Merrick's Marvels

Now that's the way to do it - a proper grown up performance and result. Well done to all concerned.

Does he???? I genuinely don't know but would be amazed if they've moved from London. Why make the commute to watch the team you support in West london longer than it has to be??? Cheap gag aside, do you know he's moved the family to Bristol or are you guessing? My guess would be they live as far away from the Blue Few that they possibly can

Sorry, I'm with you now - you're on about 75/76 (was confused by the IKEA reference)? So yes, that was just about the last time they had a 5 figure average home gate (may have had one a season or two later as well - used to know a website where you could look up this sort of junk but I'm beggared if I can think of it now).

Not sure that's correct. They may have got more than 10K for that one derby game you refer to but they haven't had an average home gate over a whole season of £10K or more since the 1970s. That's a whole FORTY YEARS of piss poor attendances - 7, 8 or 9K averages and in the year they left Eastvile it was 6-something. We didn't coin the phrase The Blue Few for nothing.

suck it up gAsshole

So he's saying there's a correlation between training facilities and results on the pitch, then provides an example to back up his argument which proves the opposite. Genius! (If Bury use Man City's old facilities why are they bottom of the league, sh*tferbrains?!) All he's doing is looking for excuses now their progress has stalled rather than admit he's run out of ideas. This was always going to be his acid test - getting Salisbury promoted or a club the size of Rovers out of non league is one thing but how was he going to handle the pressure when things weren't going his way? Not very well, at the moment. Long may it continue.

They've not managed an average home gate of more than 9,000 since the 1970s. So 40 years and counting since anyone gave a toss about watching them in significant numbers. Pathetic. Shitehouse. The Blue Few indeed. Go Wally Al-Khazi, do your worst. One Team.

Al-Khazi really is full of shite, isn't he? What a plum.

I'll stick with Ska Junkie's " Deluded f88kwits".

Great idea. I'll drive them there for £6M, £5M, free.

They've done whatwhatwhatwhatwhat!

I'm more than happy to be wrong, harry!

To be fair, that's a decent signing.

Take a bow!

Why indeed. 99% of it is horseshit, including the ramblings of thee and me.

Why put it on the internet? Mememememememememe.

Fair enough. Still not sure about filming yourself running away and then putting it on the internet though. As I said - is there no end to the meme vanity of today's yoof!?

Like his old man, Bodin has a good left foot. Is he quick enough - of thought and movement - for life in the Championship? You watch Taylor and think he ain't quick enough of either but look at the results in the last few weeks! PS. No, no, no - let's not sign any more gAssholes. Whisper it quietly but the reason for the Blue Few's recovery is down to dopey Darrell Clarke, a Coach far better at getting 100% out of the resources available to him than someone else I could mention...

Yes wasn't it lovely to see the Portaloo toilets, the pasty huts, the south "stand" or do I mean tent, the ridiculous Centenary Stand (Centenary of the Rugby Club, mind - the ground's rightful owners), that vagrant who runs around in midfield for them always raises a laugh, a Bodin finishing on the losing side... I could go on... I popped out to watch 2nd half of Spurs - Arsenal in the pub which had rather too many gAssholes in it for my liking (long story). There was a bit when, with Spurs 2-0 up, the coverage cut to Spurs supporters holding up a "Mind the Gap" banner - cue an embarrassed silence in the pub whilst silently, inside, I laughed my ass off

"Roll out the barrel, we’ll have a barrel of fun. Roll out the barrel, we’ve got the Blues on the run." Really think S82 should be booming this one out at every game! How many years is it now, gAssholes? PS. Great to see Wally Al Khazi on that video - what a top job that man is doing!

Fair enough, but he celebrates a little bit too much for my liking when they score.

Love it - a fat gass'ole actually filmed himself running away, and then put it on the internet. Is there no end to the meme vanity of today's yoof!? Pretty sure he wouldn't say "**** off Millwall" to their faces either.

Rotherham are at the Aztec Hotel & Spa - Ekstrand isn't with them. ROD is. My informant says they think they're playing "Bristol" today. This sort of thing used to annoy me but, as time goes on, it becomes increasingly obvious in all sorts of ways that there's only one team in Bristol so why say more than that!

Stop being so bloody reasonable. The internet wasn't invented for such behaviour and it gives people entirely the wrong idea about the Blue Few.

Splendid result. Cheerio carrot crunchers!