Mad Cyril

4 hours ago, TMWANG50 said:

Good to see footballers getting some good press for once, top guy...

...unless it was a lost bet

He was excellent and deserves his own song.

11 hours ago, harvey54 said:

Good ground. Locals can be a bit hostile. They have a lot of old Chelsea boys that follow both teams and fancy themselves. Should be lively 

Why is this written in a Danny Dyer accent?

17 hours ago, mozo said:

We'll beat Leeds. There, I said it.

We seem to be much better as an underdog, and have a decent record against top half teams. 

If we beat Leeds, we should get a mural in the concourse.

3 hours ago, ZiderMeUp said:

They’ve changed the rules this season,  players have to get the balls off of the cone in front of ball boys themselves.  Then the ball boy just replaces the ball on the cone.  Same at all clubs.

I don't know if you are correct here, but if you are, other clubs get away with breaking that rule.

It is a small advantage that a team of ball boys/girls can either retrieve the ball quicker or slower depending on score, or save the energy of a knackered player retrieving a ball late in the game. 

That small advantage becomes exponential over a whole game or a whole season.

I am all for fitting an electric shock system to the chairs of our motionless ball people. Get off your arses people!!

Ashton Gate brings a stack full of revenue to Bristol. It is a great positive for Bristol as a whole, be that rugby, football (both men and women) or one day, basketball.

Yet the twonks who run our council continue to put genuine effort and creativity into making it as hard as possible for paying customers to get into the city to spend money and contribute economic growth.

If they put a fraction of the effort into (re)opening positives like the Portishead to Ashton railway line as they did to banning cars from ever coming into Bristol, we would have a choice in transport just like every other city in the UK already does.

Good luck with building Bristol on the back of the sneaky £1500 you stole in parking tickets this week. Nobs.

Straight choice as you all pay your money...

I would choose the option for hard tackling and missing the odd foul for free flowing football and instant decisions...

I don't pay for the thrill of watching forensic decisioning, and linesman who don't flag Conway 10 yards offside but wait for the possibility of a him breaking his leg pointlessly...

Shove VAR where the sun don't shine. Give me my game back.

Think they were simply trying to target the West Ham coach drivers

It would be even nicer if the cameras were placed on the Dolman side where I sit.

That would make a much better backdrop (the impressive Lansdown stand), plus it would mean I could pick my nose free from worry of being caught on the telly.

I am not sold on pushing the loan agenda.

Why send our U23s to West Ham? I think they will develop better here 

Is it because of the large group of high-spirited Reds queueing for the tube breaking out in a fine rendition of " you're just a s### Cabot Circus..."?

1 hour ago, Johnny Musicworks said:

Meanwhile our younger brother was leaving Goodison where, despite losing, Sunderland fans were celebrating staying up as they thought Coventry had won. He told me that one moment Sunderland fans were walking away from the ground singing ‘Staying up’ and the next moment the final score from Coventry was announced whereby Everton fans were mocking Sunderland singing ‘Going down’. For me unequalled as my most unforgettable night supporting City with the largest away following for a league game that I can remember.

Complete Urban myth - the Sunderland fans would already know the score on their i-phones

31 minutes ago, redkev said:

It’s all ifs and buts e 30 million we made from that would be pocket money compared to getting to the premiership

I have no desire to watch our players try and do well at Rugby.

I remember as a lad at away games my old man would always get us tickets in the home family stand. There is nothing better as a young spermer than the thrill of taking that home family end. Be sure to pack a Stanley, a few darts and a billiard ball in a sock. Wait 10 minutes into the match, then jump up and scream " who wants it you *£#&@s?", sparking out the nearest 6 year old.

Enjoy!!

1 hour ago, ashton_fan said:

According to media stories he used to play for us, but I can't find anything about it online, I have no memory of him and I doubt he ever appeared for the first team. Can anyone else remember him being here?

Formed a great partnership up front with Junior Bent.... Remember him very clearly

It is clear as a point of law... If one is one of 10-20 thousand, one is perfectly entitled to call out a visiting individual player with dogs abuse from the safety of the stand with a minimum of 6 pints of Natch onboard.

Furthermore, if said individual visiting player then goes on to score a goal, should that individual have the cheek to vaguely even celebrate, said player should be taken to a place of execution, having first had his gonads removed with a rusty side knife, thereafter having his head removed by blunt trauma and fans forming an orderly line to s*** down his neck and deficate over his twitching torso.

Fair??

Can't wait for McCrorie to be available. I know how frustrating it is to be laid low with a nasty bacterial infection. I just hope he didn't get his in a dodgy bar in Thailand like me.

His Old man has said for 10 years that Jobe is the better prospect. Still does. How bloody good will he be then?

He looked class in that cameo on Saturday. Built like Harland at 18. Watch this space....

I have noticed the number of unwanted skid marks starting to build. But that is a problem for the groundsman, not the kitman.

Not sure running it into the corner is the best way to eat up time at the end of the match.... Seemed like constantly passing it back to the back 4 worked perfectly well eating up most of the opening 30 minutes... 

14 hours ago, spudski said:

McIndoe and Keogh are other obvious ones.

Keogh is driving the team bus....

Literally have no idea why anyone would want to steward a football match. It won't be for the money, the thanks given for trying to ensure people's safety or for the cool uniform. Maybe some people just like the thought of being outnumbered and getting free dental realignment.

I can't stand anything associated with Rovers.

I have even stopped having sex with my sister.

I want to physically hurl if I hear "we go again"....

6 minutes ago, redsquirrel said:

i work on vag stuff for my day job,apart from the yeti, (nasty cack) they knock spots off the audis,  for anyone considering buying vag, vw deffo the way to go but id take skoda as a second choice.(they use more audi/porsche stuff than vw)

You are a gynaecologist or a porn actor?