Jeez

Just another stop on his journey - hate it all you want but they are where you need to be to sign players of his calibre.

Exactly, this season is far more enjoyable & in games last season. Quite happy to be a competitive force in this Div. Bit more consistency would good tho PL would be great but won’t get excited until we see some serious intent & direction from the club. Stopped buying the clubs PL shtick a while ago.

Apologies for being realistic. But what gives you the divine right to expect better? Its a loss making 2nd tier football stadium.

Or Merde in your part of the world, But for those of us who go to every game, the match day experience is pretty good for a 2nd tier club. On the pitch we’ve troubled the PL playoffs a grand total of once I think a bit of perspective is required No doubt we have potential but so does almost every other club in our Div too

Whilst it would be a fantastic moment to win promotion, I just want to see the club being a competitive force week in week out. Sounds odd, but as we’ve haven’t troubled the playoffs since 2008 there’s not much basis that it’s going to happen anytime soon. Until we start seeing the consistency required for a promotion run, I wouldn’t even think about it.

Some people have short memories We’ve come a long way over the past 10+years especially for a largely unprofitable & unsuccessful club, getting worked up about a few faults sounds a bit entitled. It is only when the Premier League money comes rolling in can you expect the glossy faultless experience.

When you read the article its clear the main reason is the extra 35m per year more form Addidas. we’d play in Adidas bin bags for that sort of cash

Nil - Nil until we score in stoppage time to nick the win. Queue absolute scenes

I get the impression PA didn't handle the AS sale well or in the manner, SL wanted it to be done or extract the maximum value. Hence SL making a point of getting involved in the deal. The board was intent on cashing in on AS before the season ended & we ended up in a situation where we got a fair bit less than the highly publicized price tag. Remember Ashton for all his faults was seen to be good at selling players & better at putting the spin of getting the best price. Might explain the sudden change of direction.

Was right in front of us, he hooked his leg round & got ball 1st.

Could barely hear our singing section today. We need to start singing the classics, get more participation. keep the red flag flying high drink up there cider etc

Enjoyed that, city dominating for long periods without getting in front. Feel we can compete with anyone when we ply like we have lately. Naismith - take a bow! That last minute tackle was superb, right in front of us. If he doesn’t make that they score as their player was in on goal.

Credit where it’s due. 1st 2 shirts are naff but.. Picked up new away shirt today for the lad, (young teen) he absolutely loves it. Have to say it does look decent, quality wise it seems alright TBF, time will tell but 1st impressions are good. O’neill’s brand while not glamorous is growing on us, the stadium branding looked cool on the boards today.

Stick them all in the upper Lansdown

TBF they do, our kids always go to the bar and get pints of water & staff are always cool about it.

A face even his mum would love to punch

Oh now I completely see why it took so long to get the away strip ready, must have been a nightmare to design especially the shorts

Pointless exercise really as their respective budgets & clubs financial positions at the time are incomparable

Maybe, just maybe. Pearson has already declared his desire to leave/retire/take a break at the end of the season, wouldn’t be unheard of. In which case you could argue SL might be wise keep the purse closed.

Last night - It was all so predictably, very Bristol City. We’re just so achingly Meh & for sometime. Having beaten the FFP constraints, got rid of the dead wood then also sold 2 bright young talents for 30-35 Mill our club decides more austerity is required and treading water is the best you can hope for. Not sure where it can go from here TBH. Is the plan to become a Championship Academy? developing & feeding young players to the football market?

Kev - What things will be in place by the end of this season that will mean we can have a right go next season?

He sounded strained like someone who’s dealing with a difficult board & trying to manage different outward perceptions

A US owner with an interest in a Basketball franchise would be an obvious investor.

Ok, so you’d green light anyone treating your daughter/sister/mother like that just because they can play a bit? I assuming that hopefully ? that you actually haven’t seen it & are posting a bit ignorantly of the evidence

Man U should terminate him, as an academy graduate there would be no transfer fee losses & his saved salary would cover the Legal fees. He’d soon settle to a % of residual contract once he realised how quickly his funds would run out in a litigation battle.