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Funnily enough that would definitely decrease the violence as it’s an opioid, but I get that you’re joking anyway. I’m 27 and had a serious drug addiction for six years, including coke. Most of what everyone is saying is absolutely true (amount of people using it, not just in football but in the general population). Being the age I am I genuinely can’t go to watch a game with a few ‘mates’ at Ashton Gate without being offered a bump or a line, which has resulted in me restricting myself to going with one of the only friends that can take drugs sparingly and not at football, or failing that my old man. Seriously though I don’t think the police, government or older generation realise how endemic not just coke, but drugs in general are in late teens and twenty odd year olds now. You don’t have to find dealers anymore you just join a WhatsApp group and within five minutes you’ll have a menu from five different people that offers you every street and prescription drug on the planet. Don’t get me wrong, for people that can control it I don’t think it’s a huge issue but with the massive rise in mental health problems and the ease of availability of a lot of drugs combined with how addictive certain prescription (Codeine/OxyContin, Xanax) and street drugs (Mainly Cocaine and Ketamine) further combined with the glamorisation by complete idiots in the music industry - people are trying things they wouldn’t have 20 years ago because these idiot ‘artists’ are telling them it’s cool. Ive been clean for about six months now and focus on scuba diving, playing football, travelling (docks are a bit cold for diving and not much to see) and trying to eat well and just be more healthy. I have a list of mental health diagnosis as long as my arm but I can probably only put depression and anxiety down as being caused by, or at least made worse by drugs. Like I said for people that control it and CAN genuinely control it, it’s not the end of the world if they take something they enjoy sparingly and can afford it, but I was in a situation where it was either keep going till I died (which I can extremely close to last year after OD’ing and waking up in the BRI) or sort my shit out and get addicted and back into the things I’ve always loved. Its definitely not something I’m proud to have a history of, however it is what it is and if anyone reading this is struggling with drug abuse and wants any advice or someone to talk to please don’t hesitate to DM me. But in response to the OP, I’d say about half of the people that use the facilities throughout the game actually need a number two, and are just going in there because it has a door lock.

£25-£38 on the website.

I genuinely can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic. But you have no idea about football if not, Ronaldo was dropped last week :laugh:.

He didn’t get picked for one game? Wow he must be shit then I stand corrected.

20/20 mate, check yours.

I’m well aware the author of this post was taking the owen, however the fact he can’t see there is a player in Bakinson makes him look more of a **** than me regardless of whatever anyone says. I don’t play football manager and I don’t think I’m a manager. I’m just not blind.

Say what you want about NP but I trust his judgment on a young player a lot more than yours.

My old dear got me one for Xmas. Just sent the badge to a company that makes custom beanies/bobble hats. Great quality.

Good god I’m glad I won’t be driving when he’s on tomorrow. Used to think he was alright on SSN but 3 hours of him thinking he’s the white knight of footballing justice every day is too much. Jordan is excellent on the other hand I must admit.

Don’t think anyone can deny we were lucky midweek but at least we had spells in the game where we were in control. Just think it shows how much we miss Williams. Genuinely the only player that can control the game in the most important area of the pitch. I’ll be the first to admit I was excited by Wells signing but he’s just getting worse and worse. No idea what the answer is but we need James back and I know the restrictions on our spending are very tight but we need to do something in January whether it’s a loan or whatever but we need another midfielder then try to offload Wells, King and preferably a couple of others however unlikely that seems ?

Hangover probably contributing to it but wow that first half wound me up. One header from a corner that frankly should have been buried but other than that we offered absolutely nothing. Lucky that it’s only 1-0.

Didn’t even notice that first time around, incredible footballing intelligence.

Yeah he’s not the finished product I completely agree but I’ve seen some improvement in his defensive game recently, with more work and experience, and as I mentioned before with some better players around him he looks like he could develop into a decent player at this level in my opinion.

I’m no expert but I think the criticism towards Bakinson is unfair. He’s still pretty young and is basically our only all round midfielder, I think with some better midfielders around him and the right striker making decent runs occasionally he could look much more accomplished as a deep lying playmaker as he has an eye for an interception too.

Famous people wear what I consider pretty ridiculous outfits all the time, for me it’s that fact that it looks like a Japanese anime school girl outfit… isn’t that just a bit weird, from a couple of angles?

What a word ?

Genuinely feel it has been fate for some time that he would end up in charge of us one day. I know a lot feel differently, but I think it was always going to happen.

**** me I haven’t burst out laughing at something written on this forum like I did in a long time ? call me juvenile I couldn’t care less that was 10/10

Maybe I’ve overstated the importance of the age difference, I’m 26 and in all fairness there is a lot of older people on radio and TV that I find hilarious. Was just an observation as to why maybe some older fans don’t identify with OSIB as much, but I’m sure there’s plenty that do.

I rarely post on here anymore and usually just come on here to kill time and have a flick through some of the topics that sound interesting or if there’s anything big (transfers etc) happening at the club, but I had to do forgotten password to comment on this. I went to sixth form with Stan for two years and then he was goalkeeper for the team we formed in the suburban league for the first couple of seasons before he went to uni and made the odd cameo appearance when he could after that so we know each other pretty well despite not talking much for the last couple of years. All I can say is that in every episode I’ve heard he’s 100% being himself and in my eyes has done incredibly well to grow the podcast into what it is, from the guests he can attract, to the sponsorship from Mansion and obviously the time and effort he puts into it. He’s in his mid-twenties so obviously the younger viewers are probably going to ‘get’ the quirky humour a lot more and therefore as a whole maybe enjoy the podcast more in general. I’m sure there are older listeners that do still enjoy it because it’s well-prepared and despite the humour there is still a lot of real debate about important subjects around the club. Because podcasts like this the host will always have his own opinion if people don’t align with Stan’s a lot of the time they probably won’t enjoy the podcast, but overall I think he does a very good job putting it all together and the majority of people that listen to it and obviously regular listeners do enjoy it. Like other people have mentioned there’s other podcasts out there with a different feel and probably a bit of a different target audience so there’s something for everyone. I mean if Arsenal Fan TV can be successful then Christ I’m pretty sure there’s hope for all of our fan content.

Clean sheet tonight, 2-0 City with Djuric to come on and score the second - thank me later when your bets come in