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downendcity

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  1. Birmingham village green and dog walkers paradise?
  2. JB: " do you expect me to talk?" Goldfinger: " no, I expect you to die......................but to return reincarnated in your next film!"
  3. They will if it's posted on the OS!
  4. It'll be like Bobby Ewing's death in Dallas. The next film will open with Moneypenny waking up with Bond in the shower and the events of No Time to Die will turn out to be just a dream.
  5. .................. and Bailey Wright never playing again!
  6. One of the main problems with the Man city case ( stand to be corrected if my understanding is wrong) is that the basis for many/most/all of the charges is the information that was leaked on the internet as a result of Man City being hacked. IIRC wasn't a similar case brought by UEFA, but didn't Man City get a lot thrown out because they argued that the evidence was illegally obtained and ended up with just a fine? As others have already said Everton and Forests cases are relatively cut and dried because it was the evidence of the clubs' own accounts that convicted them, and it was only Everton's pleas of "it's not fair that saw their points deductions reduced. By comparison, it will be much tougher to make a case against Man City. Even if they can produce telling evidence of wrongdoing, you can bet that Man C will have a team of the best i.e most expensive lawyers arguing tooth and nail in their defence to kick the can as far down the road and for as long as possible so that even if they can't escape punishment, by the time a verdict can be reached it will have been watered down to such a degree as to be negligible as far as Man C are concerned. While we have to concede that at this stage Man City are innocent until proven guilty, I think most football fans ( and I suspect that many/most football experts and journalists) think that there is no smoke without fire and that Man C have seriously bent the rules - in terms of gaining an advantage, well beyond that which Everton and Forest have. Despite which, you just know that Man City are more than likely to end up with far less of a punishment than the other 2 clubs. If it was Forest or Everton facing 105 charges similar to those against Man C, would the outcome likely be the same?
  7. We can but hope. However, as is too often the case when supporting Bristol City, I fear that hope will ultimately be replaced by disappointment.
  8. I am a mystery fellow I’m Fred Fernakapan I wear one sock that’s yellow The other dipped in jam I walk about the countryside I walk about the town Sometimes with my trousers up And sometimes with them down And when they were up they were up And when they were down they were down And when they were only half way up I was arrested Spike Milligan ( of course!)
  9. I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o'er vale and hills when all at once I saw a crowd, a host of golden daffodils beside the lake beneath the trees when an angry man came running towards me shouting " oi you, get out of my bloody garden!"
  10. If we'd never beaten Southampton then I might not have been a City supporter for 57 years! First game was FA cup 4th round in Feb 67 when we beat Southampton 1-0 and that got me hooked. Had we lost, who knows what would have happened..... ...I might have avoided 50+years of disappointment!!!
  11. ..or Doncaster, or Scunthorpe? Suddenly mid table doesn't look quite so bad!
  12. Oh, the grand old Duke of Guernsey, he had 20,000 men ( and women) he marched them up near the top of the league and marched them down again, and when they were up, they weren't quite up and when they were down, they weren't quite down and when they were only halfway up they were neither up or down and that's were they stayed.
  13. Not defending the club here, but I do think they were backed into a corner when NP started talking publicly about the fact that the club had not discussed offering him a new/extended contract - he was forcing their hand I am pretty certain that NP could be prickly and that his relationship with senior management could be less than easy ( his record at previous clubs seems to indicate this) and because of this I can easily see that it became increasingly unlikely that the club would not want to offer NP a new contract, despite, from fans' perspective, NP appearing to be the right man. As a consequence I can understand that a point was reached whereby something had to give - either NP walked or the club sacked him. Had Manning continued what we saw in the cup games against WHam and Forest and the game against Saints, then none of these threads would be happening. Sadly he didn't and they are, and will continue...........................................
  14. Of course, I've just realized that we already have a manager/coach who is able to do things with the team that NP couldn't!
  15. Good point Geoff. IIRC going back there were a few posts suggesting that they could see King as a future coach/manager. Having said that I could also see accusations of "jobs for the boys" had that happened, given our track record e.g. BT and LJ. Given the way things are going, is it beyond the realms of possibility that we could Andy King in charge before the season is out, or would that smack too much of one of appointing Pearson's allies to TPTB and someone who would pick James, thereby triggering a contract extension?
  16. It's sad to read that post from only 6 months ago. I think if we are completely honest none of us expected NP to be here long term, and at the start of this season I expected that a combination of his age and health would mean him not wanting a new contract at the end of this season. With the work he'd put in, I anticipated that come the end of the season we'd be in a good position to attract a decent quality manager to take things on - perhaps being able to do things with the team that NP couldn't because of the financial constraints under which he was forced to work. It is increasingly looking like the club forcing Pearson's departure mid-season has been a massive own goal. Compounded only by the club now finding itself in a no win position, as if things continue to deteriorate on field then sacking Manning will only confirm the flawed decision to sack Pearson and appoint Manning. The danger of not sacking Manning is that it could well continue to unravel all the rebuilding work Pearson undertook in difficult circumstances. Unfortunately this could well turn into the latest version of City's one step forward, two steps back approach. Bristol City - proven exerts at clutching defeat from the jaws of victory!
  17. Back foot, front foot? Erin summed it up perfectly!
  18. It's a guarantee that Robbored will not believe that until it's on the OS!
  19. Cup Final. Play off final. Just what has this got to do with Bristol City?
  20. Bristol City academy graduate Ivor Taylor says " this is the only chance I get to take to the Ashton Gate pitch" , as he bemoans the lack of opportunity given to academy players to break into City's first team during Liam Manning's 30 year stint as head coach! Or, returning to the Ashton Gate pitch for the first time in a while, Bristol City centre back Rob Atkinson reassures fans that he will be fit to play at the start of next season, although the fitness regime since his injury has taken it's toll on his body!
  21. Given that clubs almost bankrupt themselves in the quest to secure promotion to the premier league, almost bankrupt themselves in attempting to be competitive when they get there i and almost bankrupt themselves in attempting to stay in the premier league, just why is the premier league regarded as the "promised land?
  22. That's because the Premier League is the best most lenient league in the world!
  23. Some things in life are bad(1) They can really make you mad(2) Other things just make you swear and curse(3) When you're chewing on life's gristle Don't grumble, give a whistle And this'll help things turn out for the best And Always look on the bright side of life Always look on the light side of life......... ........We could be Rovers!
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