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8 minutes ago, NOTBLUE said:

What I will say about Twine is that he wins(?) a lot of free kicks.

Most in the championship I think - or at least it was before his injury meant a few games out

7 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

I think the big issue is these kids tickets. I don't think the increase will stop people buying them just to have a spare seat next to them. Because ultimately if they upgrade the shirt to an adults shirt then they are still only paying what 60 quid for the seat? 

I still think removing the free shirt unless you are in the Family Area would have been a good option.

1 minute ago, JBFC II said:

You are aware you can get a season ticket for less than £500 even without the South Stand being open for seat moves?

He's looking to buy more than one I suspect

5 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

What ,the only English Pope ?

Nah, his brother

1 hour ago, Silvio Dante said:

Nope. Can’t recall the first one of Liams I did but as @1960maaan said, it seems to be appreciated so I’ll keep doing them if I have time.

Its been interesting both because you can see that a change in demeanour leads to better answers (I don’t think there was a Pearson change in demeanour against results that was as clear) and because Piercys bit is always good value (I tend to want the RB bit to be done so I can get to him). 
 

Title of thread is pretty clear so if it’s not something people are interested in they can always skip past

I certainly appreciate them, don't always have time to sit and watch the videos so reading a summary is very useful.

12 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

The analogy doesn’t work as you obviously saw a path to success and the riches that come with it. If Conway stays they won’t come to him. There is no sign he will get promoted with us 

We are a top half of the table club (just) and finishing the season strongly.

Promotion is possible next season, not probable, but certainly possible.

4 minutes ago, mozo said:

Depending on which clubs are knocking on his door this summer, yes.

It's so annoying that we find ourselves in such a weak position with a potential star.

It feels to me that the amount of money in football these days has given all the advantages to the players.

Any player that feels he is good enough to have clubs wanting his services is going to be better off letting  his contract run down every single time.

The only ones that will sign new contracts whilst still in one are going to be the mediocre ones!

If he has one year left on his contract would it not be in his own personal interest to let the contract run down and be a much more attractive proposition for clubs when there is no transfer fee required for him?

30 minutes ago, BUTOR said:

Is there a way to switch to monthly payment option instead of the full whack with a renewal?

You just select it at checkout I think

1 hour ago, Davefevs said:

Even though FNQ has quoted a bit, it’s probably best to listen to it.

Without turning this thread into another NP v LM debate, I think you are misconstruing fans view (inc my own) that the football played in parts in the last 5 and also the same as large parts of the previous 23.  Some of the stuff played in those 23 was turgid, interspersed with Southampton and FA Cup performances.

I would agree that there have been some turgid displays under Manning, we are frustratingly inconsistent because when it is good, it is very good.

It just confuses me a little that people say we should never have sacked Pearson because we were great, and it has become much duller under Manning, yet complain when a player suggests we have reverted to a more Pearson style.

I get that people think we shouldn't have sacked Pearson, and I can agree to an extent as he did a fine job getting us through a very difficult patch and he should maybe have had a bit more time but it did feel like our progression had stalled under him a little.

Whether Manning was the right replacement is also a topic for debate, and as yet I am on the fence but feel we have seen enough bright spots to think he will come good in the end.

I also don't particularly like the constant references to 'Manningball' (usually used in a derogatory sense) as though the football he plays is somehow different to a lot of teams out there. And once again, we have already seen that when it is good it is very good. We just need to find some consistency is all.

4 minutes ago, FNQ said:

 Basically, we’ve now reverted to pre Manning methodology, especially against the top sides, and that Manning can play his own style only when he has the benefit of a transfer window where he can bring in players capable of playing to that style.. How dis you read it?

I didn't read it, that's why I asked.

If we have reverted to how we were playing under Pearson, why are people complaining about the dullness of the football? Reading this forum you would imagine that everything was whizzbangs and fireworks under Pearson, and the club is now on a deliberate campaign to find the most boring form of football possible and to inflict it on us for no purpose.

2 hours ago, FNQ said:

Where is the forums feedback on Mark Sykes comments in the EP basically confirming what a lot of us have been saying with regard to old style versus Manningball?

I presume this is something to do with you finding the football under Manning boring and that it is somehow a deliberate tactic? What did Sykes say to confirm that?

1 hour ago, Miah Dennehy said:

Anyone got  a link? Google hasn't helped me.

In fairness to Ben White, as I haven't seen it, I can't comment on that particular incident. But play acting in general is a blight on our game and will only get worse until retrospective action is taken. Fabio Silva spent more time performing gymnastics yesterday - and it won him a penalty- rather than trying to score and pretty much every game will have some player trying to con a ref. It's embarrassing and boring.

3 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Out of interest Rich, what were your indicators of stagnating under Nige?

And likewise what are you seeing that you sense we are moving in the right direction….now?  What has changed?

I have no stats or specifics Dave, I merely go along and watch the games and base my opinions on how I think it went.

I just know that I was bored with the back end of the Johnson reign and all of Holden's.

As for Nige, the beginnings of this season just didn't much feel like we were progressing, though that is very much with the benefit of hindsight as well. I am by nature optimistic, so am always going to see better things ahead, whether that is a rational feeling or not.

27 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said:

Blimey, only a couple. I would love to know which 4 games you enjoyed and were entertained watching out of these bore fests. Swansea, Cardiff, Millwall, QPR, Leeds and Sunderland.

OK, more than a couple, but I do still feel we are moving in the right direction now whilst things were beginning to stagnate under NP. We are inconsistent and that needs sorting, but when we are good we are better than anything from the past 5-6 seasons.

edit - I've been more active in the football forum than normal this morning, looking forward to my stalker coming along soon to facepalm every single bloody post!

25 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said:

The football has been poor to watch since Manning took over.

A couple of games aside I really don't agree with this.

I have been more entertained at Ashton gate under Manning than I ever was under the last couple of years under Lee Johnson, all of Dean Holden and a large part of Nigel Pearson's time with us.

31 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said:

I'm no financial whizz, but your monthly contract is with the finance company who make their profit from the interest you pay. Surely they pay the club up front for your ticket purchase.

Happy to be proved wrong.

I don't think it's a finance company involved, just Bristol Sport. There is no monthly interest or anything, just a £25 charge for paying in instalments rather than up front. The Direct Debits certainly show as Bristol Sport on statements

On 01/04/2024 at 19:51, formerly known as ivan said:

I would say most fans are fickle but reading the comments on here after back to back wins, I would say this is pretty special!

Three games ago it wasn’t even just a case of Manning (or Tinnion) out, it was the disconnect from the club completely. Now, back to back wins against a decent Leicester side who had 1 win in 5 league games, and relegation threatened Plymouth, we are suddenly building something special!

I stand by the fact that my passion for this club has it an all time low. No amount of wins under this leadership team, top to bottom, will change that.

1 hour ago, redsquirrel said:

ditto that,someone else who realises our problems are not going to go away with no real professional proven leadership anywhere now

I don't think people's connection to the club is ever going to be what it was 20 years ago, and that is a general thing in football at the higher levels, although the contrast from what it used to be to now is greater for City just because what the club went through in the eighties created a very special bond for a fair few people.

The way football is now, for clubs to compete in the top two divisions they have to become more businesslike and corporate, and that automatically reduces how much a part of the club the fans feel. I honestly believe that applies for just about every club at our level, and maybe even a few below but with ambitions.

Personally, the time I felt closest to the club was the late nineties, the early days of City fans connecting online and City with Scott Davidson in charge. Once Steve Lansdown took over and we started on the path to Bristol Sport I felt the disconnect, and complained about it quite vociferously at the time. I like to think that I have now come out the other side from that, and can actually see the sense in what SL is trying to achieve with Bristol Sport and I actually quite like it. What helped to reignite my support for the club was bringing my young son and watching him grow into a passionate City fan.

In recent times the club has certainly made mistakes. Jon Lansdown has been allowed influence above his abilities without doubt, and Tins as DoF doesn't sit well with me just because I know from personal experience that he isn't the brightest! Lovely bloke though.

Pearson was maybe sacked too early, though you never know behind the scenes precisely what is going on so maybe the timing was perfect, but I do think our progression under him was showing signs of plateauing so maybe it was for the best.

I also think people have been far too quick to turn on Manning, mainly because they are pissed off about Pearson, but I think some of the matches under him at home have been better than anything else we have been served up since the best days of Lee Johnson (the Man Utd match season in particular).

Football fans are certainly fickle, and your passion for football/City may have expired, but keep at it and it will return, maybe just in a different way. I don't think we will ever feel a 'part' of the club the way it used to be possible to unless something goes very very wrong and I personally don't want that to happen.

12 hours ago, MarcusX said:

If I had to guess I reckon it’d be quite high from the smaller squad / no sub days but would be interested to know!

Agreed, I would guess someone like Tom Ritchie or Ray Cashley might hold the consecutive appearances record for City but no idea really.

A couple of years on from them, Rob Newman felt like a permanent fixture in my early days as a City fan.

6 hours ago, 2015 said:

Personally prefer Liverpool's style of play to Man City/Arsenal. I feel Klopp allows his player's more freedom tactically which makes their games far more entertaining from a neutrals POV.

I am tired of seeing slow methodical passing to control games and positional play being the key to winning matches which is what Pep and Arteta are disciples of. 

I would take Liverpool's chaotic style of play to Pep's structured style any day of the week purely because I like to be entertained.

I have always had a dislike for Liverpool for no real reason other than growing up in the seventies and eighties you were pretty much a Liverpool fan or you despised them. I was the latter.

Klopp has conflicted me on that because he is just such a likeable bloke and the football he produces is unquestionably fun.

Damned bloke has made me actually want Liverpool to win stuff! Looking forward to next season when he's gone and I can get back to wanting them to lose tbh.

2 hours ago, ExiledAjax said:

I think Soccerstats do it better where they looks at the ppg of your remaining opponents v the ppg of who you've played. There's a lot of numbers in their table, but basically an easier run in is shown by a big +% in the final column. A big -% means a hard run-in.

Their system says yes we've got a gentler final 7, but it's not quite as easy a run-in as those off Rotherham, Sheffield Wednesday, Swansea, or Stoke.

Look at the top btw. Ipswich's final 7 is nails.

 

That table will have Blackburn very nervous!

12 minutes ago, Oh Louie louie said:

Lets not turn this into a character assination on robbo, he's part of the furniture here, adress the jonny come latelys

You're right, edited my posts out

20 minutes ago, Robbored said:

The reputation hasn’t been in use for that long Rich - Phantom would probably know. - Is that the @phantom with over 38,000 likes?

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32 minutes ago, Robbored said:

Over 4300 likes would suggest differently Red……….……..

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2 minutes ago, CiderJar said:

No it is hypocrisy to hate Sky TV but love the darts... as popularised by Sky TV. I suspect most know the tune from the darts rather than frome ' Chase the Sun' by Planet Funk.

Thank you for the name of the tune, I now know what it is! It's been sung as a tune at AG for ages, probably around most football grounds.

I would be prepared to bet that less than 1% of the people singing it are doing so because they like darts on Sky.