Just a surprise in his career that was his 2nd one yes and a hall showman a school go Oh sure yes but no one ever told me that he's going to if you when you're told you go to college you know. Where the winner should I when I guess for me really where the winners chart Moncrief always a pleasure. Johnny Adani next week isn't the keep most I will be the only 2 on the line were you thinking polka exactly the same as Keith. Just brilliant I mean you know we're kind of in a bit of a dream on the layman you know I think it's a champion but I don't beat him and then I'll be in that haven of a clean sheet I mean those 3 in the box that 3 of them are outstanding you know it may not be the midfield that much so that brilliant and then the 2 strike from today you know you go to you know strike as compared to not to on August 2nd they run the convicts around the time. They run the channels really really well just and you know from from the battling to the forward line outs from then yeah I mean not back 3 it really gives you a real strong foundation doesn't it really does yeah they look they don't the business defensively you know hundreds that they look professional they look they do well in that position you know I mean to think when we take for the back it was you know as if it was a different story we're getting too much but the 33 years to to win back we can get forward we can go back and we can just keep going how we got it and know all they've got this cult spot in this team now see how far we can go because today was just another another question from the from the ball. So we'll keep looking at that way I think with the whole full on the live league table here last time I checked early and we would expect the 1st 3 visits before the league on the manager who apparently had no attack in topical mastermind while he showed that in the past they take on how. We are to be out on the beat so that's when I wake up because this is really positive it is so close. Ok Paul always a pleasure thanks for calling us yeah take. Me a tweet 4th feels so good at the gas is the short sharp tweet from Simon on this Saturday afternoon listening to Bloomfield Road all over Blackpool rather than Lloyd after 9 minutes of injury time a Blackpool one rather than say with spin is this the 3rd win in a week in all competitions for the men as Michael Smith tinning in a low effort from 10 yards just 6 minutes into the 2nd half defend the club Well that's and then double their lead 3 minutes from the time he smashed in after another well would 3 take and Nathan telephones a win back to examine and tell a story with the consolation penalty in 8 minutes of added time right at the end Blackpool there will be ruing a handful of missed chances they slipped to 7th of this one well that I'm up to attend the $800.00 singing Miller spawns will be heading home happy tonight is black one well put in the United States Rovers wall and m.k. Dons Neil Rovers 4th in the league wants table Yeovil Warner. Actually the Chiefs 42. 19 delighted to gas said joining us live such good right next to me here the broadcast forget phone calls these are there's lots of come out for the charts to like all the certain Adam Craig live on the show greatest challenge coming up I think that was good good good value today Adam Yeah very much so because a big test given what happened j.c.h. In the week to come for that today is fantastic and I really really solid performance and up to 4 from the table can't complain so yeah really good marks is a certain psychology about that when to me you know without j.c.h. Of rovers when people say oh my goodness we can't win without the big man but the. Without too much importance in it absolutely you know it's all up by what you're saying the psychology of it it was up to every player out there today to step up to the mark and prove that we're not one month team this is a unit that's all together we can create and score goals would. I mean man today and we did. Get a couple more as well things going to it differently Yeah I said l.a. To Keith I mean it reminded me a little bit like the Oxford performance where our possession a well organized not overly flamboyant going forward but a good base to control games yeah definitely I think we consume was for the last 20 minutes you could end up in the way that. And as well as chasing him you know we felt we were in complete control today we should have had 2 maybe 3 goals Jeff and really really good confidence booster to come for that again with a clean sheet and well a trip to Doncaster next week looking forward. Let's talk about today 1st there was a good chance Nichols had. Just pulled that one of the Fosdick you've got to hit that's all that they're all around Tom a really good game to yank But yeah watching it for a while but you're from the track across the go left hand side you've got to be finishing those but you know again put in a great shift and I'm pleased to see that wasn't the b. Issue in terms of winning the game and then we came away with a win so yeah fantastic enough information you've got no complaints from me that you know before I think the defense of the moment is playing top half sort of the top league basically League One it could be a chairmanship defense of the moment and that's all it so I think who just build a bit more with a bit more creativity maybe a 3rd affront to the pitch shame to see him 2nd again go off today Jeff but we need somebody like Victor now to come in to step up to chase the action and hopefully back the goals when you're chatting on your excellent podcast this week talking about well to be honest it will be mostly about the team's going to dance with Harris but I think we've had a lot a lot today that we can then talk about going forward I mean the front 2 is obviously something that's going to be rotated a little bit in the next 3 weeks I would imagine as Copland tries to sort of ascertain what his best front too is Johnson maybe he'll try to be a show at Doncaster he looked quite strong when he came on today I think 1st half we did lock someone who could sort of hold up. Well today and it was it was almost like Nichols and Smith Very playing the same role in the channels and we needed something a bit more robust and I think Victor our hope we will see a bit more of him he did well and on the big and I think the midfield it's got to be a transition that the ball up to the front man now it's got to be a lot more accurate almost I said at halftime it's almost like a laser pass to interfere into bodies not around them where there's big j.c.h. Can can deal with Adam it's got to be pretty cute up to the front man yeah I think you can see 1st half the coffin is going to be for straight down especially on the right hand side where we're playing a lot of balls into the back to go and we need to be hitting those into the channel which I think is a bit different obviously with having j.c.h. Now on the pitch so yeah exactly Jeff needs to be more more pace up front in terms of running in the channels and making sure to expose play to the strengths of our play because you know it's a big mess with j.c.h. Being out lots of Texan tweets coming into the show Justin says 1st of a bit slow but a good result in the end clean sheet a game a few chances Jason says about Yeovil and that was all full credit to Howard go to done their homework they Mark Murphy and lay out of the game Adam Smith costers a point today hopefully O'Brien or Nel sees back next week Shaun Gibbs says So absolutely he says symbolic display Collins sure other than easy for all radio station I don't think that's going to do us by mistake Tonya says good display from Rovers today m.k. Dons only one shot on. The 1st 10 minutes then dominated the game surprised never had a minute's silence for Taylor after his 546 appearances league appearances for the club I did say in our coverage it is planned for the future home game I think it's going to be done in. Collaboration with its family so don't be too agreed it will happen for the great servants of the football club Max all this news here big asset as is Adam. Craig your. Yeah yeah I just felt it was good that you could come and check here on the phone on the way back. Every home game almost Yeah I haven't been coming as much last season but I think for the past 1213 years before that basically every home game last season probably only went to about 60 percent home games are quite a few things on but you know certainly now this year on the Ovation back again and those long trips from East London are stacking up now especially with us before from the league everywhere tell the mileage Yeah don't drive your car you structure . Miles a year. On the train now but I think I was running at quite a few times of being probably spending too much time on the pitch probably wanting more for the football club all around I think to go get behind coffee and now you know how to have my winge moments Anita you know get him to come start support him home and away again because I think at the moment we're playing fantastically for a club in terms of our infrastructure and our budget to be full from the League of up to 12 games as is brilliant so almost no how do you how do you work it out there between entertainment and winning what kind of percentage you give to get that same it factor and the winning factor it's very difficult I mean the fans pay money to watch but will it be entertained but at the same time it's a results business I think a lot of people in the summer were maybe perhaps not completely on board with Koppen as a manager they weren't particularly with this style of play last year but this year I think you know the results speak for themselves and to be where we are in the league after 12 games like Adam says for is you know beyond anything I think anyone really expected and at the end of it is a results business and if we win every game like we did today I'll be I'll be a very happy man come May Thomas but says trouble free gas Funtastic today won't lie I was calling with G.C.'s had earlier on in the season he seems to be flying now or take my heart off the g.c. In the t. I think we're better today without Chasey 8 we should definitely be looking to cash in on him in January take 500-0028 1000000 pounds reinvest for. Promotion push up the gas chairs That's from Mike what you make of that when I was a city frankly I don't. Think that we often. Gets into my own travails in a 1000000 for j.c.h. Me school at the girls school there really was a principal of looking better without him or 2 things firstly the fee is ridiculous comment no offense to the person affected in there but in terms of. I think m.k. Dons the worst team in the season you know that it's a game we could be winning to a free will not take anything away from us you know great win but you know the end that could have been a bit sticky with j.c.h. The ball sticks to him and I don't think you can say that j.c.h. Company will come back into the team since he's fit I respect everyone's opinion what are your thoughts on what I just wrote. Yeah definitely without him it's Johnson is our best player by some distance there's no real argument a far as I'm concerned about look at his goals record I don't know the exact numbers but. It's more it's pretty much a goal every I scored $1000.00 legals this kind of the year you believe that's the most anyone scored so that was Peterborough another team where we are in the table you know they'd be asking to 3000000 in the transfer window you would think but we'll see I mean it's important to hold on to our best players hopefully we can keep Johnson to the end of the season and who knows where we're going to end up I think for me you know there's probably going to be a new contract on the table for him the most important thing in that new contract is is what the release clause is because I'm in a situation I hope well I won't decide if i hope it's not a situation again where we knew somebody 1.2000001.552000000 or should be going for 34000000 with the sort of stats he's got and as Max said you know if you're playing for Peterborough with someone out there McKenzie is the chairman he would be put up with that would be game for 5000000 for that player so that needs to happen with him yeah yeah no absolutely it will very shortly live with it how do we just waiting for the Rovers manager to a marriage what's changed I mean I was getting calls to know months ago people questioning. Graeme suitability to do the job all of a sudden rovers are flying 5 wins in a row 4th in the table what's the quantum leap then for you that much watching it it's hard to say I mean I think every player out there deserves credit I really like the shape the 3 at the back with the wing back seems to work for us and the midfield to. Go go just work really really well. The midfield or ahead of them be the only Clarke only I'm circum to really sort of push forward and with the wing backs pushing forward as well and supporting those 2 strikers it seems to be getting us a lot more chances and scoring more goals than maybe 442 diamond was earlier in the season so that seems to be the turning point but I think mainly the defense it's been it's been so solid I mean. Like Adam is saying I think it could genuinely be a championship quality defense and I'll be killed to come to the side like he hasn't been so solid is just phenomenal and the more they play together hopefully the better and stronger it gets exact I was going to mention about Google m.x. Fantastic you know local are coming for who hasn't looked out of place tool top half a league one now with him in the side and he's played no 4 it's great you know his off East in a way with his mate now it wasn't last season. But will be good you know even the keeper today the keepers come in school everything you know they front of him crosses long sure you know it's been fantastic so I think the biggest thing for me is that the team spirit is there and maybe and I was curious Jeff and I looked at it I wasn't overly enamored with g.c. Maybe my living with d.c. We went on a bit too long but I think he's managed to create now realise density in terms of the way he wants to play football with the sea formation and they seem like they will get all of the picture looks like a fantastic opportunity to do so in potential this year I paid a 70 it's trouble free Hi Jeff great 3 points for the gas today particularly pleased that we have learned how to play games out just a one goal margin encourage me to drive 280 miles from the for the Portsmouth much that's Pete. Trouble 3. It's Navy they're watching of one their leaders in the other. Yeah every home game I mean the Oxford game was resoundingly victory it was a good victory but it is it never quite composed Ok with it oh I was nervous the last 20 that I just had all the hallmarks of just like all the last 5 minutes just because we've been so dominant and we should score 2 or 3 I think it just text and then said around seeing games out the best thing I saw here was keeping the ball down for 2 and a half minutes of the end so many times and it's irrespective of managers in the times I've been watching Rovers we've been guilty of not doing a nasty side the game and the little professional things by keeping the ball and it's nice to see as to affect the number of a few teams come down here we get the call and we just protect it you know we see so many teams do you do that to us and frustrate us so brilliant that Marx's nodding in agreement Yeah massively I think a lot of people looking back to maybe that game and the Akron team game where we were leading with 5 minutes to go in both of those and threw away against sides which we were comfortably battle over the 90 minutes and I think the last 2 games the other a game and this game won no leads from about halfway through the game. People were just maybe starting to see maybe start to die that we could see out like we didn't get in those 2 games but you know the boys have been great like Adam said we've showing the side of it taking the ball to the corner we maybe learn from our lessons both the team on Kaufman and we look like a team that can see at these wins now so hopefully we can see more of that going forwards results assassin Rovers one nil winners here at the Memorial Stadium goal from Tom Davis on 49 minutes m.k. Dons nail Rovers won no winners up to 4th in the league wants table let's go live to the other side of the stadium and an east west and how to win Graeme Copland. Thank you Jeff Well the crane got a big smile on your face and I think quite rightly so you can guess a good performance from your team today and it was it was a characteristic performance I would say were our best. And as I said City many a time in the past when you stop striving for perfection does it exist but there are it's let me tell you experienced it tell me it's very very difficult to get yourself back into or where into the run of things when you come off a 2 week layoff somewhere credit to the boys they guarantee growing it out in the end it was a pretty makeshift team near the end to be honest we had a few where fallen soldiers fallen comrades in there in particular but crumples kick in and it's really difficult when you have that kind of layoff that kind of break I was worried about the break I was concerned with the. Whether we'd lose that momentum the conflict sports where it was it was I thought was a fully deserved victory so I need to give the lads a lot of credit and there are a lot of parts in the bucket and I thought just for one way I'll give it to them they get much more off me but they said Stan that stay have set standards of set standards all season them I just want them to continue not stammers and I want to realize make them the reload stop that as an opportunity and they have their they have a little chance to maybe make this season a fair a better season than it was last year because nice play from the m.k. Dons they passed and beautifully but you kept an arm's length all the way through and it was you that was creating the chances Yeah I was have a little dig at the half time I've gotten really half time because I was disappointed with just disappointed with our energy levels as disappointed were a quality on the ball but we still care of their career for opportunities I thought we should've went in or we would have fully deserved to go in front and we didn't quite get our goal. I do think we would a better team I don't think we create the most chances and I do think we should have one way a bigger margin by uncomplaining I'm happy with one they'll clean she going to get back and. By playing after a 2 week 2 week break so it's pleasing It's plays and yes it is pleasing but we won't rest them a little swill keep calm keep pushing on saying the commentary the Thomas only scored one goal in his career before today and he had that chance and looked like it was going to be his day and all of a sudden 30 seconds later what a finish yet a great chance I don't know what it was doing to be fair I thought somebody needed to tell him that we were shooting in the guard trying to keep it low but yeah a listen Tom Davis has been different class and they knew exactly what I was getting when when I was chasing him when I was after him in the summer I know exactly what was going on he's been brilliant from last season on some hero in there and he's lived up to his billing but my challenge to Tom would be gone get more goals to shape yet the brave there the brave the lion asked if you had it on Martin common in the box because he doesn't know about or an air box to go around and there were that would be my challenge to him because there isn't if he has been one of our best players to season to be quite honest there's no reason why that can't happen if he needs to happen with it all to John Snow for a little bit of time that burn is going to be shared Well look you can't rely on strikers just to score goals he has to rely on midfielders you have to learn the founders and I'm out after myself career goals have to be shared amongst a team. If there if the opportunity presents itself don't take it don't be Just don't be told an opportunity because many terms of we've seen in the past where you've had to treat for chance you've had that momentum you've had that swing in the game and you've not taken a chance of the opposition going down you're on the score it's common in the game so I was concerned I was a little concerned we had most of the play with most of the chances. We had scored so that's a natural wood yard is just to touch my knees funny sure some of his jersey in there and there in the direction of the realist it's just all to keep my liver there there's a need washing so that I was a pleasing pride as well self so credit must cultivate defensive fair offensive side of our play as well so we differ. Ending Well I'm more creative and I will winning score goals we've got conference we've got momentum. Let me tell you next couple of weeks next couple of monsters to some good good challenges really really good challenges whet the appetite to wear gets talking to you know you got to blow games coming up which is what we're all here for which is the games and the opponents we want to take part we want to go head to head with them and we're looking forward where we're looking forward to again like I say I said after Roger game we just wanted another game tomorrow the next day we want to move the game quickly on the on the back of their on the back of their starts to take perform meant in the conference were actually carrying at this moment of the battle today if you're midfield had to come off anything serious than. Well. Vasco as the source there's a source working at this football club so at the source maybe had to tell you more about injuries than me self because there he gave a glowing report whoever he may be give a glowing report in there one of the local lair media outlets did a deal today which was absolutely terrible thing to do and why it was published I will never know because they change the game plan today they change the tactics and they also change the team today gone into the game so where it was a terrible thing to do to be quite honest on this football club and under stress and so whoever's picked the phone up which I'm very confident I know who it was pick the phone up the local source the local media is there as no place of this at this football club to be quite honest but nothing to untoward with with that or only Him No no I think if I just just cram for. Me in 6 weeks now and I'll listen I again look at what I get told and this is this is what 1015 minutes after game so I get our as it's cramps or Torchwood it's just crap I'm there and we can we can get them back on the grass on the ground congratulations thank you time brilliant thank you Howard. And how do. You see radio Bristol b.b.c. Somerset where Graham Coxon marks all this out I'm Craig to gas had stood alongside me on the kind of just on the halfway line of all the technical areas in the city and reached down there is a book of you believe you me great view of almost everything and almost the whole of Bristol I know he sent me joking about it but he's obviously miffed about someone leaking important information to the media he says he knows that's going to want to fall over the next week or so. Yes it matters who is who the source is that someone above him is some of the side it's him and below him so that I think he's obviously really hacked off I get the impression he wants to get to the very bottom of it I think he knows but probably reasons why you can't go around saying that sources you probably have a conversation behind closed door say that doesn't happen again when a manager of this football club and I do the say. It's really poor because we all know it's now 5 or 6 weeks j.c.h. As well which you know if it was a nickel we could've got for it today Doncaster next week a game you really want j.c.h. . Teams now know they've got a whole week to work on that but he's got to be back for a considerable period of time so it was me not him knocking down doors and saying you know you know why in the interest of you if you're a football fan if you're a supporter of this football club why would you do that I just don't understand it there's a lot of things you see online Twitter and stuff that you know are conducive to the success of the football club so yeah I would be happy if I was him I'm not happy as a fan ever. It's got an endearing infectious almost the about and I think Kaufman Marx massively is very sort of dying to work the managers manager in that way because Dar was always very sort of giants who were as a manager and I think that sort of something that will help the fans warm to him maybe they weren't it overly an homage with him last season in his style of play but as they get to know Him week on week I think people all start to warm to him and appreciate his honesty in what he says and what's Of course me most about his interview I was listening listening just a 2nd ago was his enthusiasm is so infectious I mean the way he talks about the pictures we've got coming up which to me are quite tough pictures he doesn't call them topics as he calls them good challenges. And games that they're hungry for and not so good to hear and hopefully that's the sort of same attitude the rest of the team have going into these games this is a great vantage point where you guys watch the game what do you marks I go behind the goal in the end of touches terrace just slightly to the left usually Ok proper gas territory that one where you are I'm always with my dad down these terrorists to Stowe you are down below where you can appreciate it is a great view isn't it I like it behind the grave you appear by like it down on the behind the oh yeah I got so you can have a bit of banter with the system and just accept Yeah I understand what you're saying you're not the model you. Know one thing I'll say sitting here even easier for me to say I was watching Graham and the number of time use actually encouraging Paul's right side half way inside Rovers own half go into was a clubhouse terrace towards towards you Max a number of times it was actually stood and he was pointing at least the left wing back to get touchline why don't I mean there are the only reason why highlighting is because a lot of people have this kind of understanding thought that he said negative kind of coach but he's actually trying to deliver exciting attacking football by get the player wide and they can play a transition switch that way you know let's be honest we didn't really see huge about crossing with d.c. And I think the big difference here is that we're not just kicking along we're putting meaningful balls into the box in could diagnose the right. Time so he again came of a bad reputation from the Walsall fans but he's been I think really solid I think he you know looks very good in this you know 532352 formation whatever you want to call it he looks very solid there so I think we've got you know we got a new way of playing that we possibly didn't really see last season this may or may not wear lots Darren sweet to 73 said Jeff Great win today give us a way inbox 50 not the cache we waste a lot of money on the response without anyone responding at all waving at you can't I wouldn't know which box. Yeah well it was 2 minutes ago minutes ago a row was the real deal are they here for the season. It's hard to say I mean oh my god it was just pulling faces up you know go for it. It's hard to say I mean the winds are sort of marginal at the minute one nil to one's other way even look at the odds the way they would go look so we go sorry. That's live radio box 15 as you well lots Ok sorry much it's hard to know I mean we've played most of the wins we've had been at home we've got a couple of away wins and they've all been marginal one goal leads now we've not got Johnson it's going to be hard to know if we can maintain this position for over the next 4 or 5 weeks going into the Christmas period but I think we've shown whereby we show that you are saying out of personality as a team and our style of play is now starting to develop in our identity is there so yeah I mean I'd like seen I don't know if we're going to be as lofty as we are right now but I think will definitely be a top half side when she pushes towards the player you are but it's time to think I've been feeling that one so much for you think another. I think that the big thing for me and we probably get beat for full games around us and. Say you think I don't get it I don't think thing for me I didn't think we'd get playoffs this season but I think the league for some reason even though it's been a lot of transfers isn't that strong this year so a lot of the teams I seen maybe it's the way we're playing in credit to us but there was teams that frightened me last season I'll go because no way to blah blah blah and you're getting very nervous about the sort of games and I look at it now we played you know we played when we played. Blackpool the way you play commentry away you got some half decent half hard half hard games out of the way you know it don't cost next week. We'll see we'll see it I think I'd be delighted for I think realistically top it's a great finish for us this year Ok you wouldn't a thought it would be 2nd would you know I personally feel that for the way Jeff I think it should win the league Peterborough with 26 goals scored between 24 goals between 3 players already the season is ridiculous I think they'll be up there although I have concerns about Ferguson so. Got it head last night for what I don't think they'll finish in the top 6 so there are some teams here Sunderland possibly can to come back you know Portsmouth right down there and something to be afraid of I think you know really good position and for me top 8 would be brilliant if we go in the playoffs it be fantastic I mean all I want to see is one season with my dad in the Championship with Bristol City knowing our luck will go up this year and they'll go up as well so yeah yeah yeah well you never know in this beautiful game you've got to think improve assuming the well will appoint a manager naturally will be a bounce for. You and I think they're not definite playoffs but you know just have to look on Twitter and watch Netflix documentary those those those fans they haven't really realize they're in League One still you know they need to understand that they're in League One for a reason and once they get over that kind of how we were in the 1st couple weeks of the conference of you know relatively bigger club and in a smaller league you know maybe they'll start to pick up because at the moment the atmosphere can be quite. 2nd the same way that any check it's finding now. Oh yeah yeah on a scale of naught to 10 how our peers marks all this and with the way things are going to be saying well you know I would say I haven't really many complaints of any you know we're both in the league. You said earlier Jeff maybe the entertainment isn't as strong as it could be in the style of play but the results are all really care about the end of the day so I also mean they speak for themselves so you have not time for me 9 out of 10 that's good Hi How are you on the scale of not to send out I'm always probably 62 weeks ago now mate so I think I've been guilty of sin last year of being a bit. Negative around some stuff which is g.c. But look. Great it's great I figure in a great position and people talk about it saying football we don't want to press the rovers friends. Because cinema was a joke you know we're here because we have a silly reason we can't get away from this football club irrespective of being in Bristol. And you can travel home and away for it because we love it so. Winning football breeds breeds fans coming back in a breeze the road. Happiness you know we're going away now after is going to be a brilliant Saturday night if we have conceded in last 5 minutes or an awful time staying in Bristol tonight North will stay abreast last night if we can see that so . It's happy that we're we've won because it means that we can probably enjoy enjoy It's not that much and that lesson really enjoyed it. And keep enjoying the football. Always good to chat with you guys Rovers fans live on b.b.c. Radio Bristol and b.b.c. Somerset's time now is 533. Days now it's your chance to talk about your team. Isn't in my going is going to go to the cross to kick Piers it's a 211 how can bridge to work is wealthy by Bates and he's going to finish in the corner was a superbly executed Crossfield pick or is taken shortly need time to take a touch with it into the danger that's a lovely cushy. Good I 20 seconds later but it's a long story a Spanish Wilkinson's around the fact Luke Wilkinson Jimmy Smits beautiful watch a clock that is who thought that bunch has to break. Free. 8591 b.b.c. Radio Bristol and b.b.c. 7. Says solid and resilient performance all over the park today with some excellent play at times deserve it when I go out standing 2 happy gas said heading back to Pompey that's when Les and Jamie Pompey cast an proud that's like great aisle where j.c.h. Said he signed boots to Jamie because excellence excellence at school or a peach in long port via a want trouble through a we lost the game from a silly mistake I went to the game Tuesday night we played the ball out from the back that night and nearly fell fall to it that night as well Howell gate look at decent we haven't moved in the table hopefully just a blip on which it was from Rob peach in long port s.t.v. Phil says even Jeff used to say I predicted on having a gas rovers will be top 6 at the end of the September near enough were coming along nicely cheers us from Stephen East and Stuart who has company gas says all good today 2 strikers up front much too light weight needed the change 10 minutes earlier but the defense is shukra. Let's go to Sandy Park Bristol conceded 6 tries scored 3 of the last 40 to 19 against actually the chiefs in their final pool guy in the premiership cup Let's hear from director. He's with Alfie Reynolds . The defeat of the margin as it has been throughout this competition still plenty things to work on yeah now we're really pleased I mean physically no injuries with these 4 games would work well as a squad obviously put. Not only 7 young boys out there and the road into the fireworks here and but also some of the boys have just. As well. You know we knew we knew what was coming and really when we play down here you have to be disciplined you have to not give away too many balls and we're right and they're better physically but we will lose and we will lose and. We had 70 think they had 70 percent position which is what we didn't really want to have to follow as any surprises now and I suppose exactly what we expected so let's go from there nothing after 20 minutes was a real thing long battle and we made another mistake a penalty and. Even the you know exit is. Only more we managed to contain that and do that really well but they pick and goes as it's one of their weapons. And while I was disappointed in them scoring from the move in surely they had to work room hard to get them. Which is a credit to the effort of the guys and put in the bodies on the line so all in all I'm really pleased and how do you assess this 4 week block as a whole it was always going to be essentially used as a preseason and you please with in terms of what you wanted to achieve Yeah I mean this is only the games just part of the rest of what we do join the wake as we build. The best part about it we've got a clean sheet of injuries we've got the boys arriving on Monday. The World Cup We have Sally Planas last Test match which is a massive moment for him and his family leading tongue he'll be back later in the wake you know we have His another group of guys back back home we had a big week during the week so now Priss is officially over you know and we go we start a week where we kick off the Premiership as well and that's looking like it's record crowd and I think it's going to be one seat available anywhere. In the stadium which is huge you know. We're excited you know looking forward to Friday night you mentioned the players at the World Cup What's the protocol with. That song and guys in terms of when they can come back when they're back with you with a straight back in potentially for selection straight back into scores like you know I think you know the. Way we look at the World Cup boys haven't done anything different from. The boys that have been here they like they had the 5 week break at the end of the season there was ticked off and then they went down and they had their training camp and we're trying and what we're playing prim Cup games their plans of World Cup games and so there's no it's not a lot of an extra burden if anything talking to the role did kinda get back but you know like anything they just become depends when they get back which is the medically and then they go into that the mix with it will be up for selection on the starting or bench but I think the thing we most pleased about is a whole group of pretty much everyone's available for selection it's a good position to be in couple of guys I wanted to just ask you about 1st he came on and really bright Yeah he's been coming in trucking really well you know we've got 2 good young hookers and now Cademy and will come a point to George close. Multan and Tom Lindsay but you know we were long terms on these boys we saw them real future and you know 2 young English club. Which is great and these boys are 19 and 20 years old you know the show and they could go to bed. Challenge then what they face today you know there's no tougher challenge for Ford to come down here and you know we're it sets a pace for you know the physical taught stuff. They came out of it you know they can add that to the development and just finally Friday night bath I'm kicking off the Premiership season this week going to be fun in yeah it's everyone's buzz and everyone wants to play and that's the difficulty we have who's who's going to be that starting group who's going to be the $23.00 that's what you want so I'm happy. With Alfie Friday March live from Austin gay joining me from 6 o'clock on b.b.c. Radio Bristol for the 2 hour build up to the gable an hour and 3 quarters from 7 on b.b.c. Somerset Brimelow says set well with the wind supergame management at the gas charmless says good performance today Jeff solid at the back to happy gas heads going back down the m 4 to reading that's reading gas Thomas Cottle is the man who sent me this tweet Kelly Oxley says there was one play I thought put in less than 100 percent not pretty football but solid that's what gets results quietly confident of the gas this season is the tweet Roger says not just awesome 3 points Vonn shot stopper very good back line immense hopes and phenomenal again injuries are not helpful kick on well Dungy say and Phil Allen says Just guessing but I reckon most said I would say that 8 or 9 out of 10 happy with the football side of the club ask about the off the field side of things it could be a significantly lower score that from fail is in Spain a set without tweet let's go to here wish park Yeovil the last 2 wanted home to her again this afternoon and manage it Donald Darren Sol is with Chris spittles down at this point often in points what's your assessment of. Where those chances to win the game. With the early one we've me if we had only one we've Courtney 2nd African chance keeps of the line you know early just after all the time. That we had you know moments where we have of late we've We finished those they've been in chances are we finished. Before we can take them today and I'm like you know we've really kind of they say we don't take their chances but. Given me given to culturally. I mean doesn't matter are you playing well bad in different counties cheap goes away and we've given to really really. Haven't been part of our kind of day and eye for the for since on the Sagem in the 1st one that's travelled a long way and crept in out of top post what disappoints you must by the 1st go well the 1st thing that disappoints you about that you don't deal with the 1st part of that supply pattern and you clear it will enough height with enough power and you can clear in a move just a bit slower to get out when we. Get pressure on the ball but. They force your skull to night when they go and no one really lines up from there and it's temps to bend it into the bottom corner so illogical luck even in that no problem open a no grief bearing on that but that they stay there they're to go to infuriate you the most because they've not really broken his down they've not really played better than us. And a nice another side of coming in just to spoil this free 1200 fans so afternoon because I don't really want to join in with you engage in a public game of football. In a 2nd when we spoke earlier this season you said you want your players take responsibility you want to play out from the back and it times in my question. Was what would be to difference if we kicked out the other and they sent her off I did it all the way back over our defense and they showed to same thing and we've got more them on why I mean you know listen I've been involved in for a long time and one of the biggest gripes suppose I have is not having a plan b. Plan b. Crap every club I'm at. More than one option of playing out from a plan out from a goalkeeper and we've got the players to do it and the knowledge of he made a mistake today and he said he's more than big enough different in the. Strong enough mentally to know that's the case. And and we move on but on this and I'm in football to watch the ball get smashed in one end to the other because what happens is that you start losing a few days in the frenzy. And then know what your policies are you damned if you do sometimes damned if you don't but we made a mistake today and again with we you know we've gifted him we've gifted him to go and I think that can happen at home when you play me and change and and it's not really been a Tamia probably Brumley been the best team in terms of coming in even wanting to actually have a game against us I don't think there were any one who should come in and just basically said we're going to attack as much as we can to defend. And try to Republican forward be able to go away from home we attack and we want to have a really good game. But I can of the mentality of everyone so I think when you planning and socialising normally the. Afternoon just when you give away the shirt he goes because your focus really is Acme by these down alchemy get the 1st go and really in the ascendancy you know that the 2 goals will from today and listen if even if we caught one of them out we come we have a point we will mount and growing but but 10 o'clock and down the pub you might she Connel on the worst point in the world to square up for us a couple missing today called Dickinson and James tell us Titus Yeah Carla. Movies hamstring 2nd often choose the night with my last sub so we had to stay on and he felt that so he had a scan on that we don't know the results yet. Based on the scan and came off a concussion so we followed the approach code it was obviously taken out that hands and it's in the best interest for the for the well being of the lad but of course we missed him today I mean after you know after the biggest downfall generic quality of El Paso you know that's harsh to perceive and turn you know we're we're getting fried some people turning on the ball to retain a momentum in their questioning our passing and manage time say we passed in and turned and why all turned into them and didn't have an awareness will so frustrating but I still think we have you know when I watch the game back I'm sure with with at the much chances and definitely the most clear cut oneself to play badly still have the much clear cut chances have a little bit of Harrar at the end you know we'll have we'll have I'm sure they'd be most of the. It certainly has been a can just finally bring up to a new goalkeepers Adam Smith is he going to be cleared to play in the f.a. Cup and if not how are the other but I don't want you know right now you know. So I'm I don't really worry about the next game until he kind of a promise a Monday morning I'll worry about that it's been for training now for 3 days 4 days . So we have you know we so we don't get too far ahead but we know we're not amateur and you know we do know that in the event of that scenario I mean sure it would be fair so it would if there were bumps in the road from now on to the game so wherever I'm going to. Play more Brian and I have an operation and will be a substantial amount of time I'm afraid which is which is a real showing for the Board thank you time these days Geoff Thompson b.b.c. Radio Bristol and. The Yeovil Fund says it shows how to fish nationally can be poor schoolboy error by goalie Adam Smith and Luke Wilkinson cost us today but to be honest most of the team went under par compared with the recent games that's from Bruce whose Yeovil farm Carlos says another professional performance special mention 2 or 3 center backs always blue is the mention from Carlo Jacobs says bigger tests ahead for sure welcome 3 points today Clermont gas says ground our result today another 3 points we are to light up top with Charmin tireless are hoping Victor steps up now well Dungy say and Ryan says everyone was incredible today Jeff Alfie Kilgore my man of the match the Gasa going up is the mention from Ryan 13 minutes to 6. a $600.00 pound scone down there some sense people some stories Somerset's radio station South Beach in Miami where you do also possibly talk me into the biggest bank will be only about one way to let you live near. One of the Somerset. Rovers for 4 no winners against m.k. Dons head and such great Texan James Harry and shower in their chair the gas at g.c. Is where it wanders this season results are what matters for his incredible work Tony Craig the best player out there this season we need j.c.h. Though that's him James Harry and Sharon let's go to the world spring stadium Weston super Mare 6 Dorchester near Look I've got this image of Scott Laird stood on the phone with a much ball on the result is that right Scott you're very good at that yeah very good indeed I've got a broken. Double Congrats Paula a great way to treat for you what I want to grow. Afternoon Yeah was a great way to respond after all of this put on today and yes it's always nice course it goes keep it clean and give the science I mean to go home happy about special not these days well yeah brilliant brilliant before you career how many chicks have your new career when I was about 14 I think the last. Couple graces. But no. My 1st professional hat trick if you can call that brilliant congrats where did that perfect capturing right for less forehead What was it no the last one. Put in the people saw it they got big areas and then the next one with the hope hope hope and then I have all these made to the box brilliant mission Bravo you get a big win it's an important you say bouncing back for an f.a. Cup disappointment after a really good way to get back out isn't it. Yeah definitely Dorchester is good so I'd say they've they've caused a few upsets already this this season and they're good people inside but we didn't give a minute's peace we every time we lost it we wanted we take a really good football opened up some really good opportunities and I probably couldn't score Seymour but it was always great to have a statement out. And show the league that you know what. I'm reading because yeah keep that message loud and clear how do you find it I mean you played right took the param it I'm guessing it's championship or high as you played Yeah that's right the team of Yeah yeah I mean that's one way of the pyramid of me how do you how do you find it past the playing field in the prem. You know the biggest thing I've found is that onus on this is a days on this level they they work hard they run around infinite I make a little just a lot even though they're still down you know they were. Taken to it. And that's the biggest thing I said is level they're honest the days long and that's always a great trait to have a difficult player. Is that you work around for 90 minutes so that's sort of the biggest thing you know is a very good level he won't know compas out. Pro football because he got a good job and I mean that money for money on the side so it's a very very good level yeah yeah I would figure the scores I had I would have got one and Joe runs almost almost got as many as you but not quite he got 2 No No We've only got 2 and how he would go got what I want to call getaway right Ok that's a great great moment to get some goals is the big crane a chance for him recently and today we take a strength you got a little try to go into Hines and he's always a threat and yes. Joe Rondo is exceptional since companies. Who are young can he works if socks off he was behind off so you lose it you look up and your team. You know we've got some good youngsters on loan and I hope they can stay with us. Yeah keep it go and look at each other you're great well done today got well done today pal the greatest of all got lead by now take care how trick for Weston 6 nil winners against Dorchester Oh and how we got to chill Randall that got a goal as well the would spring stadium in rugby today Barry said adman 17 things 10 old Reds 15 Clifton 30 warm Taunton 38 old Albanian 36 a misstep a penalty last kick of the game literally old Albanian that would have won the game but missed no cigars from this in those Taunton 38 old Albanian affairs he 6 elsewhere in non-league football today past 31 mates and one did Cottontail law call to Froome 2 bit of food warm up Paul to nail a will and 3 showing to Bristol Manor Farm worn Taunton to Hayes and getting one Yeah each won the Met Police now in that 6 nil win for Weston super Mare at home to Dorchester back to events here more your state in a moment we'll hear from goal scorer Tom Davis his 1st ever Rovers goal difference in the scoreline the one nil win against m.k. Dons he's chatting with it hard when 1st though that golden moment corner is taken shortly he time to take a touch wood into the danger that's a lovely cushion. But could. He be denied 20 seconds later but it's a Laureus finish or now I am going cross and he's pushing it neatly on the inside of his left or right inside the far corner. Used to this is winning run is quite having Yeah it's nice you know you want to go before the minute and we know that going back off the break. And I must admit I think we're a little bit rusty 1st off it was a bit a bit game in those few words at our time but it was by the it was nice to go early in the 2nd outsourced. All the nerves and love and war riverman of the sudden extraordinary feel very troubled and he time and it's just nice to walk off with 3 points to get a goal as well because it's not been a part of your game that's been in regular school or is it now it's been a few years since like I got my last call so the manager pulled me in this week actually and said he wants me to start scoring and explain to me how out there and stuff. I don't think is expected mellophone volley almost isn't so. Yeah it's a nice feeling and obviously it's helped us win which is the main thing and so we just take the Internet that most of the 30 seconds or so because the chance to 400 it wasn't a bad header and looked like it's pretty close to going over the line yeah one of celebrate I think it was then and you know if he pulled off a good safe and. I knew my eyes were burning cars and what the manager said the week in the week so look at that I got a chance 30 seconds later managed to turn and as you mentioned left footed cushion volley inside the far corner even have less of the Johnson Yeah it's not really my game that I must admit so some other stuff but when John has been away and yeah for some reason it was made today so I was going to miss him for a while I'm going to be a huge mess for as long as we keep going and then everyone's on top and I think 4 years since you last one so what's going through your head when you see that one hit the back of that. It's been a while the other celebrate probably one off and turned $75.00 runs well enough to me so yeah it was nice to know let's come over which is a nice feeling and yeah we can all go to that we can help you know one of the things that I think what you said about feeling comfortable the number of games this season where you actually close much talus really well you barely gave us a sniff today yeah I feel like as a team we've got we've got large in it who want to defend and want to dig in which is massive when you're sometimes there's going to be times when any team going to come in and out of periods of pressure so it's nice that you've got people around you want to want to defend what you do and yeah that's why when winning and keeping clean sheets is most of those I look at the table in the dressing room we have Yeah I'm not going to lie for so it's one of the things that we want to be that the end of the season not not just 12 games and so we need to keep this momentum going into next Saturday and let's keep going and see where it takes us it must be a good place to be at the moment you know the winning run you've got a real togetherness Yeah there is it's good changing room at the moment you know it's confidence breeds confidence so everyone's on board and everyone's looking for the next game so yeah it's a great place to be if one's life and I was joking so yeah we need to keep going and then keep it away as and yeah who knows where it can take us more than 3000000000 just guys. Tom Davis with how doing well done there to Thomas interest I want to have a gas a few weeks back saying that when I sent each set each section the team. A goal target in terms of collective return from the defense midfield and the front man let's get the thoughts of our men who watch your man this afternoon 1st hear the memory over this one the winners against m.k. Dons watching this one at how to win Bristol Rovers a winning run continues courtesy of the fans sticks like his goal from center back Tom Davis and he is 2nd to ever in his career pushing a volley inside the far post at the start of the 2nd half to give them the need that came after 2 of the good Rovers chances the 1st half was fairly even once they scored Rovers never really looked in danger relinquishing the lead another game another win one merely as the m.k. Dons the oval went down to one at home to how rogue a torching this one crisp it'll last at home for just the 2nd time this season and it was a thorough professional performance from the visitors how goalless 1st of all the goals coming off the break on 71 minutes Brendan Cole are going through a forest of bodies to make it one way or Yeovil mistake for the 2nd they took a sure goal kick the calling slipped presented the ball to Mark Beck who set up maul doon to score from close range late excitement when Rhys Murphy followed in to make it to one but you will tell fell short of their high standards the softer noon coming out with one town to Yeovil 3rd in the National League in the premiership cup final pool game for Bristol final game in the competition beaten 42 points to 19 at Exeter Chiefs are manage Sunday park Alfie Reynolds full time here at sunny park next to chase 42 Bristol bears 19 a scoreline of parts wasn't too surprising given that the Chiefs had a stronger team on paper when the squads were announced they're still positives to take no for Bristol Of course all roads now lead to Ashton Gate for their Premiership season opener on Friday night against Barca to try scores for them with Jack Bates Tom Pincus and will Capon but eventually it was a high powered extra Chiefs team that got the victory here the full time. All extra 42 Bristol 19 Ronald's Sunday Park today Island 47.25 there through to the last 8 of the ruby Well Cup and in the channels premier 15 at Bristol bears will mean 10 wasps 18. Closing headlines live from the Memorial Stadium rovers are 4th in league maybe 10 k. Dons by a goal to nil Tom Davis on 49 minutes the difference between the 2 sides a manager Graeme Cochrane thought the better side won I thought was a fully deserved 50 so I need to give the lads there a lot of credit and there are a lot of parts in the bucket and I thought just for one might give it to them thank you and much more often I just want them to continue and I want to read those make them real and start they have an opportunity and they have and they have a little chance to maybe make this season a far better season than it was last year. Went down she wanted home to Harrogate scored the goal they remain 3rd in the National League for manager Darren Sol It was an afternoon of what might have been but we have moments where we have of late we've finished those they've been they've been chances that we finished but we can take them today and they say we don't take those chances but given we've given in to coach really and he doesn't matter are you playing well bad in different counties. Away and we've given to. Him and been part of our kind of d.n.a. For the. Since. I bristle Basque or 3 tries but lost 4219 at Exeter Chiefs Pincus and will Capon cross the line for Bristol the big kick off next week of course Friday dashed in gate against the for. The Premiership season without a mind. A pleased with a clean bill of health we're really pleased to mind this Lee No injuries Well you know these 4 games would work well as a squad obviously put not only 7 young academy boys out there and right into the fall works here and but also some of the boys have just have they can. Run for Bristol as well. I'm 47. And wasps 8 in the Charles premier 50 big thanks for your company this afternoon enjoy the rest of your Saturday enjoy the rest of your weekend. a man's usual stuff coming up including a very special album for the National album plus somebody else. Today not flotillas that be on the way in about an hour.