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On 30/06/2022 at 16:03, In the Net said:
In this case, my thoughts consisted of "I have incurable cancer, maybe life is now too short to get involved in unnecessary dialogue".
I believe that I need to focus on the positives in life, and the laughs on here have provided some of that in the past, for which I thank all posters.
I wish you huge strength and lots of luck “In the Net” ...
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I do remember at the time thinking ‘Bristol City playing home games there - on a large patch of land between Brislington, Knowle West, Hengrove, Hartcliffe, Withywood and Whitchurch - what could possibly go wrong for away supporters?!’
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On 27/06/2022 at 17:51, Gazred said:
Brolin, Dahlin, Brolin!
What a firm of solicitors they were ...
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On 25/06/2022 at 11:58, Rich said:
Looks like they've got a few off field problems running through the club. How many times have they been investigated and charged by the FA?
Pitch invasions, numerous.
Banning orders.
Punching horses.
Assault on Swindon fan.
Manager awaiting trial for assault.
This is the "Family" club.
... a veritable list, to which one should add the alleged racist abuse given towards an opposition goalkeeper by the ‘family club’ ... https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/08/bristol-rovers-action-fans-racially-abuse-jason-brown ...
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29 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said:
That would be silly as it's never been called the first divisionship. Premiership might be 20 years out of date but at least it was known as that
Wow! Apologies! When posting my lighthearted response, I obviously didn’t factor in the likely reaction from the humourless ones who truly believed I thought @harrysshould have referred to a past division as ‘the first divisionship’ - when I was making the point that the ‘premiership’ in England doesn’t exist... didn’t think anyone would take it so seriously ... so, again, apologies that I made you take to the keyboard to tell me ‘it would be silly’ ...
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On 26/06/2022 at 09:07, harrys said:
Been there mate, when it was the 1st division
Yep - me too - magical days! But I didn’t call it the ‘first divisionship’ ...
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5 hours ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said:
Absolute model professional. I don't know about his tactical nous but if a player wants to learn how to handle the presssure of being a footballer, both on and off the pitch, they couldn't have a better role model. I wish him every success, especially against the other gloucestershire sides.
Which are the other Gloucestershire sides? Forest Green Rovers ... and?
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23 hours ago, harrys said:
maybe because not many people care?
You’d care if our club ever made it there ...
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2 hours ago, Sir Geoff said:
Nor have I but the top football league in England is The Premier League not the premiership.
Thank you! But isn’t the Premier League the top ‘division’ in England rather than a ‘football league’ ?? - interesting, yet pretty useless debate!
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6 hours ago, harrys said:
Against the biggest City in England never to have a football team play in the “premiership”
3 hours ago, Sir Geoff said:Isn't that a Rugby league ?
It’s also the top division in Scotland - ridiculous how a simple thing like knowing the top division in England is called the “premier league” evades so many ...
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On 23/06/2022 at 19:17, TonyTonyTony said:
On this topic, I think we need to wait for NB to speak. It’s tragic any career is cut short due to injury. It’s highly personal and given the nature of the injury - very sensitive.
He got a fair bit of shit on here for being a sick note but he always put in a shift. A real warrior.
Wish the bloke all the best
Super post Tony x3 - I’ve always maintained on here that he was the best ‘defender’ at our club and, like you, I called him a ‘warrior’ - but was inevitably shouted down by the ‘imagine my surprise when Baker got injured’ brigade - although they were obviously the ones who didn’t go to any games.
He was always the guy who got stuck in and gave everything he had, in every single game for Bristol City - it will be tragic, yet understandable, if the poor guy has to call it a day. A fantastic defender and a real warrior....
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On 22/06/2022 at 22:56, Merrick's Marvels said:
Teams don't work like that any more though, do they - it's all about the collective. Not successful teams anyway.
If he doesn't learn to pull his weight, he'll waste his talent and his career will be a non event.
Fair point
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On 22/06/2022 at 09:48, Bristol Oil Services said:
It's because his name has four syllables so scans perfect with many popular songs. Try "Alex Scott" and it doesn't work. Bob Taylor had to be "Bob-bee" in song.
It's like "Liv-er-pool" or "Ev-er-ton" went seamlessly with "clap, clap, clap" in the 60s and 70s and then "Here we go" in the 80s but "Bristol" doesn't, hence we have no atmosphere. And why we had to stretch it to "Buh-riss-tawl."
Bristol and/or Bristol City is/are poor names/words for singing. Bed-mins-ter would've been better. People sang his name because it had four syllables and it scanned nicely. And it was about shagging.
"Oh Ni-gel Pear-son ... " that might work too, thinking about it .......
Bris - tol - ci - tee - that has four syllables - so you’d agree it ‘scans nicely’ ?!
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19 hours ago, Wanderingred said:
Not again….
Read my post from further up the thread where I’ve very clearly said that I appreciated their humour and the randomness.
I just thought it might be fun to have a good natured pop back and a bit of a laugh… maybe we could even form a totally random link with their fans. I guess that tone didn’t come across well in my post as that’s two people now that thought I was genuinely angry at a seventh tier football club.
Apologies! I only read the one post and thought it very strange you had the hump with Lewes FC! Wahey ...
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41 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said:
I remember a 3-1 win away at Hull which was a good performance. What teams did we rip to shreds?
QPR at home, Derby away, Middlesbrough at home - all those very fine performances (and results) had Afobe, Palmer and Weimann up front ... then came the bad injury for Afobe ...
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13 hours ago, Wanderingred said:
I think we should turn this into a thing. Let’s retaliate with a few “who the **** are Lewes” banners, and get a few anti-Lewes chants going. We can even invent our own derogatory nickname for them, like LOSE-es, LOO-is or EEEEEWis.
You’re just a small town in Brighton.
Retaliate against Lewes FC with banners and chants?! Really?! They are just having a laugh - good on them! They’d give anything to be in our position in the football pyramid - so let them mock and have fun, it’s harmless!
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On 21/06/2022 at 19:21, Lanterne Rouge said:
I would still like to have seen how the season would have panned out if Benik hadn`t done his ACL. Something very good was beginning to show itself then.
Good luck KP.
Fantastic post LR - at that point we had Afobe up front with Palmer and Weimann behind him - we were on fire, we were ripping teams to shreds ... such a shame we didn’t get to see how that panned out - I really rated Palmer, he’s obviously a very skilful footballer, such a shame it didn’t work out for him here - someone will build a team around him and benefit hugely ...
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On 16/06/2022 at 08:29, myol'man said:
7,900 days!
Yeh, but aren’t they officially “coming for us” ?! Blimey, they seem to be taking their time ...
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On 30/05/2022 at 12:10, Steve Watts said:
Cue Rovers telling everyone that they're the European champions' favourite club. Sporting da faymuss quarterrrrz!
That’s more Wycombe Wanderers than gas to be fair - another reason for the blue few to get all gnarly when they realise their kit ain’t unique or special or recognised - even Everton wore quarters way, way, way before the deluded gas ...
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On 06/06/2022 at 17:56, elhombrecito said:
Six o clock then?
“Six o’clock Fawlty ...”
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1 minute ago, cidercity1987 said:
Nice try a week later. Thrashed doesn't mean any of the above
‘...a week later’ - is the the time difference relevant?! Perhaps all of those registered on this forum don’t spend every day on this place - many obviously have stuff to do in the real world rather than read and reply to posts on OTIB on a daily basis - from your comment, you obviously aren’t one of them ...
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On 31/05/2022 at 05:56, cidercity1987 said:
Thrashed?
It was 3-2 on aggregate
Sunderland vs Lincoln ... yep, Sunderland vs Lincoln - given the histories of both clubs and modern expectations and crowd figures, I’m sure you could entertain the fact that LJ overseeing a play off defeat as boss of the mighty Mackems versus the plucky Imps could well be seen as a ‘thrashing’ - a thrashing doesn’t always need to be a 0-5, for example, it could just be a ridiculous and unlikely result against a club you are expected to beat handsomely - hence the Mackems being humbled by the Imps ...
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On 24/05/2022 at 10:13, Redtucks said:
Life is not too short for you to reply to all the points you disagree with though.
I suggest that you didn't reply to the previous 5 points because you couldn't disagree with them!
Well, despite your hilarious emoji - and considering the “previous 5 points” to which you refer, I would still say that LJ getting thrashed by Lincoln City in the play offs, when he was Sunderland manager, was not an achievement of which to be proud - so I can safely disagree with at least another one of the “previous 5 points” to which you refer ...
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Bristol R*vers dustbin thread
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It’s probably just me, but I don’t like the thought of a cashless society - I still like to stroll to the pub with the notes in my pocket - knowing exactly how much I will spend ... not sure why anyone who thinks this is wrong is an “idiot” - as I said, it’s probably just me ... furthermore though, a few years ago me and some friends had a few drinks and a meal in a Bristol bar and we paid by credit card - a few days later £1,400 was spent on my card by someone in Italy and the exact same amount was spent on a fellow diner’s card, also in Italy, she had bought some drinks that night for us in the same bar using her credit card. So, who were the ‘idiots’ that night, the ones paying by cash or the ones using a card?!