the subject is uncomfortable for you and, as pointed out, all clubs have idiots. This subject is about the disproportionate amount of idiots BRFC seems to be troubled with currently and in recent times. Would you care to offer your thoughts on those matters?

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

... a veritable list, to which one should add the alleged racist abuse given towards an opposition goalkeeper by the ‘family club’ ... https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/08/bristol-rovers-action-fans-racially-abuse-jason-brown ...

I agree, the list is endless over the years but, I've been trying to keep it relevant to recent times.

20 hours ago, Bar BS3 said:

He's hardly digging a hole. 

He's right. A disproportionate number of your fans are complete tossers. 

Actually, the vast majority of your supporters are complete tossers, but as he's referring too - your clubs number of issues, in relation to your attendances is worse than many other clubs. 

Bar a couple of promotions from non league & the basement, your roll of "honour" consists of regular examples of sexual assault, racist abuse, attacking other clubs players & supporters & animal abuse (violent & sexual) 

Don't get me wrong - I know a few gasheads who are sound, but you certainly have a disproportionately high percentage of utter bellends involved in your club and you encourage it by appointing the likes of JB. 

Very well put.

22 hours ago, In the Net said:

Keep digging that hole. 

The only people digging holes are you and your hoppo Miah. Then you've buried your respective heads in them, hoping that the facts I'm stating will just go away and, your beloved club isn't seen in a bad light.

It would appear that over a period of time you and Miah have had an easier ride on here, than some other supporters of BRFC, who just want to have a dig and I welcome both of your contributions usually. In your case I wonder if being a female cuts you a bit more slack. But please, if you're going to post on our site, have something disputing or even constructive to say on the relevant topic, rather than trying to be clever and, failing miserably.

11 hours ago, Miah Dennehy said:

How is it 'obviously not the case' that City are just as bad? I think the CSF might be a bit miffed at that remark

A lie? What on earth are you talking about?  How could anything that I wrote be construed as a lie when I was offering an opinion?

I do apologise for misrepresentation though, it wasn't my intention to suggest that you condone any violence City fans have previously been involved in, which I assume you are happy to condemn.

In answer to your first point.

By obvious, I mean, the figures quoted prove that proportionately there have been more incidents in recent times carried out by supporters of BRFC, than anything by BCFC supporters. So in that respect it's obvious.

Potentially it could change, as we all know but, I'm referring to recent times and events involving BRFC supporters.

Second point.

As previously stated, the figures are there for you to see which proves that at this time BRFC have a problem with more people carrying out misdemeanors proportionately, than Bristol City supporters. You are aware of those figures and haven't disputed them. Armed with that knowledge, you claimed that City were just as bad.

Definition of a lie: To make a false statement with the intention to mislead, deceive, an intentional untruth. You might call that an opinion, I call it a lie.

I'm very happy to condemn any violence, regardless of who does it.

1 hour ago, In the Net said:

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-bottles-thrown-huddersfield-6372560

You are very vulnerable living in that glass house. 

Said the greenhouse dweller. Isolated incidents at AG nowadays, compared to regular incidents in recent years at the Memorial ground and GHS travels. Of course we have our share of idiots, but that's not why I posted, I did it to highlight Rovers problems. We have our own problems, they're covered under things concerning BCFC. You can post negative comments about City on your rag. 

No doubt it varies year on year and club on club but, your lot seem to be more prevalent in recent years and, like your hoppo, you haven't taken into account the disparity in the percentage of incidents related to crowd size. Of course that's if the friendly local media have actually decided to print stories, or hide them in the BRFC columns, never to be seen by anyone other than true blue family club supporters, who'd smash your effin head in if you don't support da gas, and that's just the mums.

A little out of date and only an example of what I'm saying regards actual attendances, but I believe still quite relevant: The football clubs with the most fans banned from watching games - Bristol Live (bristolpost.co.uk)

56 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said:

You didn't , others did. I just find it amusing that so many are so quick to condemn fans of other teams for fighting at football, yet are happy to ignore their own fans behaviour, particularly when it was 'back in the day'. Maybe I shouldn't have quoted you, but you were happy to paint a picture of hooliganism being specifically  a Rovers problem, when clearly other teams, including City, are just as bad.

"Maybe I shouldn't have quoted you", is that an apology?

You have misrepresented me. I was not happy to paint a picture of hooliganism being specifically a Rovers problem. I was merely pointing out that BRFC do appear to have a problem and, in my most recent post I highlighted what I believe to be a bigger problem proportionately, due to the number of supporters attending and having a higher than usual amount of misdemeanors. Even though you claim "other teams, including City, are just as bad", which is obviously not the case. I've also posted this on a topic dedicated to BRFC, not other clubs. Is this another misrepresentation from you, or a blatant lie?

2 hours ago, Miah Dennehy said:

But beating up Peterborough fans in the Watney Cup is fine because it was in the good old days

I never mentioned anything about beating up Peterborough fans, or, that it was fine, where did you dream that up?

Oh! I forgot, pathological liars.

Got anything to say about the disproportionate amount of unsavory events surrounding BRFC and the Memorial ground? By disproportionate, I refer to the amount of fans actually turning up to games and committing offences, when compared to clubs with far bigger supporter bases. Note I haven't mentioned the unsavory JB this time, just the supporters.

Looks like they've got a few off field problems running through the club. How many times have they been investigated and charged by the FA?

Pitch invasions, numerous.

Banning orders.

Punching horses.

Assault on Swindon fan.

Manager awaiting trial for assault.

This is the "Family" club.

Bristol Rovers charged by FA following pitch invasions during and after Scunthorpe United win - Bristol Live (bristolpost.co.uk)

16 hours ago, Victory Park Reds said:

I live in Clayfield Rd where Buglers were.

Shem,Minnie you obviously know Briz‘s finest.

I started going on Shem tours from 1989/90 when I started working with him.

The best days of my life honestly.All the rolls Royce/aerospace boys I salute u all.The people I met on these trips.I could write a book -pissed up with the city and last minute agony (is it a bit long for a title) - it would win the Pulitzer Prize and be a bestseller 

If Shem didn’t have a coach/Aztec half coach as I use to say 33 seater/ mini bus/ he said to me “beanie will have a coach” 

And  those are another stories
goodnight  

 

Clayfield Rd holds many memories for me, it was the go to place with injury's from being in the park and, the cut through to Sherwell. Two mates lived there, Gary Coomer at No.10 and Mike Davis up the hill on the right. Plus the Chaffey's.

3 hours ago, JackofromSanJavier said:

Watney cup, I reckon

That's the only fixture I didn't look for and has to be the one, 11th August 1973, Peterborough 1 City 2. Thought it was a bigger game than that, at the time. Something happened with Gerry Gow if my memory serves me correctly.

42 minutes ago, Victory Park Reds said:

I feel 71 having watched the city all my life- the drink helped

I ran a coach once from Briz to Peterborough in a cup match, I just can't seem to find reference to it anywhere, about1973, Took their end and had a few run ins. It was so long ago that it was a buglers coach and Shem, Minnie and a couple of others tagged along. Then they damaged the effin seats, Buglers wouldn't take any more bookings. My one and only coach.

47 minutes ago, bcfc01 said:

Surprised you actually reached 51 

 

He's 71, just that fuddled, he just thinks he's 51.

5 minutes ago, Steve Watts said:

Norwich away on a Wednesday night in September, followed by Burnley away on the Saturday.  Where, oh, where is the logic in that?!?

It's so we can be guaranteed two defeats or, two home wins for the opposition, plus Blackburn also away in Sept with only one home game, same in March one home game.

29 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Great book.

Don’t fret, there isn’t a chance in a million that they mention it.

Rovers are the lovable family club, every non Bristolian’s favourite underdog.

No way did they ever fleece the rugby club, treat them like shit and force them out of the ground they owned & then stole (50% of) from them.

Not just half the ground, the other so called legit half portion was bought for £2m, which the rugby club saw none of. That £2m was for a 50% share in the Memorial stadium Company that owned real estate that Dunford stated was worth £6m, so, a good deal for Rovers and the rugby club, were words used. I can't seem to find the quotes of the time in the Bristol Post archives.

2 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Yep. Be made to actually go to their games.

Ahh! I forgot that bit. When I say I support City, I mean that I actually go and support them. Rovers seem to have always had the "supporters" that don't actually go to the games. Used to be found in Broadmead with their scarves on while, Rovers were playing a mile and a half down the road.

1 hour ago, downendcity said:

Quartering - is that being forced to support Rovers?

Could there be anything more painful?

11 minutes ago, LondonBristolian said:

I realise this is going to be controversial but I'm not sure agree with the outrage here. I think footballers' wages represent a deeply skewed society where we value certain careers to an obscene multiple of other careers but players aren't to blame for the wage they're offered.

Even if it does turn out that Palmer doesn't have the dedication and application needed to make it in the game - and I've no idea if that's the issue at all - it was the club's job to suss his character out over six months of a loan before offering him a contract. I don't see any reason to dislike the guy for taking the contract he was offered or choosing to enjoy the money he's paid on that contract. I doubt many of us would turn down a job for an obscene salary just because we didn't particularly enjoy the work (which, again, I've no idea is true of KP or not). 

He doesn't need to show humility and he doesn't owe us as fans anything. It's not his fault the club shelled out a transfer fee and a fair whack of wages for a player that did not have a plan for, and it's not his fault we've now got a manager whose style of play he does not suit at all. As far as I'm concerned, he can do as he pleases with his money and social media. I just think it's a lesson for the club that we need to be prudent and have a clear understanding of and plan for the players we sign. 

I agree entirely with your sentiments regarding his money and how it was gained. I do however think that those with such riches, show a little more decorum and humility when posting things on public forums, it might come over as big headed and crass. After all those posts will be seen by people who effectively pay his wages and might well be struggling in the present climate to provide a roof over their heads, food on the table and clothing. It's called class I think and some just don't have it.

13 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said:

 Bournemouth itself is only part of the wider East Dorset Conurbation, which includes Poole, Christchurch and other communities. As I pointed out, Bournemouth itself is a big student town, with many employers and more nightclubs than anywhere else in the south of England outside London.

I had always thought of Bournemouth as a "retirement community" but then I lived and worked there and realised that stereotype is completely wrong.

If you want to visit God's waiting room by the sea, I suggest you go to New Milton, where the high street is a riot of mobility scooter vendors, hearing aid shops and undertakers. 

 

New Milton sounds a ball. The area is generally known as Bournemouth, as in the conurbation, especially to people from outside the area. Do they have political spats between the different authorities like here?

1 hour ago, Red-Robbo said:

 

 

If you think that, I suggest you don't know Bournemouth very well.  Christchurch and the New Forest coast are the Cosata Geriatrica. Bournemouth itself has a lower-than-average wage profile and some of the best paid jobs in the south-west outside Bristol.

If you avoid the horrors of Bournemouth pier beach and Boscombe, there are 21 miles of sand, with some lovely beaches at Hengistbury Head, Southbourne, Durley Chine and Sandbanks etc. 

I do apologise for not being as accurate as you'd like, I was of course using Bournemouth as a general term for the whole area, how foolish of me. I see it's average age is 44, while in Bristol it is 32.4, depending on where you research the figures, the area as a whole having one of the highest average ages in the country. In recent years it's been overtaken by it's neighbour Portsmouth as the city with most retirement properties, but still ranks second in the amount of housing for retirees. I was using my memory of historical information about the area as a whole, where traditionally people from London retired to. I bow to your greater knowledge and will try harder in the future.

4 minutes ago, TheReds said:

They are just biding their time, there is loads of planning behind the scenes, key targets are being identified, and they are glad they haven't gone in early getting players in as this way they have planned properly.

That's what my deluded Gas mate said anyway.... I mean who wants to get their business done early and have the squad all together, that makes no sense at all...

I'd have to agree with you that waiting is always prudent, as the better players will also be waiting. They'll be hoping for a big club, with large fan base, unique identifiable kit, and playing in a brand new stadium will come in for them.

3 minutes ago, TheReds said:

They are just biding their time, there is loads of planning behind the scenes, key targets are being identified, and they are glad they haven't gone in early getting players in as this way they have planned properly.

That's what my deluded Gas mate said anyway.... I mean who wants to get their business done early and have the squad all together, that makes no sense at all...

You forgot to mention that "these things take time".

As far as recruitment goes, do you think the owner would let JB go ahead with possible signings while there's a threat of a conviction over his head?

If Barton is convicted, he'd most probably lose his position as manager and, any new manager would want to build his own squad, which won't be easy in a very short space of time. That's unless the owner has morals like Barton and will continue to employ him even with a possible custodial sentence, with Joey giving his team talks and instructions whilst inside.

Sounds like a perfect storm brewing.