Tinmans Love Child

All the positive talk about Benny makes me think that I'd love us to go rogue and get an unknown foreign coach in, if only for the change!

Probs not been this dissapointed since Joe Jordan left the first time as we were doing well when he left. Bit different with Cotts as we were struggling so could at least appreciate the decision (I appreciate the lack of investment he had), but apart from that, in my 30 odd years of support I can't remember the fans being this gutted by a manager departure

Agree with this, I want us to recruit a winner first and foremost, look at some of the managers who have gained promotion from the Championship in recent years and how much Championship experience they had before promotion. If the list of candidates with Championship experience doesn't include a winner, then you need to look at other leagues for your man

Sorry but this is a Mickey Mouse Rovers reaction, he's gone and that's that, there are no realistic steps

Yeh I can see that but that's what we had in Nige, I guess no choice is guaranteed to succeed.

I wouldn't mind seeing an unknown foreign type to shake things up a bit, I don't know who, but the same old British names is so meh

I see the fruit market is 100% confirmed now as not happening and they are definitely staying put! Begs the question of where the money is coming from to renovate the Mem? If you can't raise non match day revenue significantly then you are basically chucking your money away, even if it's on the cheap with temporary stands, so why would the owners do that? Which begs the next question of will they just sell up as there is no money to be made?

https://www.bristolcityprogrammes.com/product/bristol-city-v-ipswich-town-25-10-2023/ Here's the link for last nights programme! Thanks for the help

As per title, my football hating friend took his football loving nephew to his first match last night and made the cardinal sin of not buying a program. His nephew made him feel very guilty on the way home when he said he wished he had one! Anyway I thought they were online these days but my mate was convinced he saw people selling them? My question is we're programs for sale last night and how can I get one? Thanks

My mate who is 42, hates football and has never been to a game is taking his nephew to their first ever football match after winning some tickets, I feel this is a good omen for a city win!

The positive is that I think by going public Nige is showing that he really wants to stay and see the job through which is great, if he really wanted out he wouldn't say anything, especially if he thought a new contract was defo not going to happen, as he is risking a big fall out and getting the

Why do they need to paint that onto the pitch? Just use a bit of TV magic surely

No it's not, the issue is 90% of supporters don't sing. When we played Man Utd there was no issue with the atmosphere and the singing section was in the same place.

I saw this stat on Sky: No club in Sky Bet Championship history has picked up 27 or more points from their first 11 games and failed to win promotion that season. Ipswich Town have 28 and Leicester 30 after 11 games!

If only we still had Mark Ashton

Yeh that would be a better stay really, who fills out their away allocation average

We just need to be in touch with the playoffs at this point for me, which we are. We easily could/should be on more points as well which although annoying is positive. It's all about the second half of the season which is where historically we seem to fall away. If we are within 6 points of the playoffs in Jan then it's all to play for. I think there are so many teams who are similar to us who have a chance, so hopefully the 3 years of Nige gives us a bit more? Time will tell

I think the point is this sort of thing wouldn't happen anywhere else apart from at a football match

My first season was 89/90 and Dave Smith has defo my fave player, so fast, and then we got Junior on the right wing later that season!

Agreed, look at Newcastle, nearly 60k stadium, loads of prem experience, champions league, all the rest of it, but still won't ever be one of the big clubs. I guess Chelsea and Man City are the ones who have broken into that group due to the money, but they had some form of provenance, I can't see even if we had that level of financial input and we win things that we would ever be considered one of the big clubs

What is the list of clubs to have never played in the Prem? That would be a better list to look at and compare us against, rather than comparing to clubs who have been in the prem. Looking at championship teams this season it's only Us, Preston, Plymouth, Millwall, Rotherham who havnt played in the Prem. You could argue between us, Plymouth and Preston but we defo sit above the other two on most measures I can think of. From the other leagues I don't think there is any other club of note to get in this list who HASNT played in the Prem yet.

The Fleece debacle at least led to a change in planning law so the onus is on the builder to soundproof if building near an established music venue

I hope this waste company havnt waited until now to take legal action deliberately as it will have more potential for compensation. I can see where they are coming from if they haven't been considered in the planning, but it feels like timing is key with this legal action.