4 minutes ago, wxm801 said:

You replied to my post saying I was making excuses for us not selling out. So DEEDUMS.

Thicker than mince.

Speaking of thicker, you probably need to develop thicker skin to be posting on an opponent's MB if this is what sets you off. 

Unless you're perhaps new to football and the internet. 

Being a Wrexham fan, the latter is quite likely. 😉

18 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

I was interviewed by The Times’ Gregor Robertson a couple of years back & the analogy I used (which he quoted in the paper) was it’s like acquiring a stately home, sacking all the caretakers, groundsmen, maintenance staff etc then being surprised when the place falls down. They then decide to rebuild it…but not to the original size/specification & with fewer maintenance staff etc…

Yeah, that works better. There's probably a reason you get interviewed by The Times and I s**tpost on here. 😂

It's not just the deterioration that irks as much as the people being incredulous if you comment on it. 

So... the ornate, antique, sculpted fountain has been lost and replaced with a manky hose sticking out the ground with holes in it. I'm commenting to my wife how sad it is that we can't appreciate the beauty anymore.

Guaranteed someone walks behind me and fires out a: "Ungrateful git! You should be happy there's a water feature at all."

"Well, excuse me for not being wowed by the mud puddle!" 😡 

2 hours ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

The likes of that bloke make me want to smash my laptop screen in.

I've no problem with differing opinions, but to claim "best ownership" is just madness. It's not defendable in any way, shape or form. Might as well claim the sky's not blue.

And as for their "support" being "incredible". Mindblowing.

They've supported the club financially, no doubt about that. The near quarter of a billion hole illustrates it. But support to me is so much more than that, particularly in the cut throat world of football.

It's like a boss paying their staff minimum wage, and getting a big pat on the back and thank-you. Forget that they worked 12hr shifts with no break, no H & S equipment provided which caused work injuries, inadequate toilet facilities provided on site etc etc.

The employees revolt and confront the boss and he/she just points to a payslip and says: "Yeah, but look, I paid you!"

Yeah, you did the absolute bare minimum that was required. And expect to be lauded for it. 

Not the perfect analogy, but I'm pretty sick of "Yeah, but they pay the bills!", like that even comes close to evaluating their overall performance as owners. 

A quick glance at the TL gets even worse:

2 hours ago, CambridgeRover said:

All I know is I speak for the CambridgeRovers supporters group (myself) and I hope Venkys rot in hell and sell the club 

Bet the Xmas parties get very out of hand. 

45 minutes ago, Ben-2000 said:

Words fail me.

 

Just to nip this in the bud, everyone is free to disagree with this statement as strongly as they want.

But please DO NOT make it personal or about the group as a whole. 

The reasons for this should be blindingly obvious. 

9 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

Oh yes…

Well it's nice to dream then. 

Imagine getting better ownership back in the club and knowing The Rao's had permanently lost 100's of millions of pounds. 

That would be a sweet tasting pint that night, even if we were in League 2. 

Not holding my breath though. 

20 minutes ago, Ricky said:

Nobody is buying us with over £100m of debt. I’m pretty sure not a single one of those you mentioned was sold with those debt levels....

I thought that too when looking at the list, but at least one in Derby seems pretty similar to us:

"Debts spiralled north of £180 million, although two-thirds of that was to former owner Morris. Almost £30 million was owed to the tax man, with a further £20 million owed to US investment firm MSD Holdings via various loans secured against the stadium. Another £10 million was outstanding to football creditors."

https://theathletic.com/3397152/2022/07/03/derby-county-saved-clowes/

I don't know the ins and outs of how Derby then dealt with situation, even after skim reading the article. 

Did Morris end up writing off a lot of his debt? 

I can see the new owners agreed to pay 25p on every £1 owed to unsecured creditors. 

There's generally some way out of these financial messes if people put their minds to it. 

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

As if you've not got those knobheads on mute. 

I'll be honest, only just got them as ESPN went down for me.

But after 2 mins your plan sounds sensible. 

WBA commentators = "Worst defensive performance we've seen all season." 

2 minutes ago, sympatheticclaret said:

I think that would usually have been given as a foul in the modern game, 95 times out of 100 .... however, once the Referee didn't give it, it's not a " clear and obvious " error, and the VAR officials couldn't intervene. If the Referee had given it on the field of play, then VAR wouldn't even have reviewed it ... What do you think, again with a non-tinted glasses view ? 😉

See my posts above.

Don't get me wrong, I laughed....hard.

But trying to look neutrally, still don't think it's a wrong/bad decision. 

Var looked at replay about 10 times, and I think the theatrical way Trafford went down worked against you. Var/viewers aren't stupid. You can tell when a player has been 'taken out' and when one has just flung themselves to the floor to try and buy one.

I'm actually very surprised how many people/pundits have a completely opposite opinion to me. Suppose we all see things differently. 

Or maybe it's just my unconscious bias. 🤷🏻‍♂️

18 minutes ago, sympatheticclaret said:

Yes I think the official " Head to Head " only includes Football League, FA and League Cups and two Anglo-Scottish Cup games. If you include those two, Burnley lead 44-41-19, without them, it's 43-41-18 ...

We've obviously met many other times, with fixtures before the League started, Lancashire Cup ties, Manx trophy etc ... We're all lucky to follow two great Clubs with fantastic histories ... 

Ah, SC, please don't pop in the board without giving us your opinion on the goal/potential foul in the Burnley thread. 

What's your non-tinted glasses view?

2 minutes ago, waynerovers said:

We've had a bad string of results, it happens to most teams throughout the season

Tbf most teams don't end up rock bottom of the form table and with most amount of goals conceded in the league.

I'd hazard a guess only us and Rotherham have done it this season. 

4 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

ts a bit juvenile to be honest. Sort of like we're scrappy doo

Scrappy Doo is fun and makes me smile. 

Just now, WacoRover said:

“Look at the gaping hole in the Rovers back line…”

it happens all too often

Espn commentator shows he has two good working eyes. 

S. Wharton getting illegally manhandled for the goal in that replay.

Not even subtle. 

Think I might watch the snooker. 

10 minutes ago, Oldgregg86 said:

Put it simple I’d be more annoyed at it being chalked off for us than if it would of been given against us

Weird isn't it.

Football Focus had it down as a definite foul too (Ellen White, Stephen Warnock).

They stopped protecting keepers like that years ago. If you go into the keeper, yes, a sneeze is a foul. But if the keeper goes into you (which happened here imo) they give much more leeway nowadays. 

It's a 50/50 call at best for me. But many are calling it a stonewall foul. Football opinions are odd. 

2 hours ago, LeftWinger said:

Completely agree but they are usually given as a foul as you seemingly can't breathe near a keeper. I felt like Trafford played for it a bit as well, expecting to get the free-kick

Understatement that. It was an embarrassing dive with arms flailing in the air (nowhere near the ball).

I genuinely wouldn't be complaining if that was us, I'd be berating Leo/Pears for being useless. So just a standard match day really. 

Moran asleep at throw in.

Pickering absolutely bossed.

Hyam at fault in the box.

You're not going to get away with 3 errors at once. 

16 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

Hope springs eternal but if it's got to that stage then we're in trouble. 

Certainly felt like a bunch of players that had lost trust in the process and each other today.

If they don't bounce back in the next few games,  I really fear we're going to be telling a TM death spiral to hold our beer. 

2 minutes ago, pick32 said:

Players sulking and blaming each other,

Loads of that wasn't there.

Picked up by the Yorkshire commentators too.

Said the body language was awful all over the pitch.

Grim.

Something iffy with Szmodics. Looks a shell of a player out there.

Not having that can be just because of fatigue. 

Just now, AllRoverAsia said:

Shameful. They are not even trying.

They look absolutely brilliant though.

Like they'd give Leicester a real challenge. 

How on earth do we make teams look this good. It's shameful. 

Errr,does Ennis not know how to head the ball.

That was perfect height. And he tries to get his foot up there.