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13 minutes ago, formerly known as ivan said:

I don’t get why people don’t like it when someone expresses an opinion on a forum?

It's often the ones that daren't ever start their own threads, but will pluck up the courage to have a little snipe at those that do. Funny old world ....

Just now, pikeysrobins said:

So….why the MASS exodus of fans (a) when Huddersfield scored (b) on 85 mins?? I hate it when fans leave early at the best of times but that was embarrassing today. We have been on a good run of late and I know things are petering out to another season of mid-tableness but hey…fair enough if we’re losing 3-0 or similar! 

It happens almost everywhere, everytime, in that situation now. It's not the 1970s anymore. That sort of loyal support is pretty much extinct, don't fret about it, we're not the ficklest, we're pretty much just like everyone else around the country 

Outstanding performance but a schoolboy error at the end there, giving a penalty to the midtable side with nothing at stake and going nowhere but the beach, at the expense of the team hovering around the bottom three or four, with rather a lot to lose. In April. Tut, tut. 

Whereas Lee Mason, in the (46th) game v Birmingham City in 2017, chose not to award us, the home side, a (pretty clear) penalty, us being on the beach with nothing at stake and Birmingham almost certain to go down and never to forgive or forget should he penalise them. And probably be hanging around in the car park afterwards. 

Played today in their win at Blackburn I believe

32 minutes ago, Banjo Red said:

Back to dogshit.

... back to reality (however do want me, however do you need me .... )

6 minutes ago, marmite said:

LJ used to line up with 4!!

And with some success, before reverting to the more fashionable and contemporary attacking fullbacks that couldn't defend, and our form going to pot

6 minutes ago, Sturny said:

Blackburn 1 up 

2 minutes ago, Midred said:

Blackburn now 1 up! 

A sign of things changing for the worse (for Leeds) or the pressure cranking up at the top? 

2 hours ago, Iron Acton Red said:

Blackburn we’re shocking mind you

1 hour ago, southside said:

We made them look shocking 

It’s a bit of both, at a guess

7 hours ago, Olé said:

There are videos every week of all kinds of exuberance in away concourses which let's be honest is absolutely fair game if you treat your customers to concrete and breeze blocks. 

The lack of soft furnishings in modern football concourses is a disgrace, some plump cushions would've helped no end yesterday. Dale Vince won't have this problem with his new ground made from wood, straw and lime render (plus hemp drapery)

Can't quite believe that is Lez, off here, on there. He's actually real. Still getting used to @Davefevs actually being real. Amazing. We likely to see "Alan" Robbored on there - don't tell me he's actually a real bloke, too?

52 minutes ago, LondonBristolian said:

 

7 points in 3 is great but our results in general have not been and we still don't know what the "true" Bristol City is. We've now got five games where Manning has a chance to demonstrate he can get us performing consistently well and pick up points against struggling sides. It sounds a harsh assessment but, looking at what the fixtures are, 7 points or less from those 5 would maintain my sense of underachievement, 8 - 10 points would feel like "par" and only 11 or more points from the last five would make me start to feel like I could approach next season with optimism. 

Yeah we do, it's stuck somewhere between about 14th in the Championship/second tier, and just a little bit higher than where the Blue Few currently fester in L1. Letting in a little too many, not scoring quite enough. In front of about 12,000 people.

So we're doing alright, as things stand. Manning in (until ....)

1 hour ago, Markthehorn said:

Well we definitely went back into normal mode today .

Very passive and slow against a negative PNE side .

They have the same effect on us, Preston ...

45 minutes ago, The Original OTIB said:

"A Difficult Place To Come".

Where isn't? I hate that bloody statement, means bugger all if you say it about absolutely everywhere.

"They're a good side," says 98% of managers and coaches after almost every game, either to explain a disappointing draw or loss, or to buff a win. In the 70s, managers (although not Alan Dicks) were big gob gobshites rubbishing anyone and everyone, like they were Muhammed Ali. 

7 minutes ago, RedJim said:

We are a boring team with a boring manager. Normally I'd take a draw at Sunderland but these just got beaten 5-1 at home by Blackburn. This regime (from the top) is killing my enthusiasm for the club. 

They're not the club though, are they mate? They're just ships that pass in the night, so to speak. It's, er, us, we're the club. Can you get enthusiastic about us?

34 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

Plenty of comments over the years on here of no away point is a bad point. 

Had Arsenal drawn at Anfield in May 1989 it is my firm opinion they would not have concurred with you there, Dave

29 minutes ago, lenred said:

Results wise you take an away draw every day of the week, however dire it may be! 

Yeah, the further away an away game is, the more you take an away draw. Every day of the week, including Saturdays.

12 hours ago, hollydog said:

I assume you meant my reference to the away support ? My point is that Argyle took many more than City would take. We travel badly north of Birmingham. I’ve been to Rotherham six times and we never turn up. Even in 1990 when we pretty well secured promotion (super Bob) we only took around 300!

 

 

 

They still seem to have enthusiasm, our charming/naive West Country cousins; whilst we last had any of that about 1977 (three successive relegations take their toll; we truly do not believe).

There's been the occasional flowering, outbreak, of colour and enthusiasm amongst our support over the last 40 years but it's only ever very short-lived.

We are jaded, and numb; the miracle is that people still come to AG in the numbers they do 

13 minutes ago, Son of Fred said:

I think Nige has a place near Bigbury??....

Would imagine he's enjoying life too much now to be working again!

Bigbury Nige, as he's known down them parts ... 

Just now, zombie said:

Nope, Mr Pop has replied to you and pointed how that they’ve been receiving Prem cash or PP for the last 20+ years, so comparing WBA and ourselves is like comparing apple as and oranges. Comparing ourselves with Preston, Millwall is more realistic than the Baggies.

As the OP I wasn’t making a point, I was asking do we deserve to be higher or does our position fairly reflect other metrics.

Not sure I can agree with your story/recall of us having top 6 gates either.

If we want promotion from this division then I would think rather a greater percentage of our support than ever before now understand that that is only likely and can only be hoped for with a change in ownership (whilst acknowledging that such a change does not guarantee anything of the sort). We are, currently, stuck between a rock and a hard place, treading water. It would seem.

Hardly surprising that people are agitating for something more, something new or fresh, in the circumstances  (whilst being ever so careful what we wish for).

There's three slots for going up, not even the mighty ("we are not worthy") Leeds United can fill all of those; and four play-off spaces, to give you a shot. 

We're not a Leeds? We're not even a bloody Luton, for crying out loud. 

We've had our nice little trip down there now, quite happy for them to tootle off back down to L1 and resume playing the Few et al, whilst we crack on with yer Leeds's, yer Leicesters'ss, and yer Sunderlands (ie the big boy's) 

15 hours ago, Curr Avon said:

One of the best keepers in the Championship.

So will be sold before he gets to 200 150 appearances? 

3 hours ago, NewquayRed said:

One less position to worry about next season, 

... unless someone fancies buying him, of course ....

Merry Christmas, great; Happy Easter, fine; what about Ascencion Day?

20 hours ago, glynriley said:

Terry Hall / The Specials

It was great stuff around 79 - 81 but you could see why Tez wanted to move on and do something else/less lively, he was never going to be doing Skinhead Moonstomp for 30 - 40 years and into his middle age. He spent quite a bit of last night's show sitting down a la Val Doonican.