Mendip City

Thank you. Looking forward to listening to this. What a special player, at a special time for this club. Always seems a little overlooked when the City greats are talked about.

3.5 is about right from central Bristol (I live near Preston). That assumes no one is leaving in rush hour or late enough that you hit junction closures. Obviously the M5 and M6 can be a nightmare. Good luck!!!

Job for Lee? ooops too late

I reckon this is, at best, jumbled reporting. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if we’d contacted Warnock during Pearson’s last illness absence but now makes little sense at all - Nige appears to be on good form and, although results are a bit rubbish, we’re playing better than for a while and we aren’t getting relegated… well probably not! Cardiff is the perfect job for NW - stop the slide and steady the ship between now and the end of the season.

Interesting. That’s the possibility of a big old back line…. Pring Klose Atkinson Kalas Vyner. Might be useful in some games!

Unanimously popular? You’re talking pollocks.

Agree for me that goal was more about defenders than keeper. They just disappeared! Our back 3 look like two full backs and a non-leader, non-talker centre half….. oh wait, they are!

Yeah Scott and Dasilva trying to pick up their big man and neither got close. Max not great but, personally, I think that want as easy a take as some are suggesting.

No Trialist/Klose in the side…. Let go? Or signed and in Luton with the first team I wonder?

I used to go there… can’t remember its name. A few doors along from what would have been Norman Hunter’s sport shop - or was it a shoe shop? I reckon that had gone by the time videos were a thing. Or am I completely confused (not for the first time)??

Anyone heard anything about a Terry Cooper tribute? That’s gone very quiet. I was hoping for the training ground to get a decent name!

Not the biggest isn’t great. I really think this team needs to increase its physicality all over the park. Pace would be the thing weird missing no mention of that.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9041455/amp/THE-SECRET-SCOUT-Southamptons-rising-star-Ramello-Mitchell-necessary-assets.html sounds interesting

£14! Outrageous!!

That’s really interesting and also starts to explain our home form. The good news being that, in the second half of the season, far more of our home games are against our fellow bottom half gang…. Good home form ahead? I’ll ignore the fact we have the top 3 away from home!

Anyone know where Morton disappeared to? He was leaving, then it fell through but I don’t remember him being released and never plays for the U23s. Not that I’d expect him to be Champ standard, just curious.

I’ll ask Tim, “I know him so well” after meeting him “one night in Bangkok”. (slightly disturbed by my own knowledge of musicals!!!)

Agree it seems weird…. Do they own the ground? Surely the land that sits on alone must be worth several tens of millions? how can the whole business be valued at less than one year’s tv revenue? If this is correct: https://www.statista.com/statistics/240912/broadcasting-payments-to-clubs-in-the-english-premier-league/

Non-league dropped him….. ffs

I blame Mark Ashton. He’s a Kentucky Fried Cock.

Not doubting this but LJ never did himself any favours with the “having final say on all transfers” tripe. He was too often stuck between “corporate Lee” and “head coach Lee”. Maybe the corporate people (person) swayed his footballing judgement too often? Actually, it is people not person. For all the criticism of MA, someone employed him, trusted him and was ultimately guilty of falling asleep at the wheel.

At least we (Steve Lansdown) have learned from past mistakes… remember how much worse the relegation squad was than the GJ playoff final one? Presumably at far higher cost. GJ himself was talking about “only bringing in players to improve on what we have” (manager cliche #732) but bought a succession of like-for-like mediocrity. We’ve done it again, dismantled a decent squad with spirit and spent the dosh on a right old mess! We go again!!!!!

Merry Christmas from Lancashire. Stay safe everyone and stay strong if this isn’t the best time of year for you… the “joy” of football is just around the corner! I’m looking forward to being back at The Gate in a few days for a slice of normality.

Despite having final say on all signings (his words not mine!)

Yeah you could easily do that in red, white and black…. Key is to stick to it. Palace still regularly use the white with diagonal blue/red stripe - that’s another unique example.