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Step aside @Davefevs, step forward @swanker.

Carrot and stick. Carrot: play for us; stick: play for Ipswich.

Yes, precisely what I had in mind and was going to post a week or two ago. Been a lot of "Storming," though;

Partly because we're in a different stage of the cycle of form and fortune: we were where they are now in 17/18 and 18/19, and where were those clubs at that time? Answer: not where they are now. The trouble is, it's too difficult for clubs without the funds to maintain a play-off challenge year after year in this division for a number of reasons including when you do well but don't go up your best players are cherry-picked by better and wealthier clubs, and it's not always a good idea to stand in their way if they have an opportunity to move up the pyramid, or let their contracts run out, as we have seen. Another reason is that few if any coaches or managers maintain their "magic" at one club for more than a handful of seasons. What we have to hope is that we stay up this season, and that we're still a Championship club when Palmer and Wells and whoever else is holding us back are gone, thereby free-ing us up to bring in appropriate, motivated lads for the task facing us here. Then we might see the cycle turn around again, and good form and fortune return. If it doesn't then Nigel will go, and someone else will come in. What we're trying to do is what we never seem to have been able to do, and that is rebuild at this level ie without collapsing back down to L1 and rebuilding from there, and seeing instead if we cannot get back amongst the not-so illustrious or much-like-our-level clubs you list there currently going through a positive stage of their own cycle. Back where we were three or four years ago, and ideally stay in contention longer and "deeper" into the season than we managed under LJ. It might be SL's finest moment if we can do it.

I think so, yes. I mean, others do try: Leeds, Stoke, Birmingham, etc, even our mob at times! But Millwall revel in their "vileness" and would be upset if we thought any better of them. Like a naughty child it's best to ignore them where possible (this is how to rile them. Not calling them "vile" and so on).

Very much so.

So, Sir Les Kew (the Honourable Les): he sold Cole to Newcastle and robbed the Scousers. Our Greatest Leader of All Time (Gloat) who never had a stand named after 'isself, surely?

Was only remembering Liverpool '94: did we have to pay for our ticket the re-jigged/second game at AG?

FT. Posh 2 Pish 1.

What we need now is a Bristol South of the River X1 v North of the River X1. And let's not get in a tangle about which river, there's only one river in Bristol. For me.

I can't say I listen to POTUS on this - not after the previous one suggested bleach - so I try listening to yer Whittys, yer Vallances and yer Tim Spectors and yer Jeremy Farrars. Trusty Brits! With "ologies!" Stop listening to Septic Tanks, Harry, they're fruitcakes.

From left back? Did you "lose concentration," Dave? Were you dreaming of stats and graphs? Heat maps and amortisation?

Managed by, er, Ian Holloway. No, sorry, scrub that: managed by Keef Curle.

If we first pull our fingers out our "asses" - as @Banjo Redrecently suggested - then perhaps we need never "kiss our asses goodbye" and instead move on to the sunny uplands of baring said "asses" in prominent shop windows, what about that?

Yes, this, and SL might add: "Don't get too attached to players, Nigel" and then something about getting back to the wildly successful and much admired around the game (source: MA) 5 pillars thingy, buying young/low selling peak/high which somehow mysteriously morphed into: "buy Nahki Wells at almost 30 for millions and play him left wing."

I'd have Gary Mabbutt in my X1. And Larry Lloyd (surely the most decorated Bristol footballer there is, or was. Or likely will be)

Might be, who knows. Bloke called "Dave" used to behind the bar. Old Bill used to be in and out a lot ....

I think that was the "Winchester," mate

It’s largely true, tbf to the "all he does is run around" hoardes. If Brian Clough was right and it "only takes a second to score a goal" that means Andi has pretty much spent his 25 games × 90 minutes running around - 12 seconds scoring a goal = running around, by and large. Plus shouting at officials. It's, mostly, a lot of running around interspersed with a little bit of scoring some goals (and a pinch of arguing with officials).

.... that'll be £45 plus VAT, please Andreas. Needs must, hard times. Good work today, though. Well done.

.... anyone ever seen the two of them in the same room?

They show you lot when you win??

Bollocks. The refereeing in the 61/2 season was ****ing abysmal. As @Ivorguy will recall/confirm

You watch "local" news?

Thought you said this wasn't your sort of thing?