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Title: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: CusworthRovers on March 31, 2011, 07:07:10 pm
Will be a toughie this one, but a point will do for me. They looked strong and fast at our place. Is Maynard playing (not injured), as he's always been dangerous against us and others?

They have pace on either flank, so I'm hoping we play Mills and Muzzy to combat this and make them think about defending rather than attacking us down the flanks


..............Sulli.............

Muzzy.....Shelts....Georgio.....Mills

...........Wilson...Stock...........

....Copps..................Oster......

...........Hayter....Brooker..........

Score 1-1 Copps

1 Male arrested for streaking in the concourse
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: i_ateallthepies on March 31, 2011, 07:13:38 pm
Swap Wilson for Gillett and I'd agree with you there Cussy.  Be nice for big Steve to play against his old club.
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: CusworthRovers on April 01, 2011, 06:18:36 am
Actually, I'd then go with yours. It's been that scattered with players this season you sometimes forget who you've got. I clearly forgot SG, and agreed he would partner BS. However if BS is not fully fit, I could even see a cautious SG/MW central pairing.

I appreciate I have no Moussa or Euell but I believe the Donny trained players may be more apt to get us over the line (Moussa for JO if he is in need of a battery recharge), and in Brookers case we still need to see him get a good run in the side. An 8 game run would be ideal
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: ScillyRover on April 01, 2011, 06:57:44 am
I think we will do well to come away with anything from this game.
With Maynard and Pitman probably partnering up front and John Stead back in contention after injury, City look to have goals in them.
One saving grace is that they too are struggling to put together a back four through injuries.
Despite Rovers having some notable results of late, Ashton Gate is always a tough place to go.

A point would be most welcome but realistically I can't see us scoring more than the odd goal.
But then again Rovers can be a bit unpredictable, so here's hoping !
:scarf: :scarf:
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Pintolager on April 01, 2011, 09:53:32 am
I also think that tomorrow will be a very tough game, but I think we may come away with a draw from this game.

My first ever visit to Bristol as well, so hoping for a good performance and result.
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: DRFC-PERKINS on April 01, 2011, 10:25:36 am
..............Sulli.............

Muzzy.....Shelts....Georgio.....Mills

...........Gillett...Stock...........

....Copps.....Moussa.......Oster......

........... Hayter..............

1-1 - Hayter.

From what i've heard Moussa has played better in away games, got more pace + stamina than brooker, be useful closing there defence down and more of a threat, And i think with an extra player playing deeper, will give us more possession in midfield. We'll need to score to get anything, i'm hoping another repeat of norwich away.
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Snods Shinpad 2 on April 01, 2011, 11:28:39 am
Brizzle 0-0 Rovers

Match abandoned 19' due to a partridge attacking David James and trying to nest in his hair.
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: The Red Baron on April 02, 2011, 09:14:38 am
Team: G. Woods, Dumbuya, Martis, Friend, Mills, Stock, Gillett, Oster, Coppinger, Moussa, Hayter.
Subs: Sullivan, Hird, Kilgallon, Wilson, Mason, Shiels, Euell.

2-0 to Rovers. Hayter and Coppinger.
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: LuckyGirl on April 02, 2011, 10:09:24 am
I'll go for a win. No further prediction as it tends to go pear shaped!!!!!
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: bobjimwilly on April 02, 2011, 10:31:49 am
Quote from: \"Snods Shinpad 2\" post=148453
Brizzle 0-0 Rovers

Match abandoned 19' due to a partridge attacking David James and trying to nest in his hair.


:thumbsup:  brilliant
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: DonnyRTID on April 02, 2011, 10:35:31 am
1-2 Copps, Brooker(if fit)or Hayter.
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Barmby Rover on April 02, 2011, 01:32:12 pm
Stronger fitter squad today, Rovers play football again and win 0 - 2 :scarf: :scarf: :scarf: :woot:
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: DonnyRTID on April 02, 2011, 01:38:48 pm
Rovers starting line-up:
Woods; Dumbuya, Martis, Friend, Mills; Gillett, Stock, Oster; Coppinger, Hayter, Moussa.

Come on you Reds!
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Lytham Rover on April 02, 2011, 01:45:47 pm
i would play euell in preference to hayter
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: DonnyRTID on April 02, 2011, 01:49:10 pm
Quote from: \"bedale rover\" post=148551
i would play euell in preference to hayter


Really!
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: MrFrost on April 02, 2011, 02:32:19 pm
Must be exciting!
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Wellred on April 02, 2011, 02:35:52 pm
Is the timing wrong on here?
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Lytham Rover on April 02, 2011, 02:41:45 pm
Quote from: \"DonnyRTID\" post=148552
Quote from: \"bedale rover\" post=148551
i would play euell in preference to hayter


Really!


yep!
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: axon on April 02, 2011, 02:41:59 pm
Can someone tweet Chris Mortley and tell him to switch his keyboard clicker off as its coming over the broadcast.
cheers
David:scarf:
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Superspy on April 02, 2011, 03:34:07 pm
lucky pints a bit quiet innit...
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: VikingJames on April 02, 2011, 03:39:52 pm
Lets hope Sheff United don't win their game in hand then. We'll be in serious trouble if they do.
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: CottyRover on April 02, 2011, 03:46:06 pm
Gutted by their goal, sounds like the lads deserved something out of this. Still think we'll stay up!
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Filo on April 02, 2011, 03:50:09 pm
The league table looks squeaky bum time, QPR better beat Sheff Utd on Monday!
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Filo on April 02, 2011, 03:55:25 pm
Punished for not taking our chances!
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: steve@dcfd on April 02, 2011, 04:00:12 pm
preston , crystal palace and coventry all winning yet again without Billy we cannot score should have brought in a striker but we did not. Who will get the goals to win any of the remaining games?
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: DonnyRTID on April 02, 2011, 04:03:32 pm
Had Billy not been injured we'd have took 9 points from the last 3 games imo.
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Akinfenwa on April 02, 2011, 04:07:14 pm
Can't score, can't defend. Not looking great is it?
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: CottyRover on April 02, 2011, 04:13:54 pm
Defence didn't sound so bad if you believe Rovers Player - do I...? Looking forward to hearing from anyone who was there!
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: The Red Baron on April 02, 2011, 04:19:41 pm
Disastrous day all round with us losing and Palace, Coventry and Preston all winning. All we need now is for the Blunts to pull something off on Monday night.

Looks like the Preston game on Tuesday week could be decisive now.
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Wellred on April 02, 2011, 04:30:08 pm
Quote from: \"Filo\" post=148564
Punished for not taking our chances!


Yet again!!!!
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: RobTheRover on April 02, 2011, 04:39:42 pm
Heard from Cussy at half time. He said we should have been winning. I think we just need one to go in off someone's arse to get things rolling.
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Sandy Lane on April 02, 2011, 08:58:49 pm
Well, my first ever match, and apart from the loss, was cracking!  Beautiful day, we met up with Berkshire, and Gareth who kindly gave me a Donny scarf!  :-)   Saw David James. which was kind of exciting except he moved(!!) the ball to get a better angle on a kick!!! #$%%^^&**((   Nice.

Saw Woods and thought he did a very good job, and happy he has signed a 2-year contract.

But, Cussy, where were you mate??  I had reconnaissance do a quick sweep of the stadium and nowt!!  Sadly, my Rovers kit had not arrived yet, but I was probably the only one with sunglasses on!  ;-)  

Any hoo, many thanks to my Coal Hole mates for a great day out!!  :kiss:
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Filo on April 03, 2011, 08:43:16 am
Quote from: \"Sandy Lane\" post=148628
Well, my first ever match, and apart from the loss, was cracking!  Beautiful day, we met up with Berkshire, and Gareth who kindly gave me a Donny scarf!  :-)   Saw David James. which was kind of exciting except he moved(!!) the ball to get a better angle on a kick!!! #$%%^^&**((   Nice.

Saw Woods and thought he did a very good job, and happy he has signed a 2-year contract.

But, Cussy, where were you mate??  I had reconnaissance do a quick sweep of the stadium and nowt!!  Sadly, my Rovers kit had not arrived yet, but I was probably the only one with sunglasses on!  ;-)  

Any hoo, many thanks to my Coal Hole mates for a great day out!!  :kiss:



Now to squeeze a home game in!
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Sandy Lane on April 03, 2011, 09:55:42 am
Cheers Filo, would love to, but have to leave on Satdi to give me a day to recover before work on Monday.  :-(  

Will plan on it in the Fall though!  :scarf:  :scarf:
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: CusworthRovers on April 03, 2011, 03:26:17 pm
I had a walk round before KO and HT, looking for a shirt with 'Sandy Lane' there on. Never saw it, and can see why now. Had I seen it.....well who knows what we could have done in 15mins
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Sandy Lane on April 03, 2011, 06:34:39 pm
Yes, used our pint time ;)  looking for people we didn't know!  :silly:
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Wokingviking on April 03, 2011, 09:20:00 pm
My fault Cussie, the shirt was with me on Sat morning, but I couldn't get over to Bristol, and Berkshire had set off so no courier either.  To be fair, the club shop sent it 1st class post Thursday so it should have been with me Friday... am I boring anyone yet?
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: CusworthRovers on April 03, 2011, 09:36:27 pm
I'll let you off as you hail from the land of the modfather.

Did you make Berks do the Gypsy lifting curse. The score suggests not?
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Wokingviking on April 04, 2011, 11:29:40 am
We're actually going to sacrifice Berkshire on Thursday night Cussie (see other thread).  We figure Sandy Lane must have a gun given she's American, so it should be straightforward.

Weller (and Rick Buckler I think) was brought up on a council estate called Sheerwater which they built just after the war specifically to ship loads of folk from Paddington who'd been bombed out.  Generations have stayed on the estate and so they all still sound like Londoners (as does Weller of course) and they tend to be QPR/Fulham/Brentford/Chelsea fans.

PW now lives in a village about 5 miles outside Woking called Ripley.  Eric Clapton actually lives in the same village but I don't think they have any interaction as such.

These and other interesting stories can be found in my book retailing at all good bookshops blah blah blah...
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: CusworthRovers on April 04, 2011, 03:09:24 pm
Can't say I've been to Woking. I've always assumed it posh, but I get the feeling it may have it's rough areas as Surrey go's. I feel for the Woking lads as it sounds more down to earth, unlike Virginia Waters and Ascot, and then there's Eton and I just cannot see the Woking Lads being a match for their untamed Wit.
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Filo on April 04, 2011, 04:09:34 pm
Quote from: \"Wokingviking\" post=148755
We're actually going to sacrifice Berkshire on Thursday night Cussie (see other thread).  We figure Sandy Lane must have a gun given she's American, so it should be straightforward.

Weller (and Rick Buckler I think) was brought up on a council estate called Sheerwater which they built just after the war specifically to ship loads of folk from Paddington who'd been bombed out.  Generations have stayed on the estate and so they all still sound like Londoners (as does Weller of course) and they tend to be QPR/Fulham/Brentford/Chelsea fans.

PW now lives in a village about 5 miles outside Woking called Ripley.  Eric Clapton actually lives in the same village but I don't think they have any interaction as such.

These and other interesting stories can be found in my book retailing at all good bookshops blah blah blah...





Did n`t think they were that old, were they in the building trade before they hit the big time with the Jam? :laugh:
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Wokingviking on April 04, 2011, 05:07:44 pm
Quote from: \"Filo\" post=148785
Quote from: \"Wokingviking\" post=148755
We're actually going to sacrifice Berkshire on Thursday night Cussie (see other thread).  We figure Sandy Lane must have a gun given she's American, so it should be straightforward.

Weller (and Rick Buckler I think) was brought up on a council estate called Sheerwater which they built just after the war specifically to ship loads of folk from Paddington who'd been bombed out.  Generations have stayed on the estate and so they all still sound like Londoners (as does Weller of course) and they tend to be QPR/Fulham/Brentford/Chelsea fans.

PW now lives in a village about 5 miles outside Woking called Ripley.  Eric Clapton actually lives in the same village but I don't think they have any interaction as such.

These and other interesting stories can be found in my book retailing at all good bookshops blah blah blah...





Did n`t think they were that old, were they in the building trade before they hit the big time with the Jam? :laugh:



Yes, a little known fact Filo, Paul Weller is also a brickie - proper City & Guilds.  Still keeps his hand in a bit round our way - he's doing a dwarf wall for next door's conservatory as I type.  Surely you remember \"Bricks and Mortar\" from the \"In the City\" album? - a nod towards his first love!  ;)
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: CusworthRovers on April 04, 2011, 07:47:42 pm
I know someone who knew Weller as an apprentice brickie. An absolute beginner he was. He worked regular nights on the Stockwell Tube modernisation. Always down the tube station at midnight. The boy loved his tools though and had pet names for all of them. His favourite was his trowel called malice
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Wokingviking on April 04, 2011, 09:36:58 pm
:laugh: Hee hee, you win Cussie.
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Filo on April 04, 2011, 09:57:52 pm
Quote from: \"CusworthRovers\" post=148824
I know someone who knew Weller as an apprentice brickie. An absolute beginner he was. He worked regular nights on the Stockwell Tube modernisation. Always down the tube station at midnight. The boy loved his tools though and had pet names for all of them. His favourite was his trowel called malice



I bet he was chuffed when he got a start as a brickie, especially going underground to work, he always bought a newspaper on the way to work, on a Sunday it was the News of the World
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: RobTheRover on April 04, 2011, 11:52:21 pm
That's entertainment, kids.
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Wokingviking on April 05, 2011, 08:44:34 am
Yes it is Rob, When You're Young.
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: CusworthRovers on April 05, 2011, 09:44:09 am
Snap....I was just going to say that.

The brickying gave him a good start in life, but after a few years on the tools and earning plenty of pretty green, the changing man that he is, he quickly downed tools for a spell, and went a bit soft taking up a hobby as a butterfly collector, before finally marrying his English Rose (I think David Watts was his best man).


......I make that 7 by the way
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: RobTheRover on April 05, 2011, 10:11:59 am
I remember one story he told about a day on the building site, Jewsons had mixed up the sand and aggregates on the lorry and he couldnt make the gobbo to lay his bricks.  He said it was like pebbles on a beach.
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Wokingviking on April 05, 2011, 12:00:49 pm
He had trouble with the consistency of the gobbo that Long Hot Summer and it affected his Ever Changing Moods. Still, he always said it was The Best Thing That Ever Happened as he accepts that he was a bit immature in those days - he would often Speak Like a Child, particularly if he was in a Strange Town, but he now knows that This is The Modern World and he can't indulge in the Dreams of Children.

7=
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: Standanista on April 08, 2011, 02:45:10 am
Paul Weller came round our house just as I was getting ready for a night out at the Park Hotel in Mexborough with BST.  I would have answered the door but I was changing, man.
Title: Re: Rovers v City of Bristol
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on April 08, 2011, 08:36:39 am
While Stan was busy getting his gimp suit on, I had a round of golf with Weller. A bit up and down. He had a pin-accurate wedge but a wild, wild wood. Anyroad, we finally had the night out and Weller got his tops and fingers with a Mexbro lass. I thought her dad was a bank manager but he reckoned she was only a shopkeeper's daughter.

It's not widely known that Weller has a sideline as a football agent. He rang Lewis Guy a couple of years ago and said, \"Lad. Time for truth. You run about with the speed and organization of a headless chicken with a Taser up its ring. I wouldn't say you're the best thing in football, but you'd be good enough for Division 3. Come to MK Dons. They have very disciplined fitness training. No circuits of the pitch, just running on the spot. They're playing PSG in a friendly so if you sign today you'll be in the team for the Paris match. Keep going to the end of injury time lad and you might get a late winner two hours after kick-off. The fans won't recoginse you so they'll all be asking, \"Just who is the five o'clock hero?'\"

8.