italian dave

That was last season for me. I’m hoping for a little more than that this. Looking ahead more than behind, and optimism about what we could achieve.

I’m not sure “shrewd” is a judgement you can make this early! But absolutely agree with you about the importance of those unpredictables: a season without (major) injuries, a settled side, confidence (which is what usually drives those good runs). Absolutely critical. And will make the difference. Or not! And the other thing that contributes is that little 1% of luck: getting into the habit of scoring last 5 minutes, not conceding. Getting the 50/50 penalty shouts. The ball that goes in off the inside of the post, not out. I know people say they even themselves out but I’m not always sure they do 100%. And that few % can make a lot of difference. .

I’m still there……..

And make a fortune for the club shop. We could afford an extra £1m to be recovered through sticking letters on shirts! Although knowing City they’d run out of ‘u’s and ‘m’s by September.

Yep, remember that too! Fairfax House was the Co-op I think, in the days when they had department stores. And it was the most confusing store I’ve ever been in. You could never work out what floor you were on or how to get out!

Crikey! Now I know what feeling your age means. I can remember watching the shopping centre being built!

Yep, fair play, that is looking better than last season.

Tribe…..Bas

Vicious…….Lou Reed

And yet, the last time we had a real genuine pre-season panic, with players out knocking on doors the week before the season started, was when someone cocked up the physical season tickets!!

Agree. I imagine that they don't really want the first thing on the new website to be an apology......about the new website! Do you think they just made it 'live' too early by mistake? I can't recall the details, and may be wrong, but I have this vague recollection of something very similar happening a few years ago, with something being switched onto live before it should have been.

The Song Connection thread is in General Chat guys……! Edit: And this looks a bit odd starting a new page! Sorry!

Thanks for clarifying: that’s reassuring.

I completely agree with your sentiments about Jerry. What’s a concern though is if Jerry is being required to do ‘additional duties’, and especially if those take him away from his SLO role. I believe it’s a requirement of the EFL that every club has a SLO. And giving someone the job title of SLO but getting them to do something different doesn’t seem to me to meet that requirement. So, potentially breaching not only GDPR but also EFL regs?

Me neither! But I reckon that unlike the rest of us he probably switches off from all things City when he’s on holiday…..and rightly so!

Thanks. I’d no idea when they get credited - when you pay or when the season starts. There’s rarely anything I want to spend them on anyway!

And they’ve probably left it too late now?

On holiday? July seems like a good time for an SLO to take most of their annual entitlement?

How do the loyalty points work? Do they get wiped out at the end of May still?

Before you celebrate them sorting it out, best check everyone else isn’t seeing your details too!

Be realistic. Football’s not like a normal job. There’s no games during June. What exactly would be the point or the benefit of City making him turn up?

And, oddly enough, Barnsley are now about the only side in the FL to not have their first away game ticket details available.

Why the hell shouldn’t he? It’s his contractual right. If you left work, on the best of terms, would you donate your final months wages to charity?

You do realise that this is all about monitoring what device you log in from, and how adept you are at using it? ?

CL from BS8 by any chance?