White Stripe

I remember a game away to Bury, about 20 years ago. A drizzly day. Drove over with my then young lad. 0-0 On the way out I saw two coppers laughing about it. It was really that bad.

The way things are going, it's more like we're coming for them.

"It's as simple as that". Ah... the dude will be missed, but life goes on. Looking forward to seeing how things pan-out. I'm optimistic about Liam Manning, although they do say it's the hope that kills you.

One question I have is how would this club actually cope in the Premier league from a governance point of view? They aren't doing that much of a job running a Championship club. I could be wrong but BCFC seems devoid of heavy hitters and football people. Surely the demands on the club would require a vastly improved governance structure. We would need several people of a similar calibre to Gould across the board. How would SL cope with that? Or Jon for that matter?

Blood clots in your legs?

Are manager / coach salaries and related fees included in the FFP calculation?

Why would Dean go there? Is he desperate for work? Always thought he had a decent reputation in the game. A section of their fans will be on his back like a ton of bricks when they go through a rough patch.

Watching that was a bit of a shocker, I almost felt sorry for the bloke. There is no way Jon should be fronting-up a football club, he doesn't have the inner strength for the job, you can hear it in his voice. I blame his old man for putting him in this situation.

Not according to Bristol Live this morning.

How is Barton on that list?

Bristol Live have Cotts in their list of 10 potential managers to replace Nige. There's no chance imo given the nature of his departure, which for me has a similar feel to the current debacle, but it gave me a laugh on this Monday morning. Quote: "He’s searching for a new opportunity off the back of a fine job at Shrewsbury Town and while some may declare “never go back”, City remain an itch he’s never been able to scratch and he’d jump at the chance to breathe fresh energy into the building at a time when everything seems to be drifting." https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-next-manager-pearson-8867389

I paid for my entrance fee with a paper round.

I think the 'made in a sweat shop' part is a myth. Pretty much all of the clothing worn in Italy is made in sweat shops. In fact, there is a town near Florence, Prato, which is full of Chinese owned sweatshops. That's probably repeated all over Italy ** Clothes sold in shops in Italy with 'made in Italy' labels are absurdly expensive and not especially high quality. A huge proportion of the populating are really struggling, especially in the south. I will say though that Italians are very image conscious, as the saying goes, an Italian woman would go without food to buy a new handbag. Specifically about club shirts - in my experience, it's common to see young people wearing the Italian shirt. During Internationals, there are flags everywhere! ** OFF TOPIC: . Two reasons for this I think: 1. they have sold off a lot of their industries to China, Germany etc. 2. They can't compete head-to-head due to having to price their goods in the over-valued Euro, rather than the Lira. Actually, all of my post is probably off topic.

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I would be surprised to see not us around 10th next season.

The whole thing was so embarrassingly cringe.

The Championship is petty chaotic, but other things being equal (our form and that the points per game of the bottom 3 - 5 remain the same) we will be fine, given the games we have in March and the first two games of April. However, it will nerve wracking if we are bobbing around the bottom 6 in mid April. We're going to be fine.

Whenever we visited them at Eastville, every game was a 'worst smell'.

Job for Nick Higgs?

Interesting. Is there enough land for a stadium?

I'm not, having watched the Rovers v Burton highlights ?

I reckon he has ruined their reputation - this kind of thing sticks to a club, even after the manager or player leaves.

Hear, hear. It's truly disgusting. On a related note, it doesn't need to be said, but I will anyway, the money at the top end of the game is distorting the EFL.

I want Everton to go down. I know several Everton fans and boy oh boy, are they an entitled bunch. They should suffer relegation just for their opinion of Championship football, it's 'beneath them' apparently. Unfortunately I can see Dyche saving them. I would like Bolton to come up, a resurrection story is always good to see. Not a fan of their soulless stadium though. Derby to stay down, due to the financial shenanigans. As others have posted, seeing the Shrews bounce through would be really great to see: knocking-out Ipswich on the way would be the icing on the cake.