PHILINFRANCE

My apologies. The portion in inverted commas was intended to replace/emphasise the word 'that' in my original response, the 'reasonable, considered' bit relating clearly to the post itself. I responded that, 'I thought "the original post" was quite a reasonable, considered comment.'

You posted: 'This moron over on Sagchat has summed up the thinking of their whole fanbase perfectly.' I responded that, 'I thought "the original post" was quite a reasonable, considered comment.' This was the original post on Gaschat: Think you are spot on with "Regardless of emotion, they really are a prem club in the waiting: Seems fair and reasonable to me. and I’m sure it will happen and SL knows that even one season there will change finances in the positive for them": Seems fair and reasonable to me. also last time when Windass became a Gas legend, they didn't have the infrastructure supporting them that they do now: Seems quite a fair, reasonable and considered comment to me, especially the bit about our lack of infrastructure - since rectified admirably. I am sure you can accept the bit about Dean Windass being a 'Gas Legend' was just the usual 'banter' between rival supporters, for you may recall that similar comments arose from this same forum when a certain Colin Daniel scored against Rovers: indeed, I seem to recall there were even suggestions the Mansfield 'legend' should be presented with a bottle of champagne to show our 'gratitude'. I would suggest that the Gaschat poster's view is anything but typical of their fanbase and forum.

Hmmm. I thought that was quite a reasonable, considered comment.

The poster, KP, is in fact seriously ill....

Silently I slipped the condom over my erect penis and unrolled it down the entire length of my throbbing shaft, never once losing eye contact with the beautiful woman as she stared at me in wide eyed, jaw dropping disbelief ... Then, breaking the silence, I said ... "Yes, that seems to fit alright, I'll take the whole packet please".

What a wonderful match. I am a Bath fan, but I thoroughly enjoyed watching that marvellous spectacle - and Well Done to the young lad, Lloyd, on his debut.

Did I just see Jurgen Klopp in the crowd?

I thought Bristol's winger, Protheroe?' looked young, but this latest replacement is astonishing. 18, did I hear? And he has just scored a try on his debut!

Try this one. https://www.vipboxtv.se/stream-bristol-vs-bath-live-1

A very entertaining first half. More of the same, please.

I have just realised that Nathan Hughes is playing for Bristol. That is certainly a sign of how far they have progressed. And a very promising debut - a fine try.

Nope. I just couldn't let it drop, could I, so I searched again and found the unblurred version. I don't know what to say, but I did find this 'amusing' comment: 'I refuse to be put off #pringles just because of #daniellelloyd . Though I will draw the line at dipping them in sour cream now...and once a month SALSA! Period! #WagathaChristie'

I believe the investigation in to this is ongoing, but were Saracens also the club that employed players' wives and girlfriends on fantastic salaries for dubious administrative positions and the like?

Precisely, which is one reason I am crossing my fingers for Friday evening. It does irk me - cricket is the same - that rugby teams seem to be almost penalised for their success. I know many of us on this forum like to knock Surrey (cricket), but they, along with Yorkshire, deserve some praise for performing well every season when it seems most of their squad are absent on international duty.

And, thinking of Friday's match, don't Bath still have four or five players out in Japan?

Coming soon. 'But it was only November....'

I suspect it is more of an ex-pat thing, but I found (many years ago) that Hash House Harriers was an excellent group for both socialising and fun running. I daresay there is a local HHH group in or around Bristol.

Slarti, Think of Miss Taylor.

You probably won't remember this Bert ?, but, one Autumn Sunday afternoon back in the late 1960s/very early 1970s, a year or two before you died if I remember correctly, together with a Rovers supporting friend of mine I went out collecting conkers in the fields near to your lovely house in Frenchay - obviously, I didn't know at that time you lived there. Unfortunately, my over-enthusiastic Rovers friend decided, somewhat unwisely as it turned out, to throw a rather large branch in to one of the conker trees, and when, unsurprisingly, the branch fell back down, it did so via his head, resulting in lots of blood and tears. We made our way to one of the afore-mentioned houses to seek assistance and the charming lady who answered the door to your house, said she would ask her husband to attend to us and called out to you to help. Fortunately, and despite me singing for this on many occasions, you had not gone to Vietnam, and drove my friend and I to the A&E ward of the nearby Frenchay hospital, from where you telephoned my friend's parents and waited until they arrived to take care of their son. I never really got the chance before, but should now like to thank you and apologise for spoiling your Sunday afternoon so many years ago.

They certainly were. There was a really lively rivalry back in the 1970s. I know we all like to mock our blue friends on this thread, especially these last few years, but I do sort of miss those 1970/80 years.

I thought this was sort of wryly amusing: 'Hey Rebekah. How's Jamie holding up through all this? Is it affecting his head? Only I have him in my fantasy football team and I was wondering if you think I should drop him for a few weeks.Thanks in advance' Unfortunately, despite a thorough search, I was unable to find any suitable link to Danielle and her Pringles.

I was about 10 or 11 years old at the time and a mad keen City fan. The late Stuart Taylor used to provide some part-time coaching for our boys team, the majority of whom were Rovers fans, and, knowing I was a City fan, he used to tease me along the lines that he used to play for City, but left them because they were not very good and decided to join Rovers - cue laughter and more teasing from my teammates. Given my age at the time, coupled by the fact I was probably in awe of him, I am sure I would most likely have believed him had he told me that, not only did he play for City, but that he actually scored more goals than the late, great John Atyeo. The reason I mentioned the fact he used to play for City was simply that, reminiscing about the demise of a local sportsman, a wonderful gentleman and, from my personal experience, a man who gave up a lot of his free time to coach me and my young teammates, I recalled something he told me 50 years ago. I am sorry if I confused the true facts of his early playing career, but perhaps I had just a little tear in my eyes when I was posting.

And something else I also found out today, he used to manage the Beaufort Arms!

As I mentioned in my earlier post, Stuart Taylor started his career with City and this was, indeed, as an amateur, before he went on to play for one of my former clubs, Abbotonians. I only know he once played for City as he used to tell (tease ?) me when I was a promising young (schoolboy) footballer that, if I practised hard, I might be good enough one day to play for his former club, City, but probably not for his current club ? . Interestingly, although I only found this out today, he scored his first goal for Rovers in a cup game against City.

Unfortunately, Stuart Taylor, a long-serving centre half for our blue friends during the late 1960s and 1970s has passed away. Many of the younger posters on this thread will probably never have heard of him, but I had the pleasure of meeting him on more than one occasion, and I can assure you all he was a most charming man, a perfect gentleman. Believe it or not, Stuart actually started his career playing for Bristol City. RIP.