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46 minutes ago, Northern Red said:

They had a bit of a recruitment drive in the UK a couple of years ago which has improved their squad no end - in addition to Bobby they got Andre Gray, Jamal Lowe, Michail Antonio, Ethan Pinnock and Ravel Morrison among others.

Kasey Palmer got a call-up a couple of years ago although he only has one cap to his name so far.

Not strictly 100% true about 'improving their squad no end'. It's worth watching the show 'Captains' on Netflix about various country's vying to qualify for the last World Cup. The British based players actually caused lot of friction amongst the home-based Jamaican team (don't think our Bob was one of the messers though!) which ultimately led to a poor qualifying campaign. 

Hopefully with more time, the British based players will become more embedded and part of the team and culture of their side as they seek to qualify for the next big competition(s).

Congrats to Massengo who came on for the last 8 minutes to make his French under-21 debut. England were already 3-0 up when he came on. He did his usual passing around but looked bright, at times felt his team mates were reluctant to pass to him right away.

Wilson ready for 45 instead of Tanner?

Thanks for sharing the link. Interesting he spent 3 months with Arsenal then ended up at St Albans then Woking! Surprised he only played 297 games throughout his career, but he was mostly brilliant in his 5 years at City.

Today was City's 7th league victory this season by a margin of +2 goals, in comparison to last season where City only did this twice (in the last 3 games no less).

Not good news if James cannot recover in time. Omar Taylor-Clarke ready to start in his absence?

Fantastic signing, looking to see him flourish with every game he plays at this level. Gutted he's cup tied on Tuesday.

24 minutes ago, Harry said:

RIP Colin. 
I quite enjoyed it when he was in charge down there. Represented us well. 
 

But……where was the minutes silence today? I got to my seat just a minute before kick off and I didn’t see that we did one? 

There was an announcement over the tannoy and photo on the big screen probably about 2.50pm, was a good round of applause at this time which felt fitting.

Recall especially the hard work and passion he showed with the Ashton Vale project. RIP Colin.

Gutted for Rob after forcing himself back in. Hope he recovers well in good time. Time for Kalas to step up and show his worth.

6 hours ago, Davefevs said:

I thought Tiehi was excellent in CM for them, seemed to be everywhere.  That’s a helluva pick up on loan.

No.22 was excellent, I agree.

https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/football/wigan-athletic-boss-relaxed-on-christ-tiehi-signing-situation-3979803

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Tiéhi

Interesting career path so far, with stints in France, English non-league and Czech Republic. Seems Toure was the pulling factor with the Wigan move. Above article indicates a £800k permanent deal if Wigan survive the drop, based on what I saw, that looks a good fee to me.

Get in. Now please hold on.

Touching tribute, credit to City and the players and staff who made it an memorable moment. I think Baker was quite emotional and didn’t want the limelight by being on the microphone. All the best for the future, Nathan.

10 minutes ago, Super said:

I don't think anyone really thought it was going to be the First Team did they?

https://www.bristolbearsrugby.com/news/bears-set-for-historic-south-africa-xv-clash/ Hmm.

Just realised the South Africa side for next week's game is an 'A' side, with South Africa playing Italy on the Saturday. Little sneaky their promoted and charged significant fees for potentially a mixed side of seniors and development players?

Get in! Williams first City goal. Hope he can score a few more.

2 hours ago, Jerseybean said:NP pre-match thoughts:

Officials: Referee Leigh Doughty, assisted by Craig Taylor and Greg Read, the fourth official is Keith Stroud.

Bad news. https://www.pnefc.net/news/2022/october/match-preview-bristol-city-a/ Stroud now in charge of the whistle.

January loan option to a League 2 club or maybe a National League club be better as you can control the loan length with NL teams, I believe?

35 minutes ago, pongo88 said:

Possibly,  but I’m not sure about that. If Ashton Vale had been designed properly, and I can’t remember the plans, a stadium of 30k ish wouldn’t have looked much bigger than Ashton Gate’s current lopsided redevelopment of 26.5k ish. It could have had more two tier stands with the away supporters placed in the top tier of one of them. With crowds of 20k the lower tiers would have been full every match creating a good atmosphere. Can any remember what the proposed Ashton Vale stadium plan looked like? 

Yeah, I think you're right. Was the plan to add a tier on each of the end stands to bring it to 42k in the event of the World Cup stadium hosts?

Anyway, back to Sunderland, well done fans for virtually selling out. Should be a great atmosphere despite some fans being on holidays (that's why I pre-booked my holiday from Sunday's date!).

Come on City, hold on for the bloody point.

24 minutes ago, 77 punk said:

huddersfield are amazing  ,to have one premier season and chance of a second.

They survived their first year in the PL, finishing 16th. Finished bottom in their 2nd year.

Corberán is doing a fantastic job there, surprised Leeds didn't try for him.

Truly devastating news. RIP Shane.

Found it very touching. Well done all.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983–84_Football_League#Fourth_Division

4th (last automatic spot) in 83-84 Division 4?

Edit: oh yes, sorry, promotion to Division 2 in 89-90.

Crazy prices. Barely missed 5-10 home matches in 22 years including all cup home games but cannot justify those prices for this match. Was expecting £15 max for Dolman Central.