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Caesar
August 4, 2015, 8:00pm

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Admired him for donating to Operation Promotion but quit following him on twitter as he seemed to just be trolling.

If you want proof he likes winding up town fans a little look at the size of our write up, longest by a large margin.

As others have said though he has some justification for putting us there with playoff losers not excelling, we will just prove him wrong. I just wish fans would not rise to his bait, ignore him and just back the team as loudly as ever!
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August 4, 2015, 8:10pm
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Most of it is true.

Let's hope his predictions are hopelessly wrong.
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It’s an important stat that points to the psychology of a team that have played 49 games to just miss out, more so when their defeat came via a penalty shoot-out.


I'd say the psychology has never been better.
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August 4, 2015, 8:42pm

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I think he is right and all the bookies are wrong
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To be fair I think his argument has logic, with the historical poor performance of play-off final losers the following season. Also he refers to our past overly cautious approach at home against mediocre opposition, which I think has some weight.
However, I think he is wrong, we have held on to almost all our players (how many losing finalists do that), strengthened, at last seem to have strikers on form, have money in the pot for later in the season and hopefully a slightly more attacking approach that I think will be needed to claim the champions spot.
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August 4, 2015, 9:35pm
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I was more worried when I read a Cheltenham fan on another forum say we're "red hot favourites" than by Mr Alger's comments. Given who he works for, he's clearly trying to provoke a few more customers.
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His article is published on the Betway blog so it's safe to assume Mr Alger is, in some way, on their payroll.

Now whilst some of what he says is true, and considering he clearly has form for anti-Town vibes, he could also be slightly (& quietly) influenced to encourage some punters' money to places other than the Mariners.

Our odds have fallen with Betway - as with every bookie - which would suggest their liability on us has grown significantly and as such, they'll not be unhappy to take plenty of bets on some of our rivals. What better way than have a renowned non-league figure make noises in favour of several teams other than ourselves...

Any which way; whatever he predicts, we sleep easy. #thistownknows


"Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company."
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[quote=75]I This is our chance to win it and escape and I'm backing us to do it.

Agree I can hear Steve McQueen revving his bike already.
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Agree I can hear Steve McQueen revving his bike already.


I bloody hope not - he didn't get over the wire did he?  
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August 5, 2015, 12:51pm
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Hes a flipping wind up merchant, surely...

"The play-off winners under Darrell Clarke were arguably the best team in the division based on their displays after New Year"
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