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I can see it now, the  lads up the Lions mob up and off they march brim full of protest and hope in their hearts, and coke in their veins, they walk on/down through the wind and the rain, and they arrive at the back of the Lansdown  (after "greeting" the players). Steve leans out of a window high up in his ivory t ... er, stand:

SL: "What do you want?"

Mob: "Er, Pearson out."

SL: "You can't demand someone out without putting forward a name to come in."

Mob: "WarnockWilderDycheGerrardThatBlokeAtPlymuffCotts!"

9 minutes ago, sh1t_ref_again said:

Doubt any of the protestors were even an itch in their dads ball sack then

It was a pithy comment, or an attempt at "pith," at least. 

No-one can manage us. Not at this level. We are unmanageable, in this division. 

1 minute ago, DaveF said:

It's a firework 

Thought it was a wet, slimy thing in the sea

1 hour ago, Robbored said:

Didn’t happen under LJ despite his regular run of defeats.

Steve told us not to, remember?* so we didn't. 

*After losing to Fulham at home, Steve was interviewed and told us off for saying "boo" and told us not to do it again, and to make our "noise" on social medias, so we said "yes, Steve. Sorry, Steve."

6 minutes ago, DaveF said:

*damp squib 

Yes, damp one of them as well

1 minute ago, ExiledAjax said:

Surely all squid are damp?

This squid is saturated already

I reckon this "Protest/March" will go the way of the Cornwall satellite launch overnight, and be a bit of a damp squid.

16 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

I honestly don't know what they mean by "we want our club back". 

What examples can anyone give?

 

 

The one prior to 1982, I believe 

Fer me, Gareth Bale was just Dave Smith from 89/90, only with overhead kicks and a top knot. Plus Luca Modric and Toni Koros and Sergio Ramos alongside him.

32 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

WHAT DO WE WANT? 

OUR DEBTS NOT PAID OFF

WHEN DO WE WANT IT?

 

NOW!

To misquote Homer Simpson then, SL is:

"The cause of, and the solution to, all of Bristol City's problems" unless you think Steve is blameless in the ongoing, mounting debts?

12 hours ago, Barrs Court Red said:

Even funnier, when Bristol were going well, SL couldn’t keep himself out the media - can’t remember the last time he popped up talking about rugby now 

He was on the "Today" programme, last autumn, talking about the crisis in rugby with two clubs folding, and said Bristol were "£50m in debt," can't go on like this etc. And that, as @Merrick's Marvels quipped, but the interviewer failed to put to Steve, is with a salary cap.

2 hours ago, bexhill reds said:

Great afternoon, think I was in the shed with my mates.  

50 minutes ago, Red from afar said:

That was my first match, in the shed with my Dad and brother. Set my expectations of being a City fan a 

We had a few in the shed, then; fair play, probably the most since we had a pop in '75. I was at Ashton Gate. 

1 hour ago, pongo88 said:

It was WET! but fantastic 

 

Just trying to remember that Chelsea team now, what was it:

Peter Bonetti, 

Micky Droy

John Terry

Micky Haphazard

Ruud Gullitt

Zola

Peter Osgood

John Bumstead

.... what a team

1 minute ago, Red Army 75 said:

There’s always a downside BOS

I miss them days too

1 hour ago, Red Army 75 said:

Great memories. God I miss those days 

Finishing below The Few?

16 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Not really. Cornwall rugby only really gets decent crowds/followings for the county side not the clubs (us v the rest of England mentality? It`s like an international for them!). The club sides don`t get many at all - even the `top` ones like Launceston only get a couple of thousand at best and the ground only has one small stand.

Argyle get a lot of Cornish support and from quite far afield too, places like St Austell, Newquay, Wadebridge, Camborne and Redruth all of which are well over an hour from Plymouth.

I think a lot of it stems from when they were a regular (like us) Division Two side and had some decent fixtures like we did.

Remember someone or other - @Huntstile Red, possibly - telling me he was in Cornwall once, Roseland Penninsula way and got chatting to a local who used to attend Ashton Gate in 76-79 (then stopped, for some reason). If we get a wriggle on and get to the top before the 'Muff we might tap in to some of that far South West untapped glory-hunting,fair-weather, "ooh ,look,  it's a famous team/player," drop us like a stone once we're down potential support that we won’t have any spare seats for should the very unlikely actually ever come about.

On 05/01/2023 at 20:33, REDOXO said:

I would not be surprised if something has gone to a higher takeover/investment level. 
 

I think SL is very much aware that JL really doesn't seem that interested and as such there is no reason to continue being the benefactor. 

Of course due to FFP it doesn’t matter how much money people have it doesn’t make a whole deal of difference until we can create new/more revenue  as a club  

The silence from the board and the Lansdowns recently had been deafening and as I have stated in the past is indicative of a possible deal! 
 

Despite what I read on here Bristol Sport with the stadium is quite a tasty proposition for the right people! 

 

Fair play to Steve, to all those that say he was caught napping with Mark Ashton, well, listen up: he's not asleep at the wheel as far as, er, his son is concerned. We're lucky to have him, where would we be, be careful what yer son's not wishing form etc etc.

46 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

Nearly 9k apparently. Impressive. I'd imagine we'd do 5-6k for a similar London game at a big place like that. Pompey have been solid but with only a little threat. Spurs sending everything through Son on the left and he's not quite got the deliver correct yet.

Morrell's been solid if unspectacular.

34 minutes ago, redsapper said:

Due to it being a new ground that none of us City fans have watched our club at I would hope for a lot more than that. 

28 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

7.5k to the Etihad for a cup semi-final. 4.5k to Fulham a few years back (but Fulham's normally more like 2-3k). 1k average away following this season. I think 6k would be about what should be expected tbh, and I think that's a good number. It coould well be more as you say, but I'd be pleasantly shocked if we got up near 9k like Pompey.

1-0 to Spurs. Kane from the edge of the box.

Tickets for all parts of the ground -

Adults: £20

U18s: £10

2 Adults + 2 U18s: £40

12 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said:

 

Was going to post something similar. Having a "football recruitment" CEO, as Ashton was, is the antithesis of how Pearson seeks to mould a club.

The day NP came here was the beginning of the end for Ashton. In fact, his recruitment in the first place is a sign that the Lansdown's had lost faith in Mark Ashton. 

Might it be why Pearson didn't come here in Feb 16, he was asked about the job here on 5Live on a Friday evening I think it was, and he gave a bit of a cryptic answer, saying amongst other things: "it's a big place (Bristol)," it was all but clear from this exchange that there was interest and contact, but we went down the "middle of L1, up-and-coming" route instead.

We got Ashton and LJ, when we had players to "trade" and money to burn, when it would seem we could've had Pearson. And before he got seriously ill, too.

18 hours ago, sglosbcfc said:

I'd rather stick with the Lansdowns personally. People that actually care about the club. 

Unless of course we could get taken over by wealthy foreigners like Rovers, with an open cheque book to fire them all the way to um mid table League One. 

That was the point of my outburst yesterday, we don't have any say in it! Nor does any of us "wishing" anything make a jot of difference. 

Steve is old, one day he will breath his last - what do we do then, pretend he hasn't died? Steve Lansdown and Bristol City isn't Tito and bleedin Yugoslavia! Fer frigs sake. Mind, he might be Alan Curbishley and Charlton Athletic. 

But there's nothing we can do. Steve is old, he will die (at some point), Jon won't take it on, someone else will. And if we go to pieces and drop like a stone, chances are we'll have enough about us to bob between the top half of L1 and the bottom half of the Championship for another decade or two. Just like we've always / mostly done.

But in a better ground, with 27,000 seats. 

14 hours ago, GrahamC said:

 

I can remember County regularly having gates of around 5000 in the 70s & 80s.

In the 1st Division! 

Notts Co's average attendances in their 3 year stint at the top:

80/81: 11,600  (the same season, we were relegated from D2 and drew 9,700).

81/82: 10,000

82/83: 9,000.

Then they got back to the top in 91 with Warnock, and drew an average of: 10,900. Let's call that 11,000! The same season, we had an average of 13,495 (let's call that 13,500) for finishing 9th a division lower.

I always remember when we went there in '84 in the cup, they were First Division, the crowd was 11,000, 4000 of which were in the away end, and it was their biggest crowd of that season at that point.

It is bizarre to me how so many people compare us to minnows and not clubs with generally speaking equivalent means (number of seats, average attendances, season ticket holders). Notts County are small. We are middling. 

5 minutes ago, glynriley said:

 

Interesting post considering my whatsapp group has been pinging with rumours about buyouts this morning...

 

He does have a car, the next owner

1 hour ago, GrahamC said:

I think this is highly likely & £12m seems to be a very probable “up front” fee.

Scott isn’t going to want to stay once there is serious Prem interest & even if Spurs aren’t in for him, should the likes of Brighton, Wolves & Leicester be, he’ll be off. The contract until 2025 just ensures we get a fee, nothing more.

We can look at add ons & a sell on clause too but I said £12m each for Semenyo & Scott last week & stand by that.

Should they both depart (I reckon Semenyo is certain to do so) & potentially Martin & HNM going too, this will be the biggest rebuild in January in a very long while.

And no more excuses for Nige if it's those four because three of them are largely not doing a thing for us now.

..... Steve Lansdown is getting older and the future is coming. A future without Steve Lansdown. 

How will we cope?