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On 21/10/2021 at 21:19, Rich said:

This smacks of delay followed by cancellation. The government are in dire need of funding for various projects and just to keep the country running.

No doubt there will be some sort of announcement referring to the environmental impact against the possible advantages of the reopening. They'll site projected lower use due to the effects of the pandemic, against increased traffic flow to the P&R aspects of the new line, after asking for another feasibility study.

This has been happening to the greater Bristol area for as long as I can remember. It matters not which political party is in power. They know we'll just put up and, shut up. The funding was withdrawn for our metro by Dawn Primarolo in the nineties, after Bristol's Labour council argued the toss with the Lib Dem South Glos council over the termination of the line.

Anything that has been built in Bristol has nearly always been from private funding, or by the council and the ratepayers themselves. Bristol had to fund the Royal Portbury dock with no government aid. Nissan wanted to build their car plant at Royal Portbury, the then Labour government refused to licence it, instead offering financial inducements to locate it in Sunderland. We've had to compete with decades of financial bribery offered to firms to locate/relocate to south Wales, with quite a few leaving Bristol to subsidize their profits.

Our centre for the performing arts on the Harbourside was granted funding of £100m, only for it to be taken away and given to the Covent Garden Opera house. The very successful Commonwealth Museum was taken from Bristol at TM and taken to London. We receieve far less funding than any core city and most other Cities and towns in the UK, due to the "Barnet formula". Quite frankly, after spending a day in Cardiff recently, which the BBC chose to relocate the long standing successful TV programme "casualty", from Bristol and learning that they're planning "another" Arena on top of the one they've already got, I can honestly say I'm totally pissed off with it.

If we have a Labour council, we get a Conservative government and vice versa, who then tend to irritate central government, so we tend to never get the rewards that other cities do. And I really believe it's because we don't fight hard enough or, shout loud enough, similar traits could be aimed at the supporters of football in the city. 

Motorpoint arena in cardiff is quite frankly, shite. New one is nowhere near. Bristol will have two decent arenas long before cardiff ever does. 

4 hours ago, Merrick's Marvels said:

Indeed but the Post couldn't even be bothered writing their own article around Gould's comments, instead just saying "the Mail says this, the Mail says that". Lazy, useless waste of space - such is the state of provincial journalism these days. A sorry state of affairs. 

If you at all understood the situation of papers working under Reach, you’d have a little more patient with these journalists. I’d presume you’ve not bought a Bristol Post for how long. 

39 minutes ago, pongo88 said:

It doesn’t matter that the statement is published by two newspapers. When general statements like this are issue to the press, the hope is they will be covered my as many media sources as possible. This isn’t a scoop for the Post or the Mail. 

Interview with the MailOnline, I believe. 

On 20/10/2021 at 16:35, Merrick's Marvels said:

Superb effort by the Post - copy and pasting straight from another newspaper. Top work. 

Well said Richard, btw. 

Because that never happens in news media.

On 20/10/2021 at 17:00, phantom said:

They are the same company

Nope.

20 minutes ago, Sturny said:

I hope we put on a release clause. Reckon he's gonna play in the prem someday.

Feels like it's been aaaaages since we've had a right back with high potential. 

Why

8 hours ago, Davefevs said:

I think “slowing” is just a standard thing as you move out of a single year age band into multiple year age bands.  E,g. U18 could have 16, 17 and 18 year olds in it….so 3 times as competitive (crude statement).  This is his first season at u23 level…played a few times last season, but often from bench.  Now starting to really contribute.  Bags of skill. His decision making improving….be good to see video of today.

If you look at our u23s today, we had a 16 year old playing (Knight-Lebel).

Buse 19

Taylor 19 / Knight-Lebel 16 / Williams 18

Pearson 19 / Kadji 18 / Owers 19 / Soady 20

Benarous 18 / Britton 20 / Francois 18

That’s a really young u23 line-up today.

Watford pretty young too:

21 - 2

20 - 2

19 - 4

18 - 2

17 - 1

Didn’t realise he was so young. Just turned 18. Boy has a big future.

17 minutes ago, Lrrr said:

 

Boy can finish

Hopefully Benarous really kicks on this season. Had been talked very highly of before, and was in an England youth group squad, but seems to have slowed a little. 

16 minutes ago, WolfOfWestStreet said:

Absolute class. Unbeffitting of the useless squad who will wear it. Shame 

Odd. Sat in 9th 

6 minutes ago, petehinton said:

 

Radio Bristol saying he signalled he had an issue and looked in pain as he was coming off before chatting to medical team

Came off pretty much bang on 60’. Was definitely in conversation with medical team, but that’s expected having just come back from injury, yes? Was involved right up to when he was subbed. 

1 minute ago, petehinton said:

O’Dowda injured again 

He’d be put down if he was a race horse 

No he’s not. 

Roots back and shoulders must be battered. 

What a clown:

”Pearson once famously asked a news reporter if he was 'flexible enough to get his head in the sand', as an ostrich does. Bristol Live, in turn, asks Nigel Pearson if he is flexible enough to get his head out of the sand, revert to a 3-5-2, play his best players and see his team go on to get good results.”

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/one-simple-change-could-making-5786204

Oooo. Quite the interview. 
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/every-word-nigel-pearson-after-5769510

2 minutes ago, KegCity said:

Comfortable enough with the momentum moving in the right way, had Watford fans furious he’d been sacked. 
 

My question for those who’ve clearly decided Pearson isn’t the man for the job after 2 games of the season, is who would you rather rebuild the team, both on and off the field? Someone with less experience? 

They 2 two points outside the relagation zone with 2 games to play. Those games were against Man City and Liverpool. They were odds on to get relegated.

Just now, KegCity said:

Apologies, he left them above the bottom 3 with the support of the dressing room.

Comfortable though, ay.

7 minutes ago, KegCity said:

It’s not so much shrugging it off, more accepting that this is genuinely the worst position I’ve seen a championship City side in since we last got relegated. I don’t care if our B team lose to Forest Green, the focus is on building the core of a solid side, not whether the remaining deadwood can not bottle a match after spending 2 years bottling matches.

For me it’s his spell at Watford that encourages me rather than Leicester, kept them up comfortably and has identified our weak areas well and began to address them. I’ve not been baffled by a team selection recently, the internationals haven’t had a full pre season and arguably aren’t first choice anymore anyway. Baker and Atkinson are both competent and nothing to do with the atrocious back line of last season, Nagy wants out and Wells has to compete with Martin for the only starting spot. 

Yep, two crocked players are injured again, water is wet. The proof will be in the pudding of whether players without poor injury records manage to stay fit. Are we mentally weak? We’ve lacked focus in moments, 6 months ago we lacked focus full stop. There’s improvement. It’s not fully fixed, but if Pearson had managed to wave a magic wand, teach the players what a football is, how to defend and how to score without switching off in such a short space of time he probably wouldn’t be at Bristol City.

Did he? Really? They got relegated the season he was there. 

1 minute ago, ExiledAjax said:

Pring and Janneh's debuts according to RB. Is it really? I swear I've seen both in a City shirt. Janneh played in the league for us last season didn't he?

Full debut 

Nagy over Bakinson. Interesting. 

30 minutes ago, TonyTonyTony said:

Yes, although FFP has been "relaxed" due to Covid. 

As they’ve already been ‘punished’ for a breach, action can only be taken again in 2024. Or so I’ve read. 

1 minute ago, petehinton said:

Bentley

Atkinson Kalas Baker

JD Scott/Palmer King James Vyner

Wells Martin

Vyner at LB? Ayyy

1 minute ago, 1960maaan said:

They are also the better players . Nagy & Kalas have come out of the Euro's in massive credit. Pearsons call, but seems strange they can't get in a bang average Championship side. As I said Nige's call and until we get shitter than under Johnson I'm happy to see where it takes us.

It's  contract, we pay him until he leaves . He may not get bonus's due if he requests a transfer, that's a different thing, but asking for a move doesn't affect much.

Hmmm. Not sure that’s right, at all.

If I didn’t have Covid, I defiantly do after 10 minutes in the dolman concourse. 
 

Jesting of course, was great to be back amongst it. But if anyone is very wary, it was packed. Forgot just had small an area it is. 

12 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Negative tests- does it mean within 48 hours PCR or Lateral Flow?

I don't have any significant problem with Negative Tests- why is e.g. Immunity having caught it not an option at Chelsea though- antibodies come from that too.

The QR code on the NHS app can be from a positive PCR in the last 6 months 

7 minutes ago, Riaz said:

You know governments lie right??

In this instance, what are the government lying about? The vaccine doesn’t work? Sterilisation?