And Its Smith

6-0 rovers! One more needed

2-0 I think

What a shit cheer. Thought they’d won a corner 

Poor from Klose, Atkinson and Scott

Seb Palmer-Houlden, another player ‘bought’ from BIC. 

1 minute ago, Davefevs said:

He enlisted the help of former Army PT Instructor Ian Eisentrager to get him up to speed.

Fair play to him if true. Shame it wasn’t enough. Hope he gets a league club. Rovers would be a great move for him. 

Just now, Davefevs said:

That’s not actually true…Louis did hit the targets set by Rennie and the medical team (source: his dad)

Hmmm 

4 hours ago, bcfc01 said:

The one thing he didn't need to work on at all was his physicality, he can put himself around.

18 minute cameo against Brentford - put one player on his arse, scored, got booked for a foul.

His fitness was an issue, big issue and his age meant he needed to catch up very quickly and he wasn't able to do that.

NP is on record saying that we can't "store" players for too long (correctly so).

But, FWIW, I don't think he was given enough attention/time, but time will tell. 

I expect he was given plenty of attention and time. He was put on a fitness programme and it would seem could not achieve the levels needed 

https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/new-pro-deals-for-academy-stars/
 

Good news

3⃣ - defenders Callum Wood and Jamie Knight-Lebel have signed three-year deals
2⃣ - goalkeeper Mac Boyd has a two-year deal
1⃣ - midfielders Tommy Backwell and Omar Taylor-Clarke and forward Seb Palmer Houlden have year-long deals

Saw Nilufer Yanya there a couple of months ago. Superb gig in a surprisingly excellent venue 

Is it finishing a season on a Saturday? Usually finishes on a Sunday unless I’m going mad 

Interesting stat from Miguel Delaney

Of Guardiola's 11 Champions League eliminations, EIGHT have seen decisive periods that were sudden collapses/flurries of goals conceded

2010 - 2 in 13 minutes
2014 - 3 in 18
2015 - 3 in 17
2017 - 2 in 8
2018- 3 in 19
2019- 2 in 3
2020- 2 in 8
2022- 3 in 6

2 hours ago, Rob k said:

How do you miss?

 

 

That still photo doesn’t do the chance justice at all. It’s not as it appears there in my opinion 

What a surprise. Not even true 

2 minutes ago, big p said:

At the time he was banging in loads of goals for the under 23's, there was also other big clubs interested.

The club refused to play him nor let him leave easily. 

 

Let’s see where he goes now then. At least one of those clubs will still want him as it was only a year ago 

1 hour ago, big p said:

The trouble is that when clubs like Sheffield United came in for him, The club wanted to add ridiculous sell on clauses, of which Sheffield United walked away. Then the kid wasn't given a real chance here, it really don't sit well with me. 

He's a real nice kid and I hope he progresses to a high standard elsewhere.

 

I highly doubt Sheffield United ever wanted him and if they did I am sure they will get him now if it’s only one year on from when they were happy to pay a fee. Hopefully I’m wrong and he gets a good move but something doesn’t add up that loads of clubs bigger than us wanted him and he ended up at Waterford and now being released. Will watch his next move with interest. 

2 minutes ago, cityexile said:

Imagine KdB watching on in the last 40 minutes or so from the bench. This City have never been as good defensively as they are playing on the front foot. Pep ‘let’s shore it up’ when he had no need to, and Stirling and Grealish added very little against a tired back line.

Difficult to understand how City lost that over the two ties, but somehow they managed it.

Ref was a complete homer as well. Shocking.

KDB was shocking tonight so not surprised he was subbed 

One team knew how to see out a game and one didn’t. All that money couldn’t buy bottle 

I saw that maradona’s shirt sold for £7m. Didn’t realise it was owned by Steve Hodge! Fair play to him!

Another season where PSG and Man City fail to win what they desperately want to win?  Looks that way 

19 minutes ago, Super said:

Game over

Some on twitter saying we’ve missed a trick here. They must think Pearson is really thick to be releasing someone who should be in our squad. Let’s see where he ends up. 

Listen to what Pearson says. Nothing to see here. Any talk of missing the bus is just shit stirring 

7 minutes ago, Roger Red Hat said:

The relevance is, how much he cost, how much his wages are, and how could any other championship club afford him without regular parachute payments.

But what is the relevance of that to what I posted originally ?

28 minutes ago, Roger Red Hat said:

How much has each  Mitrovic goal cost Fulham?

Not sure of the relevance really.  His goals have taken Fulham up twice so for a £22m outlay he has greatly assisted £250-300m coming into the club.