SecretSam

I would consider myself a loyal City fan, but that doesn't mean I'm not critical of certain aspects of the club's management and leadership, and of some of the decisions made by said management and leadership. Loyalty should not blind you to reality. Not questioning decisions is not loyalty; it's blind obedience.

I raise you Tara Fitzgerald

Works in other sports. It's got to be better than the referee effectively having every decision scrutinised by VAR, like some over-zealous teacher.

And show the incident on the screens, like in egg chasing and cricket VAR is only used on appeal. Simples. You get one or two per game.

I think VAR should ONLY be used on appeal. As for the Florists, I have zero sympathy. Having seen the highlights, only one of the three incidents was a possible pen. Clutching at straws.

Florists, today

If the club was a basket case when Nige left, in your opinion, how much worse was it like when he took over? Or do you feel he achieved nothing? Or maybe you think Nige himself was a basket case?

What's JL's favourite colour of crayon?

How much of a loss to City was it when Richard Gould left? How do you reconcile that at both Bristol City and Leicester, you did all the hard work to reorganise the squads, etc, then saw someone else come in and take over to move it into the next phase? Did you really fight a wolf?

OK, so I'm in limbo - what do I do with my stuff? I don't want the faff of handing it out to half a dozen people, one person/body gets the lot. Ain't I a stinker.

The heritage and archive sounds interesting. Didn't know it existed.

Or (talking of an actual FA Cup game) would Tins' goal against Liverpool have been immortalised? Did it involve tents and 10,000 locked out of replays?

Pesky facts...

That's a cracking idea

Free to a good home, a whole bunch of City stuff, including books, LDV (etc) final tickets, video of the 1994 Liverpool game, etc. etc. I even have some old EP cuttings I'll chuck in. Let me know if you're interested, next time I'm in Bristol I'll sort out collection.

yeah, but 'atmosphere', 'old-fashioned charm', 'not a soulless bowl' I mean, who needs legroom, sightlines, facilities, accessibility, comfort, value, sense of safety?

I feel for the kid, but this might be time to call it a day, before he risks permanent damage. Such a shame.

Our most famous match (arguably) of the last 30 years was an FA Cup replay at Anfield...

I see there's absolutely nothing from the club on this. From City's point of view, it's not a big thing, but if I were one of the non-league clubs I'd be fuming.

I think I may give up, I was in the enclosure that night

Still haven't found my keys after that night

OMG what have they done to the flag

Massively under-rated player for whom we received a frankly daft amount of money. Would love to have an equivalent back at AG.

Zero legroom, terrible view (upper tier), cramped, horrendous concourses, crap WCs, catering, the lot. I'll take MK's ground, every time. Nothing they can do about the fans, it's about the facilities. Worst I've been to? The old Wembley, 2001ish. Worse than Trumpton.

So, basically, all grounds pre-the Taylor report?