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26 minutes ago, pommers1965 said:

http://gaschat.co.uk/thread/8027/swindon-view-gas...
don't think some have read the article properly...hahaha

Strange they all like the article - I guess liking the parts not aimed at either of the clubs but Bristol in general must be an admission they don't care about Bristol or don't associate themselves with it anymore, maybe they have already consigned themselves to just be the best team in South Glos instead.

11 minutes ago, DancinDannyD said:

Very funny but there's already been a Grindr gag Bert 

Ok so where do you stand / sit? I'll pop over and say hello.  Seriously.  Just a quick hello, don't worry I don't want to date or have sex or owt.  

100% genuine.  

Trying to out people on Social Media is creepy.... your coming across somewhere between needy and possible physcho atm.

Villa got 7 players booked this game as well.... 

Stats  - we made villa look poor that 2nd half, if this is what LJ is reffering to when he says the Bristol City style of playing - then sign me up. Our 2nd goal... seriously, brilliant.

1 hour ago, billywedlock said:

Please can I have a drink of whatever they gave the team at half time. 

The closes you will get is the sweat from LJ's balls - I have no idea what he said to those players at half time, but our pressing, passing and movement in the 2nd half was excellent. What an amazing game.

oh well about to leave ! Good luck and lets hope this thread is full of action, and a win for us ! Laters pataters !

6 hours ago, havanatopia said:

Good day to one and all. It is rather strange how, when I am searching for relevant or interesting topics for each Match Day, I come across coincidences. They might be rather irrelevant but they add a bit of interest, at least that is what i think and what is a thread if not of interest to all of us or, at the very least, most of us. So if I make the remark that the Burger Bar Boys are coming today to 'receive' a beating from the Johnson Crew would it mean anything? To those who tend to watch and follow gang culture they might. They are both, or were, rather notorious gangs from Aston and the former were involved in some murders that hit the national news in 2003 when 2 girls died when they got hit in cross fire as the Johnson Crew were targeted. I am merely using a simile that connects Aston to Bristol City via the Johnson Crew. So hopefully we can give Aston Villa a metaphorical beating today.

And our 'on this very day' event this week is Krakatoa which really requires little introduction to anyone but it is a fascinating piece of history.

To this day Krakatoa remains the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history. A small, uninhabited, volcanic island located west of Sumatra in Indonesia the explosion of which was heard 3,000 miles away and threw five cubic miles of earth 50 miles into the air, created 120-foot tsunamis and killed 36,000 people.

Krakatoa exhibited its first stirrings in more than 200 years on May 20, 1883. A German warship passing by reported a seven-mile high cloud of ash and dust over Krakatoa. For the next two months, similar explosions would be witnessed by commercial liners and natives on nearby Java and Sumatra. With little to no idea of the impending catastrophe, the local inhabitants greeted the volcanic activity with festive excitement.

On August 26 and August 27, excitement turned to horror as Krakatoa literally blew itself apart, setting off a chain of natural disasters that would be felt around the world for years to come. An enormous blast on the afternoon of August 26 destroyed the northern two-thirds of the island; as it plunged into the Sunda Strait. Talking of eruptions...

This rather square shaped affair is a volcanic island named after our venerable city and has, since May of this year, blown its top in anger. The core heat source of course being red and everything around it being a rather icy blue seen from satellite. Bristol Island is one of the more southerly of the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic. Something is stirring in Bristol. There is a Villa island located north of Trondheim, Norway, its a bit tiny and insignificant at less than half a square mile unlike Bristol Island, at 18 square miles, which remains the least researched island of the arcing South Sandwich chain due to its largely ice capped terrain and inaccessibility. The fact it is stirring for the first time since 1956, just after City's last title winning season before our recent League 1 triumph suggests there is renewed fire in the belly. I shall be watching the continued activity of Bristol Island with interest.

Talking of insignificant things Aston only has a population of 32,000. Being incorporated, as Aston Manor, into the city of Birmingham only in 1909. Aston, although famous for Aston Hall designed by John Thorpe for Sir Thomas Holte and later leased by James Watt Jr, the son of Industrial pioneer James Watt, there are not that many great buildings of note in the borough. In fact it was the most deprived area of Birmingham for many years with 20% of homes up to the 1950's not 'fit for human habitation' according to a health service report of the day. Large scale refurbishments of terraced housing were not carried out until the 1980's. The juxtaposition of Aston Hall, a classic Jacobean style building that was the first to enter municipal ownership in the mid 19th century, with such depravity is stark. But Aston does have Aston Villa. Clearly the most successful club in Birmingham with a glorious history and until its disastrous last campaign in the Premier League was the 6th longest consecutively serving club in the top flight, since 1988/9 season, and second only to Everton in total number of seasons, 97.

As a youngster I cannot forget the six seasons, one after the other, that English clubs won the European Cup culminating in Villa in 1982; Liverpool 3, Nottingham Forest 2 and Villa 1. We were the kings of Europe and at that time I thought it was going to carry on forever! That Villa team under Tony Barton played some beautiful football. Just remember these players:-

Jimmy Rimmer, Kenny Swain, Gary Williams, Allan Evans, Ken McNaught, Dennis Mortimer (c), Des Bremner, Gary Shaw, Peter Withe, Gordon Cowans and Tony Morley. 

Paul Breitner,  Dieter Hoeneß and Karl Heinz Rummenigge played for Bayern.

Peter Withe, who was man of the match that night at De Kuip in Rotterdam, was eulogised in these famous words by the best football commentator I have ever had the pleasure to listen to, Brian Moore:- "Shaw, Williams, prepared to venture down the left. There's a good ball in for Tony Morley. Oh, it must be and it is! It's Peter Withe" . They beat the mighty Bayern Munich 1-0. That sign adorns the North Stand at Villa Park, I believe, to this day.

One of the most memorable incidents of the final occurred after 10 minutes when veteran goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer suffered a repeat of a recurring shoulder injury. His replacement, Nigel Spink, subsequently made only his second first team appearance for the club. His performance in helping prevent Bayern from scoring throughout the match was subsequently highly praised, and is seen by many as the making of a player who would be Villa's first choice goalkeeper for the following 10 seasons.

Villa now have to rebuild and like all of the West Midlands clubs under Chinese ownership; what a bizarre sequence of events that led all three famous clubs to relinquish control to the rather disliked Asian nation. I hope it goes well for the sake of the fans but crikey oh reilly are we all lucky we have not only a British owner but a Bristolian one at that. I would not trade places with Villa in a million years. 

So, to todays clash of the crest fallen and the rising reds. Surely we can turn decent displays over Norwich and, particularly, Newcastle into a win? I really do hope City can secure the services of a proven goal grabber before the window shuts in spite of the words of Lee Johnson telling the press he is happy with all he has done in the window even if no striker does come in. That said we do have the talent to open up Villa and I think we will. Tight affair, as all Championship matches are likely to be, but i think we will just edge it 2-1. Abraham and Flint; no need for a Christmas tree, just get on and do the job. UTC. Enjoy the match. 23,800 ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not going to lie, a tad disappointed in you today. Read all the interesting things about Bristol Island and then went on to discover you were holding out on us and left out the most interesting fact about it... not the volcano or 36,000 deaths caused by the tsunami but that there is a real life crashed UFO on the Island...

51 minutes ago, DancinDannyD said:

As someone else said earlier, if someone went regularly onto a Gas forum claiming to be a City fan and constantly sneered and made digs at their own club (City), the board and Bristol Sport and not once showed ANY form of positivity about any promotion or any changes / improvements would you *really* believe (s)he was a City fan? Really!? 

I have no problem with people offering constructive criticism of the club but a "supporter" that still cannot see that some things have improved significantly since Mansfield?  We could have done a Stockport easily.  

A true supporter would be able to identify and acknowledge both the positives AND negatives and offer a balanced objective perspective.  Not Bert though.  Constant one way criticism. 

I said a while ago I first thought old Bert was a casualty of either the Boardroom or Supporters Club split a few years ago - but nothing has changed since regime change.

So either I'm right and (s)he's no Gashead or if (s)he is then I really do pity them for being so bitter and twisted and unable to see absolutely any positives.  Talk about glass half empty and, as I said before, what a miserable existence not to be able to ever get any enjoyment out of watching the team you say you support. 

But sometimes you can misinterpret the written word and my offer of a friendly pint or two, at my expense, still stands.  I'd genuinely be happy to have a decent conversation about what can be done to facilitate change and also positively support our club or if that's a bit heavy, just reminiscing about all of the good times 

You obviously have not been on your own forums..... or maybe they are not all true supporters on your forums.

49 minutes ago, Smaller than a flea said:

These really are genuine questions to any posters who wish to consider them reasonably.

If someone like the equivalent of Bert Tann posted regularly on Gaschat, taking the position of being a City fan, assuming of course they were allowed to do that, and consistently criticised Bristol City, having special bile for Bristol Sport and without ever a word of praise for anything positive like a promotion or a new manager, how would you feel about it?

As on here, no doubt "Alan Dicks" or whatever he might call himself, would get loads of likes from Rovers fans, and congratulations for seeing the truth about how rotten the club really are, or at least as he portrays the club. 

You would read this on Gaschat and come to the conclusion that the bloke is a total shyster, wouldn't you?  You wouldn't take a word he says about being a City fan with any credibility, would you? 

Would you?

He couldn't do that because he would be banned on the forum, the reason a lot of your fans are so deluded is that they are in a self feeding loop, anyone not playing to the tune gets banned. It's kinda sad to see tbh

33 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

...and The Bristol Post still spouted loads of nonsense about that lot being the best supporters - they apparently have proof!

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/6-photos-that-prove-why-bristol-rovers-8217-fans-really-do-give-the-best-support/story-29651880-detail/story.html

Load of tosh!

It's not really a Bristol Post article though, it's a kind of blog like part of the site where fans of Local teams can do articles for the clubs - I am not sure of the criteria you need to present tot he paper to get access / stories printed but we cannot fault Rovers for using the blog section as a PR / club propaganda site... question is really, why some of are more articulate members don't do the same ?!

so can we merge this with the Rovers thread now ?

Not to bad, early in the season - seems we struggle holding onto the ball at times, but Norwich 1-0 , nothing to be ashamed about

We have a threat at set pieces, so no short corners please guys !!!!!!!!

5 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

Isn't Ashton Court behind the West Stand mate?! But I always loved seeing the Bridge lit up during evening games - a real iconic image, loved it when the Bridge was on our badge too....but that's another story! 

(Can open, worms everywhere...)

True you cannot see the mansion, but you can see a lot of the Esate greens, trees and panning to the right the Suspension Bridge.

4 minutes ago, Webzcas said:

We've played quite well. Point possible. Bryan having a good game.

Nice backdrop - that's why I hope whatever they do tot he Atyeo in the future they manage to take advantage of the views behind (suspension Bridge, Ashton Court) to make the stadium really unique.

Poooo

Well this is true - but funny

Cardiff not looking to good at the moment

LJ at the game - checking out Cardiff :-)

44 minutes ago, WhistleHappy said:

Hmm, an I suffering from a sense of humour bypass or something? .... have I turned into Queen Victoria? ... soz Fiale I just don't get the joke.

It's a take on the "don't text and drive" campaign, they are twisting it so as it's wrong because your text come out as meaningless and confusing. It's a comedy Skit, but not everyone has the same humour.