Son of Fred

4 minutes ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

Being at the wrong ground would explain why they haven't got any shots on target yet. They are shooting from 200 miles away.

Now that's what you call non direct fire

Condensed version -

Rotherham won't be coming out to play-

A turgid affair awaits.

We couldn't,could we???

31 minutes ago, City exile 79 said:

If I could afford to make my teeth 50% better than they do. I would. 
I’ve been told they look like tombstones and can’t disagree 

1 minute ago, Dastardly and Muttley said:

Well, not the English PL anyway. Maybe the SPL. Can’t help but think the continued Rangers links have substance, and as someone on the fringe of the Scottish team, that may well interest Tommy.

I don't buy into the idea that because Tommy is giving himself a chance to play international football via the Scottish route, means he will necessarily be keen to play domestically north of the border..

Tommy ain't going to be Premier League bound so maybe the grass won't be greener - or the wages that much higher.

He's no mug so he'll think long & hard about options/overall value of those options & not just monetary.

6 hours ago, LondonRobin said:

Came across this on X, today after the VAR debacle over the weekend. Interesting take. I for one would like to see VAR scrapped completely but fear now we have it it will be impossible to get rid of.

 

It's making my head hurt thinking about it...

29 minutes ago, ashton_fan said:

City top of the form table now:

https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/championship/form-guide

 

Maybe I'm pissed....

1 hour ago, Jose said:

Got forward to good effect too. I do wonder if Manning will persist with a back three next season with Vyner, Dickie and Roberts.

When Atkinson's back I'd hoik Vyner out of there...

1 hour ago, old_eastender said:

Agree Twine better, but still not worth £5m, if we could get him for £2m then yes. Remembering we have signed Stokes to play the ACM role.

Forget Stokes for now-

Needs to work plenty of oil into that wooden leg of his.

7 hours ago, Red Shadow said:

Wasn't Jeffrey Archer linked with the sags back in the day?

Clinked....

7 hours ago, Barrs Court Red said:

How bad are Everton when Jackson can get on the scoresheet. 

Next up -

Home to Forest....

3 minutes ago, petehinton said:

Tanner & Roberts CB pairing  

Could be a tricky afternoon!

On 25/11/2023 at 18:56, pongo88 said:

Can anyone write a song about Clarks pies? 

Just change "Smoke" to " Clarks Pies" - jobs a good 'un.....

19 minutes ago, Hamdon Mart said:

Last night at times was a joy to watch and although Blackburn were woeful at times, give credit to City's press forcing the errors. If the press didn't happen, then the defenders would have had time to clear

High press.........not low block ....

Cheers Nige

3 minutes ago, E.G.Red said:

It will be even more popular as its a designated family day all kids under 12 £1 (as is the Womens game on the Sunday against Man City)

Not enough..

9 hours ago, HengroveReds said:

Should we be worried someone will come in for Max in the summer?  

Currently rated top for shots saved % for Champ GK who have played over 23 games this season. 

Games Played: 41

Shots Faced: 168 

Save % 75.6 

Huge respect to Pat Mountain for sticking by him and willing to give him chance when Bentley left. 

@Davefevs any chance of a chart to compare other keepers in the league please?

Not as good as Bentley...

6 minutes ago, Mike Stone said:

I hope plans are being drawn up to give Rotherham a small section of the away end over by the Lansdown,  so we can give at least half the Atyeo to City fans.

Last games of the season are usually popular so we have a real opportunity to increase the attendance due to a very small away support.

A drop in pricing was a real opportunity...

3 hours ago, Northern Red said:

I'm not sure we've ever had a manager who was so widely considered to be dull and robotic and yet had his every word analysed to death as much.

I can't listen to it,, can't bear it-

I just read you lot dripping about it

1 hour ago, Top Robin said:

There are so many on here who are still so in love and obsessed with Pearson that they will never accept any other manager, and they will search to find any reason to criticise that new manager rather than give him a chance. Pathetic really.

 

Well, Liam will certainly get his chance- he has the summer to hone the squad & the method.

If he gets the boot before next season is done it'll be for very good reason, as Lansdown certainly doesn't like a light trigger.

We'll see how 'sensible you are if he gets the chop.

24 minutes ago, Steve Watts said:

I think that's the thing though. It's been heavily weighted to implying that "coaches win matches, players lose them" since the turn of the year at least. Three games unbeaten (and Max saving us from a tanking in two of them) may have given him a chance to relax a little, but sadly I've no faith in him to offer anything different moving forward as soon as we start to concede again. 

And yes, I accept writing him off with seemingly no chance of redemption may be harsh, but I genuinely believe his tenure has been that bad. The quicker it ends the better.

I'm seeing good ( not enough) & bad..plus a fair bit of indifferent - I'm also seeing that Liam is certainly no tactical master.

The earliest now that you could hope to wave him off will be November..

50 minutes ago, Littlesh*t said:

I'm really concerned if the clean sheets are down to coaching, our defending has been shocking at times and we literally gifted opportunities to the opposition. On another day vardy would have had a hatrick. 

Correct.....and should we continue with such "behaviours" a thumping won't be too far away.

12 minutes ago, WessexPest said:

Really hope the axe doesn’t fall on Taylor, he’s doing a glorious job. Off to have a butcher’s at what the 15ers made of this latest shambolic offering.

Enjoy!

11 minutes ago, Sweeneys Penalties said:

so "Promotion Chasing Bristol Rovers" are 9 points above the drop zone. Anyone know when this promotion push begins?

It has-

They have the page upside down..

10 hours ago, cidered abroad said:

Joe was the Spurs right back in their FA Cup game against City at White Hart Lane. In 1967.

The game for which we had five special trains direct to the station just down the road from the ground.

The game when we messed up a twice taken penalty, the ref was going to send Spurs defender Dave Mackay until City's Quigley pleaded with the ref not to do it.

And guess who scored the two Spurs goals? Answers on a postcard please.

A great day out with a wrong ending but well worth it with 54,000 in the ground, one of the biggest gates to see a City match.

RIP Joe.

Remember my dear dad telling me about his attending this match-

I asked him about Greavsie- said he didn't do much!!

22 hours ago, headhunter said:

I'm surprised that nobody has commented on the revelation [to us] that this SO important FA Youth Cup semi vs Man City did not warrant the lads going up the day before rather than face a 3+ hour long coach journey on the day of the game!

It is decisions of this kind, made by those running our club that for me rams the point home- under our current structure & the outlook/attitudes of those & their ilk within it, we shall never build to leave the Championship in the direction of upwards..

Amateurish beyond words.