Simpleton Gas

17 minutes ago, Marcus Aurelius said:

You do realise your own owner uses the exact same tax loopholes for your club, right? You realise that right?

I was referring more to Lansdown's business activities, not his running of the club. You are presumably aware that capitalism in the Arab world is very different from Anglo-Saxon capitalism. It is more old-fashioned, based on family ties (hence why Wael and his brother were originally involved) and has a stronger sense of social obligation. 

Its interesting that City fans don't have more to say about the fact that their 'local businessman' owner resides in a tax haven...

Just now, RedHienz said:

Funny how easy it is to identify you through your use of other forums.

All the barbs yet no bite. D-

Also the Dunfords milked your "club" dry. Still waiting on what happened to the Hayles money.

Genuinely hilarious reading your tedious trolling. 

There wouldn't be a BRFC without them. It is that simple. 

After Hayles was sold, Holloway put together the Cureton-Roberts partnership, which was one of the most feared strike forces in lower league football. 

2 minutes ago, italian dave said:

Tax evasion and benefit fraud, agree.

But tax avoidance is legal and benefit fraud is illegal. There has to be a distinction between the two, surely.

Unless you’re going to argue that maximising benefit income and benefit fraud are both equally reprehensible. 

The essential difference is legal, not moral. Legality and morality are often equated with each other but are not the same thing.

4 minutes ago, Engvall’s Splinter said:

That drummer got us to the Championship. Eventful season that one against some real decent sides. You were probably still playing Carlisle. 

And then straight back down again after finishing rock bottom of the championship. 

But we have gone off track - the essential point is that you were 'tinpot' relatively recently. In 1982, when you almost went bust because you could not manage your financial affairs (say what you like about us, we pay our creditors and don't rely on charity from our players), and when the drummer of Bros was your chairman. 

But it was certainly more fun, wasn't it? Professionalism has certainly come with a price for you. 

3 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

But calling Steve Lansdown a tax dodger is OK in your world is it? Happens often over on slagchat.

I wouldn't use that specific term, but I'm presuming that Guernsey primarily appeals as a way of working around legal obligations related to tax? 

All perfectly legal of course. However, its worth remembering that a number of celebrities previously engaged in similar schemes insisted on paying their taxes in full after being subject to public pressure. If City fans haven't done this already, perhaps they could take a lead in this regard? 

For the record, my view is that there is no moral distinction between tax avoidance and benefit fraud. 

7 hours ago, glynriley said:

And wally would be investing in Amman or Zarqa. Or are you going to tell us he lives above a paper shop on Gloucester Road?

I'm wondering what attracts Lansdown to Guernsey? Is it the beautiful air or the tax avoidance possibilities? You were certainly a tinpot club when you were run by the former drummer in Bros (remember the mascot fight against Wolves?), but at least you had a bit of character and weren't so closely wrapped up with vulture capitalism. 

2 hours ago, Bris Red said:

Of course You won’t get a reply…

The delusional gypos could only dream of getting home gates of 20k plus, lets just remember the last time they did it was in the late 1950’s 

Gypos? Lovely. Is that allowed to pass on OTIB?

I've already had to educate one of your posters on why repeated use of 'sheikh' in a derogatory way is problematic. 

13 minutes ago, Victory Park Reds said:

U dopey gas *** .

what do you inhale in south Glos.

1976-1980.

U lot are ******* well strange.

The PL was established in 1992? 

6 hours ago, Sheltons Army said:

‘Borderline racist’

What a melt

 

Btw Using ‘Hot air’ although appropriate as it’s what you sags specialise in , it doesn’t actually reflect the stench of gas

Hilarious that you don’t lose for a few games and suddenly are on here giving it the big un en route to the Premier League

 

Say what you like about our fan base but almost wholly realistic about football matters whilst you lot become completely deluded

You should be grateful that you are a League Club again and can’t get eliminated before Round 1 of the League Cup

 

Its funny - when I hear you lot to us as 'tinpot', I only have to think back just over two decades, when the bassist/drummer of Bros (sorry, genuinely can't remember/care), was your chairman. For those less senior, Bros have a strong claim to be one of the worst UK bands of all time, and I was genuinely embarrassed for your club and its fanbase. At the time we were being run by the Dunfords - a solid, decent and unstated chairmanship. 

Then you met Steve Lansdown, a leading practitioner of Anglo-Saxon vulture capitalism, and the rest is history. 

8 minutes ago, The Gasbuster said:

I dunno; 2015 have been a league club for 8 years, and they are talking about the P.L.

Deluded.

In the 8 years they've been back in the league, they've never needed to rely on the non-payment of players and local creditors to remain a functioning enterprise. Its very endearing how your fanbase have reinvented this as a source of pride rather than embarrassment 

2 minutes ago, Sheltons Army said:

Don’t you have some Alum Keys to buy and get working 

( Remember to pick up some Gorilla Glue and Gaffa tape too ) 

Spouting brain dead drivel on here with made up facts and usual saggy delusion whilst you get played by the fake sheikh , now sheikhs

You are not competition , merely a source of laughter for us , Forever in our shadow 

Always have been , always will

 

You realise that the 'sheikh' stuff is borderline racist, don't you? Or perhaps you don't? 

If Lansdown decided to invest in his local community, he'd be investing in Guernsey. 

3 minutes ago, elhombrecito said:

Science not your strong point either then if you think that gas is hot air 

Please point out where I claim they are. By using the brains within their head, OTIB posters would proceed from 'hot air' to 'gas'. That's how it works - you refer to something that is similar in the hope that people manage to join the dots. 

3 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

No, but I am sure there is more of it shown on TV than any other league. Plus, I don't see any of our fans going to another clubs forum to pretend they do know what they are talking about. 

We have several gasheads that post here openly, why do you feel the need to pretend you are a City fan?

'Hot Air' is a pretty strong hint. Aside from spelling it out in big, bright blue letters, I'm not sure how it could be clearer? 

4 minutes ago, The Gasbuster said:

W.T.F. do you know about the Championship ?

Your tinpot outfit has not been in the Championship for 30 years 

Asshead

Do you talk about PL football?  I hope not, because you've never been in it. 

11 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

So he's basically taking the piss out of us , saying that in the next two years we won't be going up ? What a cheeky smeggy stinking *** he is ! I would say   fair enough IF we were both both inthe Championship, but...........**** I Him and Trump aught to get an island somewhere and bore each other rigid !

To be fair, JB has bigger fish to fry. He was a PL player who was capped by England. Let's be honest - before he became Rovers manager, he was barely aware of your existence. 

Good result for Rovers against a decent club. 

1 hour ago, Robbored said:

Winning away with an added time goal……….

Does anyone think that the Gas are copying us?

Of the two, Charlton are the bigger club and are bigger than City, with home attendances in excess of yours last season in a lower league. 

Impressive results for BRFC against three teams who will be in the top half of L1, and almost certainly promotion contenders. 

A win away against Millwall is also quite impressive, I'll give you that. However, the fact they are play-off contenders reflects badly on the Championship. 

8 hours ago, weepywall said:

Looks like a good signing to be fair.

Elliot Anderson was a huge success for BRFC, winning national plaudits, and Barton has a good eye for a midfielder. 

BRFC signed two promising players from Chelsea before - Colkett and Clarke-Salter. Great things were expected of the former, but he struggled to live up to the physical demands of the league and had his loan cancelled early before briefly resurfacing at Swindon. 

The latter didn't live up to the billing, but subsequently became a championship-level player (QPR, mind)

With the exception of a very few, it is extremely hard to tell at this stage if players will make it. 

6 hours ago, petehinton said:

They’re going for broke this season. They’ll be hugely over budget especially given the lost revenue of the stand. L1 is very weak this season, so they will probably finish top half/10. Would think they’ll be in a bit of bother next season. 

Is the Championship much better? Luton and Sheffield United are bang average sides who got promoted last season.

L1 includes Bolton and Barnsley, two clubs who have played in the PL within living memory, unlike BCFC. 

And as for being over budget...planks and splinters come to mind. 

12 hours ago, redkev said:

Went over to Cardiff today with Mrs Kev for some retail therapy ( always prefer Cardiff shopping ) and a couple of , I always look out for the sheepshaggers whilst I’m wandering around behind her laden with Primark ( I mean Armani bags ) but today no sign of them . 3 Man Utd shirts /  6 Chelsea shirts ( near station so probably on way to game ) 2 Liverpool Shirts ( sat in boozer I was in so not going to game ) 1 Newcastle shirt 1 Arsenal shirt 2 qpr shirts again near station so probably heading back to London 1 wales shirt but pride of place goes to bloke walking loud & proud around shopping centre with England shirt on   , also a lad with a Swansea track suit top 

so as the title says it’s not just Bristol where you see the plastic prem fans 

Odd thing about Cardiff is that for a capital city (didn't become one until 1950), it is very provincial. However, this doesn't even give it a redeeming sense of place - you really could be anywhere.

1 minute ago, Riaz said:

Nah. He was sacked for far worse than that 

Having to be pulled back from leaping into the crowd and attacking one of the club's (many) brain-dead fans was bad enough...like the village idiot at a particularly angry farmers' convention. 

1 hour ago, Riaz said:

Finally some sense.

We we’re newly promoted and Cotts was going for some totally unrealistic players 

Should have put a bid in for Messi after Dwight Gayle - as much chance of that happening. 

You'd almost be forgiven for thinking he pursued Gayle and Gray as some sort of perverse and audacious PR stunt...that, or an unexpected blow to the head. 

Pearson knew the size of the club's debt when he took the job and he is also surely aware of the club's past history, including almost vanishing from the face of the earth in 1982 because of its inability to effectively manage its own finances. Unpaid creditors will need to be paid this time and players won't be willing to forego payment. Its a different reality now. 

The money surely goes back into the club and making sure BCFC are still a thing going forward. 

1 hour ago, Bristol Rob said:

In the last few years, we've taken around £50,000,000 from Bournemouth in exchange for 3 players who cost us nothing as they were all academy development.

For context, the UWE stadium that didn't happen was expected to cost £40,000,000 - that would have left enough change for 27 Tilsons.

But as long as they're coming for us, eh...

But that money has largely gone on servicing a substantial debt. Are City going to ask 

28 minutes ago, Dolman Original said:

Worked in the Post Office ( Royal Mail) for 42 years as a postman, admin and a manager. Never once heard of either clubs mail being interfered with in any way. Agreed this was some years ago, but also the rivalry was stronger. Not like today where there’s a generation who haven’t seen a league game between us. But hey ho they’re coming for us!

To be fair, there are quite extensive reports of money going missing when sent through the post, which is why so many people don't do this. I also worked for Royal Mail as a Christmas Casual on several occasions and didn't particularly like what I saw of the permanent staff or the organisation. 

Impressive point against one of the teams who are likely to be up there at the end of the season. And I'm not talking about Preston...