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36 minutes ago, East End Old Boy said:

Good to see Simpson going around the pitch with his arm around Tanner after the game, perhaps we shouldn’t dismiss the role Simpson is playing in the lad’s development?

Yes, also noticed Simpson got off the bench to put his arm round Benarous & have a word while he was on the touchline waiting to come on. Little things, but important & good to see. COYR 

1 minute ago, The Horse With No Name said:

Can you also use your City Rewards in the same purchase, or is not allowed on sale items?

Yes, I used mine with my order last night. COYR 

4 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

I don’t want to knock the kid, but how much off the standard was he?

Could see a case for taking him back off, so weak and letting his man go repeatedly.

It was like playing with 10 men, not sure he made a single positive contribution.

He looked a bit caught between to me. Wasn’t sure which man to mark, what positions to take up. No different to Bakinson before him, I put that down to formation & possibly having someone so young & inexperienced behind him. But worked hard & will gain from it. COYR 

5 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

Interesting you say that. I thought we had jelly in goal today. Bentley was a bag of nerves imo today. Having played so poor for 40 minutes and then having the game handed to us in four minutes I did think we would put up a better show than that second half. We literally played 4 minutes of football in 100 minutes today and fortunately it was enough.

Really? Kept us in the game with some good saves when he needed to. COYR 

2 minutes ago, Henry said:

That looks like something Holden would have picked!

That sentence alone is enough to put me off! COYR 

First game back today since the pandemic.  So hopefully a fresh start for City & the start of a home winning run of games. COYR 

43 minutes ago, mozo said:

Does that happen Harry?

I used to work with a bloke who watched games for Rotherham in his spare time. I suppose that makes him an actual scout but he didn't know any more about football than me as far as I was aware and certainly wasn't much of a 5-aside player!

I never understood how he ended up doing it.

A friend of mine who is a Norwich fan scouted for them in the Southwest. This came about after Norwich got relegated (possibly early 2000’s) from the Premiership. He actually made contact with them to offer his services, which they accepted. They then sent him to various games to watch certain players & he had to fill out a report on these players. Which included strengths/weaknesses, & marking individual components of each individuals game. He would then hand in the reports & the club took over from there. It served as a base for the club to move forward or not on each individual. He enjoyed it, bumping in to various football people as well as helping his club. COYR 

11 minutes ago, Street red said:

Doing ok isn't good enough we have a centre half that cost us 8 million Palmer that is a waste of space and the list goes on, We had one good season after that it's been free falling.. Unless we get fresh faces the attitude and quality we produce on a matchday won't improve..  

I would say doing ok was doing exactly that. We are average payers in this division, with probably just over average attendances. I would say we had one very good season, followed by average to good seasons. Now we are an absolute shambles & that isn’t based on playing any of the top teams in this division ( for example Forest ). Fresh faces needed I agree, but we are told this lot have a great attitude & are fitter than ever! COYR 

2 minutes ago, Street red said:

Unfortunately we don't belong in the yo-yo league  and until we get rid of Johnson and Holden signings we won't be improving anytime soon. A massive change is needed and pearson has his hands tied unless we cash in.

Genuine question. If those signings/players are so bad, how did we generally do ok? COYR 

1 minute ago, Northern Red said:

Why don't you post when we win?

WUM.

Can an account being deleted for inactivity? COYR 

9 hours ago, Taz said:

It's not been said yet so here goes - jobs for the boys.

Actually I don't care, if he was already doing work here with the young ones, and Tins and Co thinks he can bring something to the team, then congratulations to him. Welcome back Mickey Bell.

As for the media department, getting it wrong once is an error. Getting it wrong more than once, is just unprofessional. I mean, it's not like he has any history with the club at all is it 

Give it a few weeks & if results don’t pick up, it will. I’ll add another one, Niger’s little smirk/laugh after he says something will soon start bothering people! COYR 

Could do with him possibly? COYR 

Seem to remember a friend of mine playing for Keynsham against City in an orange kit one pre season a few years ago. COYR 

37 minutes ago, Jimatno9 said:

the player the wife and the manager.

keep the manager transfer the player

not sure what happened to the wife

maybe never happened it was all long ago

 

This is getting a bit to cryptic now! COYR 

40 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said:

 

Erm, blimey, there's been a few I could mention.

Our arguably most famous manager was known for it...   

Roy Hodgson? COYR 

28 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

He was just before my time. Was he really head and shoulders in terms of ability above the likes of Noble, JET and Tomlin? All three had incredible natural ability but also never delivered on a regular basis. I feel the highlights reel from those three may exceed Jacki, but could well be wrong. 

Interested to know your opinion.... 

I would say he was ahead of all 3 that you have mentioned. His balance, touch & vision were above anything I’ve seen in a City shirt, but I accept consistency was his problem. But on their day, him & Cole were unplayable. We saw him on his way down in some ways, but before us he played in a World Cup, scored goals in European competition. His well documented off field habits are what held him back imo. Im fairly sure when he was with us Aston Villa were having a look, but nothing ever came of it obviously. My favourite player of all time, so might be a bit biased! COYR 

1 hour ago, Robbored said:

Scot Murray was as skilled as Jacki and scored many more goals - he’s the one player who filled AG with anticipation when he got the ball. He was truly exciting to watch and yet barely get a mention on here.

Big fan of Scotty the player & on a personal note, but not even close to Jacki in terms of skill. This guy played in a World Cup & scored goals in a European competition. He is what kids go and watch football for, he’s the one they want to emulate in the playground. Yes we had him after his peak in someways, but when someone of Cole’s stature says that he’s one of the most skilled players he ever played, maybe he might be onto something. Players like that are very few & far in between, but I’m glad I got to watch him. COYR 

9 minutes ago, Monkeh said:

That's a good wage for league Two, I think the average down there is 900 quid a week

I was thinking the same. So they are over paying & not achieving...... Happy Days! COYR 

5 minutes ago, BrizzleRed said:

You’re probably not the only one Negan, but I suspect there are far more of us who hold LJ and MA jointly responsible for leaving us right in the shit last season.  They are both also responsible for pissing so much money away in the awful transfer policy and bringing in dross, that we’re now having to scratch around for free transfers, as they completely emptied the transfer kitty.

As an ex-City player I don’t wish him ill, but I personally got sick of his waffle and bullshit, so I can’t honestly say I him any great success after the mess he left us in.  

You don’t think Covid has anything to do with scratching around for free transfers? He wasn’t perfect, but that’s quite some statement. It also baffles me that Holdens reign has somehow been deleted from history! COYR 

1 hour ago, Negan said:

Am I the only one who wants lee Johnson to do well? Weird how fans enjoy his team getting beat. Ex player and manager who has given great service to this club and was honoured to be here. Hope he wins the league with Sunderland myself. 

 

Ashton however... 

No you’re not. Hope he has learned from some of his mistakes at City & improves. Hope Sunderland win the league & get promoted personally. He did a lot more good than bad for City & just don’t get the vitriol he sometimes receives on here. Decent bloke & as you said, was genuinely honoured to be manager of this club. COYR 

29 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

Didn't Short sell Sunderland a few years ago?

Yeah, the new owner is a young billionaires son I believe. COYR 

33 minutes ago, Slack Bladder said:

Afobe best striker out there tonight

Have to agree. Good movement, good touch, good awareness and a decent turn of pace. If he is OOC this summer & has a relatively injury free season, we could do a lot worse. One of my favourite City strikers of recent seasons, my sort of striker. COYR 

Got to say, wish we had their front two. COYR 

23 minutes ago, RedEd73 said:

Benik is class.... Congratulating Bents on that last save

Yep. Turned on about 10 minutes ago to see exactly what I remember, good movement, good touch, good awareness. Big fan of Beniks. COYR 

17 minutes ago, Smokey said:

Bang average, overrated player who wont go on to do much in his career.

And only has one foot! COYR