Lrrr

Anyone else seriously doubt Graves offer was actually the best offer…?

19 minutes ago, Philly The Kid said:

What happened about the Massengo compo?
Have we had that or is there a deal to done there?
I read I think upwards of £1M in compo as it was an English club so maybe the deal could be structured in the same way it was with Brownhill/Wells....

No where near a mil 

Can anyone explain Zouma’s thought process dropping deeper than the rest of the defensive line…

2 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Shrewsbury when we'd have faced Liverpool too...

Add that to the things I didn’t need to be reminded of today 

10 minutes ago, BCFCGav said:

Maybe worth looking elsewhere then anyway imo. That central attack role is locked down by Knight and we have able cover in Weimann and eventually Benarous. RW far more pressing.

I’d be interested as to whether Knight has enough physically to still be involved regularly playing as one of the two deeper ones and seems to really be able to go box to box 

Wouldn’t play Twine wide personally, always looks better centrally

1 minute ago, Cowshed said:

 

I have ex players who are Bristol City scholars now. If another club is interested in a player at that age and the player has not signed, it should be a moral obligation to make the player and their parents aware of interested clubs. 

Signing as a scholar for differing clubs brings differing expectation, support and financial considerations e.g educational opportunity, private tuition, length of contract and wages, alongside playing expectation of playing time, role and intent of the club. 

 

 

The point was the other club had no knowledge of who the player was so there was no interest before the phone call, Hockaday essentially went out of his way so the player didn't sign for City.

49 minutes ago, JBFC II said:

 

That's up there with LJ's Europe in 5 years

12 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Norwich and their model might be set to go badly if they stay down.

£50m in accumulated pre tax losses not in a Covid year but one PL, one 1st year Parachutes.

Th is is the 2nd and final year of Parachutes..then it's onto.EFL Revenue Streams.

Yeah not claiming its good, just claiming its how they operate. 

4 hours ago, petehinton said:

Would expect him to move given the traction it’s got, whether to us or elsewhere. Burnley will want to cash in, too, given their current league state

Hard to say that for sure without knowing what their business model is, Norwich for example just want to be one of the 26 best teams in the country, so if they get relegated they're fine with it if they're in the play offs next season. Equally if Burnley did want money £2.5m - £4m in the prem is a drop in the ocean for what they'd need to spend. 

2 hours ago, Cowshed said:

It is quite right that David Hockaday invites clubs to watch SGS players, in the same manner that Ash Morgan invites clubs to see players at Merchants Academy, finding playing opportunities is part of the programme. These player pathway programmes to professional football are not the hegemony of BCFC. 

Usually I would agree yes, but its another thing making the call after City had already agreed to offer a scholarship to the player, if SGS wanted the partnership to improve it didn't help it.

11 minutes ago, petehinton said:

Pre or post Semenyo being handed to us?

Post 

Death, taxes, New Road being underwater

18 minutes ago, petehinton said:

We won’t getting anyone out of SGS anytime soon, either, unless some reconciling has happened over the last 6 months. Get a gem like Semenyo out of them, proceed to have a falling out over facilities with them afterwards. Class. 

You're acting like SGS has always been generous towards City, Hockaday certainly did little to help City including inviting a friend of his who was head of academy at a Cat 1 side to come watch a player City had agreed to offer a deal to. SGS made a tidy sum off City for doing very little on the basis they couldn't really go anywhere else. 

Anything like this he’ll probably just roll with what others say, why wouldn’t you if there’s a small chance they develop, won’t impact the business he’s allowed to do at first team level 

21’s having a great transfer window 

23 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

 

 

I actually felt sorry for Towler having to be on the pitch for that, no way he should have been put up against Sarr, just wasn’t ready for it. 

15 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Looks like this penalty will win Veelaaa the game.

They benefit to an unusual degree from VAR it would appear.

They're no Leicester in respect of backstory, hope they collapse somewhat.

He has clipped him in fairness

That was a really bad choice of job at a really bad time, too far out from a transfer window with too little there to work with. May be able to get himself a decent sized League 2 job, still some fairly well financed teams there. Or as another idea of what could be next, as Carsley gets linked to numerous jobs now perhaps England U21 or U20 (if they promote from within first) could be an option. 

5 minutes ago, spudski said:

And there was me thinking the lads got a new shirt/kit every game?

Surely we don't wash and recycle all our match worn kits? 

Pretty much as near enough all teams do. Players usually get about 6 shirts before they have to start paying for replacements if they want to give more away. 

36 minutes ago, Robbored said:

I thought he was late with his substitutions but all three made quite an impact. Their fresh energy certainly helped.

The guys who came on had been told to warm up a little before their sub, I think he just waited 5 minutes to see how their sub changed them with Delap moving up top. 

1 hour ago, Harry said:

Yes I did notice that but must admit I thought it was said in jest. 

I'd agree, sounds like the sort of off hand comment you can make as a joke after a heavy defeat. But equally wouldn't be surprised if Manning was already on a list our end (even if no contact made) pretty sure a decision had already been made that Nige wasn't going to be getting a new contract bar something like promotion so we'd have already been starting to plan ahead. 

1 hour ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Interviews for Nige's successor were carried out by Jon, his friend (Sean G), and Tinnion. 

12 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Thanks. Maybe I was a bit unfair as I dunno how high budget they are, higher with CFG but surely not table topping high.

Have access to top facilities and coaching of course but their current season is quite remarkable.

Oh yeah they’ll be no where near the big 3 clubs and probably not even the next batch. Their whole thing will be signing high potential talent nurturing it and then selling it on and sprinkling some longer term signings around those for continuity. 

31 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Don't have too much sympathy for a CFG owned club personally although I get what you're saying.

Yeah they were just the best example of a non traditional club playing in Europe