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25 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Might’ve broke the PL record for a defender???

Yep, mentioned both of these earlier.  Peacock was in my brother’s year at school, I played against Dicks (Raleigh Sports), we lost 11-0, he got 8!!!

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

2 hours ago, ollywhyte said:

Looking at that list, would be something like

Butland

Jones   Kelly   Pring
Edwards                                          Bryan 

  Bell   Kane     
    Benarous    

      Britton   De-Cordova Reid 

 

*Still playing XI that is! 

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

41 minutes ago, Rocking Red Cyril said:

Surely if we do not keep players like these we might as kiss our asses goodbye. Because we ain't going to get to the prem. 

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?

15 hours ago, Harry said:

 

Therefore, does Pearson say to SL - “I want to keep Han and I want to keep Scott. I want these 2 to form the basis of a promotion push in 2-3 years”. 
Or does SL say to Pearson - “Sorry Nige, we need to sell HNM and Scott to balance the books in order to avoid FFP fine / deduction”. 
 

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)

3 minutes ago, Norn Iron said:

Where Terry McCann and Arthur drink?

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

33 minutes ago, Never to the dark side said:

I think the pub was on Fulham high street with a Square bar and staff would only serve on one side of the bar.

Not sure which pub though

I ordered two pints of Guiness and a packet of crisps,handed me tenner over,and they said I need another two pound fifty.

I said "London prices?"

No we always bump up the prices on match days

Can any one shed any light on which pub they think it was,so I can avoid the place.

 

I think that was the "Winchester," mate

4 hours ago, Slippin cider said:

Agreed, all he does is run around! ….

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?

3 minutes ago, Shaun Taylor said:

Only for the sport when we win

They show you lot when you win??

3 hours ago, Super said:

Standard of refereeing is at an all time low. 

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

1 minute ago, Shaun Taylor said:

It's not but it made local news at the time 

You watch "local" news?

12 minutes ago, Shaun Taylor said:

Was that the time their young boys turned up early on a Saturday evening in Bedminster for a Sunday match and got more than they bargained for!

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

Reading all this, it strikes me that Nige is one of them adrenalin-junkies and has merely replaced the literal thrill of his backs-to-the-wall Carpathian mountain surrounded by wild dogs experience with the closest thing football has to offer: trying to keep dopey pandemic-and-dopey-owner-ravaged Bristol City afloat in the Championship.

Nige walked into/towards the adversity that is Bristol City FC, while the bloke with the "Run Towards Adversity" poster on his office wall ran away to Suffolk. 

I suppose Ashton told him the truth of the muddle here when Nige was first approached?

13 minutes ago, Never to the dark side said:

for their wednesday nights game at Coventry

Baby squad?

2 hours ago, 54-46 said:

Was genuinely better years ago when it was just a portacabin in the car park

We were reminiscing about this Christmas Day - our old muh had bought @Huntstile Red a ticket for City v Stan Collymore, Christmas early 90s. Only someone went and lobbed it on the fire Christmas Day amongst some used wrapping paper.

So what does our muh do? She goes and sees Dame Beryl in said portacabin early doors on the day of the game and explains the situation. Beryl knows "the boys" and without question produces another ticket.

Then Stan Collymore chucks our Christmas on the fire.

2 hours ago, Red Army 75 said:

SL has publicly said he is seeking new investment. Openly said it. All this be careful for what you wish for is out of the fans hands. Inevitably he will sell the club. And within the next couple of years IMO

There's other things to be more "careful" about these days, I find. 

7 minutes ago, Ian M said:

This is why I keep saying Ashton going is equivalent to the period when Pulis left us with an aging squad, on big money, on long contracts. It took us years of treading water at L1 level before we were able to challenge again. Pearson's task is to attempt to do that at Championship level. 3 years to get that season off the books (or turn one of the Academy lads into a £40m sale)

Perhaps the owner might take a moment to spell this out in plain English to his supporters to take a little heat off his manager? 

4 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/city-announce-202021-accounts/
 

The annual reminder of why we can’t just buy a proven 20 goal a season striker and why Steve Lansdown is a blessing rather than a curse. 

Steve is both, is he not? Hence the stultifying stalemate

8 minutes ago, fatchers said:

Happy Birthday and a great day. I was there too. 

And you know what they said?

15 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said:

I think part of the reason players are fitter and stay fitter, in general, is because they arnt getting flogged playing too many games as the science is now understood and re overt is important if you want your players performing.  Back in the day players used to play on when injured as that’s what was done, and end up having to retire or finish playing much earlier due to injury (Cheesley running up and down the Dolman steps to gain fitness is an example of poor understanding).  They get paid a fortune but they are also worth a fortune and cannot and should not play too many games without appropriate rest.  The Xmas games are a joke really, no need for them at all apart really.

The Christmas and New Year football tradition is an essential, wonderful part of the game in these islands. Big seasonal crowds thankful to get out and do something after a day of the mother/father/other-in-law etc. Rugby too - there will be 70,000 plus at Twickenham this holiday for a club game.

Who or what is the game for - the players, or the payers?

How about they use every one of their squad over the hols and continue to put on a spectacle for the paying public?

1 minute ago, The Journalist said:

 

That match report was read by 3.2 million people. City were probably the biggest sports story in the world that night.

Not Manchester United losing?

4 hours ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

Just to go back to DaveinSA’s comments about ‘mental weakness’ and not being able to coach lack of concentration, sorry mate, but that really is nonsense.  Even my boy’s coach teaches them the importance of concentration and helps them work on it.  As to the concept of ‘mental weakness’ that sounds like something that women were accused of during the Victorian age!  All sports now employ psychologists to help deal with this sort of thing, but the main person when it comes to instilling confidence and concentration in a team is THE MANAGER.  

Can you put some flesh on the bone of: "...my boy's coach .... helps them work on it (concentration)", how does the coach do this exactly?

9 minutes ago, One Team said:

The best single game I’ve ever seen at the Gate. 

And from then on it’s been downhill ever since! 

We finished 11th that season. Then 8th the next. Then it went Brownhill ever since.