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55 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

Had he fallen out with the big bosses already about maybe what he was promisedand failed to deliver ?

Heard that one of the medium bosses was trying to tinker with team selection.

59 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

Whereas everything has been lovely and rosey for your lot in the last couple of weeks..! 

I don't think this is a Rovers decision, but I'm damned sure that they will have been more than happy with any excuse to not have a game this weekend. 

We've had 3 key players come back from injury, and got a rid of a manager who seemed to have lot the plot (although he may well have had reasons for that), and our opponents would have been fielding a weakened team - so no reason not to want to play.  We will have Tuesday night games every week into April now, assuming there are no further postponements.  I think the majority of teams just want to keep playing now, as most have been affected by having matches called off due to Covid.  Hoping that we can all be back in the stadiums for next season.

5 hours ago, BS3City said:

Absolute fiddle this is! There is no way those ctuns wanted to play today. If they did they would have arranged some form of pitch covering - it's not as if this cold snap has come on unannounced all of a sudden is it? It's clear they're in an absolute mess and see a rearranged fixture later in the season (for a vital "6 pointer" local derby) as a preferred option.

Scumbags through and through - hate the bastards so much!!!

The covers were put on the pitch after the game on Tuesday night.  When the covers were removed today, there was one small area of the pitch which was frozen - portable heaters were put around this area, which resolved the problem.  There is a video of a groundsman inserting a probe in the ground, you can see that the ground is not frozen and the soil temperature is above freezing.  Once the game had been called off, Rovers suggested that it could be played tomorrow, EFL were fine with this, it just needed Swindon to agree - but apparently they cannot travel to Bristol tomorrow (which is their perrogative).  Our CEO has complained to the EFL and referees' association about the ref's decision to call the game off.

Swindon have your young keeper on loan, who will not have had much time to train with his new team mates.  They have also suspended 3 first team players for missing a team meeting - yet you think it was us who wanted the game called off!

Still, don't let the facts get in the way of your blinkered opinion.

1 hour ago, Kodjias Wrist said:

So random person outside the UK thought they would abuse him. Bit random dont you think to target Mark Little of all people? Unless it wasnt random at all and was as is being investigated a fan of your club.

No more random than your 4 players who were on the receiving end last season.

3 hours ago, myol'man said:

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/bristol-rovers-little-racist-abuse-4977145

Family club mind

Really - I presume you know the person who sent it then?  Or maybe you're making an ill informed assumption.

The "message" wasn't sent from within the UK.  Over the last few months there has been an increase in racial abuse via social media, directed at black footballers who are being targeted by ignorant individuals from a handful of countries.  Probably the same countries who get away with abusing black players at international matches.

2 hours ago, steviestevieneville said:

He did well , really at Exeter on their budget without getting them over the line. Failed miserably at MK Dons though. Don’t know the reasons behind that. Winkelman normally gives manager a decent amount of time usually. 

He kept MK up, the following season there were a lot of injuries, including the two main strikers. I was surprised that, given those circumstances, he wasn't given a bit more time, but you never can tell with football.

22 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Who do you reckon mate? Someone you`ve heard of or another Garner-type cheap option?

From the CEO's interview today, I don't think it will be another Garner-type.  Tisdale being appointed wouldn't surprise me - he lives in Bath, so no major upheaval for him re. family etc, and he fits the club's brief fairly well.  Maybe he'll bring Andy Tilson in on the coaching staff, as they worked together at Exeter, and our defence needs sorting out.

1 hour ago, tin said:

If he goes there at this moment in time, I give up with football. He's good enough for us right now, let alone a team 18th in the league below.

I can see someone like Cowley taking it on, but I sincerely hope Cook doesn't go there. 

I don't think you need to lose any sleep - never going to happen.

3 minutes ago, phantom said:

Rovers seem to have a hoodoo over Lincoln, they always do well against them

Not always!  I think it was after the play-off game - a group of Gasheads were walking up a lane near the ground, and an old lady stepped out of her back gate and belted one of them around the head with a frying pan.  Has to be one of the strangest "weapons" used in fv. 

3 hours ago, BCFC11 said:

There is a huge difference between decent and stunning.

Depends how many beers you've had! 

19 minutes ago, Reddie The Eagle Edwards said:

So where is the funding for the purchase of the fruit market and building of a new stadium coming from?!

 

 

Harry Redknap's dog is writing the cheque as we speak. 

16 hours ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

Or just Bath Rovers.

Funny little franchise club trying to move out of Bristol all the time...

My Dad used to play for a team called Bath Rovers, in about 1950 I think - before I was a twinkle in his eye!  

33 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

Jofra Archer has suggested that crowd noise should be played through the PA at Cricket matches where there are no spectators to make the situation “as normal as possible” for the players.

That’s nothing, Rovers have been covering up their shit atmosphere by pumping crowd noise through the PA for years...

The bloody speakers hardly ever work properly, so this bloke must have ears like a bat if he heard something.

30 minutes ago, Vincent Vega said:

Have you got a link ?

https://youtu.be/S81IiX1KqYg

5 hours ago, Jim Davey said:

I thought the person who did it got done in court ?

No, strangely the "unnamed barman" saw her leave the pub, punch a horse outside, and then saw her back inside the pub finishing her drink - yet the CCTV didn't pick up a trace of her! 

5 hours ago, SX227 said:

Why does moderator Gashead1981 refer to him as Brian or BSS in many posts then?

Not arguing, just asking a question.

G1981 is Waels best mate, so he seems, so he would know surely?

Happy for you to divulge his alter-ego if you know different?

 

He is called Brian, so I can understand the confusion regarding who he is.  He's an old Tote Ender, I think he's on Twitter as Tote End Brian (or something similar) - I don't know him personally.  Brian Seymour Smith used to post on there under his own name.

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right - happy days! 

7 hours ago, SX227 said:

If you didn't know, Gasincider is Brian Seymore-Smith.

 

This is frickin brilliant - watching this lot throw shite at each other like chimps at a tea party while parts of the world are dying like flies.

The gift.

 

It certainly isn't Brian Seymour Smith. 

56 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

Someone posted on here last week, a (probably baseless) rumour that a rift had formed between Wael and his family due, allegedly to him having been caught in flagrante. Disgusting if true. (Getting caught, I mean).

I wonder if this is linked to Hani stepping down from Dwane in a sort of "you're on your own now, bro"  sort of way? 

I wondered if the brothers now have more individual financial autonomy, following the passing of their father last month.

5 hours ago, wendyredredrobin said:

Sunderland have hated us ever since we rigged the Coventry game to get them relegated.  Most exciting football experience I've ever had and one I will never forget.  Better even than beating the Manure a couple of years back as it gave us another season in the top flight - Something that those dozy sags can still only dream of.

Wasn't Jimmy Hill the actual instigator though, getting the final score of the other crucial relegation game announced on the tannoy before your game had finished?

1 hour ago, Ska Junkie said:

If there was many more than 100 I would be surprised.

Think I saw 241 mentioned.

4 hours ago, BCFC11 said:

I took it as though @Midlands Robin meant has JCH played in this seasons FA Cup for the Fewers so if he did move elsewhere in Jan then would he be eligible to play in the Cup for his new team or not. The answer is yes he’d be cup tied, he helped them to a momentous 1-1 draw at home v Bromley who played the last 20 minutes with 10 men. The minnows though went one better in the replay infront the of millions watching on TV by beating Bromley in their own backyard, where some belter in the away end thought it would be a great idea to throw a flare of some sort onto a plastic pitch

The flare was thrown by a Bromley "fan", when they thought they'd scored - presumably a glory hunter who didn't know that they played on a plastic pitch. 

11 hours ago, Up The City! said:

Think you are trying to find some sort of excuse to make yourself feel better and soften the blow that your manager is going to leave you for a club in the lower half of the bottom league, the same club that relegated you out of that very league!

He spent 8 years at Southend. I know sags are not the smartest people in the world but you are aware of how far away Southend is from Sheffield? Bristol is slightly closer to Sheffield than Southend is! And then 12 months in Bristol and he is all of a sudden missing his family and wants to return home? Nah sorry mate I'm not sold on that excuse.

Considering this is someone that has spent over half of his life away from where he was born, I'm not sure hes the type to get home sick.

Not looking for any excuses, just putting forward some possible reasons, the family thing being just one of them.  He's certainly spent a lot of time away from home, so maybe that's a red herring from him, the other reasons I gave are facts - and maybe he feels Mansfield will provide him with more opportunities - a new job isn't necessarily about where you start, but where you think you will end up.

24 minutes ago, RedLionLad said:

So why take a shit deal 12 months ago?
 

Desperation? 

His first opportunity to be a Manager, no brainer really as, if he'd turned it down, a Manager coming in from elsewhere would probably have wanted to bring his own backroom staff, and he'd have been out of a job.

Can't blame him - his family live in Sheffield, so it would be much closer to home.  Mansfield have a decent ground, training ground and some money for players - we don't tick any of those boxes.  No room for sentiment in football, if it's a good deal for him then he has to take the opportunity.

On 06/12/2019 at 17:55, BanburyRed said:

Banner behind a small airplane reading 'Mind the Gap 20yrs' flown over the Mem....

Give this chap a call