OneTeamInBristol

1 minute ago, phantom said:

Is there really that much interest in a PSF away at a lower league side?

Normally maybe not but at a ground we haven't been to in 11 years, a day out to the coast when the weather should be nice will encourage a lot to go. 

Portsmouth tickets now on sale to ST holders.

Seem to be going quite slowly, just been on and bought 2.

Hopefully it sells out and the weather is nice.

Is that out of the blue?

Thought he was doing a decent job there.

Just now, Baba Yaga said:

I was looking at the league table of 2003-04 (the year we lost to the play offs to Brighton). I am amazed that 4 clubs who finished lower than us that season (Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton, Luton) had crowds around 50% of BCFC's that season/worse infrastructure and yet will all be playing in the Premier League next season.

SL has invested to be fair but it's difficult to argue that we have underachieved massively, the point I would make though is that there are probably around 40 clubs in England who have infrastructure for prem football (and we are hardly the only club who has improved stadium in 20 years) but only 20 spaces so there will always be a few clubs like City who spend a really long time outside the top flight unfortunately.

You would expect the other 20 to bounce between the 2 though really like many of the other clubs you mention have done.

3 hours ago, richwwtk said:

On the whole football didn't start with the Premier league thing, I had always thought we must be close to the most underachieving club in the country when it came to having never won a major honour and thought I would take a look.

By major honour I mean winning the top level league, the FA Cup or the League Cup.

There are at least 4 clubs just in the Premier League that have never won anything the same as us, it's more common than I thought!

(Brentford, Brighton, Bournemouth and Crystal Palace if anybody is interested)

While those 4 clubs might be the same as us in not winning a major honour in total they've spent 32 years in the Premier League between them.

So we are definitely ahead of them for underachieving!

4 minutes ago, marcofisher said:

They will be offloading players like Barnes and Maddison for as much as we get for Scott, or more! 

 

Nice £80mil kitty plus parachute payments. I think they are understandably favourites.

They will do but replacing them is easier said than done.

Look at Forest, signed about 30 players and it very nearly backfired.

2 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

A summary of all next season’s Championship clubs inbound transfers so far:

 

 

Blackburn got a good player there on a free in Ennis.

With the women back there as well next season expecting it to look even worse in the middle of Winter.

No offence to Joe but their National side is a joke.

Can't see Leicester being that high when half their squad clears off.

My first concert down the gate this one. Planning to arrive around 16:30, does that seem about the right time? 

Don’t want to be too early but also don’t want to be rushing in. 

We'll be doing residents parking in Bedminster same as a matchday, never not been able to find one.

14 hours ago, Bobbie said:

If you re-read what I said, I didn’t make any allegations, I hypothesised a potential outcome. I also said I didn’t definitely think that would happen. My point is, generally speaking, I would prefer us to sign young, hungry players who are motivated to forge a successful career and are on the up. Not players who are at the latter end of their career who have, potentially, already achieved much of what they wanted to within their careers. 
I loved Joe Bryan, but we won’t necessarily get that same player back- I very much hope we do and my fears are unfounded. 

If a club only ever signed those players they would go nowhere. 

You can't just solely have young inexperienced players, you need a handful of them alongside experienced pro's who are much older.

23 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Gregor used to commute to every game from Cowbridge. 

Hardly a long journey, and he was getting paid to do it!

Possibly building up to a Friday 6pm announcement.

IMO even if he does come in and isn't necessarily as good as we expect and only contributes to a few goals a season I don't mind having someone around the dressing room who brings a bit more of a Bristolian feeling back to the club.

For what it's worth I don't think that will be the case, I think he would be a good addition to every single Championship squad, including the 3 that come down.

18 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

Interesting little Facebook tease just posted…

 

Nothing on Twitter oddly.

1 hour ago, CyderInACan said:

Living in London does that to a man. 

Nice even more so.

Really shows how much he's improved.

I would also be amazed if there wasn't any serious interest in Pring over the summer.

Love how the article was posted today the 11th May and it says at the bottom of said article that submissions are open from now until Weds 2nd May.

Top cutting edge reporting from Bristol Live once again. 

3 hours ago, AshtonRobin21 said:

I feel as fans we often get stuck in the mindset of “but what does that mean for Pring?!”. 

It means serious competition for places, which is what’s required to challenge at the top end of the division. 

Exactly, you've only got to look at Burnley bringing Benson, Harwood-Bellis, Rodriguez and Cork off the bench on Tuesday.

I assume Richard Foster being on that list is some sort of late April Fools joke?

20 minutes ago, Percy Pig said:

The worry I guess is you lose him getting to the byline and crossing, something he is arguably the best in the world at.

But last night you did see how effective he could be playing inverted. Don't think Liverpool can do that unless Konate is RCB, blokes a beast. Matip far too slow and Gomez far too useless to cover two positions. 

 

172 Premier League appearances at 25 years old along with a Premier League. FA Cup, Community Shield, Champions League, Super Cup and Club World Cup Winners medal is far too useless?

Would love to see them try something like that at the Darts, 

Price would knock em back down the stairs before they got anywhere near the board.

(Ignoring a few years ago when that prankster ran on and nicked the trophy).

Awful lot of users in this thread who have clearly never set foot inside a stud farm or equestrian centre but appear to be experts in the field, what a surprise.