Colemanballs

First of all, apologies for the use of the word twaddle. That was uncalled for. I am right though. It's something I have to know about for my work. A person who is photographed has no rights to prevent the photograph from being used except in very limited cases that don't apply here. How do you think paparazzi get away with what they do? Image rights in the UK generally relate to merchandise for sale and are predominantly protected by use of the doctrine of passing off. If such a clause exists in manager contracts, I can only assume that it is some kind of "belt and braces" wording. If football contracts are anything like those in the entertainment industry, they will certainly contain a lot of language that is superfluous.

The move of the Nige thread, which was talking about the way the club is run, was equally baffling.

Why on earth has this been moved to the ex-players forum? Despite the title, the discussion is about the club and very definitely belongs in the main forum.

Happy New Year from Northern Thailand.

Absolute twaddle. For starters, there is no statutory image right under UK law. None of the various methods used to try and enforce image rights (trade marks, copyright, passing off or performers rights) would prevent the club from posting online a photo in which they owned the copyright.

While we're at it, can we please move the loan thread back into the main forum? The move to the transfer sub forum has effectively killed off what was a useful and informative thread.

Nige's reaction

Highlights

Personally, I absolutely loathed it. The fact that even our own fans refer to it as the "Arsenal" shirt should explain why.

The assist for the equaliser was fortuitous to say the least - a horribly miscued shot that took a deflection to Solanke. However, the Bournemouth fans were very impressed with his performance. Some random quotes from their forum:

There is a brief mention of Scott as a potential West Ham target at the bottom of this article. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/09/west-ham-harry-maguire-james-ward-prowse-agree-30m-deals-manchester-united-southampton

Bristol City F.C. 1) Where will City finish this season, Top 2, 3rd - 6th, 7th-12th, 13th - 18th, or 19th -24th? 7th-12th 2) What will be City's exact final League position? 7th 3) How many points will City get this season? 69 4) Will City win 18 (or more) league games this season? Yes 5) Will City score 60 (or more) League goals this season? Yes 6) Will City concede 60 (or more) League goals this season? No 7) Who will finish as City's top scorer, League & Cups? Tommy Conway How many goals in total will City's top scorer (whether the player named in Q7, or not) get? 19 9) Who will be City's 2nd top scorer, League & Cups? Harry Cornick 10) How many goals in total will City's 2nd top scorer (whether the player named in Q9, or not) get? 11 11) How many academy graduates will make their City debuts this season in League or Cups? 3 12) Who will make more 1st team apps. in all competitions, Harvey Wiles-Richards or Stefan Bajic? Bajic 13) Will City sign a new goalkeeper this season, either permanently or on loan? Yes 14) Will Alex Scott still be a City player on the last day of the season? No 15) Will Zac Vyner still be a City player on the last day of the season? No 16) Which of the new signings, McCrorie, Dickie, Knight & Roberts, will make the most appearances. this season in League & Cup? Dickie 17) Which of these 4 players will make the least number of appearances? McCrorie 18) Will Jason Knight score 5 (or more) goals in all competitions? Yes 19) Will Anis Mehmeti score 7 (or more) goals in all competitions? No 20) Will Harry Cornick score 8 (or more) goals in all competitions? Yes 21) Which month will Ayman Benarous make his first on - field 1st team appearance for City this season? January 22) Which month will Rob Atkinson make his first on - field 1st team appearance for City this season? December 23) Will City sign a striker either in this window, or the January window? No 24) Will Seb Palmer-Houlden score 10 (or more) goals for Newport in all competitions? Yes 25) Will he be recalled in January? No 26) Who will be City's player of the season? Harry Cornick 27) What will be the Official attendance for City's first home League game against P.N.E. to the nearest thousand? 22k 28) What will City's average League attendance be this season to the nearest thousand? 21k 29) In which round will City be knocked out of the F.A. cup? 4th 30) In which round will City be knocked out of the Carabou Cup? 3rd 31) How many City players will be sent off in all competitions this season? 3 32) Who will be the first City player to be sent off this season? Alex Scott 33) How many penalties, in all competitions, will City be awarded this season? 3 34) How many penalties will City score? 3 35) How many penalties will be given against City this season in all competitions? 5 36) How many penalties will the opposition score? 4 37) Will any City player score a 1st team hat-trick this season? Yes 38) Which young City player out of Araoye, Yeboah, Leeson, Knight-Lebel, Francois & Taylor-Clarke, will make the most 1st team apps, in all competitions? Araoye 39) Will Nigel Pearson still be City manager on the last day of the season? Yes Gas 1) Will Rovers finish in the top half (1-12) or bottom half (13-24) of League 1? Bottom half 2) What will be Rovers final league position? 17th 3) What will be Rovers official average League attendance to the nearest thousand? 8k 4) Will Kane Wilson score against Rovers? No 5) Will Joey Barton still be Rovers manager on the last day of the season? Yes Rivals, Cardiff, Swansea & Plymouth 1) Who will finish higher, Cardiff or City? City 2) How many points will City get against Cardiff, 0,1,2,3,4 or 6? 4 3) Who will finish higher, Swansea or City? City 4) How many points will City get against Swansea, 0,1,2,3,4, or 6? 4 5) Who will finish higher, City or Plymouth? City 6) How many points will City get against Plymouth, 0,1,2,3,4 or 6? 4 Lee Johnson's Hibs 1) What position will Hibs finish in the SPL this season? 5th 2) Will Lee Johnson still be Hibs manager on the last day of the season? No Ashton's Ipswich 1) Who will finish higher, Ipswich or City? City 2) Will Ashton still be at Ipswich at the end of the season? Yes Old Boys 1) Will Joe Bryan score for Millwall against City this season? No 2) Will Antoine Semenyo score 7 (or more) goals for Bournemouth in all competitions? Yes 3) Will Kasey Palmer score against City this season? No 4) Will Callum O'Dowda score against City this season? No Championship 1) Which club will finish top of the Championship? Leicester 2) Which club will finish bottom of the Championship? QPR

Good point. I guess he could also decide to swallow the deficit to show that he really wants to be at Coventry.

It makes me wonder why Jay Dasilva didn't wait until 1st August to sign for Coventry.

There were glimpses last season, but you can clearly see from the Torquay highlights why Cornick was bought and what he can potentially contribute. If he can be as effective against Championship defences (which admittedly remains to be seen), I believe he will be an important part of the squad this coming season.

Cornick involved in all 4 second half goals.

I make mine 26. Reasonably happy with that.

I was never a big fan of the premier league anyway but I simply don't watch it at all anymore because of VAR and the bias towards the "bigger" teams.

Where in the LAWS of the game does it state this?

Not sure we can afford him.

Love it!

The Williams clip I can. I was interested in seeing the the Bristol City Twitter titled "Together" which as far as I know hasn't been posted here.

It would be awesome if someone could post that clip here for those of us that don't have twitter.

Dream scenario would be to see Shrewsbury come up with a late run (unlikely but 6 wins on the bounce), ideally beating Ipswich in the playoffs.

Please bear in mind that for those of us who don't use Twitter, the YouTube channel will be the primary source of content. Thanks for your efforts.