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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 23:44:31 GMT
Does anyone really care what the teds do, I don't I can't even get jealous over how they are doing now We just need to concentrate and get our own house in order That was the point to my thread. City have their house in order and they are reaping the rewards. As did Brighton, Swansea et al before them. Tonight should have put the fire in the belly of our owners to say, fair play to them, but we need a bit of that as well, and get on the phone first thing tomorrow morning and get things in motion. Why on earth would one victory by another club seriously affect the strategic thinking and actions of our chairman? It won't, nor should it. |
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Post by toddy1953 on Dec 20, 2017 23:45:41 GMT
Did the S##t play tonight & win? Couldn't give a rats arse if I'm honest.
No curiosity in peeping in to see how they play & no interest in them at all. They could win the Champions League for all I care.They fill me with as much emotion as the wall at the end of my road.
I am only concerned with Bristol Rovers & will support my team irrespective of what league we are in. I just wish our owners would take their head out of their arse & communicate some clear plans.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 23:46:52 GMT
Exactly. A pointless and unneccessary thread this. We're talking about a club that rejoiced and taunted us to the max after the Mansfield game. We need to concentrate on us and only us. Agreed we need to concentrate on us, but we have to be aware of our local competition as well in my opinion. Like it or not, their fortunes and ours are linked to an extent, as there will only ever be a finite number of football fans in the West country, and the way it's going, a larger and larger percentage will be reds. We have to be aware of that in order to battle our corner and rise to the challenge of sticking with them as best we can. Won't be possible unless the owners come up trumps, which the way they've carried on recently, looks unlikely. Oxford and Plymouth are our local competition right now, not them. They've spunked millions in recent years and are light years ahead of us in terms of resources. |
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Post by Okebournegas on Dec 20, 2017 23:49:02 GMT
Did the S##t play tonight & win? Couldn't give a rats arse if I'm honest. No curiosity in peeping in to see how they play & no interest in them at all. They could win the Champions League for all I care.They fill me with as much emotion as the wall at the end of my road. I am only concerned with Bristol Rovers & will support my team irrespective of what league we are in. I just wish our owners would take their head out of their arse & communicate some clear plans. Here , here mate !!! Top post !!!! Utg !!!! |
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Post by Jomo on Dec 20, 2017 23:54:31 GMT
Agreed we need to concentrate on us, but we have to be aware of our local competition as well in my opinion. Like it or not, their fortunes and ours are linked to an extent, as there will only ever be a finite number of football fans in the West country, and the way it's going, a larger and larger percentage will be reds. We have to be aware of that in order to battle our corner and rise to the challenge of sticking with them as best we can. Won't be possible unless the owners come up trumps, which the way they've carried on recently, looks unlikely. Oxford and Plymouth are our local competition right now, not them. They've spunked millions in recent years and are light years ahead of us in terms of resources. With respect, I completely disagree with your comment about Oxford and Plymouth. The majority of our supporters and City's supporters are, surprise surprise, from the Bristol area. Not Oxford or Plymouth. And while that remains the case, if City's success and resources far outstrip ours, football fans from the Bristol area will be more inclined to watch City instead of us, which will reduce our ability to become a competitive force in future years. I do agree however that they're light years ahead, but that's my point. We are a club with great potential right now, but I don't want that potential to weaken, which in my opinion it will when City move further and further ahead of us. My opinion of course. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 23:57:57 GMT
Agreed we need to concentrate on us, but we have to be aware of our local competition as well in my opinion. Like it or not, their fortunes and ours are linked to an extent, as there will only ever be a finite number of football fans in the West country, and the way it's going, a larger and larger percentage will be reds. We have to be aware of that in order to battle our corner and rise to the challenge of sticking with them as best we can. Won't be possible unless the owners come up trumps, which the way they've carried on recently, looks unlikely. Oxford and Plymouth are our local competition right now, not them. They've spunked millions in recent years and are light years ahead of us in terms of resources. I don't think we have much danger of losing fans to Oxford or Plymouth. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 23:59:20 GMT
Oxford and Plymouth are our local competition right now, not them. They've spunked millions in recent years and are light years ahead of us in terms of resources. With respect, I completely disagree with your comment about Oxford and Plymouth. The majority of our supporters and City's supporters are, surprise surprise, from the Bristol area. Not Oxford or Plymouth. And while that remains the case, if City's success and resources far outstrip ours, football fans from the Bristol area will be more inclined to watch City instead of us, which will reduce our ability to become a competitive force in future years. I do agree however that they're light years ahead, but that's my point. We are a club with great potential right now, but I don't want that potential to weaken, which in my opinion it will when City move further and further ahead of us. My opinion of course. I couldn't really care less mate. Our destiny is in our own hands and giving needless attention to that lot is pointless and needless. In reality our fortunes aren't really linked to theirs, the South West is a huge area. In a very literal sense, Plymouth and Oxford represent our local competition right now. Threads like these should be in general, not Rovers talk. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 0:03:39 GMT
With respect, I completely disagree with your comment about Oxford and Plymouth. The majority of our supporters and City's supporters are, surprise surprise, from the Bristol area. Not Oxford or Plymouth. And while that remains the case, if City's success and resources far outstrip ours, football fans from the Bristol area will be more inclined to watch City instead of us, which will reduce our ability to become a competitive force in future years. I do agree however that they're light years ahead, but that's my point. We are a club with great potential right now, but I don't want that potential to weaken, which in my opinion it will when City move further and further ahead of us. My opinion of course. I couldn't really care less mate. Our destiny is in our own hands and giving needless attention to that lot is pointless and needless. In reality our fortunes aren't really linked to theirs, the South West is a huge area. In a very literal sense, Plymouth and Oxford represent our local competition right now. Threads like these should be in general, not Rovers talk. Try and explain that to my step dad who is currently taking every opportunity to remind me about that bloody gap and will no doubt continue to do so over the next few days until Christmas is over. I'm already boiling because of how our club is being run and having to listen to that lot is tipping me over the edge. What they do matters if only because they will never let us forget about it. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 0:07:02 GMT
I couldn't really care less mate. Our destiny is in our own hands and giving needless attention to that lot is pointless and needless. In reality our fortunes aren't really linked to theirs, the South West is a huge area. In a very literal sense, Plymouth and Oxford represent our local competition right now. Threads like these should be in general, not Rovers talk. Try and explain that to my step dad who is currently taking every opportunity to remind me about that bloody gap and will no doubt continue to do so over the next few days until Christmas is over. I'm already boiling because of how our club is being run and having to listen to that lot is tipping me over the edge. What they do matters if only because they will never let us forget about it. Doesn't exactly help when people feel the need to proactively post out their successes on the Rovers section of the forum. There's a real paranoia amoungst some obsessed supporters that our future is linked to theirs, which is total nonsense. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 0:07:59 GMT
People say about how lansdown has spent millions but in the championship his spending is bang average which is frightening.
Spend millions and maybe sometime in the future you might sell the club at a good price or maybe not.
In other words to get anywhere spend millions or forget it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 0:16:32 GMT
Try and explain that to my step dad who is currently taking every opportunity to remind me about that bloody gap and will no doubt continue to do so over the next few days until Christmas is over. I'm already boiling because of how our club is being run and having to listen to that lot is tipping me over the edge. What they do matters if only because they will never let us forget about it. Doesn't exactly help when people feel the need to proactively post out their successes on the Rovers section of the forum. There's a real paranoia amoungst some obsessed supporters that our future is linked to theirs, which is total nonsense. I think it is, as things stand. We have absolutely nothing to look forward to as Rovers fans currently. Well, a regeneration stand by stand that is so far off completion it is unlikely to happen. Under these circumstances we will lose fans to them hand over fist. Prolonged success for City could be the final nail in our coffin. If we still had a stadium deal on the table I would agree with you wholeheartedly as we would have every opportunity to play in the same league as them consistently in the long run (the next ten years), but we have nothing. |
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Post by Jomo on Dec 21, 2017 0:19:00 GMT
Try and explain that to my step dad who is currently taking every opportunity to remind me about that bloody gap and will no doubt continue to do so over the next few days until Christmas is over. I'm already boiling because of how our club is being run and having to listen to that lot is tipping me over the edge. What they do matters if only because they will never let us forget about it. Doesn't exactly help when people feel the need to proactively post out their successes on the Rovers section of the forum. There's a real paranoia amoungst some obsessed supporters that our future is linked to theirs, which is total nonsense. Total nonsense, in your opinion. Not mine, and my opinion is that it is at least somewhat Rovers related, so I read this thread with interest. You read it, posted a few times, and yet don't care less? Surely if you'd actually cared less, you'd have taken one look at what the thread was about, and not read any further? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 0:23:12 GMT
Doesn't exactly help when people feel the need to proactively post out their successes on the Rovers section of the forum. There's a real paranoia amoungst some obsessed supporters that our future is linked to theirs, which is total nonsense. Total nonsense, in your opinion. Not mine, and my opinion is that it is at least somewhat Rovers related, so I read this thread with interest. You read it, posted a few times, and yet don't care less? Surely if you'd actually cared less, you'd have taken one look at what the thread was about, and not read any further? I couldn't care less what they do as a club. What irks me is this obsession some has with that club and the need to bring them up at every opportunity. Tonight's result isn't Rovers related. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 0:23:37 GMT
I switched on the radio in the car and heard the last 10 mins...I kinda had a feeling that city would score a late late goal.
Im just glad it wasn't you know who.
No surprise the lovely city fans provoked the man utd fans causing trouble. No change there then.
You have to congratulate them on beating Man united reserves whilst Rovers lose to West ham kids in a cup comp.
Man City 7 Bristol city 0 please for the first leg.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 0:26:41 GMT
Doesn't exactly help when people feel the need to proactively post out their successes on the Rovers section of the forum. There's a real paranoia amoungst some obsessed supporters that our future is linked to theirs, which is total nonsense. I think it is, as things stand. We have absolutely nothing to look forward to as Rovers fans currently. Well, a regeneration stand by stand that is so far off completion it is unlikely to happen. Under these circumstances we will lose fans to them hand over fist. Prolonged success for City could be the final nail in our coffin. If we still had a stadium deal on the table I would agree with you wholeheartedly as we would have every opportunity to play in the same league as them consistently in the long run (the next ten years), but we have nothing. If we get our act together and progress as a club off the field we'll have a sound future. If we don't, we won't. That's all irrespective of anything they achieve or not. Greater Bristol is more than big enough to accomodate two successful clubs. |
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Post by Jomo on Dec 21, 2017 0:30:23 GMT
Total nonsense, in your opinion. Not mine, and my opinion is that it is at least somewhat Rovers related, so I read this thread with interest. You read it, posted a few times, and yet don't care less? Surely if you'd actually cared less, you'd have taken one look at what the thread was about, and not read any further? I couldn't care less what they do as a club. What irks me is this obsession some has with that club and the need to bring them up at every opportunity. Tonight's result isn't Rovers related. Fair enough for that to irk you, and of course one result doesn't make a difference to our long term ambitions as a club, agreed. However I don't think myself or anyone else on this thread and shown that they're obsessed with the sheeds and bring them up at every opportunity. This was a night where they beat one of the biggest clubs in the world and it was on TV, so of course it's going to throw further shade over our debacle at the moment. I'll always be a Gashead and will guide my kids to being Gasheads too, but we can actually look towards other clubs for inspiration in how to better ourselves. City should not be exempt from that. Imagine owning a local grocery and a Tesco Express opens up down the road. The success of the Tesco would no doubt have a negative impact on the grocery, but it's an opportunity to improve and compete on a higher level. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 0:37:25 GMT
I couldn't care less what they do as a club. What irks me is this obsession some has with that club and the need to bring them up at every opportunity. Tonight's result isn't Rovers related. Fair enough for that to irk you, and of course one result doesn't make a difference to our long term ambitions as a club, agreed. However I don't think myself or anyone else on this thread and shown that they're obsessed with the sheeds and bring them up at every opportunity. This was a night where they beat one of the biggest clubs in the world and it was on TV, so of course it's going to throw further shade over our debacle at the moment. I'll always be a Gashead and will guide my kids to being Gasheads too, but we can actually look towards other clubs for inspiration in how to better ourselves. City should not be exempt from that. Imagine owning a local grocery and a Tesco Express opens up down the road. The success of the Tesco would no doubt have a negative impact on the grocery, but it's an opportunity to improve and compete on a higher level. Fair enough. But I would argue the local grocery shouldn't need a Tesco Express to improve and compete. We need to improve off the field and concentrate on getting it right. **** them, they aren't relevant. |
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Post by Jomo on Dec 21, 2017 0:39:12 GMT
I think it is, as things stand. We have absolutely nothing to look forward to as Rovers fans currently. Well, a regeneration stand by stand that is so far off completion it is unlikely to happen. Under these circumstances we will lose fans to them hand over fist. Prolonged success for City could be the final nail in our coffin. If we still had a stadium deal on the table I would agree with you wholeheartedly as we would have every opportunity to play in the same league as them consistently in the long run (the next ten years), but we have nothing. If we get our act together and progress as a club off the field we'll have a sound future. If we don't, we won't. That's all irrespective of anything they achieve or not. Greater Bristol is more than big enough to accomodate two successful clubs. Agreed, but I hope the success of our neighbours in Greater Bristol can provide a greater impetus on our owners to get our house in order, so that we can achieve something similar. It would be great to see in the not too distant future, a Bristol derby in the Championship, where we stuff them! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 0:39:29 GMT
I think it is, as things stand. We have absolutely nothing to look forward to as Rovers fans currently. Well, a regeneration stand by stand that is so far off completion it is unlikely to happen. Under these circumstances we will lose fans to them hand over fist. Prolonged success for City could be the final nail in our coffin. If we still had a stadium deal on the table I would agree with you wholeheartedly as we would have every opportunity to play in the same league as them consistently in the long run (the next ten years), but we have nothing. If we don't, we won't. That's all irrespective of anything they achieve or not. Greater Bristol is more than big enough to accomodate two successful clubs. Oh absolutely. But where we are now can you see that happening before City can finish us off themselves? I ask that genuinely because all I want at the moment is some hope. Give me hope because I have absolutely none. I just see years and years of struggle without end if the Al Qadi's remain. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 0:44:08 GMT
If we get our act together and progress as a club off the field we'll have a sound future. If we don't, we won't. That's all irrespective of anything they achieve or not. Greater Bristol is more than big enough to accomodate two successful clubs. Oh absolutely. But where we are now can you see that happening before City can finish us off themselves? I ask that genuinely because all I want at the moment is some hope. Give me hope because I have absolutely none. I just see years and years of struggle without end if the Al Qadi's remain. Finish us off? If we end up being finished off, it'll be our own doing. What are you actually hoping for can I ask? |
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