Bristol Rovers' boss: Dreadful first-half display cost us

“Mark McGhee claims "they're a young group of players" as one of his excuses but nobody challenges him on this. Rovers fans seem to be in awe of him even though his record is much worse than Buckle's. They must be mesmerised by that deep Scottish voice and all be yearning for a father figure to keep them in their never never land.

Paterson 33
Kenneth 25
Clarkson 27
W Brown 24
Virgo 29
Richards 21
Lund 22
Anyinsah 28

Wake up Gasheads you are being fed sh*t”

“Having read all the reports below so far - well done Old Frank - it seems to me that Rovers need a leader on the pitch to pull them together. Is there such a person playing ?

In any case looking at all this criticism - well founded though it may be - after such defeats it must lessen the confidence the players have in themselves even though we know that they are not the best. But at least we should continue to attend and cheer them on.

The game against Sheffield U should be a milestone for this season. If Rovers can do a 'Yate' to that team then who knows what might happen...... ?!

Ancient Pirate”

“Look Higgs and his board are cheats ,thiefs and liers ask them where the money has gone from lambert,Hoskins,carayol and zeb plus others and they will put it down to running costs don't give these ass---- another penney and they will walk....”

“The first half yesterday was the worst I have seen since my Dad first took me to Eastville aged 6 in 1974. I took my eldest son along with my Dad and I have to say I was embarrassed. I have never left a football match before the end but after 33 minutes I can honestly say I wanted to go home, the defending was a joke.

However we did stay and whilst we saw a more focused, more committed display, but for all the possession we mustered 1 shot on target (Eaves goal).

I have thus far been behind Mcghee and I know we have had really bad luck with injuries affecting consistency but is this going to be another nothing season full of excuses?

Come on gas at least show passion and athleticism, there is no reason why any full time sportsman should not be fit and given that they all have the same opportunity to train why players at this level should not be as fit as their higher league colleagues.

Please Rovers give is something to shout about before Christmas along with a postive outcome re the Mem stadium planning permission.

UTG, in hope.........................”

“In reply to JoeFrankie's question "come clean about what"

Nearly everything Mr Higgs has told us hasn't turned out the way he said it would.

If you go back to the redevelopment of the Mem when the Opal company pulled out he said not to worry because there were lots of other companies who wanted to build student apartments on the site. He told us he was proud that we were now an established league 1 club the season before we were relegated. He told us Dave Penney was his type of manager before sacking him after two months. He said he thought we would bounce back up with an up and coming young manager before getting rid of Buckle after seven months. He said he had offered Stuart Campbell a coaching contract but Stuart said he hadn't. He told us he was shocked when he found out the club were paying such high wages and giving such long contracts then did exactly the same thing himself. He said the deal to bring in James Constable was dead in the water before going back twice more to try to get him. He said he held out an olive branch to Kevin Spencer but Mr Spencer says he didn't. But most of all he has whipped up Gasheads with wild optimism and talk of the championship in 3 1/2 years but when it becomes clear his predictions about "fantastic signings" and "moving up the table" are just wishful thinking and we languish at 88th in the league he hides away and won't face the music.

Now his ONLY redeeming feature is the UWE Stadium which he has told everyone will provide the club with financial security and a rosy future but what if he has got that wrong as well ?

And worse, what if he knows now he has got it wrong but doesn't know what to do about it and that is why he is so hostile to any questioning or criticism from fans ?

These are simply the thoughts of someone who likes to think for himself and assess the evidence available not just accept everything at face value.”

“One common factor this season and last is the same coaching and backroom staff. Do fans not find it strange that most of the current injuries to players are muscle related, could this not be down to poor or bad training ground methods and recovery programmes. Most of the current squad of players in my opinion do not look sharp physically or mentally compared to the opposition they are playing against.The standard of professional footabllers at this level is at an all time low for me, fifteeen years ago these current players would have struggled to play semi-professional.”

“We are doing a lot worse than last year but only Dick thinks Mr McGhee ought to be sacked when last year loads of fans were against Mr Buckle. I mean we beat Wimbledon last year but we lost this year and we've won less games this year and are lower in the league as well. Is it just that people look up to Mr McGhee and believe whatever he says but they looked down on Mr Buckle because he was shorter ?”

“Yes but we won the second half one nil.WHAT A MEATHEAD .....”

“Come clean about what, Frank?”

“I'm here Steve, I'm here :)

If you read my comments after Saturdays game you'll see I wasn't far off the mark. Against a team with a tight defence Rovers lack of creativity will be found out and they were last night. A fan who was there told me it could have been a lot worse than 3-1 and McGhee trying to kid us "we won the second half 1-0" is highly misleading and insulting to the supporters who trust his words.

This will all end in tears unless you Steve and other decent honest fans like Arbie, Drayton and Fullofgas demand that Higgs comes clean with us.”