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Just now, DaveF said:

You're right, might as well stop watching.

Well the feed is repeatedly stopping so I won't have much choice 

1 minute ago, DaveF said:

Are you surprised we aren't as good as Leeds who have just been relegated from the Prem?

No but surprised we weren't much better than Rotherham last Wednesday.

Unless Tommy Conway reproduces some magic again in the last 10 minutes then can anyone see us coming back in this one.

1 minute ago, Curr Avon said:

Wells off injured. Cornick on.

Reduction in quality unfortunately.

1 hour ago, Wedontplayinblue said:

I’m not calling Pearson a racist by any stretch as he clearly isn’t, but he does come across as a type of manager who likes hard working brexit means brexit type players. 

I’d probably put a bet on that most of his signings, if not all, have been white British or Irish players. 

I'd probably put a bet on that most of his signings, if not all, have been players we could afford and who he thought would be good for the club.

Fantastic. Got me out of the chair and I have just a knee replacement and have got Covid. How good were those goals and how good is he.

5 minutes ago, Redtrojan said:

Now Max getting a chance to join in the mediocrity .

 

So many parts of the team need improving if we want to do more than just stay up.

The way things are going. I will be more than happy to stay up this season.

1 minute ago, cityexile said:

Rotherham dragging us effectively down to their level, and lo and behold they are a bit better at it than we are. Got a 1-0 mugging written all over it.

Still, was a clear penalty. Our fair share of the breaks would help.

 

Doesn't take much dragging.

We are never  seem far away from a mistake or misplaced pass. 

1 hour ago, stephenkibby. said:

Fair play to them are looking the real deal.

Hard to see them not in the top 3 or 4 at the end of the season.

And they have American owners who have ambition and desire to get promoted and will back the manager in the transfer market.

On 01/10/2023 at 09:25, Shauntaylor85 said:

In my view City will never get to the PL under current ownership. Just need to accept it. 

Absolutely right. The only way we are destined under Lansdown is League 1. If Pearson goes and we continue  to sell the best young players we produce it is inevitable.

4 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

Why can't we/Bristol Sport ever seem to get much right? 

Yesterday all the card machines went down at half time. OK these things can happen but when they do happen, there should be an alternative plan of which their clearly wasn't one. I heard staff moaning that their managers phone was off so they didn't know what to do. 

I'm not saying we lost because people couldn't get a half time beer. But it doesn't help the atmosphere does it. 

I read that there were big issues with Robins TV. Although yesterday's issues seemed to be quite severe, there appears to always be problems with Robins TV. 

Downsy continues to mess up on a game by game basis now. It was very clear from early on in his employment that he wasn't up to the job and still we continue to employ him.

I'm sure he's a lovely guy but this whole culture of settling for poor performance simply because someone is a nice person just isn't good enough. 

Again I'm not sure we can blame defeats on these things, but not having high standards throughout the club/Bristol Sport is not like to breed success is it? It's just all too cosy. 

We then have the ongoing issues with the PA which is simply not good enough. 

But ultimately, whilst things can happen which are out of the clubs/Bristol Sports hands, the communication is constantly shocking. Communication is within our own hands and it's something we constantly fail at. 

It's just not good enough at all.

The Lansdowns.

1 minute ago, Lew-T said:

Still can’t believe we’ve come away with zero points there.
 

Stoke were pants, and I mean pants.

Unfortunately pants enough to beat us at home 

2 hours ago, UpTheReds said:

Lansdown will be having nightmares about the wage ceiling.

1 hour ago, BS3City said:

Isn't there a saying that "the cream always rises to the top"? By the same token the slimeballs that are Ashton and co will undoubtedly get their comeuppance and sink to the bottom. 

I have no football financial knowledge whatsoever, but am pretty confident the Ipswich model will only be sustainable if they get to the promised land. If they fail the fallout will be a joy to behold.

**** em...

Like you I hope Ashton gets his comeuppance at some point. But in spite of signing a lot of players I didn't think the Ipswich wage bill was that high compared to other Championship clubs and they get  27000  at most home games.

If Massengo is way ahead of Knight in terms of ability why was he  considerably less effective when playing for us.

10 hours ago, Abraham Romanovich said:

Of course not I think we can all agree that mistakes have been made in his tenure and he is aware of that.

Brighton and ourselves were very similar ,new stadium, rich local owner and look how are trajectories have differed since that play off final.

It's comments like he is building a nest egg /not interested in football  which i find disingenuous he could spend £10m a year for the next 100 years and still have a quarter of his money in tact.

Only he knows his intentions and some of the comments on here do him a great disservice.

I have to say I find it a bit disingenuous to suggest SL is aware of the mistakes he has made. Because if he had such awareness why would he have continued to make them over such a long period.

Hard to see how we can survive this 

Thank you Phantom. Just got mine. Will take the grandkids. Cheers 

24 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Can't see it being a thrashing, 2-1 us wouldn't surprise me.

Plymouth have been in every game this season for one.

2 goals at home would be nice.

6 hours ago, Jerseybean said:

50 years ago today Ray Cashley scored for City, with a long clearance from his own penalty area, against Hull City on a very gusty night.

Were you there? 

I was and never forgot it. What is frightening is where the hell those 50 years went

18 minutes ago, MarcusX said:

 

 

 

How can we believe anything on OTIB when even this simple question has 4 different answers 

Well mine is wrong so we are down to three.

7 minutes ago, petehinton said:

All the best for a  complete and speedy recovery. 

1 minute ago, Port Said Red said:

How many of the Bristol team are on World cup duty?

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1 hour ago, bcfcnick said:

I'm reasonably content with the policy as I love the current set-up with academy players being given a chance.  What grates , however, is the lack of praise (and contract for Nigel Pearson and his team and the absence of any willingness to communicate with fans. They have done a fantastic job against the odds. The absence of praise is beyond poor.

Of course, I'd like to see City in the Premiership but progression in the Championship with committed developing young players from the lower leagues and our academy players getting a chance is also very satisfying to see especially with the style of football Pearson is implementing.   One caveat being is that I would have liked a striker brought in given Wells is the only option right now.

It's Pearson and his team who have put the Club on the path of relative success and enhanced the values of players despite a significantly reduced budget.  Their efforts have brought in significant transfer fees by nurturing young players and giving them opportunities.  The staff brought the best out of Alex Scott, Semenyo, Conway, Pring,  Bell and Vyner and only that success has allowed Steve Lansdown to cut the budget.  Pearson is continuing that approach with Yeboah getting some opportunities.  It's hard to fathom why SL can't bring himself to acknowledge and appreciate that.

It's not just good fortune either, Pearson has got the set-up right so the youngsters with the potential to step up train with the first team. Not only that, but the recruitment has been exceptionally good with the likes of Knight, Sykes, Atkinson all being astute signings from the lower league at a relatively low cost and wages.

The achievements of the management team shouldn't be underestimated and they aren't by the fan base.   It's poor of Steve Lansdown not to acknowledge that and brainless not to offer an extended contract.  It's also noteworthy that Steve Lansdown has done no interviews within the Club media or even with the external Bristol media.  He did give an interview to a Guernsey paper but that almost rubs in his disconnect with the fans. 

Despite others saying he is not good with the media I think that wasn't necessarily true in the past aside from the occasional unnecessary or clumsy dig at fans. I think generally there was a lot of goodwill and appreciation towards him despite some odd managerial appointment mistakes.   Investment in the stadium, the training ground and sustaining the Club for many years is something he should be applauded for.  It's a pity he has gone down a route (with his attitude to Pearson, appointing his son to an unsuited role and generally distancing himself from the fans) that has already lost some goodwill.  

It's all reversible of course and if we are in touching place of the play-offs and he offers Nigel a new contract and increased budget then all will be well. Football is fickle like that. For now, I'd be more than happy with contract extensions for Bell and Conway then see where we are in January.

I think with SL's plan I will be happy if we can stay in the Championship in the future.Talk of promotion to the Prem is pie in the sky. I hope he is on the way out because  he has no real ambition for the club in a footballing sense. My worry is he will be around long enough to see off Pearson. Without Pearson so little of what has been achieved in the last couple of years would have been possible. Any other decently run club would, as has been said, be signing up NP with a new contract. But not Lansdown. He continues to make one poor decision after another.