Littlesh*t

3 minutes ago, Norn Iron said:

Who else thought Ephraim was sent off moments before the final whistle? Even Robins TV said this after he was shown a second yellow. 

I certainly thought he was booked for pulling the player back earlier on

20 hours ago, petehinton said:

Well well well

Can’t help but think there’d be a 7 page thread on him by now if he’d had as little influence on the last two games as Wells has had. 
 

Made up for him. Hold up play was strong again as well. 
 

NOT A FOOTBALLER!!!!

Wells occupied both CB last night and won loads in the air against a much bigger player, just because he didn't score doesn't mean he didn't play well. Also his dropping in and linking the play was great

He has the potential to be great but at the moment he just doesn't produce. He is possibly our most skillful player but he still doesn't seem to beat a man or whip in decent balls 

17 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

I suspect we wanted to keep Andi!

I never said the club didn't want to, in my opinion the club should have made the decision  to sell though 

13 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Was anyone interested?

Current players (14) signed by Nige:

Signings (4) by Pearson, no longer here:

18 - not even a match day 20!!!  Simpson, Klose and Haikin all initially signed on short term contracts, Simpson and Klose extended.

To have only “churned” 4 players in 5 windows is pretty low.

Recruitment still has some work to do, it’s still nowhere near optimal, but it’s better than it was imho.

 

* neither Baker nor Weimann went OOC.  Baker was put on released list, Weimann wasn’t.

 

** a squad isn’t 12 players!

I highly doubt we couldn't have drummed up a bit of interest in the divisions 2nd highest scorer. 

Especially when we had Semenyo coming through properly, even £5m ish at the time would have helped strengthen  the side in areas where it was needed.

I really struggle with weimann as he is an intelligent player but I just don't see what he is, especially in our current system 

5 hours ago, BCFCinNW6 said:

An unpopular opinion maybe but Wells and Weimann should've been moved on last year IMO. Too old and taking up a huge chunk of the wage budget. 

 

 

I said to my mate at the time of Weimann being top scorer that we should have cashed in on him then. He was never going to do that again and at the time we could have got a decent fee for him 

Not read the thread but no way should it be equal pay until the women's game generates the same money mens football does. 

It has come on loads in recent years but attendance are still Miles behind the men's game 

5 minutes ago, Street red said:

Through the email we had on July 6 for digital season ticket download it's on there under non smartphone users.

Sorry are you talking season ticket? My query was about membership, I haven't had an email on 6th of July. I had one on 28th which doesn't contain anything about non smart phone

8 hours ago, Street red said:

Yes Ive requested one but yet to receive it.

How did you go about requesting it? Just went to go on main site but it's down

Sorry to jump on this thread but are there physical cards for members this year as well?

1 hour ago, Sir Geoff said:

Odds will increase after a poor result. Personally I would wait until an early defeat or put half your wager on now and half in August after our first defeat / poor result.

That goes out the window after we win our 1st 10 games though

I am worried mainly because I don't think Max is good enough to be number one so if they aren't good enough to dislodge him then that is a major concern 

28 minutes ago, elhombrecito said:

Yeah thought exactly the same. Some people are getting very precious about this. 

He is clearly a very intelligent person and appears he sees a lot more opportunity to being a footballer than just the playing football side of things. 

I am suprised he ended up at Millwall but I think it is simply his 1st choices didn't pay off. Personally if I was good enough to be a footballer I would use the opportunity to live around the world at a young age and discover new things.

Like you say I think people are missing what he was saying and in no way is a negative on City

I didn't take that comment as City are a backwards step in his footballing career because he believes that millwall are better but more returning "home" is a safe bet and a backwards step in life when he wants to try new things.

6 hours ago, milo1111 said:

My point was more a dig at the people that signed them (and in the case of palmer barely used him). 

we simply shouldn’t of been paying those sorts of fees and wages IMO. It was reckless and nearly cost us big time 

I get what you mean but hadn't we just made decent money off of Flint and Kodja? 

Palmer I think most were happy about signing but it didn't turn out well. 

Dasilva I think would have been class for us buy had a big set back with a nasty injury but always done well when called upon.

Kalas as stated has been class throughout and had 1 injury hit season.

My gripe isn't at the signing of these but at the likes of wasting money on people like engval. I suppose also the Palmer deal was odd when we had pato and just signed Smodics but like I say I think majority of people thought what a good signing it was. 

If covid hadn't killed the market we would have probably recouped the majority of the money as well. 

7 hours ago, milo1111 said:

They’ll regret it if they get the same piss poor bang for their buck as we did out of those three !!!!

As much as I don't hold any animosity towards Palmer I get that we didn't get a good deal there but to throw the other 2 into that category is just wrong. Especially Kalas, apart from last season when he had injuries he has been absolutely class for us and even captained the side.

42 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

That's slightly different isn't it? 

As HNM didn't want to commit his future to the club, Pearson saw no reason for us to continue to invest in him.

It's all about setting that culture aswell. Pearson simply could not select a player who's not brought into our vision over someone that has. With Pearson, you're either all in, or all out. There is no in-between. 

Whilst I understand the "we've paid for him so should use him" argument, when you think of the bigger picture of him blocking the pathway and using up our staffing resources then I can understand and agree with Pearsons stance. 

I think it's a real shame he didn't want to continue his time here. I think Pearson would have turned him into a cracking player. 

Vyner will find himself in the same position if he doesn't agree something soon.

Yeah it possibly is a bit different but the point is use what is available to you.

If HNM was a dick and strolled around the pitch not caring I would let him rot but that wasn't the case and Pearson made it clear several times how professional he was about it. 

14 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

If contract negotiations are ongoing I can agree with that but once a player says **** you and at the same time costing you a shed load of loss on any transfer fee they are only there to be used in the event of injuries imo.

I think Nige couldn’t be any clearer……only players who want to play for the club will play for the club.

Right so if you buy a car on finance for £10k say for 4 years and the dealer tells you at end of year 3 that you can't extend it would you say **** it then I'm not driving it for the final year or would you think lets make the most of this asset I have paid for?

9 minutes ago, cidered abroad said:

I believe that he has taken us for a ride in the last twelve months at least. He is a skilful footballer yet has promised so much in his time here yet has hardly performed to our benefit. I know it sounds a bit nasty from me, but good riddance for the money we spent on him in fee and wages and got very little back in return.

I get it's your opinion but I disagree.

He made it clear he wanted to leave/have a new challenge but remained fit and ready through out and always gave 100%.

I honestly don't get the club/pearson refusing to use an asset. The way I look at it is youbsign a player for X amount for X number of years. You can't guarantee they will stay for longer so use them for the period you purchased them for.

25 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

And it would be gamed by the likes of Mr Warnock. 

Think the game coped fine for many years with only 3 subs. Very rarely did it cause an issue for clubs and it kind of forced clubs to hold a sub back.

Much prefer that than every bloody club changing 3 attackers in the 60th/70th minute as though it's American football. 

Like I say it's my opinion and I get we all see it differently and I am a bit of a traditionalist ( traditional for my generation  anyway when it's been 3 subs)

1 hour ago, Bas's perfect hattrick said:

Agree. 

Maybe additional subs allowed in case of injury, if the 3 subs have already been used?

Personally wouldn't even do that. I think if you make 3 subs early on and get a player injured then it's tough. All part of the game

I have no issue with 9 subs being named but I do wish it would go back to only 3 subs allowed during the game 

On 19/06/2023 at 15:08, Riaz said:

Typical plastic man utd who isnt even from manchester.

So the rivalry isnt even real to him.

Idiot regardless!

Obviously he is a complete moron but why does the fact that he isn't from Manchester mean the rivalry isn't real?

I'm not from Bristol and have never lived there. Had a season ticket for years though and been going since I was about 5 years old and trust me the rivalry for the Gas and Cardiff is real.

I was a massive fan of Fontaine but didn't his dip in form all coincide with becoming captain? Which I am guessing from memory may have been because Carey was out? Retired? Could be that he just needed a leader next to him yo bring the best out of him. 

6 minutes ago, Cowshed said:

These are Liverpool players in the same game. The officials do not behave in this manner.

In reply to your question you removed the context. Nobody is going to challenge you and attempt to grab you in the street in a kit and shin pads. It is not a parallel. 

 

Those pictures not one of them is using an elbow. Do I think they need to clamp down on players going at officials? 100% yes.

Am I glad the ref didn't get punished? Also yes

But do I think if a player had done the same he would have been punished ? Again yes.

My point is officials are not only there to officiate but also set standards. What pisses me off is that players get pulled up on the most ridiculous little thing and would have definitely been done for what the ref did.