BTRFTG

42 minutes ago, wendyredredrobin said:

Not a single Gashead in my family, ever.  It must be the genes - we were certainly all born with 5 fingers on each hand.

I stand to be corrected but thought Gasheads, like Mules, were all Jaffas......

Another lesser known similarity is neither are able to see a thing staring them directly in the face.....

1 hour ago, Fodbarmyarmy said:

 

Always thought he might be 'gender fluid' - clearly never had the balls to be a man(ager).....

6 hours ago, Bar BS3 said:

Has Cher brought out a newly updated 2018 version of her old classic...? 

What, her cover of The Band classic -

" The Night They Drove Ole DarrelC Down"?

"And all the City were signing, ha ha ha ha ha ha...."

18 hours ago, wendyredredrobin said:

Evil Post are reporting that BCFC are owned by the 6th richest owner in the EFL at £2.8 billion.  Probably no longer true though as HL shares are down by around 25%.

The Sags are on the list too with the Wally family supposedly worth £400 million.  Not much use though if they never spend any of it

Just about goes to show what The Evil's fit for these days - to adorn the bottom of a litter tray.

Firstly, just because somebody owns an entity gives no indication as to their intention or obligation to support its existence, let alone the status of friends or relations of the owner. Clearly an owner's net worth may suggest to what extent they'll likely provide support, but thats confidence only.

In Wally's case very little is known about his and his family's investments and liabilities. AJIB appears to be their main asset and for that we do know about Wally. He holds just over 5.9 million shares, which at present value are worth in the region of £8.6m.  

3 hours ago, Super said:

First horses now dogs.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/police-dog-struck-glass-bottle-2131164

Let's hope the courts mete out Ruff Justice.....

12 hours ago, Bristol Rob said:

Send in the clowns...

Of course, if you know your Sondheim the final, epiphanal lyric is:

".....Don't bother, they're here....."

1 hour ago, Highburnred said:

please keep off pitch, do they know that “the” should be in that sentence 

Or perhaps the lack of tents indicates it's from last season when they played on that barren black, tacky surface....

Many clubs place inspirational signs for their players when exiting the tunnel. Looks like Gasheads have taken it upon themselves to do likewise.....

8 minutes ago, glen humphries said:

He drives me insane, never lets the interviewer finish his question,,

Didn't the interviewer's first question  end with the tautological ".....going forward..."? 

12 hours ago, Eddie Hitler said:

 

2) If however the sale is of Bristol Rovers 1883 then the new owners get a ground which is mortgaged to the hilt with the £12m debt owed to Dwane Sports and no training ground.  Bristol Rovers 1883 by now (there is a big lead time for the accounts) is likely to have zero or negative net assets.

This is a lame duck club; unable to borrow any more money against its assets and even with serious cost cutting will be losing £600k a year.

If the scenario is (2) then gasheads would do to be very careful about wanting their current owners out.

But as the chant goes:

"One Mark Goldberg, There's only one Mark Goldberg..." and nobody in their right mind would follow suit......

They won't have to take them down as I understand a storm's due to blow through at the weekend and will do the job for them......

On 30/09/2018 at 07:36, Major Isewater said:

I think he made his money in plastic , Tupper  Ware . 

 

I hope to God you're right there Major. 'Tupper' Ware - perchance should any stadium arise from his funding it'll be called EWE?

Less bothered by the tent than, should my pixels not deceive me, what appears to be Hitler admiring his handiwork from the front row. The Turd Reich is coming for us ....

Suddenly The Gas references appear apt. Like Lamplighters and following Miners who unearted the coal that kept the Town Gas flowing they're in the final throws of claiming the moral imperative. "I'd rather uphold the tradition of what I have than admit to the temptations of progress." 

And soon, like the aforementioned, they'll be confined to the pages of tattered history books. A Scargillesque Henbury Gas bewigged and clutching his hand painted, part soiled bedsheet, proclaiming "This will always be my home," as the Horfield highrises tower taller than Warboys in his prime over his shoulder. And his one remaining comrade, looking ever sheepish knowing he's betrayed both mate and cause by opting for a Mangoes season ticket.

It'll make a magnificent Evil front cover.

4 hours ago, The Joker said:

Well we knew that was coming... Commercial director Tom Gorringe says no club other than Tottenham Hotspur have done more to improve their ground this summer than Bristol Rovers.

Well at least they have their strap line sorted:

"The Future's Bright: The Future's Gorringe"

2 minutes ago, wendyredredrobin said:

The Barcelona of League 1 barely have a football pitch, let alone a stadium or any meaningful facilities.

Take heed not to josh as they're coming for us.

I have it on good authority that post purchase of a box of chalk the brick wall behind the bogs will, once the 5 a side goal has been drawn, become 'Wembley' - loser in goal, and kicker retrieves from the flat roof. At the junction where the wall abuts the shed this will become a multipurpose stadia hosting Pro Coin Toss and Marbles.

1 hour ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

What the hell is that Dumbo talking about?

Having a arena for the basketball (as well as other possible uses) next to Ashton Gate is somehow going to make us lose our identity? 

As for the comparison with MK Dons, do they have a basketball stadium next to their ground? I don’t get it?

Yeah, I've always thought as much when walking around the handball, basketball, hockey and water polo arenas that comprise FC Barcelona - what ever became of them I ask myself? Lost to obscurity in a franchised wilderness......

4 hours ago, Bar BS3 said:

Ironically, the only man to have taken us as high as we could be at 10pm tonight and were for a short time last season, was LJ’s father..! 

WeeLee's doing all right (for the moment) and it's all ifs and buts as to whether we'd be better or worse off had he not been appointed in the first place, or sacked in the interim. He's had a decent amount of resource to play with during his time and whether or not that's been well utilised remains a matter for debate, which itself suggests things aren't that cut and dried. 

Reference to Gary only goes to show that temporary league standing and managerial capability aren't directly correlated. Cooper, for example, was an outstanding manager working with the limited resources he had available, set up much of the success enjoyed by Jordan, but never achieved that much in respect of league standing.

Important thing is so long as results are good it matters not whether it's WeeLee or resource that's the vital factor. True test is what happens when results take a downturn and we've had two pretty polarised seasons in that respect. Hopefully not to be repeated this, so we get behind WeeLee and the boys and push toward lands our rivals will never inhabit.

25 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said:

If Lansdown listened to City fans on major issues LJ would be long gone.

And perhaps we'd be higher up the pyramid as a result.....

Nicer problems to have (not that your boys would understand given matters preoccupying their attention.)

15 minutes ago, wood_red said:

They also installed a hand dryer behind the door in one of the toilets, the wedged open door covered it so nobody knew it was there until the door was shut. Now you can't use in case somebody opens the door straight into you!!

That's more forgivable - why imagine Gasheads would ever wash their hands......

56 minutes ago, wood_red said:

"In terms of the infrastructure we’ve three new bars, a new shop, electronic turnstiles, ten new partners, so all of those have been huge projects really given the amount of time we’ve had.

"We’re still obviously working through teething issues with all of those

 

What a complete embarrassment

I heard tale, sourced from somebody who worked on site, that at one bar, where they'd redesigned from 'perimeter' to 'island' that late in the day when an installer turned up to plumb in the sinks he couldn't locate any 'wet' services. They'd neglected to reroute both pipework and drainage to the centre of the room.

14 hours ago, Port Said Red said:

What do atoms and gasheads have in common? 

They both make up things...

A quantum physicist might also argue that their component parts exist in parallel universes - where they are and where they perceive themselves to be.... though in their case they've few Quarks, many Strangeones but no Charms whatsoever.

Driving back to London after each match is a pain, though somewhat sweetened last night by DC's post match comments on Twentystone. Ooooo are they in trouble.....?

6 hours ago, wood_red said:

3 parties definitely involved (one being a huge surprise)

Surprise? If it transpires to be Rod Hull as a 'sleeping partner' then that's the greatest euphemism of all time.

12 hours ago, Sweeneys Penalties said:

If the old Fry's site in Keynsham was still going begging, I'd have thought that it would have been just the site

If they did end up at Fry's at least they'd be right to claim that for most of the football season they'd something we could only aspire to - a water polo team