Torquay United Fans Forum

BritishGAS wrote:Richinns

Why is it delusional?

5 years ago when Swansea and Blackpool were playing in League 2 would you of said they were delusional if they said that they would be playing in the Premier League or have one game to go to get into it? Or Doncaster being a mid-table Championship club? Bristol Rovers have a bigger fan base and more potential than each of those clubs. All it needs is either a wealthy benefactor(Like our filthy south Bristol red friends) or a new state of the art stadium(Like Swansea, Cardiff, Hull, Wigan, Doncaster)

Its not delusion, it is ambition and the Rovers board are aiming for that to happen.

When the ground gets developed to a top class football stadium, I will be happy to come back in 5 years time and see where both clubs are.

I dont see how you can say it is delusional.

Maybe that is why Torquay will never be anything more than a 3rd/4th/BS club because chairman and fans think it is delusional to expect or want their club to progress.

British Gas you come across as genuine so it's very hard to believe you have fallen for the story your board have been telling you for the last four years about championship ambitions. The planning permission to develop the Memorial Stadium is due to expire this year and they have had three years to make a start but they haven't managed it. It's been in the Bristol Evening Post on a regular basis, excuse after excuse, they want some other mugs to pay for it but they can't find anyone stupid enough to do it.

The Memorial Stadium is a dump (I've been many times) consisting of wooden sheds, portakabins, tents and ugly wire fences. It's a disgrace they expect fans to put up with it year after year and no wonder they have to bribe players to join. Your fans are very loyal but it's still a mystery why they keep believing the rubbish they are fed. You do have potential but unless Paul Buckle is given cast iron guarantees in writing (with non performance compensation clauses)that a new stadium is part of the deal then he would be foolish to join a failing club like Rovers.

I've worked in Bristol for years and the problem with Rovers isn't money because their owners have spent plenty and up till now they have had quite good crowds. The whole club has just been left behind and everything about it reeks of failure. The facilities at the stadium are dirty and neglected, their public image is amateurish and they keep begging in the local paper for fans to please please support them which makes them sound like a charity. To anyone other than a diehard gashead they are a joke. If Paul wants to progress in the game he can do a lot better than go to the Gas.

This video shows how BIG a club Bristol Rovers are !


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