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7 minutes ago, Gert Mare said:

Brilliant. Last night I overheard a Sag saying that the loss against Bath City was only a friendly and Rovers had most of their second string out. I heard someone else say that it wasn’t what they had heard, it was most of their first team at Bath. The Sag denied that this was the case and referred to the other chap as a ‘Shithead ***’. 
 

Then about 40 minutes later another Sag turned up (who had actually been to Trumpton) and said it was a poor game considering how many of the first team Rovers had out.

The bloke that had piped up earlier (The gurt ‘Ted) said “Yep that’s exactly what I had heard”

Then the original Sag started losing his shit saying “Well it was only a friendly and you can stop ******* smirking you Shithead ***!”

Love it! Deluded Sag brought crashing back down to earth by one of their own.
 

The gift

They can console themselves by going home and dinging their sister (who's also their Mum, Aunt and probably cousin)

14 hours ago, Red Army 75 said:

Full kit looks really smart 

That looks absolutely mint

14 minutes ago, CiderJar said:

Blige....

 

https://www.oldfootballshirts.com/en/teams/b/bristol-city/old-bristol-city-football-shirt-s85824.html

I remember watching that match in a pub in Oxford. Thankfully, I had erased memories of that disgusting shirt from my mind.

29 minutes ago, brad blit said:

I see Bayerns new away kit is very similar to the leaked pic I saw, everyone wants to be like little Bristol City 

 

I like that

2 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

Listen to the Radio (Atmospherics) … Tom Robinson

Radio Free Europe - REM

Was going to suggest for the Rest Day - watch the Jumbo-Visma documentary on YouTube, "Plan B", about last year's Tour. Really good, and an interesting contrast to the Movistar clown carnival on Netflix!

23 hours ago, Davefevs said:

His daughter is now presenting Robinstv, does that count?

Didn't know that! I feel old!

One final thought on Pog - this week's going to be hot, and he doesn't like the heat, which may be why he was grabbing all the time he could last week

On 10/07/2022 at 00:02, TonyTonyTony said:

Almost certainly the worst “sport” there is. Cheating is endemic. You may as well watch the national lottery draw

Whereas athletics is clean...

Cycling is the single most tested sport there is. Sure, not clean, but a lot cleaner than, say,...football.

On 08/07/2022 at 18:29, Harry said:

Yeah he was up there again today til the very end. His Tour of Swiss form was maybe better than lots thought. However, we’ve not hit any true mountains yet so he might still fade yet. 
 

Someone mentioned earlier about not really being able to warm to Pogacar. I’ve always felt the same with Thomas actually. I’ve never really particularly disliked him but don’t really like him all that much, if that makes sense. 

You should read his book, properly hilarious in places. He seems a nice guy. I would tip him for a podium + stage win double, were I a gambling man.

On 08/07/2022 at 20:57, tin said:

I’ve never known a pro rider crash as often as Thomas.  

Richie Porte wants a word

On 04/07/2022 at 20:45, tin said:

Definitely. I’m fortunate enough to have ridden most of the French Cols. The Tourmalet was great last week, although the headwind are the top was a bitch! 

We weren’t far from Siestriere in 2019, when we went over the Telegraphe, Galibier and down to Briançon on the Route de Grande Alps but pressed on to Col de Vars and the Izoard. 

Proper jealous

9 hours ago, Sleepy1968 said:

Bobby and Jonathan Gould.

(According to Wikipedia Jonathan Gould was on our books in 2005, but never made a first team appearance.)

I didn't know that. He ended up playing for Celtic (GK). Wonder what happened to him? I always preferred his brother, personally.

7 minutes ago, The Gasbuster said:

How TF did this thread get from a discussion on a Buenos Aires stadium to Raleigh bicycles ?

My first bike was a Raleigh Arena.

(I didn't learn to ride until I was 13).

10 hours ago, Ronnie Sinclair said:

Bournemouth going for a zig zag look

Whisper it: I think that's fabulous - reminds me of the Inter shirt from a couple of years back

11 hours ago, frenchred said:

That's more like it, if it's real.

8 hours ago, Frenchay Red said:

Cycling is very much a team sport, certainly in the major races. In the Tour there aren't 198 riders all racing each other

I think it's 176 in the men's Tour (8 man teams), but hey.

And let's not get into the labyrinthine complexity of Grand Tour races and tactics...truly worse than cricket!

10 hours ago, GrahamC said:

You honestly believe that cycling is clean now, do you?

I wanted to believe that after being there to see Wiggins win the Olympic gold & Froome win the TDF & to think that Brailsford was simply a managerial genius, but I know how that all turned out.

Did I say it was "clean"? Absolutely not, no sport is. There are still plenty of riders being caught, beyond the headline issues splashed across the mainstream press (which is understandably most people's only point of reference). Compared to the '90s and early '00s, the EPO years, the sport is much better now.

The level of doping in cycling (typically focused on performance) still doesn't stop a dislocated shoulder being an astonishingly painful injury. Nor does it mean that footballer's histrionics is any less pathetic.

Incidentally, the drugs taken by Sky were legal under their TUEs. Dodgy AF, but still technically allowed. And the Froome Ventolin scandal was comprehensively proven to offer no performance benefit. 

On 04/07/2022 at 17:58, Barrs Court Red said:

 

that’s a shocker of an away shirt 

Chelski have a long history of disgusting kits

5 hours ago, Bristol Oil Services said:

One thinks of Bryan Robson, in a World Cup. And then Terry Butcher, bloodied and bandaged. Bert Trautmann, etc etc

Or Geraint Thomas, riding most of the Tour de France with a fractured pelvis.

11 hours ago, GrahamC said:

This is a bit of a lazy trope, isn’t it?

And yet...

Fair play too for maintaining interest in something that has been blatantly riddled with huge numbers of drug cheats, by the way.

"Lazy trope", before using a lazy trope. Pro cyclists are probably the most tested athletes in sport...footballers, not so much.

Back in the day, sure, drugs a-plenty. But none that would help you deal with a dislocated shoulder...from which, incidentally, I am currently recovering.

...and writhing round on the pitch following a slight tap, consider that in yesterday's Tour de France stage, Primoz Roglic crashed, dislocating his shoulder, popped it back in by the side of the road and then finished the stage (another 50km or so).

3 minutes ago, GlastonburyRed said:

Shame, I thought Scarlett was Captain material.

That's the second time someone's made that joke

Well, that's that

Delap much better than Scarlett

16 minutes ago, Mad Cyril said:

Utter rubbish you person I disagree with. Do you know nothing about football? Are you gas? Literally you have no idea.

Fight?

That's more like it!

1 minute ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said:

I switched off after Scott was subbed. I know he'd been booked but instead of being replaced by the Villa lad it should have been Devine off and Alex pushed forward in the 10 role. 

What was the final score? 

Extra time, 10 mins left, 2-1 England. Absolute toilet goal.