Welcome To The Jungle

That squad was so well built. 

Formation and style established

Signings made early

Round pegs in round holes

Mix of youth and experience

Manager who seemed excited to be at work

Maximum of one liability player (in this instance JET)

Wanted a Celtic win, but means the title could be decided by the final old firm game. Great title race this year 

26 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

Blimey. I was asked directly how we can make it affordable for those who need financial support to enable them attend. It was just a suggestion.

Not everyone is on benefits by choice. It seems you are pandering to the Daily Mail trope that anyone on benefits is lazy and spend it all on booze and fags. Many are disabled and unable to work. Many have learning difficulties. Some have had to give up work to become a carer. Others have suffered mental trauma. Are you saying we should do NOTHING to make football more accessible to such people?

I have already argued on this thread against OAP discount as an outdated notion based on wealth distribution across the UK. There are no easy answers, but I was simply arguing for a way to make football accessible to as many people as possible, based on need rather than crude age-based discount. You might not like the suggestion, but I stand by that as well intentioned, and your attack is completely disproportionate and unnecessary.

 

Great Post 

The reason I've not been to AG in 6 years is the removal (and shameful way they tried to remove it) of lower rates for disabled fans. I appreciate that disability is a very broad brush, and many who qualify for that rate choose to not take it, especially if they are still able to work. However if you are unable to work, and rely on the state or family, you should get a reduced rate.

If you asked everyone at AG to describe football in one word, I'm sure the word 'family' would feature highly. It is that idea of family, and belonging, which means we should make AG as inclusive as possible, not an exclusive club for Jacks.

4 minutes ago, exAtyeoMax said:

or The Mem…

Police horse is 3-1 

When the club went for our disabled fans 5 years ago, I handed my ST back and have not been to AG since. The club have treated fans very poorly for a long time. Sadly its taken bad football to make people angry. Don't renew, don't go.

On 02/02/2024 at 11:03, MarcusX said:

Anyone received their tickets in the post?

the person who got me one hasn’t received it yet and this is the last day I can pick it up from him before Wednesday.

if it has to be collected on Wednesday anyone know what they’ll be like about picking up a ticket in someone else’s name?

I've got a lot of issues with the club, and for that reason have been an away fan only for almost 6 years now. However something the club has got right recently is the pathway from the academy to the first team. I'd rather watch local players like Max, who may not be world beaters, than a team of Mercenaries.

8 minutes ago, Fjmcity said:

No room behind the SS unless you start bulldozing and tidying up the ayteo in unlikely to get your much more capacity unless you start bulldozing.

i don’t think there is too much in the footprint between the lansdown and the dolman to be honest - so a mirror image stand would look pretty good!

my ultimate dream would be to bulldoze behind the ayteo and build round the same size from the lansdown making a “park end” pedestrianise the road and just have a stand that feeds out onto the park, could have all your corporate stuff up the top - large amounts of glass looking back across the park and to the bridge 

I'd always like the idea of encorperating the houses into the stand, with the front doors becoming turnstiles.

You can't know what's happened behind the scenes. Promises may have been made and broken. Save judgement till you know all the facts.

Always balance the books. To not do so is asking to be the next Reading. 

If you can give yourself the reputation of good football, and a proven record of moving players to the top flight, you will find good FL players will be more likely to join us as we're a good bet for their future.

We won't get their best, but they'll give us better than most championship sides.

00s Basso

10s Adomah

20s Only been to a few away games till SL goes so can't comment

On 18/11/2023 at 07:19, northsomersetred said:

Burrow?

He's done for the season sadly.

On another note, i'd have her in my team!!

 

No attempt to get her right leg down. Naivety at its best   

7 minutes ago, handsofclay said:

I'm somewhat with Sweeney's Penalties on this one. Okay, several of you give examples of countries that play in colours not on their flag. However, the home nations, England excepted, all play in the colour that is predominant on their flag, Ireland also being the case.

England play in the colours of The Union Jack, not the flag of St. George. England are also the only nation that plays the anthem of Great Britain and not an anthem for England. It rather smacks of England promoting being British with their kit and anthem while the other countries that are part of Britain project their own national identities in both the colours of their kit and their anthem. 

N.Ireland play in green without any green on their flag

I adored Beckham as a kid. I even had the duvet set. Believed him to be the best player in the world. Now that was never true, but I think the soap opera that he created has slightly fogged our memories of him as a player in both directions. Some above posts talk about how overrated he was, and others how underrated he was. 

For me, you have to listen to those he played with, and against. Almost everyone points out how good he was to play with, how hard he trained, how professional he was, and what a good leader he was. 

For me, a deserved England great

27 minutes ago, Ian M said:

We also had a perfectly good goal ruled out for offside if my memory isn't failing me?

My memory tells me Paul Hartley was the robbed scorer

Personally I'd rather the club was financially stable, and not reliant on any outside investment. The steps made recently of bringing through academy players is great to see. Of course I'd like to see us go up, but we cannot mortgage the club to achieve that. 

• Play attacking football
• Bring through academy players
• Harvest a good club atmosphere
• Might go down, might go up

I've not been to AG for years now, but any football club who does not offer at least one section of the ground for £20 or less tickets for every game is a tragic excuse of what a football club should be.

9 hours ago, KendrickDNB said:

Got one spare adult ticket as my mate can’t make it 

7 hours ago, JoeVa said:

One spare adult ticket available to anyone who needs one

Providing both still avaliable, happy to take these. Dm me

1 hour ago, Midred said:

It's a while since we've played up there, can anyone localish say what's there between station and ground? 

Not a drinker, but the Old Horse on London Road is good pub. Loads of local memorabilia, often a good atmosphere, and some good beers on tap.

Do a good quiz on a Tuesday too...

If anyone has 2 or 3 tickets they no longer want/need, please let me know.

Stood in the shadow of the King power right now. Gutted this didn't make general 

30 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

“The loyal fans don’t bother nowadays”.

Interesting definition of “loyal”.

Don’t agree either - loads of us here would describe ourselves as loyal, and we still go to games. Countless fans at Ashton Gate will have been going for their whole lives.

I think loyal is the wrong word, but certainly the club has lost fans, like myself, over the last 5-10 years who no longer feel part of the club. I made my own decision to stop when they hiked the disabled fans and children's prices in 2018. It is callous and business orientated decisions like that which have made many feel not welcome, or less attached.  My loyalty will always be to my fellow fan as I believe every club is the members of that club. My loyalty is not to SL, or to Bristol City Holdings Ltd, or to the players, but to anyone who calls themselves a Bristol City supporter. 

Sadly I feel the club, and English Football as a whole, have moved the overton window so much now, that ticket prices have gone up, therefore fan entitlement goes up, player wages go up and so on and so on. That has ruined atmospheres which in turn puts more people off. 

Now attendances have gone up over the last 10 years too, so clearly the club has done well in attracting new fans. But AG is not a place where people who want to create and atmosphere and those who simply wish to watch are catered for equally. Until those who run the club change their mentality towards the atmosphere, nothing will change. However, fans can make them change, if the voices are loud enough.

Some of the first images of the current AG had the entire lower Dolman and South Stand designated for safe standing. This was a promise to Bristol Rugby fans to replicate the experience of the side terrace and thatchers end at the mem.

Putting the barriers we have in S82 across the lower Dolman and SS would help with atmosphere, and actualise a promise made to Bristol Rugby fans.

Till Watson is gone, I'm a neutral Browns fan. Jumping on the bandwagon of whatever team is the overachieving underdog. I think the Bears could be a lot better than people think they will be.

Did Inter in December 2016 so more or less the same. Holidays are not that popular to Milan in early December before the Christmas rush, so I waited until the fixtures were confirmed before booking anything, as it wasn't too expensive.

I made the mistake of going in the ultras section. Most Italian fans are a bit right wing and it was uncomfortable, so I'd sit at the side of the pitch.

Milan is cold in December, and when I was there, there was a lot of fog, which made it feel much colder, so wrap up warm.

The San Siro is iconic and hauntingly beautiful, and is one of my favourite places to watch football. Really recommend it.

Security is a bit more rigorous and don't forget your passport or they will not let you in.