Kid in the Riot

1 minute ago, And Its Smith said:

I think your second team will do it 

Maybe they're his third team after the Seagulls W-S-M, who knows? 

1 minute ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

I hope Man City win their 4th title in a row because of comments like this. 

And because you support Man City. 

43 minutes ago, ZiderEyed said:

Had both funnily enough as part of 9 dishes, but the pulpo a la Gallega octopus and tortita de camarones blew my little mind, especially the latter. Genuinely never eaten anything like that in the UK. Wine list is also extremely good, my Mrs has no interest in wine but she loved everything, La Mar 2021 and Samerias 2018 in particular. Top gaff that.

Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, they've been doing the tortilitas de camarones for a few years now. Perfect appetiser with a glass of fino. 

1 hour ago, petehinton said:

It is, but that’s a huge shame. Can’t be cost related as Tare is fully booked all night every night consistently. Sigh. 

Off to Marmo again next Saturday in happier news!

Apparently not. The owners have said the reason they're closing is that it's not financially viable in the week. 

There is a trend away from taster menu's to small plates, so seems they're following that model. 

Enjoy Marmo.

2 hours ago, ZiderEyed said:

Went to Gambas in Cargo this week, wow, literally the best seafood I've eaten in the UK. Pricy as mind.

3 minutes ago, internetjef said:

Went here a few weeks back and it we really good 

went to Gambas a couple of months back and thought that was great too.

Gambas prob edged it if I had to pick a winner 

Well, I've made my feelings on Gambas clear in the past!

Question is, did you have the fried aubergine with molasses and/or goxua dessert? Two of the finest dishes in Bristol!

28 minutes ago, petehinton said:

Wtf!!!!

Gonna concentrate on Tare Bistro which also looks great tbf

Tare closing permanently in June @petehinton

8 hours ago, Malago said:

Looked a different team tonight without Haaland.  Foden as the main man came up with a master class performance.

 

Yea I watched the second half. It was like watching a proper Pep team again!

Foden was immense. Southgate does need to ensure him and Bellingham play in that midfield together for England 

6 hours ago, Markthehorn said:

End of an era in a way  for BBC cricket .

.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/jonathan-agnew-bbc-test-match-special-b2522696.html

At 64 he probably has reached the age where the BBC move people on although he is staying on TMS for 4 years 

One of the best is Aggers. I guess one of our own Simon Mann will be one of those to step up. 

Injuries.

Not helped by the alleged misdiagnosis he recieved by our medical team, only picked up by Bournemouth at his medical. 

Nearly cost the club our largest ever transfer fee, but no biggie. 

8 hours ago, spudski said:

Financially it's better for the Club to stay in this league, as there are more ' local' sides to play against, and they bring a bigger following. 

Not just that. It's the expense and time of getting the team to the other side of the country. Players and staff with jobs that can't take time off work etc

It's probably good that clubs understand "their level". 

Then you get clubs like Bitton that overspend by trying to keep up and land themselves in a load of financial trouble. 

1 minute ago, GrahamC said:

I’m really not sure that’s true in the case of Chelsea.

The Abramovich era definitely hasn’t been properly investigated yet.

He was basically Putin’s money launderer, every trophy they won in his time is tainted.

I think you're raising a different point, Graham. You are talking about WHERE the money came from at Chelsea, and obviously I agree it was from dubious sources. And really the Premier League allowing Abramovich to buy Chelsea has led to all the problems we have now. As once you let one suspect owner in, the floodgates open. And boy, didn't they. 

But in the majority of the time he owned Chelsea there was no limit to spending, hence he was able to buy as much silverware as he did. 

Man City signed up to spending rules and limits and have allegedly systematically breached them for a number of years. 

Notwithstanding where their money comes from, that is clearly a different scenario to the Chelsea situation. 

Though in time, we will see if Chelsea do breach the rules. I can't imagine they can afford to be out of the Champions League for too much longer. 

2 hours ago, Cowshed said:

Two years ago .. All day long.  Kane now at City? There are things Haaland does Kane can't.

And that's my point.

I'd say the main thing Haaland can do over Kane is use his pace to latch onto through balls, however Man City have stopped playing to that strength of his this season, for some reason. It means Haaland and Man C have been less effective as a result. 

14 minutes ago, Cowshed said:

He does not in this side. Kane would be occupying spaces occupied by Foden and Du Druyne and Silva. Man City are not playing with a false nine. This sides nine is pushed right up to create width x depth (front to back) in the extreme. This sides shape has altered to include more attacking players behind the CF. This side does not want a Centre forward that comes off the line and away from the oppositions box. 

Maybe I should have been clearer - Kane is a better fit for Man City then Haaland.

This current Man C team and the way it plays has of course been tweaked to fit Haaland in. It could very easily be tweaked to accommodate Kane.

3 hours ago, Cowshed said:

You put Harry Kane in that Man City team and? He would have to play entirely differently. 

Haaland is pushed up very high. Haaland does not take much part in link up play. Haaland does not drop off into the zone where Foden and Du Bruyne are playing centrally, and the half spaces Bernardo Silva uses. 

Haaland plays up top on the last man for Man City and can run in behind with pace, he is properly quick and gives Man City extra options with an ability to utilise Edersons exceptional ability to distribute the ball at distances and accuracy that are remarkable.

Now do Harry Kane.  

Kane fits much better into that Man City side, which is probably why Man City tried to sign him before they signed Haaland.

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

I don't like this arguement about how the lawyers are stalling progress. They are facing 115 charges. Look how long it took for Everton and Forest with just the one charge each? There will literally be 100s of thousands of pages of paperwork that need to be gone through. It's not stalling, these things just take time. It's also not as simple as the charges other clubs faced. They charges are very technical. 

It's not an "argument". It's a fact. Man City are paying their lawyers to stall the progress of the cases brought against them. 

Throughout the whole process Man City have sought to discredit the proceedings, hide information, and threaten journalists and the courts.

They've behaved appallingly, and not like other clubs who have mostly cooperated with the Premier League. 

They are banking on stalling the process for long enough so that they can win as much as possible before sanctions hit. 

They are also hoping for political intervention given their owners lead a country that is a UK ally. 

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

You want me to get behind the guy that has served up the worst football in years? No thanks mate. 

My mind is firmly made up that he needs to be sacked and two 1 nil wins against 2 teams out of form has down absolutely nothing to change that opinion, which is my right. 

Tbf doubling down is very 2024.

14 minutes ago, Leaning To One Side said:

Genuine question KITR (I’m not really ‘clued up’ on these things), what kind of things have they allegedly done?

A little taster from journalist Nick Harris. Man City have threatened him with injunctions and legal action for reporting their misdemeanours. 

Nick Harris@sportingintel

Lots of commentary in  past 36hrs about why PL charges under PSR rules against EFC and NFFC appear to be being expedited, while Man City's 115 charges (from an investigation dating back to 2018) linger, TBD on a now-agreed but not public timetable 1/n

Everton (for a second time) and Forest have been charged for "simple" failures to balance their books around the "acceptable" losses of £105m over a 3-year ruling period. 2/n
 
Whereas Man City's 115 charges effectively amount to accusations they were conducting financial fraud on a grand scale over a long period, and hoodwinking not just the PL but UEFA, and not co-operating. 3/n
 
We know from Football Leaks and other sources that the City hierarchy's view has long been they'd “rather spend £30m on the 50 best lawyers” and sue Uefa “for the next ten years” than accept a punishment. THIS is plutocracy. 4/n
 
They HAVE spent millions on lawyers. The've used every legal avenue possible to stall the process. When I was an MoS reporter in 2021 we used an external QC to gain access to "open justice" and attend court as City tried to stymie the PL's investigation. 5/n
 
If Man City's supposed mountain of irrefutable evidence of their innocence is ready to go, then bring it on and get it sorted. For the benefit of everyone. 6/n
 
They could have cooperated almost SIX years ago when the PL first started investigating them, and they didn't. That's their prerogative. It's not great on the optics but they don't care about optics. 7/n
 
There is also a massive (MASSIVE) political element to this case. Sheikh Mansour is the deputy PM of a significant political ally of the United Kingdom. Imagine if he and his club were shamed by multiple guilty verdicts. Unprecedented and unpalatable. 8/n
 
I'll be submitting further FOIs to try to establish the extent of British government involvement in the PL vs City case, but others so far have been fruitless. The stakes are SO much higher than whether a football club broke some football rules. 9/n
 
Some (some) City fans go to extremes to convince themselves there's no case against City. Despite having been fined 90m euros (later reduced to "only" 30m) for major breaches of financial rules, and dishonesty, and non-cooperation. Before 115 PL charges. 10/n
 
I've reported on City my whole working life. I knew, and know, people inside the club at all levels. I've been Khaldoon's guest in their directors' suite (albeit before I called them out). I have multiple sources who told me what really happened. 11/n
 
Man City's hierarchy realised around 2010 that they needed "accelerated investment' before UEFA's FFP came into force. Their solution was cooking the books. That was evident from their 2014 punishment onwards. It's all been in plain sight. 12/12

Goodnight. X

Ah, Claire Young. You can tell we're in a GE year. 

Surely there won't be the required interest in this anyway given Yate is full of gasheads, gypsies, and shops that still have pick n mix? 

1 hour ago, Harry said:

Let’s write off a 19 year old, shall we. 
 

Do you know what Conway was doing at the same age. He’s just come off of a loan at Bath City and was making an odd appearance here and there for us. 
Sam Bell at the same age had just come off of a loan at Grimsby. 
Let’s even go as far as Vyner. At the same age he was on loan at Accrington. 
I could go on. 
 

Some of the comments seem to suggest the kid can’t even play football and is some sort of competition winner! 
Somewhat disrespectful that chaps. 

I’m not gonna get caught up in any hype, but you don’t get voted Man City’s academy player of the year if you are shit. Nor do you get called up to national teams age groups 16’s, 19’s and 21’s. 
He actually has the same amount of Scotland u21 goals as Conway. And he’s 2 years younger. 
 

But yeah, let’s write him off because we’ve seen him play 40 minutes of football as a late substitute in a struggling team. 
 

Yeah ok. 

I certainly wouldn't write him off long term, but he's been a poor/pointless signing for us, which I think is the main point being made.

I was a bit miffed that Man City's "academy player of the year" ended up at a bottom half Belgian league club.

That did sort of suggest his career was heading in the wrong direction, and it looks like he won't be turning his career around here, or indeed at Westerlo. 

Three league wins from four. Decent.

We only managed that twice under Nige in 2.5 years.

Manning has done it twice already (the other three wins on the bounce back in Dec) in less than 5 months.

Might be irrelevant, might suggest Manning isn't a complete fraud afterall. We shall see.

10 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Their brilliant start propelled them, thereafter it is more like playoffs.

How's their last 10 games looking form wise?

They had a mid-season blip but are well over it now. 

3 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Still time to drop to 3rd and loss the playoffs.

Norwich, Coventry, Hull away- we go again.

I'm not convinced that their true level is top 2.

Well their level is definitely top 3, as they won't finish lower than that, which ain't too shabby. 

And I'd wager if they do miss out it'll be on a historically very high points total. 93/94/95 pts? Mental. 

It's not all about spreadsheets and xG. 

19 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

They're riding it a bit, replicate this season 20 times it won't be repeated to this level and especially..51/21.

They're top of the division after FORTY games. Hell of a run of luck.

Almost like there's more intangible aspects to successful football teams... 

5 minutes ago, kit said:

But Ipswich are so Spawny. Morsi did enough to pick up two yellows 1st half, Southampton get an incredibly dubious red, and a scrambled winner. Not sure where they are right now with ffp but assume they need to go up now as they are punching above their quality and got to feel its a bit  now or never for them.

Behave yourself. And that goes for everyone else saying Ipswich are "lucky".

McKenna has taken charge of 125 games now for Ipswich, winning 73, drawing 33, and losing just 19.

19 defeats in 125 games.

That is absolutely absurd. And to top it off they play some of the most exciting football in the division.

They have a bunch of average/good players for this level and are greater than the sum of their parts - that's called great coaching and management.

If they go up automatically then it's a quite magnificent achievement to do a double promotion against parachute payments clubs in this era. 

I understand the Ashton issue but for the good of football I'd rather have them promoted than any of the clubs relegated last season. 

44 minutes ago, ralphindevon said:

A lovely day out in Devon.

Great to see us beat a poor team, Plymouth didn’t look anywhere near the goal threat they looked at Ashton Gate. Even though they lost that 4-1 they came very close a number of times that night. Today they never looked like scoring. Hope they stay up though. 

Cheeky, you.

I was about to like that post until I read the last five words! 

Back to L1 for the janners please!