Bazooka Joe

You realise most people on this forum are probably hopeless at keeping secrets. Maybe better to keep whatever you know to yourself. Though I'm curious how you got to the bottom of all this.

What a stupid question. Everyone knows that there's only one team in Bristol !

Let me guess. If you told us, you'd have to kill us.

Not the best ref in the world, but he certainly helped to give us a game to remember.

Mbappe is a hat-trick hero and still ends up on the losing side. And to make matters worse . . . . he's going to get the boot !

It is somewhat Penographic.

Not surprised. He doesn't do very much. Bit like Chris Martin.

I'll raise my Carlsberg Elephant Extra Strong to that.

Croquet ?

What a bore-fest. Still waiting for some decent action.

Mmm... bappe !!! Golden boot (?) and a hat. . . . trick

Looks like the pen is mightier than who scored in this game.

Okay. okay, Messi is pretty bloody good, no argument there. But how would he fare against Andy KIng? Now answer me that !

Looks like Messi might be Argentina's Messi -ah !

Johnson out !

Thinking about those two free-kicks in the first half, where we tried to do something clever instead of getting the ball into their box, and badly cocked it up. Why do our players keep gettong it so terribly wrong? Either these "rehearsed" free-kicks simply don't work or our players are totally incapable of implementing the coaching they've received. By the way, I'm not just suggesting we should have pumped a high ball into the box for the giant Souttar to head away. But, even that would have been better than what eventually transpired.

Spot on. Pace and intensity were required to stretch Stoke's defence and create more chances than we did. Unfortunately, Martin is a slug (who gets paid more than what most fans think he's worth or what we can now afford). He is lethargic and rarely moves faster than gentle-jogging or walking pace, He doesn't win the heading duels he's expected to and he can't hold off or intimidate defenders. I expect better from Pearson with regard to team selection and tactical substitutions. Against a team like Stoke, you need Atkinson at the heart of the defence. King was never a centre-back and can't suddenly be transformed into one.

At that very moment Stoke knew they had won the game. And our long-suffering fans knew it was time to head off home.

King is not a Centre Back. An experiment going badly wrong at the moment.

We're targeting Jagielka. They're targeting King. It'll probably be the same in the second half. So far, great goal for us and soft gifted/speculative goal for them.

Why? . . . . why? . . . why? Give them a rendition of "Drink up thy zider" in return.

Not the dreaded red button. Don't tell sleepy Joe Biden.

Long time since we had a fearless striker. Fortune favours the brave.

Probably Shepton Mallet Prison. Like bees round a honeypot. Like flies (bluebottles) around a turd.

Who cares ! Three points. Scrappy Days !