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2 minutes ago, !james said:

Consensus on social media is mainly moaning at the horrendous camera angle at our ground and how dirty we are

And that JP is trying to mention every player who played for City since 1972….

Max doesn’t have the mentality to be a top keeper. 
 

McCrorie very rusty.

Rest of team are playing very well, feel we can get another one!

16 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

My thoughts are that I'm delighted we've signed him. 

But I'm wondering why we choose to do it now? I get that there may have been a cost saving element to it but he could get himself injured and be out for the next 12 months in the next game. 

Keeping him on loan would have potentially given us that bit of safety net. 

Because WBA wanted Weimann. So believe we managed to shave £300k off during negotiations. 

14 minutes ago, Top Robin said:

There are so many posts on here obsessing about the transfer fee and salary.

Why can we just let the club deal with all that financial stuff and just be grateful that we are actually getting a decent player on board.

Decent? I don't think you should be obsessing about how good Twine is and let Manning deal with all that football stuff.

6 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

The boo boys always need someone to boo. Tanner is the latest target. 

Ah yes forgot we are top the table and should be praising every player.

Was only talking about this on the weekend. Good move, takes some big wages off the books for a player who isn't the future.

Fantastic pro, scored some wonderful goals for us.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/exclusive-bristol-city-favourite-talks-9030755

Looks like no one else has, so perhaps you did sign up to something?

3 minutes ago, bcfc01 said:

Because we had no backup.

So our most expensive signing was a RB? It was a priority IMO. 

But anyway I dont want to fully hijack the McCrorie thread.

48 minutes ago, Ghost Rider said:

Some supporters seem to have a misconception about the concept of football. They think that the ball has to move forward for us to progress through phases. I'm not targeting you specifically, but this is the post that has pushed me too far. A sideways or even a backwards pass can be as effective as a forward pass. I don't understand why some fans don't get it. It's all about moving and shifting the opposition to create gaps and space. When you make a sideways pass, you're pulling the opposition team across the pitch, and you're dominating the play. You don't have to move forward all the time to be effective and open up areas to attack or exploit. Under Manning, we control the ball better and we don't give away as much unnecessary possession. If that means passing the ball backwards and then building again, then that's fine. I'd prefer 10 sideways or backwards passes and keeping possession of the ball, creating space for an attacking move, than a hopeful or aimless punt up the field where we lose control of the ball. That should be obvious, shouldn't it?

I agree about keeping possession. But Tanner does miss progressive passes if he looked up and played with more speed. He slows the game down each time by stopping the ball and eventually having to go back as the opposition has time to regroup, unlike Pring who does burst into spaces and looks to play more attacking balls. I know part of this is balance (one up, one stays back), and is tactical, but also you need to have both in your locker.

As mentioned, there's a reason Nige looked at getting a new RB in. 

10 hours ago, frenchred said:

That's just not fair

Tanner is employed as a right back, that's why we bought him and a good young right back at that, maybe he's playing to instructions?

 

He’s 24. He’s not a kid anymore. 

On the ball he is so slow with decision making and often we lose momentum because of it. He doesn’t make that many runs, doesn’t look at making positive balls forward. 

I liked Tanner when he first arrived, but I watch a lot of him now and often he is sloppy, slow and ineffective. Clearly that’s why we spent so much on Ross, who will hopefully be a stronger player. 

Very excited to have Ross back to fitness. Looks a top player, and a massive upgrade on “pass backward” Tanner. 

2 minutes ago, ralphindevon said:

Well I don’t think they are the same as West Ham, mines £25! Not complaining mind.

Plus no difference for season card holders which I think it was at West Ham

 

West Ham was £25 on the halfway line.

Prices compare to relative stand. Was £10 for season tickets in away end, but that’s the same as £10 in the south stand this time. 

I think it's important to have balance.

He had a very good game yesterday, but also was slow for the goal and basically stood still. 

He has also had some poor performances for us and conceded a few goals he should of easily saved.

One swallow doesn't make a summer. In my opinion he's still below average for Championship, but more performances like y'day my opinion will change. 

1 hour ago, Davefevs said:

Don’t forget they have got Jaden Billy-Jean too

But they claimed I am the one?

Was very complementary of the Club, the City etc in the programme. Would love him to be our next manager, but feels highly unlikely (unless Manning gets us promoted and then is pinched by another club). 

Don't believe he is as effect on his own. He needs to be playing off someone, so he can make runs without being tracked. He hasn't got the same burst of pace anymore, still nippy but not what he once was.

29 minutes ago, Henry said:

What impressed me today was he worked bloody hard and battled well against some big, strong, centre back

Totally agree. Thought previously he’s been weak, off the pace, not looking full fit. Against Zouma who is a very good player he really held his own. Hopefully kicks on now!

6 minutes ago, The Bard said:

Jesus in which reality is Max at fault for 3 defenders ball watching and letting an England international through on a 1 on 1?  

It's embarrassing it really is.

To be fair the bloke said “partially”, and I agree. Too slow off his line, and didn’t make himself big enough to cause Bowen any concerns. 

5 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

What is often forgotten is that the late signing of Palmer meant we had three “no10s”…Szmodics, Palmer and Paterson.  Paterson was hastily loaned to Derby, to return in January…which meant Szmodics was then loaned to Peterborough.

Clumsy / chaotic recruitment, wasteful too.

Agree. Both LJ and Ashton need to take blame for that.

Always felt Palmer was there as a glamour buy / ego buy. Glamour for Ashton to keep the Chelsea relationship, ego for LJ "I can bring the best of of him".

On 19/11/2023 at 09:11, extonsred said:

One of the best attacking RB's we've had

Except he was a CB for us.

Few things to remember.

- He signed 4 years ago, and joined from playing in League Two.

- Palmer had 70 odd Championship appearances when we signed him

- Szmodics was likely to become a decent Champ player in time, Palmer was hoped to become a decent Prem player

- This is the first Championship season Szmodics has hit double figures

- Ambitions that season were play offs, so we wanted the best we could get

Can fully understand LJ's decision to prefer Palmer, however I'd personally wasn't sold on signing KP at the time post loan.

I personally am not a fan of it being in it's own forum. I only look at the Transfer forum to be honest.

How do we officially complain / ask to change it, if that was the procedure for it to be originally moved @phantom?

Can I ask how many of us need to ask for it to check back to hit the mark? Thanks.

1 hour ago, phantom said:

Isn't that a point of a launch that you have hooked in thousands of followers for the announcement?

Otherwise pretty pointless setting up an account at this stage

No. It's to tease and also to build up content. When launched / announced people will know it's the real account, and if interested in artists will then follow.

I've signed up to the mailing list for announcement (from seeing the social media) but I don't need to follow the account which is just teasers.

Could be Springstein, could be Doja Cat, both very different audiences. 

20 minutes ago, phantom said:

Surprised that account has only 50 followers

Poor level of interest generated for a launch

Why would people follow something unknown?

Its not launched yet, just teased 

Just now, BigTone said:

you never know

He’s been subbed off. Pretty sure bet he won’t!