Major Isewater Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Pile o' shite,pile o'shite .. Holy crap, Bottom tonight ... SOD's young players so tender and mild, City is run by Steven L's child Deep in heavenly shi ite ,again deep in heavenly shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mosquito Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Pile o' shite,pile o'shite .. Holy crap, Bottom tonight ... SOD's young players so tender and mild, City is run by Steven L's child Deep in heavenly shi ite ,again deep in heavenly shite. ....this thread is becoming really festive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Pile o' shite,pile o'shite .. Holy crap, Bottom tonight ... SOD's young players so tender and mild, City is run by Steven L's child Deep in heavenly shi ite ,again deep in heavenly shite. Just for balance one for all the firm followers of the SODite way: God rest ye, lairy mentalmen, let nothing you dismay/ For Sean O'Driz, your saviour, won't be here on Christmas Day/ His voice was quiet/ His tactics shoite/ We barely won a game! Glad tidings of comfort and joy.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 How do assess that the independent fan represents what other fans want? You can't unfortunately, you need to look at the demograph on OTIB to realise we all have different views. I also love the irony of the board who supposedly doesn't understand football, has to then appoint someone who does understand football !! The population of UK has a demographic of many different views and what happens is a party is elected to govern and from that party a leader is elected and that person is effectively given a mandate to execute policy in accordance with what his voters want. Not perfect but that is how many many systems operate. A fan with inside knowledge of what is going on would be beneficial to everyone and would act as a check to some of the barmy things which have happened in recent seasons leading to the disconnect between club and fans. As for a football man well I would think a good start would be to appoint somebody who has been directly involved in the game in a playing or managerial capacity. Not a difficult concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Good Steve Lansdown last looked out on the fields of Ashton , The nimbys said you're 'avin nowt when a plan was given, Brightly shone the old Gate lights though the cost was cruel , Dreaming of a brand new ground such a bloody foo ool . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 The population of UK has a demographic of many different views and what happens is a party is elected to govern and from that party a leader is elected and that person is effectively given a mandate to execute policy in accordance with what his voters want. Not perfect but that is how many many systems operate. A fan with inside knowledge of what is going on would be beneficial to everyone and would act as a check to some of the barmy things which have happened in recent seasons leading to the disconnect between club and fans. As for a football man well I would think a good start would be to appoint somebody whto has been directly involved in the game in a playing or managerial capacity. Not a difficult concept. Can we keep on topic please... Away at Queens Park Rangers ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mosquito Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 As for a football man well I would think a good start would be to appoint somebody who has been directly involved in the game in a playing or managerial capacity. Not a difficult concept. Indeed, Manchester United appointed their former player Bobby Charlton as a director. From wikipedia: "In 1984, he was invited to become member of the board of directors at Manchester United, partly because of his football knowledge and partly because it was felt that the club needed a "name" on the board after the resignation of Sir Matt Busby. He remains a director of Manchester United as of 2013 and his continued presence was a factor in placating many fans opposed to the club's takeover by Malcolm Glazer". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Indeed, Manchester United appointed their former player Bobby Charlton as a director. From wikipedia: "In 1984, he was invited to become member of the board of directors at Manchester United, partly because of his football knowledge and partly because it was felt that the club needed a "name" on the board after the resignation of Sir Matt Busby. He remains a director of Manchester United as of 2013 and his continued presence was a factor in placating many fans opposed to the club's takeover by Malcolm Glazer". Would love Joe Jordan on the board ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 I hope he doesn't sell up, but if he does. YULE fLOG (BCFC) I'll get me coat .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Jordan Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 I wouldn't want the Lansdown's to leave the club. I'm very appreciative of the fact that Steve has bankrolled the club for so long and it's great that we have genuine fans owning the club. When you see what's happened at clubs like Cardiff/Coventry/Portsmouth etc, you can only be thankful that our benefactor has the best interests of the club at heart. I agree with the OP that all of the appointments in recent years have looked good on paper and only with the benefit of hindsight can people criticise the board for them. Personally, however, I strongly disagreed with the sacking of O'Driscoll, which was made worse by replacing him with Cotterill. It's the first time I've been angry with the board for their decision-making (I feel they've been fairly level headed in the past), the fact that the decision completely contradicted everything JL had previously said about transition, their support for Sean, and how it was a long-term project. To replace him with a manager who I think is far worse (I'd love to be proven wrong) just made the whole saga a bit of a farce and reflected upon the board badly in my eyes. Having said that I'm critical of that decision, equally, I strongly disagree with anyone who think the Lansdown's leaving would benefit the club at all,.If anything we miss SL's presence badly. The club has gone even more downhill since he left his position as Chairman. I've voiced my discontent with the board recently but I was happy with the appointments of Coppell, Del, SOD and even Keith, yet none of those went to plan. Hopefully the Cotterill appointment has the opposite effect and the board prove me and many other fans wrong. If it does go pear-shaped however, the board should accept responsibility for our relegation as I strongly believe we'd have stayed up under SOD. Whereas now I'm more convinced we're going down than at any other point. That's not to mean I'd want the board out/Lansdown's to leave if we do go down, that would only damage the club even more, but the board must accept their decision-making led to whatever happens and not come up with a very defensive outlook in a similar fashion to SL's on the radio last week - the first time I've ever been disappointed by an interview with Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 The population of UK has a demographic of many different views and what happens is a party is elected to govern and from that party a leader is elected and that person is effectively given a mandate to execute policy in accordance with what his voters want. Not perfect but that is how many many systems operate. A fan with inside knowledge of what is going on would be beneficial to everyone and would act as a check to some of the barmy things which have happened in recent seasons leading to the disconnect between club and fans. As for a football man well I would think a good start would be to appoint somebody who has been directly involved in the game in a playing or managerial capacity. Not a difficult concept. ....or alternatively, someone could buy a majority shareholding and not be subject to elections which only generally give a marginal majority?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFiGO!?! Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 ...and there won't be goals at Ashton Gate, this Christmas time The only gift we'll get this year is shite Where football never flows And fans will stop to go DO THEY KNOW IT'S BOXING DAY AT ALL? Just to continue the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 At precisely which home game this Xmas is the 'burying ones head in the sand competition'?? Only board members can play. And the winner is ............................. a board member!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 How do assess that the independent fan represents what other fans want? You can't unfortunately, you need to look at the demograph on OTIB to realise we all have different views. I also love the irony of the board who supposedly doesn't understand football, has to then appoint someone who does understand football !! No problem beaverface. The board would simply appoint a consultant with football expertise to advise them as to the right football person to appoint to the board. The only problem is that without football knowledge, how would the board know which is the right/best consultant with football expertise to act for the club? I know, the board could appoint a consultant with expertise in appointing consultants with football expertise to football club boards, The only problem is.............................................................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mosquito Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Would love Joe Jordan on the board ! The appointment of Joe Jordan to the BCFC board of directors would make perfect sense. Ex City player and manager, ex Man U, ex Leeds (when they were a top club), ex Scottish international, knows Italian football. What better credentials could you ask for ????!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingUp Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 What baffles me is that the board replaced SOD with someone with a totally different football philosophy. Not necessarily worse, but utterly incompatible with what the players had been learning for the last six months. If that was because he was an acquaintance of one of the directors, it's a disgrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingUp Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 I agree with you and although I didnt want cotts as manager I now feel sorry for the guy.the board distanced themselves from him at the press conference but he's under pressure immediately to get results when altering the teams approach to playing the game is likely to take a bit of time, which frankly we havent got! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 SOD's favourite 'silent byte'. Needs a bit more work there, Es. How about: "Silent SOD, Boring SOD/ Baldock up front, on his todd/ Round yon JETster defenders go wild/ But our midfield's so meek and so mild/ Sheeet we're in 24th pla-ace! Sheet we're in 24th place." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mosquito Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 I agree with you and although I didnt want cotts as manager I now feel sorry for the guy.the board distanced themselves from him at the press conference but he's under pressure immediately to get results when altering the teams approach to playing the game is likely to take a bit of time, which frankly we havent got! The job at City is now a poison chalice. SOD had to make do with quite a few crap players with no decent calibre players coming in from the academy, any decent players left for teams in the Championship (Adomah) and Premiership (Bolasie), and he went out and bought crap to replace the decent departed players (all that the club could afford apparently). Massive pressure now on Steve Cotterill to turn players from a Div 2 standard squad into a team that can get the points to avoid relegation. The board of directors will sit back and talk crap about their beloved 5 pillars austerity package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghornred Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 Steve Lansdown is the best thing that has happened to this club for a long while,basically he has kept us afloat for several years now and I can not think of a better owner in the country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 Steve Lansdown is the best thing that has happened to this club for a long while,basically he has kept us afloat for several years now and I can not think of a better owner in the country Not sure if serious.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mosquito Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 Not sure if serious.... You just cannot be serious ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rizzle Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 For what my opinion is worth... I understand people's concerns about current members of the board and their competence, particularly JL. However, I don't necessarily think they have done anything particularly wrong. I don't get the SL criticism. Bar the Tinnion and Millen appointments I'd say the general atmosphere on this forum regarding his appointments have been positive. I'm talking about Johnson, Coppell, Mcinnes, S'OD. If we, as fans, support those appointments at the time then we don't really have a leg to stand on when it all goes wrong. It's not SL's fault they haven't worked out. Now the sacking of SOD and appointment of SC is questionable in my mind although SL does have a point when he talks about SODs record. Transition or not his record has been dire, especially considering we're now in a league lower with one of the bigger budgets. It's been a terrible few years to be a bristol city fan but I still think we're very fortunate to have a majority shareholder like SL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 No proper City supporter can be anything other than grateful for the money SL has put into the club - totally unprecedented. It's pretty obvious money, in this case, has not bought success. The league tables simply do not deceive and you assess where we were when SL took over, and where we are now: we are in a worse position, and at very serious risk of being in division 4 of the football league next season. 10/10 for SL for putting money in. 2/10 for stewardship of the club. In terms of the board, given the money that has gone through the club, they could not realistically have done much worse - could they? Perhaps the worst thing is the basic quality of football that has been served up for the last 5 years at the Gate - almost as if they are trying to drive the fans away? BCFC will surely rise up again - with or without SL, as it is the club and the fans that are most important, not just the size of the owners wallet. I think this has been lost sight of for the last decade. TFR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way Oh what fun it is to see The City win aw...............forget it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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