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  • Birthday 09/15/1964

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  1. Cutting and pasting when you were at school involved scissors and glue ! Ian and Dave still reminisce ( and probably argue about selection)re the 1909 FA Cup Final.
  2. I don’t attend football for the pre match or half time entertainment or the PA announcements . Wouldn’t bother me at all if nothing happened . But , I guess some people like it but surely they can aim for a higher intelligence level than that moron ?
  3. Heard from HPC groundstaff that he pulled up in training and has been having scans and treatment all week.
  4. Of course he is . And even if he isn’t why are so many judgmental of someone who’s spent his whole life playing football and not reading books ? I’ve been lucky enough to have done both but God help me if I make a grammatical error or spelling mistake. The ridicule going around by the ‘nice’ people of OTIB would be enough to make anyone hideaway .
  5. If every team plays Guardiola Ball they’re not all going to be successful! It will still be the teams with the best defenders and best goal scorers who come out on top . Soon enough teams will be counteracting G Ball with more direct tactics but they’ll still need top players to be successful. As it is City have strengths and weaknesses which were all to obvious today . I don’t expect Manning to be to robotic in how the team plays but I’m sure he learnt a lot today. Again, whatever tactics you go along with , it takes players to be decisive and to take risk as well as responsibility. Didn’t see any of that today . Just a rigid , dull pattern like watching participants stuck in a Maze.
  6. As an occasional reader and a rare poster on OTIB may I say congratulations on the quality of debate on here tonight. I’m really impressed. Also highly impressed with what I saw and heard of Liam Manning. What an intelligent guy. As for the other 3 on the panel. Well that was a bit embarrassing. I like what Tinnion has done at the academy and his enthusiasm for it but maybe he’s made a mistake in thinking he has the ability to be promoted to duties beyond his skill set. As for Jon Lansdown. I feel a bit sorry for him. He’s no more capable of running a business with a multimillion pound turnover and hundreds of staff than I am. But I wouldn’t put myself in that position. Surely both Steve and he know that . Let’s just hope that Manning can carry the club and the rest will eventually look after itself .
  7. They’ll tell the interviewee that the videos were all necessary bullshit to try and appease the fan base which is exactly what they are.
  8. I guess Nige was told by the hierarchy in recent weeks that results had to improve or he was out. Will be interesting to hear what he has to say about that same hierarchy as he’d have no fear of non-disclosure agreements with his contract where it was. I feel that he was the right man for the next few years and should have remained in situ. But managers come and go. We all support Bristol City and want success whoever is in charge. Just that the next boss might not get the empathy afforded to Nige. It seems the ownership of the Club is the next major story in the clubs history. Let’s hope the Lansdown family don’t make a mess of that.
  9. I guess SL is the sole person who has voted ‘No’ !
  10. redapple

    Naismith

    If I wasn’t such a lazy bar steward I could have written that myself. And I thought Sam Bell put a very half hearted effort into tracking back and preventing a cross on Stoke’s first goal. But I was a lot like Bell and Naismith in my playing days . So can’t criticise too much . But I hope NP does !
  11. That turned out to be the issue . Thanks Betty.
  12. I have not received anything to my Apple Wallet since the Preston game . And that’s gone. Should I be concerned ? Or shall I be my normal laid back self and assume it will be sent in due course ?
  13. As I’ve got older I’ve become a lot less self-conscious and don’t worry to much what others think about me. But when it comes to singing at football I think I’ll leave that to a younger lot but am happy to join in when the atmosphere or events on the pitch lift me .
  14. I visited Wolves Training Ground at Castlecroft in 1986 but they never offered me a contract. In fact they got security to throw me and the guys I was with ( on Cricket tour in the Black Country) out. I think John Barnwell was manager, the players were having shooting practice at a goal with no nets up. Some young fans were stood behind the goal with autograph books and almost got hit by some fiercely struck shots. Barnwell asked them to move away to which one of the wags in our party shouted “ stay behind the goal lads it’s the safest place to stand”. Steve Bull and Andy Mutch weren’t amused !
  15. Something like that. I just don’t like Bournemouth. Was once there in the High Street when an armed raid on a Jewellers took place. It was scary. Then wasted a day giving statements and a further 2 days in court as a witness . Another time I lost a phone on the beach and all the hassle that entailed. I’ve never seen City even get a point there. Even when I flew from there I got my suitcase searched and had to repack it. No I don’t like Bournemouth.
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