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Grey Fox

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  1. As an exile (East Sussex) my only moan is that as I can’t realistically make evening games it is not worth my while buying a season ticket, this increasingly means I miss out on away games (Plymouth is a currently example) as they often sell out before Members get an opportunity to buy.Never use to be much of a problem but has occurred a lot more over the last two or three seasons.

    Not sure what the answer is , perhaps if we keep playing crap , then less people will want to go , and problem solved 😊⚽

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  2. 20 hours ago, ChippenhamRed said:

    Turning 40 last year really put into perspective just how little City has given me over the years. Four decades of bouncing between the second and third tiers for a club our size is just so depressing. One notable cup run.

    I look at fans of other clubs and I’m jealous of the journeys they have been on. Swansea made their way through the leagues and played in Europe. Luton have made it all the way from lowly divisions. Huddersfield, Blackpool, Barnsley, Bournemouth and even Swindon have tasted top flight football. Bradford, Portsmouth and Cardiff have all made it to a cup final. Some of these clubs have suffered since, but at least they’ve had genuinely exciting periods.

    I actually think we must be one of the dullest clubs to support in the entire league. I think you could reasonably say that City fans of my generation have seen the least achievement against potential and expectation of ANY set of fans in the entire country. I’m really fed up with it!

    Is there any club out there more dull than us when you consider size and potential?

    No.There isn’t. In my case it’s 58 years , with only two notable seasons.

    The way I look at it is that I have a wonderful wife , lovely kids and now grandsons, good health and am financially comfortable in retirement . It’s been a good life, but no one gets it all , so if there is going to be a f@#k up in my life , better City than any of the above ☝️ 

    COYRs, and please don’t flog off what little talent we have left in the summer. See you all in August 

     

     

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  3. 13 hours ago, Lrrr said:

    There's no way Tommy signs a new contract even if we sack Manning, even if Pearson was still here. He's highly ambitious and he'll want to achieve his goals of playing at the highest level possible whether that's signs for Rangers or Celtic getting European football, somehow a PL club signing him as a squad player or signing for one of the bigger Championship teams who'll help him by utilising his skill set better then we are all of which help his chances of getting to the Scotland senior squad or the PL more than signing a new contract here, the reality frankly is that Tommy will be gone in the summer. 

    I feel a more Positive Mental Attitude would benefit your life greatly. Let’s hope we win tonight. COYRs.

    PS You are making a lot of assumptions about Tommy’s ambitions and immediate plans , none of which you can possibly know. As to my hopes , they are also unknown as I don’t know Tommy’s wishes for now , but what I do know is that the club should at least try.Is that too much to ask ?

  4. 1 hour ago, Lrrr said:

    And I’d agree with not selling if the player in question (Conway) didn’t only have 1 year left on his contract after this season, we won’t want to lose him for compensation as it’s highly unlikely we’d be in position to compete for play offs next season so gambling and keeping Tommy is unlikely to do anything other than lose us a good few million we could reinvest. 

    You still don’t get it, there is no “us” , do you personally feel richer now that Alex has gone, did you check your trouser pockets for £28M before putting them in the wash ?

    Won’t be different when they flog Bristol born &bred Tommy, or Knight , or Roberts or any of this window’s purchases, you won’t be any richer and we will still be a mediocre Championship (or L1) team.

    Tommy is still raw , get him to sign a new contract, and develop him further. He is young, his family and friends are here in Bristol and he is getting first team action. Not that difficult a sell, if you have a desire to be better

  5. 59 minutes ago, Lrrr said:

    We were never holding onto Scott, you deny him a move to the PL given the level of interest he had and the fees we would have been offered you'd have pissed him off no end, I don't think Alex would have been the type to down tools but you run that risk, equally his sale put a good cushion in our finances which obviously would have been nice for Nige to have been allowed to spend but was equally almost neccessary, Conway you don't have the length of contract that Scott had and I don't see the squad in a position where keeping Conway around (regardless of who head coach is) that pushes us into being a top 6 team. Also how well would our medical department have dealt with Alex's injury he had early season? 

    Same old , same old. After Scott last year ( Semenyo scored again) , Conway this , who do you fancy next , how about Knight. 
    And the club goes nowhere.

    Our medical team are fine as far as I know, but who knows , perhaps we can get a few bob for them too 

  6. 1 minute ago, Lrrr said:

    Realism is a thing, if we want to get a fee for Conway, rather than compensation which won’t be much and minimal if he went to Scotland, then he needs to be sold this summer as he won’t be signing a new deal 

    Change “Conway” to “Scott” and you could cut and paste this whole paragraph in to last year’s debate on here about Alex. And that as worked well, hasn’t it!!!!

    Using this logic, we never progress, sometimes you need some balls ⚽⚽⚽

  7. Personally I think it is the level of away support throughout the leagues that make English Football special. I like a good away crowd for the atmosphere that that provokes the home crowd to respond to. Should the away crowd shout loud and proud , then I feel we should not try and restrict them, but rather respond to them. We do , quite simply have the numbers.

    Who needs a library…….

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  8. I agree we probably won’t make the playoffs, however all of these calculations are based on what clubs have done “so far” this season, and not on the unknown of what they “will do” over the remaining matches. Remember when Roy Keane’s Sunderland went from bottom to top over half a season, what would their stats calculation have looked like at the halfway point?

    The only certainty in my mind that really boils my pee, is that had we retained Alex Scott for one further season, we would have more points than we do, would be better placed to make the playoffs, and should we have (for once) actually won through, more money in the bank than what we received from the mighty Bournemouth & Boscombe .

    At least we now have a run in to have some fun with COYRS ⚽

  9. I remember a few years back when he , due ti injuries, got put in to the team to play Brentford away. The City fans , in the tiny Griffin Park, were chanting his name from the first minute to give him the best support we could. Clean sheet and , if I remember correctly, a 1-0 win.

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