REDOXO Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 A really good interview with the major shareholder this afternoon! I'm sure there will be a link put up soon, however the main points! Bristol City costs a huge amount of money, SL makes up the shortfall He does get upset about some of the (undue) criticism He has felt like walking away at times, but will not as he is commited to Bristol City FC and the new stadium AG redevelopment is most likely but AV not ruled out Bristol Rugby will be played at AG/AV Money is available to SC and he will back his manager Invited people to come down to speak with the club if they have a genuine concern rather than post faceless comments on this and other internet forums Bloke sounded very passionate and intent on shutting a few people up! Hope it Works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS34Red Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 The problems really started when he moved away from Bristol. He wasn't the best of chairman but was certainly better than what we got now. I have always found him to be very approachable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 All great, but I'd love to see what would happen if you popped in for a cuppa. You would have to of course, because they don't reply to letters or email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob k Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Also fully explained the recruitment of SC and 5 pillars etc etc etc. Great interview with no punches pulled from SL or the interviewer. Should shut up a few gobs. I've no issues with SL, I have major issues with his Son and Dawe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Also fully explained the recruitment of SC and 5 pillars etc etc etc. Great interview with no punches pulled from SL or the interviewer. Should shut up a few gobs. It was a very good interview, he was certainly peed off with the moaners. On your last point, I doubt it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS34Red Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 All great, but I'd love to see what would happen if you popped in for a cuppa. You would have to of course, because they don't reply to letters or email.you would have to pay for it and make it yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 I've no issues with SL, I have major issues with his Son and Dawe. Exactly and if you did go down there, as TRL says they do not reply to letters, you would probably not have a cat in hells chance of speaking to Ghost or Jon. What is more are they gonna lay on 1000+ cups of tea to those who have expressed the same views?.. you do not need to go down to the ground to express the views of thousands but what you do need to do is actually come out and give us an answer to all of the baffling things that happened during the manager change. And now I have another one.. if you are going to back Cotts with money why did you not do the same with Sean?.. Or do we not believe a damn thing he, the media and the web site have been telling us for the past 9 months? Baffling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Perhaps he/the club should arrange a drop-in session. It's blooming rich him to say something like posting on a faceless forum when we don't particularly have much other option. Yes we had a meet with the manager but it is with him and the board most people would like to meet. Why not have over the next few weeks for a few hours pre game 15 minute slots where you can sign up and meet a member of the board? The club, in my experience, do not respond to letters and correspondence so I wholeheartedly disagree with where he has come from on that point, and maybe highlights he's out of touch. Also it is nice to know he feels criticism is unjust. Unfortunately mr lansdown just because you believe it to be so does not make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Agree 29AR. As many other have said many times as have I - the day he left the UK was the day the clubs forward trajectory ended.. and he knows it. I can understand why people become non-resident and all of the reasons behind it. In his case I simply disagree with his arguments. Anyway, his club is paying the price big time because of that decision because the people he has put in charge are, without a doubt, clueless. So, if SL feels like walking away, and this is the first time I have come out and said this, then so be it. We are in about the same place we were when we he took over only probably in more debt. He gave it a good crack. oh and its now Hoof 0 Rotherham 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 We are now bottom. County winning away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 I really think SL and the board need some help from people who have run a successful club. They seem to be kicking a dead animal hoping it will someday wake up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 He sure does love talking. "Judge me on Tinnion" "Ashton Vale will be built" "The club will live within its means" That's my top 3. Don't get me wrong I don't want him to go, but his decisions have been terrible and putting his son in such a position has been a disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 The bloke is full of rhetoric and soundbites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_bristol Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 So if I've got an issue, say, buying a ticket or piece of merchandise online, I should pop down to the club and sort it out that way? What's the point in the online shop then, I might as well buy it in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 If he's having a dig at internet whingers, then does that mean he comes on here??? PS: Steve, it wasn't me, lend us a few quid, will you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrobbin Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 They don't even turn up to a press conference when a new manager is appointed. So what chance has a poor city fan of having his voice heard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted December 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Shameless bump!.....being replayed after 6 on Radio Briz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrobbin Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 They don't even turn up to a press conference when a new manager is appointed. So what chance has a poor city fan got in having his voice heard ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Still at least he has his priorities right...tens of millions in debt, hemorrhaging fans at an alarming right, club falling like a stone BUT people on a forum the club has nothing to do with can come down for chat chat. Of course there was a facility to ask questions directly on here many moons ago, but even that proved too hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 So Cotterill IS a personal friend of the board... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 They don't even turn up to a press conference when a new manager is appointed. So what chance has a poor city fan got in having his voice heard ?! SL just answered that, when sod got the sack the board were given stick by the press, so they decided not to turn up of the signing of the new boss,which SL backed! Sounds like SL has the club still in his heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antman Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 took no responsibility for anything, and blamed everyone else including the players. peeved because the media don't swallow his shitty (and hypocritical, contradictory) PR sounded like a petulant rich man who doesn't understand why he isn't loved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antman Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 SL just answered that, when sod got the sack the board were given stick by the press, so they decided not to turn up of the signing of the new boss,which SL backed! well, what a grown up and rational approach! the phrase 'toys out of the pram' springs to mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 well, what a grown up and rational approach! the phrase 'toys out of the pram' springs to mind As he just said dont shout on the forum, go and speak face to face, "yeah" can really see this"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strictly Obi Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 What is more are they gonna lay on 1000+ cups of tea to those who have expressed the same views? There are not 1000+ fans expressing the same views! There are 1000+ fans expressing 1000+ views. Theres a difference! That's why it's almost pointless trying to appease fans by trying to listen to 1000's of incoherent rants from people like you! They are much better off speaking to the manager, coaching staff, players etc. Than people like me and you, who only think we know better than the experts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrobbin Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 As he just said dont shout on the forum, go and speak face to face, "yeah" can really see this"! Ok when is Steve in Bristol again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 well, what a grown up and rational approach! the phrase 'toys out of the pram' springs to mind And "toys" is the right word! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Ok when is Steve in Bristol again? Phone up and ask, give you the number if you want, as he said been to enough question and answer nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristol.chris Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Has anyone got a link to the interview yet? I assume their will be one shortly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRed Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 He admitted he was hurt by people being critical of him...and his family, part of the no show at the press conference was as he didn't want to put them up to be slaughtered by the press. He also defended the comments re the boards inexperience and got quite heated reiterating what he saw as the boards experience. I read that as the comments about his son's lack of experience and competence has really hurt. After all it would have been JL normally at the PC, as Dawe never speaks and SL is not a board member, plus the(lack of) experience remarks can only refer to JL. Also said Bristol City is a successful football club. No Steve Norwich, Swansea, Southampton (all recently in L1) are successful. We are not successful ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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