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Looking at life thro Rosenior tinted spectacles. sorry too many beers

According to Wikipedia: ‘The use of the suffix -gate after an identifying term has since become synonymous with public scandal,[16][17][18] especially political scandal.’ Therefore the following: ’Ashtongate was named after the political scandal in Bristol involving the administration of CEO Mark Ashton from 2016 to 2021 that led to Ashton’s resignation. The scandal stemmed from the administration's attempts to cover up its involvement in many spurious and hopeless football transfers to the Bristol City headquarters in the West Country.’ I therefore feel that the world famous home of Bristol City should be sponsored and renamed so that I don’t have any reminders of that donkey who dropped us in it from a great height.

Not sure Marina would be too happy.

And not a splatted Liver bird in sight.

This is basically me. I know that tomorrow I will stand at the back of the Dolman thinking ‘Why the hell am I putting myself through this?’ But even after ten minutes if we’re one nil up I will be wishing for the end even tho I love watching football. sometimes I prefer going to other grounds because I can enjoy the football for football’s sake. I am however safer emotionally at the gate than ‘watching’ on BBC.co.uk or radio5live because some fukin stupid thoughts make me feel I can influence the outcome. I’ve never been able to watch City on the telly. Explain that one !!!

Welling up as I read this. Wonderful support offered along with well crafted, heartfelt words. Like Ivan, I have a daughter who is really struggling and that affects everything. However she did eventually agree to having help and she is a little better now. Robin may not want help now but that is a recognised stage. Help is available when that stage passes but it isn’t easy to find the right help as services have been so run down. Wishing you all a better day!! Uredzzz

Seriously though: the only goose laying eggs is the Prem and although Luton have got there without much investment, their progress (as well as Sheff Utd) is a little more random than Brighton or Bournemouth. Brighton appears to be the only model that bears scrutiny. They can afford to sell players now they have got there. We can’t afford not to but with the likes of Scott and Webster, we are selling any chance of promotion. Football is never a jam tomorrow profession. It’s all in the here and now.

How to build a nest egg in football? Start with half a dozen eggs and a few nests. oh and give some of them to a rugby club.

It’s been inevitable but htf did we get to be smaller than B’muff? Sad ?

Dream on.

Shows the problem with pre-season against low ranking sides. No challenge and then too much of a step up when the real stuff starts.

Alex isn’t currently playing in league one; he probably is better than Bournemouth and why would he listen to any advice from his suitors? That’s like asking Red Riding Hood to listen to the Wolf.

Agree. 7 months is a very long time in football. It’s actually as long as three Watford managers. If 7 months isn’t long enough to realise that branding needs resolving, that footballers don’t want to play in a shit shirt, that the supporters are crucial then you ain’t never going to get it.

Watching the England game v Denmark. Denmark’s kit is that Hummel red one which was template for ours. Comparing that to O’Neils it looks mint.

‘Surely Dickie is one foot.’ -Ed

You not NP then? Seriously, I wasn't just referring to you but the previous 88 pages. All fans forums do it but it works better for selling clubs when it is someone like Semenyo who probably wasn't worth that money. Clubs that sell their very best players will rarely cut it. Brighton are an exception and although Peterborough punch above their weight, they're not really doing great on the pitch, are they? Let's see what happens to West Ham without Rice.

Why are we touting this boy around? Surely a supporter wants the best players to stay in their team not move somewhere else?

Sad sad news. An absolute City legend. Probably one of the few of ours who was well known far and wide even without the Chelsea connection. Can’t believe it’s not featuring heavily on BBC website. RIP big man. May you hover in heaven like you did in the penalty area.

Whatever happened to the London branch?

I know you are only making a point but that’s one of the most ‘No shit, Sherlock’ statements. This whole ‘Let’s pretend we’re football managers’ stuff really gets me when it’s to do with selling players, particularly when they are our best ones. The whole thing is a food chain that cements Man City at the top and everyone in a nice little rank order beneath them. We sell to X who are higher than us. They sell to Y who are higher than them and then they sell to Man City who win the treble. Simples. the only thing that upsets the gravy train is a bigger Sheikh or oligarch coming along. Or…… a few youngsters kicking on at the same time alongside clever recruitment. So basically if we’re going to do anything then we don’t sell him or Vyner or Tanner or Bell. However because football is mercenary and because we’re a selling club, we will stay where we are in the food chain. At least we get some Saturday 3pm kick-offs

There was a pair of Great tits nesting, but they've now had to move on. Every morning I'd admire the pair of Great tits in my garden, and being on my own it was nice to have nature to appreciate. I had hoped that more tits would be on view, but that's unlikely with the bushes gone. Do we really want to be a city that values temporary structures over nature? It's too late for my tits. but we should set a precedent of say 'no" to this happening in future. Never mind pal, come every other Saturday there will be at least 11 tits on display.

I do...he's ropey. PS sorry if these have been done; haven't read the other 50 pages.

You're stringing us along.

Paul Barber (Brighton) was asked on a very revealing BT sport interview whether he was talking to other clubs whose short period of PL success had ended in disappointment. The implication was that he could avoid the pitfalls by doing so. He said that clubs rarely talk to one another about strategy. He continued by saying that they just had to continue doing what they thought was right. Seems they’re on the right track. Sounded very switched on. I bet Spurs can’t believe they let him go.