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5 minutes ago, phantom said:

I am surprised that there hasn't been any "official" announcement from the club this morning about this

Even if to explain that the details people were seeing was user testing data

The way our club continue to dismiss problems, pretend they go away and hope they don't have to address them is appalling

Really frustrating. It's quite disillusioning feeling so unimportant to an institution I put about a grand into every year.

It's like they see us fans as a nuisance to deal with. We just want to be kept in the loop. They forget we as fans and supporters care more about this club than many of them as employees.

Ok, looks like it’s sorted (ish). Anyone in the industry of data or seen anything like this? Could this actually cause us big problems?

No I’m no JL before anyone asks

God sake man.

I assume banking details are mostly ‘**’? Ie we don’t all need to put our bank accounts on hold? 
 

Ruined the dog walk this.

7 minutes ago, Bris Red said:

As incompetent as the club seemingly are in this department i would be shocked if the grumblings on here and all over social media haven’t gone unnoticed..

Once again the club have only got themselves to blame though. It’s a shame as we seem to be doing just about everything else correctly. 
 

It does baffle me though..How hard is it to get a proper kit supplier sorted and keep the fans in consultation with any changes to the badge? It’s not rocket science is it.. 

This is the key for me. I'm frustrated by the weird home kit variability (collar size, shirt trim... why is it changing?!), and the clubs stark refusal to give us any indication of an away kit release (how hard is it to tweet that the away kit launch is being prepped and all is well, enough people are asking). 

BUT I don't want bad feeling seeping from the fans into the club just as we're heading into a hopefully very productive season. If the kit is the biggest problem, that's a fairly charmed life. Hopefully this O'Neill's deal is short and sweet and we'll be back with a proper distributor when we're in Europe in a few years  

Will today be away kit day? Will it be this week? Have O'Neills forgotten to make one altogether?

All these answers and more on this weeks edition of... Bristol City: Apparel Apathy!

I wouldn't say no to an old head to compete with/mentor Max but it's a nice to have rather than a need. I think Bajic will impress a few if called upon.

A couple more games under the belt and the lads seem to be playing well. Still no sign of Kal sadly.

Injured:

Atkinson

Naismith

Benarous

Ross McCrorie was absent from both games today. Potentially an injury, but that’s not confirmed at the moment (to my knowledge). I note there were some subs today, I take that to be a case of controlling minutes and legs rather than injury subs? I didn’t watch either game but can’t see anything about knocks in the mdt.

2 weeks to go ️

25 minutes ago, Slacker said:

I am waiting for you to get paid too.Just the two tickets for me as well please Gav.

Haha na I’ll get you an executive box mate

2 hours ago, elhombrecito said:

Doesn't look like many tickets have been sold this one. Just had a quick look at the ticketing website - below is S22 which is almost completely sold out to season ticket holders and is normally the first to be sold as it's the best block in the cheapest stand. Quite a few left to say the least!

I’ll be buying a couple, just waiting on payday. Few others may be doing the same

As soon as Leeson started earlier I was concerned about McCrorie and Tanner! Seems the former is playing no part today. Concerning. 

Just now, firstdivision said:

I’ve missed Naismith’s injury. Anyone? 

‘Minor calf strain’ according to the local paper, fingers crossed they’re right! We’ve heard that before and not seen a player for two months. 

6pm ticks past with no cryptic nonsense so looks as though no away kit tonight. Preston just announced theirs so I think that’s 18 teams who’ve released it.

I wonder if Scott was central to the announcement vid and they’re now in an awkward position?

47 minutes ago, Cov 77 said:

Is there a genuine chance that may happen ? It seems awfully drawn out tbh

I've not heard anything. Just hopeful. Was always very much under the impression he likes being in Bristol. Go on TK, sign it 

2 minutes ago, Pearsonistheman said:

Going to Cardiff then? They love one of our cast offs. 

Cardiff are financially a bit wobbly aren't they. If he went to them and we didn't match their wage offer I'd be pretty disappointed. 

We need an extra body who can play the two centre-half roles and he knows the team and city inside out. I'm still hopeful he signs.

Posts at 8 and 10 on the dot, I’m gonna stick my neck out and say I think we’ll have the away kit tonight. 

9 hours ago, bcfc01 said:

Yep, first game of that season I remember watching us deservedly beat Sheffield United away. 

As I said, its mildly interesting (or not for most).

 

I was on holiday for that Sheffield United game. My Gashead Uncle was having a lot of fun taking the piss... up until the Wade Elliot (I think?) winner!

The really stark realisation of how little pre-season results matter came in 2014 for me. Before we won the double and got oh so close to 100 points I watched as we lost to Weston-Super-Mare.

Not a dig OP, just an anecdote I like to share. I’m sure many others recall that evening. 

Talk of Wolves and £25 million on Twitter now.

One thing I will say, I have every faith that Tinns and Pearson can immediately pull a trigger and get wheels in motion on some new post-Scott signings.

BUT we're not there yet. Let's see where this goes. 

Following our 7-1 win at the HPC against Swindon, we've had an an opportunity to look at swathes of our squad as we fielded 2 different XI's and some of our young guns, including OTC, Palmer-Houlden and Idehen, turned out for Swindon.

Everyone we expected to be present was. Wiles-Richards didn't play (I'm assuming he didn't get any time in Swindon's net?) as Bajic was given an hour instead.

Main headline, still no Kal  

Injured:

Atkinson

Naismith

Benarous 

11 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

A Swindon fan on their townend forum mentioned getting TC on loan.

I don't think so wannabe Bristolians, he's staying right where he is.

I actually think it would be a good move for all parties. We'll loan in Haaland as cover.

One more to match our Torquay tally. 

6 minutes ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said:

Bajic in goal. 

Gwan Stef.

4 minutes ago, BCFCOFSWEDEN said:

Naismith?

Crocked. This seasons first CB crisis has come in *checks notes* July.

Anyone got a full list of our youngsters playing for Swindon?

Pre-season, means nothing, I'm not worried at all. 

But I do want to see us get better in those moments after we score. We must protect leads better this coming season.

4 minutes ago, petehinton said:

Sam is a better natural goalscorer than TC and that’s a hill I’m willing to die on

Very different forwards but I do have a special feeling about Bell. Conway is excellent but something about Bell's game just moves me.

It's a good XI, even better when you factor in the lack of Atkinson/Naismith/Pring/Weimann/Conway/Mehmeti. We're putting a really nice little squad together. 

5 minutes ago, Wedontplayinblue said:

The amount of blue that has been pushed in the training gear, quite openly, how late the away kit is being released.

They are doing it so people get used to seeing blue, then release it late enough so it’s a 

“oh, what you mean you don’t like it, we thought it was nice, we know for next year”

plus the hope that we win the first away game 4-0 and no one cares. 

give or take a few days with the date 

18/19 released jun 25th

19/20 released July 2nd

20/21 away kit released 20th august 

22/23 released July 14th

I could see there being something in them delaying the release of the third kit for fear of backlash. The club will be aware of how under scrutiny the club apparel is following the Hummel/O'Neills switch mid season and the negative reactions to both O'Neills kits and splat. 

Or they're releasing it really late to try and maximise interest/'hype'? Either way it's a bit dumb. If the away kit proves popular, get it out now so you can sell more units and if it proves unpopular, rip the band aid off and get it over with. Finally bring this saga to an end 

At the end of the day, it's one season. We'll have many more kits and suppliers over the coming decades. We may have to write this one off!