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Mixed feelings about today. Think we will actually win and paper over the cracks and end up with the great return of Brian on Twitter. 

10 hours ago, GrahamC said:

My recollection is having managed to get promotion with a strike force of free transfers (Jevons & Showunmi) we were shocked at the wage demand disparity with L1.

We went for 2 strikers (it might well have been Leon Best & Luke Varney, but not 100%, it was a long time ago now) & other clubs blew us out of the water & so very late in the summer we signed Trundle who was already 30 (31 that October) & had never played at that level.

He wasn’t quite good enough in truth & clearly his attitude wasn’t the best, but rather than a vanity signing I think we simply underestimated the gap.

Sensational season though, his contribution to it was minor but I’ll never forget the Palace goal.

The bizzare thing about the GJ side is we were not free flowing or good to watch in either season. Basso was the core reason for the play off run, when GJ fell out with him the wheels came off. Basso has to be the most inspirational player at AG in the past 20 years. 

13 hours ago, tin said:

I remember hearing the hat story around the time it happened and that summed up my opinion of GJ’s management style. It worked in the lower leagues, but he couldn’t manage the better players’ egos. His boy is cut from the same cloth. Both awful man managers. 

How they carved a career in football is amazing. Good luck to them, never saw the talent personally. 

Arsenal will win the title. They just don’t get injuries, incredible really. Can we send someone to London Colney to understand what they are doing? 

6 hours ago, Rocking Red Cyril said:

Yeah he has given up on the Southampton mention. Obviously decided it had no effect any more.

Just thinking we lose both the weekends games. Relegation form biting our asses. Surely he has to go. 

What will be Crayon boys  and BT's next plan to run our top six ready squad ?

Tinnion in charge with the return of the Millen as number two I expect. 

Good to hear the honest general feeling amongst the fans. The club didn’t read the room at all when they made the poor decision to sack Nige and his well respected team, the subsequent promises and targets around top six squad and aspirations and a progressive appointment have since been met with our Head Coach ‘learning on the job’. Simply not good enough, they need to accept the unfair sacking of Nige was wrong and in particular the Manning appointment was a mistake and move on, almost consult with the supporters group/club on next steps. Something feels wrong at the very top and after 22 years of the same leadership you have to wonder if time is upon us for change overall. 

9 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

It’s when you realise that “Albert Square” was a passing instruction from Manning!!! 

Phil Mitchell would be a better choice than Manning. At least he would have some passion! 

44 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

I’ll go. (shudder…)

 

I haven’t listened to a full interview since he started and I’m not going to do it now. Sooner watch Eastenders. 

2 hours ago, FNQ said:

We’ve recently lost at home to Millwall, QPR and Cardiff without scoring a goal… how much kinder can it get? Why are we left waiting for the inevitable?

If we cannot beat Huddersfield and Rotherham at home they all need to go. 

I actually think we will go on a run, I don’t believe in Manning, but the games coming up are fairly winnable on paper. It will paper over the cracks and we will struggle next season without a doubt but I am 99 percent confident Manning stays. I would have sacked him by the Int Break. 

Again I think we have to question the longer term strategy for the club as a whole here under the Lansdown’s. Feels an opportunity missed this season and has the investment been there? 

25 minutes ago, Simon bristol said:

The big number 9 at luton was adebajo though, and we wont be getting anyone in as good as that! 

Carlton Morris too, we were linked with him before he went to Luton. Another one we missed out on. 

13 minutes ago, redsquirrel said:

is this related to your  'unless'

 

 

@andiweimann

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Oct 29, 2023

 

Thank you for everything gaffer. I have learned so much from working with you over the last 3 years not only as a player but also as a person and a leader. 

What an image, the Bristol City I felt connected with. Amazing what a few months can do, utter chaos! 

1 hour ago, East Londoner said:

Whilst i feel your pain I’m not sure there’s any realistic way to reward fans for travelling a long distance to attend home game, the only thing they could realistically do is to offer a flexible season ticket or a Saturday only season ticket and make it for a section of the ground rather than a specific seat and offer the same benefits of a full season ticket 

As for away games, there is a lot the club could do. Ranging from an away season ticket where you’re guaranteed a ticket for every away game to a points system where the unpopular games like Blackburn away on a Tuesday night get more points than a Saturday trip to QPR and then if a ‘glamour’ game comes along it’s those with the highest number of points who get first chance of getting a ticket 

Glad to see some debate on this. One thing I think we can agree on is the pain of losing is greater as an exile. A 10 min drive home means you can get on with your evening…..what I will say is as a minimum the club should allow free Robins TV access to the Radio Bristol commentary to season ticket holders who live outside the radius, probably more of an EFL and broadcaster discussion but I am bored of dated approaches when everything else in life is on demand. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to have a loyal points system based on radius either, but some consideration. 

2 hours ago, ralphindevon said:

Yeah if we get to the promised land the away allocations are often worse than in the championship.

There are thousands of season ticket holders of PL clubs that can’t get an away ticket season after season.

West Ham do it the right way, through a ballot system. Arsenal are the worst, season ticket holders never get a look in, same old fans get to go each week which is really unfair. 

Most fans of other clubs I know think we are a Rugby city and call us Bristol. Perennial mid table boring club is what I get, this sums it up. Who are the constants? The current owners. 

Respect to those who live locally and this is by no means a competition or remark on other fans, I’m a Bristolian from birth but haven’t lived there for a good 20 odd years and unlikely to ever move back. That said I am a season ticket holder of over 30 years yet feel frustrated in many aspects. 

Well I guess to start with, it costs probably £100 a home game without season ticket, so every game is an away game, six hour round trip, yet you don’t feel you get plaudits for that or recognition, believe me it ruins your Saturday more than a 20 min drive home (I’ve done both and for sure it hurts more as you sit on the journey mulling it over and get home late!). 

You get the odd ‘home’ game in London fair enough, but you still pay for your match ticket and travel! 

You can’t even listen to City on Radio Bristol without paying! Because you are a city fan who doesn’t live in the area….I mean how unfair is that?! So if you can’t make a game as an exile you are essentially out of pocket either way. A local fan who cannot make it can pass the time by switching on local radio. 

Basically I think us exiled fans deserve a form of loyalty! Now whether that’s loyalty points for distance travelled overall, discount off merchandise, or a free home shirt, but minimum allow exiled ST holders free radio commentary coverage! 

I could easily get a season ticket at Arsenal tomorrow or West Ham. But they aren’t my club, City are, however I probably spend more than a season ticket at both those clubs combined to watch Champ football at AG. So, what can be done to encourage that and commend those supporters (many I know on here) who commit huge amounts of time and money to get to home games, plus the fact travel away most weeks too. Interesting debate, appreciate life is about choices, but some are enforced too and one thing we cannot lose is our first love - our football club! 

London to Newcastle is easy followed by short metro to Sunderland. About time us London fans had easy trips, every game is away game. 

14 hours ago, Glen hump said:

That Nigel Pearson would be ideal for us ‘ he’s got a track record of steadily building clubs up and getting promoted from the championship 

The fact that City are a mid/lower table makes it crazy that they thought Nige was underdelivering, especially with the lack of funds for majority of his tenure. They should have kept faith, it wasn’t bad, it was decimated by injuries. Plymouth, Swansea, even Stoke at home despite the result were excellent performances and dare I say entertaining. 

Trains will run just not as frequent. 

4 hours ago, redkev said:

£££££££ bet that ain’t cheap , well worth a weekend on the toon though , love it up there

It’s costing more than weekend to Marbella, Ocean Club or Bristol City Football Club…..what a mistake! 

2 hours ago, phantom said:

Those travelling on Cross Country will be impacted by drivers not working "rest days" or "overtime" that weekend

In addition drivers from the following companies are striking that Saturday, Chiltern, GWR, LNER, Northern and TransPennine

I know we have a big away following from London that could have been planning to use LNER

I have booked Friday and Sunday train from London to Newcastle so hopefully that is ok.  

4 hours ago, White Stripe said:

They have a point, don't they Steve?

Which makes all this PL PR talk from the board rather tedious. Do something different! It is very boring. 

On 18/03/2024 at 08:33, Numero Uno said:

Tinnion doesn't work for the Academy. He is the Technical Director of the football club - the bloke in charge of the football operation, and will be PAID as such, a role he is blatantly underqualified to undertake in my view. If he was demoted to running the Academy again most would probably accept that (although most does exclude me tbh).

This is such a myth! Tinnion is not the one who does well with the academy. 

Wouldn’t it be great if our owner could go on the show. Tell us what he thinks, haven’t heard at all from SL all season.  

4 hours ago, reddogkev said:

It's now or never, I want to see him as City manager, just to live that experience, you know we all secretly want it!

I can see Warnock being the man to take City to the play off places, or at least give us a season never to forget!

Let's make fan power force it to happen.

Or have I just lost the plot and maybe suffering from temporary insanity?  I'd take anyone instead of bland vanilla man.

I would LOVE it! And the football would be better to watch, this football style if Neil’s is a myth. His QPR side who won the league were one of best sides I’ve seen at this level.