Dastardly and Muttley

8 hours ago, cynic said:

Just noticed - since our Matty joined us, they have played 5 games, drawn all 5 and scored 3 goals.

Seems they miss him more than they and that twatwibbler of a manager thought they would..

 

You get a like just for "twatwibbler". My new favourite insult.

2 minutes ago, Northern Red said:

Warnock will keep them up. They weren't particularly good tonight but they did a job on us, completely nullified Tammy and seemed quite content to make us try and play through them which we couldn't do.

They clearly had a plan and the penalty decision after a clear offside obviously helped that plan.

Too many of our players underperformed and the pace was lacking today, but we could easily still be sitting here with a point if Bobby had got something to it properly.

Cardiff are not a great team by any stretch, and I would have liked to see us press them more in the final third, something which Paterson was starting to do in the second half before being taken off. If Tammy had been ill, I'd have left Pato on and just swapped Wilbs with Tammy.

26 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said:

Big game Tuesday now v Leeds Utd!

COYR!!

From that list, you'd imagine Huddersfield, Barnsley, Birmingham and Reading will drop off as the season goes on. Maybe Wolves and Brentford too. 

Could be a great season.

1 minute ago, Nogbad the Bad said:

And 10 for Fulham.

No reason given on OS or tweets for O'Neil's absence.

It's there now, a sickness bug.

What a strong team and bench we have now, with Adam Matthews and Korey Smith still to come back. EDIT: Missed O'Neil!!

Finally, a proper Championship squad as well as a decent first eleven.

Should give many Championship teams a good game.

Really?!

14 minutes ago, RedRaw said:

Ark at this belter posting in a thread on slagchat about the city v Newcastle agro video......these freaks really do believe their own hype....the last paragraph is beyond belief.....

"Sad scenes and so different to Rovers experiences with other fans, 'always had a soft spot for you,I love those shirts' 'when you all sing that Irene song at Wembley when Rovers won the play offs I was so happy' 'we always watch out for your results,you are such great fans' 'we were gutted when you went out of the league' I have heard other fans say.
In fact when Rovers lost to Mansfield I think that many proper football fans were traumatised,one of those moments that people will remember forever,like when JFK was shot.

http://gaschat.co.uk/thread/8006/nice-friendly-bristol-welcome

That is truly unbelievable , delusion at its finest.

2 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said:

This result obviously proves we are the next Barcelona. I will confess to feeling slightly pissed and am looking forward to a day out in London. I went to Scunthorpe on Saturday , so if any of you want advice on pubs let me know.

 

How did you get on in Scunny, by the way?

47 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

I assume the bloke on the left in the second row is bald.

Love the way their new ginger signing in the second row still looks like he's trying to get out of the picture. Looks like an embarrassed tourist stuck next to a stag group on the way to Maga.

1 hour ago, Jafar said:

Is that the best you can do?........

I see an intensive effort to research the Rovers new owners so below are some facts. Not conjecture but facts.

Jordanian banker buys Bristol Rovers promising 'evolution' and a new stadium

By Paul Nicholson

February 22 – While Jordan's Prince Ali enters the final week of his second quest to conquer the top table of world football and become FIFA president, one of his billionaire subjects has shown a much more humble ambition by buying a 92% stake in fourth tier English club Bristol Rovers.

Wael Al-Qadi has become Bristol Rovers' club president while former Swansea City chairman Steve Hamer will become the club's chairman. Bristol, in the west of England, is the only major British city without a Premier League football club.

"It's not a hit and run. I'm a football fan. It's not an investment, it's an ownership," Al-Qadi told local television.

Rovers, founded 133 years ago as the Black Arabs named after a the Arabs rugby team and the black kit they wore, have played most of their football in England's third and fourth professional divisions. They were promoted back into what is now League Two last season after a year in the Conference.

The new owners brought good fortune with them as well as their personal fortune. Rovers beat Morecombe at the weekend to lift themselves into the play-off positions, just four points off automatic promotion.

Despite being a billionaire Al-Qadi is not the usual football investing glory hunter seen in English, and Bristol Rovers would not be an automatic choice of clubs to buy though it does represent and intriguing challenge for a football enthusiast with an ambition to build.

Al-Qadi is vice president of the Asian Development Football Foundation, which was founded by Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein in 2012, and has also held a role on the marketing committee of the Jordanian Football Association. He was a core team member in Prince Ali's successful campaign to be elected vice president of FIFA in 2011, though has not figured in his FIFA presidential campaign.

The Bristol challenge is intriguing because the west of England is not served by a top tier club. Rovers' cross city rival Bristol City are making progression in the dogfight to avoid relegation from the Championship, and are currently the region's highest performing club.

The club has ambition and is coming to the end of a £45 million redevelopment of its Ashton Gate stadium which will see capacity increase to 27,000 for the start of the 2016/17 season.

Rovers have new stadium ambitions but they have been stalled for the past 11 years by planning disputes and a lack of finance. Al-Qadi says that he hopes he can bring some momentum to the process.

"This football club requires and needs a new stadium. Once we are ready to go ahead with that project, we will," he said.

"There's a lot of work that has been done, but I have to come in and verify or make sure everything is in order, 100%, before taking the next step."

While Prince Ali is promising revolution at FIFA if he is elected president, in the more genteel world of western England his friend is promising "evolution rather than revolution".

Source: www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/18899-jordanian-banker-buys-bristol-rovers-promising-evolution-and-a-new-stadium

Read more: http://gasheads.org/thread/4633/profile-received-massive-boost#ixzz411URN3c2

What new facts are there in that post?

The "billionaire" label comes out again, which is definitely up for debate.

The only definite facts relate to City's rebuild giving us a 27k stadium...

There are far more questions than answers about this takeover. Al Qadi seem to be a family intent on running the club properly, through the academy and through evolution. It won't bring success though unless they can get to Category 1, which I think will be Lansdown's next aim and City are far more likely to get there first, meaning City can cherry pick the best Rovers players anyway.

2 minutes ago, bristolcitysweden said:

AG sound like a library

Everyone's on the wifi...

Serious question. In the days of FFP, at L2 level, how much of an impact can this sort of investment have now?

I guess the stadium could get built, which could increase turnover, but would you get 18-21k watching L2 football when there's a 27k, hopefully, Championship team down the road?

I'm assuming they can't bankroll loads of transfers and high wages instantaneously, so can't see how this will have a huge, quick impact, unless they suddenly get lucky in the transfer market and find some cheap gems.

At least we got a good fee for Greg.

Oh, wait...

Fredericks having medical at London club? Wtf?

I read it as we had a new wingback having medical, but was probably wrong!

Fredericks has left the club. New wing back having medical today.

On radio sounds like Boro have plenty of possession but making errors with it. We sound dangerous each time we get forward. Definitely sounds like we could get more, just got to keep hoping Boro keep making wrong choices in possession.

They sound like a team who've made a few changes and not quite gelled yet. We are a team that know how we play, with the exception of Kodjia.

Probably didn't help ourselves running on the pitch after an equaliser then...

Any streams? Thought there may be one of Leeds are doing a BeamBack.

Only English team whose name starts with five consonants?

Crystal Palace.

He's also got a hell of a long throw on him, which hasn't been used recently.

For a striker to score 2 goals but not be given man or the match says something! Lacks confidence in one on ones, hopefully finishing one off will help him a bit!

Absolute joke.

This club is broken. Unless we have someone better lined up we should have stayed with SoD.

Cannot believe this.

Foster is world class and really should be playing at a MUCH higher level...we are ruining his career, IMO.

Too true. Hope we can hold on to him, Fontaine, Kilkenny and Mark Wilson next year. We'll tear L1 to shreds.

Not many good honest men in the top levels of football though Tommy.

Slight change of tune from yerself there? Question stands how the hell do City manage so many PRcockups?

The comments are noted.

Not really a change of tune, to me it reads more like a "wait and see". Rich doesn't want to be overly critical now, as Colin may just think "stuff it" if he reads criticism like yesterday. However, IF the Gate isn't available, then I expect the backlash to restart big-time.