The Enormous Turnip

Big game at Hillsborough today, would love to see a big win for Wednesday for the GD, but any win would do!

You’d always rather have points on the board, but bear in Southampton have two in hand and then trips to Leicester and Leeds on the final day. Goal difference means it’s probably out of their hands, but they still have everything to play for as things stand.

Remember Taylor - in the urinal, not on the balcony!!

Playing well, keep it up City, let’s get that second goal… and not concede a sloppy one on the break!!

Apologies for not updating the thread everyone, it had slipped so far down the pages. I'm afraid all three tickets have now been sold - Mods if you'd be good enough to amend the title! Best of luck in the search for tickets you guys.

Have sent you a DM

Update: Single ticket sold. Pair of tickets together still available!

Morning all, I have three tickets in the away end next week for sale. Full disclosure; a little awkwardly, we bought an initial two together and, separately, a third - which we were going to try to work out on the day!! Will confirm details over DM for those interested. Two of us were supposed to be spending next week in Southampton for work but this has changed last minute - and a lack of appetite for the solo trip for the third - means they're all up for grabs. I have the physical tickets with me, however as I'm Brighton based I'd have to post these to you (a bit of trust involved here!) and take payment online. If there are any takers then ideally I would get these in the post today, first class, to get them over to you ASAP. Conscious of time constraints, so first come first serve - face value (£25 each, no worries about postage). Cheers

FYI, about 20 minutes ago, I bought what was showing as the final one ticket available. When I completed the purchase, it said there were another two for sale - perhaps they were being held in people's baskets and they didn't follow through. Keep refreshing!

Appreciate this is a thread aimed at what Manning didn't say, and this probably stood out like a sore thumb because NP was such a beacon of considered, articulate thoughts after the cliche bingo of LJ / MA - but in the few clips I've seen, I've already lost count of how many times he's said "the big bit" or variations thereof. "The big bit for me is I want people to enjoy watching this time" "The big bit is the playing group that's currently here" "It starts with behaviours, that's the most important bit" "That's the biggest bit, how you look at the weekend, win, lose or draw" ""Being open to learning, being coachable, I think that's the biggest bit" "How we review sessions, how we review games, how we analyse everything... that's the biggest bit" "The big bit is getting results and winning games" But Liam, which of the big bits is the biggest!?

Oh yes, Andes constantly inspiring Max to reach Peak performance in a Range of ways! We'll be Climbing the table in no time...

Mixed emotions about this one - I’ve lived in Brighton since 2014 (left Bristol midway through the title winning season ) and rarely manage to make it to any City games home or away these days (our last game was WBA at home on Boxing Day - aren’t we lucky!) My partner has recently got a job that takes her to Southampton every now and then, so this was one of the first fixtures we looked out for this year. I’ve just bought our tickets, and being such a rare treat for us it’ll be a great night either way, but was a massive fan of NP and everything he stood for and was building us towards - so just wish this one were coming under different circumstances. Hey ho, see you all in a few weeks - COYR

As votes stand, a little over 30% of voters either want Steve Lansdown to remain as owner or aren't sure, but only 60% of those (18% total) trust or possibly trust them to make good decisions in the club's best interests. Unpack that!

Excruciating officiating

This is tough to watch. Frantic, no composure and generally a really poor quality game. Surely it can only get better!?

Ahhhh yes, we're back!! Delighted to be furnished with a further opportunity to reclaim a long, long distantly lost title. Optimistic predictions from you I must say Noggers! Here we go then, my predictions in Red 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 8.) How many goals in total will City's top scorer (whether the player named in Q7, or not) get? 18 9) Who will be City's 2nd top scorer, League & Cups? Nahki Wells 10) How many goals in total will City's 2nd top scorer (whether the player named in Q9, or not) get? 12 11) How many academy graduates will make their City debuts this season in League or Cups? 2 12) Who will make more 1st team apps. in all competitions, Harvey Wiles-Richards or Stefan Bajic? Wiles-Richards 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? Yes 16) Which of the new signings, McCrorie, Dickie, Knight & Roberts, will make the most appearances. this season in League & Cup? Knight 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? November 22) Which month will Rob Atkinson make his first on - field 1st team appearance for City this season? February 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? No 25) Will he be recalled in January? No 26) Who will be City's player of the season? Tommy Conway 27) What will be the Official attendance for City's first home League game against P.N.E. to the nearest thousand? 21k 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? 4th 31) How many City players will be sent off in all competitions this season? 2 32) Who will be the first City player to be sent off this season? Dickie 33) How many penalties, in all competitions, will City be awarded this season? 7 ?!?! 34) How many penalties will City score? 5 35) How many penalties will be given against City this season in all competitions? 6 36) How many penalties will the opposition score? 4 37) Will any City player score a 1st team hat-trick this season? No 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? Taylor-Clarke 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? 14th 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? 3 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? 2 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? Southampton 2) Which club will finish bottom of the Championship? Rotherham All together now...... COOOOOMEEEEE OOOOONNNN YOOOOOUUUUU REEEEEEEEDDDDSSSS!!!!!!

@Nogbad the Bad Noggers, thanks for the nudge on this - far from worth the wait I'm afraid - a paltry 21 for me! Including an excruciating 6/30 in our very own City section. Places me firmly in the lower echelons of the group and dare we say verging on humiliation for a former champ! Funny how things pan out over a season and always good to look back on last summer's expectations. Thanks as always for your efforts setting this up. Looking forward to the next instalment

Bristol City F.C. 1) What will be City's final league position? 8th 2) How many points will City get this season? 68 3) Will City score 60 (or more) League goals this season? Yes 4) Will City concede 60 (or more) League goals this season? No 5) Who will finish as City's top scorer? Andreas Weimann 6) How many League goals will City's top scorer (whether the player named in Q5 or ano.) get? 18 7) Who will finish as City's 2nd top scorer? Antoine Semenyo 8.)How many League goals will City's 2nd top scorer (whether the player named in Q7 or ano.) get? 14 9.) How many academy graduates will make their City debuts this season in League or Cup competitions? 3 10) Will Duncan Idehen make 15 (or more) League appearances for City this season? No 11) Will Joe Williams make 25 (or more) League appearances for City this season? Yes 12) Will Stefan Bajic make 10 (or more) League appearances for City this season? Yes 13) Will Antoine Semenyo still be a City player on the last day of the season? Yes 14 Will Han Noah Massengo still be a City player on the last day of the season? No 15) Will Tomas Kalas still be a City player on the last day of the season? No 16) Will Nahki Wells still be a City player on the last day of the season? No 17) Which month will Antoine Semenyo make his first on-field appearance for City this season? September 18) Which month will Ayman Benarous make his first on-field appearance for City this season? January 19) Will City sign a striker either before the end of this window, or in the January window? No 20) Who will be City's player of the season? Kai Naismith 21) What will the Official attendance be for the first home game against Sunderland to the nearest thousand? 24k 22) What will City's Official average League attendance be this season to the nearest thousand? 22k 23) In which round will City be knocked out of the F.A. Cup? 5th 24) In which round will City be knocked out of the Carabou Cup? 3rd 25) How many City players will be sent off in all competitions this season? 3 26) Who will be the first City player to be sent off this season? Alex Acott 27) How many penalties, in all competitions, will City be awarded this season? 7 28) How many penalties will City score? 5 29) Will any City player score a first team hat trick this season? Yes 30) Will Nigel Pearson still be City's manager on the last day of the season? Yes Young City players: Bell, Conway, Towler, Kadji, Owers, Palmer-Holden, 1) Which of these 6 will make the most appearances for City, in all competitions, this season? Conway 2) Which of these 6 will score the most goals for City in all competitions? Conway Gas: 1) Final League position? 17th 2) Average League attendance, to the nearest thousand? 9k 3) Will Matty Taylor score against Rovers this season? Yes 4) Will Marlon Pack score against Rovers this season? No 5) Will Tyreeq Bakinson score against Rovers this season? No 6) Will Joey Barton still be Rovers' manager on the last day of the season? No Welsh Rivals, Cardiff & Swansea 1) Will O'Dowda score for Cardiff against City? No 2) Who will finish higher, Cardiff or City? City 3) How many points will City get against Cardiff 0,1,2,3,4 or 6 ? 6 4) Who will finish higher, Swansea or City? City 5) How many points will City get against Swansea, 0,1,2,3,4 or 6? 3 Lee Johnson's Hibs 1) What position will Hibernian finish in the SPL this season? 6th 2) Will Lee Johnson still be Hibernian manager on the last day of the season? Yes Ashton's Ipswich 1) Will Ipswich be promoted this season either automatically or through the play offs? No 2) Will Mark Ashton still be there at the end of the season. Yes Steve Cotterill 1) Will Cotts lead Shrewsbury to promotion? Yes 2) How many points will Cotts' Shrewsbury take off Rovers 0,1,2,3,4,or 6? 6 3) Which club will finish higher, Shrewsbury or Rovers? Shrewsbury Old Boys 1) Will Bobby Reid score 7 (or more) PL goals for Fulham? No 2) Will Josh Brownhill score for Burnley against City this season? No 3) Will Aden Flint score for Stoke against City this season? Yes 4) Will Kasey Palmer score for Coventry against City this season? No Championship 1) Which club will finish top of the Championship? Burnley 2) Which club will finish bottom of the Championship? Rotherham

I make that Twenty on the nose! I must have meant to put my BCFC related answers in that other quiz, the "Wildly Optimistic" prediction competition, wherever that got to. Thanks again Nogs, always good fun, see you in August for more crystal ball swirling.

https://soccer24hd.com/game/match/5916/Bristol-City-Vs-Middlesbrough.html Someone posted this one a few pages ago and it's been working for me so far!

https://www.skysports.com/football/west-bromwich-albion-vs-cardiff-city/447649

Thanks for running Nogs - fasten your seatbelts and prepare for some mildly interesting answers!! My predictions in Red Bristol City F.C. 1) What will be City's final league position? 8th 2) How many points will City get this season? 69 3) Will City score 60 (or more) League goals this season? Yes 4) Will City concede 60 (or more) League goals this season? Yes 5) Who will finish as City's top scorer? Nahki Wells 6) How many League goals will City's top scorer (whether the player named in Q5 or ano.) get? 15 7) Who will finish as City's 2nd top scorer? Chris Martin 8.) How many League goals will City's 2nd top scorer (whether the player named in Q7 or ano.) get? 9 9.) How many academy graduates will make their City debuts this season in League or Cup competitions? 2 10) Will Nathan Baker make 20 (or more) League appearances for City this season? Yes 11) Will Taylor Moore make 20 (or more) League appearances for City this season? No 12) Will Alex Scott make 20 (or more) League appearances for City this season? No 13) Will Adam Nagy still be a City player on the last day of the season? No 14) Will Tomas Kalas still be a City player on the last day of the season? Yes 15) Will City sign a striker either before the end of this window, or in the January window? Yes 16) Who will be City's player of the season? Andy King 17) What will be the official attendance for the first home game against Blackpool to the nearest thousand? 17k 18) What will City's Official average League attendance be this season to the nearest thousand? 19k 19) In which round will City be knocked out of the F.A. Cup? 4th 20) In which round will City be knocked out of the Carabou Cup? QF 21) How many City players will be sent off in all competitions this season? 3 22) Who will be the first City player to be sent off this season? Danny Simpson 23) How many penalties, in all competitions, will City be awarded this season? 5 24) How many penalties will City score? 3 25) Will any City player score a first team hat trick this season? Yes 26) Will Nigel Pearson still be City's manager on the last day of the season? Yes Young City players: Bell, Pearson, Conway, Britton, Scott, Janneh 1) Which of these 6 will make the most appearances for City, in all competitions, this season? Scott 2) Which of these 6 will score the most goals for City in all competitions? Conway Gas: 1) Final League position? 17th 2) Average League attendance, to the nearest thousand? 5k 3) Brett Pitman to score 0-10, 11-20 or 21+ league goals this season for Rovers? 11-20 4) Will Joey Barton still be Rovers' manager on the last day of the season? No Welsh Rivals, Cardiff & Swansea 1) Will any of Pack, Flint or Tomlin score for Cardiff against City? No 2) Who will finish higher, Cardiff or City? Cardiff 3) Will Korey Smith or Liam Walsh score for Swansea against City? No 4) Will Liam Walsh make 20 (or more) league apps. for Swansea this season? Yes 5) Who will finish higher, Swansea or City? Swansea Lee Johnson's Sunderland 1) Where will Sunderland finish this season? Automatic promotion, promoted through play offs, play offs, lower? Automatic Promotion. 2) Will Lee Johnson still be Sunderland manager on the last day of the season? Yes Ashton's Ipswich 1) Will Ipswich be promoted this season (with MA doing a lap of honour ) either automatically or through the play offs? No 2) Will Ipswich finish above Sunderland? No Steve Cotterill 1) Will Cotts lead Shrewsbury to promotion? No 2) How many points will Cotts' Shrewsbury take off LJ's Sunderland, 3 Old Boys 1) Will Bobby Reid score 14 (or more) league goals for Fulham? No 2) Will Bobby Reid score against City? Yes 3) Will Josh Brownhill score 5 or more PL goals for Burnley? Yes 4) Will Matty Taylor score against Sunderland? No 5) Will Wes Burns score against Sunderland? No Championship 1) Which club will finish top of the Championship? Fulham 2) Which club will finish bottom of the Championship? Derby County

Taylor and Eisa both coming on for the last 10

May have been up the other end but unmissable in that iconic luminous yellow strip he also opened the scoring in the play-off first leg at Hartlepool if that counts as league!

You mean, of course, the one and only (An)T(h)ony Rougier @Nogbad the Bad !