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9 minutes ago, Markthehorn said:

The possession and running stats probably look good ..

Cliche alert I’m no expert but for all that possession we never looked like scoring. 

44 minutes ago, REDOXO said:

The ineptitude is quite staggering on the face of it. 

The sacking of the CEO

No one as the public face of the club. A Chairman who really doesn’t want to deal with fans and the media and won’t unless he absolutely has to

A Technical Director who recommend a manager with no experience at being anything else than someone else’s assistant coach except a failed stint at MK which if I’m not mistaken got them relegated eventually and HALF a season at Oxford that had them challenging for a play off spot. 
 

That same Head Coach brought in to take over from……blah blah blah… I could go on and on. 
 

Everything at the club is beyond incompetence. It’s as if someone wants to destroy everything that has been built since 2015.

The appointment of Johnson followed by Holden were bizarre. The appointment of Manning over Pearson and then the firing of all Pearson’s staff is utterly stupefying.

Who the hell is calling the shots here? Why do we as supporters keep showing up to watch a side that does nothing but bear the name of the club we have all supported since children?

The only thing I can think of is blind loyalty to an institution that only exists in our heads. 
 

Just rename the club My Money My Choice FC and let’s be done with it!

It’s beyond comprehension 

3 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said:

His job title hasn't changed, Dave. But his role i.e. what he actually does and is responsible for has evidently changed since the departures of Gould/Alexander/Nige. 

Because in at least two of those three, you are losing experienced men with gravitas that can speak on behalf of the club.

Now we have Tins and Jon! And Tins certainly can't be relied upon to perform a similar spokesperson role to that of a Gould or Nige. 

Plus, the loss of those men means Jon is naturally expected to be more about the place to help fill the vacuum. 

I think Richard Latham is right, Jon probably had one foot in Bermuda and now he's been called back by Steve to deal with a shitstorm. 

That's the point I'm making. 

which he made worse?

2 hours ago, redkev said:

How & why people go and watch England friendlies at Wembley I don’t know , would love to know how much it would cost just to travel from Bristol , pay for parking tube in from parking , couple of pints , bit of food , ticket for game etc etc to watch an exhibition game , I understand why people do it but not for me thanks 

no one is forcing you babber

I wonder why I bother with the coach down to Bristol to watch an ‘exhibition’ match at Ashton Gate. 

Problem is I’m so far away I can’t see who’s who. 
thinking about the scran I’m going to have on the he way home . 

Pint of wine

58 minutes ago, phantom said:

Currently in the globe full of Sunderland and hull fans 

I've not a clue what they are saying, I'm just smiling and nodding 

Start talking proper bristle, that’ll confuse em

Is this a library?

4 hours ago, fgrsimon said:

I agree don't think it affects FFP/PSR. It's just a case that if someone thinks that a 40% share in Ipswich is worth £110 million then that's their choice and their potential loss. I can think of a lot less risky options than investing in a football club!

My first thought was Donald Trump! Overestimating the value of an asset for some reason

wasn't Ipswich the most boring club at one point?

21 minutes ago, Highburnred said:

£105,000,000 for 40% they better get promoted if they’re valued the club at more than £260 million 

is that dodgy?

https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2024/march/22/press-release-bright-path-sports/

44 minutes ago, hinsleburg said:

I think this post will go under the radar, but that properly tickled me!

Has LM used radar yet?

19 minutes ago, Gazred said:

Top AI and now over to the traffic bot for the news on those roads.

where we're going, we don't need roads!

1 minute ago, Curr Avon said:

Affirmative, Max.

Open the podcast door, Hal!

Just now, Davefevs said:

I guess Nike didn’t do it on a whim?

no. I expect not. 

Just now, LondonBristolian said:

The George Cross hasn't suddenly ceased to exist though. It's not banned, it's not no longer going to be displayed in any way at other matches or anything else. And it's not as if literally every England kit ever has prominently featured a George Cross and this one does not. The sudden existence of a cross in a new colour doesn't suddenly invalidate very George Cross in existence. And people will still take it to Wembley.

As you'll see from my post, I've not branded anyone a right wing idiot so that's a little bit of an odd projection on your part.

What I would say is that England is a nation of 55 million and I object to a tiny minority of those people claiming they are somehow the authority of what is or is not "English" and that their sense of what it means to be English is somehow more valid or relevant than anyone else's.

That's why you have a symbol that represents all those different qualities ie a flag. It's not for Nike to alter a country's flag. 

I wan't quoting you on that part only the section in bold.

Just now, SecretSam said:

And where did I use the term "right-wing idiots"?

Was I directly quoting you? No.

oh god does that mean pre and post match interviews will be CG AI ChatGPT? 

1 minute ago, LondonBristolian said:

To be honest, I'm fed up of the usual easily-offended outrage-seekers constantly trying to find things to whinge about and spoil things for everyone else.

It's a tiny cross in a relatively hidden area the kit in a slightly different colour FFS and it's not even the first time someone's played around a bit with a national flag. (Team GB in 2012, for example). It's a minor design choice. And frankly, if someone is so insecure in their sense of national identity that a slightly different flag sends them into a panic then that says far more about them than anything else. I suspect the vast majority of us are secure enough in our sense of Englishness to not need to treat a minor change in the colour of one small cross as an issue. I feel pretty confident that - on Saturday, Tuesday and any other England game - there will be more than enough St George Crosses to compensate.

As ever, it's a tiny number of people constantly trying to undermine our sense of national cohesion and pretending they own the concept of Englishness in the way the rest of us somehow do not. I'm frankly sick of the neediness, attention-seeking and attempts to divide England as a nation. 

Who Nike?

The George Cross is the symbol of national cohesion. That's why people take George Cross flags to Wembley.

I'm fed up of people branding anybody who disagrees as right-wing idiots. It's so reductive. 

Probably time to move this topic to the politics forum

10 hours ago, O'Garlandinho said:

I live in London too and always thought club should put on a Saturday(weekend) only season ticket offer which include the usual benefits such as st away ticket priority, as midweek games are not always feasible with work, late night finish and removed post match train service. 

I'm hoping that with the TV deal the club might implement some kind of scheme to release my unused ticket.

30 minutes ago, richwwtk said:

How is it 'woke gone mad' what is even woke about it at all?

Looks to me like a designer just redesigned something for the sake of it, they have to earn their crust somehow!

I agree that the plain red/white cross would have been a better option there, but it really isn't woke. It's just the horizontal bar looking like it's based on the colours of the away kit and the vertical bar based on the reds that are often involved as well, so just the colours generally included on the kits. Certainly not a rainbow or anything like that.

They did say it was to make it more inclusive so there was a considered reason 

11 minutes ago, Littlesh*t said:

I know you can't watch them (legally) but does that go for radio as well? I would have thought radio Bristol would have a website with a live broadcast....can't say I listen to it 

Yes bbc sounds. They’re not allowed to broadcast online during games

29 minutes ago, TedsHeadIs Red said:

In the same way coaches are put on for away games, perhaps the club could put on coaches for home games from places like London where there may be sufficient demand. 

It’s called NX or Megabus

Just now, Littlesh*t said:

Why should you be rewarded for making a decision to move away? That is your choice not to live in Bristol.

 

I have never lived in Bristol (ok a lot closer than london) but even in wiltshire its a 68 mile round trip and I don't have the luxury of 5 home games in Wiltshire.

 

The club can be criticised for a lot of things at the moment but you choosing to not live in Bristol and still follow the team is not one of them.

 

Surely on the Internet these days you could get a link to radio Bristol? 

Broadcasting regulations don’t permit games being broadcast online, you can only get pre and post match