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2 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said:

I think a lot of people transferred to the South to escape the rain. It didn't work though, I was in Row G and got soaked, it was a grim old night in more ways than one .

It's grim up North (Bristol)

10 hours ago, Davefevs said:

And then the bbc used this photo on their website the next day with me resembling a crab!!

You were just modelling for your Spreadsheet Man avatar.

4 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

Wonder how much of this is true, and how much in bobbins.

Cellino Al Saeed | Bristol Rovers GasChat Forum

 

The knives are out now...

1 hour ago, Merrick's Marvels said:

Anger? Where?

"Lewis"! 

Despite commentators routinely pronouncing his first name as Lou-ee, his family pronounces it Lewis.  It's a Dundry thing!  

4 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

I’m sure I bring this up every time Escape To Victory is mentioned, but as I understand it John Warks accent was so bad they dubbed him in the final cut, and Stallone was such an arsehole that he genuinely fancied himself as a keeper so bet Pele - Pele! - that he couldn’t score six spot kicks past him. He got near to one and dislocated his finger.

And the overhead kick - one take.

Nice film facts.  I always thought of Osman as "Doug Clure" after seeing Escape To Victory. The name sort of fits.

I also liked the fact that Pele had to be a Trinidadian as Brazil wasn't in the war in 1942 (Ardilles' nationality was left a mystery).

Oh and the fact that the posh chairman of the parish council in Vicar of Dibley was the German head coach. 

43 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

Osman may not have always got it right as a player or a manager, but I never saw him give less than 100% for us and that’s good enough for me.  I was lucky to have a long 1:1 conversation with him as manager (a few days before the start of the season when he gave Hewlett and Wyatt their debuts) and there was no doubting his commitment.  Ok, it didn’t work out but he managed that cup run, he deserved to be on the field on Saturday, and he deserved the fans’ applause.

Let's face it - how many other managers have we had who played with Pele - and Michael Caine!

1 hour ago, ChrisJ said:

 

I didn’t realise he was ceo I’m not sure what his specific job title is

Consigliere.  

1 hour ago, Marcus Aurelius said:

Yeah, at least 3 yards offside...

To be fair to CornishPastyGas (pictured below) it looked that way to him:

29 minutes ago, The Journalist said:

Perhaps. But to use your own reply below…

Cresswell’s holding could be deemed as clumsy. but not deliberately violent. The retaliation was deliberate. Violent conduct. Straight red. 

Well, you don't "accidentally" hold someone's shirt and the so-called punch was actually a mild slap to the back of the head - a warning shot so to speak. Whether it met the criteria of "violent conduct" is moot. Cresswell's head doesn't even move. I had weightier blows off my kids when they were toddlers.

I'm aware both TGH and Williams could've been dismissed, but equally I can see why the ref didn't. 

55 minutes ago, Super said:

He has always been one of the better Journo's, Always spoken well about us.

He was a bit tight with our ratings (if it was him!)

He's a good lad HW, but I don't particularly agree with his ratings either. 

5 minutes ago, Bazooka Joe said:

Thanks RR.

Didn't know that.

Any idea why?

Not sure really, but I know during wartime the Bristol area had a sizeable Polish contingent based around here, a number of whom stayed post-War.  Hence the excellent Polish Club in Clifton. 

3 hours ago, ChippenhamRed said:

Love Jonathan Pearce. But if Chippenham didn't get a mention I'm going to cancel my TV licence.

*Ossie Ardiles voice*   "In de cup for Chipp-en-ham"

13 minutes ago, Bazooka Joe said:

Yes. we do have a fairly large Polish contingent.

Many of the latest cadre (including other Eastern Europeans) were "recruited" by their City-supporting workmates, and UK-born Poles (including their descendents) who have been following City since the 1960s. So they have been with us much longer than the Czechs and others you mention, and who, very possibly, were brought on-board by the Poles.

There were always around 20 or so Polaks in the East End (and later the Park End) when we were pushing for promotion in the early 70's and throughout our time in the old First Division. They came from all parts of Bristol. Many followed us both home and away. Several went around with well-known mobs throughout Bristol and had close affiliations with certain Irish, Italian and Sicilian groups.

Three of those original Bristol Polaks (this is what they called themselves) still attend home games along with a sizeable number of family members. They sometimes fly those Polish flags (red and white of course with a Golden or White Eagle), so it should be easy enough to spot them.

In the old First Division days, the biggest numbers of overseas requests for City merchandise - no online shop back then of course - was from Poland.

I collected stamps in those days (I know, I know....  ) and I had hundreds of Polish ones, courtesy of the envelopes my dad brought home from the Gate. 

1 hour ago, JP Hampton said:

How can they call that a soft red. To give a yellow in that situation would have been completely ridiculous. Someone kicking up towards a players chest, that’s a red in my opinion. 

Exactly. Williams's get out was the tackle could be deemed as ill-timed and clumsy. but not deliberately violent. The retaliation was deliberate. Violent conduct. Straight red. 

4 hours ago, The Journalist said:

It's fantastic to get through and I thought the club showed up well on the big stage - a proper cup tie, a proper atmosphere and the first proper shock of the third round.

I actually thought we were quite poor in the first half - we broadly defended well but still conceded a couple of very good chances and struggled to string two passes together. We didn't deserve to go in ahead and it was probably the worst of the four halves we played in the tie.

But I thought we looked much more aggressive after half-time, played forward quicker and offered so much more as an attacking force. That was pleasing because if we'd come out after the break just thinking "keep it going, more of the same" it would've caught up with us.

The sending off obviously helped us but even before that we had more intent. And, from the red card onwards, we generally had pretty good control.

It's worth saying that, sat in an office full of neutral and mostly EFL club-supporting fans, the consensus was Joe Williams probably should've been booked on three occasions (although none of us were convinced the first-half challenge was a straight red card given his foot hits the ball, rolls over it and bounces up - it definitely looked worse on the slow mo) and Taylor Gardner-Hickman should clearly have been sent off for swinging his arm at Aaron Cresswell. Both were pretty lucky.

Perhaps if the ref had taken some action over Cresswell's persistent shirt tugging and holding, TGH wouldn't have needed to feel he had to swing his arms to break free?

5 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said:

Thank you! I did think the same when I read the original post tbf, but couldn't be arsed to comment. The Jerk King is great food , the more clubs that do this the better , football food does not have to be shite.

We have Feed The Goat, where - ironically - you can eat goat. 

24 minutes ago, Paul G said:

I was in the tobacco factory, nothing but a bit of singing, everyone in there was in a good mood. They stopped serving until they had stopped singing. Pointless really

Was overcrowded there. The one bouncer on the door - usually two of them - allowed masses of folks in then got told off for doing so and locked the doors.

I went to the Beer Factory instead where the atmosphere between home fans and the visitors was relaxed. 

Inevitably, it's when I am out if the country 

35 minutes ago, MarcusX said:

No chance Williams will get a retrospective ban, it wasn’t THAT bad. 

No it wasn’t.  We have to remember this was a PL side who - as with them all - go down at the merest touch and always try to make any contact look as bad as possible.  I coughed in the first half and Ings fell over.

The ref seemed to tire of their Tom Daley antics in the second half, having given them umpteen soft free kicks in tbe first. 

That match is what football is all about. It's why we're fans. 

13 minutes ago, frenchred said:

Do you honestly believe this!

I believe there is a "contract" of sort that each club has to be shown a minimum on TV depending on level depends on numbers. If this is not correct then I stand corrected.

If true and I believe it to be, then little old BCFC would not be shown any more than they have to, the TV companies have to have a wankfest over recently relegated teams and those so say bigger than us at our level

I know what you're saying and it's true to a large extent, but TV sport directors do dislike some grounds more than others because of view/access/hospitality and that plays a part. 

31 minutes ago, frenchred said:

Why do people care about what it looks like on TV?

Encourages more matches to be televised, which brings more money to the club.

46 minutes ago, You Do The Dziekanowski said:

Which baffles me as to why clubs like Yate, Cribbs, Manor Farm etc. pay players a hefty wedge when they don’t get anywhere near that back in revenue. 
 

To be fair, that applies also to us and the vast majority of League clubs as well....

1 hour ago, bcfc01 said:

They're all over the stadium, including the bloke behind me in the Dolman - @GrahamC can hear him as well.

"FORWAAARD", "PASS IT", "FORWAAARD", "RUBBISH", "FORWAAARD".

Seemed like every couple of minutes at times - why shout it out at the top of his voice ? 

I did politely(ish) ask him to refrain once and he didn't return for the second half, but I felt a bit guilty and my Mrs gave me one of her hard stares (the one that means "I'm gonna give you some stick later") so I've not said anything since. Double jeopardy.

I like the cries of "shoooot" every time someone in possession has entered their half. 

3 hours ago, Silvio Dante said:

Frank Beckenbauer…

 

He's more Durrr than Der