Baba Yaga

6 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Can't believe we could go above QPR tomorrow!

What a job Mark Robins continues to do at Cov. 

Apparently QPR were quite unlucky to lose to Bournemouth last week, think its fair to say the same for the game against us last week and now West Brom too. Still think they look like play off challengers but we shall see over the season if that's right.

As for West Brom not the greatest performance but they did the job. Since the crowd were booing when Diangana was subbed I think there will be a lot of pressure if they go on a bad run at any point this season.

Nice move for the goal, they have done something similar before this season. Feel bad for QPR, keeper error changed everything.

And just like that momentum shifts, West Brom haven't really deserved that but should be a good finish now.

7 minutes ago, Rossi the Robin said:

Can see QPR getting one on the break here but equally West Brom could get something and then go on to win 

QPR doing well to slow down play and get the crowd frustrated this half, a very good away performance.

17 minutes ago, Robbored said:

Several impressive sides in the Championship - Baggies, Fulham, B’muff, Stoke just to name name four. Impossible to predict over a 46 game season who’ll get automatic but those with parachute payments will certainly feature come March/April.

I'm expecting the teams you mention to be up there (except maybe Stoke) like you say parachute payments are a massive advantage. You can lose 7, 8, 9, 10 games and still go up automatically in this division.

Saying that QPR haven't had any real chances since the goal and if I was to predict I can see West Brom coming back in this game.

West Brom have impressed me in the highlight reels I have watched this season but tonight I see maybe for all their successful crosses there are a load of poor ones too.

Can't believe that tackle a few minutes ago wasn't even a yellow 

High line was punished well there. 

Hopefully my stream doesn't mess up, looking forward to this. Bit of a kit clash but should be a good watch 

Just now, GrahamC said:

Lyle Taylor has a record like that because the gap between the Championship & L1 is just massive, see also Taylor, Matty.

There was a massive campaign to sign the Blackpool striker Yates, he has managed 1 penalty so far..

That's what I thought at first but looking at the numbers he scored 11 in 22 for Charlton in the championship (4 were pens). If he wasn't injured/let his contract run out that season they would have probably stayed up due to his goals. Agree about the gap between the divisions overall, apparently JCH isn't doing very well for Peterboro this season after being league one top scorer last season.

Forest had a good defence last season but one of the worst attacks in the league, City finished 1 point below them but overall there were 40% more goals in the City games so they were also poor entertainment value. Need to bring in a manager who is more attack minded and I wouldn't be surprised to see them win a few games and pull out of the relegation zone.

Looking at the stats they were all defeats by 1 goal until last night and in most games they have had a fair amount of chances and possession. Lyle Taylor has 5 in 45 since signing for Forest and I think if that record was more like what he managed at Charlton then they would be doing ok, also Grabban scored 20 in their (almost) play-off season and then scored 6 last season. Not sure what went wrong for Hughton but the strikers not firing won't have helped and its hard to argue against this decision, wonder how Forest fans would feel about taking back Lamouchi?

20 minutes ago, airdog said:

have just read the gate guide for the match against Saracens and they are saying we require a lateral flow test to gain entry so can you please tell me if they are needed for the football, looking on the city website and they dont seem to be .

 

This is from a different club but it may help...

As part of our efforts to prepare fans for potential future entry procedures, on arrival to the stadium fans aged 18 and over may be asked if they have COVID certification. However, under the current guidance, demonstrating COVID certification is not mandatory and it not currently a condition of entry to the stadium.

https://www.arsenal.com/tickets/arsenal/2021-Sep-26/tottenham-hotspur

From reading this I believe it won't be a problem to go to the Saracens game without taking a test. I don't expect it will be enforced and I am expecting no hassle if I politely tell them that there is no law that requires me to do a test to enter.

They had something like 67% of the ball against Birmingham but from what I saw it was painfully slow build up and apart from Lawrence it doesn't seem like there is much in way of goals in the team. Also looks like they can be pressured into making a fair few mistakes at the back. 

I have never really cared for Derby but there is something about an underdog story that makes me want to root for them just a little (their players and coaches I mean, nothing to do with their owners and fans). But if they get a points deduction this season I think they are definitely relegated.

One ticket for the rugby against Saracens cost the same as 2 tickets for Cardiff away this weekend  (still at least it's not the Bath game)

Never actually been to Bristol Rugby before and I'm probably looking forward to drinking in my seat more than the match. 

Strange how they came in at similar times and how badly both are doing, City fans are getting worried but you can imagine they are feeling worse...

Barton

P21 W3 D2 L16

Pearson

P17 W2 D5 L10

Who will turn it around first then? 

Both goals should have been defended better but at least they showed some fight for a spell, both league goals so far have been headers and I wonder how much we will struggle to score other types of goals. In a bad moment right now but there are some other poor teams in the division too, long season ahead but one win and things will start looking up.

New signings combining for an equaliser, things turning around now the momentum has shifted? Hoping Wells will make an impact here because he's a proven goalscorer.

Be interesting to see what they can create in the next 45 mins, early signs are that there could be some painful watches this season once we go behind. Hoping they have a go in the 2nd and prove me wrong, might need to bring on Wells but will need service.

Bit of a comedown for Kalas going from beating the Netherlands to losing to Forest Green, hopefully he hasn't lost interest because all signs are pointing to a long difficult season ahead and he will be very important. Janneh I would say was the only bright spark from last night, looking at the midfield 3 picked it wasn't very creative so he stood out as a player willing to put a cross in even if it didn't come off, 2 goals will hopefully do his confidence some good but with only league games until after xmas now I'm not sure if he will get many minutes. Williams looked poor before going off, hopefully he will be back soon and get his fitness back to where he needs it to be. Fair play to Forest Green they didn't have as many chances as Blackpool to get back into it but they waited and they took the chance when it came. Disappointing night because they almost ended the winless run, hoping that will be over sooner rather than later although maybe it will be like the start of the O'Driscoll season who knows. 

On 02/08/2021 at 17:23, Portred said:

Tony Soprano

Chris Moltisanti

Silvio Dante

Pussy Bompensero

Paullie Walnuts

Ralph Sifarero

Corado Soprano

Johny Sacramento 

Phil Leatardo

Bobby Bacala

my apologies for the spellings !!

Couldn't make a list of 10 because I haven't watched that many series but this is one show I have watched (along with the wire), definitely yes to Ralph he was a great character and would be on my list. 

3 hours ago, TonyTonyTony said:

 

Covid has changed the world. Feel free not to take the vaccine, but you wont be able to go anywhere / do anything. Prepare yourself for a very boring existence all because you are misinformed. That's on you, not the govt, not corrupt scientists - that's all on you.

Welcome to Chinese style social credit score, I guess this is the narrative we will need to accept to have any chance of party membership. 

8 minutes ago, TonyTonyTony said:

As ive said before : Stupid People - Guaranteed to **** it up for the rest of us

When the solution is vaccines every year for life and a digitally controlled authoritarian system to enforce it then people are entitled to have serious reservations about the future being mapped out, people overlooking the implications of this and somehow still thinking they're righteous doesn't help much either in my view.

2 hours ago, italian dave said:

I’m not sure what’s changed; have I missed something? You just wave your QR code at a reader on the way in? (I appreciate there’s a few weeks to go until everyone will have been able to get two jabs hence the test option).

Yes, regular boosters seem likely to be required, I think that’s been anticipated all along hasn’t it? 

I wondered why you were so keen on data from Israel, then I came across this

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/19/vaccine-skeptics-zero-israel-again-some-reason/

 

 

The difference is that the rules changes were proposed by Boris so people could longer use tests to go to mass events. Once the vaccine passports are in place the goalposts can keep changing. I'm not comfortable with a new normal where if you don't take your unlicensed medication you are shut out from parts of society and it continues every 6 months or so, the green pass is being used again in Israel from next week which is a good source because they are generally ahead of us in the vax programme, if we look at them we can anticipate what will happen next here.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-uk-data-offer-mixed-signals-on-vaccines-potency-against-delta-strain/

Here's another link from my favourite country  Israel saying the Pfizer jab is 41% effective (against symptomatic transmission) and the UK is saying it's 88% effective. I wonder if the Washington Post will report that? Who are the scientists here and who are the vaccine sales reps posing as scientists?

39 minutes ago, italian dave said:

I did say that I was exaggerating, and I certainly wasn’t singling you out as a superspreader (tho you’ve probably been called worse on here!). It wouldn’t particularly worry me if you were at the Blackpool game (not going to Villa!) because although we may not always agree about things you seem like a reasonably sensible and responsible person so I don’t doubt you’d not come if you were coughing everywhere. I’d probably rather you weren’t sat behind me - you don’t sit in the Dolman do you? - only joking! 

But I’m also very aware that there are others who just aren’t that responsible, and a small minority who revel in being irresponsible and that Bristol now has very high rates of infection. And I’m at an age where although the vaccine has reduced my risks, they are still more than minimal. And that’s why I’m not comfortable: I used that word deliberately - I’m not adamantly ‘covid app or no access’ but I’ll still be wary. And I agree with your final point about the usefulness of any restrictions - which is really why I think it’s wrong for government to pass the buck to individual businesses - how are Bristol City meant to make that judgement? 

People want to reduce risk which makes sense. But when you are comparing 2 risk levels that are completely arbitrary and f9r the most part unknown then I have to question if people's concerns are completely rational.

Agreed that BCFC are in a difficult position and can't keep everyone happy, if they have to bring in covid passports if I was them I wouldn't want to be seen as wanting to bring them in. I really hope they don't happen because I hate the idea of them, last week people were telling people with my views to stop whinging because it's only a qr code, we have seen in the space of a week this has already been disproven because it has moved on to you must be jabbed supposedly, once the system has been universally adopted I'm sure it wouldn't end there either.

12 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

A single dose of the vaccine reduces the risk of spreading it.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/one-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine-can-cut-household-transmission-by-up-to-half

 

I think thats from April so before the delta variant? Sounds like a thorough study to be fair but not sure how long it could be realistically considered valid for.

I wonder if the old dynamic of Spain having 2 big clubs has changed in the near future at least. Atletico with their new stadium and Real with their refurb must mean that both of their revenues will increase at a much higher rate than Barca's. With covid killing tourism and already high debt levels as well I suspect that La Liga are actually doing them a favour (without looking at the numbers). Got to admit I haven't heard of any of those players Barcelona sold so doubt they decreased the wage bill much. Not sure how much debt/wage bill they can service but it sounds like they are pushing their limits. It's possible that if inflation keeps going up then interest rates will need to be raised to control it, in that scenario I would be very interested to see how it would effect their numbers. I wouldn't plan on council tax in Catalonia going down anytime soon. 

Fair play, the Napoli fans rioted and set their stadium on fire (bit more interesting than the BK fire). 50,000+ crowd for the game and Swindon also played at Roma with a similar crowd, also beat Juve and Sampdoria home and away. Not a bad record against the Italians to be fair.