Kid in the Riot

Warning: lots of swearing

Wow a tongue in cheek response to BCR and the mutants of Yate unite The town centre is a big success story and the residents love it. Glad to hear it's more red than blue these days...

Very sad news. Spent some time with Clarky on tour in Sri Lanka and last saw him in Mumbai 2016. Ran the Corridor of Uncertainty fanzine and sold tour t shirts too. Always "kept it real" away from the commercialised Barmy Army. RIP Clarky

Nice one mate, hopefully will remember what you look like. Been a while since Nice

Agree on the pulpo. Make sure you try the aubergine next time. Are you going Sprints next week? Should meet for a cider!

They punch above their weight by keeping getting promoted to the Championship. Just not a very big club.

Not sure why it's sad the administrators are in? Surely it's good news the club is no longer in the hands of Clarke Osborne.

Nice sentiment but politics and sport have always been intrinsically linked. And will continue to be... You reds!

Maybe they're his third team after the Seagulls W-S-M, who knows?

And because you support Man City.

Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, they've been doing the tortilitas de camarones for a few years now. Perfect appetiser with a glass of fino. Apparently not. The owners have said the reason they're closing is that it's not financially viable in the week. There is a trend away from taster menu's to small plates, so seems they're following that model. Enjoy Marmo.

Well, I've made my feelings on Gambas clear in the past! Question is, did you have the fried aubergine with molasses and/or goxua dessert? Two of the finest dishes in Bristol!

Gonna concentrate on Tare Bistro which also looks great tbf

Tare closing permanently in June @petehinton

Yea I watched the second half. It was like watching a proper Pep team again! Foden was immense. Southgate does need to ensure him and Bellingham play in that midfield together for England

One of the best is Aggers. I guess one of our own Simon Mann will be one of those to step up.

Injuries. Not helped by the alleged misdiagnosis he recieved by our medical team, only picked up by Bournemouth at his medical. Nearly cost the club our largest ever transfer fee, but no biggie.

Not just that. It's the expense and time of getting the team to the other side of the country. Players and staff with jobs that can't take time off work etc It's probably good that clubs understand "their level". Then you get clubs like Bitton that overspend by trying to keep up and land themselves in a load of financial trouble.

I think you're raising a different point, Graham. You are talking about WHERE the money came from at Chelsea, and obviously I agree it was from dubious sources. And really the Premier League allowing Abramovich to buy Chelsea has led to all the problems we have now. As once you let one suspect owner in, the floodgates open. And boy, didn't they. But in the majority of the time he owned Chelsea there was no limit to spending, hence he was able to buy as much silverware as he did. Man City signed up to spending rules and limits and have allegedly systematically breached them for a number of years. Notwithstanding where their money comes from, that is clearly a different scenario to the Chelsea situation. Though in time, we will see if Chelsea do breach the rules. I can't imagine they can afford to be out of the Champions League for too much longer.

And that's my point. I'd say the main thing Haaland can do over Kane is use his pace to latch onto through balls, however Man City have stopped playing to that strength of his this season, for some reason. It means Haaland and Man C have been less effective as a result.

Maybe I should have been clearer - Kane is a better fit for Man City then Haaland. This current Man C team and the way it plays has of course been tweaked to fit Haaland in. It could very easily be tweaked to accommodate Kane.

Kane fits much better into that Man City side, which is probably why Man City tried to sign him before they signed Haaland.

It's not an "argument". It's a fact. Man City are paying their lawyers to stall the progress of the cases brought against them. Throughout the whole process Man City have sought to discredit the proceedings, hide information, and threaten journalists and the courts. They've behaved appallingly, and not like other clubs who have mostly cooperated with the Premier League. They are banking on stalling the process for long enough so that they can win as much as possible before sanctions hit. They are also hoping for political intervention given their owners lead a country that is a UK ally.

Tbf doubling down is very 2024.

A little taster from journalist Nick Harris. Man City have threatened him with injunctions and legal action for reporting their misdemeanours. Nick Harris@sportingintel Lots of commentary in past 36hrs about why PL charges under PSR rules against EFC and NFFC appear to be being expedited, while Man City's 115 charges (from an investigation dating back to 2018) linger, TBD on a now-agreed but not public timetable 1/n Everton (for a second time) and Forest have been charged for "simple" failures to balance their books around the "acceptable" losses of £105m over a 3-year ruling period. 2/n Whereas Man City's 115 charges effectively amount to accusations they were conducting financial fraud on a grand scale over a long period, and hoodwinking not just the PL but UEFA, and not co-operating. 3/n We know from Football Leaks and other sources that the City hierarchy's view has long been they'd “rather spend £30m on the 50 best lawyers” and sue Uefa “for the next ten years” than accept a punishment. THIS is plutocracy. 4/n They HAVE spent millions on lawyers. The've used every legal avenue possible to stall the process. When I was an MoS reporter in 2021 we used an external QC to gain access to "open justice" and attend court as City tried to stymie the PL's investigation. 5/n If Man City's supposed mountain of irrefutable evidence of their innocence is ready to go, then bring it on and get it sorted. For the benefit of everyone. 6/n They could have cooperated almost SIX years ago when the PL first started investigating them, and they didn't. That's their prerogative. It's not great on the optics but they don't care about optics. 7/n There is also a massive (MASSIVE) political element to this case. Sheikh Mansour is the deputy PM of a significant political ally of the United Kingdom. Imagine if he and his club were shamed by multiple guilty verdicts. Unprecedented and unpalatable. 8/n I'll be submitting further FOIs to try to establish the extent of British government involvement in the PL vs City case, but others so far have been fruitless. The stakes are SO much higher than whether a football club broke some football rules. 9/n Some (some) City fans go to extremes to convince themselves there's no case against City. Despite having been fined 90m euros (later reduced to "only" 30m) for major breaches of financial rules, and dishonesty, and non-cooperation. Before 115 PL charges. 10/n I've reported on City my whole working life. I knew, and know, people inside the club at all levels. I've been Khaldoon's guest in their directors' suite (albeit before I called them out). I have multiple sources who told me what really happened. 11/n Man City's hierarchy realised around 2010 that they needed "accelerated investment' before UEFA's FFP came into force. Their solution was cooking the books. That was evident from their 2014 punishment onwards. It's all been in plain sight. 12/12 Goodnight. X