Steve Watts

9 minutes ago, mozo said:

Our win at Watford this season was up there too.

 

As noted on another thread.  These are our two best performances of the season and the two that least resemble "Manning-ball".  The only thing we can hope is that he now recognises what works and fine-tunes that.

47 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

Living the high life . 

I feel like I've won the lottery....!  Such a grim part of the country whose most popular tourist attraction is the sign saying "You are now leaving Wigan"!

Still, it pays the bills I guess!

Watching all lonely from a Wigan hotel room I was delighted with what I saw tonight. 

There is an air of caution to be mindful of though, and that is that we played the same way in the first half on Saturday and the same way as we did against Watford. That, last night, was absolutely not Manning-ball and showed that our strengths lie in other tactics. My worry is that against a struggling side like QPR we revert back to MB and try and bore the opposition into submission.

I just hope he finally realises that taking the game to the opposition and quick counter attacks is when we look at our best. 

Keep up with that style towards the end of the season and a little glimmer of hope starts to spark.

In terms of players, is anyone else getting bored of saying "Joe Williams was outstanding today"? The man is possessed and needs to be signed up immediately.

2 hours ago, You Do The Dziekanowski said:

Cant remember who it was sung at now, but the 

Your dad’s alright, but your a **** chant was funny 

I have a recollection of it being sung, but my memory's so bad I don't have any timeframe on it....wouldn't have been Liam Rosenior, would it?  Would seem to fit.  Flip it round and we could sing it to Mickey Maynards son if he were to ever make it as a pro!

1 hour ago, Lewisdabaron said:

Fantastic work to those involved. The 2 houses as you enter the stadium Dolman / Atyeo side has a huge blank canvas that should also be looked into so be decorated. 
 

I do wonder what Louis thinks of it, as he has pretty much disassociated himself with the club for a long time now. (Something to do with his testimonial) 

He's been to loads of matches over the last few years....usually sits in the Heineken Lounge corner of the Lansdown.

Just came to mind... Dublin's fair city... No link to Bristol whatsoever, simple, harmless but always used to catch on...

In Dublin's fair city

Where the girls are so pretty

I first laid my eyes on sweet Molly Malone

As she wheeled her wheelbarrow

Down streets short and narrow singing

, , ,  City!

17 hours ago, Middsie said:

My view is that they are all currently awful. Loved the old school - 'stand up if you hate the gas', 'he's only a poor little gas head' etc, but understand probably not PC anymore or actually that relevant now. I'd prefer player specific chants that followed the usual format i.e. all clubs use them just change the words for their specific player. Anyone can 'be on fire' like Will Griggs for example. Whole crowd knows it and gets it = better atmosphere. 

Good luck getting Taylor Gardner-Hickman to scan there!

15 hours ago, cheese said:

Who can forget the classic "You're going home in the back of an ambulance"?

You apparently!  

15 hours ago, Sir Colby-Tit said:

I thought it was "You're going home in a Bristol ambulance "?

17 minutes ago, ZumerZetSmithy said:

the first few times this was sung it brought the hairs up on the back of my neck ,  not sure i can hear it now in S19 not my hearing .

loved the song when we had Basso,  i think a similar song would be good. we certainly need some belief in our team.

.  

We used to believe

We used to belieeeeeve

We're Bristol City

We used to believe! (c)

15 hours ago, italian dave said:

And as for the ‘I can’t read….’ one…..….calling ourselves bankers.

Beyond embarrassing.

Im with @Barrs Court Red in thinking always believe has been one of our better songs. 

100%.  I don't think anyone has ever actually come up with a reason - compelling or otherwise - for us singing that.  I guess that's maybe because those that don't see anything wrong with it are singing it autobiographically!

Nothing wrong with singing the original to reclaim it.  I do question the intelligence of some of our fanbase at times......

Hi Jerry. I can't make the match on Tuesday so my brother has said he'll be able to take my lad, Matthew, down.

I need to transfer both my ticket and Matthews as both are in my Google wallet.

From looking at the guide I see I will need to link my brother's supporter id (if he had one) to my account so I can assign my ticket to him, but how do I transfer Matthews ticket over to him so he can scan him in? 

Thanks

Steve

13 hours ago, Jerseybean said:

As per the title they are to be trialled, https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68246971

 

The whole article is an exercise in ifs, buts, maybes and "we don't have a clue if this will come in, when it might come in, what will be included and what level it might be trialled at"!

I'm frankly amazed they managed to stretch it out to a scrolling page!

15 hours ago, Glasgow Red said:

Sorry but id rather run the risk of being with what you describe as "tanked up bellends" than being made to feel like a criminal for no reason. If that's the trade off then I 100% stand on the side of not having police treat good citizens like that.

Well that says an awful lot more about "people like you" (as you put it) than it does about many others on the thread. I know who's company I'd rather be in.

8 hours ago, Bristolisredd said:

What were to happen if a city fan chucked a flare and it hit an elderly person … people in here would be saying why werent the fans properly searched before the game 

And some would be going "ugh... No one died... No pyro, no party"

3 times:

West Brom

Twice:

Leeds,

Huddersfield,

Sheffield Wednesday,

Ipswich

And they say variety is the spice of life apparently....!

I'd be adding Andy King to that list but have accepted the fact that we won't.  Mr dependable whenever called upon and experience in droves.

No.

And too bloody right.  Should be an absolute top priority.  For me, currently player of the season by a country mile.

Edit: To clarify, I was responding to both your points, not saying it was too bloody right that we hadn't offered him a contract!!!

35 minutes ago, italian dave said:

Tom Tom. Same up to A453, but then it suggested a delay ahead and a quicker route, and it felt like we were doing the equivalent of the Chew Valley and Dundry to get to South Bristol! I’ve been to Forest loads of times and never this way.

We even went through a place called Bunny.

Journey home was great. We did the M6/M5 to avoid the closure, and got back to Portishead bang on 1.00. 

Did you stop for a play, boy...?

6 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

Went into hooters, quality in there as usual but unfortunately I did miss the 1st few mins of the game due to going to the wrong entrance and then having to walk all the way around the houses etc. 

Missed the start of the game because you went into the "wrong entrance" at Hooters?  Sounds like a great reason to miss the start to be honest!

I'm a fan of VAR. Although weve had a few games with VAR in the past there has never really been much for it to do. They really need to sort out communication with the fans. You don't know what's being checked, whats not, why it hasnt etc. Kinda leaves you feeling like your in limbo. 

In fairness the screen did say what it was checking for - possible foul, possible handball etc.  I wonder if it would be better if the angle used to make the final decision was shown on the scoreboard.  

1 hour ago, Glasgow Red said:

Fair point. And to be clear at no point was I asked to be searched or anything. I think at that point it would have become a privacy issue

Well said Sir. This articualtes the point perfectly. As someone that never does anything illegal it feels totally gross and unfair to be treated in that way by the state. Its a targetted attack on football fans. I spent many a night out in places full of people that do drugs and get in fights and break the law and not once seen a dog.

But you're not "treated in that way" by the state because of a desire to erode civil liberties....you're "treated in that way" because of the idiots who do do something illegal.  I would respectfully suggest your annoyance is aimed in the wrong direction.  If it wasn't for coked up, tanked up bell-ends then the police and dogs wouldn't be seen as required. To me, that's the biggest problem in society.  No accountability levelled at our peers (i.e. general citizens) and instead being aimed at the public services.

* the reason for the inverted commas is that I don't actually understand in what way you feel you were treated...you've admitted that at no time did anyone ask to search you, so it seems the treatment was in having a dog sniff around near where you were?  

Out sang Forest all night, but that's not difficult when you only hear them once every 15/20 minutes though.  Dreadful home crowd.  Even we put it to shame.

Played very well overall and could have won it, but then equally also could've lost it.  They got in behind us on the right an awful lot in the first half especially, but I don't really blame McCrorie solely for that - as always he was left horribly exposed by Mehmeti's inability/unwillingness/lack of instructions to track back in support.

Max pulled off some very good saves, but still needs to start commanding his 6 yard box.

I thought Williams - once again - was outstanding on the night.  Absolutely controlled central midfield all night.  Joe absolutely needs a new deal and failure to have those discussions and have them now would constitute gross negligence on the clubs part.  Arguably the player of the season, he's proven that his injury woes are behind him and he can cope with Sat-Wed-Sat workload.  Genuinely don't know what else he needs to do.

Special mention also to Andy King.  He and Williams controlled central midfield for large parts of the match and if only that shot had gone in it would have been nothing more than he deserved.

Sammy had a cracker of a game as well.  Especially considering he spent most of it in the unfamiliar wing back role.  Such a shame he missed, but I kinda thought he would when he only gave himself a 3 step run up.  I hate pens like that.  He should absolutely hold his head high though after the preceding 120 minutes.

3 hours ago, Yozzarian said:

Just a small post as after seeing it this morning on Sky Sports News, I'm filled with admiration. At the age of 73, Oldham's Chairman is rowing solo across the Atlantic to raise money for Alzheimers. He's 2 months in and has capsized three times. His motto, 'If you can do something to help people, do it.' He has a Just Giving page apparently.

 

What should Jon do I wonder?

Keep rowing

On 03/02/2024 at 09:10, Southport Red said:

Just got a sneak peek at Rovers’ new stand. 

I can see where you're getting confused....  but their stands have tears, not tiers.

Ah....it must be that time of the year again.  This story is as traditional as a Bond movie on a Bank Holiday.

2 hours ago, Oh Louie louie said:

Make that 8 with tony dining, blimey have enough for a team at this rate..

Dinning was a fantastic signing at the time in fairness.  He was superb during his loan spell and we were all clamouring for his permanent signing.  Little were we to know that after signing the contract instead of downing the pen, he downed tools.

Still....we as a fanbase have learned from this and always approach turning excellent loans into permanent moves with much trepidation....*cough* Tomlin *cough*

2 hours ago, Silvio Dante said:

(Been looking for a reason to use that title for a while).

Was looking at the Oxford forum this morning - interestingly enough they’re having the same debate as seems to be on here, but also have the added piece of a Des Buckingham stay/go poll (and he’s been in place shorter than Liam!). Mentally, he hasn’t even had an assistant to date.

https://yellowsforum.co.uk/threads/des-buckingham.10056/page-98

Its quite interesting to read through - it wasn’t totally helpful (although was in part) not long after Liam left Oxford as it was a bit raw for them but now there are a few cooler heads on his reign and there is a lot of comparative between him and Buckingham style wise, circumstance wise. 

Just a bit to read from the angle of having lost Manning and see what you’ve lost as opposed to what you’ve gained in the appointment

 

Apt that you've used a Vampire Weekend song about Mannings reign. Our weekends suck too.