redsquirrel

22 minutes ago, robinforlife2 said:

I agree with a lot that Ghost Rider has put to be honest.

I personally find it rather pathetic the amount of Nige threads ranging from a leaving card to how fans want to chant for him every week etc. Nigel Pearson came in to do a job. What was done off the field, was done very well. However, this was not JUST because of him. It was because of many people employed to work towards that remit. Whoever was manager, would have had to work within that remit. On the pitch however, we were poor. We were under achieving and we weren't going anywhere. It was time for a change for one the pitch reasons. People seem to praise Nige for bringing down the wage bill, steadying ship etc. However, do you really think it was Nige chatting to players about lesser term contracts, identifying affordable targets. He even said many times, the coaches done the training not him! People say he blooded in the youth, he had no choice, no manager had any choice, whoever was in the job would have had to have done that. Yet he still turned to Andy King ahead of the youth so many people say he was keen to blood in!

It was not just Pearson who was responsible for the transition, there was a whole team of people. Pearson's number one job was to get performances on the pitch and he failed at it. I really do not get the love in one little bit.

He was part of a team who steadied a ship through tough times, don't get me wrong, but he was not some vital cog that without it all fell apart. Had he concentrated on getting us to play better and get results, he wouldn't have lost his job.

The love in with him is a joke. We won nothing under him, we were bang average and the way he is lorded like he won us every trophy under the sun, because he was relatable, spoke his mind and had the fans backing is somewhat crazy! The fans who idolised him, were hoodwinked, he played up to the board, when he knew the fans weren't happy with the board. He tried to make himself untouchable by having the fans on his side, by calling out the owners and trying to manipulate them into a new deal. He knew he was getting sacked and deservedly so. He just tried to roll the dice by getting the fans on the backs of the owners and on his side, to try and get what he wanted. Yet he was continuously failing to improve us on the pitch. 

His time had come, the board made the right decision to try and progress and improve. If it works it works, if it doesn't it doesn't, but it was not going to work under Pearson, so despite many fans on here wanting to fall to their knees and bow to someone who achieved NOTHING here, he was not the answer. There is a chance Manning might be, there's also a chance he won't be and the dice will be rolled again.

if all that was the case, the board should have sacked everyone else first and said there wasnt a job left for NP as his work was done here.

Sorry,but with all due respect, i dont agree with much of that

20 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

I edited my post slightly but agreed. The £3m kicks in year but some have already started spending it. Not us though.

In some ways we trying to belatedly run a bit more sensibly are victims of operating in an industry that is already forgetting lessons. Not perhaps as much as say Barnsley, Rotherham who consistently run within their means especially Rotherham.

pm sent 

anyone else like me not got their misses anything yet?  i will be out there friday running round the shops looking for something to wrap up. 

i remember once,her son gave her a washing up bowl,she loved it, following year i put some marigold gloves under the tree, she was pissy as hell with me for days after

On 18/12/2023 at 19:56, BigTone said:

Sound fab

i like the sound of black pudding ones, where do you get the blood though?

this thread made me try the tesco festive bubble and squeak ready meal tonight definitely nothing like proper frying pan job also severely lacking cabbage/sprouts but there is a strong onion presence which made it most enjoyable with fishcakes,peas and ketchup

15 minutes ago, Ivorguy said:

What a horrible nasty thread. Shames us real football fans.

Give the bloke credit for getting back into the game

no,that dannny baaatth bloke is another name that always jumps out as trouble for me 

3 hours ago, italian dave said:

And would you buy a pair of jeans from one of these shops in Italy?

 

youd be stumped if you wanted a pair of gloves

57 minutes ago, The Gasbuster said:

 

Horses; who produce probably 20 times as much shit as a dog, just shit all over the road.

 

i recently had a warning letter from police for crossing double white lines to give a horse  plenty of space as i passed. they didnt prosecute as they appreciated i passed as wide and safely as i could. cant be arsed to do that again if the riders going to send in camera footage,i will pass more closely and hope they smash their cameras if they fall off

8 minutes ago, Simon bristol said:

Maybe manning wants a look at him? Or we are recalling him to sell or loan out to a higher level?

or tinnions told him to

57 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

This post will amuse or intrigue a few...

mr p, my laugh emoji at the johnson bit, not you 

2 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Ignorant gits who park their stupid great oversized 4X4s in the space next to you leaving about six inches between their passenger door and your driver`s one because they need about ten feet to open theirs.

they boil my piss too, how often do brits need 4x4s in this country? they close the schools when anything happens yet theres loads of them every day dropping the kids off. they stink the roads out with their disgusting dangerous nox fumes along with all the other dirty great diesel engines on the roads.

id ban all diesels if i could,soon sort out all those pollution issues

14 hours ago, Barrs Court Red said:

No, because we’re not savages.  However, that’s the adult plates.  The kids will probably have Yorkshires. 
 

In our house, starters generally consist of a choice of Terrine. The main course will be sliced Turkey, honey roasted parsnips, goose fat roast potatoes…and an array of veg.  
 

*edit* forgot pigs in blankets.  They’re a a must have. 
 

One of the things I love about Christmas dinner is getting a “sword” of sprouts - it’s faff to peel, it’s not great value but it’s a once in a year thing - pretty much like roasting a turkey*. 
 

Also, no Turkey is not “a yank tradition” for Christmas dinner. 
 

* I did one try also smoking a Turkey at Easter. Never again, complete disaster. 

where did you get rizlas big enough?

best yorkshire i had was a starter at harry ramsdens filled with onion gravy, it was huge

wow,just wow.  didnt see anything more than a possible draw today. well done city

watford dicking preston 5-1

2 hours ago, Major Isewater said:

I went to see Sparks this summer , those guys are amazing. Still producing top material and nailing it on stage. 
This week I have mostly been listening to Roxy Music. 

i am in awe of that one, i watch you tube videos of sparks in recent years and dont know how russell mael still hits the notes, he must be mid 70s now if not older?

4 hours ago, Offside said:

I went to see Billy Bragg at the Bristol Beacon a couple of weeks ago (he was really good) and I’ve been re-discovering some of his music, including some I’d not been aware of before the concert. “All You Fascists Are Bound To Lose” (Billy Bragg wrote the music to Woody Guthrie’s original lyrics) is a great one. 

ive got tickets to see adam ant there next november,  really looking forward to seeing the revamp

9 minutes ago, redsquirrel said:

wouldnt put it past it being a stammer if he was being questioned,  front footfoot ball

24 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

Luckily for us it was only uttered by the Director of Football so nothing to worry about.

would put it past it being a stammer if he was being questioned,  front footfoot ball

and transvision vamp. another high energy band i still enjoy listening to

listening to the greatest hits at work yesterday, another band still playing i want to go and see

On 13/12/2023 at 11:08, richwwtk said:

The hassle will be over soon, you'll have to renew and get a card licence at 70 and you can't be far off that now

that hassle got too much for me when i tried to get a photo licence. mine has biodegraded into 8 squares and dust,first off they returned it asking for a £20 fee because i wasnt changing details. i duly put in a cheque and sent in the application again only to get it returned again,this time sellotaped back together asking for a copy of my birth certificate to prove i was a british citizen. ive only had a licence since 1980,  so, i then got a copy of my birth certificate and took it to the post office where the lady told me not to bother,so i dont have to renew every so often. obviously i will have to renew it in 10 years time but i might be dead by then and not have the hassle

1 hour ago, Maldini said:

So fed up of reading these “Sid”, “Snake” and “Crayola/crayon boy” names for Tinnion and Lansdown.

The correct names are Binman, sacking of Pearson. And Pantsdown. I mean it in the following definition not in any weird sexy underwear mishap - to be caught with your pants down means to be caught unawares in a situation to which you are completely unable to respond, react, etc. This expression means much the same as being a “deer in the headlights” except that the situation of the person caught with their pants down is highly embarrassing or potentially damaging, etc.
 

I wonder if Pantsdown genuinely thinks hes up to the task, and has the skills, qualities and experience to lead with the Binman, as Pinky to his Brain. 

 

 

bungle (tinnion) and george (lansdown) sit well with me  could then have manning as zippy

1 hour ago, Sheltons Army said:

You think the Lansdowns would stomach a DoF red squirrel  !

Not unless he was a mere puppet , no chance 

no i dont but they might have to in the not to distant future , ive got no confidence in the current set up whatsoever

8 hours ago, fisherrich said:

Until the Lansdowns are kicked out of Bristol City, nothing will change unfortunately.
Manning is out of his depth here.

its too late now but it should have been tinnion moved somewhere quiet with a real dof telling lansdowns what will or wont work.

our manager bounce is called the rooney splat, wanted to be like luton,got it wrong and got brum instead

someone needs to have a word with manning,tell him to ignore the 2 idiots that hired him,go and watch some vids of our counter attacking football and revert back to that this season then try implementing his changes during the summer when hes more likely to get a couple of decent additions to make it work