P/I/P Match 12: Revs vs SJE, Sat 5/17/25 7:30p [R]

Between the recent success and the 'ghosts of Revs past' the crowd should be electric this weekend.

 

We never got an explanation nor any regrets about what transpired from the Bruce. And I'm sure he'll come in here all smug looking for his revenge. All the ex Revs players will be looking for something to prove as well so we definitely need to be on our toes.

 

Yeah, it's easier with a Johnny Damon or Jacoby Ellsubry situation where you just want to "BOO" them upon their return, but with Bruce it's more of a "We still love ya, just NOT today"

 

Agreed. And, I don't think Bruce will be boo'd.

 

Yeah, it's more booing management or whoever made the final decision to get rid of him and never give a reason.

 

From what I know, he left on his own and was not fired. But, who knows if that's the truth?

 

Well, technically true, but considering he was suspended for a month and the Revs kicked the can down the road and said it was a "league matter," I suspect they told him he could "resign" if he wanted to, but either way he was done. That was when Van Der Bergh and Shalrie also left (on their own)

We may never know what really happened, but he seems like a very competitive guy, and would be very unlikely to leave on his own, when his team had a realistic chance at winning a championship.

 

Agreed, this situation had all the signs of them giving him the opportunity to resign but let it be known that 'firing' was the next likely outcome.

 

I wonder how many of the former Revs will actually get some game action.

I think in last weeks' game both Romney and D.Jones played. I wonder if he gets Harkes or Buck some minutes this week as they'd be extra motivated against their former club (not that they would recognize many from the team, haha).

 

Great, well, if this is true then a big fat F.U. to the Rev's F.O. This set us back almost 3 years.

 

And DeJuan Jones had the assist.

 

Well, that's what the announcer said. It's possible that they didn't award him with it.

 

Until I hear otherwise, I'll remain convinced it was a failed power play/coup attempt by Richie Williams that basically backfired on everyone. If there was truly institutional rot because of Bruce, I doubt Van Der Bergh and Shalrie would have left in protest, and there would have been someone on staff or a current/former player who would have spoken out in the aftermath.

 

Buck has picked up an injury that I believe has ruled him out of playing on Saturday.

 

Harkes, Jones, and Romney are all 1st choice 11 for SJ. Kaye and Buck might see time off the bench. Lima and EEJ unlikely to feature

 

That seems to be the biggest factor holding back his career.

 

A couple of random thoughts about the game:

Pretty boring game, tough to get excited about anything that happened in the game.

The Revs were lucky that Pellegrino tried to hit that shot with his left foot. It would have been an easy pass to the back of the net if he used his right foot.

And finally, get off my lawn! As an old fart I'm getting really tired with all the current sports. The diving and flopping is out of control. I despise it even on my teams. Last night I was hollering at the TV to yellow card Ganago. He dove all over the field like it was an Olympic qualification.

 

In a year where I think the effing has generally been pretty good, just what the ******** was that? Absolutely wretched. The capper was the offside call on ganago's goal, which even the play by play team can believe wasn't overturned.

That's 2 points taken from us by PRO

 

The Revs struggled to maintain possession, and the Quakes couldn't hit the broadside a barn. Oh, and Ganago sure looked on side.