Chairman Mao

Sort of game that can ignite a season. Merry Christmas indeed.

On 23/11/2023 at 12:31, Riaz said:

Liam Robinson. Phil Jevons and JET

JET would create many goals for sam baldock - who was over-rated and missed loads. and wouldnt get any stick- but JET would

I knew Baldock would come up. Absolutely no idea why people were so lukewarm on him. Scored some goals in a crap side that got relegated. Then scored a lot of goals for a mid table side in League 1. Ended up joining BHA and getting promoted to the EPL.

Odd game. Midfield was absent for the first 25 minutes. We created a few chances and scored two very good goals. Middlesbrough were pretty dissapointing aside from both the restarts. One thing, should it have been a red? In real time I didn't think so but glancing at the replay at half time it seemed worse than I thought. 

5 minutes ago, bcfcnick said:

One of the biggest fallacies is that a great player makes a great coach.  I suspect SL holds that belief hence the flirtation with Gerrard and he likes a name regardless of quality - David James being the obvious one when he was past it.

Some of the best football coaches are those who retired young and took their coaching badges early - McKenna being a prime example.  This generally applies to all sports although tennis with the likes of Lendl provides an exception for various reasons as the coaches are primarily focusing on mindset and small tweaks for the grand slams as the players will have their technique honed already.  

There was always this thing about Frank Lampard having a colossally high Einstein-esque IQ and perhaps he has, but it just doesn't transfer to football coaching skills.  If SL and co are intent on going down the head coach route then they just need to pick an inspiring young coach in the McKenna mould.   If they want slightly proven then the likes of John Mousinho should be a target but then again he'd need a lot of persuading to move from Portsmouth.  

Lampard is well spoken and had a GCSE in Latin. Go around any office and you will find many people far sharper than Frank. He seems like a nice bloke but he is not exactly a PhD brainbox.

1 minute ago, Winston said:

Exactly!

What lunatic goes away to a spurs side that includes Kane and Son, and plays a high line with a defence that includes the likes of Keane, holgate, Coleman and Kenny??

Everyone could see what would happen there…. and it did!

I was at the game (my cousins are spurs season ticket holders) and I vaguely recall a 4-1-4-1 formation? I think he thought Delph or someone like that could track Kane dropping into the hole. Whatever his plan was, as you say, it was totally ripped apart and we could have seen a cricket score. Kane dropped deep, son exposed the high line. Game over.

Really? Lampard? Did average at Derby with millions to spend. Went nowhere with Chelsea (although admittedly that also happened to someone like Potter who I do regard highly, but this was after that unhinged American came in whereas lampard had Roman) and then scraped by with Everton who are a complete mess so it's hard to judge. 

Zero confidence he has any tactical awareness. One of the worst performances I've ever seen was his Everton side getting taken to the cleaners at Spurs a few years back.

I am afraid I was there. Now in Kolkota for Pakistan vs. Bangladesh. Stokes was the worst. Slow in the field. Woeful with the bat. Completely embarrassing. Feel sorry for the fans who paid all that money to follow that utter shower. Luckily we only had tickets for the one game. 

I'm sorry but this is disgusting from Lansdown. The man is a hopeless leader of a football club. He took 10 years to work out you needed infrastructure ahead of the shiny toys like a aging donkey David James. Now he sacks Pearson. And installs his dribbling nepo baby son as Chairman.

Edit: no wonder that Gould chap walked the plank. 

When are Bangladesh actually going to threaten the big boys, feels like they should be better than they are.

South Africa looking tasty is a breath of fresh air.

Will be going in a fortnight. Watching Netherlands v. Australia, England v. India and Pakistan v. Bangladesh. Never been to India before so can't wait. 

Let's be real, we are a nothing club going nowhere. After years of false starts it's a wonder why anyone bothers.

Slightly throwaway article but enjoyed the mention of the Auto Windscreens Shield in the national press. 

Apologies for bumping this thread but the main issue is corporate hospitality no? Even in the renovated ground the Lansdown stand only has 18 executive boxes which sell out. Seems like we should've tried for double. 

15 hours ago, Bristol Oil Services said:

That Boro game was good, they turnt up top of the table and about to set a club record for consecutive clean sheets or something, and we gubbed them 1 nil. Crowd right behind the team.

The "atmosphere" about the club had become detrimental to the team's performance on the field as Cotts fumed and did things like not filling the bench. If anything saved us that season, it was the change of atmosphere and lancing the boil that was Cotts war with SL or whoever it was.

The players were freed up to play, and a few like Flint were fired up at the dismissal of Cotts.

Tomlin made a difference too. He'd have helped before Christmas. 

Wes Burns 94th minute winner is one of my favourite moments as a Bristol City fan. The Atyeo was truly chaos.

A low point was the Charlton match on Boxing Day. conceded in the 90th minute after battering them for the whole game. I thought that was the point when we might be doomed. 

Goal is excellent, much better than I thought it was in person. We were laboured and slow, especially in the first half, but post the triple substitution definitely much inproved. Millwall on the other hand did not offer much at all. Very disappointed by them.

17 hours ago, chinapig said:

This gives me a chance to point out that Paul Dirac, one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century and regarded by many as second only to Einstein, came from Bristol.

There is an abstract statue on Anchor Road that is supposed to represent his genius but as far as I know no civic statue, which is a shame.

Shout out to Cary Grant as well, who is one of the most famous actors in cinema history!

Any idea if a sell on has been included?

Lansdown has already tried to pump money into the club. We did a terrible job of it in 2010-13 and got relegated. We did a poor job of it in 2018-20 and nearly got relegated. It hasn't worked so we are not going to try it again. 

Fool me once, shame on you etc. 

1 minute ago, Bris Red said:

Fair play! Certainly not getting carried away but this should give everyone a nice lift ahead of Saturday!

Exactly, very tough game but confidence should be up.

Goal frenzy!

8 minutes ago, RedM said:

Any away tickets not collected are taken on the coaches, usually with @JerrySLO, and can be picked up at the stadium. 

Thanks RedM! Much appreciated. 

I see these are now collection only. I live in London so this isn't an option. Has anyone had any luck before buying some tickets and then picking them up from a supporters coach or drop off point near to the ground if I phone the ticket office?

It never ceases to amaze me how shit Rovers are. Its a club in a big wealthy city with a decent potential. Instead they continue to be run by utter morons and play in a stadium resembling a studio mock up of Chernobyl. 

Marvin Elliot put himself about and chipped in with a few goals. But technically and tactically LJ was ahead of him. He was an unfussy but useful player with a good first touch and decent ball retention capabilities. 

Wolves enter the race. Hopefully we can hook one more club waiting in the wings and push the price towards the mid twenties. Ideally this should be done in the next 7 days to ensure it doesn't distract too much from pre season plans. 

Really terrible game this one. Don't watch many matches, no incentive to change that after seeing this.