Mad Cyril

Given we can't go up and can't go down, makes me scratch my head why Mabude doesn't get any minutes to decide if he is worth signing (unless that decision is already set).

He was unlucky midweek... Pretty sure it would have been safe to bring him on if we were 6 up....

I thought the ref was very bloody good today. The fact she paused to make important decisions might have made it look like she was influenced by players bleating, but I don't think that was the case. 

She might have also appeared as our first "homer" for years.... But that was only because of a rash of "anti-football" by an away team fighting to stay up. Good job and way better than the average ref we normally get at Ashton Gate.

5 hours ago, formerly known as ivan said:

Good luck all for next season. I shall look forward to a return to the gate in a year or two.

I have renewed but sit next to a very windy lady and need to move seats. Do you mind me asking where your freed up seat is, and can I assume Fanny Fart-Pants doesn't have a friend who sits near you?

On 11/04/2024 at 08:27, Silvio Dante said:

Go out to all the local clubs in the Hanham Minor League and offer them, say, 25 free tickets. Put them in half the Atyeo. Get the bums on seats, get the merchandise sold, get the money from the concessions. Be imaginative. Rotherham aren’t selling it out so you can use the space at limited costs and maybe snare a load of future fans and income.

Be great to unearth the next generation of Netters. 

#need to be able to sing really fast

5 minutes ago, shahanshahan said:

Coach meant to arrive at Wembley at 5pm didn't arrive until 5.40pm. Parked on the other side of the stadium, so too tired to do the Wembley Way walk.

Went to find a spot for the flag. And it's up. 

If you are going to do an iconic walk up, you should really go up Olympic Way.

3 hours ago, BrizzleRed said:

Very fair comment.  Tourist fans go to high profile or successful clubs, not to watch the dross we dish out.  

If a’tourist’ was daft enough to come along once, they certainly wouldn’t return!

Heard a great story at Spurs when a load of South Korean tourists appeared in the home end, getting very excited and grabbbing loads of Insta hits 

When a flare was set off by one of the home fans it was quickly passed to one of the excited tourists who was over the moon about being included in the celebrations.... He was immediately buried under 5 stewards, forcibly ejected and last seen outside the ground being bundled into a police van. Priceless.

6 hours ago, cidercity1987 said:

Max Bird ....

I can see some money changing hands and the transfer cancelled to avoid us having a greatly demotivated player

If money is going to change hands for the demotivated so they don't have to come, Max Bird can wait his turn behind 20,000 City fans....

Due to stretched finances, I have to make a choice between renewing my ticket at City or renewing my Gentleman's subscription at Hot_Thai_Escorts.com.

I have just found out that Taeng-Mai isn't the beautiful lady she said she was, but is a Derek from Barnsley.

On reflection, I am likely to opt for the escort service over City, as the product is closer to that advertised.

Club management coming clean with "the player got here and it turns out he is ####" might not be very motivating for the players who you are being really honest about, not particularly enhance your chances of selling him on later....

Maybe it just takes longer to coach talent and promise out of new players than we realize?

21 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Separating out the Women's team is often one I see on here..you mention the men's team.

Would be a fairly interesting step to buy one without the other- to separate it out us possible if course but the cost base really isn't so high for one and secondly it sits under the Football club anyway..can we think if any other recent takeovers whereby this has occurred?

Not sure any sale would be made on a selective purchase.

" How much for the Club Steve? Christ! If you exclude the women's team, the u-18s and Harry Cornick, then how much? And I never liked the Atyeo stand. Scrub that bit too. "

Bloody kids running on the pitch, putting struggling streakers out of business.

Poor old Erika Roe. 

10 minutes ago, Robbored said:

This SC and official attendance differences has come up before and many speculated that it’s probably something to do with tax - the larger the attendance the more club have to pay………..

I have no idea why there is an obvious visual discrepancy in pretty much every game at AG but there obviously a reason.

Before we worry about filling the ground, can we at least make an effort to fill the bench?

2 hours ago, ChippenhamRed said:

That announced attendance is an absolute joke.

Where did you get an attendance figure from? 

Clubs only announce a 'seats sold' number (relating to income and tax). 

Have you got a link?

Anyone with the energy to boo Fam on Saturday clearly isn't putting in enough effort to boo our own players and manager .

According to some posts on here, we need to destroy our own new recruits as a priority.

So we should turn to sacking a manager after 2 consecutive defeats? Who are we, Watford?

Presumably Pearson would also get the bullet if he lost 2? Or does he get a buffer of 3?

* Allow season ticket holders to pocket match day ticket prices through easy resale rather than sell empty seats?

* Watch games on a fire stick?

* Buy up 20 houses behind the Atyeo and build a new stand to create a more pleasing stadium look?

Not really a sound strategy to allow any sort of spend on the squad are they....

Positives? I farted but didn't follow through.

Much.

13 hours ago, mattjb said:

 The stewards on the steps going up into each section could do random ticket checking but even that might not stop it

Can you imagine the melt down on here if someone is asked to show their ticket more than once?

One poster on here is still in counselling after 2 encounters with a drugs dog.

11 hours ago, phantom said:

 

Villa fans have this theory their players are deliberately overlooked for England and blame Southgate for this 

Villa fielded the grand total of 2 English players yesterday including subs. So plenty of options for him to consider....

Unless Officer Willow was an XL Bully with someone's torn off arm in its mouth, or dry humped your leg, maybe just be grateful someone is trying to protect your safety as you enter an enclosed space with any number of random nutters?

4 hours ago, TMWANG50 said:

Good to see footballers getting some good press for once, top guy...

...unless it was a lost bet

He was excellent and deserves his own song.

11 hours ago, harvey54 said:

Good ground. Locals can be a bit hostile. They have a lot of old Chelsea boys that follow both teams and fancy themselves. Should be lively 

Why is this written in a Danny Dyer accent?

17 hours ago, mozo said:

We'll beat Leeds. There, I said it.

We seem to be much better as an underdog, and have a decent record against top half teams. 

If we beat Leeds, we should get a mural in the concourse.