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  1. People have, to my knowledge, been parking there for matches for over 40 years and probably much longer. Whilst the rules have obviously changed, a sensible thing for the council to have done is to stick notices on each car saying that it is now illegal to park here and it will be enforced from the next game.
  2. The one obvious use would be to combat abuse to the referee. A 5 minute sin bin would reduce that dramatically and it would not be quite as contentious or impacting as a second yellow/red card. The players would soon learn too.
  3. Some of the care homes in Australia are fantastic. Unlike here, many of them are in purpose built buildings and are very modern. I hope that Tone and his family can find a great one for his Dad as soon as possible.
  4. And referring to football as an “industry”.
  5. Been supporting the club nearly 50 years (yikes) and always thought that as a supporter you should generally “support” the club. I’ve always tried to speak positively of the Lansdowns too for what they have done. I am furious and appalled by this decision and the treatment of Nigel. We finally, after many years, had a serious, experienced manager who talked sense, who had got on and changed the culture, trimmed costs, met the financial requirements, developed and sold on young players and clearly moved the whole club forward in all areas. There was a clear plan for the first time that I could see for many years. We are now a club without a CEO, without a strong and visible leader and now without a manager. What a mess. Nigel managed the club through a really difficult period, with huge constraints and didn’t complain at any stage. I am very grateful for all he has done but am now also mourning what perhaps could have been.
  6. Perhaps there has just been a review of the optimal structure. That’s what businesses do. The SC&T minutes highlighted that, due to how Bristol Sport is structured, a lot of what a football club Chief Exec would do elsewhere is not the case for City. For instance, management of the stadium, negotiation of the concessions etc is done through the stadium company and I would guess that corporate hospitality is too. I would envisage that a lot of group sponsorship (Huboo are also shirt sponsors for the rugby club I think) and procurement is and can be done through the group structure. I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of the general back room staff (non footballing specialists) are employed and managed through the stadium company/Bristol Sport. The training ground is built and just needs to tick over and perhaps some of that is also done through other parts of Bristol Sport. Player signings and contract management can be done by Tins and a finance person. I don’t know all of what a football club Chief Exec does but it does look like a lot of it has been stripped back. The only thing perhaps missing from not having a Chief Exec is the “figurehead” role and you only have to think back to a recent one who enjoyed that aspect. I’m more than happy for that to be Nige and Tins.
  7. Didn’t even get a response to my email about the audio stream being the tv commentary and not RB.
  8. Ah, ok. I’d forgotten that and thought he left on a free.
  9. Whilst it’s always a kick in the teeth to lose your best players, being pragmatic and thinking about the overall health of the club and what Nigel and Tins might otherwise have had available to invest, the ones to be really upset about are: - Diédhiou - Massengo - Eliason - Kalas - Dasilva Can’t be bothered doing the maths but it will probably be a similar aggregate amount of fees paid for them which we have not had any sell on in return as the amount we have received for Alex Scott, who didn’t cost us a penny.
  10. I actually wonder if it’s the opposite, wants to be the person taking the flack (ie it was my decision to sell at the end of the day).
  11. Nope not working. Glad I restarted my subscription earlier today…!
  12. Fans of a certain vintage do but I’m not aware of much having been done by the club, which was the point I was making.
  13. Terry Cooper never got the recognition he should have had for what he did for the club during one of its most difficult times, which saddens me.
  14. There’s no danger of him signing any contract which we could feasibly offer him. It appears that he has wanted to move on for a long time (waving goodbye at the end of the 21/22 season etc. and based on what Nigel has said). It’s not about what is being offered and we have maintained the contract offer to solely ensure we are entitled to compensation with no expectation that it would be accepted.
  15. I agree and have changed my view of our best players leaving given where the club has been recently. I used to be gutted, but now, if we receive the kind of fee being touted around and Nige/Tins get a good chunk of it to reinvest, his sale could be transformative for the club. I trust them to spend it well; certainly better than predecessors. Ironically, his sale could very well put us in a better place than had he stayed. Good luck to him, he’s been a star for us and deserves his chance.
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