View from the Dolman

13 minutes ago, Ghost Rider said:

Don’t worry about posts like this mate. Everyone moans about the dominance of the Premier League and then we treat smaller clubs trying to simply survive like this. I’ll be at Preston, but I’ll be sure to come and support the Bluebells soon if season ticket holders get a discount. 

I'm not worried about it. But it was addressed to Rovers season ticket holders originally. 

Think you've got the wrong forum... 

Not sure why they've used this ancient image on the BS3Live.com site now it's finally launched...

On 09/01/2024 at 19:09, Davefevs said:

We still haven’t submitted our accounts to CH.

Accounts for a number of the network of companies have now been submitted...

• BRISTOL CITY WOMEN FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
• BRISTOL FLYERS LIMITED
• BRISTOL SPORT LIMITED
• ESTEBAN INVESTMENTS LIMITED

Just now, Street red said:

Think you will find there is something on your Bristol sport account(Communication preferences) about what information you receive especially all across Bristol sport organisation football basketball rugby etc etc You can tick these off by clicking on update preferences Not sure if thats anything to do with it.

To receive information off west ham is a strange one.

It's not from West Ham, but from QEOP. 

I think it's a bit early to be pointing fingers at Bristol Sport unless there starts to be a wider group receiving these unexpectedly. I've received nothing myself. 

1 minute ago, Street red said:

2nd priority window didn't we have that for the Manchester utd game? I'm not sure why they haven't done so again.

There were nearly two months between the previous round and that game. It's a bit easier to have more windows when you're working on a timescale of that duration.

1 minute ago, Super said:

That's piss poor if they made general sale today. After saying it would be tomorrow!

Where was it said?

The tweets from Monday early evening said general sale was scheduled for today.

2 minutes ago, phantom said:

How is he not banned for life, absolutely crazy

Surely he will also be looking at a criminal conviction now too?

From the FA's written reasons document:

"Complainant A and Complainant B were asked whether they wished to report the matter to the police and stated that they did not. However, due to the incident taking place abroad, the UK authorities would have had no jurisdiction over the incident in any event."

Pretty grim reading when you look at the details of the case.

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5. In June 2023, DS travelled with a cohort of coaches who were all taking part in a course. The course participants included Complainant A and Complainant B.

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7. Complainant A states that at some point after arriving at the bar, DS approached her and pulled her towards him. DS then proceeded to put his left arm around the back of her right shoulder and put his other hand down the front of her shorts. He placed his hand inside of her shorts “roughly up to the palm of his hand” so that his fingers were also inside her shorts.

8. Complainant A pushed DS’s arm away and said, “what the **** are you doing?”. DS responded by putting one hand on Complainant A’s back and the other on her arm and said, “you’re ******* coming back to my room”. Complainant A responded by saying “No I’m ******* not” and removed his arms from hers.

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11. As Complainant A stood up to leave, she saw DS “grab hold of” Complainant B and place his arms around her. Complainant B describes this same incident. She said she felt someone’s hands come from behind her, rest upon her chest and place one hand on each of her breasts. She turned around and saw that it was DS; his face was very close to hers and he said words to the effect of “you’re coming back to mine tonight”. Complainant B walked away from DS, and followed Complainant A who she spotted leaving the bar.

5 minutes ago, Redhed123 said:

Pathway been blocked or not reached level expected of them

But you said it said something about the "academy and pathway". Now it may be something about the individual themselves? 

Not sure the fact that not 100% of academy players will make it to the first team is a revelation. Not a single academy on the planet will achieve that.

Just now, Redhed123 said:

If they haven't then it says something about academy and pathway to first team.

What does it say then?

6 minutes ago, TV Tom said:

Got my tickets but no confirmation email !!!!!

Email took 17 minutes from my transaction completing until coming through so looks like the Bristol Sport e-mail postie is feeling a bit lethargic this morning.

3 minutes ago, Super said:

It's started...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ben Darrell

 

@darrell_ben

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20m

 

Lads. If we beat Norwich then I want you demanding 10k tickets at least. We will takeover

Bit unfortunate that the FA Cup rules don't compel anyone to offer more than 9000 tickets then. 

6 minutes ago, nickolas said:

I see the blue few are confirmed as the Weds night, so would make the rather obvious assumption of us being the Tuesday now!

And it's another game where the original tie ticket prices bear no relation to the replay ticket prices. I think that myth has been well and truly busted.

Evidence that replay tickets don't have to be the same as replay tickets...

Newport County vs Eastleigh - https://www.newport-county.co.uk/news/20232/december/tickets--eastleigh-tickets-now-on-sale/
Adult Terrace £16
Adult Seated £18

Eastleigh vs Newport County - https://www.eastleighfc.com/news-tickets-on-sale-for-fa-cup-replay-against-newport-county/
Adult Terrace £15
Adult Seated £20

Not sure why it's a pastime to make mythical FA Cup rules - the one about the away team still having to agree the pricing will loiter forever...

9 minutes ago, frenchred said:

Yes they did

Ticket prices are agreed to incorporate replays

Common sense must tell you that if we charged WHU more than they charges us there would be uproar

Here are the rules. 

https://www.thefa.com/-/media/thefacom-new/files/competitions/2023-24/efac/rules-of-the-fa-challenge-cup-202324docx.ashx

Which one lays out the requirement you purport to exist? 

3 minutes ago, frenchred said:

I think you'll find they had to match the price west ham offered

No they didn't. 

4 minutes ago, Cowshed said:

Onana clearly does make routine saves for Ajax, Inter Milan and Man Utd. 

The point was distribution is fundamental to a keepers game. It is primary at some clubs. 

I never said he has failed to make a routine save in his life. You made it about distribution. However, you are so obviously the oracle and I bow to your superiority on the forum.

3 minutes ago, Cowshed said:

Keeper primary roles are based upon hands and feet. Coaching courses teach us two thirds of a keepers game is played with the feet. For a team attempting to play like Man Utd that 66% is increased. The signing of Onana was primarily to improve Man U ability to play  out, for Onana to join in and for a CB to join in to midfield forming a trendy box midfield and Man U to  play in 3-5-2, 3-4-3, 2-3-5 shapes etc in possession with the GK having a role in building possession.  

These tactics have proved problematic for two Keepers of International class. A reasonable observer could think the keeper playing as a auxiliary CB, and bounce passes being made wide into central midfield (Brighton like with differing verticality) are too complex for Man U's players and their keeper.   

And which bit of that addresses him failing to make what would be routine saves in the National League?

1 hour ago, Cowshed said:

Onana's abilty with his feet is high, very high, Onana is struggling with Man U's build up play and so did De Gea. It could be that its Man U's tactics, the complex build up play that is fundamentally problematic for Man Utd. 

Not sure how tactics affect his ability to use his hands to fulfil what any reasonable observer would to be his primary objective of stopping the ball entering the net.

1 minute ago, Magic Man said:

West Ham have already starting selling tickets for the replay. Would seem strange to do this without a confirmed date.

 

They do say: "The Irons will travel to Ashton Gate on Tuesday 16 January, for a 7.45pm GMT kick-off, subject to TV broadcast selections, with tickets going on sale from Monday." so they're clearly stating it's not a confirmed date.

3 minutes ago, 1960maaan said:

I guess they will be singing their one song at the replay ..

It's a bit of a bizarre thing relating to a schoolboy apparently...

https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2007/october/17-october/story-bubbles-0

2 minutes ago, italian dave said:

Ah, thanks. Not quite where we were looking!

Can you answer the other thing that puzzled us yesterday? How the f—- do the people sat behind the massive scoreboard see anything?!

I suspect there’s something to do with perspective, and how it looks from where we were. But it looked like there’d be some seats with ‘restricted view’ meaning no view at all!!

I'm guessing there must be a bit of a void between the big screen and the first row of seats there but I'm not too sure! I've been to the LS a hell of a lot from the Olympics onwards but never really paid much attention to what's behind the big screens. Next time...