but I bet they can't put a fruit pastille in their mouths without chewing.
Get there early on Saturday, that result and performance will no doubt boost the gate.
I was told we've sold nearly 5,000 season tickets this year. Anyone on here know if that is accurate?
Not bad
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Just over 4000 I think."GodalmingYellow" wrote:but I bet they can't put a fruit pastille in their mouths without chewing.
Get there early on Saturday, that result and performance will no doubt boost the gate.
I was told we've sold nearly 5,000 season tickets this year. Anyone on here know if that is accurate?
Was also nice to see an away side come to Minchery and try to play football. To be fair to Bristol, they had the better of the early exchanges and put in some nice crosses which is probably something we haven't seen from an away (or home?!) side for about 4 years!! I also think they must have felt a bit hard done by at 4-1 down.
Oddly, we were far more dominant in the second half but didnt score quite so many which was a shame. I wouldn't have minded 8 or 9!!!
It was just brilliant though wasn't it?! We played some truly wonderful stuff at times and players took their chances.
More of the same please!
Oddly, we were far more dominant in the second half but didnt score quite so many which was a shame. I wouldn't have minded 8 or 9!!!
It was just brilliant though wasn't it?! We played some truly wonderful stuff at times and players took their chances.
More of the same please!
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In my own inimitable style after about 15 minutes of play I turned to my mate and said "I really don't know what Jack Midson offers us up front" only for him to go on and have one of his best games for us."John Byrne's Underpants" wrote:Great performance last night and I feel encouraged for the rest of the season. Hopefully we'll hold our own in L2. Heslop looks like a really good signing and I was chuffed for Midson that he got a goal as he once again worked his socks off.
Could be a long old season for Bristol Rovers...
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On Sat at Burton, when Beano got booked and everyone was chanting his name, one chap behind me was complaining to his mate about Beano and then shouted out, to his fello Oxford Fan's singing Beano's praise "HE'S NOT THAT GOOD""A-Ro" wrote:In my own inimitable style after about 15 minutes of play I turned to my mate and said "I really don't know what Jack Midson offers us up front" only for him to go on and have one of his best games for us."John Byrne's Underpants" wrote:Great performance last night and I feel encouraged for the rest of the season. Hopefully we'll hold our own in L2. Heslop looks like a really good signing and I was chuffed for Midson that he got a goal as he once again worked his socks off.
Could be a long old season for Bristol Rovers...
Errr....
I think you'd have to go back to the days of Joey in his prime to find a midfield performance equal to that of Heslop's last night. For this level of football, he's a real find. Surprising that he didn't make the break through at Barnsley on what we've heard and seen to date. If he stays fit and on form, we might well be in with a shout this year.
well well well
...i thought it had a draw and penalties stamped all over it beforehand. BR definitely looked better in the early exchanges and we looked very nervous and rushed..then the floodgates opened on what was a perfect night.
The fifth goal would have graced any stage- the-pass-the cross-the finish...how long will we be able to hold on to beano in that form was the only concern as we tripped and skipped acroos the car-park!
the subs all looked very good when they came on too. happy days indeed
The fifth goal would have graced any stage- the-pass-the cross-the finish...how long will we be able to hold on to beano in that form was the only concern as we tripped and skipped acroos the car-park!
the subs all looked very good when they came on too. happy days indeed
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And, indeed, the last time we scored six goals in a match at home, the sequence of subsequent results was LDDWDLL ... and the last time we won 6-1 at home, the sequence that followed was LWDDLDLLWL.
But fortunately, Recordmeister has done the gloom, doom, one swallow doesn't make a summer, peaking too early stuff for me, so ...
Still trying to get over the weird feeling of being 4-1 up after 30 minutes (kept looking at my watch and checking my pulse to see if it had stopped or I had died). Probably won't get too many chances to play like that in Division Four but what was really pleasing was the way we played, players looking to break into space, players looking for a pass rather than just hit and hope, a bit of patience in build up.
Odd to single out a defensive-minded player in a night like that, but credit to Bulman for harrying and breaking up and preventing them building) humble pie for me, big credit to Batt who looked very good going forward singing my old tune, Midson's ability to win intelligent headers, to look for space and to look for an incisive ball really paid off for once. But everywhere things worked and everytime things worked out better than you could hope: when Hall came off, I thought Heslop was tiring badly too, so to prove me right he got up and down and scored in the 92nd minute.
Hey ho, what it means in the long run who knows, probably very little, but what a great night. Even had a decent drive home.
But fortunately, Recordmeister has done the gloom, doom, one swallow doesn't make a summer, peaking too early stuff for me, so ...
Still trying to get over the weird feeling of being 4-1 up after 30 minutes (kept looking at my watch and checking my pulse to see if it had stopped or I had died). Probably won't get too many chances to play like that in Division Four but what was really pleasing was the way we played, players looking to break into space, players looking for a pass rather than just hit and hope, a bit of patience in build up.
Odd to single out a defensive-minded player in a night like that, but credit to Bulman for harrying and breaking up and preventing them building) humble pie for me, big credit to Batt who looked very good going forward singing my old tune, Midson's ability to win intelligent headers, to look for space and to look for an incisive ball really paid off for once. But everywhere things worked and everytime things worked out better than you could hope: when Hall came off, I thought Heslop was tiring badly too, so to prove me right he got up and down and scored in the 92nd minute.
Hey ho, what it means in the long run who knows, probably very little, but what a great night. Even had a decent drive home.
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Heslop's 35 yard chip was sublime and reminded me of Paul Simpson or Bobby McDonald."neilw" wrote:I think you'd have to go back to the days of Joey in his prime to find a midfield performance equal to that of Heslop's last night. For this level of football, he's a real find.
Natural High.
Absolutely over the proverbial after last nights superb performance.
A night that went a long way to re-paying the years of hurt, everyone of our players (except maybe Ryan Clarke who had little to worry him!) were on fine form and the ball was stroked around the pitch gracefully and with panache, so many excellent performances to single anyone out- and rightly so.
Like many i'm aware that it could be a classic case of 'After the Lord Mayors Show' on saturday- especially as there will be a large crowd (7, 500 || ?) but i'm certain CW will be reminding the players they have to maintain the set Standard and get the right result.
A decent home draw in the CC2 would be a boost.
A night that went a long way to re-paying the years of hurt, everyone of our players (except maybe Ryan Clarke who had little to worry him!) were on fine form and the ball was stroked around the pitch gracefully and with panache, so many excellent performances to single anyone out- and rightly so.
Like many i'm aware that it could be a classic case of 'After the Lord Mayors Show' on saturday- especially as there will be a large crowd (7, 500 || ?) but i'm certain CW will be reminding the players they have to maintain the set Standard and get the right result.
A decent home draw in the CC2 would be a boost.
UTM.
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But now when the opposition "park the bus" infront of the goal it looks like we've got a player (Heslop) who can score through the drivers window from outside the box."recordmeister" wrote:Will we see a Conference display from Bury (2 games, 2 losses so far so) on Saturday? I fear we could see XI men behind the ball for 90 mins following on from last nights result.
I'm not sure if his performance last night can be compared with Beauchamp at his best or Hebberd (John Murray believes it was as good a performance as any in the best part of 25 years!) but he's certainly a quality player not only a great striker of the ball but also makes intelligent runs and defence splitting passes.
Early days still but it looks like we've found a more than adequate replacement for Murray's creativity in midfield.
As for the game - SIX- One!!! - The U's are definitely BACK and even if the Bristol fan's wanted to know who we were early on last night I'm pretty sure they knew by the time the final whistle went.