In the Net

9 hours ago, alexukhc said:

Lee Brown, had to google it, what did he do? Did they wear their Poppy’s yesterday?

Yes - poppies on on the shirts yesterday.

12 minutes ago, Red34 said:

Seems he was talking about today's back 2, I think only one of which is their standard CB (as much as Dopey has a set team!)

But yeah McDonald's would be much less embarrassing and a lot less grief... 

Neither of them are regular first choice CB's - although the two games they've been paired together we've only conceded 1 goal per game, as opposed to the 3 or 4 per game which we've become accustomed to away from home.  In a warped kind of way, that seems like progress! 

1 hour ago, Bar BS3 said:

It sounds like you are still kidding yourself, somewhat. 

You have arguably THE worst, if not then certainly one of the worst grounds in the football league. Understandable, seeing as you were non league only 2 years ago..! 

Money hasn’t been “reigned in” it’s been non existent since their take over. 

Finiancial climates in the Middle East have nothing to do with their lack of input and everything to do with being lumbered with a club that has no longer has any prospect of a new stadium, very little by way of facility or infrastructure, a low level support base (historically & currently) a squad with very little value or player asset and, overall, a club that is losing money hand over fist on a monthly basis, with absolutely no strategy of rectifying the situation, let alone progressing. 

Would you be ploughing money into a failing business, with no business plan, no assets and very little stock..?

Not to mention the local competition, which is thriving and able to attract the vast majority of local support and financial backing.

It would be like taking over the delapidated local corner shop, after Waitrose have just opened a new mega store next door..! 

I bow to your superior knowledge of the financial transactions within the club, unfortunately I don't have access to such information until the official accounts are published. 

1 hour ago, pongo88 said:

Didn’t Francis get a percentage of the transfer fees for each player sold. (This was in the days when their players could be sold for folding money)

Yes, I think it was for any players which he signed on, and were later sold.

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

Yep, I know a few of your level headed fans, realistic guys n gals who know where you are....must be embarrassing though to see You Tube vids from your fans like that guy and his drunk dad on the day Wael took over, they were crowing that you were now one of the richest clubs in England, you were gonna take over City and use Ashton Gate as a ground for your youth team, you were gonna overtake us within two years etc etc etc.

Your stadium, squad and fan base are nowhere near 'Championship ready' despite your club boasting about a new canopy over the hospitality entrance, new carpets, blinds, sprinklers etc etc....surely you can see why stuff like that makes us grin when we are sitting in a mostly new £45m stadium....and your new wheelchair viewing area is just astonishingly horrendous. 

I'm not having a go for the sake of it...my dear old Dad and Grandad were dyed in the wool gasheads...loyal and committed, yet I still think they would be cringing at what is happening now and still more about the ridiculous claims of some of your fans....but I'm probably preaching to the converted because you seem like a more level-headed gashead...

It is embarrassing that some fans still talk of them as billionaires who own a bank.  In fairness, I'm not aware of any of this coming from what the family said at the time of the takeover, just hype from the likes of the EP with their story about Wael's watch and some people are stupid enough to suck it up as gospel.

Our stadium isn't really League One ready - some of the away grounds we've visited are proof of that.  Things appear to have been reined in recently, I've no idea why - maybe because money is not flowing as easily as it was previously in some Middle Eastern countries?  Rovers is not their main business, and I guess that puts us down the pecking order in their portfolio with regard to financing if things are getting tough elsewhere.

10 hours ago, BCFC11 said:

Did he say that before or after Notts County dumped you out?

Before.

6 minutes ago, CotswoldRed said:

From their League One existence I'm not sure they have any idea how far away they are from coping in the Championship. 

It's now a huge step up. 

Darrell Clarke recently pointed out that there is not a great deal of difference between top half of League Two and mid table League One, whereas the gulf between League One and Championship is far greater.  I think that our more level headed fans are aware of this too.

11 hours ago, Monkeh said:

from your agm apparently 

Not heard of it being discussed there - far more important issues on the Agenda, like the pie tasting session! 

1 hour ago, Rich said:

I think it's "In The Net's" way of saying, everyone on here is also talking out of their Arses, as they also aren't accountants.

Ha ha - that wasn't my meaning, but if the cap fits!

Seriously, I know that there are a few on here who are knowledgeable about company law, accounting, and such things - I'm always happy to be educated. 

8 hours ago, Monkeh said:

you are forgetting the 6% interest rate that they have on top of that 10 million, the club have to find 600k a year just to pay the interest,

It's all designed for the club to go into receivership, so the ground can be brought for £1   and then can be used for housing while the gas are left homeless,

Weal taking over has always been a land grab, when the shit hits the fan, two prime development locations can be grabbed well below market value

 

and they are too thick to see it

I just wondered where the 6% interest rate has been published?  The last set of available accounts cover some of the period of the Wonga loan, so surely the actual interest on Wael loans won't be clarified until the next set of accounts?

On the other hand, I might be talking out of my arse, as I'm not a qualified accountant! 

1 hour ago, JohnBaileysLottos said:

Watched his post match interview after they won 6-0 the other week and was the same. Came across like he hates that BBC reporter more than 'that lot down the road'.

Yes, I don't know what the history behind it is, but he is always very curt with Ed Hadwin.

2 hours ago, wendyredredrobin said:

Nah, only one tinpot team have horse punching fans.

Newcastle? 

41 minutes ago, Cheesleysmate said:

Like the old couple in the Dribuild stand when Junior Agogo used to play up front. Could often be heard shouting "Go on! Pass it to the racist comment" throughout the match. 

Indeed.  I know that for those of a certain generation racist comments were considered quite acceptable - hopefully we are getting closer to having a generation which advocates zero tolerance.

7 hours ago, Bar BS3 said:

Singing abuse during a minutes silence..? How very "Bristol Rovers" of them..! 

No mention of singing during the minutes silence.  Would have been better if they'd just kept their stupid mouths shut afterwards too.

7 hours ago, Monkeh said:

I haven't seen anyone chucked out of Ashton Gate for racism since the 80's

I find it hard to believe that nobody has uttered a racist remark there since the 1980's.

51 minutes ago, Ohbasso said:

I'm not saying that other clubs don't have racist fans, I bet every club in the world must have at least one or two but for a club with quite a small fan base the amount of racist incidents that happen at Rovers games or just comments online must be well above the national average?

I can understand why people have that impression, and I know we have an element which has unfortunately not moved with the times, and probably never will.

  The number of incidents recorded would be a lot lower if our fans weren't reporting people, and then the club following it up with public warnings.  Sadly this all probably goes over the heads of the real neanderthals who hold these views, but hopefully some of the youngsters might realise that it's neither big nor clever.  We can but hope!

1 hour ago, Ohbasso said:

Imagine supporting a club in 2017 that still has to warn people that it's wrong to be racist. 

Imagine supporting a club in 2017 that doesn't just ignore the fact there are still a small minority who express racist views, and that said club are actually aware of this because their own supporters are calling out the culprits.

Anybody who thinks that their own club is TOTALLY free from racism is burying their heads in the sand.

36 minutes ago, Lita For Congo said:

Not the first Rovers fan to try and justify it. What about the previous incidents this season though? 

Wasn't trying to justify anything - just giving further info on the incident.  Similarly I've not denied, or tried to condone, previous incidents - I am under no illusions that everybody who supports the same club as me are angels, who never transgress from the straight and narrow.  Every club has morons of various levels,  although some people prefer not to notice it amongst their own, I like to keep the blinkers off as they cause tunnel vision. 

1 hour ago, harrys said:

Come on ITN, for as long as I can remember Rovers have had a hard core of far right and racist support.

Yes, there has always been a minority - sometimes vociferous, and previously others would have joined in without giving any thought to what they were saying/singing.  

It's a positive step that people now feel able to report it - the club have set up communication a system which can be used on matchdays, and is followed up immediately, which is what happened yesterday.  The club are also making these incidents, and how they are dealt with, public, which may make people think twice about making such comments in the future.  

It's sad that this still rears it's ugly head 20 years after "the bad old days" were begininng to be consigned to the history books.  Unfortunately, with the diverse society which we now live in, it may well turn out to be bubbling under the surface again.

6 minutes ago, City Rocker said:

It doesn't make it alright. It's the worst excuse in the world. 

Are you deliberately missing the point and context? Which is that a large proportion of your gaseous chums irrationally believe all City fans to be thugs and hooligans. You're obviously clued up enough to know that's not true and to see the irony here? 

https://youtu.be/uYjSpUqYMwQ

It doesn't make it right, as I said in my post!  Unfortunately, when people have used racial slurs, which have gone unchallenged for the majority of their lives, it is very difficult to re-educate them.  The best we can do is to make sure that the next generation realise that this is no longer acceptable or tolerated, as did the people who reported it today.

I have no idea what other Rovers fans may, or may not think about your fans - some people are very entrenched regarding the views they hold, others are able to be realistic and acknowledge that, as in most walks of life, football clubs will have good and bad amongst their fans.  Personally, I won't be casting any stones. 

2 hours ago, Lita For Congo said:

More racist behaviour from their fans today. Absolute joke of a club. 

An elderly man, who grew up in a different generation - doesn't make it right today though. He was spoken to by other supporters, before being reported.

Every club has a minority of morons - "One city fan should be ashamed of himself for shouting obscenities in the face of a disabled child and his carer when being asked to move by the carer as the child could not see."

54 minutes ago, Eddie Hitler said:

Yes, June year end and last year published in March so six month wait to see that.

Might all be over by then,  according to some.  I personally think that father and elder brother have pulled the purse strings a lot tighter than Wael was anticipating, but who knows! 

3 hours ago, Chalkie said:

 

 

He is also director of :

 

FILTON AVENUE GUARANTEE COMPANY LIMITED (06912935)

and

FILTON AVENUE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED (06828864)

not to mention the more secretive Dwane Sports Ltd and Dwane Colony Ltd in  the Jersey offshore accommodation address offices

 

Those companies were taken over from the previous Directors at BRFC.

Whilst it's not so easy to obtain details of companies registered outside the UK, I presume that any loans etc due to Dwane Sports will show in the next set of BRFC accounts?

8 hours ago, CodeRed said:

They are sponsoring their South Stand,..to be called the Poplar Insulation South Stand........The abbreviation to be in large letters on the roof....................it's not only Wally that's taking the piss!

Sponsoring the East Stand - Poplar Insulation East Stand - although, sadly the pies these days leave a lot to be desired.