Steve Watts

I call bullshit on this comment.... we all know that the Scots don't give away deep fried food to anybody!!!!

Not while play goes on and literally past him!

Have to disagree with anyone saying Andi Weimann should be captain as he leads by example. I love the blokes energy, work-rate and recent prowess in front of goal. But a massive bug-bear for me with him is that he doesn't play to the whistle. Ever. He'll be remonstrating with the referee while someone walks past him with the ball with no reaction. He was directly at fault for at least one goal at the Gate last year (I think against Derby) where he just had his arms in the air appealing for handball just outside our area rather than closing down the opponent who was 5 yards in front of him. The pass was made, unchallenged and they scored. Was at it again on Saturday and at Hull. It's his one blot on his copybook but an important one when considering him for captain.

So that's a yes then.....?

Even mystery tours have some sort of hygiene standards!!!

That's alright. They've just gotta perform a Rovers special and pop the sprinklers on for a few days! ?

Unplayable, you say? Mr Cooper would like a word with you!

Not as many as good ones do...if they did they may be more than average footballers........ ?

Think you're sounding irrationally impatient with this discussion, GioK... you need to have more patience, it's only about 4 threads so far this week that this debate has spilled onto....people can't expect to read every thread.... hell....some people can't string coherent sentences together, so expecting them to read the 58000 posts or so in the last 6 months about this is a little far fetched!

And before anyone chimes in with "yeah, but the singers were only in the one corner...." Yes, we were, but it was by choice and nothing to do with unreserved seating, because there wasn't any. It wasn't a move by the club, it just so happened that we congregated in H-Block, bought our seats there and made it our own.

All perfectly legal no matter who set them off. The law explicitly specifies football stadiums as far as I'm aware, so what happens at cricket or rugby bears no relevance.

Funnily enough the ha ha emoji which has had a whooosh moment was actually in response to "I'm guessing I will get a massive whoosh here - but what relevance is Gilbert to the link that is being made?"!!! I'm trying to work out if that is proper irony, or the Alanis Morisette kind! I actually thought you were being funny and other people were going to miss the joke! ?

Well....no....we don't need one but some of the threads that go off on a tangent on here and get left open..... The potential for this to diverge into a lighthearted discussion about other potentially dodgy naming rights etc wouldn't make it worse than any of those......Though the cliched Bell End one hasn't been humorous for year, I guess.

I'm confused....why would it be closed down? And just because it happened on our doorstep really doesn't mean that people in Southend couldn't make the link! They are two of the most famous serial killers this country has ever had!

As well as the loo rolls did you also nick the toilet seats so the police would have nothing to go on......??

It's really not hard to understand is it? It's nothing to do with the FA or EFL....and comparisons to Germany etc are irrelevant. The use of any type of pyro at football grounds is against the law set in this country. "Being in possession of a pyrotechnic device at a football match, or attempting to bring a pyrotechnic device into a football stadium, is a criminal offence under the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc) Act 1985." With unrest creeping back into stands towards the end of last season it's hardly any surprise that a clampdown of this is being carried out. If City are seen to turn a blind eye to it, then they're condoning criminal activity, so of course they need to clamp down. After all the noise about this over the last few years I am staggered that people still have an issue understanding this! It's either ignorance or blind stupidity, surely?

Because this thread is paying tribute to a huge and well regarded City fan, I too will be kind and just agree with you....!

Morning all.....just a heads up that the annual meeting between our under 23's and Yate Town takes place tonight. Usually get a decent turnout for this fixture, but I haven't seen it mentioned on here this year. There'll no doubt be a large contingent of Yate United players in attendance too.... Pay on the gate...Adults £7, U18 & Concessions £3, U16 £2. A good little match to whet the appetite ahead of Saturday.

Welcome to the forum, Iain.....big question coming up though..... If City fail to get promotion this year, who are you going to support when we play Everton in the league next season.......?!?

I think it is 8 matches, as you say, which typically was all midweeks with a full fixture list. Unfortunately because of the world cup we have more midweeks with full fixture lists this season, and so not all games will be on the RB. As I understand it, it will be some of the earlier season matches that are sacrificed in order to show them at the "business end" of the season.

Nah, I'm sure it was just a preemptive strike before he has an undoubtedly poor performance whenever he is next appointed to officiate one of our matches....as they all seem to. The penalty awarded was nothing short of farcical and looked worse with every replay.

Hi Jerry, Any idea when the Cov league cup tickets are going on sale? Saw that Cov put the home tickets up on Wednesday. Ta

Best of luck to the lad. Horrible news and with part of the bone being removed hard to see how his career can come back from that if he does beat it. And the very best of luck to you too buddy. Hope it all goes very very well.