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Selred

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Selred last won the day on July 26 2023

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  1. The two play off legs vs Palace, memories for generations. Being one game away from the Premier League, a famous day out. Give me that over this season where frankly I don't care about any of our games anymore.
  2. Liam's interview on YouTube, 1.5k views. An OTIB thread on Liam's interview, 4.3k views.
  3. Top line looking on YouTube, Manning gets 2-3 thousand views for his interviews. Pearson had 3-5 thousand views. So you’re right.
  4. I'd recommend doing Lisbon first, then getting the train to Porto like we did. We then took a minibus out to the Douro region for wine and port tasting. Fantastic day!
  5. Bit late now, but went to Ponto Final in Lisbon last year. It's got very popular from TikTok (it is on a little jetty on the river, insane view), and the food was outstanding and so cheap! (They could of definitely charged a premium). Also went to a restaurant called Blind in Porto, one of the best meals I've ever had. Experiential food. Incredible and again well priced.
  6. Derby are still a bit of a mess right now
  7. Adam El-Abd just came to mind in work. Colleagues wonder why I now feel ill. 3 year deal wasn't it?
  8. No, I think we need to move Manning, Tinnion and JL on to reverse our current trajactory. But I also don't think the club is at rock bottom. It's not the worst I've seen it. It may be a sinking ship, but it's because of the Captains, not because there's a massive hole in it. It's got a lot of potential.
  9. Players like Damion Stewart, Jamal Campbell-Ryce, Gavin Williams come to mind.
  10. Disagree. The style of play is poor, and results are on a negative trajectory. I'll give you that. Are we signing old journeyman on high wages? No. Bird, Stokes etc suggest otherwise. Are we removing the academy? Some players like Yeboah have been shipped on loan, which is odd after being in the first team, but also I expect the likes of Palmer-Holden etc to be in and around the squad next year. So it's not all the positives being destroyed, it's merely the style of play IMO.
  11. Selred

    James Bond.

    He's also 47. Probably too old for Bond. Or for a good run at Bond. Can get a good 15 years out of ATJ.
  12. I personally think you're a bit short in the memory. We are mid table, yes going backwards, but highly unlikely to be relegated. It's not like the days under S'OD / McInnes of late. We have a squad who played with pride earlier in the season. Again, not like the massive wages we had on dead wood earlier in the season. We have multiple academy players in the squad, it's not like under Gary where we didn't have any youth. Even as a squad, we are fairly young. It's not like we have lots of older players on longer contracts. Yes Manning-ball is dire. Tinnion and JL are out of their depth. But there's also so much potential here, as seen in glimpses under Nigel.
  13. Selred

    James Bond.

    Daniel Craig was shown getting his first (?) kill to make him a double O. Completely ignored Brosnan. Just restart the franchise again. The only shame is I liked Ben Winshaw, Ralph Fiennes etc who will probably be moving on.
  14. I actually believe a technical director should dictate how we play. We should have an identity which runs throughout the club, meaning all youth players play the Bristol City way and can slot in seamlessly into the first team when called upon. It also means we have a clear approach and structure to transfers, protecting the club from having to be rebuilt each time we get a new manager. If we kept ripping up the rule book each time, we'd have players like Sam Bell who are good on the press, being part of a team who play hoof ball and it wouldn't work. And this is part of the issue, Tinnion wants a high press, attacking team, and I feel we are actually building a team for this (Tinnion should be part of a panel on who we sign, but the key word is panel). However this is not the style Manning is playing, and that's the issue. Tinnion should be asking why has he taken a high press team (best at the press in the league under Pearson), and start to reverse it? I'm all for managers tweaking, but it shouldn't be wholesale changes.
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