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Am sure there's a Bowie quote about nostalgia for things that never were.

This has taken the shine right off '66 for me. Watched the game again last night, think the Russian linesman got it wrong, the ball didn't cross the line.

If you like travel & food, it's a good watch. I might be wrong, he may be a right mardy sod in real life!

I think it'd genuinely who he is.

I really like Phil!

It was a great day, but the complete lack of jeopardy with the result made the match a bit anti climatic didn't it? Even when we beat Bradford by 6 to go up, we had a few minor scares early on!

Absolutely agree it's down to the individual. I'm immensely proud of my children, I would expect all parents to feel the same. If I'm proud of the great things this country has done, should I also be ashamed of its atrocities? Or is it pick n mix & I just consider the bits I like? Here's a fun thing, when people say they're proud to be British, you often find out they don't like Scots or the Welsh. So they're proud to be English but they don't like Scousers, Manc's or Brummies. So then they're proud of Bristol but (quite rightly) not the Rovers bits.

Ok, so what does a nation flag signify? Each to their own, I support our sports teams but i don't really get the whole issue of national pride. We had no choice, we just happened to be born here. We could have been born anywhere & we'd have felt the same about there as here.

I genuinely don't understand how one can be proud of a flag (unless they'd personally designed/made it).

Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths

Stoke city centre is incredibly bleak. Makes the most run down commercial area of Bristol look like Oxford St.

As someone who is a no's man Pop, I thought you'd notice the phrase "a small %"! Totally agree about the unnecessary sacking of Nige which has of course amplified things. However, I maintain there are a small % that will instantly want / not want whoever is the new boss & they'll struggle to remove their bias. Unless of course they appoint Holloway & we can all agree its the end of the world.

Whether Liam lasts 5 more minutes or 5 more years, this is what will happen when we appoint his replacement; A small % will instantly dislike the replacement & will find it hard to shake that, whatever he does. On balance this group will be proved right, most of our managers fail. Another small % will be totally pro the new replacement (either as they really like him or his type). These 2 small groups will make a lot of noise & drown out the majority who'll generally support the new bloke as him doing well makes their Saturdays much more fun. I've already covered my bases with fiver each on Frank Lampard & Mark Robins to be our next boss #itk

Wow, what a woman.

Get rid now, appoint Coppell but allow to start in the Summer after he's been to Thailand to see his son.

I often think a team is vulnerable when the games almost too easy for then. Liverpool should be out-of sight.

There used to be a poster on here called Tactical Genius.

I'll renew. I don't class myself as a super fan, but its my club, irrespective of the team/coach/board. Someone the other day said that not going had improved their mental health. I'm lucky that I don't have any health issues, but the 90 mins at Ashton Gate is 1 of the few times I completely switch off & am just in the moment. Even when it's rubbish, it's only football & not stressful compared to other things in life.

And Stones... The Blue Aeroplanes

I'd wager Pompey will have a serious crack at getting in the Prem before we do.

No Williams or James is a worry.

Agree with lots but not this bit. The media work is under scrutiny because of the results. Monotone, duplicitous, robotic etc would all be fine if we were winning all the time. I reckon I've been reading the forum 20ish years & struggle to recall many positive threads about the managers pre/post match press interviews when the team is doing badly.

His communication style is fine. His results are the problem. If we'd won the last 10 & his interviews were as they are now, he be lauded as a genius & anyone that dared criticise him would be derided as a fool.

Spot on. There's a great gig on Sky Arts currently.

The reason the finance option is over 9 & not 10 payments is that Steve wants Jon to really stretch himself on his maths skills.