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3 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

the successful Premiership rugby club IS his legacy to Bristol, not the football club which is too expensive to achieve success with given his lack of football knowledge and therefore a drain on his pocket.

We are second class citizens in what was always our own stadium but is no more. That's what "Bristol Sport" has achieved. Give it another five years and half the ground should have navy blue seats - you wait and see.

You have no clue what SL see's as his legacy or priority but just try to pass off your thoughts as fact to suit your agenda

I have no issue with Bristol Sport, it make perfect sense sharing the costs of running a stadium that is only used about 25 times or so a year for football, this increases the money left to fund the playing side of the club. Not sure we are 2nd class in our stadium, I never get that feeling, yes we have some rugby pictures up, but small price to pay for the revenue brought back into paying to run it.

3 minutes ago, RumRed said:

So how would you carve out just BCFC and Ashton Gate from Bristol Sport?

Who knows what would or would not be included if SL decided he had enough, if that day come I would have thought it would be the complete Bristol Sport which actually I think would be more attractive to a prospective investor.

Just now, City oz said:

Hate to say it now but did LJ actually fail. What has got better at the club ????

I did not say LJ failed here as a manager, but the problem that GJ and LG both had was managing the bigger players, with big egos whom had played at a higher level  

Whilst performances are not what I expected from a NP team and yesterdays capitulation was an all time low, we have to recognise it was a patched up team missing a lot of starters and experience, hopefully with a 2 week break we can see the return of these players. As long as NP health is OK to continue and we show signs of improvement by xmas, then see no point in changing. However if going into the January transfer window performances have not improved and NP is not able to demonstrate how he can change it with the window, then plans must be place to make a change.

Whilst Lowe is doing an excellent job, its very different stepping up to manage players who have played at a higher level, some with massive egos and are on big money contracts, this is where GJ & LJ failed, its easier when you have a bunch of hungry players wanting to get the league than those happy to just take the money

17 minutes ago, Red Army 75 said:

This naming the south stand after a rugby player. Is there any substance to this rumour. It would really piss me off if this happened 

Yes the evidence is one of the anti SL brigade created a rumour on OTIB to wind people up

1 minute ago, Red Exile said:

I'd have thought it quite likely we'll be playing Swindon next year...and football-wise a fair bit like them. (Plymouth could pass us!) I live near Swindon, know a fair bit about their trials in recent years - the thought that Lansdown's millions have left us in not much better a position than Swindon is a touch...

Even if we do would not swap our set up with swindle, gas Plymouth cardiff or any other local side. 

Whist its as bad as it can get, I have not given that we will stay up.

Just now, frenchred said:

Thanks steve

Oh laugh, split my sides did you think up that clever repost all by yourself, 

4 minutes ago, frenchred said:

Of course he doesn't have a bloody q at his door, he's made the. Luv in saleable. Ooh look what you can but but the stadium, trading ground and anything else of value is not included, they're mine!

You have no clue what would be included in a sale, so just bull shit argument

Just now, frenchred said:

Or you could look at endless other smaller clubs than ours who have done better than us.

Dont be afraid of change, embrace i

His mistakes have cost him and ultimately will cost our football team

 

Not that many years ago our main rivals were rovers and swindle, without SL perhaps we would be more like them?

Its hard enough for anyone to come up with a realistic replacement for NP let alone a billionaire hanging around willing to chuck away millions on a club he has no affinity to.

As club shackled with FFP restrictions and other clubs with PP we are not that attractive a proposition for a rich foreigner looking to play in the prem league play ground

Just now, Red Exile said:

He bought the club, the whole club, and choked off any further interest or investment from anyone else in one of the biggest, and more prosperous, cities in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, and has operated a closed shop for 20 years. The club has been entirely run by him and one or two friends.

I appreciate that we are all City fans. I don't doubt that Lansdown's supporters want the best for City. But it has to be accepted that whilst he's spent millions on a nice couple of stands, football-wise he's achieved next to nothing...in 20 years.

Don't disagree and sure SL himself is not happy with current or past football achievements, but that does not mean he cannot get it right. He could have gambled and we could have gone up or we could be like Derby or other teams who have fallen further. 

SL himself has said they would talk to anyone who can make further investment to take the club forward, but does not seem to have a queue at his door.

So all this SL should go each time we loose a few games is silly school boy nonsence

It's funny against Barnsley it was only when the fans got on there backs they started to put a bit more effort in.

Players seem to be coasting

1 hour ago, old_eastender said:

 

This (out of likes).

Pay to support the forum and you can have as many as you want

3 minutes ago, Red Exile said:

...that he's run up...and for what?

Great watching City isn't it! Thrilling stuff!

 

Dread to think where we would be without it

1 hour ago, frenchred said:

Just go, his lack of anything is showing through

Apart from the odd 100 million and ongoing losses each year.

It's easy for keyboard idiots to just sprout go, without any concept of how that could even be remotely possible or what type of person could end up running the club, at least with SL we know we will still have a club.

Not saying SL has not made mistakes which are easy to criticise with hindsight, but believe they have been made with the honest intention of improving the club.

You only have to look across the city to see what we could end up with instead

7 minutes ago, Wiltshire robin said:

yes Pearson is underachieving and I’ve backed him from the start but now think we need a change. The main cause of the problems at this club is the lansdowns being totally out of there depth running a football club . 

SL is not picking the team or tactics, he has employed an experience manager to do that

Started going wrong with bringing on Dasilva, pring was doing well, then totally unbalanced the team. 

Of all the changes Dasilva would not have been it

No way pen

Time to take off martin and put on pace up front with the extra man

11 minutes ago, petehinton said:

Vyner in a 2 and Bakinson in a 2 scares me

So who would you play given our injuries

Can't believe we keep trying to flog Martin to death

1 minute ago, Red Army 75 said:

Absolutely agree. I thought at the beginning of the season we would see a more combative city side. But the Bournemouth game for example we didn’t even touch them. When IMO we needed to get in there faces and treat it like a FA cup game as we couldn’t match them footballing wise. I’m really hoping today we get stuck in. As at the moment we are miles off. 

Funny I was just about to reply about the same game, I said to my mate we need to get a bit stronger and harder with them, but his view was we could not get close enough to foul them. But it shows the difference, a team that totally bossed us, picked up to yellow cards for Cahill and Kelly, and we picked up none.

Hampshirered please leave the voodoo doll alone

Get well soon Nige

26 minutes ago, Hampshire reds said:

i have taken alot of stick on here about wanting a new manager. I know they wont replace him anytime soon. He does not fill me with any hope he will turn this run of bad results around. he never shows any enthusiasm for the job at his press conference 3k fans going to Coventry on sat i prey me and all city fans have something to cheer. if not i fear the support will turn. 

Bit of a typo, think you meant HOPE

21 minutes ago, grifty said:

They are not running rings round him? The Birmingham winger actually only got past him once. He put two good balls in early on and them the rest were hitting the first man.

Pace I will give you, but he was never lighting and isn’t a player who is going to get up and down the wing all game, so we shouldn’t really expect him too.

I think 1 on 1 (on the ground) Jay is pretty good actually, he is often let down by his positioning and teams targeting his height.

Sorry you must be having selective memory the Birmingham winger done him several times for pace as did the WBA winger. Since his injury he is not the same player, ok going forward but a liability at the back