Baldyman

Really happy for Forest . The 3 teams relegated from the Prem last year ALL going straight back up would have been a horrendous outcome . Really hope they get past Huddersfield ! 

Ex Hearts player becoming Hibs manager ??? Good luck with that one Lee . Better call Matty Taylor to borrow his tin hat

A bit of common sense from the bench and we could have see the game out . 1 min of injury time left and we still had two subs to bring on . Who in their right mind doesn’t use that to eek out that last  60 seconds ? 

24 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

Zero budget ? 
Don’t they have one of the biggest budgets in the fourth division ?

How many players have they signed this year? 
 

Sorry to spoil a bit of blind hatred Major but : yes he brought in an entire new first team BUT the guy did it with fifteen FREE transfers didn’t he ? If NP gets us anywhere near the top 10 next season with fifteen free transfers he’ll be hailed as the messiah ! 

9 hours ago, phantom said:

Congratulations to the happy couple 

Nathan has had it rough recently, about time he had something go his way 

Ladies . If your hubby to be turned up for the big day in a pair of trainers , wouldn’t you be slightly concerned he was planning on legging it ?

1 minute ago, 1960maaan said:

Signed about 30 players didn't he ?
Some are bound to be at least average 

Yes he’s signed a good number , almost all on a free and moved just as many on too . I just think that bearing in mind about 70% of Gas fans were against him before a ball was even kicked , he’s shown what a hard nosed bar steward he really is ! ( not withstanding the car crash that is never too far around the corner with him ) 

Have to confess , I thought Joey Barton was going to crash and burn this season , especially with the court case as a massive distraction.  Hate to say it but the guy is doing an incredible job on a zero budget and has given them a real chance of the play offs !! Bugger

10 hours ago, Merrick's Marvels said:

He'll be going into the last year of his contract this summer.....

Fwiw, my priorities at CB would be:

1. Aerially dominant

2. Excellent communicator

3. Leader

Not sure how many of those boxes Kalas ticks. Well I do actually - not enough of them.

Given that Tanner and Pring look like the future at full back and given at least one, if not more, of Scott, Massengo and Benarous will make up our midfield for the foreseeable - that's a lot of young, naive, promising apprentices in the team. 

What young lads learning the ropes need more than anything is older heads guiding them through games - and when I say guiding I mean talking to them, non stop, for 95 minutes.

That's why, for me, the team needs at least one, if not two, CBs who are excellent communicators. I'm not sure we have a single one.

The absence of leaders - vocal leaders - in a team that is relying so heavily on it's young players, is a major negative for me. And just another example of a dysfunctional set of players who don't gel as a squad. 

100 % ! I’ve felt for the past 2 seasons that Kalas is an issue . Way too quiet and “ leading by example “ isn’t enough . We need an on field “ manager” and we simply don’t have one . Think back to the likes of Flint, Shaun Taylor , and Louis Carey . Real vocal leaders on the pitch . Beacons that the younger lads can rely on . 

14 minutes ago, redysteadygo said:

Ah, but Terry is not manager anymore.

Very true . I’ve still got my FRT scarf with all the players names on from that day plus my Bristol City Pride of the West flag ! Even got the cassette recording with Jonathan Pearce commentating somewhere . 

Nah , I’ll pick up a programme when we get to the final next season

24 minutes ago, Roger Red Hat said:

Anybody else tired, weary and fed up with being a BCFC supporter? Literally nothing to get enthused about season after season.

Yep ! I’ve not been to the gate since Forest at home having barely missed a home game in the previous 40 years . This division has just killed my passion for the game . We can’t compete at this level under the Lansdown ownership as they simply make the same mistakes decade after decade . Just  4 or 5 years ago I just couldn’t imagine feeling this way but after these past few years football has ceased to matter like it used to

Surely this renders the Championship as untenable? How can it be fair for two teams to be forced to play behind closed doors at home yet face 20k crowds away ? 

12 minutes ago, phantom said:

 

Can only assume that venues WITH A CAPACITY OF 10k would be the measure as you can’t predict whether 9,999 or 10,001 will turn up unless pay on the day is scrapped throughout football !  On that basis I guess clubs like Wrexham , Notts County and Grimsby in the National league will require passports whereas many League 1 clubs and maybe even Luton in the championship may not ! 

Just downloaded the NHS app . It takes five days for your vaccination record to pull through it seems ! Probably add a few more days to that with 10 million sports fans all downloading it !! 

Guilty verdict or not , that’s now JB’s 3rd court appearance for assault with a 4th happening soon . He almost blinds a youth player, beats the crap out of a teammate and serves time for doing likewise to some guy in Liverpool . Only football could pay someone with this track record a substantial salary to manage their business in the public eye .  I love the game but it really is a total cesspit at times ! 

Loving how Ayman winds up the opposition in an identical manner to how Grealish does it ! I really can’t recall us having this type of player in our armoury before ! 

I don’t agree that it’s a case of “ win or out” but it is the case that NP’s stats are even worse than Benny Lennartson over the 31 games that he managed us and he’s generally considered to be our worst ever manager . Our next 3 games are crucial and we could easily be just one place off the drop zone by then if our form continues .  There will surely be a tipping point for even the most supportive fans if we find ourselves within striking distance of 22nd place over the next 2 or 3 weeks   

Would love to see Saikou get some decent game time . He’s an interesting character to say the least too . Saw him playing for Nic Wanderers under 16’s not too long after he came to the the UK with his Mum . Was like watching a fully grown man knocking little kids about for 90 mins ! We really have nothing to lose giving the lad a chance ! 

I’ve heard that Joey has ditched the use of a “ false 9” in favour of a” false 1” . Exeter have only had 5 shots on target !!

Just now, S_C said:

Thought the one comment that sounded absolutely unequivocal in the RB interview was that there had been no contact with Shakespeare, and I think you have to wonder whether that’s saying more than was intended.

Club are in a catch 22 situation now. Shakespeare makes sense if Pearson is here, he doesn’t if he’s not.

All much a do about nothing if you ask me

This is going to be messy and drawn out I think . The club will not sack him whilst there’s a chance he’ll walk of his own accord on the grounds of Poor health . The latter option being much the cheaper option no doubt !  Expect to see CF being given the role as indefinite cover for NP in the hope that he’ll resign anyway ! Pretty sure the Sags would like to see Barton gone too but will likewise hold out to see if he actually gets convicted of either of his assault charges so they can sack him for nowt ! What a basket case this City is

And Mitrovic just netted his 19th goal of the season in the 16th game !  Nuts ! 

Totally backfiring so far . I understand not wanting to splash millions on players with our finances under pressure, BUT why oh why did we not get a couple of loanees in from the Prem like just about every other club in the division has ? Still come at a cost but just a fraction of the cost of a permanent signing . Really odd that we haven’t a single loan player to bolster the squad . 

1 minute ago, Moments of Pleasure said:

Lady behind over his left shoulder appears to be, er, enjoying events a bit more ....

It was Dalgish’s face in the next shot that made me chuckle . He was pissing himself laughing

Just now, downendcity said:

I was being facetious. 

Glad you had to spell that not me