beaverface

A bit before my time, but can anybody with memories of the Alan Dicks side confirm whether our Division 1 side in the 70's was similar to the way Neil Warnocks sides play?

I get the impression that the 1970's side was built on hard work, organisation, not letting many goals in, and having a tough nasty side - everything that we moan that Neil Warnocks teams are like.

Thought Dan Walker was pretty good on motd 2 a few years back

Have to agree with losing the likes on Bob Taylor, Mark Gavin, Robbie Turner, Andy Cole, Barnard.

Another one that sticks out, was losing Alan Walsh to Besiktas (I think)

1 hour ago, winsaw said:

The manager said on radio Bristol he doesn't trust Atkinson so that's why he's picking King,

God knows what Atkinson must be doing in training for the boss to think so little of him 

That's what I want the press to ask NP. What precisely doesnt he trust about him? or what does he need to do in order to gain NP's trust?

7 minutes ago, 1960maaan said:

We were in the enclosure, I may have exaggerated (slightly) over the years saying it was about 40 yards, which may have started at 30. But a hell of a strike. Shame the Club doesn't have it's own Site dedicated to highlights and Goals, I'm sure it would be popular.

...or a site dedicated to penalties so that we can look back with nostalgia :laugh:

This sounds promising...

https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/12/13/significant-breakthrough-this-new-sea-salt-battery-has-4-times-the-capacity-of-lithium

On 02/11/2022 at 15:48, Bannerman said:

e.g. **** originally means friend.

I've no idea what word that is?

Is it the See You Next Tuesday word, or something else?

4 hours ago, Steve Watts said:

I'm more offended by your use of the English language, to be honest. You know when you're typing something and a red squiggly line appears under words.....?  Yeah...that....

Some of our songs have swearwords pointlessly shoehorned into them regardless of whether or not it scans.  Case in point being HNM.  "His hair is massive" scans...."His hair is f*****g massive" doesn't!

 

I've been wracking my brains trying to work out what the G**r word is?!?

I'm thinking, rather than a swear word, it contains the middle letters of "inge"??! But that's my best guess!

I thought when Atkinson\Semenyo worked the ball with DaSilva down the left by offering overlaps, we looked especially dangerous when getting to the byline, but then we stopped doing that, and DaSilva just attempted to cross ball rather than use an overlap.

I thought getting to the touchline and dribbling along was our best chance of scoring, but we didn't do it often enough.

Don't get me started on our shooting from distance. I can't remember the last time we scored a 25yarder - probably Bakinson last season.

Joe William's shooting is atrocious - I've never seen such a high % of shanked shots, but to be fair, nobody in midfield seems to shoot decently from distance any more.

Just now, beaverface said:

Completely agree. I'm thinking David May(??) or someone like that? He was in our defence when we shipped 5 at Brentford I think.

Apologies, it was David Thompson.

https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/bristol-city/1993/2/

Told you my memory is hazy! :laugh:

3 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Andy May was a midfielder, & a very good one.

Completely agree. I'm thinking David May(??) or someone like that? He was in our defence when we shipped 5 at Brentford I think.

My memory is a bit hazy, but I remember going to Millwall away, 11th Apr 1992, and it was when we had Ray Atteveld playing for us and he scored a brilliant volley own goal I think.

We had a strike force of Wayne Allison, Jacki, Andy Code and Leroy Rosenior, and we literally just turned it on, and even though I think we went behind in the games, it was one of those performances where you just knew we'd get something from the game. There was a swagger about them.

According to the report below, it doesn't sound like Jacki had a great game, but I just remember thinking what a strike force had available that day.

I genuinely thought that if the club could found a few more quid for a defence, Denis Smith would've taken us up. As it happens, we had the likes of May and Mitchell in defence!!

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-flashback-arsenals-goal-6427292

I'll say it again, but it never seems to gain any traction...

Why don't we use the year 1887 as the beginning of our timeline?

13 minutes ago, Gazred said:

Look at that gutter pipe ffs! Watch your step eh.

Why is it that everything they own has to have blue and white stripes or quarters on it?

Compare the HPC, and it's not decked out in red and white bold colours, it's all subtle and professional looking.

1 hour ago, paul james said:

Why is there no programme that we can print on the website ? I for one loves programmes and not having one really annoys me.

Look on e-bay and the programmes are one of the most expencive items of all clubs.

https://robinstv.bcfc.co.uk/digital-matchday-programme/

Did I see it correctly around the 70th minute mark when Williams walked off the pitch towards the dug out and i think NP shoved his back on the pitch with a massive push?

I don't particularly want VAR as I feel it doesn't really help with the game, however if it was to be introduced I'd rather have it that a team has 3 chances to ask the referee to view the VAR rather than every single decision automatically going to VAR.

Find it annoying, not just on OTIB, but in real life conversations when someone says "Lansdown needs to get the chequebook out", when they obviously don't realise we're hampered by FFP.

Also annoying on match threads when someone says "we're totally comfortable here"...and we then go on to concede a minute later.

I'm not superstitious in every day life, but I definitely go looking for blame when we concede or lose, and so those superstitious traits come out of me more often than not.

1 hour ago, italian dave said:

It’s exactly that (what countries are having to deal with) but the problem is that it becomes a race to the bottom. India and China won’t do something because first world countries got away with it for years. The UK or US won’t do something because China and India won’t do it.

City won’t do something because other clubs won’t be doing it. And other clubs won’t do it because City aren’t doing it.

And in a country that purports to dislike regulation/legislation and prefer ‘voluntary’ ways forward that’s always going to be the case.

Meanwhile, North Somerset disappears into the sea, Mediterranean countries burn, and we all run short of food and water.

And all because City flew to Hull. 

The latter is a joke, of course, but there’s a point to it, someone has to lead. That’s one reason I’ve got a lot of time for what they do at FGR.

edit: and there’s lots of good stuff in what City are doing here. The food miles one stood out too. That’s impressive. Still more though: the Hummel kits may be recycled, but why do they have to come all the way round the world from China to get here. At that price they should be manufactured here too. 

I'm not having a dig, but after reading all the initiatives that City already have in place, how far behind FGR are we? 

I understand they're Vegan, and their shirts are made from bamboo(I think?) - but what other initiatives are they leading the way with, that City could adopt?

I'm genuinely interested where we lag behind in comparison?

2 hours ago, 22A said:

The other local clubs have produced these results so far; 

Ashton & B Utd 0 - Aylesbury 2,   Bideford 1 - Bridgewater 0,   Bitton 1 - Cinderford 3,   Clevedon 2 - Chalfont 1,   Flackwell Heath 4 - Keynsham 0,   

Roman Glass 3 - Tring 1,  Street 1 - Helston 2,   Thornbury 1 - Chipping Sodbury 3,   

Saturday 20th for the next round;

Aylesbury v BMF,   Buckland v Frome,   Cinderford v Chipping Sodbury,   Flackwell Heath v Slimbridge,   Paulton v Bideford,   Shepton Mallet v Brixham,   

 

Good to see the oldest football club in Bristol getting a win

45 minutes ago, Tin Soldier said:

Tom Thumb song

One of the best and undersung songs imo. I love it !

1 minute ago, Port Said Red said:

But also playing an almost free role, defending high up the pitch and getting forward into the opposition half.

Indeed, in the first minute of the game he was the furthest player forward pressing their right back! Continued to do it all game.

2 hours ago, The Bard said:

Again, a property on Raynes Road adjoining the ground was on the market for £575k recently.  

So, the theory goes that in order for us to progress and push capacity towards 40,000, our owner needs to buy the following:-

• 18 houses on Ashton Road.
• 10 on Raynes Road

Combined cost at current prices would be £18 million without allowing for the enormous premium that would have to be paid as, over the decades the club moved towards the point of owning all of them.  Not to mention the fact that some people would, quite rightly, refuse to sell as is their fundamental right.

Southbow House needs to be demolished and the 60+ tenants moved elsewhere.  As everyone knows there is ample available social housing at the moment and it's not as if millions were recently spent on them or, that EE are going to stick a 5G mast on the roof.  Good luck persuading any of the residents to move.  Why should they?  They're in one of the best Council blocks in Bristol.

All of this to increase our capacity when we could possibly nudge capacity up to 30,000 without acting like total c***s. 

There is more chance of me having a 3some with Beyonce and Emilia Clarke.

 

 

As I previously mentioned, I'd rather spent £18m of the £90m parachute payments in buying infrastructure for the long term. Of course this approach relies on us getting to the premier and not spunking loads of money on second rate Premier players.

With regards to the flats, it's the long game. No one is saying it'll happen straight away, patience and agreement with the council could be the answer. 

To me it's all about maximising as much as possible rather than be defeatist and say it can't be done.

I'd rather try and fail rather than not try at all. I don't wanna be like our neighbours and just settle for bring one place higher than than us. I want us to be the very best we possibly can.

39 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

This is a brilliant argument if we lived in China but as we live somewhere that house owners are (rightly) entitled to tell someone who wants to buy their property to eff off if they don’t want to sell, (with very few exceptions, like HS2) it is just fantasy stuff.

I’m convinced those who post this tripe live absolutely nowhere near the ground & only visit the area once a fortnight.

Ashton & Southville has in recent years gentrified beyond belief, (I could weep when I think of the fortune my late Grandparents could have made on their house in Truro Rd) & these people are not going to sell & even if a couple of them did, once a few house owners in crucial properties say no, we’re ******.

...and do you know the irony? I wouldn't be happy to move if that happened to my house either!! (but I would have a price, and I wouldn't live forever either)

2 hours ago, phantom said:

Do you honestly think that every single home owner will sell to Bristol Sport?

Simply never going to happen - it was a rumour many years ago that the club were buying houses, they weren't and won't be

You may be surprised as to what has been happening then

I'm not talking necessarily about the here and now, but looking to the future and having a long term plan.

The club should consider buying the houses under a proxy owner IMO and then renting them until such a time as they see fit.

Ultimately, the owners of the houses wont last forever, they'll move on, pass on, get moved into retirement homes, passed down to relatives who want to sell etc..

There's also the fact that club could potentially seek a compulsory order for purchasing the last one or two houses? I don't know the legalities of that, but it could be an option.

My point of view is that we should be playing the long game. What I've read on this thread is right, we don't need over 27,000 seats at the moment, but if we hit the Premier league, we may do, especially if we're there for the long haul.

I don't buy this Bournemouth model where clubs can get by on the financial rewards of being in the top division. I go to football to be entertained, and the bigger the stadium and the more fans, it all adds up to a better experience in my eyes. I don't think to myself, oh I'm sat in a 11,000 seat capacity Bournemouth stadium, but I'm enjoying myself because the club is making money through sponsorship - I want the buzz of a big crowd and atmosphere.