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2 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

Officially the worst start of the last 8 managers isn’t it?

10 if you don't count Tinnion and the Lansdowns as a single.

Yeboah and Weimann on for Sykes and Knight.

Just now, ZiderEyed said:

Normally when we’re down a few at half time I’m furious, desperate to see us get out there and remedy it.

Couldn’t give a shit tonight. Never felt so apathetic about City. Simply is what it is.

Wish we had Nige in the dugout

Did you go for a shit? we scored!

GET IN !!!!!!!!!!

How have we have regressed this badly??

More dire off-ball movement, even when in posession. Especially when in posession, too many midfielders in mortal fear of moving to create pass opportunities.

The question is would they have to take all 135 at once, or enough points in perpetuity to always get relegated (with bullshit maths, at least 3 seasons)

17 hours ago, bcfc01 said:

Or get to Reading and take the Elizabeth line.

for overground ******* like myself, bus from Paddington to St. Pancras then a single to Stratford, job done.

2 hours ago, Feral Williams said:

Confidence player. No disrespects to Nige but he looked on it with his cameo at the end. If Liam get’s a tune out of Anis then we’re laughing 

There are players who didn't really take to NP and those who really didn't take to him at all. Mehmeti is the latter as since NP's sacking he's shown more energy and aggression, almost like the first couple of games he was here.

10 hours ago, Baba Yaga said:

I looked up Saudi Pro League and found this video that made some interesting points... On the dictatorship ruling its populace it suggests that it is one of their big considerations but there is currently a football culture in Saudi where nobody cares about any of the clubs except the 4 biggest ones.

 

That's probably the video I saw to draw my conclusion from, it's a great channel.

13 minutes ago, Baba Yaga said:

To be fair there aren't really any great football nations at all to choose from in Asia or Oceania and every country there will have low attendances like that in their top flight. By the time this comes around the Saudi Pro League will probably become by far the biggest from that region and it could be surprising to see how far their obscene amounts of money changes the perception on them being a football nation.

Except that the change will not be reflected inside their own nation as local fans will not give much of a damn, be priced out of attending or be North Korea'd into attending. The kind of growth a sport requires is a level of organic community that is completely antithetical to how a dictatorship rules its populace.

1 hour ago, Bristol Oil Services said:

Tinns Peaks, surreal goings on in a weirdo football-backwater starring, er, Kyle McFadzean, Sheryl Lee as Kasey Palmer, Madchen Amick as Lee "Shelly" Johnson, David Duckovny as "Downsey", (etc and so on)

But this weekend, are the Owls what they seem?

LMFAO Frank Lampard

1 minute ago, The Coach said:

Feels like death of some sort mind. 

It's the death of our longest period of stability and growth since the latter seasons of LJ's tenure.

42 minutes ago, One Team said:

With Bristol Sport has he created a monster that can’t be sold Fevs?

7 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

I don’t think anyone would contemplate buying BCFC Ltd (football club) without buying Ashton Gate Ltd (stadium) with it.

So Lansdown has to sell BS at the same time, or pay rent for the ground for Rugby, women's and also the basketball development with it. I feel neither are going to happen without some serious negotiation.

17 hours ago, Jimatno9 said:

Steve Lansdown is no football fan in the way most of us are. He’s a very wealthy individual who wants to have a legacy. His son was a fan but has moved away and is not engaged.

They don’t like managers who talk back. Lee Johnson, Dean Holden, keith millen,  and Derek McInnes were all completely or very inexperienced in english football management and could be expected to keep on message and not criticise.

The only two experienced managers Cotterill and now Pearson are out because they see through the incompetence and lack of vision from the top.

Lansdown got lucky with Gary Johnson but to be honest. it ended badly because Johnson was not really a championship/premier league manager as his later career sadly confirmed and Lansdown kept him when it was clear the players were losing trust. And lets not forget Steve Coppell who saw the writing on the wall and got out before he even started.

Steve Lansdown has put a lot of money in to his project but its not just about football its rugby basketball and his legacy, and because  of this lack of focus and maybe, in the past, with supporting inadequate managers because he was happy with them on a personal basis we have drifted for too long.

He wants to sell and is just treading water till he can find someone to buy him out - and i get better the devil you know - but I genuinely believe the Lansdown’s want out and sadly Mr Lansdown thank you but the sooner the better.

 

I just see one problem - the Bristol Sport package as a whole that spans three sports. Is Lansdown going to separate BCFC (men's? or both?) from it or sell the lot as a package? If it's a single divestment then it could be very awkward in having the new owner renting the ground from SL and being on the hook for the commercial dep't (especially the shop front which would still continue to sell BS-brand gear).

11 hours ago, fgrsimon said:

Yes even in our darkest moments they can still find some way of cheering us up. Now no chance of a new ground in my lifetime and the new owners can't afford to rebuild the Mem themselves. Oh dear.

This video hasn't aged well (warning - contains some disturbing scenes for Bristol City supporters)

"It's absolutely vital and important for this club to have a new modern stadium. It's a big project and we are moving in the right direction" followed by some shots of some railway sidings.

 

Considering that the council are beefing with them over their *current* development not being done through proper channels, this is an interesting take.

6 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

I love precedent.

We bring on a left winger with acres of space and we don't want to play it to him WTF

Roberts off already? What's up with him?

8 minutes ago, MattWSM said:

what was the attendance today and how many from Coventry 

Website says 22,718. No figure for Cov.

Just now, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

Is that the same coaching staff that decided we should go three at the back for the first 38 minutes.

We were five at the back and it was still nearly 4-0

"Bristol City are as midtable as it gets" - Ryan Dilks, Second Tier

A new sub forum?

Metball Marinara on seeded bread please.