Bedminster Born And Red

Shouldn't it be the official Wycombe v Bristol Rovers thread because that's where most of us will be today (according to a Gasheads mate who is a City fan)!!

Apologies, I mis-interpreted what has happened. Even worse, though, it seems our Adminsitrators do not know the rules and didn't think to check them!! Doesn't affect me by the way as I'll be there but I can understand the frustrations of supporters when changes are made at this late stage.

The worst part of it for me is that the club "forgot" this was an issue until the Sheffield United re-arrangement came to light. I know professionals "take it one game at a time" but ffs what do the Administrator's at the club do apart from sitting on their ar$eh0le$ drinking filter coffee? This very issue was brought up in a topic on here weeks ago. And if you change the Management surely you re-visit these types of issues?

That's what I thought - old Bert has got to be on the wind up.

Is that true?

But if the Village Green thing gets overturned, we go back in for planning at some stage, and it goes through again they will be stuffed. If that's what Lansdown wants to do obviously. I'd build a sewage plant there myself or perhaps open it back up as a landfill site.

If Rovers getting their stadium sees Tesco out of pocket and with egg on their faces then I'm all for it!! Regardless of the rivalry there is room for two sporting arenas in the area (one in Bristol and one in South Glos obviously). And I'm positive that something will get built at Ashton Vale eventually - whether it's a ground for us, who knows?

You will need to if you want to make the play offs.

Portsmouth v Rovers could be a massive game.

How many points off 7th are they?!!!

Leave that to South Glos Rovers. They can still do it you know.

Must be some domination to have a whole three shots in 45 minutes!!

I agree we are still a pretty bang average side but I think most people would have taken a scenario where we need around 9 points from our last eight games about ten matches ago.

About 75 minutes!!

Sorry but I ain't having that. Any player worth his salt doesn't need an older bloke stood in front of them to "motivate" them. That comes from within and shows you exactly what sort of "characters" we have in that dressing room at the moment.

If you want to use a circus analogy I would suggest that the clowns at Bristol City are the ones who lace up their boots every week. But at least with a circus clown you get a performance worthy of the name every time. Our clowns decide for themselves when they can be "bothered" to put it in. Nothing to lose away game at third in the league? Yes, I'll give that one a go. Tough relegation six pointer away to in form side? No thanks, too much like hard work to give the 900 travelling fans a performance. The likes of Moore, El Terribly Bad, Flint, Osbourne, Pack, Gillette and Barnett must be laughing their socks off at how they escape the flak whilst Cotterill, Baldock (the one player above all others who puts it in every week whatever you think of his wages and finishing) and JET cop for the lot from you people on here.

I think the SOD v SC argument is getting a bit tiring now. They have both made mistakes bringing in poor players (El Terribly Bad being the worst example admittedly) but the fact is that we have had a squad jam packed with poor players all season. The Board started this all with the cost cutting to achieve FFFP and unfortunately BOTH of our Managers have not used the limited resources available wisely at all. Add in a bunch of players that turn up when they feel like it and you have the perfect recipe for disaster. Marlon Harewood - waste of a wage. Nicky Shorey - waste of a wage. Lewis Dunk - waste of a wage. McLaughlin - waste of a wage. Wade Elliott - waste of a wage. Simon Gillette - hardly "value for money" is he? Simon Moore - hardly "value for money" so far. Tyrone Barnett - waste of a wage. How much cash have that lot cost us this season? Four signed by SOD, three by SC and one by both. And the list goes on if you look hard enough. The problem as I see it is that SOD messed up in the vital pre-season period bringing in players that couldn't cut the mustard and Cotterill has simply repeated the same mistakes in the January window. If we go down they are BOTH responsible. But what we cannot do is let the players get away scot free whilst we attack the previous and current Managers because it is those wasters who turn up now and again but go into hiding most weeks that have been most responsible for landing us where we are. And MOST of them do not deserve to wear the red shirt. I am hanging my old hat on the fact that Pearson and then hopefully Kelly can add that bit of impetus required to keep us in League 1. Then, either way, it's mass clearout time and start again. If it means offering settlements to some of the gutless toe rags that we still have on contracts then so be it.

It's how you lose though. Mistake after mistake by the same players starts to wear thin after a while.

Reid isn't out of his depth at all. He's the only footballer we have in that department. And reading between the lines Kenny Jackett will be making a bid for him when Wolves get promoted at the end of the season.

It does. We are defensively shocking and weak in midfield. All the ingredients needed to finish in the bottom four.

Sobering thought that come August we will be closer to WESTON SUPER MARE in the football pyramid than Swansea City.

0-0 I reckon.

No, it's not like the club is £41m in debt and needs the money. And it's not like the amount of money you can spend on wages next season is based on turnover. Otherwise we'd really be in trouble.

Exactly. Don't pay lip service, stick them on the bench and then bring Howard and Foster on!! Get them out there and give something for the supporters to get behind.

I'll be more interested if they actually get out onto the pitch!!