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  1. Pedantry alert, but it was 12 points initially, then reduced to 6, then reduced to 0. I think the appeal was made by Sugar on the grounds the irregularities were committed under previous owners.
  2. We’ve been losing a six figure sum every week for years (transfer profits notwithstanding), so are we really in a position to turn down an extra thousand or more away fans by restricting away sales to 2,000? Not every team will bring more than 2k but some do. And it’s not as if we’ve got an equivalent number of home fans unable to get tickets every week.
  3. Which City player were they referring to (sorry if explained elsewhere and I’ve missed it)?
  4. Swansea corner that went for a throw-in on the same side as the corner taker has been the highlight so far.
  5. 21st and 22nd both currently have 38 points from 35 games. Extrapolating that to 46 games would equate to 50 points. Now Stoke and Huddersfield might both pick up a bit between now and May, but that would likely be at the expense of one of the other 7 teams currently between Huddersfield and ourselves in the table (or ourselves, in an Armageddon scenario), so 50 points is probably a reasonable proxy for where the line will be drawn. Peterborough went down on 54 a few years ago, which was an exceptional year. By the time Rotherham come to Ashton Gate they’ll already be down. That game is probably the likeliest source of a win in our remaining games, and I suspect we’ll scramble a few other points here and there to take us past 50. The other thing in our favour (at present) is goal difference - it’s more than 10 better than each of the current bottom 8. So in summary, I think it’s unlikely we’ll go down, but not impossible. Cue a final day relegation decider at Stoke now I’ve said that.
  6. Coventry in a play off final would be a 7th different ground in living memory for older fans (Ashton Gate, Highfield Road, Ricoh / Coventry Building Society Arena, Sixfields, St Andrews and Burton), although I think the game at St Andrews was behind closed doors due to covid restrictions.
  7. West Brom’s finances are tight at present so I would expect this is primarily an economic decision. Either they’re confident of selling the extra 1,000 tickets to home fans (where there might some uncertainty on their side as to whether we’d sell a full 3,000 allocation) or their policing and stewarding bill might be lower if there are fewer away fans.
  8. London to Manchester, Manchester to Middlesbrough on two separate tickets works that day. It’s a long time on trains, with an early start and a late return to Euston, but it’s doable.
  9. Last posting day was yesterday. From today it’s collection only, which is a pain as an exile who can’t make the Leeds match on Friday. Couldn’t the club have extended the postal deadline by a couple of days? 8 days before the game seems a bit extreme.
  10. Finally two quality deliveries into the box, and what do you know? We score
  11. One of my more surreal experiences watching a City game was when we played Cardiff in the FA cup around 2010. I was overseas with work at the time and the only live stream I could find was from S4C with commentary in Welsh. It was snowing quite heavily at Ashton Gate and I think an orange ball was being used. It felt a bit like watching an obscure Eastern European game.
  12. Why do so many of our set pieces either hit the first defender, or miss everyone altogether?
  13. Are these Robins TV commentators watching a different game? They keep saying how City have been the better side, and that Preston’s goals have come against the run of play.
  14. TV could also be a factor here given a couple of replays will be televised live. I suspect the TV companies are waiting for the result of tonight's final third round game before deciding which replays to show, and on what days. If Man Utd draw at Wigan tonight I wouldn't be surprised if ITV wanted to show the replay at Old Trafford (Man Utd games command significantly higher advertising revenue than games involving most other clubs).
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