Bristol_Badger Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Hill was a class act on and off the pitch for seven years who was popular with fans hence the glowing standing ovation from all four stands. Matt Hill was a great league 1 player..average Championship player. The problem with our suporters is that we lack ambition and don't seem to understand that if players want to better themselves and go onto better things then they will more than likely have to do it elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaxbourton Red Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Matt Hill was a great league 1 player..average Championship player. The problem with our suporters is that we lack ambition and don't seem to understand that if players want to better themselves and go onto better things then they will more than likely have to do it elsewhere. so, in order to be ambitious we should expect our players to bugger off to other clubs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 bull shit, hill left at the first offer, he must have asked for such a small release clause the only reason hill's reception was so good was because he milked it and took ages walking across the pitch. the guy was a quality player, but so was leroy... leroy desered a nice reception. Hill got a good reception because he's a top guy, not because he "milked it". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Tansley Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 I'm not slating hill, but he was not as good for us as that reception there have been plenty of top blokes at city, none of them got a reception like that, then again none of them took 5 minutes to walk across the turf either terry cooper, alan dicks, cheesley today, and many more have coem back to the club and recieved a poor reception in comparison to that given to hill imo the hill reception was over the top, especially when you consider how lita scored so many goals in such a crap team under tinnion and almost got us in the playoffs... that season was all about him, the side was crap and would have been somewhere near the bottom of the league if he was not there... hill didnt single handidly pull one of our teams up the table did he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 I'm not slating hill, but he was not as good for us as that reception there have been plenty of top blokes at city, none of them got a reception like that, then again none of them took 5 minutes to walk across the turf either terry cooper, alan dicks, cheesley today, and many more have coem back to the club and recieved a poor reception in comparison to that given to hill imo the hill reception was over the top, especially when you consider how lita scored so many goals in such a crap team under tinnion and almost got us in the playoffs... that season was all about him, the side was crap and would have been somewhere near the bottom of the league if he was not there... hill didnt single handidly pull one of our teams up the table did he? Righto, Lita kept us from being "somewhere near the bottom of the league". If you say so. Lets not forget this is the person who left Tinnion in the lurch after looking like signing a new deal. People can have their Lita love in, Matt Hill deserves all the credit he gets because he's a likeable guy. Same can be said for Murry, Bell and certain others from that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayer Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Lita's a d1ck. If you want one of those in your team with his strutting around attitude upsetting the dressing room spirit, ok go ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Tansley Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 the service given by scott murray and mickey bell can NEVER be comapred to that by matt hill however good matt hill was, however nice a fella he is, he is not a city legend at all, those two are easily amongst the best players i have seen in my years as a fan(not as many as some, but enough) tinnion, akinbyi, taylor and millen join them as the best, and nicest players ive seen, hill is nowhere near those players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frome Valley Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 I'm not slating hill, but he was not as good for us as that reception there have been plenty of top blokes at city, none of them got a reception like that, then again none of them took 5 minutes to walk across the turf either terry cooper, alan dicks, cheesley today, and many more have coem back to the club and recieved a poor reception in comparison to that given to hill imo the hill reception was over the top, especially when you consider how lita scored so many goals in such a crap team under tinnion and almost got us in the playoffs... that season was all about him, the side was crap and would have been somewhere near the bottom of the league if he was not there... hill didnt single handidly pull one of our teams up the table did he? It was not five minutes. Cooper, Dicks and particularly Cheesley get a good reception whenever they come to the Gate. Hills reception was a reflection to the esteem he is held in by City fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 the service given by scott murray and mickey bell can NEVER be comapred to that by matt hill however good matt hill was, however nice a fella he is, he is not a city legend at all, those two are easily amongst the best players i have seen in my years as a fan(not as many as some, but enough) tinnion, akinbyi, taylor and millen join them as the best, and nicest players ive seen, hill is nowhere near those players I think your list says it all. We all saw Matty Hill develop into a tidy player it was nice to see. People have an affinity with him, not with lita. It was proven yesterday, so your opinion is a minority. This is a fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frome Valley Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 the service given by scott murray and mickey bell can NEVER be comapred to that by matt hill however good matt hill was, however nice a fella he is, he is not a city legend at all, those two are easily amongst the best players i have seen in my years as a fan(not as many as some, but enough) tinnion, akinbyi, taylor and millen join them as the best, and nicest players ive seen, hill is nowhere near those players There would only be months between the length of time Hill and Bell spent at City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Tansley Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 It was not five minutes. Cooper, Dicks and particularly Cheesley get a good reception whenever they come to the Gate. Hills reception was a reflection to the esteem he is held in by City fans. well i barely noticed any clapping yesterday for cheesley, i only really noticed anything was going on because my dad was clapping so loud... his hero or something i don't dislike hill, infact i would love him here, i just don't see how he did anymore for city than lita, and why he deserved such a good reception... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED4LIFE Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Some players I would applaud then there are others I might boo. Lita is one I would clap. Keogh is one I would boo. I boo'ed Trundle for holding the ball as he had a good chance to cross the ball in and I thought he was supposed to be one of our creative players. He lost the ball anyway so attempting a cross would've been a better option. When does holding the ball by the touchline ever work? And no I didn't boo Ashley Cole. I don't follow International football. If I did then I still wouldn't have boo'ed him. Was stupid. Its called time-wasting. The reason it is done is because it wastes precious seconds at the end of the game. Its harder for the opposition to get the ball in the corner and often you can win a corner or throw which can waste more time. Its all fairly obvious to someone with an understanding of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haster Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Let me get this straight, you booed a player for keeping hold of the ball in injury time, when we were winning, rather than crossing the ball and in all probability giving it straight back to the opposition? Oh dear. spot on mate as long as we had the ball Norwich could'nt score!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eamer Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Its called time-wasting. The reason it is done is because it wastes precious seconds at the end of the game. Its harder for the opposition to get the ball in the corner and often you can win a corner or throw which can waste more time. Its all fairly obvious to someone with an understanding of the game. I know... but it's boring. Should've just went for a cross to kill off the game for good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee F Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 I know... but it's boring. Should've just went for a cross to kill off the game for good. Are you really as dense as you seem? I do hope you are just a wind-up merchant, the thought that there are people wandering around the world believing the crap you spout is worrying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunley Legend Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Personally I neither applauded Lita or gave him dogs. He didn't do anything totally wrong by the club (certainly not on the pitch anyway) and he wasn't a long standing servant. I didn't see the point of reacting to him at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhatWill Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 I've got nothing against Lita, he only ever has good things to say about his time at City. Didn't boo him first half but I did in the second when he was in front of the EE to put him off his game. Simple, and what I do in my spare time is completely irrelevant and none of your business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGPHIL Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 i think you might find that Lita got most of his abuse after he went down in the box. And I think you will find that no matter what player from what club when they do that theyget what they deserve. Had he maqnaged to con the ref I'm pretty sure you would have heard an awful lot more abuse thrown his way thn he got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whites Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 I booed Lita yesterday with about 500 other fans in the EE, so what if he scored goals for us hes not a legend and IMO Lita sums up what a modern day footbaler is all about. Going in town thinking he is some sort of superstar, strutting around like he owns the place. He is quite a pathetic bloke and if youve ever been on a night out and saw his anticts you would know exactly what i mean. And another thing if you were on 2 or 3 grand a week would you really go out in your own city centre knowing there will be drunk rovers fans wanting to pick fights with you? This sums Leroy up the guy has no class and i personally think he liked going out in Bristol beacuse people knew who he was. I will be booing him every time he comes back to the gate and i don't need people telling me I'm a hipporcate. Immature ####. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elton red Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Its a shame that every person who had witnessed Lita behaving like a co*k on a night out wasn't at AG to boo him yesterday. We would of had a crowd of at least 35,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashton Kate Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Its got nothing to do with being fickle it what fans used to routinely do, its normal, its traditional and a warm reception e.g Hill gets earnt by having years at a club and fans having an affinity with that player. Excellent work East End keep it up.Boy am I glad I sit in the Dolman. There were quite a few who found the booing distasteful!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylus Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Bris Red is spot on with what he said. His arrogance is undeniable and sometimes you have to look past what he did on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockney dave Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 I assume you are all perfect citizens in your free time, away from work? Lita's job was to score goals. He did that for us, in abundance. What he did, and how he behaved in his own free time is little relevance to us. But apparently because he might have been a bad boy, people thought it was ok to boo him. In that case, I assume all of the boo'ers are saints and angels in their free time? If not, the word hippocrate springs to mind. I didn't boo and i also didn't clap because as far as i am concerned he left bristol city and Tinman in the lurch. So don't be so c**k sure that you know it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seend Red Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 For all we know, and its possible, they are arrongant, rude, obnoxious ######s in their own time. But that apparently is ok for them, but not for Lita... I didn't understand the abuse Lita received either. A quality player for us who only a few weks ago many were clammering to get back! The vast majority of the abuse was coming from the self righteous East End crew. Enough said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forbespm Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 i was in the east end but didn't join in with the highly original lita is a c??? chants! very disappointing,i thought the ee was going to be all about humour and backing for the lads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderSomerset Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 I didn't understand the abuse Lita received either. A quality player for us who only a few weks ago many were clammering to get back! The vast majority of the abuse was coming from the self righteous East End crew. Enough said. Self righteous? Never been called that before but never mind.. I booed him because he is an opposition player. If he played for us I would support him, as he doesnt, then he will get as much stick as possible to try to put him off his game. Very good player, but an arrogant wotsit off the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bringbacktherobin Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 I assume you are all perfect citizens in your free time, away from work? Yes. I think booing must put players off there game, he didnt set the world on fire yesterday did he. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Red Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Immature ####. How laughauble, you say my comment is immature and then you post that. I booed him simply beacuse he is an oppostion player, i really don't know what the big deal is? And also i would think before you post rubbish beacuse you quite clrealy seem to be the imatture one. Ovbviously you have limited vocabulary and find the need to swear, quite sad for a grown man to resort to that on a forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red man dan Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 All i'll say on this is that I'm delighted Lita is out of this club, and I'm delighted that Reading wouldn't let him come back. There ARE some things that are more important than football, being a decent, genuine, honest person is for example in my eyes far more important than being a good footballer, why on earth should your ability as a player or indeed anything give you the right to act in the way Lita did around his fellow man?? I have heard so many stories from people(and before you say 'hearsay' these are people i trust completely who also have a fair insight into the goings on at the club) regarding his discusting behavior that i couldn't care less how he performed on the pitch, i don't want him anywhere near my club, and i would not want that kind of attitude associated with players that play for Bristol City. I think the initial post suggested that his behaviour off the pitch was of little relevence to us?? Rubbish, of course it is relevent, EVERYONES behavior to other people is RELEVENT. He is also an ambassador to the club and his proffession, I'm a Reservist in the Royal Marines and therefore i am consiouss of my behavior outside of work, because i am proud of what i am part of, i would never want to bring the reputation of the Corps down, and if i did i would be immensely ahshamed of myself. Clearly Lita had no care as to what people thought of Bristol City players. Of course not everyone is an angel all the time, we all make mistakes, have one too many now and again and act 'like' a 'tw*t', BUT Lita's demeanor was consistent....he WAS a 'tw*t'. I would not have boo'd him, he is no longer a City player, i would rather have just ignored him, but i have to say it doesnt bother me in the slightest that he WAS boo'd. Good riddence i say, enjoy being second fiddle at Reading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DanC Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 I know... but it's boring. Should've just went for a cross to kill off the game for good.All I can say is your lucky you wasn't sat next to me, If you booed LT for not crossing a ball what did you do when Basso cocked up or when LJ fluffed that one on one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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