RedM

How often do the Huddersfield players go down clutching ankles,head etc. Blatant time wasting tactics

Shocking by Frankie, he's all over the place today and unsettling everyone

That's a good point, heck of a gamble though. The game against Worcester is going to be huge, shame we got Wolves away on the same day. I've been asked to go to Wolves but been there a few times before and it's not a ground I like, best result was a draw I think...at the moment rugby is calling!

I have faith in your judgement, if we can stay up we will be a side to be reckoned with with this coach if he is as good as people say. The thought of dropping down and having to do it all again with no guarantee is sickening though. i was just putting on here the mood of a few rugby fans I know about. Although the signing @Superhas just highlighted might lift the mood if they are as fickle as football fans!

My husband has been talking to a few workmates who are really into Bristol rugby. They aren't happy, not with the appointment but with the fact that in their opinion this season has already been written off, we will either stay up or we won't, by not appointing until the summer we haven't helped ourselves soon enough. They are pretty angry about it, some even saying Robinson might just as well have stayed as we are just floundering along with no power to bring in players etc.

@Robbored, he's got a point. Most threads I can easily deduce what they might contain by the title, although in NTTDS case they can be more challenging to guess!

I did merge it yes, once it started to go off at a tangent (funny photos) it may as well be lumped in together with the rest.

Of course they do, it's miles better than their forum!

In the scheme of things he has certainly done wonders with what he's got. I think they said on tv that 6, maybe more, of the team which got beaten in the cup were from their non league days. He is now as many managers do calling for strengthening in January. He's saying, as again they all do, if you don't invest I won't be able to get promotion/maintain our status/avoid relegation, it's a sort of blackmail/ pass the buck time of year. I guess he has asked many times before for players, but the thing is once you have achieved something out of nothing the owners expect it to continue. He may be a good manager at this level, he maybe though bloody awful when you give him a few quid to spend, some are aren't they? I guess by going public with his request he appeases the fans, they can see no wrong in him, but they also feel like that towards Wally from what I understand. My Gas mates truly believe the pair of they walk on water, one or the other if not both are going to sink soon I think. I can see Clarke leaving at the end of the season after a mid table finish, which won't be good enough for many including Wally. He will walk out on them to another club, there will be plenty hoping he can turn their clubs around on a shoestring budget too who might take a punt. The Gas? They will probably end up with Warnock!

Not even your mates Robbo? Ok just for you I've merged

Just to rub salt into the world I'm on a coach coming back from London, the M4 is shut due to roadworks and the diversion has taken us off the motorway right past the Madejski !!!

Got to keep in mind we played a weakened Bath and Leicester team, but the signs were a lot more positive since Robinson left. The crowd were pretty supportive and generally a feeling of the worst is over, we can pull ourselves away from this. I think it was announced Bristol have released one player due to injury, Henson can't be far behind. There is talk of more players arriving in January, don't know what is happening to the managers job, (or director if rugby is it called), maybe an announcement will be made soon. Tainton has done a better job than Robinson did this season, but I think we are looking at a bigger name.

I'm usually a fan of Pack but today u was calling for him to be subbed..but not before Little and Joe. Bobby did ok today, at least he was trying to move the ball forward. Too often though players were sloppy in passing, not finding eachother, and this wasn't down to Reading being quick to intercept. We too often gifted them the ball rather than them working hard and winning it back.

The talk here is never a pen and we played Reading and the Ref. We had pretty much all the 2nd half but as ever too little to late.Reading knew all the tricks, time wasting etc.

I'd say we have about half the team playing and the rest looking she'll shocked. little constantly out of position, Joe yards behind, lots of headless chickens. can't see where a goal is coming from at the mo. We played well at Brum and got nothing, we not playing well at all here. Tammy looking increasingly isolated.our fans getting a bit restless, a few boos at HT and the team can't argue with that.

Live from Reading!

Was just going to make the same comment. We were matching or bettering them for much if the game. Very harsh not to have at least a share of the points, we deserved something from the game. I said when walking back into Birmingham afterwards they will wonder how they got all the points, and we will wonder how we came away with nothing. A really good all round performance, can fault the effort and they looked gutted when the final whistle blew, a reaction more often seen after a cup exit type of thing. On the showing yesterday I don't think there is much wrong, if anything Tammy was off his game. A mixture of international duty, teams sussing him out and him having the main responsibility of getting the goals. Get him some proper help and we will hand out a few thrashing so I'm sure. I believe this will need a change in formation though so who misses out? Saying that I though Paterson looked like he might know where the goal is and Reid was certainly positive yesterday.

Don't forget I'm only seeing this through my fairly uneducated eyes, but Woodward made a huge, huge, difference tonight. Scored one try and involved in another and had a hand in everything else. Bristol were so up for it, more physical and determined. Certainly playing like they had a point to prove. Varndell also had a very good game, missed his running whilst he was injured recently. One Bristol player (Hawkins ?) lost his head and did a late shoulder charge as we scored a try late in the first half, he was binned for that and his part in the brawl which followed. I expected a Bristol collapse but they just grew stronger! Strings came on quite late in the game. He got a bloodied head and have to have it bandaged. He came on much too late to turn the game round of course, but whenever he had the ball he did the right thing. 'In the form of his life' the commentators said, wish we had him in our team. Obviously this was 'only' a cup game, Bath away will be a different matter. But it was a huge confidence and moral boost. Shame the crowd wasn't bigger to see it, it looked so sparce. Gutted I missed it too.

I must be the jinx, Bristol doing so much better without me there. Looking so much stronger, Tovey just scored a lovely try too. But Sale have just put Stringer on

I know someone who booked to go on their version of CATS (is it RATS?) to this match, the club phoned him last week and asked him to come in a get a refund as only 8 people had booked and they were therefore cancelling travel. So yes, as much as we rip the pish out of them they were at least doing the right thing and boycotting

Does seem very odd. Makes me think he was being led down the 'mutual consent' route but perhaps he wasn't having any of it? Mutual consent, a financial agreement and all parties save a bit of face. Sacking maybe means all his contract paid up and bad feeling between all involved, and less attractive to incoming people?

Breaking news. Officially sacked now. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/37894094

Yes that's him. Media such as the Telegraph reporting he is favourite to take over too now. So what do we know about him, right choice. Ambitious choice, cheap option, something totally different or more of the same? I genuinely do not have a clue about rugby management. It's really brought it home to me how when I hear a football managers name linked with a club I can almost immediately answer those questions, but have a lot to learn about rugby which gets do much less publicity.

Local TV are saying a South African, didn't catch his name, is rumoured to be taking over soon. MrRedM heard this a few days ago from a workmate who is a rugby fan, he was also accurate about Robinson so this might be true.