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Just now, Numero Uno said:

My one criticism is she let a couple of Andorra players get away with murder and booked 3-4 England players. Rebes needs taking out the back and given a good shoeing and their number 2 should be waiting in the queue for the same treatment.

True but a lot of male refs would’ve let the ‘plucky’ underdog get away with more stuff than normal. The main problem is these games are generally rubbish; attack v defence.

32 minutes ago, frenchred said:

Think she's proving you wrong!

Certainly no worse than many male refs, and given the pressure she may have been under from those thinking it was a tick box exercise, perhaps above average. 

On 08/10/2021 at 18:04, bcfcnick said:

It is not for anyone of us to question any of John's posts which are often random, quirky and often involve intricate and useful information on railway timetables.  Just award him a like or trophy emoji for a  unique style of posting. I miss his Subbuteo simulations of City's goals. 

To analyse things logically then John's post is correct - it is good news. There is a shortage of referees and officials in amateur football and junior football. Some of the abuse officials get from parents and in the adult amateur game is shameful. Just let the kids enjoy and play the game competitively but with a fun element. 

Having women officiate in international football provides role models for women to get involved at all levels of the game and that's surely a good thing. Also, who knows, it might just moderate some of the abuse from parents that spoils things for both the officials giving up their spare time and the youngsters who just want to have some fun kicking a ball about.

Well said

It’ll be interesting to see what happens. I’m guessing all opponents will be crushed but also Newcastle might win more.

2 hours ago, Robin101 said:

I’d like to keep hearing about the women’s team. Please keep posting. Thanks.

Me too

Nobby Stiles!

Think you could compare peak Tomlin with Jacki but Jet and Noble were below that level. Though in terms of the effect on performances you could perhaps argue the opposite. Anyway, I enjoyed watching them all.

5 good games - maybe. But we still remember them. Sometimes football, like life, is about memories. He gave us a lot.

7 hours ago, downendcity said:

We’ve over 2,000 pages on the Rovers thread and they are struggling to stay in the league!

Yep but it’s Rovers, that’s a bit different!

46 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

The bloke is a *** who was allowed by a sleeping owner to cause a lot of longer term damage to this football club. If some people won’t let that lie and forget it in a hurry that’s up to them, respectfully.

It certainly is up to them but he’s gone now, so just don’t see the point of keeping him in the spotlight really. Anyway each to their own.

Certainly not defending MA and fully understand people have (strong) opinions on him. But 22 pages and counting? They ain’t even in the Championship.

Time to move on? Respectfully from a fellow red.

Bingo card is ready - now got ‘what do we pay our licence fee for’.

Just need ‘political correctness / elf and safety gone mad’ for house.

4 hours ago, Ska Junkie said:

And guess who's playing Derby at Pride park soon?

'We've got more cash than you. No actually, we haven't got any either'.

Should be a laugh eh!

El skintico?

On 09/09/2021 at 08:49, Mike Hunt-Hertz said:

Where's Saw Mills Lane? I've never heard of it! 

I had to look it up - where the old Walls factory near Walls roundabout but on t’other side of the road. Not technically Longlevens to my mind, but there you go.

4 minutes ago, pillred said:

If we carry on in the same vein performance and results wise at home I can see crowds plummeting, I know it's no guarantee of better results to sack the manager but I'm really beginning to doubt Nigel Pearson is a good fit for our club.

Was going to make a similar point re attendances, and add that they’ve already gone down in the last 2 games. That said,  clearly still mitigating COVID factors.

10 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

Doesn’t excuse what he did there though. He cost us two points, simple as that. Got to be a lot stronger there.

Oh I agree it cost us. Looked to me (without the benefit of a replay) that he was trying to let it run out to waste time, but got caught.

4 minutes ago, MarcusX said:

They had a couple of first half chances but felt we controlled most of that. Think we did enough to win except a shitty mistake.

Bentley has to be stronger there

Agree re Bentley but without him we’d have lost by half time. Point was the least Luton deserved.

23 minutes ago, redpole said:

Jersey Bulls are live on the red button this weekend in the FA Cup. 

Gutted, was hoping the web game would be the true El Glosico. Not Cheltenham v FGR but Longlevens vGloucester City!

22 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.

Spot on; the odd interesting article but a lot of dirge. I won’t be going full whack when my£1 deal ends. Shame as I really liked Daniel Taylor when he wrote for the Guardian.

As an aside are the Beeb still choosing a game each round to show online? If so must be a chance this is the one?

7 hours ago, forbespm said:

I live in longlevens and the place is buzzing with this tie.I know the longlevens coach and he reckons they will win because it will be on grass as opposed to Gloucester citys artificial pitch!

The game will be all ticket at saw mills lane,capacity must be about 500!!

Used to boot a ball around there as a kid,  now the tale will be that I’ve played at a famous FA cup ground!

Edit - no I didn’t - it’s in Barnwood! Thought the rugby and football clubs played at Longford Lane

Amazing draw here: Longlevens v Gloucester City. For those non Glos folk Longlevens is a suburb of Gloucester (my old stomping ground as it happens); a local league side playing the City’s main (National League North) football team. This is I believe by far the furthest Longlevens have ever got.

A Bristol comparison might be Rovers drawing City

11 hours ago, BCFC Grim said:

Anyone who likes to appreciate good goals, just tune in and see Romas second goal tonight. Catch it from the beginning. Great play from Tammy.

That was a thing of beauty

2 hours ago, MarcusX said:

I don't understand this, have there been lots of players who haver refused to go abroad or do foreign teams just not rate our players as highly as we do? That plus the "English Tax" that inflates the value probably better looking elsewhere

I suspect up until the last 20 years or so countries like Italy (where the big cash was) saw our players as ‘strong / physical’ but technically not very good. I was watching a repeat of the ‘Gazzeta Football Italia’ story last night and they said much the same. Now I’m not saying there wasn’t the odd good player e.g. Gaza, just that they weren’t the norm. I’d also throw in the general ‘inability’ / desire in this country to try and learn a different language, as perhaps an additional barrier?

Since, say, 2000 the money even journeymen can earn here is probably more than almost anywhere else, even if this coincided with production of more desirable technical players. Plus as you say transfer fees from English clubs made those players too expensive. However it has probably got to the point now with competition for places at top clubs in particular, that players like Tammy / Sancho are looking abroad for game time.

Always pleased when British players get out of their comfort zone and try and widen their horizons. Seems to be becoming more of a option these days.