Glasgow Red

looking at their run in i think they are toast whichever manager they get. Adios ya wee janners!

15 hours ago, mozo said:

He was a punt that didn't work out but it's not really a big deal.

This. There are fine margins in football and sometimes these gambles pay off and other times they dont. I don't think the club should stop taking punts on loans because other clubs have definitely used loans to help them get out the champ.

3 minutes ago, Wedontplayinblue said:

No, none at all, since first attending Ashton gate in 1994, I can’t say I’ve ever had to piss on the floor. 
 

So going back to the point, of 12 years ago, not the old east end when you were a young lad many years ago, but just 12 years ago, where in Ashton gate did you need to piss on the floor?

the bogs in the old east end were pretty special. It was pretty much a wall. you did well getting in and out without getting someone else's piss on your leg or shoes!

1 minute ago, Robbored said:

Bottom line - all football fans are fickle, it goes with territory. When your team is winning and doing well everyone are. happy bunnies and the manager is the best thing since sliced bread.

When your team is struggling every supporter is fed up and downbeat, full of negativity and the manager is clueless and should be sacked. 
 

Every  club has fickle fans and no one club is any worse than the next.

id love to see a stat on how many teams  regularly win 3 or more championship games on the trot, it cant be many? most football fans of clubs in the champ are miserable because winning regularly just doesn't happen often.

Who would want to be a goalkeeper? 

Im still looking for 1 spare in upper lansdown if anyone has one.

April Fools gets earlier every year 

That was miserable! 

9 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said:

It does come down to what you like and I've got a pretty eclectic music taste. 

You strike me as someone who probably likes male rock/indie bands and so are unlikely to find an eclectic line-up of much interest.

I disagree with this I think. My jam is rock and roll but that doesn't mean I haven't respected and looked forward to headliners from other genres in the past.

Adele, Elton John, Dolly Parton, Jay-z, Beyonce, Kanye west, the prodigy, stormyzy, David Bowie. All artists from genres I dont like at all but at least respected and had a buzz about because they are icons from their respective genres. 

This years lineup seems like a shit show in comparison but I'm old and grumpy so maybe its just I dont get the kids.

2 minutes ago, NickJ said:

 

You are both wrong, Cotts was shafted, big time, because he was too popular for the Lansdowns liking, and because Crayon Boy wanted his mate in charge. Backed properly as he deserved to be we wouldn't have been in that position.

Do you have any proof of this? Otherwise I'm not really sure how you can say I'm wrong. 

1 minute ago, Monkeh said:

He had plenty of time and a transfer window to turn it around

I dont remember too many people at the time being upset with his sacking. We had been awful for months before. Just as bad if not worse than Mannings last 6 games. People need to learn to have perspective.

2 minutes ago, Harry said:

If you read carefully you’ll see that I said he left at the right time. 
 

Fair, you did!

Steve Cotterill was sacked because he was about to get us relegated from this division. The amazing League One season seems to alter peoples memory.

3 minutes ago, Fjmcity said:

Chap outside the turnstile with his gainfully employed animal was perfectly affable and even let me know it was Jason knight who scored after I got held up in the utter debacle that was collecting tickets

probably helped I wasn’t carrying any drugs or had any drug related residue about my clothing though.

Amazing so many people jump to the defence of the police and their tactics given their track record in recent years. Im pretty shocked!

2 minutes ago, Back of the Dolman said:

How are they breaking the law ?

Private security guards are not allowed to put their hands on people pretty much period. So I'm surprised if this a common thing. They will likely get fired for doing so.

1 minute ago, Back of the Dolman said:

I’m not sure what that’s meant to signify. 
We have different opinions and that’s fine.

Best to leave it there

Yeh, lets leave it. Though a day will probably come when policing is far more authoritarian and you change your mind. Its a slippery slope for sure. And the beefed up police and dog presence is a relatively new thing as others have pointed out.

6 minutes ago, Back of the Dolman said:

 

Im sure the posters complaining wouldn’t like to be manhandled by stewards at Ashton Gate like they could be a a festival or a club night 

If stewards are manhandling people they are most probably breaking the law. Its a weird comparison. 

8 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

 

I don’t believe I said that at all, I’m merely saying having a dog walk around your feet is not in any way violating your right to privacy. I just can’t understand how you could think that. 

In fairness i did kind of backtrack on "privacy" when someone else pointed it out. 

19 minutes ago, Back of the Dolman said:

 

You know nothing about me or my tendencies and as you’re not my mate I’d appreciate it if you didn’t use that term towards me.

Sounds like a cop or ex cop?

1 hour ago, Back of the Dolman said:

Well you chose to go to the match and these are things that can happen in todays society

Sad to hear a fellow fan thinks I should stay away from going to see my team because drunk on power cops want to shove their dogs in my face. Not really a nice way to say it but I do think you have bootlicking tendancies here, sorry mate.

14 minutes ago, Natchfever said:

 

No way is there the level or approach of policing at other events in Bristol I could name, which are rife with drugtaking and violence.

Yes! And this is where most of the arguments in this thread fall down. End of the day, the scrutiny and surveillance football fans come under is just not fair or subjective compared to other events where plenty of drugs and anti social behaviour happen. I dont even think many would disagree with that. Its obvious.

46 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

 

The only way it violates your right to privacy is if you were carrying something illegal in which case it’s tantamount to saying “how dare the police investigate my movements, it’s my right to murder!”

Fordy you are kind of proving my point. This is how coppers can think, you are now suggesting I was doing something wrong! Oh dear!

13 minutes ago, Back of the Dolman said:

Well from the majority of views on here it would appear that most of us are happier to have a dog sniffing the air than be around people under the excesses of alcohol and drugs at football.

You’re obviously entitled to your opinion but it seems most of us don’t share it.

"I know nothing im just sat here looking at pretty colours"

4 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

“A dog walked round my feet, I feel so violated!”

Just as a fair warning mate, never ever go to Crufts. 

I know this is a joke but the obvious difference is that would be out of choice 

2 hours ago, Steve Watts said:

But you're not "treated in that way" by the state because of a desire to erode civil liberties....you're "treated in that way" because of the idiots who do do something illegal.  I would respectfully suggest your annoyance is aimed in the wrong direction.  If it wasn't for coked up, tanked up bell-ends then the police and dogs wouldn't be seen as required. To me, that's the biggest problem in society.  No accountability levelled at our peers (i.e. general citizens) and instead being aimed at the public services.

* the reason for the inverted commas is that I don't actually understand in what way you feel you were treated...you've admitted that at no time did anyone ask to search you, so it seems the treatment was in having a dog sniff around near where you were?  

Sorry but id rather run the risk of being with what you describe as "tanked up bellends" than being made to feel like a criminal for no reason. If that's the trade off then I 100% stand on the side of not having police treat good citizens like that. 

No accountability for our peers? what are you talking about? Ever heard of the criminal justice system? There are other ways to catch and treat people breaking the law without making the vast majority feel uncomfortable.

The playbook here is always the same. People like you defend it as harmless. But we all know that if I had put up any kind of objection (which i would have been within my rights to do) to the dogs being put around me I would have been jumped on by 10 old bill and searched, maybe even arrested. Its only harmless until the slightest provocation or innocent objection and they treat us like animals, wise up!
 

4 minutes ago, phantom said:

Pretty much the same every time I fly

You serious? Were you there last night? I travel through airports a dozen times a year and cant remember the last time I was approached by a police officer this way.