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That's what I thought...shame you aren't on it, would have been great.

That's my guess also. Seems all the pics on that link are from the first game at the Gate.

http://www.mightyleeds.co.uk/matches/19740219.htm Not sure if this pic is home or away. The second one is Ashton Gate.

I'm guessing said tongue in cheek...for those who don't know... It was a time of industrial action by miners, which affected coal supplies to the power stations and, along with other contributing factors, put electricity in short supply. Government regulations, aimed at restricting its use, demanded that all but ‘essential’ industries switched to a three-day week, while homes were regularly hit by power cuts. Hence the 2pm kick-off time for a midweek football fixture, which normally would have been played under floodlights, and what was termed an ‘emergency issue’ of the match programme. It was priced at 7 pence and contained just 12 pages. The warm weather kit was v neck. The long sleeved cold weather kit was round necked. Different times back then, kits were often mismatched, old ones used, and often all slightly different. Even the England national kit of the 70s by admiral was all over the shop. There's a documentary by Admiral that's worth watching, discusses how ' back street' kit manufacturing was back then.

So what's the point of listening? And if it's true, obviously BT thinks feeding such an opinionated person is worthwhile, as people obviously listen and take on board what he thinks. It's all a bit mindless all this itk stuff. What difference does it make to anyone's life, to know say 24 hours before it's announced what player is signed. Why's it so important to know before? Endless rumours etc. The players, agents, media, club officials all use platforms to get points across. So it's not necessarily throw away comments. Look at the traction this thread has...it obviously makes a noise so to speak. Bless em...let em crack on playing football manager, and if people want to waste their time listening to it and making them infamous in their own kitchen...great for them.

Because they do...ermmmm BT on twitter and if suspicions are true, bit if a loose cannon.

It certainly doesn't

Dave...Number 1 makes my point

I'm sure they'll take on board what they say seriously. It imo is why you hear from professionals that fans haven't got a clue what they are talking about. You'd be surprised how many do. I'm probably in a group of people that couldn't give a monkeys about it...but I've dared to mention it. If you read my post...I said about doing other interests, not just football God forbid you reading that

You miss my point...by being public it is accessible for managers, club officials players to hear. It's not a private conversation with mates. The thought of players, managers and the like listening to it and seeing who it is so publicly makes me feel sorry for them. Just my view...others see it differently.

@petehinton and @exAtyeoMax You gave me confused looks. The point I'm making is these fans talking with such authority and opinion are giving views based on watching games and any info given out by the club. They have no idea of the inner works and details. If you were at work and had people giving very opinionated views without the full inside knowledge you'd be like wtf and laughing.

They have holes in them from the beginning...you put your feet through them

And then you have compression sports garments that are meant to increase blood flow, risk of injury, reduce muscle fatigue

Well how I see it...imagine speaking like it in front of a City manager, staff and the players...and what they think about it. That thought makes my toes curl

I couldn't have put it better...and exactly how I feel too. I'm passionate about City, and like you think, probably spend too much time on here in between work and doing other things. My mind boggles how much time people put into basically a passionate hobby. I'd get bored...variety is the spice of life. Seems we are more like NP and have other interests, whilst others are like LJ...playing football manager and living and breathing the game. Whatever floats their boats I guess

Like I said each to their own. Some people also enjoy watching people do stupid dance routines on tic tok. Same thing applies. Effort goes into that as well. If you enjoy it...so be it.

Fair enough...each to there own, whatever floats yer boat. It's just not for me...or some others it seems. Crack on

Enjoyed getting into both of these bands after watching them at the Thekla a few years back.

I've never understood these fan podcasts. Why do fans, want to watch and listen to other fans pretending to be television soccer pundits? It's cringe worthy.. And then put them on a pedestal like they are something special and more knowledgeable. When they obviously aren't. It's just personal views like any of us. All seems a bit weird to me. The forum is one thing...this however is just blokes playing at being TV pundits. It's exactly the same type of conversations you have with mates at work or down the pub. Never understood why anyone would give it their time, and then want to comment about their views. Like these people's views are important. I find it very odd. Maybe I'm in the minority...

He's going to have to find more ways of playing the game. His tactics are very basic and if organised well, easy to defend against. Too much reliance on wide play offensively and crosses. And trying to draw CBs outward to create space on the edge of the box to pass into. If disciplined you just keep formation and slide with the cross field movement. Only time we look like scoring is winning the ball from a press, an interception, or breakaway counter. Our build up possession football that he's trying to create is sooooo obvious. We have players that could be useful down the middle. But he chooses not to do that. We rely on slide rule passes from wide to score.

Seems they took walking football literally yesterday

At least Manning admits he was at fault. Quote... The discipline element, the emotional side, the changes I made,” Manning added, when asked what led to so much space for the opposition after half-time. “You try and impact the game, you try and chase it a little bit by making changes that don’t always help. Collectively, me included, it just wasn’t good enough. “You could arguably change quite a few so you end up trying to have a positive impact on the game by putting people on, but it then disrupted things, we lost structure. And the actual one time that we played the pattern that we went through yesterday - Tommy has his chance; ball wide, back through the middle, if the centre-back comes across.

Always get goose bumps with this track. Loved em.

He pointed out the very obvious. That we didn't move the ball quick enough, and that it was easy for QPR to position themselves and defend anything with ease. We seem a one trick pony...reliant on moving the ball quickly from side to side, using width and speed on the flanks, and totally reliant on everything offensively coming from wide. Mainly crosses into the box. It looks nice when done well...but it shows how easy it is to defend and play against when done ' lethargically '. We looked tired, slow, leaden of foot, unbalanced, and devoid of proper movement to create passing opportunities, especially in the last two thirds. A shambles performance devoid of ideas on how to change things. Poor personal performances, poor selection imo, and poor tactical creativity. QPR are one of the worst sides in the division. We looked even worse today.

I wonder if the Club thought to ask Joe Jordan along to be part of the meet ups with the former players of this game. He played in both games, lives in Bristol, and obviously played for and managed us. Shame Terry Cooper and Norman Hunter aren't both with us. Again...played in both games and for us and Terry being an absolute legend. It would have been nice to hear Joe's view of the game. Am I right in thinking this game was somehow ' televised' for the East end on the day, or am I mixing that up with another fixture?