Jump to content

BRFCS

BY THE FANS, FOR THE FANS
SINCE 1996
Proudly partnered with TheTerraceStore.com

Mercer

Members
  • Posts

    11333
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    23

Everything posted by Mercer

  1. Really? Well put it to the test and set up a poll on this MB.
  2. Telepathic - look at the post I've just made in the Mowbray poll thread!
  3. Spoke with about half a dozen folk today about Rovers. What struck me is how apathetic many have become. It's as though all the energy and desire has been sucked out of our club. I think we need to change our CEO and manager or we will just die.
  4. Think his trophy cabinet has far more medals and awards than your hero Mowbray. I think 9 out of 10 would take Keane over Mowbray every day of the week.
  5. It is a moment of opportunity for some................................ Some entrepreneurs / investors are very active out there at the moment. Time to buy shares was 4/5 months ago when FTSE100 down to about 5,000. Still some bargains to be had, many will bounce back.
  6. This has only exacerbated our financial predicament. It is not just the transfer fees but some £10million or so of wages and employers' NI we are committed to over the course of Brereton and Gallagher's contracts. Sadly, I don't think there'll be much realisation value in Brereton and Gallagher. Given our ongoing losses are say in the £15 to £20million a year range, our only way to even 'stand still' is through either additional share issue (we've seen £19.6million in last 12 months), or sale of players (or combination of both). I think we are financially pickled.
  7. The point I'm making, Waggott as CEO should be facing up Pune. Let's say our Exec Directors and Mowbray all resigned, what do you think Pune would do?
  8. Over the last 12 months, through VLL, the Raos have input £19.6million in three separate share issues - this has kept us afloat and is indicative of our ongoing scale of loss. With the pandemic, financial position of both parties can only have got worse. I have been accused of scaremongering but as a finance professional with more years than I care to remember working across industry and commerce, I can tell you things don't feel right to me and I am seriously worried about our ongoing viability.
  9. It's down to Waggott. What is he - a man or a mouse? Get them told we need a budget and in good time. If he doesn't get it then he should walk, possibly with a case for constructive dismissal, as clearly he has not got the tools to do his job properly. It aint rocket science.
  10. Feels to me like he's already laying the ground for a season of absolute mediocrity at best! Get those excuses in early!
  11. Yes, they are and without their support the club is finished. However, they are, IMO, paying for their idiocy. They bought a top 10 PL and their decisions since have cost them and us so very, very dearly.
  12. We need a proven winner - a ruthless, hard b@stard with a 'can do' attitude. IMO, there is so much complacency, deadwood, here for the holiday etc to be swept away. Don't think Keane is tactically great and that's why we'd need a clever number 2 / coach - akin to Kenny / Ray combo.
  13. Think you'll find it's even worse - 7 points from 7 games.
  14. Well let's see where he ends up. My view is he is capable of playing in the PL with the right support through good management and coaching. Did I say 'a great attacking footballer in the PL' - no I didn't. There is coaching and coaching and drills and drills. IMO, Mowbray, Venus and Lowe will never get the best out of Nyambe. I think better managers and coaches will. Case in point Raya who, IMO, looks a far more confident and competent goalkeeper since he moved to Brentford.
  15. If you accept a job to keep the club up and you don't then you have failed - FULL STOP. Of course Tony Mowbray is, IMO, responsible for our relegation. Warnock was employed by Middlesbrough to keep them up with 8 games to go when for all the world they looked like a basket case. Barring freak results in the last two games of the season, he has almost certainly succeeded. JOB FECKIN WELL DONE despite the mess Woodgate left behind!
  16. Keane would be my choice alongside an innovative and hungry coach. We need a whirlwind to get rid of all the complacency, deadwood and holiday club atmosphere that, IMO, is ruining our club.
  17. This is a great point. Mowbray himself said at Blues Bar in Feb. last year that he was brought to the club to keep us up that season. He failed. Safety was within our grasp (relegated on goal difference) but, IMO, too many tactical blunders and game management decisions cost us badly.
  18. That's nonsense!!! Professor John Curtice's exit poll at 2019 GE - based on 160,000 (0.5%) out of 32,000,000 was uncannily accurate. The poll on this MB of some 200 is about 1.6% of Rovers' average gate and, within the usual margins of error, is likely to be very representative (and the sample size is 3 times bigger <1.6% v 0.5%> than the GE poll) of the Rovers' fan base.
  19. Well it's over four months since we had fans in the stadium! Do you not think this MB gives you a taster and is it not representative of the wider Rovers' fan base? In my circle of Rovers' contacts (friends, colleagues, clients etc), I'd say 80+% would be glad to see the back of Mowbray which is not dissimilar to where the poll on this MB stands.
  20. I know Chaddy but how long do the extra sessions last and how frequent are they? For these drills to be effective, you need to use a number of players to replicate 'real' match situations. Beckham did many extra hours each week practising his free kicks.
  21. Will depend on how big the 'extra' is and how innovative our coaching team is. If the drills are anything like our pre match sessions then, IMO, little wonder he's not improving.
  22. Suhail is their eyes and ears. He can't fail to have seen how poorly we are performing in the main and how we are as far away from the PL as ever. I feel sure he will also have picked up the growing discontent about Mowbray. IMO, he will make the bullets for the Raos to fire.
  23. Crossing or shooting can be improved significantly with the appropriate drills in training. You put the extra hours in and you reap the benefits. Like a golfer who's weak at chipping around the green, with the right coaching and some hard graft you improve significantly - you may never be the best in the world but progress can be quite remarkable.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.