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33 minutes ago, REDOXO said:

I started watching. But stoped it after ten. 
 

Same crap different day! You just sit there and wait for the absolution of Manning and Tinnion. 
 

If that been any other manager (particularly Pearson) there would of been all sorts of mayhem, but because the football club can partially control the message and no one really gets in Ian’s face it’s a bore fest. 
 

Four defeats in a row and some are praising our team for not being utter rubbish

I think I’ll try another podcast next week !

As I have said to others, you are welcome to contribute and in your case have the opportunity, as you put it,  to "really get in Ian's face" 

We are not in the pay of BCFC and if you listened you would have seen Ian as being in the minority in his defence of LM; even @Davefevs was suggesting a continuation of the results sequence might mean it is time to call time on LM.

50 minutes ago, SecretSam said:

Just to be clear, it's @Davefevs on the pod, not one of the other 42,784 Daves that go on City pods?

And is that rude Ian fellow on again?

Yes x 2

Join us live @ 9.00 Wednesday as we review the match action.

If only Nahki's effort had gone in rather than hit the post

Mehmeti - decent goal and deserved another but for a fine save

MOL saves penalty but Pring skinned by former player Wes Burns; should he have even started?

Does this ease the pressure on LM?

Plenty for DaveP, Mark, Ian, Tom & DaveFevs to talk about.

15 hours ago, RedRock said:

Just watched the Cardiff ‘You Tube’ episode which reaffirmed my belief that the chemistry of the FBC ‘team’ is brilliant. Love ‘em all and the format/flow of debate is brilliant. The diversity of characters and views makes it compelling viewing.  Absolutely superb, far, far better than Sky’s Soccer Saturday’s et al professional efforts. 

Struth, if everybody agreed with each other it would as boring as watching 20 backwards and sideways passes of a football team that didn’t have a clue what they were supposed to be doing. 

More than achieves its objective of providing an opportunity to listen in on a good after-match pub debate. Addictive viewing. Hats off to all those involved. More’s the pity you aren’t the fans representatives on The Board (if we were allowed any!) - much sense spoken. 

 

Amidst our detractors it is morale boosting to read the more positive posts like this one from @RedRock.

Our Ipswich review will be LIVE & recorded at 9.00 AM Wednesday and will feature, amongst others @Davefevs & @TomSutton . 

23 minutes ago, Henry said:

I did

Ah, yes - IIRC you're the guy on the text feed who said I'd lost the plot and should let Ian Gay host the podcast.

Can't please everyone!

1 hour ago, Sir Geoff said:

Southampton was a one off where the players raised themselves because they were on TV. Same as the cup games. The malaise has been going on since before Southampton.

Banker away upset Tuesday then. Main game on Sky isn't it?

Here we go.

DaveP debates the Severnside derby live on You Tube & "X" @ 09.00 Sunday [available on Spotify etc. from midday] with Ian, Mark & the Suttons. Give us your thoughts on the live text chat.

9 points from a possible 33 tells its own story. Are we in free fall, what needs to change to arrest the decline?

Defenders of LM [are there any left?] will say injuries have taken their toll but a list including a lad [Benarous] who hasn't played for two years, a defender [Atko] who's been out for a year plus a "sicknote" in Naismith who's availability is less than 50% dents that argument. Yes, if fit, Twine would start but James, Bell & Tanner have not always been first choice selections.

A probable 1 point return from the next 3 games [L-D-L] will put us in the relegation battle good & proper but wait, after that there are 13 days to get out on the grass to prepare the players for the Good Friday encounter with faltering Leicester. That doesn't fill me with confidence based on the performances of late when the absence of a midweek fixture has allowed for more training time!!!

3 minutes ago, Sleepy1968 said:

Oh sorry, my mistake. I was just going on what they said at the end of last weeks pod.

Yes, it's 9.00 Sunday.

Need those extra hours to calm down

With an announced attendance today of 24035,  taking out Cardiff and our season tickets I reckon that's around 7000 who elected to "pay on the day".

I've noticed in recent months an increase in the empty seats in the South Stand - are they mainly season ticket holders who make up the announced attendance even though they don't turn up?

If yes and if this form continues then I can see a 20% fall off in attendances next season - mainly season ticket holders but also POTD

9.00 Sunday

A minimum 4 wins so we better the 15 we have achieved in each of the past 3 seasons.

16 more points to better last season's 59

So from 12 games that's 4 wins 4 draws & 4 defeats

Anything less is abject failure and should lead to exiting Manning

Just now, Henry said:

I would suggest for yours, and the credibility of the podcast, that should have been challenged at the time.

Listen on Sunday

1 hour ago, Henry said:

@headhunter @Curr Avon it was mentioned the podcast, you were going to be doing interviews with Marshall and Tinnion after the window closed. Is this still happening?

Ian was the one who said that and I believe it was wishful thinking on his part.

I heard him ask both Marshall & Tinnion at a Senior Reds lunch in November IIRC with the expectation and assurance from them [according to Ian] that they would participate once the January window closed.

Now this might explain, for some, the perception that Ian is trying to court favour with both guys by "defending" the current regime and LM in particular in episodes of FBC since the turn of the year.

FWIW I never expected Gavin Marshall to come on to be grilled by Ian, even with me being host, but his evidential elevated ITK "status" does suggest that maybe he IS having some dialogue with BT?

I picked this from James Piercy's excellent piece on the game in Bristol Live and highlighted the part that sums up so many things in our normal day to day lives:

The narrative is being allowed to grow that this City team is defined by QPR, Sheffield Wednesday, Preston, Leeds and Millwall rather than Southampton, Middlesbrough, Watford, West Ham, Nottingham Forest and Hull City. In this binary world we live in, where you have to pick a side, and a point of conflict, it’s one or the other, not where it really sits, somewhere in the middle. That’s just boring.

Ian Gay's narrative is what it is and I invite anyone to come on the pod and challenge him and no doubt create a point of conflict. I will call him out whilst recognising that I myself flip flop with my views and in so doing rightly labelled for being a knee jerker! 

1 hour ago, petehinton said:

Thought the same.

It sadly reminded me a lot of LJ’s classic “players executed the game plan to perfection” or “players didn’t work to the plan well enough” lines.

Aka, if we win it’s all down to my ideas, if we don’t my ideas were great but the players didn’t carry them out. 

I thought he might have commented on the condition of the pitch not being conducive to fast, front foot, flowing football!

Live podcast recording @ 6.00 PM

Poor wasn't it?

24 minutes ago, Fuber said:

I won't speak for WSM.

But HH invited me on a while back and the timing due to my work schedule was completely unfeasible. Otherwise I would've absolutely loved shutting down some of Ian's made up references and anecdotes.

You're welcome any time - just DM me.

@Davefevs - more Matty James than Andy King. Should always start when fit!

58 minutes ago, Midlands Robin said:

The "Cider with..." Podcasts that OSIB produced were absolutely superb and are sadly missed. 

As another poster said, when OSIB fizzled out, ai haven't really picked up on another. Robins on the wire was good because although it was Gregor and Michelle so very much a mainstream discussion it gave some great analysis.

Fan led podcasts are great for getting debate going especially as club media is so tightly controlled these days. At the end of the day it's all about choice. You can choose to listen, choose to engage or choose not to. 

We've come a long way since a write up in the post, Phil Tottle, Ceefax and Club Call.

We too do the occasional one to one interviews like "A Cider with ... and the 3 Peaps equivalent, "Robins Reunited"

Here's one I did last year with Gary Shelton: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-giwpn-1432e11

2 hours ago, cidered abroad said:

@spudski

I guess that they are on an ego trip. Since I was a young boy, I've enjoyed "talking" with other fans of all ages in newsagents waiting for the Green In to arrive and on the train to and from Ashton Gate with eight or nine adult neighbours. But we just gave opinions on things that had happened during matches and what we'd do in the future games. It was just banter and not taken too seriously.

I know I spend too much time on here but I have so many other things to fill my day like dog walking, cooking our meals, learning another language, gardening, diy'ing and building an N gauge model railway. I'm sat here now waiting for daylight and the first dog walk on the beach. Have a happy day everyone.

 

Not an ego trip mate.

I have other things that fill my day too which by and large mirror yours - whilst I'm not learning another language or building an N gauge model railway  I am attempting to learn how to play the clarinet my goal being able to emulate Acker Bilk and play Stranger on the Shore!!

28 minutes ago, exAtyeoMax said:

Oh that’s a bit unfair. Actually I think that’s a bit rude and uncalled for. The guys who do the pod are not egotistical, one maybe a bit, but I find them just decent blokes who want to discuss the game for an hour post match. I enjoy it, it’s only a short broadcast on YouTube anyway. 
 

Thank you. Being on You Tube has brought new followers who don't "do" podcasts where we can still be found on Spotify & Apple

1 hour ago, spudski said:

 It's exactly the same type of conversations you have with mates at work or down the pub. 

But that's the whole bloody point. I set up FBC in June 2020 in the middle of lockdown because we couldn't do that!

The fact that now over 1000 people listen per episode and since we've gone on You Tube a similar number watch our "faces for radio" panel, shows there is a market for our output.

6 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said:

Sadly the biases, paid or otherwise, come through so strong from all three of David, Mark and Ian

It was hard listening this morning with so many derogatory references to the 'previous regime' even in topics where Pearson was not even relevant

What "bias" this week from me or Mark?

37 minutes ago, LondonBristolian said:

To be honest, you get arseholes who overstate their importance and present themselves as “the voice” of a group of people in every walk of life. 

Everyone knows that Ian Gay does not in any possible way represent the voice of Bristol City fans and everyone knows he will take every opportunity to pretend that he does.

The more publicity he gets, the more he will do it. So the obvious answer is to ignore him.

 

Ian does not represent the views of ALL City fans but I would argue not all disagree with some of his POV.

I called him out on this episode on "fatigue", just two (max) extra games than most FFS! 

Haven't heard Mowbray at Brum moaning about lack of time training "out on the grass".

Just now, MelksRed said:

Sykes close...  side netting

McCrorie

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/who-is-shilen-patel-and-what-does-his-60m-takeover-mean-for-west-brom-2911045

New owner has 88% of the shares which means he can take all decisions [as an aside, can't see what Ratcliffe gets by way of control for just 25% of Man Utd.]

Article says current owner has invested £200M so is "losing" £140M by selling.

I'm sure the Baggies own their ground and have a training centre - I'd say ours is better than both but that's not the point.

What are we worth given these numbers? Certainly not 3x that sum if you believe the figures quoted by some as Lansdown's expectation.