JBFC II

Bristol Bears had 26387 v Bath, a higher crowds than Rovers 3 last attendances put together...

Ah it all makes sense. The poor sods heard that the ‘gas are on the tv’ so stayed at home instead of going!

Price rises of over 50% in some areas for Forest fans, with 17-21 price range scrapped as well, so young people in full time education have to pay adult prices. Their fan base are far from happy about it… The dangers of promotion I guess!

Turning up in their numbers as per usual. Good to see the new stand being packed to the rafters again!

As far as I’m aware, although that rule may have changed. I heard an interview with Karen Brady where she basically said that although the temptation is there to do just that, it won’t help the women’s game at all so West Ham refuse to live beyond their means

As far as I'm aware, there's a salary cap which means top flight sides can spend 40% of their turnover on wages. That turnover is for the whole club though, so it would still be a huge amount for the WSL were we to do that. The big issue is with the lack of revenue the womens game makes, spending huge money on wages etc would lead to big losses, which isn’t sustainable in the long term

I presume this is an attempt at providing some match day entertainment after 90 minutes of Manningball has sent everyone to sleep?

A much deserved positive note in what has been a difficult season. Well done to all involved. Heres a video explaining the work the project does: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/video/features/foundation-project-saving-lives/

Of course there isn't. The issue is, you are very quick to jump on a negative bandwagon, but you become invisible when we are playing well. It's all quite interesting

If you want us to play well all the time why are you never visible, saying anything positive, during a good performance? And yet, when we are crap, like today, you’re commenting regularly, highlighting how poor it is. I’m intrigued

So you’re a Bristol City fan who wants us to do well when we aren’t playing well, but you aren’t bothered when we’re winning? Got it

Weird, not one comment during the Blackburn match about anything. Yet 7 negative ones about todays game. I wonder why…

If I remember correctly, it was a case of a comparitively low starter fee with lots of add ons

We've scored more goals in our last 100 minutes than they have in their last 950...

4 games to go and every side in the top half can still go up mathematically, while every side in the bottom half can still go down. Such a crazy league

09/10 version of Maynard. One of the most complete forwards I can remember at this level. He'd bring us 20+ goals which would be crucial

Anyone willing to own up?

7.4k at home? There wasn't a bike race on was there?

Not doubting he’s done a decent job, and clearly has ability as a coach. If we sacked Manning this afternoon, how would I feel if we appointed Rohl tomorrow though? He hasn’t done enough in management yet for me to be certain he’d be an improvement on what we currently have

His background is in assistant management and coaching, we’ve been down the route of bringing in good coaches and assistants many times before, when was the last time it worked? If he keeps Wednesday up then he’s done a good job, but that hardly makes him the best candidate out there. I’ll be honest, he wouldn’t even be on my list never mind at the top of it. Right now we don’t need another brith young thing, since I’ve been supporting this football club employing ‘bright young coaches’ has been far less successful than experienced managers, I see no reason why he would be any different. Not sure what he could do with our squad, being ‘likeable’ and calling a fan base ‘premier league quality’ sounds more like LJ jargon than actual ability at managing a side. Perhaps he’ll turn out to be the next Klopp, but if we sacked Manning there is no chance we should be going for someone so inexperienced in the professional game, it would be utterly pointless. I have no narrative at all, my point is that in his few months of management he’s hardly set the world alight, if we do bring in a new manager as a fanbase surely we want someone with experience of managing? Not somebody with 12 wins in his managerial career?

What about him would make him top of your list? 5 months of managerial experience with a worse record than Manning, what about his time so far at Sheffield Wednesday makes you think he’d take us forward?

There’s a huge jump between being competent at running an academy and being competent at running a football club. Tinnion has shown how large that jump is

You can count them yourself if you want!

Another huge following from promotion chasing Bristol Rovers!

Success is relative though. In 2007, heading in to the championship, success would have been viewed as a mid table finish. Nobody (including yourself I'm sure) went into that season thinking it would only be a success if we went up again. It was the most successful season we've had since the very early 80s, maybe it didn't lead to anything but that's not exactly the point. Anyway, we'll have to agree to disagree on this one. Let's hope you can see a successful season next year and we end up top!