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14 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

Interesting end to his interview saying that certain players need to play through injury niggles but certain lack ‘ moral fibre’ to do so.

Who is shirking?

 

An awful lot of fans are shirking and setting a bad example to the players!

2 hours ago, iamalagerdrinker said:

I live up here and can confirm the best fish and chips are in Hull 

The very thing for an aspiring athlete!

7 hours ago, Boston Red said:

What I object to about Mr Lansdown's tenure is this.

Bristol City used to be its own football club with its own ground and no debt.

It is now just a sub-section of a Land-based, Multi-sport, Property-development, Profit-motivated, Speculative Franchise. 

If multiple revenue streams are generated to help the club have a chance of being able to sustain itself, this could put us ahead of many other clubs who do not have such an advantage.  The old Ashton Gate was much loved and the East End was wonderful, but we have moved with the times and now have top class facilities that will benefit fans and club for years to come.  The one thing the Lansdowns could do to sustain their legacy is to buy the Gas and turn their stadium into a memorial garden and crown green bowling centre - at least the Bristol public would see a nice bit of lawn where none has ever existed before. 

14 minutes ago, Hampshire reds said:

i am a  knobhead. why am i. explain 7 wins out of 33. i am  waiting major.

I agree with your first sentence. You are missing the fact that Nigel took over in the middle of a huge injury crisis that denied him the availability of many of his best players. Since then we have had to reduce the wage bill and squad and this will need tweaks over the next few windows as some of our exceptional young players also find their feet at the Championship level - which is very physical, fast and difficult.  Maybe this is the time to support and get behind the team and Nigel. They know the issues and are trying to fix them - hopefully your positive support can help the process.

1 hour ago, Major Isewater said:

Ah, we’ll never forget ol’ Mickey Wassisname. 

Maynard or something like that?

We would go a long way to solving our end of game weakness if the forwards came back and helped to stop so many crosses coming into our box.  The out ball to slow forwards is a recipe for creating more pressure on our own defence as the ball then keeps coming back and stays in our half.  Maybe the return of Semenyo will help. His extra strength and pace may well help to stop conceding the ball every time and threaten teams who try to push everyone into a siege on our goal in the last quarter of every game.  

48 minutes ago, The Bard said:

Yep all 20,000 Bristol city council employees are GAS HEADS

I had always suspected that - now you have confirmed it, it all makes sense!  

I may be wrong but was he in goal when someone scored against us from the half-way line?

Alan Dicks - was a brilliant manager and bought the magnificent John Galley!

14 minutes ago, Hampshire reds said:

as it stands today this is a massive project. we need a Director of football. The manager situation is up in the air. To many rumours about nigel. is he coming back is he not. Get well soon nigel. 

It may be a while before Nigel is fully back up and running. Having recently recovered from a nasty dose of COVID I can relate to the fact that there are still days when fatigue is a huge issue followed by better spells. He must be given the time he needs. W would expect that he is still on the phone to all in the club about transfers and the like.  As we are cash strapped, the last thing we need to do is overload the payroll with more expensive people in suits. Be patient.

One feature of player development has often surprised me is the improvement that young players can make during the time when the season ends until the next one starts.  We have a good number of exceptional young players who, if they improve by next season and the season after that, could be top Championship players and a good foundation for building a promotion worthy side.  With a few thoughtful additions, we might surprise a lot of people.  Of course, we have to avoid relegation this season - and that may need some heroic recruitment in January. Key to our progress may be recruiting players who will end up being part of the long term squad and not just stop-gaps.

He made at least one cameo appearance in the pre-season friendlies. Very tall but looked a bit ponderous.  Did not look close to being a first team player yet. Still young though, plenty of time to improve and learn how to use his main assets.

One for the future maybe?

Maybe we should not have given up on recruiting staff and players with the right DNA!

Ten Coventry players better than eleven City players. Sad. We are supposed to be a fit side but we were second best all over the pitch. Offpissed.

Maybe he has "long Covid".

Were thing so much better under "Uncle Pete Johnson? He seems to tick many of the boxes in the OP.

Just now, BS3City said:

If by "good" you mean "out of date" you may be right Pongo...

You mean they sell vintage pasties!

3 minutes ago, adamski said:

There's a sub text here....."If only I'd taken good financial advice, I would have been able to retire gracefully and follow my personal interests, instead of pimping myself out for peanuts and pushing my already wasted body and reputation beyond the point of no return."

At the end of life, there may well be a choice of Heaven, Hell or Purgatory.  This does not look like Heaven - so the real question should be: Is in Hell or Purgatory?

OK I have a solution to all this dilemma.  Let all vaccinated fans sit in the three home sides of the stadium and the unvaccinated can sit with the away fans in the away end.  All can enjoy the match and if anyone is going to catch Covid, it will only be away fans.  We could even invite the Gas to play a friendly!  Simples!!

Who are the Gas  playing?

Merger with Rovers on the cards!  They could develop the Supermarine "stadium".

16 minutes ago, James54De said:

Yep, it’s not uncomfortable because it’s uncomfortable, it’s uncomfortable because it’s different. Asian countries, and Asians in western countries, have been wearing masks constantly for years. 

So did the Lone Ranger and the Turtles

1 minute ago, Andy082005 said:

And that....is why we will never become a top 6 team under this manager 

Even in the games we do ok in, we fail to capitalise 

Let’s hope he is gone by tomorrow or the very latest, Monday 

Hardly Lee’s fault.