PhilC

I assume the coke down at the memorial tent is out of date?

16 minutes ago, DaveF said:

This must go down as one of the strangest 'dig at Lansdown' posts to date!

And bringing the rugby in to it just for good measure... Weird.

1 hour ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

It is indeed, and actually involves what is known as 'land reclamation', a means by which people will now be able to walk uninterrupted between Hammersmith and Putney Bridges - previously, there was no way through and walkers had to make a detour. 

Judging from some of the artists impressions, this will be no run of the mill stand.

 

 

That's correct Phil. It's been a really interesting  rebuild to follow (not as much as ours though!) and it's going to be a beast of a stand. I can't wait to see it and will hopefully sit it one day.

Is there a statistic for rising numbers of the ignore this topic button?

Here we go again...

Gas down to 10 men. Referees really have lost the plot season! 

4 hours ago, RedM said:

As for him evading the stewards I was told previously that they aren’t allowed to chase pitch invaders like they did. 

I like this approach as by the time he got to the center circle he didn't know what to do with himself and looked like a right muppet!

 

I was so blinded I just remember the colours. The bright white, orange, red and yellow ones were the worst. I think there was a white one for eBay, which made me never want to use eBay ever again

They bothered me from time to time. The ebay one was ****in' awful though.

2 minutes ago, pride of the west said:

Yeah police arnt bothered these days. The problem used to be that we shared stewards and thus there wasn't enough to go around. I'm assuming that's no longer a problem. 

Policing is also taken into account, but their "crowds" are so low these days this is probably irrelevant unless it's a big name or local opposition as mentioned above.

19 minutes ago, Leveller said:

I'd have to disagree there. The point is that the word holocaust has only very recently been appropriated solely to the Nazi concentration camps, and those of us from an older generation (I'm 65) are used to using it in a wider context. The etymology is actually from Greek (via Latin) meaning "wholly burnt" and if you'd asked me ten years ago for an example of a holocaust I would have mentioned "nuclear holocaust" (as some have) in reference to Hiroshima and Nagasaki or the firebombing of Dresden - all Allied actions. The Nazi death camps have been discussed for 75 years or more, but I'm sure "The Holocaust" in reference to them is relatively recent. Language changes, but holocaust remains a valid word to use to describe a firestorm.

Now I'm not suggesting that Joey Barton had all this in his mind (or anything much at all) when speaking, but I doubt he was consciously referencing Nazi atrocities. It is possible he was familiar with the wider and more correct usage.

Can we not drop this now, please? Or if you wish to discuss it further, perhaps someone could create a thread elsewhere? This thread is for laughing at Rovers. Cheers

54 minutes ago, weepywall said:

Taking 250 to Barrow, Hartlepool and Colchester...phenomenal indeed !!! Never ceases to amaze me.

Haven't you heard they have sold out their allocation of 500 for Harrogate. In fact if they had been given 1000 they would have sold out.
 

I still cant understand why our allocation is limited to 570 when the ground will be nowhere near full. I really dont want to go in another part of the ground- it seems crazy that it is sometimes difficult to support your team away when we consider that we are talking about second div football and playing a team who average less than half their capacity. I found the same on few occasions when we were in the Conference- I know we get good support away and you have to get in early at times not yo be disappointed but I dont think enough is being done to maximise opportunities for all those that want to go to be able to. 

Yeah right, that sounds familiar....

https://gaschat.co.uk/thread/18766/harrogate-away-tickets-all-sold?page=1

9 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

To be fair, they were probably massively outnumbered...! 

Thousands locked inside the Sportsman.

3 minutes ago, brad blit said:

I feel sorry for Pring, he’s been one of our best players this year (in games Iv seen) playing in a new left wing/left forward role, then gets moved to left back for one game (where he has a poor game) and now is out of the team meaning we have to go back to 352/3412 because we don’t have many wide options. 

Lost count of how many diff formations we have tried this year…..

Was just saying this to someone in the pub pre-game. I'd like to see more of Pring and almost feel like he isn't being given enough chances.

I assume there's a reason for that however,  but you never know...

Yay... here we go again!

10 minutes ago, Shaun Taylor said:

It sounds like the Gasheads are arguing between themselves at the end!

 

 

Absolute Gold ST! Had to listen to it twice 

4 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

 

headline. It’s the ref’s fault. 

"The referee, who I thought was poor today... he couldn't wait to give that (penalty) "

I bet he couldn't 

9 minutes ago, 2015 said:

Martin and Bakinson pretty poor this evening

Just can't hook it up can they? It feels as though they haven't ever played together before. 

I usually try and not to be too harsh but this is honestly how it feels to me tonight.

"There are football clubs up and down the country. These Gasheads are the nicest and most committed bunch you'll find."

Edit: this was a bit of a cheap shot. Fair play to the guy for organising the match and raising all that money.

30 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

As it's an EFL issue I assume that punishment could potentially continue to be dolled out to Derby even if/when they are in L1? Presumably it isn't confined to the Championship just because that is the division within which they committed their sins.

That's correct. The only time the EFL can't intervene is if a club get promoted to The Premier League. (You may know that but just using it as an example) The EFL can still dish out punishments if Derby end up in League One (or even League Two!)

I assume if a team called something Rovers got relegated out of EFL to non League then again, the EFL wouldn't be able to apply punishments,  but unsure about that one.

24 minutes ago, Kodjias Wrist said:

I've been bored today so been scanning other teams forums as well the sags. Oh my feckin gawd ! So bad it was rejected by EFL.

https://www.thekitman.co.uk/rejected-bristol-rovers-2021-22-macron-goalkeeper-shirt/

 

Ooooo quirky goalkeeper kit, I wonder where they got that idea from............

1 hour ago, GrahamC said:

Norman Stanley Barton needs to bring in The Count from Sesame St, not any more effing players.

"They call me the count because I love to count things...

Von Court case... ha ha ha

Two court case... ha ha ha"

Really please to see Tammy doing well and get a standing ovation after his 2 assists. Yes there's that small connection (loan) to us, but I personally think he is a very talented player and I'd like to see him succeed and go on to some very good things. Possibly not quite at his top technical ability just yet, but I'm confident that will come with time. I just hope (like a few of the other young English talent out there at the moment) he doesn't blow it on cars, girls, and trips to Dubai and stays focused on his career.

4 hours ago, Marcus Aurelius said:

Is that a split lip he's got or just herpes? Nearly looks like he's caught a fist to the mouth.

Or foot and mouth....

2 hours ago, Tinmans Love Child said:

I was hoping for the Robins High Performance Drinking Centre

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