Bristol R*vers dustbin thread

[42nite]

1 minute ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Slagchat is real comedy gold. When the realisation finally sinks in that they`ve ****** up and he`s not coming is priceless.

Exactly!

I was on there last night watching it unfold....priceless when it started to dawn on them! 

[petehinton]

this is very damning and shows just how amateur they really are over there. Embarrasssing

[Boring Sag]

6 hours ago, 54-46 said:

Genuine question and happy to be corrected - is JCH the player who received loads of abuse off you fans, resulting in him flicking you lot the bird when subbed once and then saying it was great to play in front of “proper fans” after he’d moved?

If so, why are you lot so desperate for him to come back and why would he want to come back?

Of course, if that wasn’t him ignore me it must have been someone else the “faithful and true” had a problem with

No. I believe you're confusing Jonson Clarke-Harris for Stefan Payne. Clarke-Harris and Rovers seem to have had a pretty good relationship since he joined.

[Boring Sag]

1 hour ago, steviestevieneville said:

Where’s @Boring Sag . Hello mr tinpot how are you

I'm all good could be worse could have lost today

[Unan]

It’s all Boros fault for not accepting whatever Rovers offered!!

[Sleepy1968]

59 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

We're 8th, they're 17th in the division below yet We're 'shitting ourselves'?

Righto saggies.

I read that as we can take a shit by ourselves. Something to aspire to my six fingered fiends?

[chinapig]

14 minutes ago, southside said:

They'd agreed they couldn't afford 'em

Actually they asked if he would play for nothing just to keep his hand in.

[Boring Sag]

31 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

Because they clearly have a man a the EFL they know who was able to confirm that....

If they're going to make stuff up, at least make it believable.

I'm not sure this is necessarily non-believable. Apparently it came from Tom Gorringe, who of course would know how late it was. 

I could imagine EFL taking the view of "4 seconds late is just that. 4 seconds late. Had all summer to do this transfer, we set the deadline for a reason," which would make sense to me at least. Barton seemed to echo similar sentiments in his pre-match interview today. I think the timeline isn't contradictory and fits Ferguson's post-match comments today. And from memory all the stuff with JCH's agent seems plausible as I believe his agent was in prison when he was with us. Could be wrong though. Could be completely our fault or it could be Darragh's had us on toast.

[Boring Sag]

2 minutes ago, Marcus Aurelius said:

It’s all Boros fault for not accepting whatever Rovers offered!!

DMAC seemed to be waiting out for a high bid up until the last minute. Offer from Rovers has been in place in principle it seems for a couple days. In my opinion, in terms of getting the deal done just seems a shambles all around.

[chinapig]

1 minute ago, Boring Sag said:

DMAC seemed to be waiting out for a high bid up until the last minute. Offer from Rovers has been in place in principle it seems for a couple days. In my opinion, in terms of getting the deal done just seems a shambles all around.

He tried Bolton and Derby who weren't interested. No Championship club wanted him either.

[Boring Sag]

Just now, chinapig said:

He tried Bolton and Derby who weren't interested. No Championship club wanted him either.

If this is sincerely the case. That literally no Championship or League One club wanted him other than Rovers, then surely Rovers might have a half-decent chance at the signing in January?

If there was no interest, I imagine it's because DMAC seemed to want to make a profit on him despite having a year of his contract left. 

[Son of Fred]

35 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Slagchat is real comedy gold. When the realisation finally sinks in that they`ve ****** up and he`s not coming is priceless.

One poor bloke(or lady)was asking to be shot due to the ignominy of it all...a tad extreme!!!!..

 

Edited September 2, 2023 by Son of Fred

[chinapig]

Just now, Boring Sag said:

If this is sincerely the case. That literally no Championship or League One club wanted him other than Rovers, then surely Rovers might have a half-decent chance at the signing in January?

If there was no interest, I imagine it's because DMAC seemed to want to make a profit on him despite having a year of his contract left. 

It was reported in the local press there. Come January who knows? It's the window when some clubs panic so there may be competition for him.

But surely Joey will have you top of the table by then anyway?

[Boring Sag]

Just now, chinapig said:

It was reported in the local press there. Come January who knows? It's the window when some clubs panic so there may be competition for him.

But surely Joey will have you top of the table by then anyway?

Listen, I know there's a lot of talk on the 'big' (relatively) signings for us, but frankly literally any improvement from last season I'd take. The more the better of course, but I think we're still a fair bit off the playoffs, especially if Collins continues to play poorly. Ryan Woods looked very good today though. Main issue throughout was the lack of a striker!

[IdliketoRogerMoore]

1 hour ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

Presumably they asked the ‘shithead mole’ high up within their club to fax everything off and he deliberately waited until 4 seconds after the cut off to do it.

Bastard!!

I heard that they had a retired office admin  who just wanted to keep there hand in do the paperwork but she had arthritis!

[redsquirrel]

1 hour ago, Numero Uno said:

If only the person doing the paperwork hadn't gone for a shit. Should have held on or worst case just taken the full load in the pants like a man and sorted out the mess later.

poor sod forgot to lift the lid and got stuck to the seat

[Lrrr]

Apparently Rovers had 2 hours to get what they needed to done so 

a) why wasn’t everything in place to assume it would be a yes to save time 

or 

b) if you’re running close to the deadline and as Barton put it ‘seconds out’ then why not submit an extension form to the EFL/FA that allows you a little extra time so long an agreement is in place 

[Son of Fred]

15 minutes ago, IdliketoRogerMoore said:

I heard that they had a retired office admin  who just wanted to keep there hand in do the paperwork but she had arthritis!

Good old Arthur 

[bert tann]

6 minutes ago, Lrrr said:

Apparently Rovers had 2 hours to get what they needed to done so 

a) why wasn’t everything in place to assume it would be a yes to save time 

or 

b) if you’re running close to the deadline and as Barton put it ‘seconds out’ then why not submit an extension form to the EFL/FA that allows you a little extra time so long an agreement is in place 

Because the lady acting as Rovers club secretary has no experience in football.

She runs her own business providing HR services to small companies in Bristol, Somerset, Gloucestershire and S Wales.

https://www.louisesmith-hr.com/

 

[redsquirrel]

1 hour ago, Bristol Rob said:

I think they might have a song to replace the long suffering Irene.

(Don't play this in front of the kids)

 

 

more like julie the schooly by the macc lads. have to google the lyrics for yourself,id get banned  putting that on here

[glynriley]

Taking tinpot to a whole new level 

[BCFC11]

Trying to build a stand yet they’ve built a bus stop

OTIB

[Bristol Rob]

28 minutes ago, redsquirrel said:

more like julie the schooly by the macc lads. have to google the lyrics for yourself,id get banned  putting that on here

More than familiar, like @CyderInACan went to see them last time they toured!

[Loosey Boy]

39 minutes ago, Lrrr said:

Apparently Rovers had 2 hours to get what they needed to done so 

a) why wasn’t everything in place to assume it would be a yes to save time 

or 

b) if you’re running close to the deadline and as Barton put it ‘seconds out’ then why not submit an extension form to the EFL/FA that allows you a little extra time so long an agreement is in place 

Judging by that interview with Darren Ferguson, they had more than enough time to sort the deal - sounds like a bit of a game has been played by Wally!

Making it look to the Gas ‘Eds that they were prepared to invest nigh on a million quid (and a big, three year contract for JCB), only for it to not then happen.

What an unprofessional outfit they’ve proven to be yet again

[Bristol Rob]

38 minutes ago, bert tann said:

Because the lady acting as Rovers club secretary has no experience in football.

She runs her own business providing HR services to small companies in Bristol, Somerset, Gloucestershire and S Wales.

https://www.louisesmith-hr.com/

 

Wonder if they are as qualified as the physio the Fewers had who wasn't qualified to go on the pitch.

[Riaz]

13 hours ago, Selred said:

Ah didn’t realise Famara won the Championship golden boot twice when we signed him! 

Kalas as I later clarified could be agreed as a top proven championship player. Still was 4 years ago. 

Point is, We have spent millions upon millions. Probably over 20m in the last 5 years (a guess)

Rovers spend 800k once and suddenly they are ambitious and we’re not

[Bristol Rob]

4 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

Wonder if they are as qualified as the physio the Fewers had who wasn't qualified to go on the pitch.

To quote my own post is slightly unnecessary, but wasn't it the dog botherer who sacked the physio and then found out they needed one to be able to fulfil fixtures? Wasn't it around 2015/2016.

[Rudolf Hucker]

7 minutes ago, Riaz said:

Point is, We have spent millions upon millions. Probably over 20m in the last 5 years (a guess)

Rovers spend 800k once and suddenly they are ambitious and we’re not

Uh no they don’t! 

[Maesknoll Red]

55 minutes ago, bert tann said:

Because the lady acting as Rovers club secretary has no experience in football.

She runs her own business providing HR services to small companies in Bristol, Somerset, Gloucestershire and S Wales.

https://www.louisesmith-hr.com/

 

According to companies house these people are the company secretary.  But it looks like Louise Smith has/is fulfilling several roles at the sags.

 

[BS13 Robin]

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bristolrovers.co.uk%2Fnews%2F2023%2Fseptember%2Fclub-statement-JCH%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2ZPr-q_OYDg4DwSVrG5qMNP-tX0f9YXNxLrHjJ9qKOFazFJNoO3KPC-dI&h=AT1qjsjqxwkLApxQ7A_Ub4KpES9D-ukU7RSn_FSMJ9zArHrUmNS8cLqsRedvXHYR2neTTEI4Fe3oA67C5JHsLrjWSFKsQehejZvdU3UgGU2-oXHdZs2YLNpN1Z27XbPYHQ&__tn__=%2CmH-R&c[0]=AT2npmPlKmkWyhV97KbiCVGgFdQ68xV32HcXTsKwt6oTZ7BI3r1mWExiIwMAYselX0loxL3oPNgBJlha7B2PJpQaSbQIEaquh5pTmWFcTMJjBCRekBfQEeQWPqCw1ly6BzmJpjXSUqkOn1ulYaPE2-TSNChOym5SM7w42Z3JUcZ47uaWyDNcnXEPEeQ3-9hmCkG_q7uW7qE26Sa87g  Some of the comments on here are just typical Gas,couldnt help laughing mind!!

[alexukhc]

So I got a mate, I liked her before she took the role on she has now tbh I didn’t think she even liked football but she works for the sags, anyway let’s just say the police are involved cuz she has been abused very badly by the fans

Family club 

Edited September 2, 2023 by alexukhc

[Midlands Robin]

Darren Ferguson's comments for those who haven't or can't be arsed to, listen to the interview:

“It was a very hectic last day but up until 10 to 11, it was quite smooth. Jonno travelled with the team in the morning, we had the team meeting about Portsmouth and he would have been in the team, he played very well last week.

“At about five o’clock the chairman told me there might be a chance that he’ll get permission to talk to Bristol and at quarter to six, I went down to see him and we agreed it was the right time for him to move on. He was getting a three-year deal at 29, which is very good, and a large part of his family is down there.

“He got in the car, Liz (Elsom, Head of Football Operations) sent over the agreement at 8:30, which they agreed with and told us so at nine o’clock. At ten to 11, we were told he was still not registered. You can put a request in to get another 15 minutes and they didn’t do that until 20 past 11. Unbelievable, we were just like ‘what?’

“They just failed to get him registerd, nothing else can be done. That’s the danger if you leave it until the last minute to try and sign someone rather than doing it three or four days previous. That’s the risk they run and they’ve made a mistake. We did everything we could.”

[Midlands Robin]

Looking at the statement above, if we imagine that JCH left Portsmouth to travel up to Bristol at around 6pm, he would have got there for around 8 to 8:30. It's roughly a 2 hour journey.

That fits nicely with the time line. The Posh send over the paperwork at 8:30 and the Sags agree to the deal at 9pm.

According to a statement from the circus, there were some changes to the paperwork that held things up. This clearly can't be the case if Ferguson is telling the truth as the Sags agreed the paperwork at 9pm. The only changes after that point must have come from JCH or his agent if there were any. Either way, 2 hours should have been more than enought time to sort all of that out and send the registration paperwork in to the FA.

As Ferguson said, it is possible to send in an agreement form and get a short extension to enable the paperwork to be finalised after 11pm. This cearly wasn't done.

So, there are a few questions that need asking:

1) Why, if he wanted the move, didn't JCH press the Sags to get the deal done after the two clubs had agreed terms at 9pm?

2) If Ferguson is correct and the agreement between the clubs took place at 9pm then who was responsible for the paperwork changes after that point?

3) Why didn't the Sags send in the relevant paperwork to extend the deadline?

 

Edited September 2, 2023 by Midlands Robin

[Numero Uno]

1 minute ago, Midlands Robin said:

Looking at the statement above, if we imagine that JCH left Portsmouth to travel up to Bristol at around 6pm, he would have got there for around 8 to 8:30. It's around a 2 hour journey.

That fits nicely with the time line. The Posh send over the paperwork at 8:30 and the Sags agree to the deal at 9pm.

According to a statement from the circus, there were some changes to the paperwork that held things up. This clearly can't be the case if Ferguson is telling the truth as the Sags agreed the paperwork at 9pm. The only changes after that point must have come from JCH or his agent if there were any. Either way, 2 hours should have been more than enought time to sort all of that out and send the registration paperwork in to the FA.

As Ferguson said, it is possible to send in an agreement form and get a short extension to enable the paperwork to be finalised after 11pm. This cearly wasn't done.

So, there are a few questions that need asking:

1) Why, if he wanted the move, didn't JCH press the Sags to get the deal done after the two clubs had agreed terms at 9pm?

2) If Ferguson is correct and the agreement between the clubs took place at 9pm then who was responsible for the paperwork changes after that point?

3) Why didn't the Sags send in the relevant paperwork to extend the deadline?

 

4) Why did nobody notice the Ted putting the clock forward by 4 seconds?

[chinapig]

24 minutes ago, Midlands Robin said:

Darren Ferguson's comments for those who haven't or can't be arsed to, listen to the interview:

“It was a very hectic last day but up until 10 to 11, it was quite smooth. Jonno travelled with the team in the morning, we had the team meeting about Portsmouth and he would have been in the team, he played very well last week.

“At about five o’clock the chairman told me there might be a chance that he’ll get permission to talk to Bristol and at quarter to six, I went down to see him and we agreed it was the right time for him to move on. He was getting a three-year deal at 29, which is very good, and a large part of his family is down there.

“He got in the car, Liz (Elsom, Head of Football Operations) sent over the agreement at 8:30, which they agreed with and told us so at nine o’clock. At ten to 11, we were told he was still not registered. You can put a request in to get another 15 minutes and they didn’t do that until 20 past 11. Unbelievable, we were just like ‘what?’

“They just failed to get him registerd, nothing else can be done. That’s the danger if you leave it until the last minute to try and sign someone rather than doing it three or four days previous. That’s the risk they run and they’ve made a mistake. We did everything we could.”

Let me get this right. You can request a 15 minute extension of the 11pm deadline but they didn't do so until 11.20? Was Wael's nice watch not working?

[Rudolf Hucker]

23 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

4) Why did nobody notice the Ted putting the clock forward by 4 seconds?

Wouldn’t he have had to put it back? I did. 

[CyderInACan]

2 hours ago, Bristol Rob said:

More than familiar, like @CyderInACan went to see them last time they toured!

You can’t take her . . . No I can’t do it . . . 

[Midlands Robin]

1 hour ago, chinapig said:

Let me get this right. You can request a 15 minute extension of the 11pm deadline but they didn't do so until 11.20? Was Wael's nice watch not working?

From the EFL Website:

What is a quick application? 

If a club is in a ‘Full Application’ at 22:30:00, they will receive a warning that states the system will open a ‘Quick Application’ at 22:45:00, where only certain fields need to be completed.  

In those last 15 minutes of the Transfer Window, EFL systems allow Clubs to submit the necessary registration form without completing the full application process. Where they do this, the Clubs then have a further 15 minutes to then complete the full application process. This avoids Clubs missing the deadline in circumstances where they have agreed and signed all necessary documents with another Club and the player before 11pm, but still need time to complete the full application.   

[sglosbcfc]

Thanks Agent Wael, but don't do anything quite as outlandish as this again for some time or your cover is certain to be blown -

 

 

[fgrsimon]

4 hours ago, Boring Sag said:

No. I believe you're confusing Jonson Clarke-Harris for Stefan Payne. Clarke-Harris and Rovers seem to have had a pretty good relationship since he joined.

Apart from the season he turned up about 3 stone overweight of course...

[Midlands Robin]

Now that the transfer window has closed, let’s just have a quick review of how the summer went up there in Horfield.

1) Joey Barton received a 3 match touchline ban and a fine for abusing match officials. The sags had an appeal rejected.

2) They sign a player who had been released by Exeter after pleading guilty to assaulting a woman and after signing went on to be found guilty of a second charge of assaulting a woman.

3) They take down their temporary stand and start constructing a replacement without having applied for planning permission. Work on the stand is ordered to be halted while a review takes place. As a result of the delay, they no longer have a capacity that is compliant with EFL rules and have no provision for disabled away supporters.

4) The work on the south stand takes out the "championship ready" pitch sprinkler system, a fact that their manager goes on to blame for another home defeat.

5) On a positive note, a Kuwaiti businessman buys a controlling stake in the club and the sags debt to Duane sports is capitalised in shares however, no one knows who this businessman is and his wealth, financial ability to back the club and plans for the future remain obscure.

6)  Their new home shirt features a sleeve sponsor in the form of a hotel company located in the middle of Bristol. Now for the whole season they will run out at home with the name of their beloved rivals on their shirts. Each home shirt is adorned with the words "Bristol City" Centre. 

7) Their manager refuses to talk to the Bristol Evening Post claiming they have an anti Rovers bias but it just so happens that a few weeks earlier he created a subscription area on his Twitter account and urged fans to sign up to receive exclusive Rovers news and content. 

8. In order to try and fix some of the problems caused by point 3 they put up yet another temporary stand to enable at least a few hundred away fans to have a seat under some sort of cover.

9). On transfer deadline day they agree a club record fee for Jonson Clarke-Harris only to see the entire deal collapse due to their inability to file the required paperwork on time.

To be honest, most clubs wouldn't see that much shit in a decade, but this happened over a period of 3 months.

 

 

Edited September 3, 2023 by Midlands Robin

[Gert Mare]

THE GIFT

Edited September 3, 2023 by Gert Mare

[redsquirrel]

9 hours ago, Bristol Rob said:

More than familiar, like @CyderInACan went to see them last time they toured!

wow, that was a fun night out

[Port Said Red]

9 hours ago, Maesknoll Red said:

According to companies house these people are the company secretary.  But it looks like Louise Smith has/is fulfilling several roles at the sags.

 

Sorry is this related to something earlier in the thread?

If you are thinking these people are responsible for the deadline day debacle, that's not correct.

My wife worked for a firm until she retired, supplying Company Secretary services, she had up to 900 Companies in her portfolio at any one time. She had nothing to do with the day to day running of them, she just ensured that they complied with all the legal requirements around changes to Directorships, filings at Companies House, etc. 

Having your own CSA is expensive, which is why many Companies, big and small outsource it. Lots of people don't realise this however, hence the fact they would often get bailiffs at their offices demanding payments.

I don't know anyone at Taylor Wessing, but I am sure they would like to be distanced from any blame in this case.

[WarksRobin]

8 hours ago, Midlands Robin said:

Looking at the statement above, if we imagine that JCH left Portsmouth to travel up to Bristol at around 6pm, he would have got there for around 8 to 8:30. It's roughly a 2 hour journey.

That fits nicely with the time line. The Posh send over the paperwork at 8:30 and the Sags agree to the deal at 9pm.

According to a statement from the circus, there were some changes to the paperwork that held things up. This clearly can't be the case if Ferguson is telling the truth as the Sags agreed the paperwork at 9pm. The only changes after that point must have come from JCH or his agent if there were any. Either way, 2 hours should have been more than enought time to sort all of that out and send the registration paperwork in to the FA.

As Ferguson said, it is possible to send in an agreement form and get a short extension to enable the paperwork to be finalised after 11pm. This cearly wasn't done.

So, there are a few questions that need asking:

1) Why, if he wanted the move, didn't JCH press the Sags to get the deal done after the two clubs had agreed terms at 9pm?

2) If Ferguson is correct and the agreement between the clubs took place at 9pm then who was responsible for the paperwork changes after that point?

3) Why didn't the Sags send in the relevant paperwork to extend the deadline?

 

The only person who knew how to operate a fax machine was unreachable

[1960maaan]

It's not fair looking to put blame on gAss staff, it's not like this happens a lot.
Yeah, planning thing , but that wasn't their fault and this is wholly down to the EFL refusing the changes to the contract at the last minute. Now I obviously don't know what the changes were, but if you have been working on something for weeks, why leave it until the last minute to change things with a deadline looming ?

Rovers did address their supporters though with a statement ; It read:

"This morning an EFL representative confirmed that our contract application for Jonson Clarke-Harris was rejected.

"The club had worked throughout the day to agree terms with Peterborough, the player and his representatives, however, late changes to the deal prevented it being completed.

"The outcome is a disappointing one for all involved however, everything possible was done to finalise the agreement and register the required documents with the EFL ahead of the deadline."

If it was us, we would be fuming on here.
Joey , quoted on Bristol Live ( which they probably got from his Twitter feed) ;

after being asked about a potential January return for Clarke-Harris, who's in the final 12 months of his contract at London Road: "I don't know. January is a long way away. I might not even be sitting in the seat. You've got to take care of business every single week."

Planning an escape ??

[Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan]

What absolutely amazes me is that there are still Gasheads who refuse to believe it could the fault of anyone to do with the club. 

Agents

EFL Conspiracy 

‘Shitheads’ high up in the club

McAnthony

’Big’ JCB

I mean FFS, have they been living in a cave for the last 10 years?
Rovers are exactly known for being professional are they? 

**** up followed by **** up followed by **** up.

The gift.

Edited September 3, 2023 by Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan

[milo1111]

12 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

What absolutely amazes me is that there are still Gasheads who refuse to believe it could the fault of anyone to do with the club. 

Agents

EFL Conspiracy 

‘Shitheads’ high up in the club

McAnthony

’Big’ JCB

I mean FFS, have they been living in a cave for the last 10 years?
Rovers are exactly known for being professional are they? 

**** up followed by **** up followed by **** up.

The gift.

But that’s why things like this keep happening to them. Unless you start fronting up to your failings, learn from them and try to improve you’ll keep going around in circles.

Not all, but too many gas heads think their club is perfect (swallowing all the tripe they are fed) and that things like this happen because everyone is out to get them. 

[Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan]

1 minute ago, milo1111 said:

But that’s why things like this keep happening to them. Unless you start fronting up to your failings, learn from them and try to improve you’ll keep going around in circles.

Not all, but too many gas heads think their club is perfect (swallowing all the tripe they are fed) and that things like this happen because everyone is out to get them. 

You’re spot on. They should be furious with the club for continuing to make them a laughing stock, not just to us but other clubs in the area and their division.

Its like some weird cult where anyone who dares to say “this isn’t good enough” is told to go to trashton.

They’ve got the Circus they deserve.

[Fpcity]

11 hours ago, Loosey Boy said:

Judging by that interview with Darren Ferguson, they had more than enough time to sort the deal - sounds like a bit of a game has been played by Wally!

Making it look to the Gas ‘Eds that they were prepared to invest nigh on a million quid (and a big, three year contract for JCB), only for it to not then happen.

What an unprofessional outfit they’ve proven to be yet again

And too look like that new middle eastern invester actually is investing. 

[Rudolf Hucker]

2 hours ago, Gert Mare said:

THE GIFT

Is it a condition of Slagchat that every poster has to have ‘gas’ somewhere in their username? It smacks of North Korea. 

[Monkeh]

11 hours ago, Midlands Robin said:

Darren Ferguson's comments for those who haven't or can't be arsed to, listen to the interview:

“It was a very hectic last day but up until 10 to 11, it was quite smooth. Jonno travelled with the team in the morning, we had the team meeting about Portsmouth and he would have been in the team, he played very well last week.

“At about five o’clock the chairman told me there might be a chance that he’ll get permission to talk to Bristol and at quarter to six, I went down to see him and we agreed it was the right time for him to move on. He was getting a three-year deal at 29, which is very good, and a large part of his family is down there.

“He got in the car, Liz (Elsom, Head of Football Operations) sent over the agreement at 8:30, which they agreed with and told us so at nine o’clock. At ten to 11, we were told he was still not registered. You can put a request in to get another 15 minutes and they didn’t do that until 20 past 11. Unbelievable, we were just like ‘what?’

“They just failed to get him registerd, nothing else can be done. That’s the danger if you leave it until the last minute to try and sign someone rather than doing it three or four days previous. That’s the risk they run and they’ve made a mistake. We did everything we could.”

Smells of trying to raise funds but weren't able too, or trying to make space on the wage bill

[Judah_Eskendar_Tafar]

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sh’ead - John le Carre-less

’Cheers drive.’

Having effortlessly adopted the vernacular George Smiley stepped off the bus onto the Gloucester Road. He blinked and looked about him. Having crossed the great divide earlier that day, he took in the depressing sights and detritus of a failed system that now surrounded him

 Carefully crossing what looked like an abandoned, flooded, building site with an odd looking tented structure placed haphazardly on it, he made his way to the ‘clubhouse’. A mole had been detected at the top of the Circus and he needed to give fair warning that the agent’s cover could be blown at any moment.

 When he arrived he found them already waiting for him. His shoes stuck to the carpet as he crossed the room to join them. Babestation played quietly in the background as he settled into his plastic patio chair.

 ‘Jack, James, I have to tell you one of our six-fingered brethren suspects that a mole in their camp scuppered the JC-H transfer, you are both now only one poor performance away from being blamed for all their ills. Adjusting the club clock forward by four seconds was pure genius by the way.’

’That’s alright George, once a red and all that. We didn’t need to adjust the clock in the end, as they had some bungling tech support from Henbury helping them, and he couldn’t figure out how to operate the fax machine. Although, truth be told, he was a better story-teller than even your creator Mr. Smiley.’

[petehinton]

They’re going mental over the price of tickets and food and drink too. 
 

Not one of them has put 2+2 together that they don’t have much money, ridiculously demolishing the old stand and reducing the capacity by a decent % means that they have to try and get their revenue back somehow. That’s by increasing the costs of everything else. 

[slartibartfast]

13 hours ago, Numero Uno said:

4) Why did nobody notice the Ted putting the clock forward by 4 seconds?

5)  Did nobody notice the secretary gagged and bound in her office chair ?

[Numero Uno]

3 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

5)  Did nobody notice the secretary gagged and bound in her office chair ?

This is going to run and run….unlike the employee who ambled to the fax machine and wasted four valuable seconds.

[Taz]

22 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

5)  Did nobody notice the secretary gagged and bound in her office chair ?

Bit extreme even for Scumbag Barton isn't it?

[paignton red]

53 mins ago. 

Wait a minute, what about international (or regional) time zones?

The clock on the church on Corn Street with the steeplejacks has an extra hand as Bristol is 3 or 4 minutes behind GMT.

Therefore, we were actually within time!

I'm sure that is a scientific fact, so unless the FA rules stipulated GMT, we have them over a barrel.

Everyone knows deals in Bristol have to be done on the Corn St nails so it should use the time at that location!

[Rudolf Hucker]

22 minutes ago, paignton red said:

53 mins ago. 

Wait a minute, what about international (or regional) time zones?

The clock on the church on Corn Street with the steeplejacks has an extra hand as Bristol is 3 or 4 minutes behind GMT.

Therefore, we were actually within time!

I'm sure that is a scientific fact, so unless the FA rules stipulated GMT, we have them over a barrel.

Everyone knows deals in Bristol have to be done on the Corn St nails so it should use the time at that location!

I think you’ll find that it was actually 57 minutes ago … in Corn Street, obviously. Everyone knows that ffs. 

[paignton red]

2 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

I think you’ll find that it was actually 57 minutes ago … in Corn Street, obviously. Everyone knows that ffs. 

Shit, easy mistake rudolph, for some reason yesterday i couldn't get the match on robins t.v. so i had  to go to Belgium and forgot to come back, so that's where i got confused. :laugh:.

[bert tann]

2 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

5)  Did nobody notice the secretary gagged and bound in her office chair ?

We kept all that behind closed doors in my day.

[GrahamC]

5 hours ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

Is it a condition of Slagchat that every poster has to have ‘gas’ somewhere in their username? It smacks of North Korea. 

Yes.

As an aside you also see a few (& how appropriate) car registrations around with yew tee gee (for some reason this keeps defaulting to FTG) all a bit pathetic, isn’t it?

Edited September 3, 2023 by GrahamC

[weepywall]

This JCH fiasco is either a massive f... up on the administration side or it was never going to happen...not sure on which senario but one thing I am sure about is thank god my dad took me to AG Instead of Eastville 50 odd years back

[Gert Mare]

47 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Yes.

As an aside you also see a few (& how appropriate) car registrations around with yew tee gee (for some reason this keeps defaulting to FTG) all a bit pathetic, isn’t it?

At least you can spot the Tinpot supporter, point and laugh your bollocks off as they drive past on their drive of shame.

[Open End Numb Legs]

13 minutes ago, weepywall said:

This JCH fiasco is either a massive f... up on the administration side or it was never going to happen...not sure on which senario but one thing I am sure about is thank god my dad took me to AG Instead of Eastville 50 odd years back

I think the key point was they lost Loft the same night. If it was all smoke and mirrors they would have kept Loft?

[Numero Uno]

9 minutes ago, weepywall said:

This JCH fiasco is either a massive f... up on the administration side or it was never going to happen...not sure on which senario but one thing I am sure about is thank god my dad took me to AG Instead of Eastville 50 odd years back

They have a history of being cheap and shady. It's in their DNA.

Esmond Millions Bung (what happened to that poster?), dodgy deals to steal the Mem, trying to steal The Gate, Woman Beaters R Us, only Bristol club to be named on Crimewatch, Trumpton, Tents dotted around the ground, plastic chairs all over the gaff (no bollox, TWO of their subs had to brought out chairs to sit on yesterday), wanting people to do DIY for nothing, expecting developers to build them stadiums for nothing, still failing to lay out more than a Tilson - fill in the many tens of examples I've missed yourselves.........

Then you have the bullshit factor, #Gaslogic, Gas Mathematics etc. etc. - I kid you not one of the mutants wrote on Twitter "the whole of the EFL will be talking about the Gas now we've landed THE BEST STRIKER OUTSIDE THE PREM" - that is a 100% genuine comment about a 29 year old lower league striker (a good one, granted) who has never cut the mustard enough for anyone to splash cash on him at Championship level.

Imagine if your old man had seen the above as being a badge of honour.................

[1960maaan]

12 minutes ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

I think the key point was they lost Loft the same night. If it was all smoke and mirrors they would have kept Loft?

TBF they pulled down the old "stand" without having everything in place for the new one, so it's not without precedent .

But yeah, probably just totally incompetent . 

[pongo88]

3 hours ago, paignton red said:

53 mins ago. 

Wait a minute, what about international (or regional) time zones?

The clock on the church on Corn Street with the steeplejacks has an extra hand as Bristol is 3 or 4 minutes behind GMT.

Therefore, we were actually within time!

I'm sure that is a scientific fact, so unless the FA rules stipulated GMT, we have them over a barrel.

Everyone knows deals in Bristol have to be done on the Corn St nails so it should use the time at that location!

You’ve got something there. Did anyone tell the new Rovers owner that we’re on Summer Time in the UK? It’s probably one of those gert Teds who confused him or, possibly, Wael’s cheap imitation Rolex watch was showing the wrong time 

[Bristol Rob]

1 hour ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

I think the key point was they lost Loft the same night. If it was all smoke and mirrors they would have kept Loft?

IT'S SMITH! And the roof has just come off here at Ashton Gate.

Meanwhile....

And the Loft has just been palmed off (with a degree of regret) over at the Mem.

[Highburnred]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-66656875
 

They’re aiming for premier league media output now on all accounts