Numero Uno Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 (edited) 1975 since they averaged 10k over a season? Given they have been in the second tier a few times in that period whats their excuse, other than being a tinpot club with bigger delusions of grandeur than ANY of the other 91, for that? Edited April 12, 2019 by Numero Uno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, Numero Uno said: 1975 since they averaged 10k over a season? Given they have been in the second tier a few times in that period whats’s their excuse, other than being a tinpot club with bigger delusions of grandeur than ANY of the other 91, for that? The last time they were in the 2nd tier, their ground (where they were squatting) didn’t hold 10k. That would be a good excuse, apart from the fact that they didn’t fill that very often either..! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 When they post on our site Cos their's is so shite That's the Rovers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodjias Wrist Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 4 hours ago, Eddie Hitler said: There just aren't that many of them and the claim that they have a similar level of residual support, which to be fair probably was true in 1960, is now a clear delusion. Yeah obsession with home and away support is strange. They cream themselves over taking more to an away match than we did when they haven't played said team in donkeys. Contrary to what some City fans say, their home support is decent for where they are and a new stadium for them would bring the attendances a lot closer..... Never gonna happen though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 6 minutes ago, Kodjias Wrist said: Contrary to what some City fans say, their home support is decent for where they are and a new stadium for them would bring the attendances a lot closer..... That's the thing though, their support is decent. I don't think think anybody would say otherwise. The reason we take the piss out of them is that they repeatedly state that their support is amazing and that they deserve success because of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 4 minutes ago, elhombrecito said: That's the thing though, their support is decent. I don't think think anybody would say otherwise. The reason we take the piss out of them is that they repeatedly state that their support is amazing and that they deserve success because of it. Their support is poor for a City the size of Bristol, so is ours but not as bad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 6 minutes ago, Kodjias Wrist said: Yeah obsession with home and away support is strange. They cream themselves over taking more to an away match than we did when they haven't played said team in donkeys. Contrary to what some City fans say, their home support is decent for where they are and a new stadium for them would bring the attendances a lot closer..... Never gonna happen though!! Well... closer. When they talk about fanbase they are forgetting that we are all ageing and despite this we all keep extrapolating our own similarly ageing peer group to the wider community. There has for twenty years realistically been only one club in Bristol that was going to provide success on the pitch and that is City. Most people who have started watching football in Bristol in that time with no strong family connection to either club (students, incomers from London) will have chosen City. Meanwhile at the other of the age spectrum as people age they start going to games less,do the garden on Saturdays or watch the rugby. I would estimate that the average supporting life of a fan is about forty years. Say the top end of that is 50:50 and the young end is 80:20 City and you have 65:35 City overall. Keep serving up relegation struggles year after year and people drift away. Rovers' fans aren't going to become City fans (and vice versa) but they will retire to their armchairs rather than turn out, and pay out, for yet another disappointing season. The relative stength of the forums is indicative of the wider fanbase. Most people in the crowd on match day aren't posting on here even if at times we seem to think we are entirely representative. Yet this site is massively more busy than their main forum, Gaschat, and that isn't just because it has better software. There are more City fans at games, there are more City fans generally. I'm guessing at a ratio of about 2:1 as it stands with that only likely to widen. You've just moved to Bristol and fancy watching a game of football next month. Do you choose: a) the team currently in the Championship play-off places that play in that amazing new stadium you saw from the train with the England junior team players? or b) the team fighting relegation from Divsion 3 who play in a stadium that seems to have been assembled from stands that other clubs have left out for collection by the binmen? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodjias Wrist Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 14 minutes ago, elhombrecito said: That's the thing though, their support is decent. I don't think think anybody would say otherwise. The reason we take the piss out of them is that they repeatedly state that their support is amazing and that they deserve success because of it. Yeah for DC to tag them "Premiership Fans" was amusing and I assume was a way to win them over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 (edited) On 11/04/2019 at 07:26, JBFC II said: I see I've been mentioned. Good morning to you too @BS4 on Tour... Maybe you could start up the 'don't upset the gas cosy club', good luck finding members though... Got to be honest, you're as boring as our rovers visitor sometimes. You need to let things go, life's too short to continuously bring the same things up from weeks back... Why would I start up a club called that when I was criticising people who advocate ‘not upsetting the gas’ ?! Big contradiction there - oh, and ‘Dear Pot, signed Kettle’ regarding your ‘boring’ comment - anyway, I apologise for my previous post. Didn’t mean to upset anyone....cheers Edited April 12, 2019 by BS4 on Tour... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 When you play at the Mem With no seats in Row M Thats the Rovers...... 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 17 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Why would I start up a club called that when I was criticising people who advocate ‘not upsetting the gas’ ?! Big contradiction there - oh, and ‘Dear Pot, signed Kettle’ regarding your ‘boring’ comment - anyway, I apologise for my previous post. Didn’t mean to upset anyone....cheers Proved my point with your, yet again, pathetic reaction to one of my posts @JBFC II - you can’t take criticism or respond to it with a reasoned viewpoint and you can’t accept an apology - good luck in this big, bad world when you grow up.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redsi2 Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 I see Coughlan in the post was scouting at our meedweek game and has been watching championship games. Is he looking to surprise the football world signing Gayle or perhaps a ball boy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 When Darrell pleasures a mutt In the "new" pasty hut That's the Rovers.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 (edited) 42 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Proved my point with your, yet again, pathetic reaction to one of my posts @JBFC II - you can’t take criticism or respond to it with a reasoned viewpoint and you can’t accept an apology - good luck in this big, bad world when you grow up.... You still going on? Personally I'm bored of your pointless argumentative nature. Let's use this thread as an opportunity to laugh at our lesser neighbours, not one for your boring point scoring... Contrary to your belief, I really couldn't care about you whatsoever, and I really don't understand why you feel like mentioning me regularly. If you can't take a reaction on a forum without getting angry over it, I don't think you're the right person to be lecturing others about how to survive in this 'big bad world' Edited April 12, 2019 by JBFC II 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 @BS4 on Tour... I see I've been replaced 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Redsi2 said: I see Coughlan in the post was scouting at our meedweek game and has been watching championship games. Is he looking to surprise the football world signing Gayle or perhaps a ball boy!! "Halo. Oid loike a ticket for der Sout Stand". "The South Stand, sir?" "Dats wat oi sed". "I can offer you a seat in the third row, sir". "Da turd row?" "No sir, the third row". "Dats wat oil foikin sed". 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said: "Halo. Oid loike a ticket for der Sout Stand". "The South Stand, sir?" "Dats wat oi sed". "I can offer you a seat in the third row, sir". "Da turd row?" "No sir, the third row". "Dats wat oil foikin sed". When he mentioned wanting “ a seat in da turd row”, the response might have been “sorry sir, you aren’t at the swamp now, this is Ashton Gate. The toilets here have cubicles”. Edited April 12, 2019 by The Gasbuster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 There ground couldn’t be worse But they compared it with spurs Thats the rovers 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviestevieneville Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 (edited) Big screen delayed again Edited April 12, 2019 by steviestevieneville 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Brilliant! Just cutting and pasting the whole article in case it disappears: Big Screen Update Bristol Rovers are disappointed to announce that there has been a further delay to the installation of the big screen at the Memorial Stadium, meaning it will not be in operation for tomorrow’s game. As previously stated the club purchased the new 30sqm screen in July last year from Stadia Solutions, a leading international sports and entertainment agency that specialises in fully managed technology and media platforms, with the aim of having the screen installed next to the Brunel sponsored South Stand by the end of 2018. Although the screen was delivered on time in October, due to its size a special bespoke support structure was required to attach the screen to the current steelworks at the stadium. Unfortunately, the unique nature of this structure led to various complications with Stadia Solutions’ sub-contractor, resulting in subsequent delays with installation. Work started this week , ahead of the new proposed completion date of this weekend. However, the contractors have experienced further unforeseen issues on site which has delayed installation slightly. The team has been working tirelessly to fix the problems encountered but unfortunately screen will not be installed and operational in time for tomorrow’s game which is hugely disappointing. Work will continue next week and completed as soon as it possible. We apologise for the further inconvenience and would like to thank all supporters and screen sponsor Brunel Professions for their continued patience. https://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/2019/april/12.4.19-screen-statement/ 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 16 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said: Big screen delayed again April's gift has arrived early this year 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS15_RED Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Oh dear! 5 minutes ago, Eddie Hitler said: Brilliant! Just cutting and pasting the whole article in case it disappears: Big Screen Update Bristol Rovers are disappointed to announce that there has been a further delay to the installation of the big screen at the Memorial Stadium, meaning it will not be in operation for tomorrow’s game. As previously stated the club purchased the new 30sqm screen in July last year from Stadia Solutions, a leading international sports and entertainment agency that specialises in fully managed technology and media platforms, with the aim of having the screen installed next to the Brunel sponsored South Stand by the end of 2018. Although the screen was delivered on time in October, due to its size a special bespoke support structure was required to attach the screen to the current steelworks at the stadium. Unfortunately, the unique nature of this structure led to various complications with Stadia Solutions’ sub-contractor, resulting in subsequent delays with installation. Work started this week , ahead of the new proposed completion date of this weekend. However, the contractors have experienced further unforeseen issues on site which has delayed installation slightly. The team has been working tirelessly to fix the problems encountered but unfortunately screen will not be installed and operational in time for tomorrow’s game which is hugely disappointing. Work will continue next week and completed as soon as it possible. We apologise for the further inconvenience and would like to thank all supporters and screen sponsor Brunel Professions for their continued patience. https://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/2019/april/12.4.19-screen-statement/ Oh dear! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Piss up and brewery springs to mind....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloyal473 Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Always the victims 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 26 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said: Big screen delayed again Maybe they'll get it finished just in time to show the play-offs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS3City Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Our South Stand... Their South Stand... Definitely coming for us... 3 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 13 minutes ago, Eddie Hitler said: Although the screen was delivered on time in October, due to its size a special bespoke support structure was required to attach the screen to the current tent poles at the stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Did anybody tell the 15ers this thing would need a power supply ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 30 minutes ago, Eddie Hitler said: Brilliant! Just cutting and pasting the whole article in case it disappears: Big Screen Update Bristol Rovers are disappointed to announce that there has been a further delay to the installation of the big screen at the Memorial Stadium, meaning it will not be in operation for tomorrow’s game. As previously stated the club purchased the new 30sqm screen in July last year from Stadia Solutions, a leading international sports and entertainment agency that specialises in fully managed technology and media platforms, with the aim of having the screen installed next to the Brunel sponsored South Stand by the end of 2018. Although the screen was delivered on time in October, due to its size a special bespoke support structure was required to attach the screen to the current steelworks at the stadium. Unfortunately, the unique nature of this structure led to various complications with Stadia Solutions’ sub-contractor, resulting in subsequent delays with installation. Work started this week , ahead of the new proposed completion date of this weekend. However, the contractors have experienced further unforeseen issues on site which has delayed installation slightly. The team has been working tirelessly to fix the problems encountered but unfortunately screen will not be installed and operational in time for tomorrow’s game which is hugely disappointing. Work will continue next week and completed as soon as it possible. We apologise for the further inconvenience and would like to thank all supporters and screen sponsor Brunel Professions for their continued patience. https://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/2019/april/12.4.19-screen-statement/ When your new tv screen is nowhere to be seen that’s the Rovers! 2 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 When there’s no big tv It’s no real mystery That’s the Rovers ..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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