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2 hours ago, Port Said Red said:

But of course their forum is full of "oh it's only because it's us" and "nimby Greens and Lib Dems", "it's the planning depts fault". Only a handful are putting their hand up to point out how much the club have got wrong here, but of course they are shouted down.

1 hour ago, GrahamC said:

Need to get their facts right then.

There are now virtually no Lib Dems on the council, just 5/70 & they all represent just 2 wards that are both miles away (like Whitchurch).

Absolutely loads of Greens though (like Cllr Edwards) & highly likely next May there will be plenty more.

They’re the future in Bristol, so anyone with half a brain would realise engaging with them & trying to make sure any environmental impacts were mitigated would be smart.

Are you suggesting that "facts" thrown around by the fewers are grade-A Bulls**t?

I was told they were everyone's 2nd team - but this whole planning fiasco has made me wonder

9 hours ago, City Rocker said:

I'm told that after "someone at the football club spoke to someone at the council" they were given the impression that because the proposed new structure is not as tall as the plans approved in 2008, the application process should be quick and straightforward. 

It seems they've now been assured that's not the case at all. The local councillor has requested that the application be referred to Development Committee rather than be determined by the officers. The club have belatedly engaged a planning consultant to gather the necessary additional documents for the application, but these are yet to be submitted. 

So it's all looking quite promising then. 

The trouble is that their gashead mate Bob who "works at the council" didn't work in the planning department.

This is the off-pitch equivalent of being relgated to non-league. 

I like the sound of this change personally

I'd be on the lookout for a drop in Warnock's win percentage this season based purely on this! Obviously in a single season a bit hard to judge definitively as it could come down to Huddersfield being good/bad.

He was pretty much the master of get in front then employ any tactic you can to time waste.

3 hours ago, chinapig said:

We should have played the strongest League 1 team away. Nigel would have learned a lot from one of the game's top coaches and his exciting young side.

It would also have given them a chance to test their magnificent new stand sand

Big opportunity missed.

close! but you had a typo which i fixed.

If i am being honest though, it looked less like "sand" and more like a pile of rubble and building waste on the recent photos.

2 hours ago, OneTeamInBristol said:

Still think we need another experienced keeper as back up/competition/mentor for Max.

2 hours ago, BCFCGav said:

I wouldn't say no to an old head to compete with/mentor Max but it's a nice to have rather than a need. I think Bajic will impress a few if called upon.

I think the age/experience is somewhat irrelevant, e.g. Marinovic was 27(?) at the time he made 1 appearance for us, so you could argue he was "experienced" or an "old head". The problem was he looked so out of place you had to wonder if he had won a lottery to be a Championship goalkeeper for the day, 

A backup/older pro would need to be the right recruit, getting a keeper in now for the sake of "ticking that box" might be a waste of a wage - if we need a backup HWR or Bajic might be fine for 1-2 games - It is really hard to tell personally from the little we have seen of them so far . I Wonder if the coaching staff are trying to further assess during pre-season this before sanctioning a move for someone. Right now (in pre-season) there is no urgent need, so we might be still trying to find our man. 

6 minutes ago, BCFC11 said:

Think of this poor little gashead missing yesterdays game

 

Is this the online version of being "locked out" ?

Just now, Ska Junkie said:

Lovely team goal, 4-1.

Great pass from Roberts.

Also watch Wiemann (or was it Knight?) make the space for Conway's run - very deliberate, even pointing to Roberts where the pass needed to go.

11 minutes ago, Fuber said:

To be fair GF - the point with regards to "stand in the players way" is not Monkeh's opinion or "mouthpiece" spiel from a "group of accountants"; but a partial quote of words that are attributable to our very owner.

While I can see youor viewpoint, I don't think its as black and white or small minded to be thinking about selling Scott. I don't think it was small minded when we did it with Bryan, Reid or Webster.

It just may be worth taking into consideration that we have chance here to completely wipe the FFP slate sparkling clean; as well as.spend on improving not just the midfield, but get a keeper, defender, and forward options if we so feel. For example, is we sell Scott now instead of next Summer for £15m - it may avoid us needing to sell a second player to balance costs - so better squad depth and planning for the longer term.

IMO showing "ambition" could also be attributed to selling one (admittedly very good) player and strengthening the squad in several positions - it is a gamble to do this, in that we lose a great player, but it is also making the most of the opportunity to do it on our own terms.

This thread has descended into electricity jokes - things really are in terminal decline

2 minutes ago, RedRoss said:

Please tell me a media outlet didn't get duped by that fake tweet yesterday!

- Looks that way

I assume Newcastle World is the equivalent of our local rag

EDIT: Just to be clear there is no such article on the Telegraph website if you search - the last Alex Scott article say that Wolves will come back with an improved offer (on £18M I think)

15 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

A page on the Wolves forum is quite interesting, read for yourselves not copy and paste as that is multiple posts.

One says we are playing a stupid game of chicken with Wolves..wonder if this will drag late into the summer window.

Supposedly we are mucking them around, any insight or thoughts?

http://www.molineuxmix.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/summer-2023-transfer-window-thread.710210/page-408

Thoughts? 

A "game of chicken" sounds like they incorrectly assume we are desperate for the cash - Right at the moment FFP is a bigger issue for them than us. 

While selling Scott at the price we have quoted will stave off FFP worries for a few seasons (assuming we don't revert to Ashton/Johnson-ball) - it is not a be-all and end-all for our summer.

Do they expect us to lower our demand just because they are in the premier league or something? 

12 minutes ago, Gazred said:

Looks like a section from the TV show Kick Start...if anyone remembers that.

Contestants have to scramble up the dirt pile, slalom through the scaffolding poles, and hop over the JCB bucket; Then it is on to the tented section, once through there they will splash through the pond of fake fanta  before the final, terrifying, leap over "Sanata's groto".

2 hours ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

It wouldn't surprise me if they had a builder lined up but it also wouldn't surprise me if same builder will be without staff until the new footy season whilst they go on holiday.

I suppose the club will need some netting behind the south goal otherwise the players will be knocking on the neighbours doors asking for the ball back from their gardens.

Could be a lot of added time in their home games.

If they cant build a stand maybe they would like to "go green" and plant a new hedgerow there - complete with these

1 minute ago, REDOXO said:

I don’t get the constant negativity of some, even when it comes to a hastily arranged meaningless kick around to get players up toward match fitness. 
 

 

I guess other people extrapolated being down in a friendly to torquay in 2mins over the course of a 46 game season to conclude we'd finish on 0 pts.
Though i am sure many of the responses were tongue in cheek!!

4 hours ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

As is so often the case, Rovers kept the information about how many actual tickets they sold for a Final close to their chest preferring instead to allow the vivid imagination of their supporters decide the final amount. 
In reality a couple of days before the final they had sold between 24k and 25k with over 42k tickets sold at that point.

It’s highly unlikely that no Grimsby fans bought tickets in those last couple of days so in reality they didn’t reach 30k and certainly nowhere near the 40k that many of their idiotic fans and management claim.

Judging by the empty seats in the top tier, 27k would be my guess.

 

I looked into this 40K myth a while back

Basiaclly we know these facts

Attendance was 47,029

Between one week and 4 days before teh match TWO seperate sources (including their own website) had said the gas had sold around 24-25K

We also know from the report on the Grimsby local paper that Grimsby Town had sold at least 10K

So clearly the rovers portion of the attendance was NOT 40K and in reality was probably below 35K

18 minutes ago, TammyAB said:

Day 1 of the camp and hardly any sign of the manager. It's quite a unique style he's got isn't it, because I can't imagine watching the same sort of video for all the other Champ clubs and barely seeing their gaffer involved.

 

You just see him in the background, prowling. Love it.

Clearly Vardy is past his best years, but I suspect he will be more than decent in the championship (assuming he stays with Leicester or moves to another Championship club)

I suspect wages would be an issue for us even if he lowered his current demands - I'd also imagine there are some at our club (and some fans) that don't want the complete circus this would bring.

2 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

That concourse is going to be spectacular - provided you’re four feet tall. 

Surely that is the old "no row M" bus shelter being torn down?

If it is that is the new stand it is utterly laughable

From one of the objections:

Quote

In addition to the issue of planning permission, there is a lack of evidence to justify the proposed
increased stadium capacity. The current proposal fails to provide any data or analysis that
convincingly demonstrates the need for such expansion. It is imperative that any increase in
capacity aligns with the demands and needs of the local community, and is supported by sound
evidence

Asking the gas for facts/evidence is akin to asking them where the soap is kept.
It will be greeted by a vacant gormless stare 

3 hours ago, KegCity said:

I'm a strong believer that at some point we do have to take a risk and retain big players when we're on the cusp of promotion. Brentford did it with Toney, Villa did it with Grealish. It is possible and no amount of calling ourselves a small club will change my mind.

BUT a deep lying centre mid who's going to leave for £25 million and fund our next promotion push (which may or may not be successful) is not the hill to die on. This transfer will, if invested correctly, fund a squad capable of being a genuine promotion candidate in the near future. Keeping Scott won't help us achieve that.

We need to be proactive with players such as Tommy Conway and Cam Pring and tie them down to long term deals so that we aren't forced to sell in a year or two's time, otherwise we'll be stuck in this loop of selling players to tread water in mid table. 

My recollection may be wrong - but I think that Brentford SOLD Watkins for £20m+ and then used that money to buy Toney - They then went up in Toney's first season?

The model used by Brentford is exactly what several people are advocating for in selling Scott this summer. 

3 hours ago, SecretSam said:

Surely, as a current employee, he still has to turn up for work?

If he is staying, or there is a good chance he will stay, then yes, I'd expect he will be there with the rest of the squad.

I'd assume however, if he is leaving, and has already communicated that to Pearson and the coaching team, then he may have been told "you do not need to come in". Maybe even he has been told "please do not come in". Possibly with a time given to come and say goodbyes to colleagues.

While I think he is probably an excellent professional, and I'd highly doubt he'd be disruptive. There would not seem like a lot of point of having him around in pre-season to measure fitness just until his contract expires on Friday - It is hardly like the club are going to get their "money's worth" by keeping him there just for this week. 

19 minutes ago, BigTone said:

We used to go to the British Consulate once a month where they had a BBQ and drinks for expats.

UTFG = Unbelievable twerps fronting gas

3 minutes ago, petehinton said:

According to someone on their forum, it’s better to not sign anyone at the beginning of the transfer window as the fees are too expensive….

Gas logic. 

Fees? I seem to recall the normal price they pay for a transfer is "free"

Obviously free players in June/July are more expensive than free players in August.

43 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Nobody has yet met Scott valuation reportedly, albeit FLW is a bit of an aggregator with partial clickbait thrown in.

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/exclusive-bristol-citys-25m-alex-scott-stance-could-encourage-burnley-sheffield-united-or-luton-town-action/

Certain level of scepticism from rival fans as to whether anyone will either. We shall see.

Nixon also suggested that nobody has yet met it, a few days ago. I suppose we would know if a club had however.

All that said the window has only recently opened.

For a player that wants to "progress" as we assume Alex Scott does, are those teams really going to be attractive?

In his position I'd be very hesitant about the blades, and actively avoid Luton.

Possibly he'd consider Burnley? - Famous, well known manager, ripped up the championship last season, and with the right signings they could be another Brighton/Brentford and build for a few seasons.

When the time comes (maybe later this summer) surely he'd have better offers?