SecretSam

As another distant viewer, I'd say this season's been quite interesting, given we didn't have to do that well to stay up given that Derby were down from day one. 

And seeing the kiddies come through has been great, the rise of Semenyo (not a striker, remember, they score goals), Scott looking good, HNM not cutting his hair, Tanner tackles that make a grown man shudder...

And the summer could be proper nuts.

Just now, SecretSam said:

If the Slags do get Northampton, I'd be tempted to toddle up to Sixfields and watch.

Cheering for the Cobblers, naturally.

On second thoughts, Sixfields is a £4.50 dump of a stadium*, and Northampton is the very epitome of a "drive past" town, so maybe I'll save my money.

*But still nicer than the Slag's Estadio Go Outdoors

If the Slags do get Northampton, I'd be tempted to toddle up to Sixfields and watch.

Cheering for the Cobblers, naturally.

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

I still don’t know why Joe Jordan didn’t step forward to take a pen - this guy had played for Leeds, Man Utd, AC Milan, Scotland etc - scoring goals at the highest levels and in multiple World Cup finals tournaments - yet he didn’t back himself to splaff one in against Mansfield?! He let five Bristol City defenders take penalties in that shoot out without speaking out as a gnarly old, highly experienced, international centre forward ....

 

Good question. Mind you, we were second best on the day, Mansfield <<grits teeth>> deserved to win

7 hours ago, East End Old Boy said:

David Moyes wearing his “I missed a penalty shirt!” 

Because he's the one we all remember for missing a pen...

2 hours ago, weepywall said:

Didn't Carl Shutt come from Leeds aswell ?

Didn't he go to Leeds, as part of the deal for Bob Taylor?

On 24/04/2022 at 21:49, Bristol Oil Services said:

You read this on here, over and over. 

Merrick and Ritchie, Arsenal, Alan Dicks 1976 anyone?

 

Pre-Bosman, therefore irrelevant. Different times, back when a 'foreign' player usually meant a Scot or Irishman.

1 hour ago, MC RISK77 said:

That away kit was a thing of beauty!!

It wasn't an away kit. Quite controversially, it was introduced only for the 1987 Freight Rover final, against Mansfield - who wear yellow, so no kit clash. No need to change kits, simply an attempt to cash in. I've always hated that kit as a result (not helped by us losing the game).

Just now, BS2 Red said:

I don't dislike them at all. But I want them to go down as Bristol City v Everton sounds a lot more fun than Bristol City v Burnley.

Oh, absolutely. I've never really been to Liverpool, but I hear it's a cracking place for a night out.

Mind you, so's Barcelona 

I do wonder if the problem is the players, or the way they are playing. The lack of a RWB/RB is a big problem.

And let's be honest, up front AW and Martin have massively over-performed this season. Antoine, if he stays, needs to bag more next season, but I think he has it in him.

I don't particularly like Lampard, although he was a very fine player (FWIW).

But I find it hard to dislike Everton, having met a few of their lot in my time. Always pretty respectful, no big time Charlies. Oddly enough, same goes for 'real' (i.e. Scouse) Liverpool fans. The plastic ones are another matter...

On 22/04/2022 at 18:33, Lanterne Rouge said:

The Venice of the Midlands.

With less gondolas and more shopping trollies.

I think that's Brum, BTW. When I lived there, the locals would quote that (tongue in cheek). As luck would have it, I actually went to Venice at that time - if you've ever been there, it's TINY , so having 'more canals' isn't much of an achievement!

On 22/04/2022 at 11:41, Davefevs said:

Funny you mention Hargreaves….he’s kinda who I want Massengo to evolve into.

Without the dodgy knees, one assumes - Bayern rather than ManUre version

Still, he's got the weird hybrid accent sorted - French Bristolian!

On 20/04/2022 at 09:29, Davefevs said:

DM screens don’t tend to jump out at you unless you are watching specifically for that.

I remember one of my all-time favourites - David Batty - was invisible most of the time. But I remember one game he had for Engerlund, away somewhere in Eastern Europe, and he literally intercepted and tackled everything - he was utterly outstanding.

Similarly, Owen Hargreaves for England back in the '06 WC finals was the only player to come away with his reputation enhanced. 

Personally, I think a good DMF is worth their weight in gold.

And as pace isn't that important, they can play quite late into their careers - see Pirlo as an example (not a true DMF, but you know what I mean).

He's entitled to his opinion. Probably makes you grumpy, having to work in a dump like Stoke.

On 20/04/2022 at 12:43, nebristolred said:

Proper bizarre behaviour from people disliking a club purely because they dare to do things differently. People whinge endlessly at veggies for moaning but then moan themselves the one time in their lives that they can't buy a fooking meat pie.

I hope they go up and score so many goals against the sags that they can't fit it in on the scoreboard.

Who was having a go at veggies, or FGR for being vegan?

I don't really have a beef with FGR.

3 hours ago, Ben6781 said:

Thank you very much. My inbox isn't working. Can you email me at bengrice07@gmail.com please

 

Thanks

Just emailed you

Watford, MK Dons, Oxford, Wycombe...all a short journey away!

I'm really tempted to go to a non-league game this weekend...trouble is, I live in Bucks and don't give a monkey's about the local teams!

FC Parachute Payments back in the Prem? Swapping places with another Yoyo team.

What a farce. Well done to teams like Brentford, breaking the cycle.

16 hours ago, CotswoldRed said:

If you like your football to be about money and little else, Scudamore is your man. 

Heaven forbid we appoint people with high level experience of turning a profit in football. How utterly ghastly.

21 hours ago, GrahamC said:

Certainly far more blue than red but like all of East Bristol there have always been City fans dotted about.

Not sure too many areas were ever 100% sag.

Me, for one (St George)

23 hours ago, Pezo said:

Hopefully asks a lot of questions about what Gould is doing and hopefully is trying to figure out if what Gould is doing is in the best long term interests of the club, you know like he did with Ashton.

Why would you not think Gould was doing a good job? His reputation in cricket is absolutely golden.

DM me, some old programmes from '80s sat in a cupboard. Happy to give them to a good home.

RE-Cisse and Pack: as others have said, you only notice this sort of player when they aren't there.

Remember when Makelele left Real for Chelski, same time as Beckham came in, Zidane said "We've bought a new coat of gold paint for the Bentley, but sold the engine"

Cisse in particular never did anything spectacular, but was a real 100% player. Physical, not especially gifted, but worked like a Trojan, doing all the unglamorous stuff. Pack could play a bit more, but also was a very disciplined player who read the game well.