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  2. James and Williams

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    1 hour ago, And Its Smith said:

    Fans suffer from recency bias as well.  There was a time recently where Williams played two good games in a row and there were numerous calls to sign him up. That was a while ago so now it’s let’s sign James. But if James had had two bad games in a row recently it would be let him go. We are all biased to recent events. Hopefully the club look at it over a longer term 

    @GrahamC you are confused at this but 6 weeks ago you didn’t mind who we kept out of Williams and James. Now you only want to keep Williams if we don’t keep James.  Recency bias 

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  3. James and Williams

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    Fans suffer from recency bias as well.  There was a time recently where Williams played two good games in a row and there were numerous calls to sign him up. That was a while ago so now it’s let’s sign James. But if James had had two bad games in a row recently it would be let him go. We are all biased to recent events. Hopefully the club look at it over a longer term 

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  4. All my dreams come true… (Presser) - Merged

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    24 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

    Thats some strong language youve used there which im not sure is helpful.

    Why should I as a fan of Bristol City accept that we've gone backwards because of the decisions they have made? Why should I not hold them account because my pre season expectations of improvement have not been met? 

    Why should I just sit in a corner and remain silent? 

    How are you holding them to account by posting on a forum?

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  6. James and Williams

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    I would assume James wants two years. The art of aging players is knowing when to walk away from them. I think James warrants one more year but I’d be nervous about the second year if he’s on £15k or more.  I was worried about the Wells renewal for the same reason and I think it will prove to be one year too many for him. 

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  7. All my dreams come true… (Presser) - Merged

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    15 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

    "Its not going to be an over night thing where you can parachute in to somewhere and bish bash bosh everything totally changes and you start winning every week and you go from mid table to top 6, it doesn't happen over night, it takes time" 

    It was their bloody brief to come in and change things quickly! I'm not buying into another 'project'

    It wasn’t their brief at all.  That was just Jon Lansdown talking shit 

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  9. Championship Players/Managers of the Season

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    13 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

    Ng's inclusion surprised me initially but I though back to our games against Cardiff and recalled that he was pretty influential. Then I checked stats and he's basically the highest-rated RB in the division both in terms of attacking and defending, so fairplay to him.

    Who would you have over Hladky? Hermansen? 

    I’d have a fair few over Hladky.  I assume goalkeeper scores get hugely weighted by distribution 
     

    Hermansen and Rushworth for sure. 

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  10. Championship Players/Managers of the Season

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    5 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

    Given we've started taking votes for our end of season awards I wondered who out there was thought of as being up for the wider Divisional awards. I don't watch every team forensically but will suggest a few to get the conversation started.

    Manager of the season - I think there are two stand out candidates: McKenna and Cifuentes. McKenna has a League 1 squad sitting on 87 points with 18 still to play for. Ipswich have been electric and have kept going until the end of the season and through the full 90 in every game. I expected them to collapse in the winter, and fairly they have not done so.

    But I think there's a better candidate - Cifuentes. Good lord the miracle he's worked with a trainwreck QPR squad is remarkable. When he took charge on Halloween 2023 they were 23rd with 8 points from their first 14 games. They are now 16th with 46 points. The quick-minded will swiftly note that this means that in the 26 matches Cifuentes has managed, they've gained a stonking 38 points - 1.46ppg. Had the season started on 31 October when Cifuentes took charge, QPR would be 9th.

    Notable mention to Danny Rohl at Sheff Wed who has overseen almost as good a renaissance (36 points from his 29 games in charge 1.24 ppg), but it's not quite the transformation that Cifuentes has managed.

    Player of the season - The stats show Szmodics as top scorer with 23 and he's been involved in 41% of Blackburn's goals, Summerville tops both FotMob's and Whoscored's overall ratings and has a respectable 17 goals himself, Dewsbury-Hall has been exceptional for Leicester, and Armstrong has been very productive for Southampton. Jack Clarke at Sunderland has been key to their season, and Sara at Norwich has been fantastic. Further down the division or further back in the formations there's players like Coventry's Sheaf, Davis at Ipswich, Whittaker at Plymouth, and even someone like Chair at QPR could be in the conversation.

    Young Player of the season - Caveat, I am not about to waste time checking who was 21 on July 1 2023, so this is just players who are currently aged 22 or younger. Also, I refuse to allow a player to win both YPOTY and POTY - so Summerville is in the chat for POTY, and if he gets that then as far as I'm concerned he cannot get YPOTY. They're separate categories for a reason.

    Anyway, it doesn't look like a vintage year for young players (maybe everyone had a good tilt at the U18 FA Youth Cup). However,  Summerville's teammate Rutter is a standout candidate as he's had a spectacular season. Philogene is fun to watch, has a swagger, and has delivered with 8 goals and 6 assists this term. Rowe at Norwich is just 20 and has handed in 12 goals in just shy of 2,000 minutes, which is pretty impressive at that age.

    I don't know, YPOTY would be one where I'd be interested to hear opinions.

    For what it's worth, here's whoscored's current team of the season. The omission of Szmodics is probably the most interesting item, but the team is caveated by the fact they stick to a pretty rigid 442.

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    Definitely McKenna for manager of the season.  Hard to argue with that Whoscored team really. Would be splitting hairs…apart from Hladky. Wouldnt have him as the best keeper this season. 

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  11. Indie band hunt from circa 2010

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    4 hours ago, conalhughes said:

    Can anyone remember a local indie band that played the local venues i.e Fleece and Ferkin circa 2010ish? Bit of a Liam Gallagher style lead singer, can't remember their name and it's annoying me.

    Any of these?

    Coasts, Cuban Heels, The Playwrights, Diego

    cant think of anyone else 

  14. FA Youth Cup - Match Thread

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    5 minutes ago, LondonRobin said:

    Right missed this - those of you watched top 3 who do you think has the best chance of making it to first team

    There’s the lad on the bench who’s only 16 that Tinnion says is the next big thing.  Apart from him the best for me from the bits I’ve watched are James, Campbell-Slowey, Phillips, Nelson, Meerholz and Morrison. 

  19. FA Youth Cup - Match Thread

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    4 minutes ago, LocoPal said:

    I think it is this ... players dropping like flies 🫣 so this will be tough, but giving a good account of themselves.

    Had the best chances too, despite being a bit more direct than Man C

     

    1 Duncan

    2 James

    3 Anderson - Subbed for 16 Bak

    4 Hewlett (c)

    5 Campbell-Slowey

    6 Ali - Subbed by 14 Davies

    7 Nelson

    8 Meerholz

    9 Yeboah

    10 Phillips

    11 Morrison - Subbed for 15 Filer

    Nelson went off not Morrison 

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