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18 minutes ago, Malago said:

For me this is where the club falls down on the PR front.  We’re all keen to see Ross in action.  In the great scheme of things it would cost buttons to provide pictures via RTV.  But no, the PR dept fast asleep.

Really?

Strange! I'm happy to wait until he is considered fit/good enough to appear in the first team 

Just now, italian dave said:

Does that 'same for both games' rules apply to ALL fans, or just to away fans though?

All fans

3 minutes ago, View from the Dolman said:

No they didn't. 

Yes they did

Ticket prices are agreed to incorporate replays

Common sense must tell you that if we charged WHU more than they charges us there would be uproar

2 minutes ago, lenred said:

Fair play to the club on this one.  Great price.  

I think you'll find they had to match the price west ham offered

14 hours ago, Alan Dicks said:

Think we took 17k to Coventry in 77

If everyone was there who now say they were it must have been about 170k!

6 minutes ago, Bs4Red said:

Manning got it absolutely spot on today, took us 10/15 to get going but we were excellent today. 
The subtle tweaks he made at half time worked a charm, second half was a really impressive display. 
Slowly it’s starting to come together, it won’t always be good (Brum/Mwall) but I really like LM and really like what we’re beginning to become. 

Subs were mind boggling

They've stopped our train at Bath!

2 minutes ago, phantom said:

Also 0915 is starting at Bristol Parkway 

All services still running as scheduled 

Which app are you using? 

1 minute ago, phantom said:

Where are you getting your info from?

It's been showing as running all night and still running this morning 

According to my app the 09:00 from TM IS running but the WSM to TM bit is cancelled

27 minutes ago, Never to the dark side said:

The 09:00am service from Bristol temple meads to London is showing up as CANCELLED.

Train services can be re-instated,which I hope they can be.

The 10:00am service is also shown up as CANCELLED

The 09:15am and 10:15am from BTM start there journeys at Swansea,so I presume they will be very busy by the time they arrive in Bristol

Please advise any City followers you know,

of the cancellations,

as they might be able to get on the 07:45am service

Now reinstated?

18 hours ago, Jim Davey said:

The hotel looks amazing,, we looked at booking it for the world cup but it was just to expensive .i would definatley recommend going  to  the world cup meeting though , its  the best sporting event i have ever attended by a mile apart from when we beat them priicks at Eastville in 83 

Did you go to the outdoor Dubai white night club, situated between hotel and course? As we were staying in the hotel they sent a golf buggy to pick us up from racing and into the VIP entrance to the club, for an old bloke brought up in knowle west/Bemmy it was a different world! Tineh Temps was just behind us to get in!

24 minutes ago, cotswoldred2 said:

And why would that be? Apart from the obvious not missing an opportunity to stick another boot into the club.

How does his style fit in with what we need do you think? 

See Pete's post above

11 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

Which academy coaches have commented ?

Well I'm hardly gonna name them, it isn't in the public domain, they were told at their weekly meeting that all 3 recent signings are for the academy

Just now, Maltshoveller said:

Why did it take the ref 50 seconds looking at the monitor to change his mind

If it was a clear mistake it take a few seconds max

When will a ref have the bollocks to look at a screen and tell the var he is wrong?

Pathetic nodders (refs) ruining our game

@bcfc01 pray tell why the laughing emoji?

Just now, Rocking Red Cyril said:

Does not help this season much then. 

I would hazard a guess that this particular signing won't help the first team at all or very minimal at best this year

3 hours ago, Fontaineofallknowledge said:

It's Taylor Swift I heard 

Its not gonna be just one person is it? More a mini festival type of thing with several bands?

23 hours ago, MrRedRobin said:

Good signing, hope he can get integrated into the first team squad in a few weeks, looks very talented.

He has been brought in for the academy first and foremost

13 minutes ago, Rocking Red Cyril said:

Okies do when do we expect Mr Murphy in the first team?

Not anytime soon, according to academy coaches

5 hours ago, phantom said:

Playing in yellow on Sunday 

If there was only one turning on a straight road this two bob outfit of a club would take the wrong turning

1 hour ago, Jim Davey said:

Ireland not far from Dublin all races are run on the beach its the only place where races are run on the beach under Jockey club rules

Now that sounds like a good day out!

24 minutes ago, Jim Davey said:

laytown is also a bit of a different racing experience.

Where's that?

1 hour ago, Jim Davey said:

Back in  the 70's early 80's British racing was in a real bad way with lots of racecources on the verge of going under ,even Aintree and the world famous Grand National were under threat . Many of the smaller tracks were just relics of a bygone age not much different to the football stadium's at the time ,but during the mid to late 80,s thanks to an influx of owners from the middle east things began to change .At the time we in the racing community were quite wary of the new money coming into racing with horses that we struggled to understand their names . Its my firm opinion that this influx of foreign owners helped save racing  as we know it and with more money coming into the coffers it allowed racecourses to modernise and attract new customers ,but one of the drawbacks with this is that it has attracted a high percentage of bellends . The problem that faces British and European racing now is the rise of racing in The middle east who are now building the best racetracks by far and running race meetings with a purse that most other country's can only dream about. i was lucky enough to attend the world cup last year in Dubai and it was by far the best days racing I have ever seen , the whole days racing was amazing with the only downside being the pissed up ex pats who weren't even interested in what was happening just a few yards away on the track.

Great post

I attended the Dubai world cup trial day that takes place a couple of months before the main event, we actually stayed in the meydan hotel.

What an absolute first class top notch experience it was, as it was the trial day it was obviously a lot cheaper, we went in corporate with all you could eat food and drink and I have to say that if all the corporate events I have attended this was head and shoulders above anything else

The hotel was also top drawer with an infinity swimming pool overlooking the racecourse!

We could learn a lot in this country but I think slowly we may be getting better

@Jim Davey @Rob k I find that if you avoid the "showpiece Day" it's usually ok, I've also added the DRF to my calender this year and will also try the Easter festival in fairyhouse, both new experiences for me

3 minutes ago, Jim Davey said:

DrF ?

Dublin Racing Festival

Does Manning get a say in any signings? These were all muted a long time before his arrival.

I realise they are predominantly for the younger age teams so is it just the snake flexing his muscles?

6 minutes ago, BUTOR said:

I think he’s done that on purpose, which in fairness would be pretty funny.

If you find that even remotely funny you have a very very low bar!