GrahamC

38 minutes ago, A Darkwood Red said:

This is what the sponsors of yesterday's game were given by the club to commemorate their day. 

Wow, even by their incredibly low standards that is tinpot.

11 minutes ago, Red Right Hand said:

This. If it was another club that was being shafted you would feel some sympathy with them as in most cases it`s come out of the blue but with them we`ve been telling them what will happen from day one and they`ve just chosen to ignore all the evidence. We`ve been saying it`s the emperor`s new clothes ever since Wally bought them but they (with a few exceptions) have blindly followed him.

They deserve all they get. They should have been questioning the owner from the day he took over - all the evidence we managed to find was out there in the public domain - but they prefer to believe in their ultimate fantasy - getting within touching distance of us even if it risked destroying their club in the process.

It`s not about being the best you can be to them. It`s only about being better than us. They would be happy to be back in the Conference if it meant we were one place below them.

 

You are right, but the local media are equally culpable, too.

Even this year the Post talked about his family wealth being £500m and the BBC sent a local journalist (Andy Howard) to Jordan to do a (totally unnecessary) fawning piece on Wael.

It was pretty clear from the start that someone who was seriously considering buying Gillingham before them was hardly another Sir Stephen Lansdown, but their pathetic desire to find nice things to say about the horse punchers got in the way of the (incredibly amusing) truth.

8 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

That's 8300 with a Quid a Kid deal. That promotion seems to have worked well.

Oh yes.

With that Jordanian bullshitter in charge they are effectively slowly dying in front of us.

How many "loyal and true" will keep going against the likes of Bury and Northampton for relegation six pointers in freezing January or February?

14 minutes ago, Red Army 75 said:

Quid a kid today for the fewers. What was the attendance. Got to be 9k at least 

8300.

Can't even give tickets away, can they?

Blue "half" of Bristol.., like ****.

9 hours ago, Cheesleysmate said:

For AWAY support they are top every year....according to them. It's all about AWAY support....They even wrote a book on it! These stats are of Zero interest to Gasheads. They are the most amazingly AWAY supported team in the country....Well, they are in the top one anyway!

 

Seriously though, how many people actually buy this sort of "book"?

50?

Who wants to read shite like "remember that time we took 500 to Leyton Orient & we drew 1-1"?

The definition of minority interest..

Plymouth Argyle, a bottom four club had 11000+ today, the blue few on the other hand just over 8000.

No argument over who is the West's second club, is there?

9 minutes ago, SirColinOfMansfield said:

Talking of Christmas, will they be repeating this initiative again to keep their star player fed and watered and off the streets?

Anything that you can give to make his earnings up to just below the minimum wage would be really appreciated..

2 hours ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

Still banging on about our financial difficulties 35 years ago. 

Brave....

If I was a Gashead I’d be more concerned about the financial situation at Rovers right now. Detestable dumb bastards.

Illiterate ******* as well, it is "they're" which is an abbreviation of they are, not "there".

Stupid, horse punching, racist, ridiculously gullible former non league *****, aren't they?

8 hours ago, Esmond Million's Bung said:

I see that the pikey's pitch that apparently cost thousands to re lay plus the extra drainage was a big hit with the Rotherham boss, it looks as though they have once more turned back the clock and realised that their best chance of winning games is to turn the pitch into a ploughed field just like when the real owners the rugby club used to play there.

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rotherham-united-boss-paul-warne-869146

Surely the funniest part of that link is the bit where Comical Ali (Jack Vittles) says "neither side trusted the pitch so couldn't commit to passing football".

Do your own jokes on that one, after all it was a L1 game with one team who had lost nine out of their last ten against a team with no win in their last six.

Not because they are both ******* shit, then?

13 hours ago, GrahamC said:

No fan of that Jordanian bullshitter but Clarke must think gas fans are even more stupid than we do.

He said he had only spent "£135k in total since 2014" but Nichols from Peterborough (who they signed to replace Taylor this summer) was rumoured to have cost £250k alone and I doubt the Oxford player Sercombe was much less than £150k.

Of course when you have lost 9 of your last 10 you will say any old bollocks in excuses, eh?

I have watched it now and to be fair he is misquoted as he makes it very clear that is net spend, so after money brought in for Taylor, etc.

He is bloody rude though, rarely letting a question finish before interrupting.

42 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

We gave them £300K for Matty though so maybe it's a net spend of £135K. We've spent loads but have a very low net spend taking into account monies received. We might even be in profit on transfers for all I know.

What I do know is they are absolutely shite, want 4 Championship players, a cat 2 training academy and a new stadium even though they haven't got a farthing to scratch their arses with. There's a slight flaw in their plan TBH.

He doesn't say net spend though, does he?

He says "in total".

Feeling under pressure, Darrell?

No fan of that Jordanian bullshitter but Clarke must think gas fans are even more stupid than we do.

He said he had only spent "£135k in total since 2014" but Nichols from Peterborough (who they signed to replace Taylor this summer) was rumoured to have cost £250k alone and I doubt the Oxford player Sercombe was much less than £150k.

Of course when you have lost 9 of your last 10 you will say any old bollocks in excuses, eh?

17 hours ago, myol'man said:

They honestly see the situation more like Sheffield, seeing United above Wednesday , gets them thinking "that'll be us soon" 

Weirdly I can't recall Roverz 20,000+ gates in League One, so comparing themselves to Sheff U is a bit like if we compared ourselves to Arsenal, isn't it?

Be interesting to see if any of Bryan, Paterson or Djuric start at Hull.

I'd be very surprised if Joe did, as he took a hell of a whack in midweek.

LJ hasn't got much wrong this season but I was amazed when Paterson came on as a sub when we were already 4-1 up v Palace, after losing so much weight with his virus, as coincidence or not, he looked shattered despite only playing about 15 minutes & hasn't been the same player as the one with the highest number of assists in the division since that spell of illness.

Djuric worries me, outstanding in a couple of recent games, but it looks to me like his frame means he is going to struggle with injuries all of the time.

Expect Magnússon, Pack & Taylor or Woodrow to come in to replace these 3 and it will be a draw.

Eliasson, the only bright spot in midweek will probably lose out today to Pack because we are away & he isn't the best defensively.

32 minutes ago, Vincent Vega said:

Let's hope so, the sooner they die the better.

31 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

Liking this one...

'The thing that worries me more than anything else is the lack of younger people down the Rovers. Even in Little Stoke & Patchway, which have always been Rovers strongholds, you see more and more younger people wearing City shirts.' 

That " blue third" of Bristol is gradually (and appropriately) becoming the blue quarter of Bristol..

1 hour ago, Tomarse said:

Ashton is a dump! The houses directly behind the Atyeo have been going for 350-400k a pop.  

As someone considering moving within BS3, trust me, your upper figure is now at the bottom end of what you would get something decent for.

Those gas monkeys in Fishponds simply have no clue just how expensive that part of South Bristol is now..

4 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

This suggests six players were on 11 year contracts - http://soccersouls.com/2013/12/04/bristol-city-and-ashton-gate-eight/

Dunno if we'll ever know all the details of what went on back then...

Never seen that reported anywhere before and I am still extremely doubtful of it now.

Those articles tend to be written by people who were barely out of Primary school at the time, if they were even born at all.

I can't see why the Clive Whitehead contract would have been so widely reported and the others not, so personally I'm doubting they ever happened.

What was clearly the case was that back to back relegations, dwindling crowds, unwise expenditure and several players well past their best (plus a couple, Julian Marshall and Peter Aitken who were simply crap) all lead to the Ashton Eight.

8 hours ago, Cheesleysmate said:

I'll tell you something, it was a very very sad time. There had been boardroom fighting to take over control of the club and that spunked a load of cash, then there was confusion over what exactly was happening, the pikey squatters wanted "Trashton" for peanuts and to see us go under, we had the Support Bristol City Now or Never campaign, the players were on 10 year contracts and some fans turned against those players and very nastily too, vile threats ( similar to those against Matty Taylor from the Sags), local businesses suffered, the players struggled big time afterwards.....just ask Trevor Tainton! The whole affair was sour and the Sags LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT. The clock is ticking when it comes to their collapse, the Sags own 82 is just round the corner, be nice if we did put a derisory offer in for the Mem just to boot them out. Tick ******* tock

No argument with much of that mate but it isn't quite accurate to say the "players were on ten year contracts", just one, Clive Whitehead was (11 years actually), an understandable over reaction to Gary Collier leaving us under freedom of contract and he left us anyway, in a £100k deal to West Brom, as part of the fire sale which saw Gerry Gow & Tom Ritchie go to Man City & Sunderland..

19 minutes ago, BCFC Richard said:

I think we're a bit hard on Mags. He clearly isn't a LB and is not at all confident in the role. He looked better today than the last game and all you can really ask is for progress. He didn't get forward enough and or offer an overlap but actually, apart from one mix up with FF, defensively he was decent. Bailey suffers the same issue in terms of going forward as Mags but people appreciate he is out of position and give him some leeway. + Mags's throws are a potent attacking weapon that cause a huge threat and have led to a couple of goals so far this seasons. There have definitely been games where we have forgiven Flint's shortcomings because he has scored or been a threat up front.

Don't get me wrong I not saying he is at the level of Bailey or Flint but he is a player who is developing and has potential. When he is at CB he actually looks confident and relaxed on the ball so it's clear that playing LB affects that part of his game. I not saying he is amazing but I think some people have got into a mindset of looking for his faults instead of looking at him overall. At worst I'd say he is a useful squad player.

And you are being over generous.

Every start for his national team has been at LB in a back four, so it isn't as if we have asked him to play up front or go in goal, is it?

He is a £2m + international defender and should be judged as one.

8 minutes ago, B block said:

I think he might quit live on radio Bristol, he’s delaying the interview 

As usual Andy Howard of Radio Bris (who wangled that trip to Jordan to make that pathetic programme that blew smoke up Wael's arse) is giving him the Guardiola treatment on Twitter saying he is "coming out fighting" with absolutely no mention of what is it now? 8 defeats in the last nine games for that clown...

34 minutes ago, ZiderEyed said:

Well Magnússon's got his little run in the team now. Didn't we try Taylor and Reid against Fulham?

No, at Sunderland & we vastly improved once Djuric came on.

Will be delighted to be proved wrong & obviously don't know if Paterson & Djuric are fully fit, but baffled by that team, Magnússon & Taylor especially.

I tend not to read The Post these days because to be frank, it is horseshit, but Jack Vittles' Comical Ali reporting of their fortunes in it is always good for a laugh and true to form there are a couple of absolute belters here:

"Sky high expectations"

Seriously? From a club that plays in a ground that is easily one of the worst in the football league, can't apparently fund its own training ground & who have lost 7 out of 8, which he has described as a "sticky spell" bit of an understatement or what?

Perhaps it is being less than 16 points behind Shrewsbury at this stage of the season, eh?

My favourite though is their "top six fanbase' which is based on what, exactly?

Certainly not on actual crowds, Bradford, Pompey and Charlton leave them absolutely standing, whereas Blackburn and MK Dons are better supported plus Plymouth, who had a higher gate recently on the same day against Rochdale when they were rock bottom, would certainly average more with comparable results..

Utter propaganda or as I said earlier, horseshit, you choose..

10 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

Talk on gasheads.org of more unpaid bills.

Fence, police and some staff who haven't apparently been paid for 3 months.

Might be a load of old tosh, but few are shouting down the poster who made the comment.

I'd be very surprised if the story was true and it hadn't made the press.

I'd be much more surprised if it did make the press if it was true..