DaveInSA

I am back. this will get to 30 pages now.

it would be peak Bristol City to win this 5-0. and not score again for five games

It could this be “peak Lansdown” I hope so. it doesn’t take long for instability off the pitch to impact on it. My view is Steve should sell up and move on. If he can’t find a buyer, he needs to butt out of the running of the club and appoint proper people to do it.

This is a most marvellous post. I'm a bit vanilla about it all to be honest. We've had all of this from SL before. He has not one iota of a plan of how to "get" to the Premier league. Others have said it in this thread. It's all knee jerk on "what's worked for others" and swinging pendulums - spending loads of cash, and then not spending any. But. We aren't others. We're Bristol City and we need a Bristol City plan. What is it? Who replaces Pearson? What is our long term style of play for the first team? How does that drop down into the U21s & youth sides? Who manages this? How do we recruit into this plan? What does succession look like? etc. etc. Basically - our strategy. I've had these questions for years. And if SL is still here when Nigel's contract is up, the appointment of his successor will tell you everything you need to know (IMHO that SL doesn't know how to run a football club). Is Steve a narcissist? I can't answer the question, but it appears that anyone challenging him, pretty soon sees their arse out the door.

we live in hope. but this is BCFC and nothing surprises me.

So, while disappointed that he is inevitably leaving. Some thoughts. There may be other clubs come in now for him, triggered by the first acceptable bid from Bournemouth. No doubt, this is a step backward, but as others have said, this money is important to the survival of BCFC and our ability to be financially sustainable. This is Pearson's last season, on his current deal. We also need to bear in mind that a new manager with a new philosophy will be coming in at the end of the year. I'm hoping that we're a properly managed football club these days, and we have a plan for this. Point 1 is conjecture. Points 2&3 we know about - any sensible owner would be aware of our risks and have mitigation plans in place. But this is Steve's club and he does what he likes.

Leroy Lital - fixed that for you

mine are in green then ? mid table last year for me - hope i improve this year... ...shame there isn't a question on which month will the SAGS open their new stand? Bristol City F.C. 1) Where will City finish this season, Top 2, 3rd - 6th, 7th-12th, 13th - 18th, or 19th -24th? 7th-12th 2) What will be City's exact final League position? 8th 3) How many points will City get this season? 69 4) Will City win 18 (or more) league games this season? Yes 5) Will City score 60 (or more) League goals this season? Yes 6) Will City concede 60 (or more) League goals this season? No 7) Who will finish as City's top scorer, League & Cups? Tommy Conway How many goals in total will City's top scorer (whether the player named in Q7, or not) get? 23 9) Who will be City's 2nd top scorer, League & Cups? Sam Bell 10) How many goals in total will City's 2nd top scorer (whether the player named in Q9, or not) get? 17 11) How many academy graduates will make their City debuts this season in League or Cups? 4 12) Who will make more 1st team apps. in all competitions, Harvey Wiles-Richards or Stefan Bajic? Wiles-Richards 13) Will City sign a new goalkeeper this season, either permanently or on loan? No 14) Will Alex Scott still be a City player on the last day of the season? No 15) Will Zac Vyner still be a City player on the last day of the season? Yes 16) Which of the new signings, McCrorie, Dickie, Knight & Roberts, will make the most appearances. this season in League & Cup? Knight 17) Which of these 4 players will make the least number of appearances? Roberts 18) Will Jason Knight score 5 (or more) goals in all competitions? No 19) Will Anis Mehmeti score 7 (or more) goals in all competitions? No 20) Will Harry Cornick score 8 (or more) goals in all competitions? No 21) Which month will Ayman Benarous make his first on - field 1st team appearance for City this season? November 22) Which month will Rob Atkinson make his first on - field 1st team appearance for City this season? January 23) Will City sign a striker either in this window, or the January window? No 24) Will Seb Palmer-Houlden score 10 (or more) goals for Newport in all competitions? Yes 25) Will he be recalled in January? No 26) Who will be City's player of the season? Tommy Conway 27) What will be the Official attendance for City's first home League game against P.N.E. to the nearest thousand? 24k 28) What will City's average League attendance be this season to the nearest thousand? 22k 29) In which round will City be knocked out of the F.A. cup? QF 30) In which round will City be knocked out of the Carabou Cup? 3rd 31) How many City players will be sent off in all competitions this season? 1 32) Who will be the first City player to be sent off this season? Knight 33) How many penalties, in all competitions, will City be awarded this season? 3 34) How many penalties will City score? 3 35) How many penalties will be given against City this season in all competitions? 7 36) How many penalties will the opposition score? 6 37) Will any City player score a 1st team hat-trick this season? Yes 38) Which young City player out of Araoye, Yeboah, Leeson, Knight-Lebel, Francois & Taylor-Clarke, will make the most 1st team apps, in all competitions? Araoye 39) Will Nigel Pearson still be City manager on the last day of the season? Yes Gas 1) Will Rovers finish in the top half (1-12) or bottom half (13-24) of League 1? Top half 2) What will be Rovers final league position? 8th 3) What will be Rovers official average League attendance to the nearest thousand? 8k 4) Will Kane Wilson score against Rovers? No 5) Will Joey Barton still be Rovers manager on the last day of the season? Yes Rivals, Cardiff, Swansea & Plymouth 1) Who will finish higher, Cardiff or City? City 2) How many points will City get against Cardiff, 0,1,2,3,4 or 6? 6 3) Who will finish higher, Swansea or City? City 4) How many points will City get against Swansea, 0,1,2,3,4, or 6? 4 5) Who will finish higher, City or Plymouth? City 6) How many points will City get against Plymouth, 0,1,2,3,4 or 6? 4 Lee Johnson's Hibs 1) What position will Hibs finish in the SPL this season? 5th 2) Will Lee Johnson still be Hibs manager on the last day of the season? Yes Ashton's Ipswich 1) Who will finish higher, Ipswich or City? City 2) Will Ashton still be at Ipswich at the end of the season? Yes Old Boys 1) Will Joe Bryan score for Millwall against City this season? No 2) Will Antoine Semenyo score 7 (or more) goals for Bournemouth in all competitions? No 3) Will Kasey Palmer score against City this season? No 4) Will Callum O'Dowda score against City this season? No Championship 1) Which club will finish top of the Championship? Leicester 2) Which club will finish bottom of the Championship? Swansea

I'm wondering how they're affording to get all these players in. Is Mr Snake Oil working there behind the scenes? Or is it because they're all wife beaters and no one else will have them?

if Exeter score we'll not make the play offs. or be top 10.

nothing to do up in Newcastle though is there? apart from fighting and footy.

unfortunately not. UK adopted GDPR and I don't think it was part of Jacob's binfire.

possibly 83(5) GDPR, the fine framework can be up to 20 million euros, or in the case of an undertaking, up to 4 % of their total global turnover of the preceding fiscal year, whichever is higher.

TBH i don't think its right that our team is scoring for fun against our u21s. must make them feel rubbish.

I feel this has a while left to run yet. And I'm still hopeful that the valuation won't be met and he'll still be here next year. I mean, it's one more year at BCFC, or about £3 million quid in your bank account for playing for Wolves or Bournemouth. You know it makes sense Alex.

indeed. this is shortly going to be the Saudi league.

done - what a fabulous plan - i love it

i'm trying to get some work done - can you please get the roof open already...

I literally don't think he's going to leave this window. All this BS from the premier league clubs saying they don't have the funds...absolute nonsense.

24 for me. Proving that I know next to nothing about BCFC and more about old boys. Quality bit of fun @Nogbad the Bad, looking forward to the 2023/4 version. Should I be so bullish?

:laugh:. That would be like a defender giving a penalty after he's committed an offence.

Knowing Asthon, he'll probably try and sign Little Simz as well. Utter bell, i listened to 3 minutes of that interview...

Is that Matt "toblerone" Hill?

West Ham win the freight rover trophy equivalent in Europe. well done.

So strong we finished 11 places lower than them ????