Final League matches of season: - 7th May 2020

[Gassy]

That’s pretty tinpot from Northampton I have to say. Glad to see the fans here see the embarrassment.

We did the something similar when we went down to NL against Wycombe.

It’s just desperation really. Difference is our season was over, but I don’t see how this benefits Northampton in the play offs

 

[EricSabin]

That’s pretty tinpot from Northampton I have to say. Glad to see the fans here see the embarrassment.

We did the something similar when we went down to NL against Wycombe.

It’s just desperation really. Difference is our season was over, but I don’t see how this benefits Northampton in the play offs

Just FYI mate we’ve not made a complaint the guardian have said we have. Our chairman came out quickly after and had this to say.

 

[Gassy]

Just FYI mate we’ve not made a complaint the guardian have said we have. Our chairman came out quickly after and had this to say.

Thanks for this, apologies I hadn’t seen that.

It’s a tough one really, what can the EFL do? Scunthorpe played that team for about a month and did so because they couldn’t afford to pay their pros (apparently).

 

[Bottega Don]

Thanks for this, apologies I hadn’t seen that.

It’s a tough one really, what can the EFL do? Scunthorpe played that team for about a month and did so because they couldn’t afford to pay their pros (apparently).

We can afford to pay our pros their base wage as we have too, we just can't afford the additional bonuses that come on top of that. From people I know at the club, it sounds like we are struggling to afford a lot of things as our chairman continues to asset strip us and take every single penny out of the club possible.

Not a chance in hell the EFL is investigating something they should be held accountable for.

 

[Vanni]

In fact that pitch invasion and subsequent delay actually made the task more difficult for us;

a) The relentless momentum was stopped, im sure we would have scored an 8th at least.
b) Scunthorpe players had a much needed break, they looked shattered. They came right at us after play restarted.
c) Home crowd became very edgy knowing a goal against us would send us into the play offs.
d) Gas players didnt know whether to go for another goal or defend the clean sheet (another goal could have sparked a further pitch invasion and game would have been abandoned).

Very stupid from our lot to run on the pitch in those numbers, could have been very very costly. Looking forward to meeting Cambridge again next season, i guess we have repaid the Gaffney transfer by allowing Williams to sign for you so we are quits now?

Sorry for the late(ish?) reply but I was offline for a couple days. I'm afraid it's not that easy re. Gaffney. See thing is I have 'Rory Gaffney is a traitor and a Judas' tattooed on my back so I'd look silly now if I were to forgive the lad

Willo has been excellent for us, and while it's a tough call with so many U's players having a great season, IMO he was our POTS. He just never gives up and we all like a fighter in the side don't we?

 

[BRFC_Gas]

Sorry for the late(ish?) reply but I was offline for a couple days. I'm afraid it's not that easy re. Gaffney. See thing is I have 'Rory Gaffney is a traitor and a Judas' tattooed on my back so I'd look silly now if I were to forgive the lad

Willo has been excellent for us, and while it's a tough call with so many U's players having a great season, IMO he was our POTS. He just never gives up and we all like a fighter in the side don't we?

I don't know why Williams wasnt that player with us. He started off really well, was a great attacking threat too, but then got progressively worse and was caught out of position a lot.
Then again he was part of a poor squad brought in by Tisdale in Jan, and I think there was a lot of bad things going on behind closed doors, so maybe he needed somewhere else.
The best of Gaffney was while he was on loan, didnt seem to be the same player when he signed a contract.

 

[The Evil Dead]

Am I missing something here? Why are Bristol Rovers getting pelters over potential match fixing and Scunthorpe for fielding a weak side?

Are people conveniently forgetting Northampton were 3-0 up after half an hour at Barrow? And it was only 3-1 at half time? You literally had the entire second half to simply score one more goal? If you did, you'd be up now and the 7-0 would be completely irrelevant? Nobody's fault but Northampton's, sorry.

 

[BarraMatt]

Anyone seen Devon Lad? Is his absence due to being balls deep in Vegas's finest hookers or the fact that he got his prediction wrong?

 

[EricSabin]

Am I missing something here? Why are Bristol Rovers getting pelters over potential match fixing and Scunthorpe for fielding a weak side?

Are people conveniently forgetting Northampton were 3-0 up after half an hour at Barrow? And it was only 3-1 at half time? You literally had the entire second half to simply score one more goal? If you did, you'd be up now and the 7-0 would be completely irrelevant? Nobody's fault but Northampton's, sorry.

Let’s face it if we had scored again so would Bristol Rovers. They’d have got 10 if they needed with the 2 hours stoppage time.

 

[GEORGE]

Let’s face it if we had scored again so would Bristol Rovers. They’d have got 10 if they needed with the 2 hours stoppage time.

And people are forgetting that your goalkeeper saved a certain goal handling outside his area. I know he was sent off -- But the fact was that would have been a certain goal.

 

[valefan16]

Anyone seen Devon Lad? Is his absence due to being balls deep in Vegas's finest hookers or the fact that he got his prediction wrong?

Vale have sent him offline again! Like in 2020 when they were going to slap us and Ritchie Bennett had them on toast.

 

[BRFC_Gas]

Vale have sent him offline again! Like in 2020 when they were going to slap us and Ritchie Bennett had them on toast.

It still is 2020 according to this thread title

 

[FGR Stroud]

It still is 2020 according to this thread title

Oh F##k.
Sh#t, my error. Bollocks.

 

[FGR Stroud]

Following recent heated debate on attendances at FGR I checked out the full facts.

This year’s average for Champions FGR >

all: - 3980 and home: - 2687.

This is 4th lowest average in entire Football League.

League 1’s lowest average attendance is Accrington >

all: 6128 and home: 2915

Therefore FGR start next season with an average attendance deficit of 2148 in basement spot or minus 228 average home attendance.



That basically means that FGR will probably be least supported club in League 1. They have shown that they can punch above their weight in League 2 but one wonders if it will be same next season when team are playing in front of bigger and more passionate opponents.

 

[BRFC_Gas]

Oh F##k.
Sh#t, my error. Bollocks.

No worries, the last 2 years have flown by!

 

[chipmunx]

Anyone seen Devon Lad? Is his absence due to being balls deep in Vegas's finest hookers or the fact that he got his prediction wrong?

it won't be Vegas's finest... maybe the roughest cheapest ones

 

[GasAttacK]

Following recent heated debate on attendances at FGR I checked out the full facts.

This year’s average for Champions FGR >

all: - 3980 and home: - 2687.

This is 4th lowest average in entire Football League.

League 1’s lowest average attendance is Accrington >

all: 6128 and home: 2915

Therefore FGR start next season with an average attendance deficit of 2148 in basement spot or minus 228 average home attendance.



That basically means that FGR will probably be least supported club in League 1. They have shown that they can punch above their weight in League 2 but one wonders if it will be same next season when team are playing in front of bigger and more passionate opponents.

Accrington prove year after year that it's possible to do well in L1 with small crowds and very little money.

 

[BRFC_Gas]

it won't be Vegas's finest... maybe the roughest cheapest ones

Probably selecting some from the mexicans call cards. They are well dodgy..er, so ive heard...

 

[E10rifle]

I'm surprised with Tranmere. We played them early in the season and they looked a decent team, if not lacking a bit up top. When we played them in February, we were fortunate to get a last minute equaliser and again I thought they looked like they had enough for the playoffs minimum.

Seemed to have dropped off a cliff since then. What's happened?

Their away record is terrible, and if they set up like they did on Saturday I can see why. Little-to-no attacking intent, no press and surprisingly poor on the ball. Can see why they struggle to break teams down and their aim of winning the ball in midfield due to unforced defensive mistakes is unlikely to be effective against less tippy-tippy sides then us. They got the win but were generally second best to a team firmly on the beach.

 

[shoddycollins]

In fact that pitch invasion and subsequent delay actually made the task more difficult for us;

a) The relentless momentum was stopped, im sure we would have scored an 8th at least.
b) Scunthorpe players had a much needed break, they looked shattered. They came right at us after play restarted.
c) Home crowd became very edgy knowing a goal against us would send us into the play offs.
d) Gas players didnt know whether to go for another goal or defend the clean sheet (another goal could have sparked a further pitch invasion and game would have been abandoned).

Very stupid from our lot to run on the pitch in those numbers, could have been very very costly. Looking forward to meeting Cambridge again next season, i guess we have repaid the Gaffney transfer by allowing Williams to sign for you so we are quits now?

I think the fact it happened with you 7-0 and going up as it stood makes the difference.

I could see Vanni's point if you still needed another goal, because then you can argue that the Northampton game had already finished so you knew what you needed to do. But how it happened, Rovers had already done what they needed to do before the Northampton game finished so those final 20 minutes were just about hanging on.

 

[BRFC_Gas]

I think the fact it happened with you 7-0 and going up as it stood makes the difference.

I could see Vanni's point if you still needed another goal, because then you can argue that the Northampton game had already finished so you knew what you needed to do. But how it happened, Rovers had already done what they needed to do before the Northampton game finished so those final 20 minutes were just about hanging on.

To be honest I don't know why the players were kept off the pitch for so long, it was all under control well before they came back out.
I still think we would have got another 1-2 goals without the stoppage as we were flying and Scunthorpe were being schooled (literally, lol)
As it was, it all became a bit cagey knowing we already did enough....then it was the worry that Scunny would score. From their point of view they had a rest and knew if they scored 1 they would keep us down, would have been a good incentive for someone to play the villain role and probably be signed by Bristol City in the future, or at least get a bottle of Moet from them...

 

[Vanni]

I think the fact it happened with you 7-0 and going up as it stood makes the difference.

I could see Vanni's point if you still needed another goal, because then you can argue that the Northampton game had already finished so you knew what you needed to do. But how it happened, Rovers had already done what they needed to do before the Northampton game finished so those final 20 minutes were just about hanging on.

Nope you're missing the point. The fact that Rovers had done enough by that point is irrelevant. If no pitch invasion took place then Rovers had to decide whether they would try to grab another goal to make sure or else see the game out and hope Cobblers do not grab a late goal. So that's two options for the Gas at that moment in time. Play was allowed to go on at Barrow so when the final result of that game came in then Rovers had only one option rather than the two they had before - hang on and do not let Scunny grab a consolation goal.

Still tbf, I was watching the Exeter v Vale match but switched over to the Gas match when I heard they had just scored their fifth goal and I tend to agree with BRFC Gas that they would've gone on to score more than 7 goals if the fans didn't get on the pitch. Scunny were absolutely shattered and I thought they looked no better than some mid table Conference North side. I fear for them tbh.

 

[Bottega Don]

Nope you're missing the point. The fact that Rovers had done enough by that point is irrelevant. If no pitch invasion took place then Rovers had to decide whether they would try to grab another goal to make sure or else see the game out and hope Cobblers do not grab a late goal. So that's two options for the Gas at that moment in time. Play was allowed to go on at Barrow so when the final result of that game came in then Rovers had only one option rather than the two they had before - hang on and do not let Scunny grab a consolation goal.

Still tbf, I was watching the Exeter v Vale match but switched over to the Gas match when I heard they had just scored their fifth goal and I tend to agree with BRFC Gas that they would've gone on to score more than 7 goals if the fans didn't get on the pitch. Scunny were absolutely shattered and I thought they looked no better than some mid table Conference North side. I fear for them tbh.

We won’t be in business by the start of next season. Our owner has taken everything directly from the Steve Dale playbook and we will be going the way of Bury.

 

[loz]

We won’t be in business by the start of next season. Our owner has taken everything directly from the Steve Dale playbook and we will be going the way of Bury.

That sounds terrible It was bad enough a club like Scunny going out of the league. A couple of years back, I thought that was going to happen to us and it is not a nice feeling. FGR and Sutton have shown this year what a well run club can do on small gate receipts.

 

[BRFC_Gas]

Nope you're missing the point. The fact that Rovers had done enough by that point is irrelevant. If no pitch invasion took place then Rovers had to decide whether they would try to grab another goal to make sure or else see the game out and hope Cobblers do not grab a late goal. So that's two options for the Gas at that moment in time. Play was allowed to go on at Barrow so when the final result of that game came in then Rovers had only one option rather than the two they had before - hang on and do not let Scunny grab a consolation goal.

Still tbf, I was watching the Exeter v Vale match but switched over to the Gas match when I heard they had just scored their fifth goal and I tend to agree with BRFC Gas that they would've gone on to score more than 7 goals if the fans didn't get on the pitch. Scunny were absolutely shattered and I thought they looked no better than some mid table Conference North side. I fear for them tbh.

We have form for late goals which I believe is down to the fitness of our players. Joey was always a great trainer as a player and seems to have nailed this in management.
Here are some facts to back it up taken from our forum;
21 - goals scored by Rovers in the final 15 minutes of games, more than any of their rivals, with Exeter second on 18. Rovers also scored 46 second-half goals compared with 25 in the first half. Only Swindon scored more after half-time with 52.
38 - goals scored at the Mem, only Swindon and Mansfield (both 40) managed more at home. Rovers also ranked third for goals on the road with 33, Forest Green $2) and Swindon (43) above them.
54 - points won by Rovers since January 1, top of the table ahead of Exeter with 51 and Mansfield with 45. That haul extrapolated over a 46-game season would have seen them reach 99 points. On December 31, 2021, the Gas were 12 points off third place with a minus 6 goal difference.