chinapig

7 hours ago, ChippenhamRed said:

Astonishing outburst. He might struggle to survive that.

I also find it rather odd that he chose to directly compare them to us. We are literally not in their league. They are competing with other L1 clubs, not us, so that should be his frame of reference. If money was no object for all the other L1 clubs he might have a point...but Rovers are currently lower in the table than megaclubs such as Accrington Stanley, Fleetwood Town and Shrewsbury.

It suggests he has an unhealthy obsession with us that is distracting him from the job in hand.

He also seems to have failed to notice that we have sold the likes of Kodjia and Reid without LJ throwing his toys out of the pram.

Furthermore that the financial gap between us and big clubs in our own league is likely rather bigger than the gap between them and most clubs in theirs.

5 minutes ago, SirColinOfMansfield said:

QED

Not a good publicity photo. You can't see the concourse, coffee shop, bars, food outlets, big screen and so on.

They must be there because we know they are up there with Spurs when it comes to stadium development.

7 hours ago, Port Said Red said:

He said it was his fault because he had recruited the players, but then went on to say that too many of them were in their "comfort zone". How comfortable can they possibly be in their current predicament? Perhaps it's down to the lack of competition for places?

In pretty much every post match interview he starts by saying it's his responsibility then makes it clear he doesn't mean it by slagging off the players.

12 minutes ago, cityal said:

Amazing to think they are "the richer club" and "bigger and better than we'll ever be"

Don't worry, if the alleged takeover happens I'm sure they will be the 6th richest club in the country. Again.

'Think you’re overlooking the major fact that we keep selling our best players and goal scorers. 

Very difficult to replace for a fraction of the fees we receive. Not sure anyone could replace Harrison Taylor Bodin etc for the money we’ve spent (200k Payne, 350k Nichols, Bennett 0 but let’s say 100k for extra wages and signing on fee).'

Reid sold for £10m

Weimann bought for £2m

Fraction of fee 20%

QED

10 minutes ago, Will Rollason said:

WTF?? really?

Self delusion of a positively pathological kind.

4 minutes ago, old_eastender said:

Haha, lets not get carried away. Yes we looked good, but that is first complete performance of this season, now we need to build on it. Also LJ had a bit of luck in Watkins having to go off, and COD coming on to play much better than he was. 

Brilliant day though

Complete performances are rare, most teams will do well to get a handful in a season.

The key is to pick up points from the incomplete ones.

4 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Better start than last season p5 w1 d3 l1 last season.

You mean we're not in crisis? Why wasn't I told? 

1 minute ago, lenred said:

Got to keep as is imo. Would be a massive smack in the teeth to change it after two away wins in 5 days

Agreed, Fammy could be a great impact sub, which will also give him time to build up match fitness.

8 minutes ago, BCFCGav said:

You reds!!!!! Back to back clean sheets?!?!

Indeed, and in away games at that!

All the stuff about Flint, including how we were going to replace his goals, was a red herring.

With or without him we had to stop conceding so many goals. Let's hope these 2 clean sheets are the start of a trend.

4 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said:

Far. F'ing. Out   

Man.

Just now, JamesBCFC said:

Got to be done by aisle order surely?

So you aren't walking 10x further than needed.

Ah, but that's just what the other shoppers are expecting. Gotta keep them guessing.

Just now, gl1 said:

Im sorry. Could we wait until I’ve brewed the coffee and sat down please

Black, no sugar please.

Mods, can I set up a standing order for a 'He's not a goalscorer ' post please? 

3 minutes ago, BessexRED said:

Been told this morning Wael's close to selling Rovers having met with new "investors" last night.

Clearly he's looked at the club and realised there's no new stadium potential (they even tried doing The Mem up and f***** that up), no new training ground and they're out of their training ground at the end of this season, and no hope at all.

Lets hope the new "investors" are as rich as the last ones

Just in time for them to spend big. There's a striker at Salford they have an eye on, though wages may be a problem.

3 hours ago, Taz said:

Such a loyal supporter he forgot they were at home to Pompey at the same time 

It's an exchange scheme in return for all us gert teds who sneak into all of their games.

Just now, BobBobSuperBob said:

Still got nervy vibes about this - Can see us desperately hanging on come the end

Just me ?

No

57 minutes ago, chinapig said:

If only to bump this thread see today's David Squires cartoon (always recommended anyway) third panel. 

Link would have helped..

https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2018/aug/21/david-squires-on-familiar-patterns-emerging-in-the-premier-league

If only to bump this thread see today's David Squires cartoon (always recommended anyway) third panel. 

1 minute ago, BCFC Richard said:

Here's the problem - People will make comments like this. At CB we have Wright, Baker, Taylor, Hegeler, Webster, and Kelly why would we sign another? Kelly played today and was one of our best players. RB we have Pisano and Hunt as well as Wright who can deputise there and a youngster in Pring who played there a few times for Hereford. Other people moaning about LB well we have signed Dasilva to play there but he only 1st trained with us 24hours before the Plymouth game so obviously wasn't quite ready yet. 

Because Kelly was earmarked for left back and the others are injury prone. Hegeler in addition seems unlikely to play for us again, assuming he is ever fit.

We sold 2 centre backs, sent one out on loan and brought one in, a net reduction of 2.

1 minute ago, old_eastender said:

At last Pato off and it's COD that comes on, Dasilva on for Hunt. Eisa and Eliasson ignored. Might as well give up all hope now.

Given the game is pretty much done it was an ideal chance to give Eisa some game time. Decisions of a man under pressure.

1 minute ago, joe jordans teeth said:

Guess you didn’t read the threads then

That didn't happen until after the injuries struck. We sold 2 centre backs and sent another on loan, LJ said Kelly wasn't ready to play there so we were left with 4 injury prone players for the 2 positions.

Once Webster was signed I don't recall any cries for us to sign another despite the risk that we would end up in this position.

1 minute ago, petehinton said:

Sorry but this line up is embarrassing. 

We have a billionaire owner. £23m in the green from the summer. And we have Pisano at LB & Kelly at CB, as well as a winger up front. Paterson still starting games too.  

Joke

Another centre back should have been signed certainly. Yet I don't recall any clamour for that from the fans.

1 minute ago, Cheesleysmate said:

Boos at halftime. 

We sold the spine of the team, what do we honestly expect?

We are poor and you can sense the drop in energy levels. 

It’s flatter than a pancake here today. It’s sad really.

And we made a considerable profit on transfers. People tend to forget that a, if not the, key part of the strategy is to improve the club's financial position. SL seems to have put his foot down on that this summer.

Whoever the head coach is they will have to live with that constraint.

1 minute ago, old_eastender said:

Yep but 90% of that is keeping the ball with sideways or backwards passes.

What happened to the high tempo pressing game?