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The notorious millions are up Chernobyl protesting ?

Ahem......to TRY to get back to the thread title, just watched Jail bird's presser, apparently he wants/expects to win all four championships (yes Prem as well) with the gash ! Unbelievable Geoff ?

No real views on Lee Johnson one way or the other since he left here, but someone calling him "Bilbo Bellend" on that forum did make me laugh I have to admit.

“What do we want?” ”PORN” ”When do we want it?” ”HALF TIME”

Back on topic ....... Rovers are shite ! ?

I think, in part, the answer to the OTIB vitriol lies in something LJ had no control over...the way in which he was defended for so long by many on here as though he was some sort of messiah. They went on defending him long after his flaws had been exposed and loved doing it as it wound others up...myself included on occasion! I notice that a few of the same folk passionately supported the almost indefensible appointment of Dean Holden, and having been let down then decided that Pearson was the wrong choice. There's a contrarian tendency who greatly enjoyed LJ's tenure. Personally I liked him as a player, made the most of the talent he had. As a manager I found him irritating and pretentious. The opposite of the man we've just appointed.

The thing I've always found weird about LJ discussions - both in terms of him as a player and as a manager - is that he was basically just about okay in both roles. As a player he is never going to make my list of top twenty players I've seen in a City shirt but he's a world away from the worst twenty too. He played his part in our play-off push and was decent if not spectacular throughout his time at the club. As a manager, he had some very good and very bad moments but essentially managed the club steadily for four years, never took us into a relegation or a promotion battle at the absolute end of the season, and did a competent job without setting the heart racing. You'd obviously put his Dad, Joe Jordan and Steve Cotterill above him on your list of City managers but you'd also put Benny Lennhartsson, Tony Pulis and Brian Tinnion well below him. So what I find weird is how the Hell does someone who was basically competent but not spectacular whip up such strong feelings and cause so much controversy?

Might have been different if they had won ?

how I miss the place.....sand being blown in my face, dogs dirt round the track, the M32 behind me, Gasheads bleating away in The Tote End....it all seems so long ago. And yet this was the best stadium they've called "home" in living memory

XBox or PS5?

Only if you don't count the points that got locked out.

He ought to be nicknamed Rasher !

I once had several pints in about 2014. Had a week off work convinced I had a brain tumour. That night I ordered a dominos pizza. Found the receipt in my pocket. Went next door and ordered Indian. Never went back for the Dominos. Went home with the Indian and kept telling the wife it was Chinese. She tell the story that I kept pushing the spoon I was using into various parts of my face because I was missing my mouth. Scary thing is, that very evening we helped some girls in Worcester change the wheel on their car because they had a flat. I dread to think...

I don't know who LJ thinks his "target audience" is but it certainly wasn't the average BCFC fan and isn't the average Sunderland fan. Therein lies the problem, you have a manager who is trying to give a coaching and/or psychology masterclass every interview when the majority of fans just want to hear the truth about the game in plain language. When you look at the backgrounds of many footballers themselves I could imagine that the language he uses, if replicated with them, would grate with quite a few after a while particularly when the guy delivering it does not have a track record of actually winning anything.

Here we go....Turning Off The Gas........Enjoy ?

116-111,was that Howard Foster again

I agree have it by 2,big punches are eye catching but cleaner work by Parker

Parker more eye catching... Parker by 2?

Christ it's hard to listen to Katie Taylor talk. What are we saying on the main chaps? Parker on points around 112-116 imo.

I was Intruiged to see what RJJ could do for him, but even making allowances for rust, he still slaps instead of punching and takes half a round off at a time to walk around thinking how great he is. Edit-this is the most sober I've ever seen Kalle haha

he is so boring and always has been,good fighter but Jesus,imagine trying to sell ppv if he was the main fight

Really looking forward to the Katie Taylor Tasha Jones fight,who would of thought we would be saying that 10 years ago

There may be something in this. I don’t think that Lewis Hamilton has posted on Twitter, Instagram or Gaschat since the boycott started.

Evening all,crackstreams has been working fine all night,not going to happen but would love to see Eubanks beat,his old man must be struggling for breath with that mask on

To be fair, it took them 90 years to build it

Bit disappointed that Richards didn't roll the dice a bit more, but going the distance with a clearly superior Bivol obviously looks good on his resume, and he didn't get disgraced or ktfo.

Evening bird, I've been looking forward to this card. I think Katie Taylor v Tasha Jones is a brilliant fight and Craig Richards has a great opportunity against a possibly rusty, post Covid Bivol. I see Billy Joe Saunders has promised Morrison £10k if he can knock Eubank Jnr out. I'm interested to see Jonny Fisher again too As for the main, I really don't know how Chisora can be such a diva with his journeyman record haha. Neither him or Parker- who stank the place out beating Fa recently- deserve to be headlining a ppv. Taylor Jonas should be the headliner imo. http://crackstreams.is/boxingstreams/watch-dazn-chisora-vs-parker/

As it stands, lowest points total in the EFL ???

Beers such as Watney's Starlight were sold in rugby clubs and near steel works etc as the drinkers would be thirsty and could drink a lot without getting drunk. I was told that if Starlight was just slightly weaker, you would not need a licence to sell it!

Thus creating Fosters

The rough from Williams farm on Backwell Common was the best. Used to work there after school and we were always told that the best apples to collect were the half rotten ones with slugs on them as they give more juice when pressed !!

A member of his household bubble has Covid symptoms so he's had to withdraw. Replaced by Brooks.

Drugs kids - just say no.

You didn’t need to hunt round random Facebook pages to find that out….you can still find his fortunes followed closely on here! There are one or two posters far more interested in Sunderland’s last seven games than City’s last 9 home games without a win ?

Lee who?

Felt a bit grubby watching that, got through all the ‘passionate fanbase’ bollocks that the fragile, needy mutants lap up. Then I got to the ‘no other manager has ever won all four divisions and someone’s got to do it’ bit... ?????? and THEY called Johnson deluded?? So, as he said, he’s done the Championship (albeit as a player so he’s changing the rules already) that just leaves L2, L1 and...that’s right, The Premier League! ? Over to you Jaily.

Definitely had two better days of cricket this season.

Not me Dave.....as a gesture of goodwill I gave them the heads up on what to expect from LJ and some were really hostile, others indifferent. A bunch of ignorant gits in my opinion.

What sort of dog- four legs and a fur coat, or 2 legs and a fur coat?

Blasphemy!Shun the non believer.Burn him with fire!I believe Fordy'that you are a resident of that strange faraway land called "the Midlands "?Don't worry sir,I am sure there is no shortage of Magners "served" over ice available there for you and your kind.

A Double Diamond works wonders and it`s Tankard that helps you excel! The seventies was defined by beer slogans - every brew seemed to have one back then.

Never been a fan of cider with bubbles. Cheddar Valley, in its original recipe, that would do nicely. In moderation though. I wouldn't want to be like local legend Ten Pint Ted who shat himself in the pub after a hard night on the "Red".

Shepherd Neame - now you're talking. Lucky enough to go round the brewery a while ago and then on to Whitstable for fantastic seafood. Particularly liked their Spitfire related advertising. All banned by the Advertising Standards folk for some odd reason, but still produced as souvenirs by the brewery. Those of a nervous (or German) disposition look away now:

Embarrassing when commentators are saying he measures the grass before games .Don’t no how that helps the team . Does he say it’s a quarter of an inch long so you need to pass the 0.3% harder. Getting hammered by Leeds and they say LJ says a new player needs 30 training sessions before they can play his way that day they could’ve had 300 sessions and wouldn’t beat Leeds just nonsense

I think that would've been an advert for Worthington E. "Smooth and easy" went the tagline. The E stood for "Extra" as it was a bit stronger than the 2.2 OG (I kid ye not) normal Worthington Bitter. It was sold from pumps with a big plastic E attached, which were a frequently swiped by teenaged 'erberts like me. I wish I'd kept one. This bloke is selling one on eBay for £84! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124588262077?hash=item1d020a02bd:g:Hk4AAOSwPDVgFIR9

The biggest shock there is that Wright isn't one of the injured ones.

The match where he experimented by moving Foster into midfield, must be up there with the appearances of Nicky Hunt, Lois Diony and Stefan Marinovic in the "most inept performance in a City shirt" role of shame.