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Good luck fitting BRISTOL on this pile of shite...

Gas Logic v Reality

People in glass houses Fleabag

punch horse ,invade pitch , attack players ,racial abuse ,get relegated ,sue Wycombe , blame it all on us for being in the away end , that's what you normally do .

I very much felt like i was watching city under the last few months under Cotts. Little errors costing points, no confidence going forward. The crowd felt like they had just given up. I am surprised how tolerant the bristol fans were because if city were playing that badly the crowd would have been more on there back!! We sat near the dugouts and what i couldn't get over is the amount of non playing staff involved. 2 water attendants, a medic and physio for each team who looked like they wanted to go on at every opportunity, a bloke with a towel and a bloke with the kicking disc plus 2 blokes to keep track of the multiple substitutions. No wonder it was stop start all the time. The only thing i would take is the timing system. Why cant the same system be used in football where the ref stops the clock and it is clear for everyone. Then once the time is up the next time the ball goes out of play, game over. What do people think?

In fairness to wally, it makes sense for him to promote his club in any way possible. As @RumRed said earlier, he does come across well and if he was the owner of an equally small club like Accrington or Barnet, I'd wish him all the luck in the world. But he's not, so **** him.

I don't like Rugby. I've been before and it's just not my cup of tea, however, let's not judge the experience on the match itself. How many Rugby fans would return if they'd used our game v Blackburn as a measure..? And we won! Forget the game itself. I ignored the performance and result when I went. I just didn't like the pretensions, middle class, non edgy feel of the whole contest. Football is a million times better in my opinion, probably for all the reasons that Rugby fans dislike it!

To be fair it has been improved since this photo was taken, they have put a canopy over the side door....

I suspect you are not alone in feeling this way. What I would say though, if things improve on the pitch in the next few years and you do have the opportunity to go for free, just give it another try. My introduction to football was during the Osman years - I could of easily not gone again back then.

Just some light Monday morning tin-pottery.

I went to the Bath game the week before (another free ticket courtesy of a friend) and felt quite confident off the back of that performance yesterday, even though we lost. But yesterday was shocking, embarrassing even. Sale were a pretty average team but played us off the park. We were second to every ball, every breakdown and just kicked aimlessly. There is no way in the world that I would pay the £30+ odd that it would cost to watch usually with the state of the team currently, just couldn't justify it but hopefully that changes. Real shame but it seems a complete overhaul is needed.

What is 'corporate' about the word Bristol?! We've got Bristol City emblazoned on seats in our Atyeo Stand and the city name on the Dolman seats.....you've got to let this 'corporate' rubbish go flea....our stadium is first class, you can't knock it whilst you continue to play in your pathetic tented village...

That maybe a symptom but it's not the real problem, despite having the biggest budget by a country mile in the championship Robinson's tactics failed miserably in 2 play off's and he nearly blew it last season. He is tactically inept and basically failed in every coaching role he has ever had. if he survives todays loss it will be a poor decision by the owner IMHO.

My mate (a rugby fan who cant afford the tickets) came with me and he couldn't understand why they didn't run it more - every time they kicked it straight down the throat of the sale lot and allowed them to come forward. they looked like a team with no belief and more than a little out of their depth. Sale effectively tore them a new arsehole at their liesure!

Looks a bit like a tool-box to me.... Hmm come to think about it........... IT IS isn't it!

fixed that for you

That isn't really supposed to happen!

Which ones the gnome?

Speaking of losing your identity, any more news on your south gloucestershire bowl? Is your foriegn owner coughing up the cash yet?

Went too. Sale are hardly world beaters but Bristol looked like a Championship team playing in the Prem. Down by Christmas I reckon. Robinson should have been bombed out two years ago.

They'd better start preparing for the Championship. They are SO far away from being competitive. It needs a player and management overhaul to stand a chance.

Went down today with my freebie ticket.I will never moan about a boring football match again as it was bloody shocking.The standard of rugby from Bristol was really poor and the atmosphere was crap as well.The only plus was that I could take my pint to my seat and drink it with no problems.All I can say to Steve Lansdown is save your money because in the championship next year the crowds will be cut by half.

Well don't come on here looking for advice. Last time we lost a league 1 game you were a non league side.

That`ll do it. Great work!

Well you did ask for the average... I would say for games with a fussy ref and easy access to video replays you can end up with around an extra 10 minutes.

It was shocking but I think most football fans will find it a hard watch. After the clock had run down at the end of the first half it took 3 attempts and 5 minutes to complete a scrum just to get the ball into touch and for the players to take a break. Sums up rugby for me and is the reason I'm not a regular.

Are they also selling half drank bottles of water?

It's really the wrong time to be looking for a new head coach/director of rugby. In my view the change should have been made in the summer but perhaps they hadn't anyone lined up and decided to stick with AR. A pity that they didn't go for Lancaster before he went to Leinster, he might have been a good fit and a realistic appointment.

Also original!

For the first time ever at Ashton Gate I felt completely detached from the action, I even moved into the Lansdown stand to see if it would help, it didn't. There was a decent crowd but in all honesty it was like no one was actually interested in the rugby, it was like watching a training session rather than an extremely important match. I used to go up to the memorial ground quite regularly and never once did i feel like I did today, today was my first rugby match at Ashton Gate and maybe that had something to do with it because it is so different to what I am used to? The most annoying thing was having to stand up every 30 seconds whilst someone got a beer. I did like the rugby pint glasses tho.

Bristol is to blame for a lot of their problems, so they wouldn't use Bristols name to promote their club! They once started a political party to oppose the city council in the local elections, because the council (Bristol) were not going to let them have a new ground at Mangotsfield, (South Gloucestershire). Couldn't make it up, could you? I can't wait until the new owner puts his personal stamp on the club and returns them to the past, by renaming them, "The Black Arabs". I can see it now sprayed on the walls of Lockleaze, The Black Arabshit squad.

I don't find it amusing at all but I do find it amusing when somebody has to post that they've seen it ten billion times before, now that is amusing.

I used my free ticket today and, have to say, it was over priced. Bristol only have two problems - can't score and can't defend. Apart from that everything is OK. Even though it was great having a relaxing pint whilst watching the match, it was an awful experience. It was like watching the rugby equivalent of one of SoD's teams on a really bad day. I felt sorry for the regular Bristol supporters as the team looks doomed.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha i reckon you could fit POO on it, or gas, the nickname we gave you.

Strings is class. Still the second best Irish scrum half at his age. I wish he was still in Munster. Agree that Bristol had no leaders, no direction from half backs, totally aimless kicking and they knocked on or took the wrong option almost every time in the Sale 22. As poor a performance as I've seen.

"if 3k city supporters were there then I didn't hear them once, even before kick off." I'm curious as to what this was supposed to mean then

Well, you've got a massive corporate "BRISTOL" emblazoned on the Dolman seats, so someone isn't too concerned about the identity of the football club.

I'm so sad that Bristol Rugby appear to be run like City were in the dark days before relegation in 2013. No apparent plan for player recruitment or Academy progression. Since gaining promotion, Bris have signed too many "journeymen" and past it players. They also have a problem in that there are so many injuries occurring all the time. i know that professional rugby is more demanding of the body than football, but that leads me to the thought that either the players are not fit enough for the task or are getting injured so regularly because they are too tense and not performing to the best in a relaxed way. Poor coaching?

Andy Robinson comes across a bit like odriscal to me.

He was bloody awful as well as the game.Even the rugby fans I was sat with said it was embarrasing.Andy Robinson should have been replaced along with his coaching staff last season and a new backroom appointed. They had the biggest squad and the most money of any club last season and still had to score 30 odd points to win a game.His demeanour and body language says it all.

Also regarding the atmosphere, I found the guy on the PA constantly trying to whip the crowd up cringeworthy.

I went today, and can only echo what's already been said. Despite all the supposed experience in the team, Bristol are tactically naive. Time for Andy Robinson to fall on his sword.

Interesting comments about today. It was a very bad advert. In terms of atmosphere, the move from terracing to seating has killed it stone dead, fans are too spread out now that the ground is fully open.

We aren't either, we lost 4 all season..

When I was accepted for a job at my last company in China, it came up in the interview that I was from Bristol and a football fan.. The guy mentioned that there was also a guy from Bristol in the office who supported a team but couldnt remember which one. Thus there was a nervous wait to see who he was... Fortunately he turned out to be a red. Could you imagine being stuck in an office thousands of kilometers from home with a saghead?

Cant be easy for them. Being a Gashead must be a little bit like having an older brother you've never liked. He's better looking, has a better job, more money and a gorgeous missus.... while you live in a bedsit drinking supermarket lager, toes sticking out of the holes in your socks. Such a shame.

Always thought that some of the comments about our blue friends were over the top as in fairness most of my blue few mates are a bit strange but alright really. However a recent experience in Spain would make me review that. Me and my city supporting friend went to Malaga match against Athletic Bilbao. We often go and watch Malaga . Anyway on the train back to fuengorila where we were staying we got talking about the game when a rather portly gentleman who was sat next to us asked us in a thick Bristol accent what was the result of the game. Thinking this was odd as he was wearing a Malaga shirt I asked him if he had been to the game and he told me that he had but had gone early from the match because he wanted to get a taxi all the half or so mile to the railway station. He had missed the two late Malaga goals but also admitted he didn't get into the game to see the early Athletic goal because he was late meaning he had missed all the goals. I was thinking what a nice chap he was and asked him if he was a Bristolian which he said yes and what team he supported which he replied " I was born on the right side of the river" which I replied "the red side?" Anyway said nice chap becomes very aggressive towards me and starts to rant "you're not a f*****g s***head are you. I f*****g hate s***heads. You b******ds are everywhere. I am going to text my mate and tell him". I told him to make sure he told his mate there was two city fans to the one R*****s fan so normal service had been resumed even in Spain. Well this rather nice chap who had turned into a real nasty git then got his phone out and showed me a video of when he went to Sabadell in the summer for a friendly saying " we took 850 fans you S*** heads would have only took about 70" The train journey took twenty minutes and he continued to get more agrresive and tell us how rubbish Ashton gate is and how their so called new stadium would have a 33k capacity. If I am aboard and I meet fellow Bristolians I like to chat to them and maybe have a drink with them even if they are r****s fans. This guy proves everything that has been said on this thread about them being nasty and hating us more than they love there own team

Hand on heart I'd prefer it if as a club you just died, some of us are old enough to remember how your club stood by hoping we would go under in 1982, the letters in the Evening Post how the council shouldn't bail out BCFC with a loan of £50k with rate payers money unless the gas get it too, how Flook and co were rubbing their hands with glee at the propect of getting their dirty hands on Ashton Gate. Yes if only Bristol RFC had seen the precursors maybe today they would still be playing at thier spiritual home. How everytime we played you the biggest worry wasnt the score but which of our players would come away with a injury inflicted by your thugs, IMO we have nothing to gain from playing you and everything to lose