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2 hours ago, Silvio Dante said:

As far as I’m aware, Liam went from West Ham academy to running the City Groups New York academy, then to manager of Lommel. I’m not sure he ever worked in the same country as Pep when working for the City Group, and it’s unlikely Pep would be engaging much with the academy head at New York. In fact, it’s not a stretch to suggest that Lee Johnson in his post match glass of wine has had more conversations with Pep than Liam.

(That’s not having a go at him, it’s just confirming that the link is bollocks)

As I think we’ve discussed on many occasions!

Isn't it a downward sectional thing. Pep worked directly with the top lot, who worked with the next lot, etc.

Rather than Pep worked directly with them all. It's a sphere of influence type thing, no?

22 minutes ago, pillred said:

The first thing I noticed is that you didn't call them the prayoffs in the first sentence, and then you went and spoiled it.

Also, as has been pointed out previously by a few people...

The notion of randomness in the playoffs can be statistically disproven. It's just drivel that's perpetuated.

So not only is it really annoying, it's also not based in truth. Neither of those things is a suprise though is it.

17 hours ago, Maltshoveller said:

Every fan knows it is the Law

Every player knows it is the  Law

So just keep your ducking shirt on you morons Simple

Because the law is always fair and should never be questioned.

Right...

Defender don't tend to win awards particularly often, so imagine he'd be overlooked in favour of Summerville, Dewsbury-Hall or Szmodics - but in the games that I've seen, I would say the player who has the biggest impact on a team is Leif Davis - so I would give him POTS. Young player can be Summerville.

Manager is easy - McKenna - although for absolutely no reason at all I don't like him and don't wish Ipswich well. What they've done has been amazing, but for some reason I can't get on board with them and hope they fail.

None of 'em!

Would be the answer to suck in some likes.

But yes, Dickie, really.

19 minutes ago, Back of the Dolman said:

So can I assume just the one meeting or more ?

could just be you let him at the wrong time, we all have bad days where people’s opinions might be different to how we actually are.

He's his best mate.

48 minutes ago, Ivorguy said:

One game nearer Manning’s exit

You must be a fun fella

In a word... Nonsense.

Go against the grain... Yes it will, not just on here but against the grain of just about anyone in football.

A good player now with even better potential who we got for a bargain price.

Whether we use him correctly is another matter.

16 minutes ago, phantom said:

Just got shared this... 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2VZxxQsvP5/?igsh=MTZnM3k5NGQ1ZjJ3eg==

60 tickets.

Not a bad day's work.

2 hours ago, LondonBristolian said:

So, in summary, Wilder won't keep them up but he might keep them up, except no manager could keep them up so he won't keep them up but, having said that's, he's the type of manager who could keep them up if a manager could keep them up but a manager couldn't keep them up so he won't keep them up.

Good summary, and actually makes a lot of sense.

19 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Both us and Watford strike me as fairly erratic sides tbh so it's anyone's guess.

Yeah, realistically the result here could be anything.

14 minutes ago, Harry said:

They don’t just show the still pic though. They do show the lead up to it as well. 
Let’s take the Calvert Lewin one last week. It was a straight leg and the studs were showing. It got rescinded. 
There are 2 elements there (straight leg, studs up) which the original decision was influenced by. 
Joe’s tackle doesn’t have any of the required thresholds. Yes, it does have a minimal consequence, but decisions aren’t based on consequence. 

 

3 minutes ago, transfer reader said:

The still you're showing is after his foot has gone up over the ball though.

So not a judgement on what the actual tackle was, but a judgement on the outcome of an unfortunate bounce off of the ball.

You're both using logic and rational reasoning - something which referees are discouraged from using.

We'll never know - but I'm pretty confident 80% of the time (as there's never total consistency) - the referee would have just looked at a few replays and that still image and sent him off.

I don't disagree with either of you - but I just think a referee would.

14 minutes ago, Harry said:

I’m not sure sure. 
If you take that view then you are refereeing the consequences of the event and not the event itself. 
The consequences of the event are that the foot contacts the opponents shin pad. But how it got there is relevant as to whether the tackle itself is considered reckless.  
It doesn’t meet any of the thresholds I mentioned. It’s not high, it’s not studs up, it’s not two footed, it’s not a straight leg, he’s not out of control. 
If it meets even 1 of those thresholds then I’d agree it should be a red, but it doesn’t meet any of those. 

We can’t have refs making decisions based on the consequences of the tackle. They just judge the tackle itself. 
Yes, there ends up being contact, but that’s due to the way the foot slides off the ball. The consequences could have been bad but the tackle itself would not be deemed reckless or out of control. 
 

 

VAR look at the incident slowed down, we've all seen it, they look at slo-mo and still images (they shouldn't, but they do)

If you shows the referee on the field this image below, on a screen at the side of the pitch (which they would) then it's an instant red:

FWIW I think it meets several of your criteria... It is high (half way up the leg), it is studs up, evidence is in the picture. How can he be in control when he's full off the ground? So not in control either. Glad it isn't a red, but in today's rules, it is.

Most of the time that would be a red card with VAR - they're not entirely consistent, but there have been 4/5 pretty identical tackles this season, and all but one (the Gusto one this weekend) have been reds.

Just now, Numero Uno said:

As soon as we are competing with the likes of Middlesbrough for players of proven quality at the level like Aziz guess what happens? One guess!!

So, for clubs like us, we've got to get in first with better and earlier recruitment before our direct competitors see that a player has established themselves and is just what they need. If we have people on the forum spotting players two years ago that we end up paying £2.5m plus wages for that has to be addressed. If it's because the club had a different opinion at the time that's fine, if it's because they hadn't even watched the player that is bang amatuer.

Yeah - fair enough, the first point. The history and the 'name' of quite a few clubs in this league is bound to be a bigger draw than little old Bristol City. That's where we have to be better at 'selling the dream' I guess.

Not sure this particular case is evidence we're not working hard enough though. We signed Matty James and Andy King that summer (who's connections we know obviously, so can see why), and had Scott coming through who's progress we probably didn't want to block also. Just think the club passed on him at the time probably, not that I know as much as some on here seem to suggest they do. Was it a mistake? Who knows, butterfly effect... if we sign him everything's different.

4 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

Without wishing to upset one or two, but it is completely relevant to your point, this is an obvious area for improvement that the appointed DoF has take responsibility for and sort out.........sooner rather than later because it is clear we have to work harder than other clubs at the level to secure players.

Genuinely interested to know what makes you believe it is 'clear we have to work harder than other clubs at the level to secure players'?

Perhaps you could elaborate a little?

I for one am really surprised, and in many ways, outraged, that our club didn't listen to random people on the internet and base their scouting network on that.

Video quality has improved a lot over the years...

1 minute ago, HoldenBall said:

Are people still in denial about the ability of Conway? Looks out of his depth in every single game. 

I assume you mean, apart from all those games in the past, when he didn't?

Anyone wondering why Neil left Sunderland...

Money.

No further investigation needed.

59 minutes ago, 22A said:

OMG; their fans are soooo depressed looking forward to this game.

https://forum.pinkun.com/index.php?/topic/154464-bristol-on-sunday/

Enjoy the recommendation of Dicken Cider though. A classic.

Could be some goals - they seem to enjoy an exciting game or two.

On 27/11/2023 at 13:21, SecretSam said:

Some of them are OK - I quite like the Jackson Pollock one and the Tartan one, Heerenveen's is great

The Derby one is absolutely horrendous, and Reggina 2012 just bizarre... All the others have way more character than most kits these days, quite like all of them.

The is the worst, worst 50 kits list, of all time!

1 hour ago, GrahamC said:

Leeds are 3rd, Southampton (even with a fraud like Russell Martin in charge) will go 4th if they win tonight.

I would not be remotely surprised if Leeds overhaul Ipswich & finish second.

Anyone who doesn’t think parachute payments don’t distort everything is deluded.

Yeah - my point was basically exactly that.

Compare Leicester to the only other teams who are in a similar boat this season... I.e. Relegated last season with years of bunse left to come in.

They're doing alright in that three team mini league.

Relative to two other teams - Leeds and Southampton - they're doing pretty well.

Compared to the rest - they're doing about as well as expected. Marginally better maybe.

Daka £23m, Iheanacho £25m, Pereira £22m, Ndidi £17m.

Even the players some might think are their 'cheaper' players like James Justin for example who scored last night. He probably cost way more than anyone we've got.

Doesn't O'dowda normally get in?

He injured?