Dastardly and Muttley

Who is the dour Co-commentator?

Is the robins audio stream working for anyone?

Yep, it’s there now.

Just now, BITW said:

Meant to be sky football but isn’t working for me 

Maybe it will now this programme starts

What channel is it for red button on sky?

1 hour ago, OneTeamInBristol said:

They’ve got Stevenage today?  Is that game later in the week?

Maybe he hasn’t got a game for NYD fixtures then 

The FGR v Exeter game is on Tuesday

1 minute ago, Dastardly and Muttley said:

Where’s Andy Davies been deployed this week?

Answered my own question.

He’s in League Two, for FGR v Exeter.

So, demotion? Or was this a case of a higher league ref being shipped in for a local derby?

Where’s Andy Davies been deployed this week?

Went in for the first time in a while recently, as I was taking my young son and wanted a souvenir.

The offering is dire. Nearly all the shop is taken up by shirts, split almost equally between rugby and the women’s team.

The “pocket money” items are non existent. 
Anything smaller, eg caps and bottles, are placed in the queue, so you have to push past people to look.

As someone else said, this is the one thing that the Gas have better than us. Their partnership with The Terrace looks great. We really need to be exploring avenues like that too, although The Terrace probably take a hefty percentage.

3 minutes ago, Mike Stone said:

Fingers crossed theres a bidding war for Lloyd Kelly and Newcsstle get their man. Oh and within the first two weeks would be nice

And if the team that missed out on Kelly would like to make a move for Webster, that would be great too.

Letting players like Diedhiou and Paterson walk out of the club for free was criminal.

I’ll give my views, as an exiled fan who hasn’t been to the Gate for about 3 years.

Firstly, Ashton Gate is terrific. A great stadium to watch football in. We’re lucky to have such a good stadium.

On to the match. Maybe it was novelty for me, but I didn’t think it was that bad. First half was definitely better than the second. We created four clear-cut chances and should have been out of sight. Their only danger was number 36, but Atkinson kept him under wraps.

We looked solid, if unspectacular. The addition of O’Dowda and Scott seems to have given us more width and more opportunities to cross the ball in. Both did well, if the final ball could be improved a little on occasion.

Scott is a player. Great goal, too.

Same for Atkinson, really like his potential. Driving runs, won most things in the air and won his battle against a tricky winner. 

What I saw was pretty much what I expected. A solid, mid table team who need to go all out for a mobile target man type striker in January/the summer.

Look back. The last time he played this well consistently was when his contract was in its final year. 
There’s a player in there, but are we going to see it enough, after about 4/5 years of trying.

26 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

No he didn’t.  Far from dreadful.  The whole team struggled for the first thirty minutes, but if anyone was dreadful it was Williams.  Bakinson was decent throughout.

Williams made a brilliant through pass to the striker in the first 30 mins.

Just a shame it was their striker.

Disappointing to even see City fans on here defending it and dismissing it as “woke”, or glibly asking “what words can we use then?”

If you’re describing anything bad that happens as a holocaust, then I’d suggest you need to widen your vocabulary.

It’s quite clearly an offensive term, shown simply by the fact that Rovers rushed to edit it out of their video.

How about people realise that the world has changed over the last few decades from the “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” era, into one where people realise how damaging words can be as well.

Barton’s in a public position and, as such, needs to be extra careful about his language and choice of words. This was a clear slip, which likely demonstrates that he uses the word fairly regularly. I can’t say it’s ever a word that would come to my mind when describing something.

Rovers know it shouldn’t have been used, hence the editing of the video. An apology for using a term offensive to many should be forthcoming  especially from a club that have done a lot of good things this season regarding diversity, inclusion and against domestic violence.

17 minutes ago, BetterRedThanBlue said:

Jesus Christ... I know the guy's a **** but you should never describe something as a holocaust especially a players performance.

And the casualness with which he uses it, sounds like it’s a regular part of his vocabulary.

They’ve edited their matchday video to take it out now, but here’s the quote: 

21 minutes ago, Robbored said:

Scot Murray was as skilled as Jacki and scored many more goals - he’s the one player who filled AG with anticipation when he got the ball. He was truly exciting to watch and yet barely get a mention on here.

Scott never gets a mention? Of course he does, I often hear people talking about the old Tinman Murray connection, especially in the build up to Cardiff games.

Jacki was an enigma, which is why people loved him. Murray is arguably one of our better players ever and has not been forgotten.

4 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

Do you really think that his team selection and game plan was right then?  By mid-season it could already be too late.

I forgot that we’re 24th in the table with 6 defeats from 7.

Oh wait, that’s the saviour Hughton’s old team.

We’re mid table. We’re not getting beaten often, just not winning enough. We’ll finish mid table.

9 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

Exactly, patience is required but a tiny minority haven’t got the bollocks for it.

Yep, and they shout the loudest as each whinger starts a new thread, so it seems like there’s lots of unrest.

Hopefully most can see that this rebuild is a huge job for anyone to take on.

They lost to the monkey hangers with a goal in the 69th minute?

Nice.

1 minute ago, old_eastender said:

been fine for me , apart from very start of the game

I heard the electronic voice you get at the start/end of broadcasts then it cut out in injury time. Not been back since.

Anyone else’s audio working yet?

6 hours ago, Davefevs said:

….and this For me is where you have your thinking all wrong, the horse and cart the wrong way round.

If Cook is the problem, get rid of him, don’t lavish him with players.

Or get players that Cook wants.  As CEO you should be providing the checks that each signing meets the managers requirements?

To me this is CEO failure and manager failure.

Never in a million years can 19/20 players be a good window.  Recruitment is not about volume….it’s about quality over quantity.  It’s about a plan.

Source: ITFC Analytics - I’ve added red shading to the new players.

I still can’t get my head around that. Why would you sign Barry, Edwards then go and get Celina?

This had the hallmarks of us signing Szmodics because we couldn’t get Palmer, then Palmer becomes available, so you get him as well.

Do you honestly believe several of those players signed earlier this summer as first team regulars, and thought Ashton would be signing another in their position later in the window?  Most of your signings will have signed expecting to play each week.  Did Fraser sign expecting Chaplin to steal his minutes?  What was the plan for Evans, Carroll and Harper if Morsy was genuinely the plan?

The players themselves are in the main good players at this level, some very good, but it is gonna stink when you get a busted dressing room / training ground.

Did you need to loan Dobra out?

I guess time will tell, but I’d be horrified if we made that many signings.  A cynic might suggest you let players go so the CEO could have his ego massaged by the thrill of lots of signings.

 

 

What interests me is that 13 of those 27 are out of contract next year, as well.

You could easily end up with 30 signings over a 2 year period. Crazy.

I stand by my words, no matter how much stick I’ve taken.

My view are that domestic abuse is unforgivable, particularly for people in the public eye.

Simpson is welcome to a second chance in a non public eye, role. But as a role model for children and others, he shouldn’t be in the privileged position of being paid to play a game for a living.

We could have backed that up by refusing to sign him. We didn’t.

The scenarios are different but comparable. Both clubs had the chance to take a stand, on an issue they’ve supposedly supported before. We didn’t even make a comment for several weeks.

Obviously, if it had happened whilst DS was employed with us, he’d likely be sacked. But, no doubt, many would be on here wanting to give him a second/third chance.

Barton should be sacked and Simpson should be earning his money elsewhere. Not a lot could convince me otherwise, unless DS wants to demonstrate he’s really changed by doing som educational or charity work about his experiences and why DV is wrong. No, didn’t think so.