Sleepy1968

With 'My old man said ...' already taken:

'He's the meanest, he sucks a horse's [second part of what TP is known as ...], [Manager/Player/Owner] is a horse's ass'

3 minutes ago, Baba Yaga said:

Can see this one being either a 1-1 draw where we defend very well or Fulham are too strong for us and we get stuffed. On paper the toughest game of the season so far and after they lost last week they are going to be up for it.

We could end up defending very deep and not be able to get the ball out. Or NP has a cunning plan to counter attack at pace and get runners in behind their high defensive line.

I'd definately take the draw now.

2 minutes ago, Wiltshire robin said:

reids a funny one as he’s born and raised in Bristol and supports Liverpool not city , he also left to Cardiff and knowing a couple of people close to him apparently he has no love for city at all and couldn’t wait for a chance to leave 

The dumbfcks can boo if they like but those of us that can think for ourselves and aren't bitter and twisted will give him a clap.

StreamAMG were 100% useless when I had an issue, and will no doubt continue to automatically send boilerplate generic support emails in response to anything sent to the support address. I guess the best option is to use a credit card if you can and make a chargeback if things don't work. You can then use the email you sent to the support address as evidence to the credit card company if the chargeback gets challenged.

This will only help for one-off purchases.

16 minutes ago, Blagdon red said:

If we apply to be part of the pilot scheme, the club will need to provide some safe standing for away fans too, as that is a requirement of participating in the pilot.

The safe standing areas would then also be marketed as standing areas and it must say this on the ticket. So, fans standing in those areas would no longer be in breach of ground regulations, as they are now - even though standing is currently tolerated in such areas.

New rules will also come into force to ensure that standing fans have plenty of room and don't spill out into the aisles. In grounds where the space along the rows is insufficient, standing may still be allowed, but capacity will be cut to avoid encroachment into the gangways. The guidance gives an example of "at least 5 seats" per row being taken off sale.

I imagine that in due course there will also be a general clamp down on standing in any area other than the safe standing areas, so that fans who prefer to sit aren't inconvenienced. The logic will be, I presume that clubs will by then have had the opportunity to provide standing areas and if they choose not to, then they must keep all fans sat down.

That clearly won't work, so it makes sense for all clubs to provide a mix of standing and seated accommodation to match the demand in their individual case.

I wonder how much more affordable safe standing tickets will be than seated tickets, because It wouldn't surprise me if they were premium priced ...

6 minutes ago, Curr Avon said:

City gallop to another away win, delivered by Wells Fargoal.

Don't give up your day job (unless your day job is writing puns obviously :)

Jesus Christ. I feel like I'm about 190 years old.

Well done Dan Bentley. Well done everybody.

3 minutes ago, tts_city said:

Massengo (wow what a game he is having) and Bakinson are on the same wavelength out there

Those two are what's been keeping me interested. Bakinson looks class on the ball. HNM - what can I say?

8 minutes ago, RedEyez said:

Our closing down is crap

Can it be crap if we aren't doing it?

48 minutes ago, RedHienz said:

I was promised European football.

And you got it. Brexit or not, Bristol in still in Europe. Forza Bristol City.

46 minutes ago, Wiltshire robin said:

Can anyone tell me if red button games are on now tv? 
ive tried to find the game later but can’t see anything 

yes. from the main screen scroll down until you see 'bonus streams' - ours is there and goes live at 7:40.

4 hours ago, Davefevs said:

The Athletic has some interesting articles (I only read the football stuff, mainly EFL only), but it has some absolute crap writing too.

I wouldn’t pay £60….I don’t mind the £1 p.m I currently pay to get the odd article behind a paywall.  I will cancel as soon as my latest offer runs out.

I’d say it’s trying to be an online “FourFourTwo” of old, but fails spectacularly.

Oh crap. I've sold myself a turkey then. At least it was cheap!

2 minutes ago, TomThumb84 said:

Nigel Pearson joined because Mark Ashton had switched off/was asleep at the wheel and allowed the process to happen knowing he was on his toes to Ipswich, and did not care on what terms the new manager joined.

Prior to this, when Holden was appointed, Ashton desperately needed to buy some time and it was important his position was not diluted in order to exact his exit strategy. Hence, any experienced manager that was interviewed could see the problems in our club and surely sought to amend/rectify as part of their vision moving forward which was not acceptable. Hence we ended up with Dean Holden.

The cards fell perfectly for Mark Ashton, during possibly the most conceited and self-serving 12 months any individual has had at our club. Ultimately it set us back 3 years, but we can thank our lucky stars it did not cost us our Championship status as that could have led to 82 repeating itself, and that we ended up with Nigel Pearson at the end of it.

If you think this is over-dramatic it is not. We have been very fortunate.

I'd like to rebutt your assertations. But I can't. Fortunately we were just one of the steps on the ladder to Mr Ashton's world football dominance. And luckily for us he took a lot of his toys with him!

15 minutes ago, Northern Red said:

I guess the talking point is whether Pearson would have signed on for the long term if he was going to have to work under Ashton.

My completely uninformed belief is that he wouldn't have and knew the score regarding Ashton's future when he first came in.

There was only room for one of them at the club. I'm not convinced that was a know issue when he first came in. Maybe I could be persuaded that Steve Lansdown gave some sort of assurance that MA wouldn't be a long term issue, but if I remember correctly SL said he didn't have prior knowledge of MAs resignation and did every thing he could to convince him to stay. Come to think of it, that last bit seems a bit unbelievable.

The Athletic is held in high regard for quality football/sports journalism. Well, I'm sure I've heard it mentioned here a few times anyway.

Here's a hotukdeals link - click the deal button - for a 12 month sub at £9.99, normally £59.99. This auto-renews at the full price of £59.99 - to avoid this, you should be able to cancel immediately & retain access until the end of the 12 month period per the legalese:

"You may cancel your Subscription at any time on your account page; however, subject to such consumer cancellation rights, there are no refunds for cancellation. If you cancel before the end of your Subscription Term you will have access to your account for the remainder of the Subscription Term.")

26 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Toby wasn’t commentator.

Sounded like Dan “something”….White?

Thanks Fevs - Dan White looks right from a google.

Sorry Toby. In my defence the Robins TV comentators sound pretty generic.

2-1 up with under 15 minutes to go. Edit: This is the Full Time Score

Someone needs to tell Toby that the HPC isn't in Abbots Leigh.

3 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

This is so beautifully set up for last gasp equaliser. 

12 minutes ago, BigTone said:

Just need a Barrow win and the day will be perfect.

Am tempted to buy the match, but I'm a bit wary of flying VPN airways for an ifollow stream.

5 minutes ago, Leveller said:

I'm just happy to see us competing in games and deserving something out of them again. ut winning is a bonus!

Yeah, I was happy to give Nige a clean slate to start the season, and I think we've steadily got more things right with each passing league game (Boro aside). I think that was our best win against Cardiff away for some time - certainly ther last two times we deserved nothing. Today (as with the Swans game) a point was the very least we deserved. Well done evreybody. So nice to feel the pride back

@BarneyN

Please tell me you're wearing a city shirt and standing just out of spitting distance of the horse punchers.

I don't feel great about City at the moment, but fair-play to Joey Barton for trying to cheer me up.

4-0

2 hours ago, Bristol Rob said:

Brace yourself.

This is hilarious. 

https://bristolroverssc.co.uk/45-for-stephanie/

Not even half a tank of petrol.

I dunno. Maybe she rides a moped. There'd surely we enought left over for a cod lot if she did.

PS Myabe they need to rename it the 45:45 draw.

16 hours ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

40 years ago crowds were not ‘that great’ all around the country.

We still managed to average more than them last time we were in the 4th division than they did at the same time in the division above us.

16 hours ago, glynriley said:

Different world back then cheif. There were only 3 clubs in the country that averaged over 30,000 in 82. Thatcher, strikes, violence. All had a big effect. 

Points appreciated. At least I can say I was there

44 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

Indeed.

They’re no better, or more loyal, than anyone else despite what they constantly claim. I’d even argue that they’re more fickle than most considering their crowds dropped below 6k in L1 after a few bad results.

I’d like to see them sell 9000 Season Tickets after relegation like we did in 2013.

 

 

Remember that they're in the fourth division. I know it was about 40 years ago, but our crowds were never that great down there.