Sir Geoff

13 hours ago, BrizzleRed said:

Especially when none of those individual entities manage to show a profit.  

In spite of the stadium upgrade and the massively increased matchday and corporate revenues coming from that, we still can’t even produce a profit in that area

It’s little wonder Lansdown can’t find a buyer!

In a nutshell. Who wants to buy 3 loss making teams In one hit.

16 hours ago, Ian M said:

I've said this before, the list of billionaires who wish to own a football club is quite small already.

Imagine how large the list of billionaires who wish to own a football club and a rugby club is?

Now reduce that further by producing a list of billionaires who wish to own a football club, a rugby club and a basketball club.

 

Add to that the women's teams (I assume there is a womens rugby team)

11 minutes ago, 1960maaan said:

Fair play if you read that Graham .
I started , saw the block of text and scrolled on . 

Me too. 

53 minutes ago, TV Tom said:

So you've picked four games from Pearson's reign this season, i think you're really clutching at straws when quoting Plymouth reserves, losing a two goal league to a poor Stoke team and a 94th minute winner with our first shot on target at Millwall,

Are you honestly saying that the home games against Brum & PNE weren't poor ? and don't even get me started on some of the performances from last season (i still break into a cold sweat thinking about one of the worse City performances i've ever seen at Reading)  

I'm not saying that all things are rosy in the garden but i certainly don't think things are any worse.

I wasn't at the Brum game so can't comment on that. Preston wasn't poor. We took the only point they dropped in the opening 7 games or so in gale force winds. I haven't hand picked games only ones I attended and enjoyed. I was answering your original question.

1 hour ago, Edgy Red said:

But you're just hand picking some positive results/reasonable performances there Sir Geoff, which we can do for Manning too (Middlesbrough x 2, Hull, West Ham x 2, Leicester, Southampton).

What about Nige's home games this season against Preston, Birmingham and Coventry (I appreciate we won 1-0 but it was robbery and Cov battered us. In fact it was going to be shown on Crimewatch that night)

The football under Nige was largely uninspiring and he had the best part of 3 years to build a team. Aside from Scott, Semenyo and maybe Kalas, i don't really think he lost anyone else of note.

I have no idea how the Manning reign will pan out, but he deserves some time and a few of his own signings before we should properly judge him.

I appreciate my post goes against most fans views on here, so please don't get angry with me, its just my opinion CTID

If you read the whole post, I said we were inconsistent. In my opinion the football was not as poor, certainly not as mind numbingly boring. It's all about opinions, yours is that 180 v Middlesborough was entertaining. My opinion is that the home game was also poor as was the 2nd half away.

39 minutes ago, TV Tom said:

Do you honestly believe that the football wasn’t poor before Manning came

No it wasnt. Millwall A was excellent. Swansea A, we battered them. Plymouth H, 4 goals. Stoke H 2 goals up and threw it away, but it wasn't poor.

End of last season QPR A, Burnley H we were very good.

No I don't think the football was poor before Manning was appointed. Inconsistent, yes. Poor definitely not.

6 minutes ago, richwwtk said:

A couple of games aside I really don't agree with this.

I have been more entertained at Ashton gate under Manning than I ever was under the last couple of years under Lee Johnson, all of Dean Holden and a large part of Nigel Pearson's time with us.

Blimey, only a couple. I would love to know which 4 games you enjoyed and were entertained watching out of these bore fests. Swansea, Cardiff, Millwall, QPR, Leeds and Sunderland.

11 minutes ago, cellist said:

Has 2 wins in 2 changed anyone's mind and led to early renewal? What are you hoping to see in the last 6 games?

(Not trying to start a fight - genuinely interested! I'm not an ST holder, don't live in Bristol so try and go away more than home. Respect the decision to delay renewal to make a point - a point that needs making!)

Changed nothing for me. I don't appreciate being lied to continuously by people I do business with.

2 matches mean nothing. The football has been poor to watch since Manning took over.

I will reasses in the autumn when half season tickets are announced.

On 29/03/2024 at 10:19, eardun said:

I think the same, i.e. end result more likely to have an impact than timing of renewal. It’s not as if they get all the cash immediately either (those who pay by instalments don’t make until their first payment until June). 

I'm no financial whizz, but your monthly contract is with the finance company who make their profit from the interest you pay. Surely they pay the club up front for your ticket purchase.

Happy to be proved wrong.

Done RD, TC, 2 random women and @Ole champagne moment as above.

21 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Still wonder why the lure of Westerlo was so big?  Other than his brother was in Belgium.

Agree. Seems a very strange situation all round and one I think we should be steering well clear of.

14 hours ago, Harry said:

Let’s write off a 19 year old, shall we. 
 

Do you know what Conway was doing at the same age. He’s just come off of a loan at Bath City and was making an odd appearance here and there for us. 
Sam Bell at the same age had just come off of a loan at Grimsby. 
Let’s even go as far as Vyner. At the same age he was on loan at Accrington. 
I could go on. 
 

Some of the comments seem to suggest the kid can’t even play football and is some sort of competition winner! 
Somewhat disrespectful that chaps. 

I’m not gonna get caught up in any hype, but you don’t get voted Man City’s academy player of the year if you are shit. Nor do you get called up to national teams age groups 16’s, 19’s and 21’s. 
He actually has the same amount of Scotland u21 goals as Conway. And he’s 2 years younger. 
 

But yeah, let’s write him off because we’ve seen him play 40 minutes of football as a late substitute in a struggling team. 
 

Yeah ok. 

None of those mentioned cost £1.75 million, though.

A cracking day for the armchair fan today.

Leicester V Norwich

Plymouth V City (RTV)

Ipswich V Southampton.

and if you must.... Leeds V Hull

Why West Ham, what about his Man City connections. We got Medube, what more do you want ?

TBF the Moyes /  Newman connection has done nothing so can't see Manning having any influence.

2 hours ago, Davefevs said:

I named my first budgie Joey after Joe90!

I think my son Joe (Joseph) wasn’t my choice, but when Mrs Fevs suggested it, this was who came into mind.

I named my first budgie, Bobby, after Bobby Moore circa 1970.

4 minutes ago, Fredford89 said:

The post was supposed to be positive and what are you talking about 

Still no punctuation, Brian.

21 minutes ago, Odd socks said:

Who rolled his stone away ?

Ian Hunter ?

1 hour ago, Homer Simpson said:

Hi Zak. Has Liam banned punctuation at BS?

Funny how none of the bots use punctuation or capital letters properly.

Must have been let out for the weekend to troll us again.

4 hours ago, Fredford89 said:

Let the Pearson Obsession die if anything think he’s laid down the foundations as he did when he last left Leicester

Twine was the big January signing he starts we beat Leicester get off Pearsons parsnip and give Manning a chance 

Clearly no scrabble player. Ficklest is not a word. Try again.

15 hours ago, mozo said:

Did Nige play tactics like today or are you just basing it on possession?

Today, literally was Niges tactics. Press high, punish mistakes and turn the ball over in their half. Quick start, high intensity, bravery.

2 hours ago, And Its Smith said:

Absolutely. I think people have already forgotten how important Scott and Semenyo were

Imagine, if they had been adequately replaced, though. Perhaps a fair bit higher than 14th.

17 hours ago, Curr Avon said:

Despite supposedly losing the dressing room, being out of his depth, and boring I'd say our manager deserves a lot of credit for today's excellent victory against Premier League bound Leicester.

Although I expect several of you to disagree.

 

And FBC isn't knee jerk. Ok

Would love the 'John Lansdown is a manual manipulator' song to re emerge.

More than happy to join in with " LM your football is sh.."

1 hour ago, weepywall said:

Who would have thought on August 9th last year that the manager/coach of the team that we beat 5-1 in the League Cup would be in charge of us in March...utter shambles.

You forget the 4 we put past them a few weeks earlier, pre season.

32 minutes ago, Jose said:

He has to be on a wind up surely 

He's got a bet with Hogg as to how many times he can mention the S word.