Red Exile

I'm not convinced that getting rid of Brian Tinnion is the solution, although the last couple of performances suggest there certainly is a problem.

I think might we have to accept, after so many years of frustration, that the 'Bristol Sport' priority is building the portfolio - bricks and mortar, the 'Sporting Quarter', whilst doing no more than building the 'potential' of the component sports clubs. But not realising it. On the football side both the men's and women's teams could be sold to an investor with the 'potential' to go higher, yet always lack what is really needed to compete at the highest level. Just as long as neither are relegated I suspect that fits the Bristol Sport group objectives perfectly.

36 minutes ago, The Coach said:

I made the comments a couple of weeks ago but imagine next year when Wrexham overtake us with two Canadian owners who had zero knowledge of football prior to taking over a few years ago.

I can't quite get my head around Oxford - Oxford! - a club on my doorstep whose fans I've made sympathetic pitying noises to for many, many years, playing in a half finished ground to crowds half ours at best, a club not owned by one of the richest men in the land - somehow sit 10 places above us! That'll take some getting used to!

I'm at the point where I expect nothing from the game itself - the excitement of the Millwall finale or Blackburn and Southampton or West Ham last season is lovely, but not what I expect. When it comes to the match I am indeed apathetic, the action on the pitch has been dull/disappointing for several years. What I enjoy is the journey and the ritual of a match, home or away...I'm mildly excited about a trip to Swansea and have the train booked for Preston.

As for City's on-field prospects, I can't see us having another exciting season until we've been relegated and are going from promotion from the third tier...again!

8 minutes ago, Calculus said:

Manning was chosen to produce a team to deliver what the Chairman and Technical Director wanted. Don't expect to see them holding their hands up. Sadly think LM will be with us for a while yet - unless others admit they've no idea what they're doing (which they haven't).

It'll be the last days of LJ revisited - so I think you're correct. 18 months I reckon. 

I mean. What to say. This is simply unacceptably poor. It’s all down to Manning. No one had ever heard of him. He has zero personality- a bold hire that’s been questioned almost from off. Terrible. Going nowhere. Players booked for diving. Ugly stuff. 

 

This reeks of relegation. We’ve got a decent squad. You wouldn’t know it. Pity we didn’t hire John Eustace! 

Sorry to say that we look like precisely the sort of hit and hope - and just a little bit dirty - side that I can’t abide. What on earth is going on?! Shapeless mess. Surely this isn’t part of a plan. We’re not playing to any of our supposed strengths. The players look confused and second best. Men against boys all over the pitch. Abysmal. Lucky to still be in this match. Manning has work to do!

Blimey. We look absolutely awful! Weeks ‘on the grass’ and serving up this tosh. Long ball hit and hope is what it looks like. We’ve surely not signed Bird and Twine to play that. If there’s a pattern it’s lost on me. 

3 minutes ago, The Coach said:

Blackburn in control opening 8 mins.

They look well prepared- frankly we don’t. 

40 minutes ago, Wanderingred said:

The first two were impossible to keep hold of, their heads were turned by the riches of the Premier League. We didn’t “get rid of them”

Weimann was one of the most criticized players last season, and people were often moaning about him being past it. James will be a loss for sure.

More to the point, how on earth can you write off all of our new signings like you have after four games?

What I wrote was 'sold or got rid of almost all the players with flair, spirit and profile, and replaced them with unproven hopefuls from the lower leagues'. I'm not running the football club, I'm just watching. We've lost some excellent and experienced players and replaced them with largely unproven at this level. Not writing anyone off. 

FWIW I was a great fan of Andi Weimann, had much to offer and has since been offering it elsewhere at better placed clubs than us. Could never understand the criticism.

13 minutes ago, Wanderingred said:

This part is nonsense, sorry.

Semenyo, Scott, Weimann, James….??

2 minutes ago, Mattredrobin said:

Think I've learnt don't give opinions on this forum I just try and look at positives....and realistically. 

Fair play - sadly 'positive' and 'realistic' don't always align with City!

14 minutes ago, Jose said:

God that last sentence is getting boring. 

Couldn't agree more. We've reached the point where Liam Manning can be judged on his own record - which he has to build here because yet again we find ourselves with a manager who has no managerial track record to speak of anywhere else. We have to take it on trust that he's widely respected as an up and coming coach, as we did with serial loser Lee Johnson. In hideous echoes of that era it looks a bit of a shapeless mess at times. 

He said that yesterday wasn't 'us'...but in Liam Manning terms what is 'us'? - beyond an aspiration, because under Manning we have rarely played with conviction for 45 let alone 90 minutes.

10 hours ago, temp said:

round and around we go to....no-where.....we are already at our destination.

Captures it perfectly. Could almost be the club motto...printed on the back of the collar.

And if you accept that as a City fan the whole experience is a lot more enjoyable!

2 hours ago, GrahamC said:

Absolute rubbish.

For all the “we’ve had a great window” stuff, we’re starting with a centre forward who runs his socks off but can’t finish to save his life & a side that looks totally devoid of goals.

Lots of pretty passing that goes absolutely nowhere.

If it wasn’t for Max we’d have lost by 5.

The Blackburn ticket arrived this morning- whether I can be bothered to follow it up with the best part of £80 getting there and back is looking unlikely on today’s showing. Hope bring wrung out of us before the end of August isn’t exactly a first but wasn’t what I was expecting!

1 hour ago, sglosbcfc said:

I remember all of the occasions mentioned above, after being prompted. Some really fantastic performances where you sometimes have to say 'well done lad' regardless of the jersey they are wearing (not including the Gas of course). Not so much the performance, but I do remember home fans clapping a goal from Eamonn O'Keefe for Blackpool against City in the 85-86 season. He was an Ireland international who scored 20+ goals in Division 3 that season. The ball was played into him with Keith Curle tightly marking him and 25 years from goal, in a split second, he turned in one direction, fooling Curle, then swivelled in the other direction and hit the ball into the top corner like a rocket, the keeper never had a prayer. I always pick that out as my 'favourite' ever goal against City (if you can have such a thing). 

I remember that one - had taken a friend to their first football match, someone who watched a lot of top flight football on TV but never actually been to a game, they were amazed that football supporters could be so generous to an opponent!

2 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Top 8, outside chance of top six now.

Not what I expect to happen but what we should expect.

Agreed - and it rekindles a bit of hope - on the strength of which I've bought a ticket to Blackburn! 

Keeping in touch with the top 6 would be a decent season for me.

Excellent first half. Dominant performance. Deserved lead. 

Oh ye of little faith! 

We have some fine players and play with ambition. Good to see. 

Wow. Fallen apart rather rapidly! Need some calm heads.

Watching from Italy. Really impressive first half. Enjoying this!

3 minutes ago, Pie Eater said:

Is there a way to refresh the ticket in Andriod, I am still seeing last seasons details as I have moved seats. Match still showing blank and 1st August

I had the same issue with my iPhone. Couldn't get the old pass with the old seat number to refresh. Turned out what I needed to do was add the new season pass using the link in the email, as if I'd never had a pass previously. All worked immediately. Last season's now only appears if I look at expired passes.

Lest anyone else is in the same position I've not received an email as yet - and despite switching on and off the auto updates the pass on my iPhone still has no matches loaded and a now out of date seat number.

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