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9 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

 

He commented how even experienced pros are not following his instructions so if he doesn't trust senior players then he's hardly going to trust a youngster. 

Lions led by donkey (s)?
 

‘Right chaps! Over the top!!!!…………………………

Oh sarge!! What do you mean I forgot to hand out the rifles and the grenades?’

Is this a ‘Join the pile-on’ thread. 
 

if so, I’m in the wrong place. 
 

uuuuredzzzzzxxx

Not necessarily my absolute favourite but ‘We all dream of a team of Ivan Sproules’ always made me laugh; so did ‘Let’s pretend we’ve scored a goal’ but that was an always look on the bright side moment as we were usually 4-0 down away from home when that was sung. 

7 minutes ago, nickolas said:

Settle for 12th!!!

Weak player. Weak mentality. But hes academy so lets not slag him off!

Poster renamed. Nicolarse

We never get any luck. Jinxed

1 minute ago, YorkshireSection said:

Having a good game thus far, too inconsistent for my liking however.

No shame in holding a very good Leeds team to a draw at HT, id take a point at full time. 

No shame? Our ability to give the ball away time after time and never win a 50 50 is in fact full of shame. 

10 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

I don’t want to stereotype, but across the course of my history supporting Bristol City, pacey afrocaribbean wingers are my absolute favourite.  

Other than that, I have nothing of value to add to this conversation. 

Jah Murray: I agree. 

Sorry to pour oil on boiling waters, but that is a really good result. 

Great first start for us. He’s been through it alright.  Great interview too. More natural presence in front of a camera than the behaviours robot. 

2 hours ago, blockbrowt1 said:

I had the same in block 32. Gave it away. Too bloody cold . Warmer in the living room.

You on a promise? Can’t think of any other reason to stay home. Not bad for 65+. 

It’s a reminder of how thin that squad is. Not even one game changer on bench. Looks like too early to bin Andi off. 

2 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

I refused to contribute - other than some accountancy info!

Always knew it was your way or the Conway!

I’m getting old but I remember when the announcement of each City player’s name would result in huge cheers.
 

In those days, there were few announcements and the crowd made the noise  

ok there were some who got louder cheers  than others but now it just seems to be a general meh. 
 

And I’m afraid that seems to last the whole game. Not just st AG!!!!

Football in a library!! TV to blame. 
 

Agree with many of the comments on here but for me, there was also the element of Manning and co being out-thought by their management team. They soaked up all our possession first half and then decided to change formation and give it a bit of a go. Their no 17 started to give Pring a torrid time. Manning failed to work this change out and then compounded it by taking James off. 
We then lost the control we’d had in the first half even if that control had been a bit toothless. 
We badly missed Sykes first half and his injury looked like a hamstring which could mean he’s missing for a while. 
Hugely frustrating game and although you need patience, all that passing back once we’d broken the first line drives me mad. I can’t believe that’s down to Manning. It’s the lack of bravery on the ball-they’re just so afraid to lose possession. 

Agree it was a very very strong performance all round. Left side superb. If Pring had another 4-5mph to latch on to those thro balls and Anis had a final pass or shot, we could have had a real hatful. 
Not complaining- just shows how good we were. 

Sorry really off topic but anyone else noticed the number of players in prem matches with sunken eyes?  Is it snus?

Sorry. 

Ashton Gate crackers: free goals included as well at the amber party hat. Even the ref gets to give the oppo’s a present. 
 

On 21/12/2023 at 11:07, Ghost Rider said:

I always reply in the same tone as the person approaching me.

Should we, however, try to not sink to that level and maintain our composure, however inflammatory the responses?

 Worth considering if we wish to debate issues rationally. It will give you the high ground as well!!!

An interesting debate if suffused with a rather argumentative attitude from the OP despite his/her willingness to admit they might be prepared to listen to other points of view. 
As football fans we are all riddled with emotion. We don’t (apart from the glory hunters) choose to support our club. It’s kind of in the DNA and thus all logic goes out of the window. 
Bragging rights is the legacy of past glory and thus important to mentality. Just listen to Chelsea singing ‘Champions of Europe, you’ll never be that’ to teams that are temporarily above them in the league. They may have been that, but that doesn’t mean they’re not currently hurting. 
In fact at any one time, 80-90 % of clubs are probably hurting. It’s the lot of the football supporter. Only on Monday I was listening to how great West Ham are playing at the moment. Look what happened to them tonight!!

I often hear that it’s the hope that kills you. Well at the moment, as City fans, it’s the lack of hope that kills us. It’s been that hope that has kept most of us going. Sleeping giants etc. We’ll get there soon etc. We’re a big city and so on. We can’t choose our past but we can be proud of some of it and hope that better will come. 
I’m no happy clapper but I do believe in the maxim ‘If you can’t say anything nice, say nothing’. So does all this negativity and wingeing at other fans help? Of course it doesn’t. 
 I don’t disagree with some of the OP’s points but the very fact that s/he chose to open the debate, means everyone is at each others’ throats and it exacerbates an already toxic atmosphere. 
uredzzzz

On 19/12/2023 at 09:58, Harry said:

If happens. 
I’ve had a season ticket in the family stand with my daughter for the last 5 seasons now. She’s now 10. On average she’s probably been to about 5 or 6 games per season. And never any evening ones due to age/school night. 
We have the ticket for 2 reasons a) so she can attend when she wants to and b) because it’s a good deal. 
 

I don’t know if you have young kids, but even if you do, what your kids want and what other kids want will never be the same. 
My daughter isn’t totally into football. But she likes to come down now and again for some daddy time. If it’s cold wet and windy she likely won’t want to come. 
 

In my vicinity we have about 7 dads and about 11 kids tickets all together. 
I can count 1 game in 5 years that all 18 people have shown up at the same time. Every game there will be at least one of the children who won’t be there (for varying reasons).

Not all kids are diehard supporters who will be there every week through thick and thin, rain and shine. 
 

There is a fair argument to make that the lack of available seats in the South Stand is a bit of a problem, but let’s not pretend that once a child has a season ticket that they will be wanting to attend every single match. Or to use your words “be bothered”. 

However that does create a problem for the fans who are over 12 and want to attend the odd game; they can never buy a ticket in a half empty ‘sold out’ stand 
it also means that the stand always looks half empty. 
There  needs to be a family area. Probably in the Lansdown which is where you can buy kids tickets. 
I’m not innocent myself because back in the day my kids had a season ticket but I only had one and therefore one had to stay at home. I wouldn’t have minded being shunted into a family area. 
 

Even longer ago there used to be a Saturday footballers season ticket. You were guaranteed the same seat and you could choose which 8 games you wished to attend. Rest of the time your seat was empty. Same problem but I guess we were in the third tier then so the club ere grateful for any money you could get. 
 

Need to encourage the kids but not at the cost of a half empty home end and subsequently no atmosphere. 

1 hour ago, redkev said:

That’s the one

Brilliant. We had 4000 there. Most in Santa hats. 
walking in a Goater wonderland. 
I can’t remember but apparently Sean Dyche came on to replace Colin Cramb

1 hour ago, redkev said:

That’s the one

Brilliant. We had 4000 there. Most in Santa hats. 
walking in a Goater wonderland. 

1 hour ago, MelksRed said:

Look venerable

the venerable max!!

well done boys. 
 

Wells sub. Fit enough to get minutes?