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4 hours ago, Red Army 75 said:

Which one .

There's only one @Rudolf Hucker !

8 hours ago, Miah Dennehy said:

How on earth would I know what the Horseshoe is ? If you had asked I'd have said a pub in Downend.

Really? You mean to say that you lot don't post pictures of the Gate all over Gaschat like we do pictures of the Mem? I haven't been to the Mem since the night Steve Phillips ........and yet I feel I know it intimately!

Seriously, the concourse that runs under all three home stands, hence the name. Get a look if you can (not sure how you get in with a ticket for the away end!) even you may be impressed! The fans village is outside, corner of the Lansdown and the South Stand, we provide helpful maps around the ground! 

You might even be tempted back for a game in the home stands! 

1 hour ago, Wanderingred said:

I think the council have got this one wrong, rather than the sags. They've clearly said that they've been liasing for months with them about this but have never warned them about this? The law on temporary structures isn't rocket science  but there are some right dullards working for BCC - And I should know as I used to be one of them! So yeah, not really the sags fault here. Still funny as #### though!!!

But presumably the law on temporary structures includes some sort of definition of temporary? And I doubt that it’s along the lines of a sag definition which is something like ‘until we get another home or find the money to do up our current one’. In other words, sometime never. 

7 hours ago, Busterrimes said:

Just a quick thought which may have already been covered but can da Roverz actually sell the Memorial for housing? Is there not a covenant that states it must be used for sporting purposes?

Perhaps the locals may want to fight using that.

Don't think so: the rugby left several years ago and no mention that there's been a breach of covenant since. 

1 hour ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

I heard that the gas accepted shirt sponsorship from a top dog food brand, but the league stepped in and scuppered the deal saying they couldn’t accept roverzzz having ‘Winalot’ on da famous quarterz...

Only because it breached the trade descriptions act. They were happy with 'win f all'. 

3 hours ago, wendyredredrobin said:

Being a famous footballer playing for a gert big club, I'm surprised that this has not made the national news

Seriously, surprised it's not made the local news. Imagine if that had been a City player.

Ref doing all he can to give Swansea an equaliser

Two great free kicks from Eliasson today. 

Who is this referee . Utter shite

2 minutes ago, Nuno Gomez said:

Their PA is worse than the Gates

Not helped by being welsh! 

5-0 defeat. Nailed on. Beamback. 

3 minutes ago, old_eastender said:

Taylor was awful against Plymouth...

That’s being generous. 

2 hour delay on the M6 at Stoke. Hope DH is right and it will be worth it!!

1 hour ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

Over the weekend, I saw a friend of mine who is involved in coaching in the 15ers academy. He's not greatly itk but he does pick up snippets here and there. I asked him what the plans are to move into their Colony training site at Almondsbury because it seems to be taking a very long time.

He said that he's heard that it's something to do with the suitability of the soil - that its analysis has yielded some problems. He has no idea what the problem is or if it's fixable but presently they're hopeful that when the City's new training ground developments are complete, we'll consolidate everything onto that site leaving free the facilities which we currently use at the former Filton College site in Stoke Gifford and they'll be able to use that for training.

Now this may be complete bullshit, and it probably is, but I thought that I'd pass it on because we're all expert in analysing bullshit, gossip and intrigue. It's the lifeblood of OTIB!

"Problem with the soil" normally suggests contamination. But usually that's about what's in the soil, not what's running around on top of it. 

Who is the shirt sponsor. I can't read it!!

7 hours ago, CotswoldRed said:

They do. But they know the price of the house up front. 

If they think that's all there is to it, they're in for a shock when the base rate increases then!! 

3 minutes ago, CotswoldRed said:

Marvin would saddle the city with debt for 50 years for his pie-in-the-sky scheme. 

But unlike the glorified bus lane that is Metrobus, a proper underground might actually work. Nothing wrong with borrowing over a long period for a productive asset - most people who buy their own homes saddle themselves with debt for 30 years.

5 hours ago, phantom said:

A more recent and more relevant 2nd May they may want to remind themselves of. . . 

Call me picky (or maybe just at a loose end) but how does "Rovers dominated without finding a scoring touch" and "Rovers best chance came when...shot was turned onto the post" tally with the score line at the start??

I can remember more Rovers players in that side than I could name from their current squad.

10 hours ago, Red Army 75 said:

Strange. Also reading that we let Jason Roberts go . Me don’t think so 

We did: had him on loan, to be fair, but we'd have likely had the opportunity to sign him if we'd wanted. However, I think that the decision was more about attitude than ability.

12 hours ago, pongo88 said:

One thing Rovers used to have at Eastville, that we’ve never had, is flower beds behind the goals. I often think, when I go to City’s modern stadium, that the one thing missing is flower beds. I think SL missed a golden opportunity, regarding flowers, when the ground was redeveloped. We could have had John Otway instead of the Wurzels and a new song - “Beware of the flowers cos I’m sure they’re gonna get you, yeah”

Wasn't it when they were at Eastville that they got properly taken in by a TV stunt and fooled into following some Feng Shui nonsense about putting stones behind the goals or something. Or am I just imagining that?

Nice pic. The similarities with the new Dolman concourse are indeed striking! 

3 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

I’m sure the snow would have kept a few away!

Yes, the other 28000 they usually take.

6 minutes ago, Padlad said:

Smith wasted at rb again let's hope Sunderland are too poor for it to matter

They are no worse than Bolton.

3 hours ago, Miah Dennehy said:

Don't worry, once we have our new stadium/modified stadium/bigger tents I will be back, then you will al be sorry you took the piss

How are things going south of the river btw, is LJ a little more popular these days?

Are you really Thatch in disguise? You both seem to appear when we're losing games, and go strangely quiet when we're winning?!!!

24 minutes ago, Super said:

Happy with that team COYR.

Oh no! Sunderland: team selection slated by OTIB, win. Fulham: team selection slated on OTIB, win. Preston: team selection approved by OTIB, defeat. Boro: serious doubts about team selection on OTIB, win. I think that LJ has gone for completely the wrong starting line up tonight. Wrong formation. Wrong players. COYR!!