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4 minutes ago, Fpcity said:

I went to his first one in Bristol and it was great, but wouldn't go now as too big so walking is the best/safest option. 

Haha yeah I've been out cycling every day and I've never owned a Netflix subscription. Unfortunately since lockdowns it's what a lot of people have gotten into their routines along with a just eat order! 

That's cool...shame people turned to TV and food over lock down. 

I took up cycling and did a lot more walking. 

Gave up cycling now as I just found the traffic a ball ache. But have found other outdoor activities to do. 

4 minutes ago, Fpcity said:

These events have changed since first starting. At beginning they moved at a faster pace so it was about getting people out for ride or jog while listening music, especially after lockdowns. 

Even though it's a walking pace it's better than staying at home watching Netflix? 

Thanks for explaining the background. 

Although I feel sorry for anyone who hasn't got far more things to do than watch Netflix on a bank holiday. 

20 minutes ago, CityReds said:

Answered your own statement really, you don’t need to get it. Millions do and that’s some media stunt if they got him in a City Shirt. Much weirder stuff went on in your era im sure 

Why don't I need ' to get it?'

Please explain. There are people of my Generation in that video. 

What does anyone gain from walking behind a bloke playing drum and bass?

Is it a feeling of belonging? 

Just trying to get my head around waking up on a bank holiday and deciding to walk around Bristol streets following a bloke playing music on speakers? 

Drum and bass has been around for years...so it's not a new thing or for the 'kids'. 

Back in the day I used to watch local band Kosheen play regularly. 

Not being funny...just intrigued. 

I don't get it...yeah...I know I'm old...but some bloke with a glorified Ghetto blaster and people just following like the pied piper with rats...it's just weird

Not Bristol or local...but this is one great line up playing soon. If this was back in the 80s.

https://cruelworldfest.com/

If you think we've got problems on this forum re reactions...then read the post match comments on the Foxes forum.

https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/134410-bristol-city-1-0-lcfc-post-match-thread/#comments

Great interview, so refreshing to hear someone speak normally, with passion and not full of clichéd coaching talk. 

18 minutes ago, NickJ said:

To be fair Will, I don't think Trundle has any regrets, he enjoyed his career in his own way.

Not sure that Trundle said he was wrong, unless I missed any of it he said GJ's man management of a certain type of player - Trundle, Noble - was awful, but fair play to him he got results.

 

RR gets a lot of stick but to be fair I thought it was common knowledge that players were unhappy with the nepotism - LJ played ahead of Skuse, Noble and even Hartley FFS - and ultimately isn't that what led to the half time incident at Plymouth?

The family corner shop comparison isn't unfair either, apart from the huge controversy caused with his son, and a brother as chief scout, I was told by an academy coach at the time that GJ wanted to bring another brother in, who at the time was managing the equivalent of a Somerest county league team.

 

As manifested by he Plymouth incident?

 

Dont get me wrong Mr/Mrs Johnson, I hugely enjoyed Gary's time here despite my frustration with the LJ situation, but I also went to every game that season, home and away, with the exception of Burnley away as I was abroad, and in general we didn't take risks, quite the opposite. Nevertheless I agree it was an enjoyable season, simply due to the success. But to suggest the Cotterill season wasn't that enjoyable, that's just plain daft, did you actually go to any games while he was manager?!

In my opinion, Gary probably sacrificed his own career in order to give his son one, and as a father I can understand that although not condone it. Lansdown should have dealt with that for the benefit of all except of course LJ, but in hindsight now it's fairly obvious why he didn't.

Yes you missed it fella...he mentioned it a few times.

According to Google, Onyego means child of the sun gods.

And there was me hoping it was an instruction to Manning

Vyner will be getting image rights for this.

We are led by donkeys. 

Crayola thinks he's a Maverick. Doing it his way. Ignoring everything that's worked before. 

We are truly ******. 

When Billionaires become so detached from reality and surround themselves with yes men who know they can make a buck or two from the narcissistic and delusional. 

Maverick values...

https://www.bristol-sport.co.uk/careers/

https://www.reachfeverpitch.com/about

I enjoyed watching that. 

For all the ' negatives' mentioned by Trundle about GJ in his time here, it's worth noting how many times Trundle mentioned that he was wrong in his reaction to GJ, and that he should have dealt with the situation differently. 

There speaks a man who's matured and realised it wasn't so professional. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and comes with experience and maturity. 

Which imo, is why we need experienced older heads in the squad. To speak to and educate the younger less experienced players when things don't go accordingly to how they expect. 

We need experienced leaders in the squad on match day and whilst training. 

You don't want to hear it from just the coaching 'hierarchy '...you need to hear it from the players as well. 

Otherwise it becomes a them and us situation. 

50 minutes ago, Bristol Oil Services said:

... out on the pitch (like the good ol' days) addresses the crowd:

"Which one do you want me to set free fire in the tunnel at full-time, Barrabas Tinnion or, er, the one that's not the Messiah?"

And the crowd responds ....

Or he comes out Gladiator style and shouts with arms aloft...' Are you not entertained?'...and everyone responds by throwing their season tickets at him ( if they weren't now digital...the bugger thought of that )

59 minutes ago, Steve Watts said:

Really?  What on earth makes you think he'd find passion in his voice to commentate on horses?  Cricket, perhaps....

As opposed to..........?  You don't need the language to change for that!

I was referring more to the speed at which he speaks. He started slowly, but mid interview reverted to sort. 

He should take up commentating on horse racing...he's got projectile verbal diarrhoea. 

Makes me want to vomit every time I hear him. 

I feel for our players listening to him every day. 

39 minutes ago, SecretSam said:

Until recently, awareness of women's health and providing space for women was an issue. Now it's out there, so less of an issue.

As others have said, those formerly male-dominated spaces are now more broadly accessed - a good thing. However, even in the days when they were male dominated, me didn't really talk. So spaces for men and younger males to talk are important - suicide being the biggest killer of young men, for example.

But it can't become about toxic masculinity, misogyny and exclusion - it has to be about men's health, be it mental or physical health (look at the recent uptake in prostate checks following the king's diagnosis).

In the same way it can't become about toxic feminism, and exclusion? 

Playing devil's advocate, as I do agree with your sentiments. 

I do feel it's good to have inclusivity. 

But I also feel it's also good to have male only and female only establishments. 

Not everything has to be all inclusive imo.

2 minutes ago, richwwtk said:

Is it wrong to be wondering what on earth you could be meaning when you say 'proper blokes'?

Is it a badge of pride that no women were involved in the fundraising (not even ones pretending to be blokes)?

Or is there some kind of definition of bloke that only applies to people raising money to buy a flag?

Well it's hardly going to be a badge of 'Pride' if woman pretending to be blokes were involved is it...Cmon keep up

43 minutes ago, DaveInSA said:

I am involved with a national charity that hold spaces exclusively for men and teenage boys. They’re out there. Teenage boys need adult male role models and we create safe spaces for them to explore what it means to become a healthy male adult.

I agree though, male exclusive spaces are very hard to find. They even let birds in the pub nowadays. 

That's a great initiative. 

There seems to be far more all female initiatives. 

1 hour ago, 2015 said:

Has gone too far the other way though now. Zero atmosphere at most stadiums and our fans are miles behind the rest of Europe and South America in terms of fan support in England.

I touched on it before...apart from the infrastructure, which is better, football is now about all inclusivity. It's a bit like going to the cinema now. 

I'm not saying that's a negative...but probably why it's such a sterile atmosphere. 

From the same link...

38 minutes ago, nebristolred said:

Just to clarify - This guy has posted more times in this thread than I have .

Just to clarify... you're over everything that is remotely offensive to your tree hugging anxiety ridden community. Fair shout I'd say. Touche.

8 minutes ago, nebristolred said:

Other countries have had their flags tweaked slightly for promo purposes, and they didn't care.

Literally on the last few pages examples have been posted where Scotland, Brazil, etc have done the same thing without shitting the bed. We've done it countless times to the Union jack, whether it's Team GB or UKIP or whatever.

There is literally no reason to be even remotely bothered by this. Just shows perfectly how conditioned some of you lot are to be 'offended' on command.

The one thing that stands out when such conversations come about, is how many ' types' spend ages trolling the net to find images and content, and post over and over again, to get their points across that people are conditioned and triggered and that their view is better and more reasoned. 

They seem more triggered, offended and outraged, and spend more time trying to prove how wrong others are, at having a different opinion. 

I'm not sure what's worse. 

Those that are ' offended' or those that are triggered by the ' offended'.

Just now, GrahamC said:

Absolutely not my thing but gaming, the Warhammer/ Dungeons & Dragons stuff apparently is.

Trainspotting still exist? Maybe fishing?

I don't do any of those so wouldn't know. Although the thought of fishing, just being away from everything in nature is appealing. 

10 hours ago, GrahamC said:

If you were around then (& I was), not really.

This was the year of Heysel, the Millwall riot at Luton on TV. Pretty sure our one at Reading was the year before.

Football was seen as violent, an almost exclusively male pursuit in crumbling, dangerous stadia. Definitely not cool.

A lot of the 80s was like this.

Whatever any of us think about the Premiership, Sky’s influence & the rest, the rose tinted nostalgia for that time is to a great extent, misplaced.

 

I guess many of us on here were there back then. And we all remember how it was...but it's an eye opener as to how many more people now attend imo.

Your second paragraph could still be a reflection of many football clubs/ stadiums around the world. Less so in wealthier Europe, but in other football mad countries it applies. 

Misplaced nostalgia...sometimes...but we had no alternative. That's how it was. If our part of the world hadn't changed, we'd still be going, and still enjoying it. Like many do in those same circumstances in say the likes of South America and Eastern Europe. 

I know I have fonder memories of those times than I do from more recent times. And have enjoyed visiting foreign stadia in the those conditions now. 

You mentioned it was exclusively a male pursuit...which made me wonder...is there anything in this country that males do exclusively as a collective anymore? 

I can't think of anything. 

Average league attendances for football league clubs. 

A real eye opener.

2 minutes ago, TDarwall said:

If you like travel & food, it's a good watch.  I might be wrong, he may be a right mardy sod in real life!

Yes, that's why I see past his presentation style, as travel and food programmes are what I watch most. 

Now Antony Bourdain was a mardy sod...which I actually prefer

7 minutes ago, TDarwall said:

I think it'd genuinely who he is.

Maybe...seems he's a bit marmite with viewers. 

Comes across like a character from the sit coms he writes. Over the top. 

Each to their own though. I'll still watch