Bristol R*vers dustbin thread

[GrahamC]

8 minutes ago, cider hoss rules said:

From the BBC website….

Accrington moved out of the bottom four with a comfortable victory over play-off chasing Bristol Rovers.

Radio Bristol’s Twitter feed, which unusually doesn’t mention their amazing away support today does say the first goal followed a blatant handball.

They do love making excuses for them, don’t they?

[WessexPest]

9 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

Off to crack open a box of cigars for the post match team talk.

Buy us a tin of Skoal Bandit, Pete and I’ll see you right on payday. Cheers!

[WessexPest]

“The Beautiful Game”

Edited January 14, 2023 by WessexPest

[Lanterne Rouge]

Stanley 2-0 Another Fine Mess

[nickolas]

1 hour ago, Engvall’s Splinter said:

Barton’s interview

What a ****** the bloke is. 
What is he some lord of football?

So what they went long. Deal with it. 
 

And as for blaming the officials EVERY time they lose a game. Wow. What a complete ****t that bloke is. 

[TinMan's left peg]

Imagine being a fan of a club who’s bogey team is Accrington Stanley 

[David Brent]

Not at all surprised they lost to Accrington Stanley.

Just the 3 wins and 3 draws in 17 meetings.

We, on the other hand, are unbeaten 

[petehinton]

but R Joe is the football manager messiah because he speaks different to others in post match pressers

[bcfc01]

55 minutes ago, TinMan's left peg said:

Imagine being a fan of a club who’s bogey team is Accrington Stanley 

Made I laugh that did 

[glynriley]

2 hours ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

Thought this Slaghead was talking about Rovers at first but it turns out he’s talking about their opponents today who have been in the Football League longer than them.

This is why they’re ‘loved’ the World over.

Arrogant belters

 

 

 

At last an honest fewer. He recognises they are a crap little club punching above their weight. 

[1960maaan]

7 minutes ago, petehinton said:

but R Joe is the football manager messiah because he speaks different to others in post match pressers

Did he hang around long enough to do one ? 
Looks like he off to the coach trying to beat the traffic .

[Lanterne Rouge]

8 minutes ago, 1960maaan said:

Did he hang around long enough to do one ? 
Looks like he off to the coach trying to beat the traffic .

He probably had to report to Accrington police station by 5 o`clock as a condition of his bail.

[Southport Red]

3 hours ago, MrBibs said:

Wow that away end looked packed

They always travel in numbers. 150 IS a number after all. 

[cider hoss rules]

35 minutes ago, Southport Red said:

They always travel in numbers. 150 IS a number after all. 

It’s what they do!

(554 according to AS website)

Edited January 14, 2023 by cider hoss rules

[Numero Uno]

27 minutes ago, Southport Red said:

They always travel in numbers. 150 IS a number after all. 

The Peoples Club………..missing a few people.

[Port Said Red]

I heard the interview, where once again he basically said that Accrington played the wrong kind of football and that there was a clear handball in the lead up to the goal. He then said that the referee had shown him the rulebook after the game to prove that accidental handball by a player other than the goalscorer was not an offence. He then said he's off now so he can't be held accountable, I mean how dare the referee want to get home after a game.

He also said that he had told the referee that his players might as well knock the ball around by hand, if that was the rule. Completely missing the "accidental" part of the rule.

I then watched the highlights, neither goal could be described as "route 1" and the handball was indeed accidental and via the players thigh. Joe wandering off before the end didn't make it to the interview surprisingly.

 

Edited January 14, 2023 by Port Said Red

[MattWSM]

who are they, exactly

[Numero Uno]

You’ve got to hand it to Joseph in one way. He’s come in and worked the Fewers fanbase right out from the get go. A bit of bullshit here and bluster there and they are literally on their backs begging for him to tickle their tummies. Exactly the same with his Employers.

Gorringe was the one who came out with the Peoples Club bollocks but does anyone believe for a second it didn’t originate from “Evertonian” Barton? The fact is the Few lap up this “romantic” fiction……it’s what they do and always have done, aided and abetted by the local media in Bristol.

As for the Boca Juniors comparison………..that in itself will ensure this thread reaches 10k pages. Unreal and astounding bullshit that, again, will be lapped up.

[BS13 Robin]

4 hours ago, Marcus Aurelius said:

He isnt wrong,they are all very strange!!

[Banjo Island]

39 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

You’ve got to hand it to Joseph in one way. He’s come in and worked the Fewers fanbase right out from the get go. A bit of bullshit here and bluster there and they are literally on their backs begging for him to tickle their tummies. Exactly the same with his Employers.

Gorringe was the one who came out with the Peoples Club bollocks but does anyone believe for a second it didn’t originate from “Evertonian” Barton? The fact is the Few lap up this “romantic” fiction……it’s what they do and always have done, aided and abetted by the local media in Bristol.

As for the Boca Juniors comparison………..that in itself will ensure this thread reaches 10k pages. Unreal and astounding bullshit that, again, will be lapped up.

That lot will guzzle down any old shyte the are fed

[Lrrr]

2 hours ago, Southport Red said:

They always travel in numbers. 150 IS a number after all. 

300,000 is also a good number

[bert tann]

1 hour ago, Numero Uno said:

You’ve got to hand it to Joseph in one way. He’s come in and worked the Fewers fanbase right out from the get go. A bit of bullshit here and bluster there and they are literally on their backs begging for him to tickle their tummies. Exactly the same with his Employers.

Gorringe was the one who came out with the Peoples Club bollocks but does anyone believe for a second it didn’t originate from “Evertonian” Barton? The fact is the Few lap up this “romantic” fiction……it’s what they do and always have done, aided and abetted by the local media in Bristol.

As for the Boca Juniors comparison………..that in itself will ensure this thread reaches 10k pages. Unreal and astounding bullshit that, again, will be lapped up.

There are establishments on Whiteladies Road that charge you £90 to be abused and it only lasts for half an hour.

( according to my nephew)

[View from the Dolman]

If the "rule book" supported the decision, it doesn't sound like too much of an "error".

[Barrs Court Red]

9 minutes ago, Ashton Hero said:

Quick question - if Rovers are such a tinpot club, why do we spend so much time discussing them. including their most recent game with Accrington? Over 3000 pages is a little embarrassing TBH. 

If we were genuinely massive, as our players and fans used to claim ad nauseam, we would have bigger things to worry about.

Just saying. 

 

Poor effort.  3/10 

[Red-Robbo]

23 hours ago, bearded_red said:

Bristol Rovers- Boca Juniors.

I’m gone here.

 

If they're going to identify with an Argentine Primera Division club, surely this one would be more appropriate:

 

[Silvio Dante]

9 minutes ago, Ashton Hero said:

Quick question - if Rovers are such a tinpot club, why do we spend so much time discussing them. including their most recent game with Accrington? Over 3000 pages is a little embarrassing TBH. 

If we were genuinely massive, as our players and fans used to claim ad nauseam, we would have bigger things to worry about.

Just saying. 

 

Because it’s funny….

Put it this way. If you lived next door to an arrogant arse who thought he was somehow the most fantastic man in the world but publicly (metaphorically) shit himself regularly then wouldn’t you revel in his comeuppance?

And the thread started seven years 8 months ago.

[Open End Numb Legs]

43 minutes ago, Ashton Hero said:

Quick question - if Rovers are such a tinpot club, why do we spend so much time discussing them. including their most recent game with Accrington? Over 3000 pages is a little embarrassing TBH. 

If we were genuinely massive, as our players and fans used to claim ad nauseam, we would have bigger things to worry about.

Just saying. 

 

I didn't grow up in Bristol and so never experienced the daily banter at school that most of you did. I just find this thread funny and it cheers me up on a daily basis.

[Numero Uno]

9 minutes ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

I didn't grow up in Bristol and so never experienced the daily banter at school that most of you did. I just find this thread funny and it cheers me up on a daily basis.

I have a feeling that Chocolate Box Hero might be from elsewhere.........

[Marina's Rolls Royce]

1 hour ago, Ashton Hero said:

Quick question - if Rovers are such a tinpot club, why do we spend so much time discussing them. including their most recent game with Accrington? Over 3000 pages is a little embarrassing TBH. 

If we were genuinely massive, as our players and fans used to claim ad nauseam, we would have bigger things to worry about.

Just saying. 

 

If you need to ask the question then I can only guess that either:

a) you're too young to have experienced the true Derby days

b) Football is lost on you

[Mike Hunt-Hertz]

1 hour ago, Red-Robbo said:

 

If they're going to identify with an Argentine Primera Division club, surely this one would be more appropriate:

 

Shitchute Rovers

[petehinton]

Just seen they lost a CB before the game as he’s been sent to Barnsley on loan instead, their banter knows no bounds. But apparently it’s fine because they were trying to replace him anyway, even though Twitter is awash with them pleading for about 5 CBs

[Kodjias Wrist]

1 hour ago, Ashton Hero said:

Quick question - if Rovers are such a tinpot club, why do we spend so much time discussing them. including their most recent game with Accrington? Over 3000 pages is a little embarrassing TBH. 

If we were genuinely massive, as our players and fans used to claim ad nauseam, we would have bigger things to worry about.

Just saying. 

 

Gas alert

[big dosser]

maybe joseph is off to cardiff

[Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan]

2 hours ago, Ashton Hero said:

Quick question - if Rovers are such a tinpot club, why do we spend so much time discussing them. including their most recent game with Accrington? Over 3000 pages is a little embarrassing TBH. 

If we were genuinely massive, as our players and fans used to claim ad nauseam, we would have bigger things to worry about.

Just saying. 

 

Oh dear. 

Was that your effort? 

We spend so much time laughing at Rovers BECAUSE they’re such a tinpot club.

Its not our fault if they/you hand us the ammo on such a regular basis 

Just saying 

 

[Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan]

1 hour ago, Numero Uno said:

I have a feeling that Chocolate Box Hero might be from elsewhere.........

Yes…the ‘Boca Juniors of Bristol’ 

[Rudolf Hucker]

2 hours ago, Ashton Hero said:

Quick question - if Rovers are such a tinpot club, why do we spend so much time discussing them. including their most recent game with Accrington? Over 3000 pages is a little embarrassing TBH. 

If we were genuinely massive, as our players and fans used to claim ad nauseam, we would have bigger things to worry about.

Just saying. 

 

I’m guessing that Mark Ashton is your hero? 15’er alert!

[TheReds]

What was with Saint Joey walking off before the end of the match yesterday? Is it another "look at me" type action from him? Seems very bizarre, selfish and a bit disrespectful to everyone involved, but there doesn't seem to be any outrage for it (no questions from the interviewer after either, was he scared to ask)?

[Red-Robbo]

2 hours ago, Ashton Hero said:

Quick question - if Rovers are such a tinpot club, why do we spend so much time discussing them. including their most recent game with Accrington?

 

 

My answer to that is simple. Because they are based in the same city and virtually all of us know Gasheads who are very vocal whenever they think they have something to criticise us over.

It's called banter, and it's an essential part of football culture and has always existed.

We have less interest in the antics of clubs of similar size to Rovers:  Peterborough, Northampton, Lincoln, Notts County etc, because they are geographically removed, not part of an ongoing rivalry and - let's face it - less of a laughing stock than the Boca Infants of League One. 

 

[steviestevieneville]

2 hours ago, Ashton Hero said:

Quick question - if Rovers are such a tinpot club, why do we spend so much time discussing them. including their most recent game with Accrington? Over 3000 pages is a little embarrassing TBH. 

If we were genuinely massive, as our players and fans used to claim ad nauseam, we would have bigger things to worry about.

Just saying. 

 

You are genuinely the worst cover for a gas head ******* hell it’s embarrassing . Now piss off 15er would you 

[marmite]

2 hours ago, Ashton Hero said:

Quick question - if Rovers are such a tinpot club, why do we spend so much time discussing them. including their most recent game with Accrington? Over 3000 pages is a little embarrassing TBH. 

If we were genuinely massive, as our players and fans used to claim ad nauseam, we would have bigger things to worry about.

Just saying. 

 

Look son, it's not that we worry about them. It's  just that when we have the occasional down day, you can turn to this thread and immediately feel so much better. They could be moved to the written or visual joke pages or we could start a football "joke club" page. But it's easy to access where it is and it is actually funnier than the joke page. Hope that explains it to you in simple terms. Now go and colour in your Joe Barton picture book. 

[Open End Numb Legs]

Looking at yesterdays game, that is the sort of fixture you really need to win if you have ambitions to reach the play offs. No disrespect to AS, just based on respective league positions this far into the season.

Probably why JB went walkabout. At least the AS manager didn't have to walk down the tunnel with him at full time.

 

[Victory Park Reds]

3 hours ago, Ashton Hero said:

Quick question - if Rovers are such a tinpot club, why do we spend so much time discussing them. including their most recent game with Accrington? Over 3000 pages is a little embarrassing TBH. 

If we were genuinely massive, as our players and fans used to claim ad nauseam, we would have bigger things to worry about.

Just saying. 

 

Because the club you support gives us great pleasure in all the numptiness shown almost on a daily basis .This is in spite of  the might reds Bristol‘s real people’s club being a bit under the weather recently.

Off u go now there’s a good boy/girl/they/ Gashead ***

[42nite]

3 hours ago, Ashton Hero said:

Quick question - if Rovers are such a tinpot club, why do we spend so much time discussing them. including their most recent game with Accrington? Over 3000 pages is a little embarrassing TBH. 

If we were genuinely massive, as our players and fans used to claim ad nauseam, we would have bigger things to worry about.

Just saying. 

 

Quick reply........  The Gift!

 

And you've just added to it.

 

[steviestevieneville]

I’m not going on their forum , I’d feel dirty afterwards . If anyone has though. What is their reaction to it. I’m 100% behind Pearson but if he did that id want him sacked immediately . 

[Midlands Robin]

This is the last time I was in the stands for a home league match against the SAGs. It made my Christmas so much better. Especially when Beadle scored. It took away the memories of that awful game in Jan 96 when we lost 2-0 at home and it all kicked off at the end.

Anyway, my actual point is, if our new poster Ashton Hero is under 22 years old, he wouldn't have been alive for a league match between us at Ashton Gate.

The last time we played each other in the league was a 1-1 draw at the campsite on the 3rd April 2001. I can't think of two teams from any other City who have failed to play each other for that long. (Port Vale last played Stoke in the league on the 10th Feb 2002 for example).

In theory, we've now got fans who were born, finished school, got married and had their first child and never watched a league match between us and the blue few.

Taking the piss is the only thing that keeps the relationship on life support.

Enjoy the memory:

 

Edited January 15, 2023 by Midlands Robin

[GreedyHarry]

3 hours ago, Ashton Hero said:

Quick question - if Rovers are such a tinpot club, why do we spend so much time discussing them. including their most recent game with Accrington? Over 3000 pages is a little embarrassing TBH. 

If we were genuinely massive, as our players and fans used to claim ad nauseam, we would have bigger things to worry about.

Just saying. 

 

We’ll keep going if that’s ok with you.

We have to have something to laugh about consistently living in the shadows of Bristol’s answer to Boca Juniors.

If the embarrassment of this thread is too much though, then there is an “ignore thread” button which may assist you.

[GreedyHarry]

2 hours ago, Numero Uno said:

I have a feeling that Chocolate Box Hero might be from elsewhere.........

La Boca?

[WessexPest]

4 hours ago, Ashton Hero said:

Quick question - if Rovers are such a tinpot club, why do we spend so much time discussing them. including their most recent game with Accrington? Over 3000 pages is a little embarrassing TBH. 

If we were genuinely massive, as our players and fans used to claim ad nauseam, we would have bigger things to worry about.

Just saying. 

 

Because we ****ing hate them. Whether they are one division below us, in the same league or playing on the Downs is neither here nor there - I’ve never understood this notion. That your hatred for your rivals waxes and wanes based on comparative fortunes. Things can change very quickly in football.

I take enormous pleasure in seeing them lose - their fans are holier-than-thou delusional w@nk3r5, their manager is an absolute coldsore of a human being and they are just generally all around a truly objectionable club.

Capiche?

EDIT: No sane City fan would describe us as anything approaching “massive”.

Edited January 15, 2023 by WessexPest

[Silvio Dante]

I’ll say this for Joey, he’s taking it well…

 

Edited January 15, 2023 by Silvio Dante

[Lrrr]

4 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

I’ll say this for Joey, he’s taking it well…

 

Yeah very much enjoying his meltdown 

[lenred]

20 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

I’ll say this for Joey, he’s taking it well…

 

Where’s the tiny violin emoji when you need it for the vile Scouse ****.   

[cider hoss rules]

49 minutes ago, Midlands Robin said:

This is the last time I was in the stands for a home league match against the SAGs. It made my Christmas so much better. Especially when Beadle scored. It took away the memories of that awful game in Jan 96 when we lost 2-0 at home and it all kicked off at the end.

Anyway, my actual point is, if our new poster Ashton Hero is under 22 years old, he wouldn't have been alive for a league match between us at Ashton Gate.

The last time we played each other in the league was a 1-1 draw at the campsite on the 3rd April 2001. I can't think of two teams from any other City who have failed to play each other for that long. (Port Vale last played Stoke in the league on the 10th Feb 2002 for example).

In theory, we've now got fans who were born, finished school, got married and had their first child and never watched a league match between us and the blue few.

Taking the piss is the only thing that keeps the relationship on life support.

Enjoy the memory:

 

Forest v County last league game was 12/2/94!

[Numero Uno]

1 hour ago, steviestevieneville said:

You are genuinely the worst cover for a gas head ******* hell it’s embarrassing . Now piss off 15er would you 

He’s probably knocking one out on the Peoples Forum about how he’s duped us all……….

[Midlands Robin]

31 minutes ago, cider hoss rules said:

Forest v County last league game was 12/2/94!

Wow. That's a long time. 

[petehinton]

56 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

I’ll say this for Joey, he’s taking it well…

 

A very normal way for a professional football manager to act. Quite literally the only one who does it. 

[Numero Uno]

3 minutes ago, petehinton said:

A very normal way for a professional football manager to act. Quite literally the only one who does it. 

Imagine if his side hadn’t been awarded a penalty in a year.

[Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan]

2 hours ago, Midlands Robin said:

This is the last time I was in the stands for a home league match against the SAGs. It made my Christmas so much better. Especially when Beadle scored. It took away the memories of that awful game in Jan 96 when we lost 2-0 at home and it all kicked off at the end.

Anyway, my actual point is, if our new poster Ashton Hero is under 22 years old, he wouldn't have been alive for a league match between us at Ashton Gate.

The last time we played each other in the league was a 1-1 draw at the campsite on the 3rd April 2001. I can't think of two teams from any other City who have failed to play each other for that long. (Port Vale last played Stoke in the league on the 10th Feb 2002 for example).

In theory, we've now got fans who were born, finished school, got married and had their first child and never watched a league match between us and the blue few.

Taking the piss is the only thing that keeps the relationship on life support.

Enjoy the memory:

 

That match seems like a lifetime ago, we’d only been above them for about 2 months at that point. It was immensely enjoyable ruining their Christmas.

There is unlikely to be any Gasheads alive under the age of 28/29 who have any memory of a Bristol League derby. Considering we’ve hardly set the World alight in the last 2 decades that tells you how poor they’ve been. In a way we’re lucky to be blessed with such deluded, comical clowns as neighbours…making us laugh on a regular basis by shooting themselves in both feet for no apparent reason whatsoever. 

There wouldn’t be 3000 pages if they didn’t give us anything to fill those pages with in the first place. 

 

 

[WessexPest]

16 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

That match seems like a lifetime ago, we’d only been above them for about 2 months at that point. It was immensely enjoyable ruining their Christmas.

There is unlikely to be any Gasheads alive under the age of 28/29 who have any memory of a Bristol League derby. Considering we’ve hardly set the World alight in the last 2 decades that tells you how poor they’ve been. In a way we’re lucky to be blessed with such deluded, comical clowns as neighbours…making us laugh on a regular basis by shooting themselves in both feet for no apparent reason whatsoever. 

There wouldn’t be 3000 pages if they didn’t give us anything to fill those pages with in the first place. 

 

 

Apart from that Bignot sucker punch and a late Cameron consolation they barely created a chance all night. Beadle very close to a wonder goal, but his introduction, after Robbie Pathetic crocked Lee Peacock, transformed the game. Must have really hurt them to see the man who had caused us so much pain in Gate derbies doing the business against them in a red shirt.

Thorpe’s goal was a thing of beauty.

[2015]

The Boca Juniors of Bristol did well yesterday

[Numero Uno]

5 hours ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

Yes…the ‘Boca Juniors of Bristol’ 

They certainly got schooled that’s for sure.

[1960maaan]

3 hours ago, lenred said:

Where’s the tiny violin emoji when you need it for the vile Scouse ****.   

Like these ?

[Lanterne Rouge]

41 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

They certainly got schooled that’s for sure.

Well, they do have a manager who spends time in detention.

[Fordy62]

3 hours ago, petehinton said:

A very normal way for a professional football manager to act. Quite literally the only one who does it. 

Incredibly embarrassing. 

[Lanterne Rouge]

Just dipped into their stadium thread. They are now expressing concerns that Temple Meads could be overwhelmed by the 25k crowds they will get at the new cabbage patch stadium.

The gift never fails to deliver.

[Kodjias Wrist]

1 hour ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Just dipped into their stadium thread. They are now expressing concerns that Temple Meads could be overwhelmed by the 25k crowds they will get at the new cabbage patch stadium.

The gift never fails to deliver.

25k? Where the hell did they get that number from? Oh i bet its whatever city get and add a few more. 

[BrizzleRed]

10 hours ago, Ashton Hero said:

Quick question - if Rovers are such a tinpot club, why do we spend so much time discussing them. including their most recent game with Accrington? Over 3000 pages is a little embarrassing TBH. 

If we were genuinely massive, as our players and fans used to claim ad nauseam, we would have bigger things to worry about.

Just saying. 

 

Simple answer is, they’re a laugh a minute and they’d give some top level comedians a run for their in terms of laugh potential.

Difference.is, I’d pay good money to see a good comedian, but I’d pay f all towards that lot …… especially when you can read all about it on this thread!

We dont call them The Gift for nothing mate!!!

[cidercity1987]

2 minutes ago, Ashton Hero said:

A quick question for you. If it wasn't for Lansdown's extensive investment, do you think you would be in a higher league than them?

Or, to put it differently, given the amount that Lansdown has invested in the club, is he not entitled to expect the gap (16 places) to be a lot, lot bigger?

Lansdown had aspirations for you to be a lot, lot bigger than you actually are. When he leaves, my assumption is that equilibrium will bring you back down again. 

Is he taking our 20,000 crowds with him as well? You absolute ******* melt

[cidercity]

2 minutes ago, Ashton Hero said:

A quick question for you. If it wasn't for Lansdown's extensive investment, do you think you would be in a higher league than them?

Or, to put it differently, given the amount that Lansdown has invested in the club, is he not entitled to expect the gap (16 places) to be a lot, lot bigger?

Lansdown had aspirations for you to be a lot, lot bigger than you actually are. When he leaves, my assumption is that equilibrium will bring you back down again. 

Giving it away in this post aren’t “YOU”

[42nite]

2 minutes ago, cidercity said:

Giving it away in this post aren’t “YOU”

He was sussed a long time ago.

[GrahamC]

4 minutes ago, Ashton Hero said:

 

Any more embarrassing than Pearson's press conferences? Somebody needs to tell him how to speak to people and to learn some manners. JB isn't everybody's cup of tea, but he has a sense of humour and some self-awareness. Pearson comes across as an utterly unlikable k*ob. 

Quite right, I mean insulting the manager of every side you play against is very “self aware”.

If by “not being everyone’s cup of tea”, you mean he’s a criminal who is friends with other criminals & employs people who have served bans for betting on games they’ve played in & a scout who went to court accused on kicking a policeman to death, that sort of “self aware”?

**** off, gas.