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.... and the old folks - @Ivorguy, @cidered aboroad, @pongo88, @slartibartfast - wished him well

Bell n Wells. Wells Bell. Surely to goodness we can make AC/DC's "Hell's Bells" work here? Can't we? Come on A Block (ask yer uncle; get on youtube). ".... coming on like Harry Kane, You're only young but yer gonna die Wells Bell! You got us singing: Wells Bell Our temperature presses's high: Wells Bell Cos if Sam's on the left, Nakhi's sticking to the right, Wells Bell" Just need that Pompey bloke and his bell, and we're off .... Wells Bell. It might work. Until Tommy comes back

Enough now, stop all this. I only mentioned this about Naismith because my Crystal Palace mate said he was told this by Shaun Dairy.

We just won at Preston! Come on, have a go

This is what Henry Winter might've written the other week (end) if he hadn't been so intent on patronising a small lower league club.

You never see that @GrahamC on these sort of threads, he goes missing when the puns start flying. Disappointing.

He's been known to milk these in the past.

I don't mind so much not getting penalties, it means never missing one.

Thing is, City struggling in the Second tier, sitting about 17th - 19th, heavily in debt losing money hand over fist, crowds slipping away, disgruntled fans questioning the manager and board, people moaning, boo boys singling out struggling individual players and getting on their backs, a cup run from nowhere, people leaving the Dolman early - that is our club. That's Bristol City. Competent, professional non-bullshit staff running the club, unbeaten in January, sensible grown up transfer window, kids we produced ourselves scoring at this level, hosting the Champions of England, cheerful optimistic fans - who tf is this? It's not "our club" and it'll do. You can keep "our* club," don't want that back .... *see first paragraph

Will that not then dilute the quality?

42,000 at Sunderland / Middlesbrough the other week, in one of the poorer areas of the country. Heating, eating or football?

It's ok mate, go to bed. It's not going to happen.

If we merged with them, we gain one of the biggest most massive away supports in the country, overnight. Then none of us would have to bother with all the effort and inconvenience of going to bleedin away games.

You don't get interviewed by BBC Radio Local or HTV's Bob Sport whilst ordering tickets on yer phone, though. I miss seeing plasterers and scaffolders or office workers and bank clerks being asked: "You buying tickets?" or "How long've you been queuing?" or some such by Bob Crampton or Ian Seymour. Or Todge Malone, even.

The club's "security advisors," due to "malicious and unacceptably threatening correspondence" and "increasing incidents of anti-social behaviour - including targeted physical aggression" How's that?

We lost the summer 2015 one, hammered we were. Embarrassing. I left early. And the January '18 one, another drubbing. Pathetic. January '17 window was a draw, a score draw. We were 0:4 down, then pulled back to 4:4 with the Fewer we signed for £3,000,000 or whatever it was.

Nor am I, just fancied a riff on Britain's Angriest/Bitterest fans.

Angry supporters confronting players in the street after a home game, during the transfer window + club's owners and directors advised not to attend home game + shit team on the slide = not a very appealing club to join. Own goal by the Angry/Bitter Everton fans? (Some) Football Lads are Thick As Shit, and don't know what TF they're doing (when they get angry).

Davefevs and Mr Popodopolous will be all over the amortisation on that deal ....

What if they just retort: "Champions of League One!" Where do we go then?

Thank you, Richard

Possibly 1974, quarter final v Liverpool.

I dunno. We've got a central defender from Bath who played for Plymouth during his professional development, and, er, well that's one similarity.

Cock-er-nee spivs, mate. Don't be taken in

I too like the home produced players coming through, it's certainly interesting, and satisfying, if not yet remarkable.