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2 hours ago, GrahamC said:

 

Probably the same people moaning will be those saying we never “go for it”.

I suppose most people's idea of us "going for it" is football people choosing the footballers, and Steve keeping well out of it/just "signing the cheques"

14 minutes ago, Leabrook said:

Those of us that said sack him have to start admitting soon that we got it wrong. He’s making progress. Seagulls might not like it but that’s what’s happening 

I really hope so. It's absolutely devine to be right, delicious, it's what we all crave; but that would mean City being shite and struggling grimly against relegation next season, and as much as I love being right, and being seen to be right, I don't like seeing us being shite. 

7 minutes ago, Fpcity said:

Broke his jaw didn't he? 

Yes, Kalas was out for months.

1 hour ago, Pip King said:

What's this forum called again?

It's called: One team in Bristol. And you only have a phrase like that when there's two or more teams in one place. They don't tend to go around Norwich saying: there's only one team in Norwich. I don't suppose.

1 hour ago, Alan Dicks said:

But we’re the only team in Bristol that championship teams recognise, take it as a compliment.

Norwich played the Few earlier in the season,  I'd imagine they called them Bristol too. The pair of us are pretty anonymous, as professional clubs go. Unremarkable. So unremarkable are the Few I am convinced that when they started wearing the comedy quarters jester strip again in the 60's or 70s or whenever, it was a desperate attempt to be noticed, because they're never going to get attention for their football. 

38 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

No one has to “bother”.

Personally I love being in the Championship, the standard is decent, you play against some huge clubs yet it is still unpredictable enough for a side to beat Leicester & Southampton & to draw twice with Huddersfield.

Seeing clubs like Sheffield Wednesday struggle to even stay in it, Derby & Portsmouth happy to be returning to this level, is why I “bother”.

 

Much of what you write there applies to, say, Brentford in the PL. Or Burnley, under Dyche. You sound resigned to our mediocrity here but a regular of this forum might be forgiven for thinking that you are wanting more, and better, from the club, its owner, its staff and management. And matchday officials ........

5 hours ago, GrahamC said:

Pretty much everything about the Prem is shit.

I know that many want us to get there but having seen us play 4 seasons of top flight football in my life (a totally different, fairer world), I’m genuinely not bothered about joining that circus.

So, what are we bothering for then? 

4 hours ago, Gazred said:

Thinking about it, you don't often see an on the ball head-butt. Would take some doing.

Marley Watkins came closer than most to achieving this, when smashing Tommy Kalas's chin with his nut at Wigan, I think it was

1 hour ago, GrahamC said:

Always liked him, Noggers.

Think Coops genius move to switch Keith Curle to defence did for him in BS3, but he was good.

Needed someone swift to "cover" Forbes, or Mark Hughes, or whoever was the solid but slow and cumbersome No.5 that everyone other than Liverpool seemed to have back then. He was Kyle Walker before Kyle Walker was born

18 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

I refuse to call it a "Singing Section" but typically standing fans are more likely to sing, chant etc. Seated bit more sedentary  less so.

The location and size of the Safe Standing area feels too low to me..a bigger and more prominent one could see the atmosphere spread a bit further. More people singing,  more might join in.

Try calling it a "Sing when we're winning (but not always even then) section,"

10 hours ago, downendcity said:

Missing something this ^ ^ (although I love that they have got a comma in there), fer me .... how about:

"CREATED BY THE POOR, TRASHED BY THE FOOTBALL LADS BETWEEN ABOUT 1968 AND 1989, STOLEN/CLEANED UP/GENTRIFIED BY THE RICH" ?

10 hours ago, Robbored said:

Congratulations to Pompey. Fratton Park was the second away ground I visited in the late 60s/early 70s. My first was the County Ground when Don Rogers was playing for them.

What was yer third?

Chubby Tomlin, Psycho, Belgians in the Concourse!

"We didn't start the fire, it was always burning .... "

Free the Trumpton Ten (are they out yet?)

45 minutes ago, Eddie Hitler said:

 

Because the listening figures, like the gate receipts, would be miniscule.

I am all for women's football becoming successful in its own right but at present it is parasitically leeching money and press coverage from the well supported football team that has been going for over a century.

 

I believe that the ladies were trying to establish their game a century ago but ran into some ... difficulties with the, er, blokes at the FA (otherwise they might be a bit more, stand alone, by now)

40 minutes ago, reddogkev said:

Will he mention his time here?  Could be worth a listen, amazing to think we binned him off and he's now top scorer.

Whoever scouted him needs a pay rise (or an offer to come back); whoever coached him and/or decided to get rid, needs .....

Yes, well done to the club. Well done. This club can get things done well.

@pikeysrobins

"At the final whistle the Emirates Stadium was already half empty ....."  so begins the guardian's reflection on Arsenal losing yesterday.

9 hours ago, And Its Smith said:

If we were bottom of the form league this would get more comments!

That's human nature. Us being top over 5 games now is like Rory McIlroy playing another round on Monday and going: look at me! I'm winning now!

4 hours ago, Oxmary said:

 

As an Oxford United supporter for many years, I can sympathise with you.

Liam Manning came to us, out of work, with his side kick coach (who we all think did most of the the work), with a managerial 3 year contract. 

And what did he do after about half a season? He just buggered off to Bristol without a thought and left our team bereft. 

I love Bristol, but he's just a cold fish who's only thinking of number 1.

I really hope that he won't betray you too. 

Course he will, if someone a bit bigger offering a bit more comes in. I just hope we're all shattered and weeping and wailing and hanging out "Don’t leave us, Liam" bedsheets, and signing up to the Bayer Leverkusen forum to tell them what a rotter he is, and wondering who our hapless owner will bring in to keep us in the Premier League, when he buggers off. 

13 minutes ago, formerly known as ivan said:

I don’t get why people don’t like it when someone expresses an opinion on a forum?

It's often the ones that daren't ever start their own threads, but will pluck up the courage to have a little snipe at those that do. Funny old world ....

Just now, pikeysrobins said:

So….why the MASS exodus of fans (a) when Huddersfield scored (b) on 85 mins?? I hate it when fans leave early at the best of times but that was embarrassing today. We have been on a good run of late and I know things are petering out to another season of mid-tableness but hey…fair enough if we’re losing 3-0 or similar! 

It happens almost everywhere, everytime, in that situation now. It's not the 1970s anymore. That sort of loyal support is pretty much extinct, don't fret about it, we're not the ficklest, we're pretty much just like everyone else around the country 

Outstanding performance but a schoolboy error at the end there, giving a penalty to the midtable side with nothing at stake and going nowhere but the beach, at the expense of the team hovering around the bottom three or four, with rather a lot to lose. In April. Tut, tut. 

Whereas Lee Mason, in the (46th) game v Birmingham City in 2017, chose not to award us, the home side, a (pretty clear) penalty, us being on the beach with nothing at stake and Birmingham almost certain to go down and never to forgive or forget should he penalise them. And probably be hanging around in the car park afterwards. 

Played today in their win at Blackburn I believe

32 minutes ago, Banjo Red said:

Back to dogshit.

... back to reality (however do want me, however do you need me .... )

6 minutes ago, marmite said:

LJ used to line up with 4!!

And with some success, before reverting to the more fashionable and contemporary attacking fullbacks that couldn't defend, and our form going to pot

6 minutes ago, Sturny said:

Blackburn 1 up 

2 minutes ago, Midred said:

Blackburn now 1 up! 

A sign of things changing for the worse (for Leeds) or the pressure cranking up at the top?