WessexPest

Speaking of weird stats in the Championship tonight - BBC website reporting the Cardiff-Luton attendance as 7,202. That has to be a typo, surely? I know they’ve been poor and typically have a fair few empty seats, but 7,000?!? Their own website doesn’t have a figure so I’m not seeing it contradicted anywhere.

How many did we take down there in preseason? ??? Of course that was a Saturday, and Papa John’s boycott, and, and… But when has context ever mattered when that bunch of tossers cherry-pick away attendances of ours?

Teehee - defeat for the Rent Boys on spot kicks at Plymuff tonight. I wonder who that colossal Scouse moon unit will blame for that. ”I mean; if their manager wants them to put penalties away like that then fair enough but I would not want to play like that. I’d pack up and go home if I were he.”

Love how it still rankles with the Scum that Cotts laid the ghost of 1990 with a title win and picked up the FL Trophy for good measure while that scabby Horfield Rag Ass outfit were out of the EFL losing to such titans of the game as Braintree and Bath. Cotts has everything that Sharton could never have in a billion incarnations - likability, fortitude in the face of serious illness, class, and silverware. There were two highly objectionable managers at the Pisspoorial Mound yeaterday, and neither of them was named Steve Cotterill. FTG

He is a true lowlife. How the Gash fans think they are so adored when their scumbag manager is such a poor loser is beyond me - I guarantee fans of League One clubs read his comments and think: “I really hope Bristol Rovers get stuffed this week.” Still, I’m sure their gormless fans are hanging on every word the fool says.

Add to our strengths column - “No Callum O’Dowda”; their weaknesses column - “Callum O’Dowda”.

Well, maybe their woodwork teacher is better than those glorified PE teachers Pompey have.

Toilet smashers bleating about the refereeing! ?

Any Stattos out there know when we last beat the Blueturds three times on the spin? EDIT: Aside from today, Clever Clogs.

Another fine performance. What’s this, City, getting all good at game management now are we - at least keep it interesting. ? Was extremely concerned after the first two games and of course it’s still early doors but we look like a team confident in its ability at last. O’Dowda showing us what we’re missing… In LOO of a derby with the Gash, there’s no better feeling than to SINK that grubby mob; they simply couldn’t cope with our CISTERN. Oh, and happy BIDET to Nige…

Sharton’s bitter remarks tonight merely underline how utterly detached from reality the Gastards are when they narcissistically boast about how universally adored they are. So long as he is their manager, they will continue to be the most reviled team in the lower divisions.

Maybe a fitting punishment would be listening to the words of a certain Welsh poet on a constant loop - and I’m not referring to Dylan Thomas.

Tempted to say they don’t deserve any tickets for their antics but sadly our travelling fans would lose out as any restrictions we put on them would be reciprocated.

Hopefully a repeat of last season, but without the toddler tantrum sour grapes of their awful followers taking out their ire on poor old Armitage Shanks. Need to pick up where we left off in midweek - as toothless as Luton were we played the ball about with a confidence I’ve rarely seen in several years. COYR

Don’t worry, Gastards: everyone still loves you and hates us if it’s any consolation…

My kids wanted to switch right over to the Brewers game at FT - er, no.

Well I’ll be a giant squid on a Penny Fathing - we did it!!!! Some lessons for City on game management there. Thrilled to bits for them. Spent most of the morning shaking my head at some of the condescending oh-so-witty memes people I thought I respected have posted. Fools. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Superb goal from Toone but completely against the run of play - Germany called the tune practically the entire second half and we let them have far too much of the ball. Hope I’m wrong but I have the awful feeling that we’ve seen this movie many times before.

They didn’t have any problem filling Ewood during the Shearer and Sutton era - where have all those loyal fans disappeared to?

Interested to see what his reply is. I remember when Wigan played in front of one man and his dog at the worst ground in the league. Artificially propelled up the divisions by a sugar daddy. Football takes a massive back seat to rugby league in that part of the world.

Community-centered club supported by local people in an economically depressed town, giving the residents an outlet to forget the stresses of life. That’s what football’s ethos is, not winning trophies or being a “big club”. If that means playing friendlies in Asia and Australia then the plastics who follow the “Big Six” are welcome to it.

What are you talking about? Biggest crowd in the EFL this weekend, their fans turn out in huge numbers home and away every week, and have stayed loyal despite the unmitigated dross they’ve largely had to endure for years. The people of that town absolutely live for their football and they are miles better than that overrrated bunch of Skunks up the road. They’ll pack the Atyeo to the rafters next week and it’ll be a terrific occasion.

I’m surprised he’s surprised, given FGR won their division last year and they squeezed in the back door after an already-relegated team completely threw in the towel against them in their C*** Derby on the final day. It must really rankle with the scum that a team from a town with a population of about 6,000 is consistently outperforming them (and no, I haven’t forgotten they put us out the league cup last year but there’s a world of difference between a shock in a one-off tie and showing them up consistently in the league).

Ah, always used to LC being second game. I blame Qatar! Still wouldn’t mind a cup run this season.

Agree that Sykes looks the business - his nifty bit of footwork to tee up James’s header that required a decent stop from their keeper was a wonderful piece of skill. Bents made a superb save first half too. One thing that irritates me, we do tend to find ourselves in a very advanced position upfield and too often we end up going backwards into our own half. Of course you don’t want to surrender possession but I feel we should have a bit more belief and drive at defences a smidge more. I know the League Cup is considered expendable but I’d like to see us really go at Coventry. Two defeats wouldn’t be ideal preparation for a Sunderland side who will probably fancy their chances.