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6 hours ago, Northern Red said:

Piers O'Conor leaving for Connacht in the summer.

No great surprise, he was excellent in the season we finished top but struggled to recapture that form since and has fallen out of favour in the last few months.

He was a hell of a signing. Loved watching him when he was on form.  

3 minutes ago, Kingswood Robin said:

At the very end he talks about - getting ourselves in the best position so we can push when the times right.

Does anybody know what that means?

It’s a nonsense, though handily intangible bar though isn’t it. 
 

10 minutes ago, petehinton said:

FFS, just heard the snippet 

Jon - “I want them to understand what we are trying to achieve and how, so that we aren’t setting expectations too high” 

6 months ago….

“Promotion is the aim this season”

”best squad we’ve had at this level”

It’s just so hard to take it seriously when it can be pulled apart so easily

“Not a good start Boris Jon”

I’m not sure how I misread this so badly

37 minutes ago, E.G.Red said:

What do you expect them to say? The timings aren't published yet so it would only be a guesstimate. As previously stated our fanbase appear to be more informed than others on the subject and although we can only speculate on what might happen I suspect the  vast majority of our fans who were going to renew, did so knowing and in spite of the potential scheduling issues.

I’d expect nothing. 
 

As for “our fan based is more informed…” is the sort of thing I’d expect a sag to come out with. 
 

22 minutes ago, TammyAB said:

 

Ffs wonder how many people who just shelled out for a season ticket know about this?!

I thought it was more than a little naughty that there was no mention of it in the season ticket media- which I would imagine is true for all the EFL clubs. 

18 minutes ago, TammyAB said:

If likely only 9/10 home games at Sat 3pm, will all the 13/14 televised games definitely be at Sat 12:30pm?

No, they’re between Friday and Monday - there’s also different time slots on the Saturday. 

20 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

Absolutely top point. And the issue is that the clubs have absolutely no issue with this continual shift in the importance of ticket revenue to broadcast revenue.

Most recently this has come up in relation to the FA Cup replay scrapping. An Arsenal official said to me"...my understanding was that any financial impact [of scrapping replays] would be minimal, and most likely offset by higher distributions from broadcast rights..." I've had this echoed from other clubs, EFL included.

It's an attitude that pervades the game right now, and in the long run it's going to negatively impact stadium facilities, ticket price matrices, and other services offered to local, club-in-the-blood fans.

That’s nothing new though, in terms of thinking.  
 

Id argue a look at the stadiums in Italy gives a look at where things end up with your final point. 

An interesting snapshot over 10 years.  I couldn’t find one for 20.

I’m gently surprised the rise in attendance post covid has survived the “cost of living crisis” as well as it has. 

5 minutes ago, mozo said:

Riffing on the Twine thing, I'm leaning towards signing him. I have this suspicion that we haven't seen him fully firing yet, and glimpses have led me to think I'd personally sanction it. I'm fully aware that I could be wrong there.

At £5m though ?  

2 minutes ago, Graham76 said:

We don’t know the whole story so can only trust Mannings judgment.  We certainly shouldn’t be sympathetic just because he’s made a few sacrifices to come here on loan.   That being said, I would rather he’s not even put on the bench and it’s given to one of the lads from our own academy. 

He’s robbed a spot sure, but was probably worth the gamble. 

Well at least it went out ok, as seasons go (accepting there’s one more game).

Im looking forward to seeing what the league looks like for next season. On paper, if Leeds manage to pip Ipswich and Saints win play offs, it doesn’t look an overly strong lead in comparison with previous years

Just now, One Team said:

A bit of humility from Lansdown would go a long way, but personally I don’t see any coming back from this for him. 

Mr “Judge me on Tinnion” doesn’t do humility. 

3 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

I think he knew he couldn't carry on due to health issues. I recall in one of his last interviews he said he just needed a quick op and would be in and out of hospital in "48 hours". That was disingenuous, I believe, and he knew the situation was much more serious.

He spent a week in hospital having tests in Nov/Dec and we know that as of early Jan he still couldn't walk. 

For a fact, he would have had to take more time off from the job to get treated. Whatever anyone says, that is a less than ideal situation for the club, and frankly not good for Nige.

He won't see it this way, but ultimately the club may have done him a favour so that he could fully concentrate on getting better. 

Seems he's still not 100% fit so I've no idea how or why people think he'd have been able to see the full season out here.

While yes, it doesn’t excuse the lack of honesty and integrity.  

Their end of season awards was on Sunday, so this could have some legs. 

6 minutes ago, Robbored said:

I wonder why the Debenhams building isn’t being converted into flats/apartments? It’s a massive premises with enough space for literally dozens of them. 

Demolishing the building seems unnecessary to me - but then I’m not and engineer or architect.

Commercial buildings aren’t generally built for residential-so I don’t think the conversation is that cost effective (my assumption on cost, no idea if valid) 

Building tall is probably the best solution for Bristols lack of housing. 

1 hour ago, Numero Uno said:

When, not if.

I’ve been saying the bubble will burst seemingly forever,  and while “when, not if” is probably going to be accurate in the next millennia - it seems father away now then ever. 
 

For me the end state of this circus is a world league. 

Can they get a points deduction for these comments? That would be deliciously ironic 

16 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said:

That’s it for me, the unknown . I sometimes struggle to make night matches due to work . If I’m going to miss 5-10 games then is it worth it financially ? Probably not . Might be worth getting a membership & picking & choosing games instead. It’s a dilemma

My aim is to go for every Saturday regardless of performance.  And as bizarrely that is the only way to sit in the South Stand unless your an existing ticket holder, that approach will do us. 
 

If they’re near top around Xmas I’ll probably suck up the inconvenient kick off time and get a half season ticket, just incase. 

21 minutes ago, phantom said:

I’m broadly in favour of this, but ******* hell the FA have had a shocker. 

17 minutes ago, JBFC II said:

Price rises of over 50% in some areas for Forest fans, with 17-21 price range scrapped as well, so young people in full time education have to pay adult prices. Their fan base are far from happy about it…

The dangers of promotion I guess!

Interesting, as the only club that used to have more youngsters as season ticket holders than us, were Forest ( I can’t remember the exact metric) 

3 hours ago, Street red said:

Can't help themselves the more they bombard you with texts emails etc the more you feel guilty for not renewing. That's what there hoping anyway.

That’s credible.  But, I’ve opted out of texts and still had one.  It could be a fairly costly marketing strategy for them 

8 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

The next email has come out. Usual caveat, this will be scheduled communication and not sent because things aren’t going well but the text isn’t dripping with “join all the others who have renewed” and seems more acceptance of “we accept a lot aren’t renewing”

 

As we get nearer the limit, despite really being put off by the TV deal I thought I’d have a look at what’s available. 
 

The price jump to escape the Family stand is eye watering considering there’s nothing available in the South Stand. And the price jump is even worse considering the impact on kick off times by the new tv deal

13 minutes ago, shahanshahan said:

 

As Nigel Pearson once said, the women's team are also a first team, just like the men's...

Yes, but they’re not the men’s team are they. 
 

Lets not forget how the owner ditched the original women’s team like a hot potatoe when it wasn’t commercially viable.