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I am sure his stock has risen, as it would do understandably for any striker who scores 20 goals in one season, as I am sure it will. Stoke is not that far from Solihull - I understood AW and his family were all living happily in Bristol, by the way - but he chose Bristol this summer, and long may it continue.

He was available in the summer on a free transfer (he was out of contract) and was apparently offered a two year deal with Stoke, which he declined in favour of a three year deal here on a reduced salary. He stated that he never wanted to leave - he, his wife and family are happily settled in Bristol - so what makes you think that, on the basis of a single (hopefully, but very likely) 20 goal season, a club is going to pay a relatively large transfer fee (when he was available for free a few months ago), and offer him the lengthy contract (two years minimum) with commensurate salary to tempt him?

Well Done, and hopefully you will receive some other good news soon closer to home.

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You might be being a little harsh there. From WIKI. In 1990, when Nelson Mandela declined to meet the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on a trip to London, a greatly offended Dicks asked, rhetorically, "How much longer will the Prime Minister allow herself to be kicked in the face by this black terrorist?" As an MP and a member of the Conservative Family Campaign, Dicks left a legacy as a critic of high-profile HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns at the time of the emergence of the disease in the 1980s. Frequent controversial jokes furthering these opinions and others – such as suggesting "tell 'em that if you shove your willy up someone's bum you're going to catch more than a cold" as a central message of the government's HIV/AIDS campaign (instead of encouraging gay men to use condoms). Ridiculing a Somali refugee family buying water in a London supermarket, saying "where they come from they're happy to drink out of puddles"

A fortunate early solution today, which just goes to show how Wordle can be very much hit or miss. Wordle 276 3/6 ?? ???? ?????

An interesting word, bigoted, but why do you use it to comment on this post/thread? I should be interested to know where you see bigotry in an amusing post about the late Norman Hunter’s penchant for hard, sometimes extremely hard/bordering illegal tackles.

Strange memories? As I mentioned, I was convinced it was a pleasant Spring evening ?.

And where does Atkinson fit in? Possibly my MoM on Saturday, and certainly seems to be improving after his injury.

Oh absolutely. I am sure there will be no toys thrown out of any pram, I was just observing that he must be understandably disappointed to be dropped after scoring twice in his previous game. As you say, though, I am sure he knows his place - just as long as we don't get his father/close family members on here complaining, as has been known in previous cases when promising forwards have been dropped or sent on loan ?.

Palmer-Houlden dropped to the bench to make way for Conway and Sam Bell. I understand the thinking, but he must be disappointed.

Yep, that certainly appears to be the game to which I was referring. Midweek evening game, late Gary Shelton winner, but, as would seem evident from the clip, not the typically bright Spring evening that I recall. It is strange, though, as I remember driving there after work, parking close to the ground and, I was convinced, strolling to the ground in early evening sunshine, stopping for a pint on the way. I was sitting in one of the stands, so perhaps it started raining during the game?

He did score a late winner away to Brighton, but it was a midweek game and quite a pleasant evening, not raining as far as I recall.

I'm also on a stream, a slight bit behind, and suddenly saw there had been 17 new posts. I feared the worst, but luckily Nahki Wells came good.

Try this one. http://sportsnest.co/a-bristol-city-vs-west-bromwich-albion/ Good Luck.

And @Sixtyseconds responding in his Haiku style to disagree with whatever it is you posted.

OK, call me cynical, I prefer pragmatic, but I am now more convinced than ever that the JB case is going to die a death. We will all have our views as to the general circumstances, but, unless I am mistaken, none of us on this thread were present on that fateful night so, by extension, none of us really know what happened. The only ‘facts’, such as have been described in the media, are that, whilst entertaining friends back in June 2021, Mr and Mrs B got involved in a drunken argument (they drank four or five bottles of wine each!?); Mrs B (presumably under the influence of alcohol) telephoned the Police on the emergency number claiming she had been assaulted by Mr B; the Police arrived and found Mrs B with a lump on her head the size of a golf ball. Apparently, Mr B was upstairs, asleep and intoxicated, when the Police arrived. When the proceedings started in Court this morning, the first thing the Prosecutor’s barrister did was to request a short adjournment as she had discovered this morning that Mrs B had written to the CPS one month ago, and followed up her letter with two E-Mails, none of which had been acknowledged. I can imagine Ms Duong, prosecuting, was both embarrassed and absolutely furious, but I am curious; not only as to why the CPS didn’t respond to Mrs B, but also why they didn’t disclose the letter to the prosecuting barrister until this morning. The cynic in me wonders whether the last thing the CPS wanted in their file was a statement from Mrs B saying that she wasn’t actually assaulted at all (by Mr B) - this is a Victimless (or evidence-based) Prosecution, after all - and, by withholding the letter until today, they hoped to just present their case to the sole District Judge – not the usual Bench – basing their evidence on Mrs B’s 999 telephone call, made whilst in drink, and the Police video. Are the CPS not obliged to present all evidence, not just that which suits them? Might the fact they declined Mrs B’s request to provide a written statement be considered an Abuse of Process? I have not seen it mentioned that Mr and Mrs Clint Hill were in Court this morning, but I can imagine the Prosecution were not best pleased to see the alleged victim of this Victimless Prosecution arrive, arm in arm with the man accused of assaulting her. Anyway, the case has now been adjourned for a second time, and I wonder, yet again, whether it is really in the public interest to proceed with this prosecution. I am not in any way condoning the alleged crime, far from it, but Mr and Mrs B are (ostensibly) living a happy family life together with their children, and I wonder whether the Court really want to proceed and perhaps find him guilty, whereby he probably loses his job; very possibly is ostracised from football, but, most importantly, suffers disruption to his family life with the resultant distress to his wife and children.

From that same thread ,which I thought was quite amusing.

One has to wonder why, not only did the CPS 'decline' to take the statement proferred by Mrs B some time ago (nor respond to her chase up mails), but why, apparently, their barrister didn't find out until this morning in Court that Mrs B had even written to the Police!

Adjourned again.

Sure, but there is big, and then there is big. I am not trying to knock the man, but I was just asking a genuine question as to whether or not he was ill.

Hmm. According to BristolLive, there is a large Press presence outside Wimbledon Magistrates Court awaiting the arrival of Joey Barton.

Well, Thanks for what, I suppose, is good news. He was certainly a fantastic goalkeeper, with a wonderful character to boot, but My Goodness - his weight has ballooned.

Talking of Big Nev, I saw a photo of him earlier. My goodness, he is absolutely huge. Does anybody know whether he is ill?

I don't think it's listed, so it would seem more like Bristol Live's Agenda Editor needs to update her agenda.