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  5. The Open St Andrews

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    1 hour ago, Red Army 75 said:

    Great to see the open back at the home of golf. Could be some low scores this year as the wind doesn’t look that strong according to the forecast. Fancy Rory this year . Fitzpatrick is obviously in form and would also like Fleetwood to be up there. But would love to see Tiger win it but I doubt it

    Who do you think will win it

    I also think Rory will be up there. Will Fiztpatrick have a hangover after his win? I hope not, that bunker shot was pure genius. Those are my two I hope to win.

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  6. New shirt

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    I'm talking bollox

    On 08/07/2022 at 18:53, James54De said:

    That’s not how dalle works. I’ll go as far to say this is fake, and a strange thing to do at that. 

    Neither, it appears, does @phantom

     

  8. All things Bristol Bears

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    5 hours ago, Sleepy1968 said:

    CREDIT/DEBIT CARD FOUND AT ASHTON GATE

    One of my family picked up a credit/debit card (not sure which) walking through the car park/marina dolman way this morning (16/4/2022). It belongs to a lady with initials "GM". I guess it's likely to have been dropped during the rugby last night, hence I'm postiung here. The card was handed to a member of the Brsitol Sport cleaning staff who said she would pass it on to the security team so it should be retrievable if required.

    I would be grateful if some kind soul could repost (or link) this message to a Bears fans forum for maximum exposure. I'm quite happy to do this myself if someone could point me in the right direction of their main forum.

    Thanks very much.

     

     

    https://m.rugbynetwork.net/boards/list/s100.htm

     

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  11. All things Bristol Bears

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    8 hours ago, Slacker said:

    Thanks muchly.I tried to buy two tickets online and they wanted £5 each to print them as I don't have a printer.£10 to print two tickets? Disgraceful!

    I think you can use your phone, my mates done that before and there were six of us

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  16. Defence - good individuals but not a good unit

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    3 hours ago, Davefevs said:

    Out of interest where are some of you picking up Nige's tactical instructions from in such detail....or are we interpreting fingers / signs?  Or is someone sat just behind him listening hard?

    I saw him signal using his fingers at least twice 4-4-1-1 even putting one finger behind the other to make it clear.

    I was sat in W15

  17. Defence - good individuals but not a good unit

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    Just now, Davefevs said:

    Hypocrite alert coming up!!!

    For me Saturday was a clash of formations.  @And Its Smithsaid Nige set up up wrong pre game, before he knew how we were playing but soothsayer that he is (?) he ended up being right imho.

    Against a team like Barnsley who play a high line, the diamond has no room to operate.

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    Ignore the pitch markings on the graphic, but just look at Weimann, no space to operate in generally, and wasted. When we don’t have the ball, Barnsley got the ball to Kitching (5) or Andersen (6) who had un-pressured passes to Williams (2) and Brittain (7).  Iseka (11) and Cole (44) kept Tanner and Pring occupied, and their 2 WBs had the freedom of AG.  When Massengo tried to press Kitching on his own, Williams just gave a different angle and now Massengo out if the game too.  That was where his inexperience and slight ill-discipline came in.  On the other side Bakinson didn’t get dragged out, but also offered nothing to support Pring.

    With the ball, especially with Bentley our FBs were stopped by their side forwards, but between Kalas, Atkinson and James coming deep we should’ve been able to create room to play out from the back.  Push Tanner and Pring high, drag Iseka and Cole with them, leaving Woodrow on his own against TK, RA and MJ.  Or if their 3 forwards stayed central, we then chip balls out to our FBs.

    Ultimately we got it wrong with and without the ball.  Bar a few 3rd man runs from Weimann (which got him 2 goals) he was completely nullified.  Thank god for those couple of bits of quality, one of which was by Kalas stepping into midfield and breaking their structure with a good pass, and then a clever one-two.  Training ground stuff.

    Pre-game I thought it might be 433.

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    In this set up, Barnsley cannot get any of their CBs on the ball.  Collins (GK) can chip balls out to the WBs, but once we know which wing it is going to we can quickly adjust to that side of the pitch.  If it goes to Brittain, Bakinson goes across to challenge / close him, James picks up Moon (15), Massengo picks up Gomes (17), we don’t need to worry about Williams at LWB when the ball is on the opposite wing.  We have a 4v3 at the back.  Happy days.

    With the ball things do become a bit more difficult to play out, but if James drops in, Moon or Gomes need to go with him, meaning Massengo and Bakinson will attract Brittain or Williams infield.  Guess what, room then in behind them.  Easy…well in theory, but that should have been part of a plan to move them about.

    We actually went 442 for part of the second half, but as Martin was knackered, it meant they had 3 CBs to play around 2 forwards (one of which was tired), so they exploited being able to either move the ball forward with their side CBs, or able to launch the ball forward with no pressure.  Brittain and Williams gambling high up, create a 5v4 on our back line in effect.

    I was disappointed by this.

    I know Nige says he is focussing more on us at the mo’ because we aren’t executing ourselves, but I really hope this wasn’t blasé opposition analysis.

    So, a game where our formation v their formation caused us lots of problems, but even in the diamond, there were still ways to exploit their 343, we just didn’t spot them….they came by chance I reckon.

    Guess what, another opponent with wingbacks tomorrow - Birmingham.  They play a 352 so a different set of problems / opportunities.

     

    I saw Nige telling them to go 4-4-1-1 in the second half, whether they did or not is another question but I have my doubts as there was no cover on the right of midfield at all.

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  18. Jeff Stelling - leaving Soccer Saturday end of the season

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    57 minutes ago, WessexPest said:

    True story - she presented me with my degree. :)

    Stelling is a consummate broadcaster and whoever gets the nod to replace him I’m certain they’ll be compared unfavourably to him.

    I just hope it’s not the awful Kelly Cates. Cannot stand her. 

    You got yours at Exeter then?

    I know this as my ex did the same. I got so excited, saying 'its Floella Benjamin!!!!!!' unfortunately she had no idea who I was so excited about as she is Spanish ?

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  21. Ryder Cup 2020

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    Just now, And Its Smith said:

    Would love too but simply don’t have the time. Hopefully Next year I can start playing properly again. If one gets started I might be able to join then.

    Playing in a casual pro am tournament next week and on my team is a pro who has played in the British Open. I’ve played one round in 18 months…it’s going to be embarrassing!! 

    Societies are not about how good you are, it's the social side hence the name which makes it fun.

  23. Ryder Cup 2020

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    20 minutes ago, Bs4Red said:

    I really like him, innovating the game. Real good player and gets a rough time off the media. 

     

    Respect the Americans, they been excellent today. 

    Anyone budding golfers ever fancy a round give me a shout

    I'll PM you

  25. Watching the game with a pint.

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    8 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/sep/24/ban-on-football-fans-drinking-alcohol-while-watching-in-stadiums-could-be-lifted?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

    Good idea or a bad one?

    Its works with terracing but is a pain in the arse with seeting. Its what has stopped me from going to the Bears so much as you're constantly up and down for people either going to the loo or getting a refill.

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