Bristol R*vers dustbin thread

[Miah Dennehy]

36 minutes ago, TheReds said:

But you asked a load of hypotheticals yourself earlier, you asked what if it was a scammer who caused heartbreak (what was the scam, how much, who was the victim), extra punishment for assaults on men (what are the assaults you talk of), you asked about certain age groups (what age groups), you asked about drink drivers and drug users (what were the circumstances)?

A lot of hypotheticals as you never gave any actual examples, but you expected people to answer them, yet refuse to answer any you get asked?

Where did I expect people to answer them?

[TheReds]

2 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said:

Where did I expect people to answer them?

You just ended this post with a question mark which to me (bizarrely) it looks like the question mark is asking a question.

I also thought (bizarrely) with all of the question marks in your post the other day that you would expect your questions to be answered, you know, because you were actually asking a load of questions.

I never knew my English was bad enough to see a question mark, but the person who used it wasn't actually asking a question. 

[Open End Numb Legs]

26 minutes ago, IAmNick said:

And you thought we had kit problems...

Clever how the R is so well placed behind the zip.

Or is it a different letter?

 

[alexukhc]

21 minutes ago, Monkeh said:

1982 41 years ago, 

Yet a week doesn't go by without them embarrassing themselves, they literally the laughing stock of the entire nation 

Innit funny 41 years ago, what they have over us in that time? Literal zero, bless

[Miah Dennehy]

9 hours ago, TheReds said:

You just ended this post with a question mark which to me (bizarrely) it looks like the question mark is asking a question.

I also thought (bizarrely) with all of the question marks in your post the other day that you would expect your questions to be answered, you know, because you were actually asking a load of questions.

I never knew my English was bad enough to see a question mark, but the person who used it wasn't actually asking a question. 

Okay, here's a question for you. Do you know what rhetorical means?

Edited July 11, 2023 by Miah Dennehy

[steviestevieneville]

14 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said:

Okay, here's a question for you. Do you know what rhetorical means?

if it’s rhetorical it doesn’t need a question mark as it doesn’t require a answer 

[Eddie Hitler]

19 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said:

Okay, here's a question for you. Do you know what rhetorical means?

 

I take it that that's a rhetorical question.

[GrahamC]

13 hours ago, petehinton said:

On topic…..3rd pre season game for them tomorrow and they’re just a small 8 players away from R Joe’s magic 12 that he decided he needed. To help them finish mid table, get bored, realise they have no budget to go again and then start applying around for jobs. 

We both know how this ends.

August supermarket sweep where they sign 5 players on a season long loan from Prem clubs.

One of them moves on in January to a team with a realistic chance of the playoffs, one does well for them, the other 3 are meh.

The Post writes an article saying the one who moved on wasn’t that good (complete opposite of what they said in previous months), Barton claims referees are against them & he gets a touchline ban for threatening a match official.

They finish 14th, above Cheltenham & Fleetwood but below Lincoln, Barton says he’s the best manager in the league.

[Mike Hunt-Hertz]

10 hours ago, IAmNick said:

And you thought we had kit problems...

So tasteless, not even an Australian would wear it!

[Mike Hunt-Hertz]

On 08/07/2023 at 20:55, Jim Davey said:

Good night that was , fnuck off Irene

Devon White is full of holes...!

[Miah Dennehy]

23 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said:

if it’s rhetorical it doesn’t need a question mark as it doesn’t require a answer 

We clearly had different English teachers, I have never heard of a rhetorical question not requiring a question mark. A quick Google check suggests they do. If, however, we have any experts in the subject on here who can confirm that one way or the other,I am more than happy to apologise for my ignorance

Edited July 11, 2023 by Miah Dennehy

[Bar BS3]

10 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said:

We clearly had different English teachers, I have never heard of a rhetorical question not requiring a question mark. A quick Google check suggests they do. If, however, we have any experts in the subject on here who can confirm that one way or the other,I am more than happy to apologise for my ignorance

You don't need to apologise for being ignorant.

You already suffer your fate from that curse as a result of the team ot has set you up with

[steviestevieneville]

19 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said:

We clearly had different English teachers, I have never heard of a rhetorical question not requiring a question mark. A quick Google check suggests they do. If, however, we have any experts in the subject on here who can confirm that one way or the other,I am more than happy to apologise for my ignorance

Why would you need a question mark for a statement which a rhetorical question is . According to Brittanica dictionary anyway . 

[TheReds]

49 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said:

Okay, here's a question for you. Do you know what rhetorical means?

Is that a question?

When you were doing everything possible to stick up for your clubs lack of morals, you asked loads of questions to try and deflect away from the absolute shit show that your owner and Manager have happily created. I therefore mistakenly (iyo) thought you were asking actual questions because they seemed genuine. 

I replied to your post at the time, even mentioning the load of questions you asked. You never replied saying your questions were rhetorical which would've been quite simple to do, then again you never replied as my post made yours look extremely stupid.

I signed it off with the following which sums it up quite nicely if I do say so myself:

Family club my arse. The last couple of seasons will have you down as one of the most despised clubs in the UK. 

Your club deserves Barton and Barton deserves your club. 

[elhombrecito]

11 hours ago, alexukhc said:

I love how their answer every time is “1982” which is the playground equivalent of saying “your mum”

I simply reply, "2015" 

Prowed members of the Football League since...

[GrahamC]

Just now, elhombrecito said:

I simply reply, "2015" 

Prowed members of the Football League since...

They took 40,000 to Wembley, mind.

[Rudolf Hucker]

47 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said:

Why would you need a question mark for a statement which a rhetorical question is? According to Brittanica dictionary anyway . 

[Red Army 75]

11 hours ago, IAmNick said:

And you thought we had kit problems...

That is ******* horrendous, but suits them  perfectly 

[phantom]

I can't wait for the season to start again so we can start ripping the blue few a new one on their shite results

[bcfc01]

Cardiff v Convicts at 3pm today.

Two 60 minute games behind closed doors.

Didn't think Cardiff could field two teams..

 

 

 

[italian dave]

36 minutes ago, phantom said:

I can't wait for the season to start again so we can start ripping the blue few a new one on their shite results

Much as I love a good argument about grammar and punctuation, you can tell it’s the depths of the close season, can’t you? (Or should that be “……..can’t you”)

[Steve Watts]

14 hours ago, RedHienz said:

Funny thing memory.

Not to long ago they used to do raffles for the shirt sponsorship. £1k to enter, who do they draw - yup company one of the directors owned.

Good for them having a progressive owner and experienced CEO who evolving the club into prison fc.

Not always that way....we did have the joyous moment where the Sportman Pub won it and they were essentially a pub team at that time!

3 hours ago, steviestevieneville said:

if it’s rhetorical it doesn’t need a question mark as it doesn’t require a answer 

3 hours ago, Miah Dennehy said:

We clearly had different English teachers, I have never heard of a rhetorical question not requiring a question mark. A quick Google check suggests they do. If, however, we have any experts in the subject on here who can confirm that one way or the other,I am more than happy to apologise for my ignorance

Either or is fine.  There are several different sources that tend to concur....  

However....the bottom question asked below was a strange one....Having been married for 17 years I tend to find most rhetorical questions begin with them! 

[The turtle]

2 hours ago, GrahamC said:

They took 40,000 to Wembley, mind.

40,000 plus a mini bus driver who lives here.

Edited July 11, 2023 by The turtle

[Leveller]

Why would anyone care whether a rhetorical question needs a question mark.

No, sorry, that doesn’t look right.

[Open End Numb Legs]

Normal question example:-

'Would you like to go to Ashton Gate to see a match?'

Rhetorical question example:-

'You don't want to go to the Memorial Ground to see a match do you?'

[redkev]

I had one gas head said to me the other day when discussing football matters 

well all city do is chuck money at it 

I then mentioned and what do you think Man City , Man Utd , Liverpool , Arsenal do need I go on 

by the way we also have a quality academy so we’re not just chucking money at it , then out come the word 82ers ffs can’t they get over it , by the way this lad was no older than about 35 makes even more of a joke about the 82ers he wasn’t even born 

 

[downendcity]

Just came across this.....

QED

Like the way he had to introduce a different category so it didn't look so bad for them!

[cider hoss rules]

3 hours ago, GrahamC said:

They took 40,000 to Wembley, mind.

I think after a few years of reflection, this must be the cumulative attendance for their visits, not a one off event as they like to allude (exaggerate it) to.

[The Gasbuster]

14 minutes ago, downendcity said:

Just came across this.....

QED

Like the way he had to introduce a different category so it didn't look so bad for them!

Hahaha !! 12-0 to us !

He forgot the ever important Watney Cup of course; and “away following as a percentage of home attendance”

Edited July 11, 2023 by The Gasbuster

[downendcity]

Just now, The Gasbuster said:

Hahaha !! 12-0 to us !

He forgot the ever important Watney Cup of course; and “away following as a percentage of home attendance”

Thought he was going to include a "most fans locked out of the ground " section, to give them some hope.

He could have finished the video with "mind the gap".

[The Gasbuster]

19 minutes ago, downendcity said:

Just came across this.....

QED

Like the way he had to introduce a different category so it didn't look so bad for them!

Can you get this posted on ass-shat (somehow) ?

That would give those tossers something to get upset about

[beaverface]

27 minutes ago, downendcity said:

Just came across this.....

QED

Like the way he had to introduce a different category so it didn't look so bad for them!

I guess our Runner-up to Newcastle in Division 1 didn't count then?

I would've like to have seen points given for runner up in the lower divisions also, as promotion for either club isn't to be sniffed at?

Some parity along the lines of City being the club with most Football League trophy appearances would've been fair.........but as you say, all about saving face for the gash!!

 

Edited July 11, 2023 by beaverface

[archie andrews]

Number of horses punched might have give em a consolation point..... 

[beaverface]

1 minute ago, archie andrews said:

Number of horses punched might have give em a consolation point..... 

...or number of burned down stands!

[southside]

33 minutes ago, downendcity said:

Just came across this.....

QED

Like the way he had to introduce a different category so it didn't look so bad for them!

7000 Grimsby fans

[Eddie Hitler]

41 minutes ago, redkev said:

I had one gas head said to me the other day when discussing football matters 

well all city do is chuck money at it 

I then mentioned and what do you think Man City , Man Utd , Liverpool , Arsenal do need I go on 

by the way we also have a quality academy so we’re not just chucking money at it , then out come the word 82ers ffs can’t they get over it , by the way this lad was no older than about 35 makes even more of a joke about the 82ers he wasn’t even born 

 

 

I actually think that we ought to embrace 1982 to the extent of having it as a second date on the club badge.

I wasn't old enough to really appreciate it at the time but the huge amount of work and cash put in by the rescue team and the supporters plus the actions of the Ashton Gate Eight should be celebrated IMO as 1982 was the year when the club could have died but through the actions of several incredibly hard working individuals, eight players ripping up their contracts, and many thousands of fans reaching into their pockets to buy shares and make donations it survived and has become the biggest and best club in the South West when it could so easily have folded.

Thank you all the people who in 1982 contributed to the rebirth of our club.

 

[1960maaan]

 

If this is 40,000 , how many does the Stadium hold ???

and how many is this ??

[bcfc01]

54 minutes ago, southside said:

7000 Grimsby fans

Convicts attendance was 29k.

Grimsby 18k.

[Club and Country]

2 hours ago, phantom said:

I can't wait for the season to start again so we can start ripping the blue few a new one on their shite results

We've got some fun to come with the new stand aswell yet I think.....

2 hours ago, phantom said:

I can't wait for the season to start again so we can start ripping the blue few a new one on their shite results

We've got some fun to come with the new stand aswell yet I think.....

[phantom]

9 minutes ago, Club and Country said:

We've got some fun to come with the new stand aswell yet I think.....

We've got some fun to come with the new stand aswell yet I think.....

32 days until they are due to play Chesterfield

[Bazooka Joe]

4 hours ago, GrahamC said:

They took 40,000 to Wembley, mind.

Why did they take their entire season's gate receipts to Wembley?

Wael never know.

 

[downendcity]

2 hours ago, southside said:

7000 Grimsby fans

I'm still trying to work out how Robbored managed to get 40,000 Rovers fans in his minivan!

[Rudolf Hucker]

14 minutes ago, downendcity said:

I'm still trying to work out how Robbored managed to get 40,000 Rovers fans in his minivan!

Two trips. 

[downendcity]

1 hour ago, phantom said:

32 days until they are due to play Chesterfield

32 sleeps as my Grandchildren would say, or perhaps that should be sleepless nights!

[phantom]

1 hour ago, 1960maaan said:

 

If this is 40,000 , how many does the Stadium hold ???

Whilst I still question the number they had at Wembley that day, let's not sink to their level and use non facts

Grimsby fans were on the three tiers on the side of the pitch

Rovers had both ends, this end in your picture is the section that should have been used by Grimsby - the other end was full

Rovers only had the lower section as extra that day if anyone knows what sections hold

[gornagain]

My memory may be fallible but I am confident that Grimsby had the other end and were not on the side.

[BCFC11]

5 minutes ago, phantom said:

Whilst I still question the number they had at Wembley that day, let's not sink to their level and use non facts

Grimsby fans were on the three tiers on the side of the pitch

Rovers had both ends, this end in your picture is the section that should have been used by Grimsby - the other end was full

Rovers only had the lower section as extra that day if anyone knows what sections hold

They definitely didn't have both ends. Only remember this as there was a bloke in a City shirt behind the goal in amongst the Grimsby fans.

Edited July 11, 2023 by BCFC11

[The Gasbuster]

1 minute ago, gornagain said:

My memory may be fallible but I am confident that Grimsby had the other end and were not on the side.

No club would be allowed to have “both ends” in a play off final, where penalties are a possibility.

(just as it turned out).

[bcfc01]

5 minutes ago, phantom said:

Whilst I still question the number they had at Wembley that day, let's not sink to their level and use non facts

Grimsby fans were on the three tiers on the side of the pitch

Rovers had both ends, this end in your picture is the section that should have been used by Grimsby - the other end was full

Rovers only had the lower section as extra that day if anyone knows what sections hold

The total for each tier is;

Lower 34,303

Middle 16,532

Upper 39,165

My recollection is that the Convicts had just over 29,000 tickets sold.

2 minutes ago, gornagain said:

My memory may be fallible but I am confident that Grimsby had the other end and were not on the side.

That is how I remember it as well.

[1960maaan]

Grimsby were definitely behind the goal , this video shows it well and a good view of the squatters.

 

[Merrick's Marvels]

27 minutes ago, phantom said:

Whilst I still question the number they had at Wembley that day, let's not sink to their level and use non facts

Grimsby fans were on the three tiers on the side of the pitch

Rovers had both ends, this end in your picture is the section that should have been used by Grimsby - the other end was full

Rovers only had the lower section as extra that day if anyone knows what sections hold

You need to delete this mate. Otherwise, the Blue Few will take it as fact, even those who were at Wembley and witnessed Grimsby fans behind the other goal with their own eyes and even those who look at the video evidence on this thread and dismiss it as some deep fake by them gurt teds 

Edited July 11, 2023 by Merrick's Marvels

[bcfc01]

28 minutes ago, 1960maaan said:

Grimsby were definitely behind the goal , this video shows it well and a good view of the squatters.

 

40,000 my arse.

It was 29,000.

Edited July 11, 2023 by bcfc01

[Rudolf Hucker]

31 minutes ago, BCFC11 said:

there was a bloke in a City shirt behind the goal in amongst the Grimsby fans

F’kin Teds in the away end …

[TinMan's left peg]

2 hours ago, 1960maaan said:

 

If this is 40,000 , how many does the Stadium hold ???

 

Vanarama conference final so tin pot just to be in that 

[bcfc01]

2 hours ago, 1960maaan said:

 

If this is 40,000 , how many does the Stadium hold ???

and how many is this ??

Going by that, we must have had 80,000 that day.

 

[RedRoss]

3 hours ago, The Gasbuster said:

Hahaha !! 12-0 to us !

He forgot the ever important Watney Cup of course; and “away following as a percentage of home attendance”

Would of been fairer to compare Bristol Manor Farm with the gas.

[1960maaan]

54 minutes ago, TinMan's left peg said:

Vanarama conference final so tin pot just to be in that 

They didn't even win the League, they were the 2nd best Non League team in the Vanarama and only went up on Pens. 

[The Gasbuster]

31 minutes ago, 1960maaan said:

They didn't even win the League, they were the 2nd best Non League team in the Vanarama and only went up on Pens. 

And would not have won that if their keeper had rightly been sent off after 10 minutes 

[Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan]

2 hours ago, phantom said:

Whilst I still question the number they had at Wembley that day, let's not sink to their level and use non facts

Grimsby fans were on the three tiers on the side of the pitch

Rovers had both ends, this end in your picture is the section that should have been used by Grimsby - the other end was full

Rovers only had the lower section as extra that day if anyone knows what sections hold

This was the Rovers end. About 15,000 Gasheads came dressed as red seats for some reason?

As others have pointed out, Grimsby had the other end.

[Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan]

As is so often the case, Rovers kept the information about how many actual tickets they sold for a Final close to their chest preferring instead to allow the vivid imagination of their supporters decide the final amount. 
In reality a couple of days before the final they had sold between 24k and 25k with over 42k tickets sold at that point.

It’s highly unlikely that no Grimsby fans bought tickets in those last couple of days so in reality they didn’t reach 30k and certainly nowhere near the 40k that many of their idiotic fans and management claim.

Judging by the empty seats in the top tier, 27k would be my guess.

 

[downendcity]

6 hours ago, downendcity said:

Just came across this.....

QED

Like the way he had to introduce a different category so it didn't look so bad for them!

He was going to bring in the team with the most quarters on their shirts!

[downendcity]

5 hours ago, 1960maaan said:

 

If this is 40,000 , how many does the Stadium hold ???

and how many is this ??

 

Ah, but that's just the ones inside Wembley!

[SirColinOfMansfield]

Aggregate score after 2 x 60 minute matches ...

Bluebirds  - 2

Jailbirds - 1

[Silvio Dante]

The replies to this are glorious.

[redkev]

32 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

The replies to this are glorious.

 

32 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

The replies to this are glorious.

The gift 

[redkev]

On a more serious note I really don’t know have they actually started work on that stand yet 

[petehinton]

Another big fee for a big player for us today. That makes 3 in one window.
 

Are they still trying to break their £300k transfer record 453 years later?

[alexukhc]

56 minutes ago, redkev said:

On a more serious note I really don’t know have they actually started work on that stand yet 

3 weeks till season starts right?

[City Rocker]

15 hours ago, Miah Dennehy said:

Do you know what rhetorical means?

Do I know what rhetorical means?!! 

 

Edited July 11, 2023 by City Rocker

[IdliketoRogerMoore]

4 hours ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

As is so often the case, Rovers kept the information about how many actual tickets they sold for a Final close to their chest preferring instead to allow the vivid imagination of their supporters decide the final amount. 
In reality a couple of days before the final they had sold between 24k and 25k with over 42k tickets sold at that point.

It’s highly unlikely that no Grimsby fans bought tickets in those last couple of days so in reality they didn’t reach 30k and certainly nowhere near the 40k that many of their idiotic fans and management claim.

Judging by the empty seats in the top tier, 27k would be my guess.

 

I thought it was about 27k gas 14/15k Grimsby and the rest was given away and corporate! If I remember correctly!