DT The Optimist

1 hour ago, Malvern Red said:

Everybody Hurts themselves from time to time in the modern game but Kalas gets injured too often for my liking 

Its a perception you might take from this last year but actually when you look at his playing record (thanks Wiki) it is not that bad in his defence, in fact considering the way TK plays the game perhaps pretty good ?

• 2015/16 season  (M/boro)43 appearances
• 2016/18 (Fulham) 69 appearances
• 2018/19 (BCFC)  38 appearances
• 2019- BCFC 105 apperances.

So this season he has been blighted with soft tissue injuries but I would guess the question the medical team, mangement will ask as he is almost 30 will he put those behind him for next season.

If the answers is yes and he will agree a new deal on more favourable terms to BCFC (like AW & NW) then its a given we will sign him ? And a fit TK is a top top defender in the championship.

With the days of austerity for Championship clubs is there any reason to think he would actually get a better deal elsewhere..also bear in mind he is on record as being settled in this area...  and NP has stated he really likes TK..

I, being the eternal optimist am hopeful he will be here next season..fit and raring to go...  We shall see !

Just checking from any regular users...

I have never used it before  but today needs must... Checked the Park Ride web site and it says shuts 19:20hrs on Sundays and Bank Holidays...

Are we expecting AG1 service to run to the gate today ? Clearly shut before end of game !

Thanks in anticipation

23 hours ago, italian dave said:

I imagine that the club will have a whole lot more knowledge than any of us on here about the nature of his injuries, their long term impact and a view on the likelihood of a recurrence. And that will play a big part in any decision. 

Very true. Thanks to our friend wiki, a check on his playing career shows a good record games played. This last 12 months have been hard luck for him with two injuries in a row, but if the medical team believe with confidence he will certainly overcome them he has to be worth a contract offer. I believe a fit Kalas is the best defender at the club and was he not our record signing.  We watch with interest but I suspect a deal will be on the table (similar to NW scenario).  

1 hour ago, Stockwood gate said:

I know this may sound bizarre I work with Kanes dad , seen him today he said he knee issue was a tidy up of the cartilage and that he fit  and ready to play ,  also said a few of the players are in Dubai for a few days 

That’s interesting when NP stated in Bristol Live (or quoted) that KW will have to ‘manage’ his knee . Great news if this is correct. I would certainly like to see him play now ‘fit’ 

With the Sykes suspension are we perhaps going to see him get some game time…a proper run of games.

With this  knee injury that NP states he will have to ‘manage’ and another couple weeks with the break, will we finally get a proper look at him…or will it be next season.  Bit forgotten man really, with such expectations when signed from FGR.

Glad we stayed at the gate. With around 18k bums on seats  for most home games the 40k new stadium might have looked pretty empty.

At a recent senior reds lunch Steve Lansdown was asked if there was any truth that the club owned most of the houses behind the Atyeo and that one day a new stand would rise and replace the Atyeo. This was knocked on the head as false. He stated that the corners could be filled in and capacity raised to around 35k but there is no plan or need at this time to do so.

The re vamped gate is great stadium and happy we stayed

There must have been some  video editing going on…why would anyone clap that otherwise 

Top top report. Many thanks ole

31 minutes ago, Clevedon Red said:

Nige said it may be his ACL but waiting on scans 

Did not hear that…however if NP had hinted it may be his ACL , Then season over for Rob…. Just hope for the best. the good news is that a new born fit Kalas  is a massive bonus…but you do wonder whay options are & what else is about in the out of contract  central defenders …one in Switzerland called klose  

And he fought off wolves with his bare hands in  Rumania when walking in the mountains … 

Wow…never knew Kevin Betsy was also part of the ‘staff’ who has also left…remember him anyone in City colours 

4 minutes ago, Clevedon Red said:

This thread taking on an air of Eddie Nketiah…but in reverse. 60+pages and he’s still here. 
 

Let’s hope by the end of the month that remains the case.

Indeed…provided he is not one p1ssed off player who has seen his immediate riches vanish. Thankfully does not appear to be of that ilk.

I am a great fan of NP but also find it strange how in one moment NP is pointing out the virtues of TK and the next he is 'gone' totally. 

He was blamed to some degree for the Lincoln City fiasco, but I recall a great player last season who used his experience and reading of the game to great effect.. Then of of a sudden I read on here  on OTIB the trotted out comments 'legs gone' and all that.

Aware he had domestic issues start of the season, as stated by the club,  clearly business has gone on behind the scenes that we are not privy to. 

Expecting him to gone this window, or contract paid up and negotiated ?  Either way a great pro as  NP stated in the past, and shame if ends like this for him

Any news on Wilson….really looking forward to seeing a ‘fit’ Kane Wilson…last news was on the 11/1 from Dave Fevs and I recall the club saying at the end of the summer it would be early next year..

The book ‘Neil Warnock. Made in Sheffield’ is a quality read…recommend to any football fan.  I picked it up on holiday some years ago and could not put it down…managing lower league teams and players.  

15 minutes ago, Gimme Shelton said:

Half correct,from memory the back four that night was Llewellyn,Shail, Munro and Scott

I remember Shail playing but would not have got Scott in a quiz! Anyway Munro was decent with good pedigree 

22 minutes ago, SecretSam said:

Stuart Munro I recall being reasonable, if not outstanding. Compared to other team members at the time, he was absolutely golden.

Munro was ok, bags experience and in the side that beat Liverpool in perhaps our greatest night ever on the road… He was RB And Andy Llewelyn LB.  Over 8000  City at Anfield…and the kop applauding BCFC at the end and I recall Stuart Munro pointing at the kop in almost disbelief…. Him and Jack Hunt very similar playing styles. 

27 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said:

Not Newcastle because the greatest supporters in the world are lapping it under their owners,what do you want morals or successes at any measure 

Don’t ask difficult questions 

37 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said:

A minted American owner with no interest in football but profits,let’s see how bad this ends 

Indeed…as you seen all the things he wants we have done….who would really want owners like the Foley or the Glaziers. 

Yesterday I heard on radio talk sport an interview with Bill Foley and his £120m take over of Bournemouth.  It was amusing and enlightening when you think of our club.  In a snap shot this is what he said about ‘his’ new club.

• intends on building ASAP a new 20-24k stadium and moving away as soon as from the Vitality
• building a new training ground and centre where all football and administration can take place from.
• creating a decent academy.

strange, those are all the things we have now and achieved and I wondered why he did not give uncle Steve a bell to save himself a load of grief that will most like consume him over next 10 years

He could have bought us….or joined in. All we have to do is sort out the mess from LJ and MA and getting the playing side sorted and lift off! All the things  Foley wanted to achieve to make B/muff successful we have done and got in place.  Yet Steve gets rubbished in many place. 
And he is keeping Gary O’Neil and not pursing links with Bielsa as reported in media. 

so, if Steve gets some great American billionaire to join us, or a take over in entirety, would that enable the club to spend that money that was invested in the club…(pretend £60 million say)

happy new year.

May or may not have done us a favour last night. Depending on your view point.
 Any premier league sides watching him last night unlikely to be flashing the cash that we here would like to see.. current form does not look like a premier league striker in waiting.

The chance of cashing in on Sem this window drifting away..I would have been happy for a fat fee to enable NP to wheel and deal and find us that dominant centre half.

Every time I attend the Gate on a match day I enjoy that brilliant stadium, it’s impossible not to enjoy the match day experience and think about where we have come from facility wise. You have to believe that when it comes ‘right’ on the pitch, the green stuff, everything is in place.  
That is the Lansdown legacy, and thanks to them we will never go bust.  The playing side and the facilities go hand in glove.  we will get it right on the pitch, I have more confidence about that now than have had for a long time…NP had a difficult hand to play. 

23 hours ago, Jerseybean said:

 

 

Dwight Gayle put the ball in the back of the net seven times in his first 10 games. All were disallowed. He is yet to score. 

 

 

That has got to be the 'kiss of death'    Never realised he was at Stoke.. a really good player who certainly was, is a premier league standard striker...

1 hour ago, Garland-sweden said:

He played well today. 

I was not there but from what I heard on RB seemed to have a good game, and a superb pass to set up the second  (As per the high lights).

Is this the first time he has played LHS of a 3 for us….would like to hear from anyone who was present. Well done KN..good to see you back

53 minutes ago, spudski said:

I'd prefer Vyner, Kallas, Atkinson/ Naismith, Pring.

Scott, James/Weimann, Williams 

Conway, Wells, Semenyo 

Kal played their for Luton.

Yes..and player season on LHS..but those in the know re ‘calf injuries’ can we be really confident he will be back December ?