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That has to be up there as one of the most disappointing and frustrating Saturday afternoons in a long time. Everything was looking good to start with, 2-0 up and in total control and Robbins TV working, then everything went to shit. Somehow, and I’m still not sure exactly how, we conceded three goals, Robins TV was unwatchable, and the afternoon ends in bitter disappointment. Being a City fan on an afternoon like this is certainly character building.

Anybody got a reliable stream please?

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EP coverage: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-goalkeeper-free-transfer-8791787

Nige’s notes https://www.bcfc.co.uk/city-men-news/niges-notes-stoke-city/

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The Potters at home. Stoke are winless in their last five league games and are sinking towards the bottom three following a summer of considerable change as 18 players were signed, including four on deadline day, to try and reinvigorate Neil’s squad. They have found the target just eight times in eight games, with only two on the road as they’ve lost three and drawn one of their four matches away from home. They currently occupy 20th place. Last Sunday they were beaten at home 3-1 by Hull City, Stoke’s consolation goal arrived in the 77th minute. On Wednesday they lost away 2-0 to Bournemouth in the Carabao Cup and didn’t register a shot on target (see below) They will be without forward Tyrese Campbell who picked up an injury last weekend. They won this fixture 2-1 last time out, https://youtu.be/yIAsYJyvbfE My very good mate Bill is a Stoke fan, he had this to say: ‘Just over a year ago Alex Neil’s arrival at the BET 365 Stadium was heralded as a coup. Recruited from Sunderland he had a track record of success. After five seasons of being a bottom half championship team things were definitely on the up. Alex Neil said that he would work night and day to bring Premiership football back to Stoke, but that changes were necessary. And change things he did. Out with established first team and goalkeeper coaches, assistant managers, the chief analyst, the head scout, PR staff, front office people, head of recruitment, financial officers and even the catering manager. Then he tackled the playing staff. In the January window Harry Souttar went to Leicester and goalie Bursik to Club Brugge. Yet with the addition of a few loans we began to prosper; even away from home. Sunderland were put to the sword (5-1), as were Coventry (4-0), we were acclaimed to be the best championship team to visit Middlesborough. It was looking good; the promised Neil revolution had arrived. However, then the goal scoring stopped, we even lost at home to Bristol City and Rotherham. When the season ended we were 16th Neil promised more changes. And more changes there were. Over the close season we released 17 players, lost last season’s seven loanees, plus let a further eight players go out on loans. We had, at the start of the season, seven experienced first team players, then sold our top scorer Jacob Brown to Luton and Tymon to Swansea. So, we’re left with five established first teamers. However, with their fees, plus the Souttar money, we had over £20 million in the bank. So, the Neil promised player staff changes could occur and they have. We recruited 18 new players, recruits from overseas and established championship players. The season looked shiny. I even put 20 quid on Stoke to be promoted. Eight games into the new season and one thing that critically has not changed, we are 20th in the table, exactly the same position as when Neil arrived. We are leaking goals, from set pieces and goalkeeper punts up the field. So, Bristol City to beat us next week, even though your home record is less than optimum, is a given. I think I’ll bet on it. On Wednesday we played Bournemouth in the cup. We used eight of our 18 new signings. We lost 2-0. We had no shots on goal. Something we haven’t achieved since the days of Tony Pulis. Neil said after the game “ I was encouraged throughout the game, we played well, perhaps we just didn’t test their goalie enough.” He’s beginning to sound like Lee Johnson, curiously out of touch, mildly delusional and drifting toward losing his job. I’ve just watched the highlights of the Bournemouth game! We gave away Sunday football goals and Alex Neil says “the fact is there we will from our performance improve! “ What does that mean??’ So, Stoke added a remarkable 18 players in the last! transfer window! Their first signing of the summer was Republic of Ireland international defender Enda Stevens following his departure from Sheffield United. The 32-year-old full-back has signed a one-year contract with the Potters. They re-signed midfielder Ben Pearson on a four-year contract from Bournemouth. The 28-year-old became a regular in Alex Neil's side after initially joining on loan in January. Also signed former Coventry City centre-back Michael Rose on a two-year deal. Their fourth signing was Daniel Johnson on a two-year deal . The move to the Potteries ended the 30-year-old's eight-year stay at Deepdale, where he made more than 300 appearances after leaving Aston Villa in 2015. Johnson was reunited with Stoke boss Alex Neil, who he played under at Preston for four years. They re-signed defender Ki-Jana Hoever on a season-long loan from Premier League side Wolves. They signed forward Andre Vidigal from Portuguese club Maritimo for an undisclosed fee. The 24-year-old, who represented Portugal at under-21 level and can play through the middle or as a winger, has signed a three-year contract. They also signed Bournemouth goalkeeper Mark Travers on a season-long loan. At the end of July they signed Brazilian striker Wesley from Aston Villa on 'a permanent deal'. Wesley was Villa's then club record £22m signing when he was bought by then boss Dean Smith from Belgian side Club Brugge following promotion to the Premier League in 2019. But he suffered a knee injury in his first season and spent 15 months out. Their 10th summer signing was defender Luke McNally who joined on a season's loan from promoted Premier League side Burnley. Towards the end of August they signed Sampdoria forward Mehdi Leris and Serbian winger Nikola Jojic for undisclosed fees. Leris, a 25-year-old Algeria international who made his Serie A debut as a teenager six years ago, has agreed a three-year contract. Meanwhile, Jojic, 19, who moves from Serbian Super League side FK Mladost Lucani, joins on a four-year deal. In late August they made their 14th signing of the summer transfer window by bringing in FC Basel winger Wouter Burger for an undisclosed fee. On the eve of deadline day they signed South Korea Under-20 midfielder Bae Junho on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee. On deadline day they took their total of summer signings to 18 with a triple deadline day swoop for midfielders Lynden Gooch and Sead Haksabanovic and teenage defender Junior Tchamadeu. In July they named Paul Gallagher as first-team coach, reuniting the former Potters striker with Alex Neil, who he played under at Preston. The game will celebrate the local community work of the club’s official charity, Bristol City Robins Foundation. The matchday seeks to raise awareness about the invaluable work carried out by the Foundation in the areas of youth engagement and improving the health and wellbeing of adults in South Bristol. City supporters heading to Ashton Gate this Saturday will find a range of activities happening across the stadium. In the South Stand concourse, Snap Fitness Ashton Gate, will be offering fans the chance of winning prizes by taking on an assault bike challenge. The supporter that records the fastest 30 second sprint and burns the most calories will win a month’s free membership to the gym. Fans will have the opportunity to have their blood pressure checked as part of a private health screening and find out information on volunteering on Alzheimer’s Society, Side by Side project. Mark Sykes pre-match: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/city-men-news/sykes-previews-potters-clash/ Curtis Fleming presser: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/city-men-news/fleming-looks-ahead-to-stoke-visit/ Head-to-head record Won: 20 Lost: 27 Drawn: 15 I was at Wembley (as was Bill) back in 2000 to witness this: https://youtu.be/7IIrVAWbSBU?si=2SGXU4bLrNBn8KNX Officials Referee: Jeremy Simpson Assistants: Matthew Jones and Matthew Smith Fourth official: Stephen Martin Fun facts The Stoke City squad once included a vicar in midfield. Father Elijah Smith took off his cassock to play for the Potters in the 1880s. Actor Neil Morrissey grew up in a children's home in Penkhull, that's where his tattoos originate from too. He has reportedly said that other children at the home threatened to beat him up if he didn't agree to 'being inked', and that he now regrets not opting for the beating. The tiles on the floor of the Houses of Parliament were made in Stoke-on-Trent, by Minton. Sir Stanley Matthews never ate the crusts of bread - he always cut them off. So who knows, kids, if you stop eating your crusts then perhaps you too could become a world-class footballer! Stoke-on-Trent is the smallest city to boast two professional clubs in the EFL.

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Today 27/9 assistant manager Curtis Fleming has confirmed that Zak Vyner won’t require surgery on his knee ligament injury, meaning the central defender will be out for a matter of weeks rather than the remainder of the season, while Tommy Conway is closing in on a first-team comeback after returning to training this week.

Stoke play AFC Bournemouth tomorrow wonder if they will stay over rather than head back to the potteries.

To be advised - https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-zak-vyner-injury-8775198

Anybody got a decent streaming link please?

Anybody got a decent streaming link please?

Forgotten about the 1992 game, looking back at this is great fun, Motty on the commentary, shocking conditions, old school challenges, passing back to the keeper when he could pick it up, Junior Bent and Jacki scoring, City fans in full voice, keeper in tracksuit bottoms, happy memories,……https://youtu.be/KHDTwDocsIw?si=GkobuntRb0SMerRa

The Foxes away. They appointed Dean Smith last April after Brendan Rodgers was sacked https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65235729 In mid-June he was replaced, he oversaw just two victories from eight games in a failed attempt to keep the Foxes in the Premier League, when they appointed treble-winning Manchester City assistant coach Enzo Maresca as their manager on a deal which runs until 2026. The 43-year-old Italian joined the Foxes just six days after Manchester City's Champions League final win. Former Manchester City and Chelsea goalkeeper Willy Caballero joined as assistant manager.Caballero, joined from Southampton. At the end of June England midfielder James Maddison left to join Spurs on a five-year deal for £40m. They also sold Harvey Barnes to Newcastle for a fee of about £38m. On 1st July they signed England internationals Conor Coady and Harry Winks on three-year deals. Defender Coady, 30, arrived after eight years at Wolves while midfielder Winks, 27, joined from Tottenham Hotspur. Both players, each capped 10 times, move for undisclosed amounts although Winks' fee is reported to be about £10m and Coady's £8.5m. They signed Danish keeper Mads Hermansen from Brondby on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee. The 23-year-old was a regular in Brondby's side for the past two seasons and helped them win the Danish top-flight in 2021. They also added striker Stephy Mavididi from French club Montpellier for an undisclosed fee. The 25-year-old agreed a five-year contract at the King Power Stadium. Mavididi scored 21 goals in 91 league appearances for Montpellier after joining them from Juventus in 2020. In mid August they signed Italy Under-20 international Cesare Casedei on loan for the rest of the season from Chelsea. They sealed their seventh signing of the summer with winger Yunus Akgun joining on a season-long loan from Galatasaray. On the day before deadline day they added Ghana winger Abdul Fatawu on a season-long loan from Sporting Lisbon. Then on deadline day they signed Tom Cannon from Everton for an undisclosed fee on a five-year contract. Head-to-head record Won: 20 Lost: 28 Drawn: 19 Andy King pre-match: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/video/interviews/king-looks-ahead-to-leicester-city/ NP presser: https://youtu.be/RB0lqyvnxJE Officials Referee: James Bell Assistants: Ian Cooper and George Byrne Fourth official: Ed Duckworth NP had two spells as their manager June 2008 - June 2010 and November 2011 to June 2015. In June 2015 they sacked him: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2511095-nigel-pearson-sacked-as-leicester-city-manager-latest-details-and-reaction Former Foxes striker Gary Lineker reacted like this ‘Leicester City have sacked Nigel Pearson! Really? WTF! Could you kindly reinstate him like the last time you fired him?’ Leicester's last 10 games under Nigel Pearson: LWWWWLWWDW Goals for: 22 Conceded: 11 Points won: 22/30 They are enjoying their start to life in the Championship and are currently second in the table following six wins and one defeat (1-0 at home to Hull). On Wednesday they won 2-0 away at Norwich having made five changes from their last win away at Southampton and their bench was worth £74m! Leicester facts Kings of Crisps: Who hasn’t had a packet of Walkers crisps? But did you know the famous crisp brand is from Leicester? That’s all thanks to butcher Henry Walker, who in 1948 took the potato and created a delicious new snack – Walkers Crisps. The Walkers Crisps factory is still based in Leicester and currently produces 11 million bags of crisps a day! Leicester’s market is the largest outdoor covered market in Europe: Right in the heart of the city centre, close to the Clock Tower, you’ll find the largest outdoor covered market in Europe. Leicester Market is around 800 years old and has been at its current site for around 700 years. Home to the Pork Pie and Stilton Cheese: It’s pretty obvious that Red Leicester cheese comes from Leicester, but did you know that famous delicacies the Melton Mowbray pork pie and Stilton cheese are also from Leicestershire? What’s more, they are both from Melton Mowbray and thanks to protected status, can only be made in this locality, just like the Champagne region in France! For centuries Melton was the place to be for hunting, with the royal, the rich and the famous spending autumns and winters in this Leicestershire town. Needing a bite to eat mid-hunt, pork pies became a saddlebag favourite and were literally ‘eaten whilst on the hoof’. Nowadays, rich, crunchy pastry and succulent British pork ensure these unique pies remain popular. Dickinson and Morris’ Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe, established in 1851, is one of Melton’s top attractions. As well as buying a pie, Stilton cheese, fresh bread and chutneys, groups can join a pie-making demonstration and have a go at making one themselves. The University of Leicester is the birthplace of DNA fingerprinting: DNA fingerprinting has become fundamental in solving criminal cases and identifying inherited genetic diseases. Did you know the technique was in fact discovered at the University of Leicester? Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys discovered the technique in 1984 at his laboratory in the Department of Genetics at the University of Leicester. Leicester has one of the largest concentrations of textile firms in the country: Leicester is one of the UK’s largest textiles and fashion clusters. With 1,500 firms in the City and County, it has the second largest concentration of textile firms in the country. The textiles manufacturing sector was at the heart of Leicester and Leicestershire’s economic development throughout the 19th and 20th century and there are still some big companies based there today. The renowned fine English sock maker Pantherella was established in 1937 in a small factory in the city of Leicester. They have remained in Leicester, now occupying pretty much the whole street opposite their original factory, but they have grown to be a world-renowned high-quality brand with clients including Vivienne Westwood and some of Savile Row’s most renowned stores, as well as having their own private label which is sold in high end department stores such as Harrods and John Lewis. The Leicester factory now produces around 720,000 pairs of socks each year. Another clothing brand based in Leicestershire is NEXT. Originally founded in 1870 as Kendall and Sons, an umbrella, rainwear and ladies wear company, it was sold to Hepworth and Sons in 1984 who embarked on a journey to convert the stores into the NEXT brand. The company is now the largest clothing retailer by sales in the United Kingdom, with over 700 stores, and its headquarters are in Leicestershire. A King Found in a Car Park: When Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, his body was unceremoniously buried at Grey Friars Church and all but forgotten about. The destruction of the monastery at the hands of the Reformation further ensured that his grave would be lost forever. Fast forward more than 500 years to August 2012 and a team of historians and archaeologists began excavating the site they believed to be the Grey Friars Church, which at this point was a car park in a modern city. Within days they not only uncovered the old church but also a skeleton with battle wounds and a curved spine. Experts from the University of Leicester used DNA sampling to link the skeleton to Richard III’s descendants. Results from carbon dating of the bones coincided with Richard III’s death and the bones were identified to be of a man the similar age as Richard when he died – 32 years old. In February 2013 the University of Leicester announced that the skeleton found was that of Richard III. The last Plantagenet King of England was reburied at Leicester Cathedral in 2015, with his funeral being broadcast live on TV. Pubs Near the ground are these four: The Last Plantagenet, 107 Granby Street, Leicester, LE1 6FD Counting House, 40 Almond Road, Freeman Park, Leicester, LE2 7LH, https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/leicestershire/counting-house?utm_source=g_places&utm_medium=locations&utm_campaign=PL_pubpage The Hind, 49 London Road, Leicester, LE2 0PD, near the train station The Old Horse on 198 London Road is good pub. Loads of local memorabilia, often a good atmosphere, and some good beers on tap, https://www.oldhorseleicester.co.uk Further afield there are seven pubs in Leicester recommended in the Good Pub Guide: https://thegoodpubguide.co.uk/?s=&gpg=Leicester&pub_category=1-main-entry To all those traveling be loud and proud and have a great day, let’s come back with three points!

Generally the answer is yes, as you will see if you look back on my posts.

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Post match Nigel Pearson spoke of fine margins and the fact we could’ve scored more. My post match thoughts were less positive. Firstly, I think we were very sloppy and made lots of poor decisions on the night. We certainly didn’t control the game or the ball particularly well. Perhaps we could’ve scored more, as NP suggested, but certainly Plymouth had three gilt edge opportunities - one following Max’s sloppy clearance, then when they hit the post and at the death when ZV’s superb tackle prevented a certain goal. Finally, I was really hacked off by two stupid yellow cards. Does anybody know if the club fine players for picking up a yellow card when they delay a free kick or throw the ball away? In the first half Wells picked up a card for this which should’ve been more than enough warning to the rest of the players, however, in the second half Tanner joined him for the same offence. Really is not very professional. Everyone knows that referees are going to issue cards for such behaviour.

Even better than his brilliant goal saving tackle against WBA