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4 minutes ago, Bourne End Red said:

Anyone got a robins tv link ? I can’t seem to view the sports10 without paying it seems.

Nothing working for me today, either. Sports-10 been ok for recent games, but no joy on this one. Looking like I’ll have to settle for RB commentary.

 Very generous, but what was the second prize? Four free tickets? By God, thank your lucky stars you couldn’t go. I wish I hadn’t.

6 hours ago, cotswoldred2 said:

 

An empty post. Congratulations. Spot on. That’s the most intelligent thing you’ve said all day.

2 minutes ago, BrizzleRed said:

Nail smashed squarely on head CC

You can live in hope for so long, but the last bit of hope under this ownership drained out of me with the Pearson shenanigans.  

I’m sure our fortunes on the pitch will ebb and flow, but I’ve now got zero confidence that we can sustain any meaningful progress under SL.  

As for Premier League ……. no chance!

Afraid I have to agree. I've been a supporter since school days, over 60 years, and probably always will be, but I am drained of all optimism now and can't see that changing unless and until this lot bugger off. They've become a liability and a complete and utter bloody nightmare. 

Just in case it's useful for anyone else to know, somewhat to my surprise (based on previous experience), I did actually get a fairly prompt response to an email to Supporter Services (fair play to them), with the advice to turn automatic updates in Wallet off and on again. It worked, in line with what I think some others also suggested above. Problem solved - although it does sound very much like it would probably have just worked, anyway. 

Thanks to all the tech-savvy members who offered advice. Cheers. 

1 minute ago, BrizzleRed said:

Certainly true it’ll be a tough ask.

Problem I see is, whatever is potentially achieved on the pitch, there’s always someone in the background who’s got an unerring ability to screw it all up!

And that's the big worry, isn't it?

Fail to exercise proper governance over the club and to install suitably qualified people to run it. Get in an almighty mess through sheer negligence, in both football and financial terms, especially in regard to player recruitment. Sack the manager, fail to acknowledge any responsibility for having caused the situation in the first place, bring in a new man (or a succession of new men) to sort out the self-inflicted shambles. Eventually get the situation stabilised, usually necessitating the sale of your best players, and having wasted several years in stagnation in the process, at least in football terms. Then dispense with the guys who got you out of the hole you dug yourself into and start all over, usually with a young, so-called, up-and-coming coach (you hope) instead of someone of experience. Rinse and repeat. 

No wonder fans despair after two decades of watching this pattern repeat itself. Three wins on the trot don't disguise the accumulated evidence of the last twenty years.

20 hours ago, Sleepy1968 said:

Because of this I don't even bother to check any more. Also, worse case, take a snapshot of the QR code that appears at the bottom of the ticket (Android at least), email somewhere safe/save on a spare/friends phone, and use this for access in a pinch.

Thanks. Mate of mine has found this, too, but it seems to be Android-specific, as you imply, and for the information of others with an Apple device, does not seem to be possible on iPhone 

Hadn't spotted that. Thanks for your help. 

Routinely check mine on the morning of a game, as a precaution. Always been OK up to now, but this time it has not updated to today's fixture v Millwall and is still showing Hull 22 December. Nothing on the app to allow you to initiate an update, as far as I can see (iPhone).

Anyone else have this problem, or any advice on how to resolve? Thanks.

2 hours ago, ORANGE500 said:

Then why keep going  over it again and again. Who really cares in fact one person I highly doubt gives a stuff whether his photo is included or not and that's Nigel Pearson he's probably moved on like some on this forum should.

If missing the point was an Olympic event, you’d have more gold medals than Usain Bolt. 
 

In over six decades of following this club, I have only once seen a consensus and a strength of feeling to surpass what’s happened in recent weeks, and that was when BCFC almost ceased to exist in the early eighties. If you don’t understand the reaction, you must be tone deaf and have seriously misread the situation.

I respectfully suggest you take another, carefully considered look and think it through again.

Just now, eardun said:

Fine for me (on app)

Happened last game. It’s a pain. You have to put it on full screen. That usually does it.

7 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Any sound? (I’ve pressed unmute)

I almost lost the will to live trying to activate sound, going round in bloody circles, but eventually it worked. It's a pain, but persevere.

15 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said:

How are Williams & James similar in style. Complete opposites 

I was going to add that to my previous comment but decided I'd be wasting my time... You are right, though. Joe at his best, all action, energetic, aggressive, ball-winning, etc. James, deep lying, measured, steady, calm, anchoring the midfield. Very little similarity. 

12 minutes ago, Ghost Rider said:

I know what you’re saying here. Hes one of those players that quietly goes about his role, without any bell and whistles. 
 

People will laugh at this, but I don’t care. I think Cole Skuse is one of our most underrated players in the last decade. 

When Mick McCarthy had him at Ipswich, he said more than once that Skuse was the first name on the team sheet, and big Mick had been around a long time and was no mug.

There are always a few eager to write James off. It's been that way for ages. It's wearying. What are people watching?

I and others have said many times that you sometimes don't notice him that much when he's playing, but you bloody well  notice when he isn't. Still under-appreciated after his time with the club, and still a very, very good player.

There are games (though not many) when you could dispense with him, but there are many more when, frankly, you'd be screwed without him. Experience, leadership, composure, reading the game, retaining possession... The old cliche applies: be careful what you wish for.  

1 hour ago, cidercity1987 said:

He is not quite Websteresque for us but certainly getting up there. I could see a lower Prem or newly promoted team being interested in the summer.

It's one of the areas of the team where we've done quite well in terms of recruitment. Central defenders who are comfortable on the ball, can bring it out of defence and pick a pass are are big asset. Both Atkinson and Naysmith are good, but Dickie is by some distance the best since Webster and really not far at all below Adam in ability, judging from what we've seen up to now. Player of the season so far for me, without a shadow of doubt. If he maintains this form he will attract offers and based on the experience of recent seasons it will surprise nobody if we cash in. Enjoy him while you can: the ownership is probably already speculating as to how much they can add to the nest egg. Selling your best players - it's what we do. 

2 minutes ago, Slack said:

Recommend robin's TV wells and Naismith on Comms, crap match so far but interesting to hear their takes 

As good as I’ve heard from a current player’s perspective. Naismith in particular is articulate and intelligent and quite frank about offering constructive criticism. Refreshing.

Just catching up with this news from last night. It evokes a conflicting response. Clearly absolutely appalling on one level, but there’s also a certain sense of inevitability about it, too, like it was bound to happen sometime, somewhere, eventually. 
 

A line has been crossed. Have to give credit to the Turkish football authorities, in as much as the immediate suspension of all fixtures seems to me to be proportionate. It leaves nobody in any doubt about the enormity of what’s taken place. 
 

I would have thought, for starters, a total life ban for the individual who threw the punch from any involvement of any kind in the game. The same would have to apply to anyone else who physically attacked the referee. What thereafter? Sanctions against the club? Hard to see how that can be avoided, although it’s always tough when innocent parties suffer for the inexplicable actions of one complete idiot.

 Maybe something constructive can emerge from it when the shock subsides, especially if the implications are debated beyond the confines of Turkey’s domestic game. A wide ranging review of refereeing standards, player behaviour towards referees, referee welfare, and how the promote a culture of greater respect and discipline would be timely. This could and arguably should be a big moment in the evolution of the sport in Europe, if it shines a light on issues that need addressing across all levels of the game.

31 minutes ago, pongo88 said:

I’ve watched domestic mid week games that were available in the UK, without a VPN. I haven’t done it this season as I’ve used a PC. I’m going to have to use the TV tonight so we’ll see if it still works. 

 

How did I do it?

1) Select Google on the home screen of the TV

2) Enter Bristol Sport into the Google search and then follow the same procedure as I would if I was using a PC. It was a bit long winded as I had to enter all the details using the TV remote keypad, which is slower than a keyboard. As mentioned above, I haven’t used the TV this season so I live in hope that nothing has changed and it still works. (I’m never confident with Bristol Sport). I’ll let you know if I succeed 

Really appreciate you taking the trouble to spell it out, thanks. As it happens it is, in fact, pretty much what I've tried to do myself, but for whatever reason it hasn't worked. That may, however, say more about me than it does about the technology! I'll probably use one of my devices to watch tonight, but will have another go at this on a future occasion to see if I can crack it. (It may, as you say, be a compatibility issue that I can do nothing about.) In the meantime, thanks again for your help, hope it still works for you tonight as it has done on previous occasions, and above all, enjoy the game! Not expecting to get anything out of this one, to be honest, but you never know... 

38 minutes ago, pongo88 said:

As usual the info on Robins TV is not entirely correct. . I’ve watched it on my smart TV after opening Google on the TV. It may be that some TVs are compatible and some aren’t 

OK, well, thanks for that. I can certainly believe your first statement: no change there, then. (Is it just the usual sloppy, badly presented info, do you think, or are they actively trying to discourage us from watching content in this way? Not that I can think of anything they'd have to gain from the latter.)

I'd really appreciate a bit more detail on how you've done it, though, if you can spare the time and can bear to spell it out. It sounds simple, the way you've described it, but to the technologically challenged it's not entirely obvious. Are you saying you have logged into your personal Google account, navigated to the BCFC website from there by just entering the address in the search box, and then signed into BCFC/RTV with your account details? And it then just works as normal?

I'm pretty sure there's a fair few people would be interested, as I haven't seen anybody else say on OTIB that they've watched RTV on a smart tv by any method other than a HDMI cable from a PC or laptop to the television. (I do take the point about some televisions not being compatible, by the way, but mine is a fairly recent, relatively hi-spec Sony model and I would have expected it to be capable of what you're describing.) 

3 hours ago, pongo88 said:

If it’s a smart TV it might have Google as an option. Then you just get onto Bristol Sport in the usual way 

With respect, I think this is probably not correct. You can use your Smart TV’s web browser (assuming it has one) to bring up the BCFC website and you may even be able to log in to your account, but I don’t think you can play content. If you look on the relevant Robins TV page, you’ll find that it states explicitly that it will not work on Smart TVs. 
 

The only way to watch RTV on your main TV that I’ve found to work is as advised by others elsewhere on this thread, by connecting your device to the television via HDMI cable. I’ am no IT expert and am happy to stand corrected if I’m wrong, but I’ve tried in various ways to get around this, sometimes with the help of a friend who actually is an IT professional, and the outcome has always been the same. No can do.

if that’s changed recently and someone can explain in plain English how it’s done, I and I’m sure many others would be very interested to hear about it.

I just signed in to Robins TV to purchase a pass to watch tonight’s coverage, a procedure I’ve followed countless times that usually takes me about two minutes, to be presented with a different screen layout to the one I’m accustomed to seeing and no way I can navigate my way to the usual page where you select the relevant “package” and pay by card.

It’s some weeks since I last did this. Has something changed that I’ve been unaware of, or is there some issue that others are also encountering? Any advice would be very welcome, thanks.

To save anyone the trouble of replying to the above, whatever glitch I was coming up against has now cleared itself. If anyone else has the same problem, for what it's worth, I signed out, restarted my PC, logged in again and it functioned normally. Who knows?

3 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

I'm not sure there is many people that go on holiday to Devon and Cornwall at the end of November.

 

 

 

I would, every time. Quiet, great for walking, pubs aren’t crowded and are glad to have your custom, locals aren’t peed off with mass tourism and have time to be friendly. You have to be bloody mad to want to go in peak season, unless you have a young family, are tied to school holidays and don’t have a choice.

I had long been an El Tel fan and it's really good to see his qualities being so widely recognised, not just here but right across national media as well. I was always a big admirer and I never quite forgave the FA for ditching him, but it wasn't something you'd often hear talked about in the pub when England football was being discussed, or see mentioned in online forums, so I thought maybe mine was a minority opinion. Evidently not. I just found him so astute about the game. Even when he was just doing TV punditry, his insights into what was going on out on the pitch always seemed a bit more incisive than anyone else's, and expressed clearly and simply without a lot of excessive techno-babble. I firmly believe the story of the senior national side post '96 would have been quite different if he'd been kept on, as he should have been. Lovely, fun, likeable, engaging bloke, too. I'm genuinely sad about his passing and it's clear a lot of people connected to the game feel the same - Lineker, Shearer and many, many others. Big loss.