I have decided to withdraw from all forecasting for the rest of the season, as the continuing delight some long standing and inspiring member here are continuing to show how much they want,expect ,desire Bristol Rovers to loose each match, and the heavier the better.
There still are many, and so was I, anti Barton as manager of the club. I still doubt him as along term manager but I do feel that he has proven his worth this season and I want him to continue to prove me wrong.
Good performance today
Best wishes rejoin for next season. who ever is manager
Forgive me if I am wrong here but I think this is a snipe aimed at 1 person due to the lack of a plural in the word used "member" and I believe this 1 person is me due to the "long standing" tag mentioned. No Gashead has been a member here longer than me who has predicted Rovers to lose as much as I have. Also, "heavier the better" and I have predicted a fair few heavy defeats, more than anyone else. If I am right and this is aimed at me then fair enough, I respect your opinion but I am pretty pissed off about some of the wording in it to be honest. Again, if it is not aimed at me then I am sorry. But as I am pretty certain this is a snipe at me, I will defend myself here as I think the snipe is unwarranted and unjustified.
To clear up some of the wordings you've used.... The
"continuing delight" and "
continuing to show how much they want,expect ,desire Bristol Rovers to loose each match, and the heavier the better" bit. I do not take any "delight" whatsoever in predicting a Rovers defeat like I take no "delight" when Rovers actually do lose. I do not "want" or "desire" Rovers to lose any match. By any score margin. You also stated "
expect" Rovers to lose each match. I do not "expect" us to lose each match. I do though "expect" us to lose 'most'. On paper, we lose way more than we win. It is that simple. So it ain't rocket science to understand why I mainly predict a defeat.
The last 2 years, the high majority of games, Rovers cannot defend, cannot keep clean sheets and find it hard to score and even harder to win games. I personally bear all that in mind when predicting the result. I also go by the form of the opposition and I predict as late as possible after finding out the player availability on both sides. A lot of the time, we have had key players missing, which made an impact on my prediction. An inform team with key players available who has scored more and conceded less and are higher up the table than us then I would expect us to lose. After going through that, why would I predict a win or draw of I believe we will lose? I want to win the prediction league, which is the point of playing the game isn't it?
If you want to quit the prediction league, that is fine. I will remove you if that is what you want. No worries. I don't really want to though because you are quitting due to being upset thinking I am just predicting based on who the manager is, which is wrong.
I will leave you with this point to ponder. I don't "want" / "desire" Rovers to lose because of Barton. I "want" / "desire" Rovers to win in spite of Barton.
