Tin Soldier

100% correct. The whole Bristol Sport idea is doomed to fail as far as the football club goes. Been saying it for ages. Back that up with a club with a “cushty” owners attitude, no metal, weak underbelly, roll over and die player attitude, and you have what’s called Bristol City. Fed up with it.

Rather not hear from them as they have not got a clue how to run a successful football club. Embarrassing.

I get lambasted for repeating it but the Bristol Sport ideaology prevents a clear focus and direction of the football club. The whole club has a weak underbelly, too many easy rides for some players. NP has alluded to it on several occasions. Culture needs to change at the top down.

There would be a massive drop in ST sales if he came back. But it is the sort of mistake SL would make (again).

The Happy Clappers will disagree but you are so right. Mistake after mistake. The facts speak for themselves as you rightly state.. People on here say we might get bought by a dodgy Arab (blah, blah, blah) but this club needs new owners with the correct pedigree quickly because Bristol City are heading for relegation next season. Would not be surprised if Lansdown sells soon TBH. Think most fans have woken up to the Lansdownes mistakes in recent seasons. Changing the manager will make no difference as the “problems at the top”will still be in charge. Real shame, because if we kept some of our best players we would be in the top 6 - fact. No guarantee of promotion I know but we would be challenging.

FACT If you sell your family silver, you are left with monkeys = Bristol City FC

You are so right. The club is dead. We need new life bred into this club at the very top. I respect what the Lansdownes have done but they have run there course with Bristol City. Bristol Sport concept is killing this club. Losing interest fast.

Well said. Just ignore the idiots who don’t understand how bad Ashton, Johnson and Co were.

Neither as watching Debbie goes to Dallas.

There is only one legend in that list - Sir Paul Cheesley!

What a player, drove the midfield engine for City. The comments on here says it all.

Agreed. The club has been run abysmally for many, many years. It is a shithouse of a setup impacted by the “Bristol Sport” ideaology and the eagerness to sell any decent family silver that come along, and more often than not replace with monkeys - LJ/Ashton era. Getting rid of NP will make absolutely no difference until the deep rooted problems within the club are addressed, which NP and RG are trying to address. Ignore the idiots on here.

If no serious improvements to the squad, City will be relegated, simple! Been coming for a few seasons IMO.

Can’t believe some of the comments. NP is trying to sort out the mess from the last encumbrances. Give him time. This time next season, he will be judged, but not now. Lansdown took his eye of the ball, sold all the family silver, allowed too many monkeys to be signed, expect more Barnsley style performances and results. Big shakeup coming in the summer.

Good points raised. I’ve mentioned it on here many times but the whole Bristol Sport plan just dilutes the importance of a successful football club at AG. The players are allowed to steal a living too easily. For me there has been too little focus for many years on the strategic direction of the football club, transparency of senior management and the effectiveness of the Board (joke) at City. The club needs a root and branch external audit to expose the weaknesses that many know exist. Just been far too comfortable for far too long at this club. The ground looks great, the team looks shite - I would much prefer the opposite. Real shame. Just watch season ticket sales flop for next season.

To be fair, City have been shite for the last two and a half seasons.Relegation written all over City next season unless something BIG changes. You do reap what you sew in football and selling all the family silver is no recipe for success.

Should have followed up with the boot.

I would take a 2-0 defeat today. Can’t see anything else but a defeat.

Try and see it as supporting a very long standing local football pub, rather than wasting your ££ on expensive drinks in the ground for Bristol Sport. I think/hope the Rising Sun will do well actually.

Agreed, the ground is a rip off. Used to stay in the Sun all game at times and have a few beers ? with a few City. The Sun is a typical local pub trying to survive when 100s of other pubs have been closing. I hope the Sun does well. Don’t see it as a rip off on match days compared to AG drinks prices.

The UK government should seize all his assets before he sells anything. Completely corrupt Russian. Everyone knows it.

Batteries not included.

Pretty sure you are correct. Abramavich was “placed” in to the UK public eye via Putin according to book Putins People. Abramavich has had plenty of “dirty £££” from Putin. One of the schemes Putin help set up, was to sell Russias core commodities (oil, wheat, gas, etc) to a “middle man/broker” at a vastly reduced price into the world market. And the middle man then sold at top dollar to the customer. The profit made then went to Putin and his oligarchs. The Russian state got very little. Think it’s called corruption!

Agreed. Putin is ex KGB, he is closely entwined with crooks such as Abramavich and many others. If anyone wonders what Putin is all about, Catherine Belton has written a compelling, fact based book called Putins People. It is brilliant!

Been to Budapest and Prague. Both are great cities to visit. Budapest is my favourite. The city bus tour is good as you can see loads if on a time restricted short city break. The torture chambers where the Russians captured and tortured the locals during the occupation is well worth a visit. Hard to find though and not really very well advertised. The New York hotel is also good for food. Inside is amazing and just like going back to the 60s. If good weather, an evening stroll down the Danube is always good. Lots of locals out enjoying themselves. Budapest is one of the best cities in the world IMO. So much to do.