Steve Watts

How so? The draw is being done further away from the tournament than before....

Apparently they will be downsized with the bits removed being sent to impoverished third world regions to build new stadiums and cultivate a passion for the sport. I understand Wally Al Qaeda has already put an application in for the prowed fewers.....

Wait one second John... You spent 7.5 hours trying to access a ticket portal for a tournament you have no intention of attending.... Airports and Hartlepool spring to mind....

I know it's not........but why does it look like he's had a cock tattooed on his neck?!? Maybe he asked for a Neil Kilkenny tat?

Yeah, but we couldn't find a plaice for him in the squad. Sorry - that was cod awful.

He was using his body to shield the ball. There's absolutely no foul or offside in that build up at all. If you give a free kick for that you'd be giving about 100 every game. Nothing wrong with the goal whatsoever and not one City player appealed for anything. But like I say - It was Colin and Tango, so **** em!

Let's be honest, the free kick was the officials cop out because they actually didn't have a clue what was going on. There was no foul in the build up. They scored a fair goal and I agree that if the boot was on the other foot we would be moaning and bitching about it for ages and rightfully so..... .....However..... Warnock and Jordan were on the receiving end of the decision which makes this the exception to the rule and the correct outcome on the day!!!!

He said not a top 3 club.......

And I think you're overlooking the fact that it wasn't overlooked. ?

Nope your memory is fine. Picked the ball up just outside the area and just ran and ran. He was so frustrating as a player because he showed what he could do, but just didn't do it often enough. He was a like Pato in that regard, could have a short run of great form and then go completely missing for 20 games.

https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/bristol-city/10/

I can't believe you missed out Pat Hoban & Jimmy Keohane! Such was their immense contribution while here. There's another forward and midfielder for you! ? Actually there have been a fair few.. Brunt, Heffernan, Henderson, Rodnee Macaree(!), Brendon Maloney apparently played nearly 50 games for us in 13/14 and I have no recollection of him at all!!!!

They've split the message into three parts with the others to be released later today....I understand Rene will be in the foinal turd.

Unlikely....I don't think he browses this forum! ?

In what reality is this true? There's no doubt at all that LJ was a marmite player, and to argue the merits of him as a player is pointless as it could go on forever. Marv was a different player when he didn't have LJ alongside him and that's a fact. Another fact is that when LJ got injured we'd lost just 3 games in 21. After, we lost 5 in 8. You don't have to be a rocket scientist. Surely even you can acknowledge that fact. Arguably GJ probably did rush him back too early, which saw him miss most of April as a result, but he rushed him back because our form tanked.

Age doesn't have anything to do with it. It's stubbornness. To acknowledge the point I made, he would have to accept that we were fine margins away from GJ taking us into the Prem. And there's no chance of that happening.

In what way? LJ acted as a good foil for Marvs deficiency - i.e. his inability to make a pass of more than 5 yards. LJ got injured against Watford and the form after that is stark. All we needed was to hold on for the win against Stoke after leading at half time and we'd have finished 2nd. Or if we'd won just two of the matches we lost we'd be looking at the same. It was fine margins that season, but it derailed when LJ was out of the team.

The same could be argued for GJ. If LJ hadn't picked up a bad injury we wouldn't have needed the play-offs to get promotion. As it was, as soon as LJ was out of the team, Marv was largely ineffective, so it was like losing two players at a crucial point of the season. (Unless time is playing silly bollocks on my memory and I'm getting the season wrong!) Won't we avoid sanctions if we lose our best players due to the money we receive in for them? Potentially far more than we need to be stable in terms of FFP and therefore allow us some wriggle room to strengthen? It's also a hope that Webster gets a big move, and possibly Brownhill too if Burnley go down. He's been getting rave reviews for his performances this season, hasn't he? Both being sold for a healthy sum would see us get a windfall.

Just read that Chelsea have already sold a handful of tickets before the sanction was placed on them. Meaning the tickets were there to to buy and the fans simply....didn't! Many "big" clubs will sell out their allocation very quickly. The fact that Chelsea didn't says a lot more about there fanbase than anything else. "Play it behind closed doors because our fans can't be arsed!" Following that pattern, the Chelsea loving owner up the road could apply for all games at Milletts Memorial Stadium to be played behind closed doors!

It shouldn't make any difference. Competition rules split the gate revenues 45/45/10 between the club and the FA. So whether Chelsea fans are there or if Boro sell out the entire ground just to themselves the same money would make it's way to Stamford Bridge....or whereever the FA decide it should go. The decision to not allow them to sell tickets makes it all very murky when cup competitions come into play.

John, after some stunning photo's from Blackburn, could I make a special request for the Subbuteo goal replays to return? They are greatly missed!

This is the key takeaway point for me this season. Setting ourselves up nicely for the future.

Oh, absolutely. But I just figured mathematical possibility would have been and gone long before now. I'm not sure whether that's a reflection of how we've done or whether the overall quality in the Championship has been lower this year.

I know we're clearly not going to make the playoffs, but to get to 37 games and not be out of the picture mathematically represents a much better season than probably any of us expected.

How is that fair enough? If it was you in the dock for the same thing do you think the judge would delay the case for you because you were in the middle of a project? Not a chance. Him being a(n alleged) football manager shouldn't factor into the thinking in any way shape or form.