Strictly Obi

I'm also drinking cheap red wine from the Co op. £4.50 a bottle, and actually quite decent! 

6 minutes ago, Slack said:

Don't be silly we won't get to penalties 

We're not allowed penalties

He was much too young! 

Gary Johnson achieved what Wilson couldn't

15 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

There have been plenty of world leaders that have been parents and grandparents who you would not want to mourn.

Everyone is entitled to their own views, but the present censorship by media (the failure to air anything that suggests anything other than an overwhelmingly positive view of the late Queen) is bound to frustrate those who don’t share those feelings.   I doubt that many people are actually happy about the Queen’s death (yes, that’s ‘death’, not ‘passing’) but there may be many who are disinterested or indifferent, and I’m not sure why their view is any less valid than anyone else’s, whether you agree with them or not.
 

Totally agree, and I think we should stand with Celtic and Liverpool fans that have been subjected to vile abuse for booing an imaginary anthem at matches that didn't even take place! 

Just found this News Thump article online, made me chuckle

Women’s football hooliganism ‘still has a long way to go’ admits FA

Despite the Lionesses’ magnificent victory in the Euros, when it comes to off-pitch hooliganism, women’s football is still way behind the men’s game, according to the FA today.

Wembley Way just after the women’s Euros final: England fans walk calmly to the tube station. They exchange smiles with German supporters. They discuss dinner plans. Their children sing and dance excitedly.

“Yeah, it’s obviously disappointing,” said Simon Williams, Head of Hooliganism at the FA. “The women’s game has made great strides on the field but there is hardly any violence and hostility in the stands.

“You hear people criticising the standard of goalkeeping but that’s missing the more important problems – where are the thrown bottles, the swinging bicycle chains?

“I think the only people who ‘went home in the back of an ambulance’ were suffering from dehydration.

“Wembley was packed, and when the German national anthem was played there wasn’t a single boo. Not one. That was disappointing.

“And we’re still many years away from organised fights between hundreds of opposing fans.

“Like anything, we need to address this issue at the grassroots level.

“Primary school girls need to be taught that anyone wearing a different coloured football shirt deserves to be thrown to the ground and have their head stamped on.

“Rudimentary hand to hand combat should be part of the P.E. curriculum.

“And mums should set an example by fighting each other during weekend youth matches – nothing fancy, just an eye gouge here, a headbutt there.

“And don’t be afraid of calling someone a c##t just because you’re meeting them for brunch the following day.

“Basically, just do what the dads do.”

 

 

 

 

I'm by no way sticking up for NP, but find it difficult to understand how some are criticising his signings when he's literally been given no budget whatsoever. 

For me it's all about risk assessment! And scientists and doctors far more qualified than myself have calculated your much more likely to contract and die of covid, than any possible side affect brought on by the vaccine itself. However I respect other people's decision to play Russian roulette and refuse the vaccine. I mean many people know the risk of smoking, yet continue to do so. My only gripe is if hospitals become clogged up with ant-vaxers, and that has a detrimental affect on others. 

Unfortunately most of the blame has to lie at the door of the piss poor England fans themselves, who let  country down big time. 

10 hours ago, The Constant Rabbit said:

Probably time to finish your beer and go to bed mate.

No ned to be uncouth

Apologies for my lack of manners, i promise I'll try to be more like everyone else on here in future! 

21 minutes ago, The Constant Rabbit said:

The only winner will be Gregor.

 

Why?

 

Because NP currently has the fans on board.

Now, remember that every piece in the EP will be written with Gregors spin on it.

 

Imagine City lose the next 5.

 

Then lose 1-0 to the top side in the champ.

 

Which headline would Lansdown want?

 

"Improving City narrowly pipped by Premier League bound club - a win for City due soon"

Or

"Pearsons rabble throw in the towel again. Lansdown listening to fans and thinking of a new man at helm"

 

No brainer.

The new CEO or whoever is head of comms will have a word before the Boro game.

 

I guarantee NP will be told to sort it.

Over a beer or in the car park - but sort it, and sort it now.

 

Gregor can write clickbait all year and Pearson can do nothing about it. Look at the posts already on this issue.

Gregor can also get Pearson offside with the fans if our form doesn't pick-up quickly - and get NP the sack.

Look on here - theres already a growing number of people calling out Pearson.

 

NP needs to swallow his pride, and sort it out.

 

When city are challenging again for promotion (hopefully!) the he can serve up his revenge nice and cold if he wants to.

 

But at the moment, NP needs Gregor to play nice.

 

I'm surprised more people can't see this. Gregors having a ball here.

I think you and Gregor would get on well as you both write utter drivel. Gregor is irrelevant. He doesn't write for a big newspaper. Less and less people read it every year and are turning to social media to read about there teams etc.

If NP brings success to the club, then hell be in turn successful. If team performances don't improve in time, hell be out. Nothing to do with what Gregor writes one way or the other! I'm surprised you can't see this! 

6 minutes ago, cheese said:

Knock Out Ginger round our way in Kingswood.

And round our way in Sneyd Park

He was the defensive coach, so deserved the sack. Sorry no sentiment in football. Hopefully McAllister will fair better. 

36 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

There is a gap between us and those above us , we are in a group of five clubs who are beginning to be cut adrift .

There are one or two clubs in free fall like Ipswich and Birmingham who could join this group but don't need too many points to get to 50 .

Make no mistake we are in a relegation battle and need to get those seven wins in the next three or four matches ...

 

Not sure any team could get 7 wins in 3 or 4 matches! 

6 minutes ago, Red Right Hand said:

Probably he had two lists, a championship one and a league one version.

Yes, but the league one version was written by SC!

6 minutes ago, BRISTOL86 said:

As much as I'd love to have sympathy with people who gave large sums of untraceable cash to a football player who promised them a 20% p/m ROI...somehow I just can't find the required compassion. 

Anyone who's spent at least, oh, five minutes or so living in the real world would surely have smelled a scam from a mile away?!

Agree, v difficult to feel sorry for super rich footballers....in they're greedy pursuit to try and get even wealthier. 

We should start a "he is awful" thread for every new player from now on

We already do......are you new to this forum?

OTIB Match Weather:-

City Vs Bradford, Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol, Tuesday 21st October 2014.

K.O. 1945 BST.

Windy at first this evening, with the risk of gales, especially over high ground and exposed coasts. Showers will soon die away and winds will ease and with clear spells it will turn cold enough for a touch of grass frost in rural areas.

Temperature: 10 celcius

Winds: 14 mph, WNW

Visibility: Very good

Humidity: 60%

Pressure: 1020 mb

Sky: clear

(Sunset at 1805 BST)

TFR

What! No pollen count?

Feel sorry for Baldock personally. Runs his socks off every game. As hes said is just going through a bad patch atm however has still scores a decent amount of goals. Imagine how many he will get in this league when hes inform. People need to remember hes still young as well will get better.

Baldock when hes not scoring offers work rate and stretches the game with some clever off the ball runs. Same cant be said about jet who when he has an off day offers nothing. That being said we have two of the best strikers in this league the defence and midfield lets us down sadly.

I think it's frustrating when you see SB miss chances. But I think most intelligent fans can See what a good little player he is. Remember this forum is not representative of your average fan. And there are a lot of attention seekers on here. If we can tighten up the defence, and if Jet and SB can keep scoring at the rate they have been. There is no reason we can't finish mid table.

Why not just drop the bloke.He has cost us dear this season.

Yes great idea let's drop our top scorer! If only Cotterell had your astute footballing brain!

There have been plenty of threads moaning about our defence for goodness sake. Not sure how anyone can defend Baldock's finishing. He's not sniffing out a chance and getting on the end of the ball in a crowded box, he is missing clear chances that you would expect any striker to take, or at least get a higher conversion rate than he does. You can go right back to the second game of the season at Northampton against Coventry, he missed 2 clear and 1 half chance before Coventry scored, they of course took the first sniff they got and every subsequent sniff after that.

You have mis read what I have said. My point is we have scored v few goals from either our midfield or defence. And yet nobody seems to be making this an issue. Without Jet or SB we would really be in the shit. We can all see how many he has missed, yet I feel he has done extremely well to have scored as many as he has in a struggling team. If he scores 20+ goals for us this season are we really going to chastise him for it? He scored two goals against the Dons, should have been enough to win us the game. It's our defending that is letting us down. We aren't going to score 3 every game.

That's what the Pro Baldock group always pull it back to the amount he's scored so far, No one has actually said that the amount he's scored isn't good, It is.

I just feel he could have a bag tone more because of the opportunities he's missed many if them are sitters and cost us points, Just like we don't like conversion stats the Pro side don't like Point facts

On the flip side, how many points would we have without his goals? Why aren't you bemoaning are lack of goals from midfield and defence as vehemently? Or does it not fit the agenda?

Those who don't see them will judge them on statistics, those who do will make up their minds on the evidence of their own eyes.

Um, yes John, we would be better off with a more clinical striker on this season's evidence.

My point, as I am sure you are aware is- a more clinical striker May actually not score any more goals. And might actually score less. SB is creating many chances by his astute movement both on and off the ball. It is quite possible another player wouldn't even get into the same scoring positions.

I rarely watch MOTD, my assertion that Baldock should have doubled his tally is based solely on the chances I've seen him squander.

He's had a plethora of easy chances this season - certainly not just one on ones - and he has notably failed to take far too many.

When comparing him with others I couldn't say whether any other striker in this division has had so many easy chances and failed to take them, but I'd doubt it, because the number he's had would be extraordinary for any striker, even in a much more successful team

Certainly it's hard to think of a City striker in the last 45 years with a comparable catalogue of misses because we've almost never been a high chance creating team. Liam Robinson springs to mind, but even then he wasn't doing air shots from 5 yards out, or often missing the target completely.

I think it was 'Harry' who listed a large number of Baldock's misses a few weeks ago and of course there are quite a few more to add even in the last few games. Perhaps he could do an update?

I'd look at it that there are half chances, good chances, and gilt edged 'really should score most of them' chances, and it is in the latter catagory that many of Baldock's notable misses fall in to.

Even allowing for the fact that all forwards miss chances it's bemusing to think there's anyone out there who truly believes his total shouldn't be far higher on the quality of chances afforded to him.

Surely strikers are judged on the goals they score? Not the ones they miss! Or would we be better off with more clinical striker that scores less goals?

Thank you for clearing that up, John. So, as the first line of defence, can we land one on Sammy Baldock for not closing down the oppositions lumbering central defenders properly?

I think you could rough him up a bit if you choose. Just no nasty stuff!

In all honesty though, I think SB works his cotton socks off for the team. Lots of selfless off the ball movement and running the channels. But yes he has weakness's. But I think he'd also walk in to most teams in this league.