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9 minutes ago, bcfc01 said:

They've had a bit of weather up there mind !

 

3 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

Yes but it's been like this for some time apparently.

Sounds like the pitch has been over utilised with womens football being played there too

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5 minutes ago, bcfc01 said:

That looks good compared to pitches back in the day - first division game Derby v Wolves;

Image result for baseball ground muddy pitch

I remember my dad claiming that, in a cup game at Villa Park in the 50's, that "Shadow" Williams had a gift of a chance to score in the 2nd half, but couldn't lift his foot out of the mud for a tap in! :) 

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15 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

I remember my dad claiming that, in a cup game at Villa Park in the 50's, that "Shadow" Williams had a gift of a chance to score in the 2nd half, but couldn't lift his foot out of the mud for a tap in! :) 

That was JCH's excuse last night

 

49 minutes ago, Drew Peacock said:

Are there still fines in place for substandard pitches?

That's in cricket ?‍♂️

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48 minutes ago, phantom said:

I'm guessing that they meant the pitch - even the minimal isn't this bad !

Image result for tranmere pitch

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Surely Mark Palios, ex FA CEO, now Tranmere chairman, should be putting hand in his pockets to get that travesty of a pitch dug up and relaid?

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7 minutes ago, BanburyRed said:

Surely Mark Palios, ex FA CEO, now Tranmere chairman, should be putting hand in his pockets to get that travesty of a pitch dug up and relaid?

How quickly can that be done though? It can't be easy to find a space in the fixtures to get it changed.

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Gaschat makes for amusing reading today.

There is a split between 'sack the manager' - no win in 15, and 'he is building for the future, give him more time'.

That said, most of them seem to think their game this weekend is crucial.

One thing the 'sack him' brigade haven't done yet, is go full on OTIB mental which seems to accompany this place after ever home game!

 

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1 hour ago, Port Said Red said:

How quickly can that be done though? It can't be easy to find a space in the fixtures to get it changed.

not that simple is it. drainage would have to be sorted first. it hasn't been cold enough to kill grass off like that without being waterlogged underneath. having said that,they have had it a ton worse than us  up north rainwise.  look at the pounding Sheffield took in November.both weds and united must have some serious investment in their pitches to cope with that lot

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10 minutes ago, redsquirrel said:

not that simple is it. drainage would have to be sorted first. it hasn't been cold enough to kill grass off like that without being waterlogged underneath. having said that,they have had it a ton worse than us  up north rainwise.  look at the pounding Sheffield took in November.both weds and united must have some serious investment in their pitches to cope with that lot

Most top stadia, like ours ?, use the deso system, now called grass master, where grass is grown around plastic. It cost AG something like £250k to do but worth every penny, if you got the £££ of course. 

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16 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

Plymouth Argyle has awesome away support given their geographical location - never mind the gas, they put us to shame too - proper supporters who travel in huge numbers ... distance doesn’t seem to bother them ... #GreenArmy ...

Not making excuses but they have all of Devon & half of Cornwall supporting them. Must be nearly 2m people there?

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56 minutes ago, Seneca the Younger said:

Not making excuses but they have all of Devon & half of Cornwall supporting them. Must be nearly 2m people there?

Torquay and Exeter are in Devon. Their away support has always been good, it always has been, can't blame them for wanting to get out of counties that eat their first born.

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1 hour ago, Seneca the Younger said:

Not making excuses but they have all of Devon & half of Cornwall supporting them. Must be nearly 2m people there?

Bit like Norwich in that respect.

But to flip it over ,when doing poorly............4k crowds, can't have it both ways .

BTW, I would say, all of Cornwall and half of Devon .

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2 hours ago, Seneca the Younger said:

Not making excuses but they have all of Devon & half of Cornwall supporting them. Must be nearly 2m people there?

Plymouth away support is fantastic, they have to travel for 2 hours before they even hit Bristol, not as good as Rovers away support though

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2 hours ago, TomF said:

Because they've never had shit pitches, no, never.

 

haha, first chant you hear is 'sheeeeeeet'ead'..............constant whineging about the referee Wiley.....and only Rovers could take a pen and have the taker end up in the net rather than the ball!

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My Gasman source tells me that there's trouble brewing.

Some of Cockmans players, who had got them up to 4th place ain't happy they've been binned off.

Some of Alf Garner's new signings ain't happy that they're not straight into the team.

At least one unused sub at a recent away game refused to go out for the post match fitness session, leading to a massive row with Alf.

:gasmask:

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17 hours ago, Galway Red said:

Plymouth away support is fantastic, they have to travel for 2 hours before they even hit Bristol, not as good as Rovers away support though

I went to Salford on Tuesday with a Plymouth supporting mate. Away support was excellent. Fair few Bury fans in the away end too. They proper hate Salford. Didn’t get back to Bristol till 2 so most of the Plymouth fans would have got home around 4am.  Of course nowhere near as good as Gas support but pretty good.

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22 hours ago, Seneca the Younger said:

Not making excuses but they have all of Devon & half of Cornwall supporting them. Must be nearly 2m people there?

I think Exeter (and surrounding regions) and Torbay might have something to say about that.

Cornwall is all Argyle though - does make me laugh when they talk of Devon being green and white, would say Devon itself is marginally more Exeter. Certainly true of those I know down this way

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6 minutes ago, devoncider said:

I think Exeter (and surrounding regions) and Torbay might have something to say about that.

Cornwall is all Argyle though - does make me laugh when they talk of Devon being green and white, would say Devon itself is marginally more Exeter. Certainly true of those I know down this way

The truth is, most from Exeter don`t regard Plymouth as even being in Devon!

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13 hours ago, Vincent Vega said:

Ain't seen a tide mark like that for yonks.

Ain’t heard that phrase for yonks.Can still picture the wet flannel being smashed into my face as I walked through the back  door,my old dear loved me really.

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3 hours ago, Vincent Vega said:

When reality hits home.

 

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Such a funny thread. Some are so convinced the prices will drive our fans away. They don't understand that what you pay for is what you get. 

Rover's best days are most likely behind them. 

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3 minutes ago, Sturny said:

Such a funny thread. Some are so convinced the prices will drive our fans away. They don't understand that what you pay for is what you get

Rover's best days are most likely behind them. 

£42 was mentioned. Failed to mention that, thats the most expensive seat on a match day.

For my season tickets, for me and my 4 kids... works out at £28 a game. Great value

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7 minutes ago, Sturny said:

Such a funny thread. Some are so convinced the prices will drive our fans away. They don't understand that what you pay for is what you get. 

Rover's best days are most likely behind them. 

They’ve had ‘best’ days,I must of blinked and missed them.

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4 minutes ago, Riaz said:

£42 was mentioned. Failed to mention that, thats the most expensive seat on a match day.

For my season tickets, for me and my 4 kids... works out at £28 a game. Great value

I had a look for the West Brom game and I think the most expensive ticket is middle lower Lansdown non member price, £36 

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4 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

I had a look for the West Brom game and I think the most expensive ticket is middle lower Lansdown non member price, £36 

Facts and Bristol R***** don’t exactly go hand in hand.

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2 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

But they cam get away with it, because everyone loves them!

I expect they’ve had a van load of valentines cards delivered today,from fans of every club in the country.

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19 minutes ago, NOTBLUE said:

I also used to told off for wiping my nose in my sleeve,I was a true street urchin me.

What!?!

Are you saying I've got to carry a pack of tissues around with me now I'm a grown up?

Maybe I'll just carry a reusable, snot filled hanky stuffed up my sleeve, like my Granny!!

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10 minutes ago, Pheasant plucker said:

What!?!

Are you saying I've got to carry a pack of tissues around with me now I'm a grown up?

Maybe I'll just carry a reusable, snot filled hanky stuffed up my sleeve, like my Granny!!

Either that or just lick your top lip

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26 minutes ago, finbarr_in_z said:

I wonder if any :gasmask: are livid at this? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-51490721

Ashton Gate chairman Martin Griffiths said they wanted to create a "sporting quarter" where the city's football, rugby and basketball teams all play.

The only quarter(s) at Ashton Gate eh? 

 

If you added up all the quarters in Bristol it must come to about 6 1/2

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3 hours ago, finbarr_in_z said:

I wonder if any :gasmask: are livid at this? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-51490721

Ashton Gate chairman Martin Griffiths said they wanted to create a "sporting quarter" where the city's football, rugby and basketball teams all play.

The only quarter(s) at Ashton Gate eh? 

 

LJ said in one of the post Derby pressers about wanting all of Bristol to get behind what we're doing...........well, three quarters of it ,anyhow.......................made me chuckle !

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1 minute ago, slartibartfast said:

LJ said in one of the post Derby pressers about wanting all of Bristol to get behind what we're doing...........well, three quarters of it ,anyhow.......................made me chuckle !

Made me chuckle too,and probably about right as well.

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12 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

LJ said in one of the post Derby pressers about wanting all of Bristol to get behind what we're doing...........well, three quarters of it ,anyhow.......................made me chuckle !

Yes, I heard that too. A very positive 'Johnsonism'. 

Fair play to him for that one. 

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Quaffing an agreeable Chilean Merlot and wondering how the countdown to The Fruit Market Stadium’s completion is going?! As Wael the messiah pronounced a while back, it will be ready in two years, so what’s that now? 18 months until the gas first play there? I’ve probably got that incorrect so please feel free to update the timeline - anyone seen a JCB on site yet? Because the billionaire Wael would never mislead the blue few would he?! ????

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35 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

Quaffing an agreeable Chilean Merlot and wondering how the countdown to The Fruit Market Stadium’s completion is going?! As Wael the messiah pronounced a while back, it will be ready in two years, so what’s that now? 18 months until the gas first play there? I’ve probably got that incorrect so please feel free to update the timeline - anyone seen a JCB on site yet? Because the billionaire Wael would never mislead the blue few would he?! ????

I think they were due to break ground a week or two ago but their contractors got called away after the road collapsed in the Cumberland Basin.

That should give him an excuse for another couple of years at least of doing **** all!

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