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  1. 19 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

    Of course I'd rather watch us win games but if the end result is achieving the same outcome as a team that finished midtable then it's not a success. 

     

    The two play off legs vs Palace, memories for generations. Being one game away from the Premier League, a famous day out.

    Give me that over this season where frankly I don't care about any of our games anymore.

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  2. 2 hours ago, jambodinho said:

    Lisbon is high on my list purely down to the series “Somebody Feed Phil” on Netflix. He also ate at Ponto Final. Looked incredible. If you’ve not seen the series, at least have a look for that Lisbon episode. Certainly looks like a foodies heaven over there 

    I'd recommend doing Lisbon first, then getting the train to Porto like we did. We then took a minibus out to the Douro region for wine and port tasting. Fantastic day!

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  3. On 12/03/2024 at 14:05, petehinton said:

    off to Sal Grosso in Lisbon tonight. Have to say, here and Porto have been eye opening in terms of quality of food at such insanely low prices. 

    Bit late now, but went to Ponto Final in Lisbon last year. It's got very popular from TikTok (it is on a little jetty on the river, insane view), and the food was outstanding and so cheap! (They could of definitely charged a premium).

    Also went to a restaurant called Blind in Porto, one of the best meals I've ever had. Experiential food. Incredible and again well priced.

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  4. 1 hour ago, TDarwall said:

    Whether Liam lasts 5 more minutes or 5 more years, this is what will happen when we appoint his replacement;

    A small % will instantly dislike the replacement & will find it hard to shake that, whatever he does. On balance this group will be proved right, most of our managers fail.

    Another small % will be totally pro the new replacement (either as they really like him or his type).

    These 2 small groups will make a lot of noise & drown out the majority who'll generally support the new bloke as him doing well makes their Saturdays much more fun.

    I've already covered my bases with fiver each on Frank Lampard & Mark Robins to be our next boss #itk

    Most managers fail. Not just ours.

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  5. 17 hours ago, Merrick's Marvels said:

    Do you think the signing of Bird will be sufficient to halt the current negative trajectory? (The chances are the likes of Stokes and SB-H will be peripheral players at best).

    The strategy appears to be - get to the end of the season, any which way we can, then buy a couple of young midfielders.

    Is that really going to be the answer, given what we've seen?  

    I'm sceptical, to be honest. 

    No, I think we need to move Manning, Tinnion and JL on to reverse our current trajactory.

    But I also don't think the club is at rock bottom. It's not the worst I've seen it.

    It may be a sinking ship, but it's because of the Captains, not because there's a massive hole in it. It's got a lot of potential.

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  6. 9 minutes ago, Superjack said:

    All the positives you mention have either been destroyed or are in the 'process' of being.

     

    Disagree.

    The style of play is poor, and results are on a negative trajectory. I'll give you that.

    Are we signing old journeyman on high wages? No. Bird, Stokes etc suggest otherwise.

    Are we removing the academy? Some players like Yeboah have been shipped on loan, which is odd after being in the first team, but also I expect the likes of Palmer-Holden etc to be in and around the squad next year.

    So it's not all the positives being destroyed, it's merely the style of play IMO. 

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  7. 5 hours ago, Robbored said:

    Why not?

    Murphy meets all the criteria needed to play Bond. He handsome, cool and suave and an experienced actor.

    That said whoever the next 007 is they won’t ever outdo Sean Connery. He was the best Bond ever.

    He's also 47. Probably too old for Bond. Or for a good run at Bond. 

    Can get a good 15 years out of ATJ.

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  8. 51 minutes ago, Steve Watts said:

    Manning is doing a lot behind closed doors as well....sadly none of it is positive and the only thing this whole failed experiment has succeeded in is creating division between fans and the club and between fans and other fans. 

    Supporting this club has never felt so difficult as it does now.  Usually you can find some things to be positive about. Youth coming through, players playing with pride even if they're not getting the rub of the green etc, but right now there's literally nothing.  Zero. Zilch. Nada.  And it's bloody soul destroying it really is. 

    I've given over 40 years of my life to supporting this club.  Others have given even more. But I have never in those 40+ years felt as despondent as I do now.

    I personally think you're a bit short in the memory.

    We are mid table, yes going backwards, but highly unlikely to be relegated. It's not like the days under S'OD / McInnes of late.

    We have a squad who played with pride earlier in the season. Again, not like the massive wages we had on dead wood earlier in the season.

    We have multiple academy players in the squad, it's not like under Gary where we didn't have any youth.

    Even as a squad, we are fairly young. It's not like we have lots of older players on longer contracts.

    Yes Manning-ball is dire. Tinnion and JL are out of their depth. But there's also so much potential here, as seen in glimpses under Nigel.

     

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  9. Daniel Craig was shown getting his first (?) kill to make him a double O. Completely ignored Brosnan. 

    Just restart the franchise again. The only shame is I liked Ben Winshaw, Ralph Fiennes etc who will probably be moving on. 

  10. 1 hour ago, Monkeh said:

    Here's a question

    Would changing the head coach make a difference where you have a technical director dictating to you how you must play and who you will sign,

    It won't an entire change of approach is needed,

    The ideas behind it are sound but there's too much power concentrated in one area which is why it's failing 

    I actually believe a technical director should dictate how we play.

    We should have an identity which runs throughout the club, meaning all youth players play the Bristol City way and can slot in seamlessly into the first team when called upon. It also means we have a clear approach and structure to transfers, protecting the club from having to be rebuilt each time we get a new manager.

    If we kept ripping up the rule book each time, we'd have players like Sam Bell who are good on the press, being part of a team who play hoof ball and it wouldn't work. 

    And this is part of the issue, Tinnion wants a high press, attacking team, and I feel we are actually building a team for this (Tinnion should be part of a panel on who we sign, but the key word is panel). However this is not the style Manning is playing, and that's the issue. Tinnion should be asking why has he taken a high press team (best at the press in the league under Pearson), and start to reverse it? I'm all for managers tweaking, but it shouldn't be wholesale changes.

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  11. 46 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

    Sykes & Knight are on international duty anyway so they won’t get any time off at all.

    Can already hear Mannings excuse. 


    “look, we had key members on international duty so we didn’t get the time on grass together as hoped, and obviously it affects our behaviours as a collective”

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  12. 1 hour ago, Super said:

    I'm guessing there is more to it than that, Especially as GS still wants him in the squad, Also i'm sure many players haven't always got on with their manager

    I believe the falling out was with Gareth's assistant. I think GS wants White back in the squad due to the amount of injuries we have right now, if everyone was fit it'll be a different story.

  13. 1 hour ago, Hxj said:

    There is no such nationality as English, Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish for players.  Nakhi Wells, Alex Scott and Tommy Conway could under FIFA rules all play for Wales.

    Nakhi Wells is from Bermuda for a start!

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  14. 5 minutes ago, Wedontplayinblue said:

    It’s almost like Arsenal are a bigger club with more fans willing to buy tat for points, I imagine the uptake on our rewards scheme was minimal. 

    What I love is currently you cannot buy tat for points, merely enter competition to have the chance to win tat.

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