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4 hours ago, GrahamC said:

I say this a lot about Brentford, some teams do it differently from others & copying it simply wouldn’t work.

They have undoubtedly been far more successful than us, this works for them, I doubt it would for us.

Who do we copy, though? We have to copy someone (getting it right). Steve has referenced Norwich (can see us copying them in the Prem, were we ever to get there) and Burnley. It's not like Steve's going to bring an original or unique approach to all this, or come up with an idea that works that no-one has previously thought of or implemented successfully.

We need to copy someone. Who is it to be?

2 hours ago, Lrrr said:

Helps when you can have udinese pay good fees for players or take players on loan to reduce your wage bill while taking players from them cheaply. 

Then perhaps Steve needs another football club somewhere overseas with whom he can get around some of the many obstacles to success he appears to find insurmountable. 

Get rid of the rugby club - who's he going to buy or sell from/to Bris rugby (actually, Bakes/Joe Joyce swap deal, that might work ....)

25 minutes ago, richwwtk said:

Just managed to listen while travelling to and from a job.

 

You're a vicar, covering two parishes. All makes sense, now

21 minutes ago, BcfcRed3 said:

haha very true. our time will come

Or, our time was 2017-19. Or 1975-1979.

I'm not sure All Things Come To Ye Who Wait (whilst complying dutifully by ye Financial Fair Play). Abraham Lincoln said: "Things may come to those that wait, but only the things left by those that hustle."

And Watford, and others, hustle. While our Steve, bless him, crossing his "tees" and dotting "eyes" and getting his returns in on time every year, still waits ....

2 hours ago, BTRFTG said:

I know the Police quite rightly are coming in for some criticism of late but credit where credit's due.

I see many Fewers are complaining that yesterday they were kettled in their own ground by the Old Bill long after the final whistle so as to allow jubilant Swindon fans an expedite exit. They complain they were forced to wait and watch for half an hour or more whilst being taunted at for yet another abject performance.

Whoever the matchday commander was, take a bow......

You don't have that problem with a "souless bowl" of a ground, so time to make their minds up: you want to be an "authentic" 70s throwback (ie skint, and no choice in the matter) or a 21st century club, like 95% of the pyramid? 

1 hour ago, Garland-sweden said:

 He he, not a fan of COD but today he was good. ABBA ok but not my cup of tea as you say in England. Sauna is great in winter when its cold outside. Good for body and mind. Good win today, 3 goals and 3 points. COYR!!!

3 points "good for body and mind" in winter, too ....

13 minutes ago, Garland-sweden said:

Not a fan of COD 

Oh, come on. Pull the other one. What next, you don't sit in the sauna, listening to ABBA while browsing OTIB??

How would, or, how would you, go about firing Joe Barton?

1. Face to face/(your)nose to (his)forehead?*

2. In the tunnel at half-time, via one of the ball boys? 

3. Or by text, while you're seeing the family in sunny Jordan?

*a bit like "Gizza job" in Boys From The Blackstuff, only he's gotta job that you're taking away. 

3 minutes ago, BanburyRed said:

Below the footballing powerhouses of Harrogate, Barrow, Salford and Sutton. 

And Nailsworth, population 5,500.

17 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Matt Taylor v Matt Taylor: Exeter City and Walsall namesakes meet for first time - BBC Sport

 

For the first time since 1978 two managers with the same name face each other tomorrow when Exeter play Walsall.

Without looking at the article can anyone get the last time it happened? Clue: one club was a local one to us.

Bobby Campbell? 

24 minutes ago, Hello Dave said:

I know it’s all relative, but how much have you put in this season?

110%, Dave.

14 minutes ago, shepton red said:

Near Shepton 

Yes. Not "next-the-sea."

10 hours ago, RedM said:

Back to AG, 1.53am

And windows - how many windows did you arrive back with?

13 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

 

That's in his top 200, certainly 

12 hours ago, Ronnie Sinclair said:

I remember that game - in addition to this I recall when taking goal kicks the usual “you’re s**t aargh” was replaced with “shoot shoot shoot that goose”

Me and @Huntstile Red have taken to calling the g4s the "goose," seein' as they've taken to calling theirselves "g4s." We prefer "goose" to "gas." Do join us, if you like.

Honk, honk ....

What are we - 29th in all England? - and they must be, what, 90th is it?

7 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Anyone else go `Oh God no` when Jeff said `There`s been another goal at QPR`?

Was happy with a point. Gave Wells both barrells for not taking it in the corner, til the net bulged .... 

42 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said:

To an extent, but I used the word brave because Sunderland will be unforgiving. There were far safer options he could've picked that would give him more time if things go bad. 

Who would that be, then? 

2 hours ago, Rob k said:

I’d loved to have seen LJ here without Mark Ashton 

This is where we come back, yet again, to poor old Steve, and his dubious decisions and choices. As @samo II, a quick look at the L1 table makes you wonder what would've happened if Steve had bombed Ashton out before he got rid of LJ.

"Hindsight!" many will protest. But Steve is on the inside, with all the facts and the information at his disposal, the ability to speak directly to everyone involved, and it his task to make the right calls at the right time (like the owners at Brighton, Brentford etc) but when we look back, we can see that Steve makes decisions that are at best questionable.

We had Bristol City with LJ and Ashton here, and the outcome was good and bad; then we had Bristol City with Ashton but not LJ, and the result was poor; what we never had was Bristol City with LJ but not Ashton. We'll never know what that could've been like.

And that's down to Steve.

4 minutes ago, RUSSEL85 said:

I didn’t even curse at the tv, just shook my head and turned  tv off. Emotionally done with this team. 

After seven games?

4 minutes ago, Alan Dicks said:

He hasn’t really changed much has he?

We've lost two in seven. Last season we lost 25 in 46 games.

Time to try running away from adversity, I reckon. What's the worst that can happen? They bump into mediocrity?

33 minutes ago, Merrick's Marvels said:

Mamma mia. Love it.

Showing now at the Novello in the West end. Your niece will go with you

3 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

What is more telling than them selling 300 in advance and then taking less, is that it was also pay on the day. 

But.. But..  faithful and true.

They didn't sell 300 in advance, though. Not quite. 

6 minutes ago, weepywall said:

293 ??? They have missed a 1 off the front of that surely....wasn't one of their lot telling Barton a while back that they would take 1k to 2k everywhere?

I don't think he knew where Barrow was/is, tbf. And still won't, now, having not been there today.