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I take the kids there when City are away or not playing. This year we've been to about 4 games. It's great fun and you can have a pint pitch side. Quality of football is decent, Owen Brain especially. We get the bus from the center or the train to Sea Mills. Lovely atmosphere. Farmy Army! 

8 minutes ago, nickolas said:

Not sure ive seen a player that quick before. Would give Kyle Walker a run for his money too. 
Seemed a decent enough player but that pace is a huge asset if he was used, ( or able ) to play LWB. 

Yeah he was seriously quick. As my dad would say, "like shit off a shovel".

12 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Evans reckons our penalty was a dive, make of it what you will.

Certainly softer than some of the good and nailed on shouts we had waved away under NP..high boot to the head of Wells v Watford before the World Cup in late 2022 sticks in the mind.

From the extended highlights I am really struggling to see any contact at all. Spectacular fall from Tommy mind, top marks. 

It is what it is. It was given. We scored. Tommy Conway takes a mean penalty.

It's a really good decision. It felt like a good decision at the time, and has done since because... paradoxically, because I was unsighted, and because it looked marginal, i felt the Ref must have been clear and convinced it hit the hand, and it felt like the player knew this. His reaction - in the moment, and in the lack of an appeal - was the tell. Also in keeping with the ref's decisiveness at other key points - bookings especially. 

I think the ref was very well-placed. 

35 minutes ago, sh1t_ref_again said:

Thought she was generally good, unfortunately let down by one of the worse linesman seen on the Lansdown side. 

The ref Wednesday was better

The only lino I've seen worse than that was the one on the dolman side

13 hours ago, Andy082005 said:

Great result and performance - agreed. But my point is that crowd tonight wasn’t just because it was a dead rubber 

Weve had plenty of dead rubber games over the last 8/9 years - and the crowd have never stayed away like they have tonight and the last few games 

I think maybe this was the pitch the saints were on

It wasn't watered.

It was hammering it down all day, stopped 20 minutes before kick off. 

This game shows how much stronger Leeds are right now. As does pretty much every Leeds game. 

Very early on we looked comfortable with Southampton having the ball. They were doing neat triangles with their keeper outside the area. Fine by me. They never really got beyond that. 

This game shows how much stronger Leeds are right now. As does pretty much every Leeds game. 

Very early on we looked comfortable with Southampton having the ball. They were doing neat triangles with their keeper outside the area. Fine by me. They never really got beyond that. 

47 minutes ago, BigTone said:

Woke up this morning to a fantastic result.  Great effort by the team and nice to see Bell on the scoresheet.  Have a few winnable games coming up so lets keep the momentum going.  Only downside is seeing we conceded yet again at the death which is becoming a regular occurrence. Just as well we were 3 up.

Anyway, great result so upwards & onwards.

Rather concede at the death when at least two goals up than immediately after half time...

9 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

Where has the real George Tanner gone? Up until around 2 months ago, he was hesitant andnegative going forward. Since then, and certainly since McCrorie returned he has , without doubt been our most improved player. Well done that man.

You've answered your own question.

Tanner so much better with McCrorie. He can get forward knowing the pass (forward) is on, or the space will open up with the run.

Was particularly depressing seeing him trying to get forward with Weimann constantly drifting infield away from him, no pass, no space. 

Point taken, I guess typically from the away fans; although the Jimmy Saville chant on Friday was pretty grim. 

And you're right, Ashton Gate is a nice place, it is sanitised in comparison. I prefer it that way. 

38 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

So many empty seats. Not just single seats, almost whole rows.  Taken after 39 mins of match.

Look at you all comfy in the Lansdown with your prawn sandwich

8 minutes ago, firstdivision said:

 

I've watched City for 53 years. I won't be giving up until someone burns me. You take the rough with the even rougher, and sometimes the smooth. Calm down. Support. Be patient. It's the only way, I'm afraid. Not very modern, but the only way when you think about it. 

 

 

It's football innit? 

I don't think, trying to be objective, this was as bad as the Millwall game, or the Stoke game, or the Preston game, or Birmingham (h). In the file marked 'stinkers', this one is cauliflower soup. It's not rotting animal under the floor boards putrid death stench. That was Millwall. 

1 hour ago, Andy082005 said:

In any walk of life - a teams performance will normal mirror the behaviours of the leader of that group 

Manning is dull, boring, and comes across emotionless 

…..it’s no suprise the players are now the same 

I see him as honest, calm, articulate, intelligent. We see what we want to see I guess.

41 minutes ago, redkev said:

Cam pring , would be the only player to get any where near there team , the rest of ours wouldn’t even make there bench that’s no slur on our players just a fact of how strong there squad actually is 

Agreed, he'd make the bench. Others might in time. And it's not that they're rubbish, agreed there, it's that Leeds are much better. Gray or Tanner? Summerville or Conway? No brainers.

3 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said:

I didn't hear that being sung. The Leeds scum song followed on from the Bristol scum song from the away end.

What do you suggest. "We all hate Leeds loveable rogues," instead.

Maybe "Leeds, you're just a reasonably sized city in Yorkshire" or maybe something with the phrase "you impish northern rotters"

We have missed maybe three games. For each of those games I transferred the tickets to someone else. They got cut price or free tickets if I was feeling generous for amazing average football and were totally happy. 

Some of this "big lad buys a kids' ST for their right leg" is patently overstated, and the obsession with kids tickets - the future fanbase - is also a bit OTT. 

People should just chill out and watch the game. We're not at the point where we sell out regularly. If hell freezes over and we become the new Brighton or something these issues will resolve themselves.

2 hours ago, cidercity1987 said:

I've been to one home game since Manning was appointed, Forest last week. Away games are OK but Ashton Gate is a boring place these days and the lack of atmosphere makes me feel very uneasy. Don't mind going for the women as its laid back and casual with so few people there.

Sell out, singing, vibes, classic deflation at the sense of an unavoidable loss coming, not boring, just a symptom of a poor run.

I prefer a ground women can go to, gets away from the juvenile tribal masculinity. Prefer not having to explain another obnoxious, vile chant to my kids. It's this that makes me feel uneasy, that as fans at the moment we're never far away from a West Brom moment. 

Leeds were exceptionally quick, runners all over the place, intensity of the press was just too much. Summerville looked every inch the prem player he so clearly is. It was a difficult watch. On the other thread some morons said Leeds were "average". Archie Gray, Gnonto, Bamford, Rodon, so very far from average. 

I don't think there's a single player in our team would get into the Leeds starting line up. That's the reality of where we are, of the money, parachute payments, the lot. The gulf is enormous. 

This year the relegated teams will go up, the promoted teams will go down. Bridging that gap is very difficult from mid to low table.

Let's continue to build, look forwards, avoid the emotional reaction. I'm not looking forward to Southampton at home, they are on an even hotter streak. It's the hope that kills you. 

1 minute ago, Chrizzler said:

To all the Nahki Wells bathers HAVE THAT!!

Yeah stop washing him you pesky bathers

Commentator, define Bristol city: 

"getting in really good positions, but lacking that something"

2 minutes ago, 22A said:

EEK! The action keeps freezing. Is it the same for everyone, or just me?

Mine is freezing, unwatchable. I want my money back. 

I listen to both pods. I like both pods. But...

Listening to Ian do calculations as to exactly how many tickets might be available to members for WHU was excruciating. That's 8 minutes of my life I can't have back. Sometimes/most times Ian is just too much (for me) of the "I tell it like is" school.

That sort of thing and the constant talking over each other (or is it just Ian talking over everyone?) are the main things which I'd like to see resolved. It's a 1hr pod frequently running to 90 minutes. 

On the positive side, it's often insightful and has balanced opinions of player performance (including Ian's) which you don't always get when sat in the Dolman, listening to some Dunder relic screaming at Tanner for the duration. The appraisal of Sam Bell at WHU was spot on, but also at odds with the shouty criticism spewing out in block 225 on the day.

Thanks for making my winter commute more bearable, I'm glad the pod exists. 

1 hour ago, YCbrs said:

Thanks for having a look mate, sounds promising. We don't mind where we sit, just getting three together would be great so I'll be waiting with bells on

If all STs buy tickets there will still be the best part of 9000 left at 10am, so fingers crossed members with fast fingers will be able to buy.

Might want to double check the customer relationships on your account before 10am. I had to adjust daughter's status so I could get hers. Details further up the thread. Good luck!