Mr Popodopolous

True- Newcastle seem to have regressed to the mean after being quite good 2 years ago, think they finished quite high up. Worcester at home is truly a must win and Sale also. Signs look a lot better than 2 seasons ago that's for sure.

Performance seemed good, as it did v Northampton- on the wrong end of a high scoring game once again. Things seem a lot better than Premiership 2 years ago though, Exeter are reigning Champions and Northampton are a good side usually. Still it could well be a relegation battle this season- Ashton Gate needs to be a bit of a fortress. Fine margins etc- last season Bristol won a few high scoring games or pulled away late on where extra quality gained the edge- in this division where the quality and professionalism is markedly higher, the side maybe on the end of a few games like this.

Gotta say- for sake of balance, I;m no fan of Rees but there is this so-called Metro Mayor- elected in no small part by South Gloucs as he did well there. What's he done for the region in his first year? Not much, by the looks of it- Tim Bowles. Still, I think Rees wins the most useless Mayor prize to date- shame the cost is for 2 when 1 useless regional/senior mayor would suffice.

Have you read his work in general @Robert the bruce ?

Potentially he wrote it in a hurry. His analysis of many clubs is fairly on point tbh- Operating Loss increase he has put down to potentially the expenditure on UWE- non-recurring Expenditure seems to be a decent chunk of it.

Kieran Maguire is excellent (perhaps most of the time- not always)- his blog the Price of Football is pretty comprehensive tbh.

Decent chunk of their Non-recurring losses could well be their UWE Project.

Sounds right. That rule probably isn't enforced properly down there- seen as unworkable?

Wasn't ours above turnover when we were down there in 13/14 and 14/15? Certainly well above from memory any notional 60% cap.

Owning up that I knew a bit more than I let on, I suppose. Doesn't really matter anyway.

Haha, wow- just read the whole thread- they really are in our shadow and they know it. There are decent Rovers fans obviously- know a few IRL, but wow they're so touchy on that site.

Yeah, I can well believe that. Anyone on here try and get banned off there? Reading their site, was there someone called "BrisRed" who posted on here? @Red Right Hand The echo chamber thing, that seems to ring very true reading their forum. Just to add to the clue- though I guess it's automated- my mate even had a City related theme as their password, from the get-go and still they didn't twig so quick!

I'll own up. My mate who is a City fan joined their site to do an experiment and see if they could get away with being a fair minded City fan on there. He got accused of being a Ted and subsequently banned- not only are we the best team in Bristol but the most tolerant and all. Took them sometime to twig mind.

Could be someone who is bored on a bit of a fishing mission maybe. They seem to be getting a few nibbles whether they have intent or not.

From memory, the threats were to Taylor from their fans which meant Taylor had to move house. Never any threats against LJ to the best of my knowledge- he probably had a lot of abuse online, but threats to make him move? Fake News.

Think it's late October- 28th maybe?

This now means we should- if it's across the board- reduce our away capacity to 10% or even 2k. Is this a new rule now??

Thread must have been removed- anyway they're so touchy on there it seems. You get mentioned on there periodically.

Porta-loo and standing on the steps it is! I see a new fan has triggered some of them- seem to jump on a poster as if they're 'They Gurt Teds'. http://gaschat.co.uk/thread/13037/bristol-rivalry

glengas Youth Team Posts: 98 Member is Online Posting Level Next Level in 2 posts a few seconds ago via mobile Quote Post by glengas on a few seconds ago Someone rang the club and they are having an urgent meeting about it. If, like me, you sit in one of these stands you may be moved on Saturday. It gets better!

Bristol Rovers- the joke that keeps on giving.

Ah you're not wrong there @Swede . Truthfully, laughing at Rovers? Like fish in a barrel in most instances, we're so far ahead there's little point- but this is a very good exception!

It is true isn't it- cheaper trains would obviously encourage more fans to travel- whether it's financially feasible, I don't know but they definitely would.

They are going at over 4 an over so couldn't rule anything out! Yeah, the threshold seems pretty high this year - in Div 2 as well, both Kent and Warwickshire after 13 games had 219 points and are basically playing for the title against each other last game- looks highly likely to go to Warwickshire. Somerset appear to have become a bit of a 'nearly' team in the 4 day game last decade- I remember watching from afar (and tbh happy for them to win Championship because it's good for sport in region etc- definitely not a courtesy I apply to Bristol Rovers Swindon ).

I'm a Gloucs fan so looking in from the outside- and up enviously. However, 2nd place for you seems about right tbh- Surrey unbeaten. maybe not now in a dead rubber but batting well looking to keep their unbeaten record IMO (they're 205/1 2nd time around)- and the 2 games between the top 2, Surrey were comprehensively better- especially the first. As for us, looks like we could well win our final game. Next season in 2019, 3 going up gives us a chance- which means the chance in the 2020 cricket season for West Country derbies in the 4 day game!