City Rocker

8 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

Nothing spectacular but just there, available for a pass and blocking their play.

Spot on, every football team needs that player and Matty James does it nicely.

On 05/10/2022 at 13:56, phantom said:

Liam Gallagher has partnered with the BS3 -based mens' mental health charity Talk Club on his new single Too Good For Giving Up.

Great song, really powerful video, aimed at preventing men from suicide. 

On 26/09/2022 at 09:28, Red-Robbo said:

I've noticed the tendency to the "Bristol L" has been replaced in younger folk who are proper broad, with the "Bristol W".

Evaw Turner, the Primaw Donnaw ... etc

I've noticed this as well. In particular "Thank yeuw".

I don't recall hearing it pronounced that way before about 10 years ago.

1 hour ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

A lot of wide open spaces on the terraces (as well as in the sag defence). How many loyal and true rocked up today? Can`t find it on the BBC site.

Living close to the Tinpottery, I sometimes hear the vague drone of their Come On Eileen dirge, but absolutely nothing this afternoon. 

The Lincoln fans, on the other hand, were loud and proud. Interesting to note that's Rovers' second home game in a row where their visitors have sung 'Your City is red'.

2 hours ago, The Gasbuster said:

“Slumorial Ground” Hahahaha !

I think that might just stick !!

It's a good one, but we locals in BS7 prefer The Tinpottery.

So, in summary, is this what happens to a football club when you appoint a top class manager and coaching staff, and give them time to build their squad and instill the right culture?

Wow, who knew?

Morecambe fans singing "Just like Morcambe your city is red!" and "You're just a shit Bristol City".

Also "You only sing when you're drawing" and "Shall we sing a song for you?" as well as their classic "Bring me sunshine".

Thank you Nathan for being such a wholehearted, full-blooded character in the heart of our defence for so long. 

I wish you only the best and hope we get to see you at a game to bid you farewell.

6 hours ago, Port Said Red said:

Would it be any different to when we sold Chris Garland to invest the money across the squad?

At that time I seem to remember people complaining about it, but it was a good thing long term.

Well if we get to buy Antoine back a couple of years later for the same price we sold him for, having won promotion to the top flight, that would be the perfect Chris Garland story all over again!

5 minutes ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said:

Made we wonder if there are any other grounds that have a stand named after a supporter rather than a player, chairman, director, owner etc. 

The Shed Man stand?

1 hour ago, In the Net said:

I'm interested in watching football, not monitoring attendance figures. 

Which puts you strangely at odds with your compatriots. You SURE you're a blue?!

There's a good one in West Street. The 'Three Lions' I think it's called.

24 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

When I was younger, and it looked as if an injured player might require a stretcher, we used to chant ‘Bring on a dustbin!’.

When it was our player down injured, the East End used to sing "Give him some cider!"

Which to be fair, in the 1970s probably was one of the approved remedies for an impact injury. 

3 hours ago, WolfOfWestStreet said:

Middle class insults/swearing.

Cock womble, spunk trumpet ...

Reminds me of that cross eyed div Russell Howard. 

Where do you stand on "hoofwanking bungle ***"?

1 hour ago, The Horse With No Name said:

It annoys me when posters refer to players by their initials, ie TM has a year left on his contract. There was one the other day had me scratching my head for ages till it turned out to be a typo. 

Agree with this one. I was quite relieved when Kevin Pietersen was sold to Coventry. 

Pretty sure I shared this on here years ago, but worth repeating. I used to run into Luke Ayling quite often during his time at City, he lived in Harbourside and I worked nearby, we often shared the same eateries and coffee shops in the area and occasionally had a little chat. 

Shortly after Lee Johnson took over, Luke had been dropped from the the first team starting lineup and I bumped into him in Friska. Naturally I asked why he wasn't  starting and he told me "the Gaffer doesn't seem to like me". A few weeks later he joined Leeds.

8 minutes ago, robin for life said:

Well in recent times, we've needed to score 3 to guarantee a draw, so lets hope we can get a 4th quickly in the second half and put this to bed

Nice to see Wells and Conway linking up well, perhaps big Nige, might drop Martin on Saturday and start with them. 

True that. 3-0 is a dangerous scoreline, remember! 

I recall when TwentyTwenty cricket was first introduced, well, Twenty years ago it must be now. Wow, what a revolution that was!

Despite the ridicule of the stuffy old upper class MCC types, I was so excited that for the first time ever, our pro cricket heros were now playing the same game that we all played down the park when we were kids. 

Sadly though I'm really not getting the 100 at all. Maybe I'm secretly one of those posh upper class MCC types after all!  
 

13 minutes ago, CiderJar said:

 

For context, Tom Nichols struggled to score goals earlier in his career.

 

WHO??!!

1 minute ago, City Rocker said:

One of the best saves you'll see anywhere, at any level 

And one of the best goals you'll see anywhere, at any level!

One of the best saves you'll see anywhere, at any level 

3 minutes ago, chinapig said:

Nice Clash reference btw.

That was the only reason I gave it a like, TBH

Although like thousands of others I've been on the pitch now and then, (Chester in 1984 being one of my favourite moments) and miss old school football days, I still think this is (regrettably) the right thing in the current climate. 

Players, staff and officials are being put at increasing risk, even if it is only a tiny proportion of fans who go on with bad intentions. Do we just carry on until inevitably something really horrific happens?

Awfully sad news . Rest easy Stoney.

2 hours ago, Renaissance Williams said:

Tell me it ain't so, Geoff......

'tis true. I discussed football rivalries and loyalties with Geoff B years ago, and he admitted that he actually used to watch City at the Gate for a while in the mid 80s, but turned away from them because of what he perceived as a hooligan problem at the time. So he ended up going down the Rovers. 

I reminded him that the only reason Rovers didn't have a similar hooligan problem at that particular time was that they had such tiny crowds back then. I hardly needed to point out their record of ill-behaviour over several decades since, so we drew a line and got back to talking music, which to be honest is generally a happier place to go!