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The England cricket team keep it simple:

Lamby

Beefy

Stewy

Cooky

Delhi*

Belly

Woakesy

Foakesy

Stokesy

Jimmy

Broady

Rooty

Freddie

Knotty

Closey

Steely

Greigy

Snowy

Goochie, 

Boycott.

*(Was there ever a "Dell"? Maybe Derek Pringle was "Del," and so "Delhi")

39 minutes ago, Oh Louie louie said:

Ive had a much more embarrassing, thing happen to me in a pub with a machine, I put the coins in the machine in the toilets, nothing came out, I discretely beckoned the barman over and explained my situation, in a really loud voice, so the twenty or so people and my date could hear he shouted the bloke who fills up the condom machine comes on a Wednesday, thanks a lot cupid I thought 

If they'd had them (machines) then, when our dads' were young men,

Most of wouldn't be on Otib tonight ....

13 hours ago, petehinton said:

Mate of mine went in tap and barrel just after lockdown I think, card machine had broken or something so was cash only. Had no cash on him and only said to him after they pulled his pint. Refused to let him leave to go and get cash, had to phone a mate to go down and bring him £3.50!!

14 hours ago, Club and Country said:

proper boozers 

 

11 hours ago, Red-Robbo said:

I'm not a fan of Plymouth. With the exception of about 2% of its land mass it's grimmer than a 19th Century fairy tale. 

Also, I hate the way its fans behave on the very occasional times they happen to be in the same division as us. All this "Argyle the Pride of the West Country" shite. 

You aren't even in the West Country. You're the wrong side of the Fosse Way. Get back to West Wales, you green-clad clowns. 

I hope they come up. And go straight back down again (perhaps their owner will also be "surprised" by the wages demanded in the Championship)

1 hour ago, Sir Geoff said:

Don't sit in the Dolman if you have long legs. You will have numb knees by half time 

A lot of Americans are big leggy - John Wayne, for example.

Where can you pick up a copy of Corriere Dello Sport these days? @italian dave?

Very glad to hear this. To be perfectly honest with you, I was quietly concerned that the EFL would get this incorrect.

15 hours ago, Silvio Dante said:

Shame. He was a baller.

If he'd only been a little bit taller

Ok, so this is me City X1 then:

1. Frankie Fielding,

Then:

Micky Mellon, Gerry Gow, Albert Adomah, Chris Crowe, Leroy Lita, Sammie Szmodics, Trevor Tainton, Colin Cramb, Greg Goodridge and Ade Akinbiyi all a revolutionary 2-8 formation. With Tony Thorpe ready to come on, should Colin Cramb hit a dry spell.

2 minutes ago, ralphindevon said:

 

You’ll be needing a goalie, Frankie Fielding!

Frankie Fielding, of course. Cheers

Recruitment was ok though, decent talent identification.

Micky Mellon would make my "Bristol City Alliterative Names X1" every day of the week (that club football takes a break for international games), alongside Gerry Gow in midfield. But will it be Albert, Trevor Tainton or Greg Goodridge wide right? Fred Ford or Big Joe Jordan (first time round) in the dugout? I don't think we've ever had a keeper for this X1 though?

Of course, they would face a World X1 featuring Zinedine Zidane and Kevin Keegan. And Billy Bonds. Or Didier Deschamps, perhaps. And the Dutch maestro, Robbie Rensenbrink. 

It might have to be 5 - a - side .....

1 hour ago, GrahamC said:

 

Worth pointing out though he’s only gained 2 more points this season than Wade Elliott has in his first ever season of management & the gap in respective budgets will be considerable.

Also when Dean Holden was appointed at Charlton they were 6 points behind them, they’re now 3 ahead.

Won’t see that any of that written in the Post or said on Radio Bristol.

Any volunteers prepared to tune in to Radio Local for a week to see if (our) Graham is bang on here? 

If Bristol City's a "religion," what are we - Church of Engerland? 

Just now, GrahamC said:

They really won’t.

Gates are up, why is that if it’s dull?

It's a joke, Graham. Not a funny one, I will grant you, but an attempt to lighten the moment 

1 hour ago, GrahamC said:

 

Slow but steady progress whilst drastically reducing our wage bill.

 

We want "Bazball" progress next season, smashing it all over the place. We've done the Boycott/Tavare progress now. Either that, or people will be drifting away, up Nevil Road ..... 

Just looked it up, and we played:

26 Dec Port Vale

27 Dec Walsall

01 Jan Blue Few

They played: 26th, 28th and 01 Jan. That day's rest, and likely playing against ten men rather than with made all the difference. Les and Des outfoxed by Messrs Flook and Bradshaw there, perhaps.  

We then lost 0:1 at home to the Sag, four days later. Just shows ....

14 hours ago, milo1111 said:

Walsall at home and port vale away the day before? My memory might be playing tricks but did we beat Walsall with 10 men from 1 nil down? Was a great atmosphere iirc 

Yes, Keith Curle sent off, I think. One nil down, and already, Walsall were a bit of a "bogey" team, we had played 4 lost 4 on our return to Div 3. Just the 10,000 there (actually, a "big" crowd for Div 3 back then) but as you say, with a burning sense of "not fair!" we whipped up quite a noise, and John MacPhail "cooly" slotted home the winner from the spot. Just shows what can be done with the right mindset, and a crowd behind you.

The Port Vale game the day before, if I remember kreckly, was sodden, on their big pitch. The players must've been tired by second half of the Walsall game. Just shows what can be done with .... 

4 minutes ago, weepywall said:

Not if City were playing away on a Sunday he wouldn't have

Like Northampton '82. That was an away day.

Started in '84? So not at Newport '82 then?

2 hours ago, BigAl&Toby said:

As in sleet over Somerset.

Will that keep the Latex Robin away from the Terriers? Will it bollocks.

Leaving at 1ish. Only question is does he fly M5, M6 and M62 or do a cheeky swoop up M1 and East Midlands?

Get ready for lots of photos of the latex that everyone loves so much

Meantime here’s the forecast. For the weather.

Robin’s forecasting 3 points. And a very disgruntled tracksuit wearing Colin

Top 6 finish is still possible. For now.

When in Frome, do as the Fromans do. So don't go to Frome if at all possible. 

19 minutes ago, Percy Pig said:

Solidarity is what this nation was actually built on. All fans should be against ridiculous shit like this. It could be us next time. 

Yeah, if we play Middlesbrough away at 5.30 it will mean we have to watch via some dodgy stream and get into a spat with someone on the Matchday Thread whilst having tea with the family. Not good.

1 hour ago, The Gasbuster said:

Me too.

Dont like Liverpool,

Hate Man U

We hate Nottm FOREST .....

I'm going Tuesday. Just to tell (shout at) him that he can't be wearing tracksuit bottoms at his age. Not in this weather.