CotswoldRed Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Really hope this isn't true! We shouldn't be going out our way to help them. We should be doing absolutely everything to ensure we gain any small advantage we can, especially considering they are premier league. To me it shows in a small way the influence the premier league has over everything and how it can be perceived that the football league is insignificant when compared with the premier league. A bit like trying to be best mates with the bully. We have to beat them, not befriend them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Don't the times and the scum belong to the same publisher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 If they let the bubbles off leave the scarves under the seats... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoke_Gifford_Red Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Don't the times and the scum belong to the same publisher? Both owned by Murdoch, however there is a degree of separation between the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Why is anyone shocked? a big game and we have totally embarrassed ourselves already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjiman_LFC Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 An ideal opportunity to take the piss. Seriously, bubble machine, what is this a 5 year olds birthday party?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Both owned by Murdoch, however there is a degree of separation between the two. In what way? Back to the original point, utterly pathetic if true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloyal473 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Why is anyone shocked? a big game and we have totally embarrassed ourselves already. But the thing is..is it a big game? We've played West Ham and been in the same league not a million years ago. It didn't exactly sell out quick. Bristol sport are making it out to be the FA cup final. Surprised we've not had special suits made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Surprised we've not had special suits made. You're assuming we haven't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM91 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 It's the gesture, not the machine. Any time Bristol Sport have vacancies you'll be in with a chance. You talk their language. Yes that would be the language of common sense. fans are not the only stakeholder at a football club and when they are as irrationally emotional as ours they are bound to be upset every now and again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Yes that would be the language of common sense. fans are not the only stakeholder at a football club and when they are as irrationally emotional as ours they are bound to be upset every now and again. Indeed - The fans aren't the only stakeholders at the club and management have the job of balancing the books etc. But please don't suggest a bubble machine is necessary in any way. It won't bring in any more cash or raise our profile or do anything positive for the fans or the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Peacock Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 The quote is along the lines of making it an occasion for everyone. I'm sure this is a football match not a family bloody wedding! Well it should certainly provide an occasion for the stewards and the police. This is wrong on so many levels. Why on earth would you provoke your own fans? SC and the players must be going mental with the club baring its arse like this ! Anyone tweeted Stockhausen or Duerden? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I've tweeted both Adam and Andrew Billingham. Billinghams response, in full..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Sorry but this is just nonsense.To say the club is run poorly on the back of allowing West Ham to use a bubble machine (in the same game that they provide free scarfs for 12,000 city fans) is unbelievable.To answer someone's earlier post, i do not work for the club, but when so many of you get so irrationally wound up something as irrelevant as a bubble machine it does get you sympathising with what they have to deal with.Bristol City fans are perennial moaners.And I am sorry but this is nonsense.Bristol Sport asked last week how to make Ashton Gate a fortress and then totally contradict themselves with this.And you have misquoted me, I am not saying the club is poorly run, I am saying there is a fundamental problem, in that the higher echelons, based on observation of act after act over many years, not just this, clearly have no real affinity with the fans.You say you do not work for the club, are you employed by Bristol Sport then?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloyal473 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Well if this is true, i hope it gets a big rendition of "stick your fcuking bubbles up your ass, sideways" followed by "what an embarrassment, what an embarrassment" and then "stick Bristol Sport up your ass, Sideways" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 If we get a replay I want to see the Wurzels playing at half time in London. And free cider. And the away end renamed The Brown Nose Stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weymouth red Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Who gives fx about there bubbles It's us the fans who make our ground a fortress Stop moaning and let's give them cockneys a real atmosphere get behind the team Load and Proud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted January 24, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Who gives fx about there bubbles It's us the fans who make our ground a fortress Stop moaning and let's give them cockneys a real atmosphere get behind the team Load and Proud Clearly the point has gone over yours and a few others heads! Do you think ANY other club would do this? The real question is why are we doing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloyal473 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Who gives fx about there bubbles Bristol Sport obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordofthebling Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 As I've got a big football match tomorrow myself, I'll be watching it in a South East London boozer with 5/6 hammers fans... The thought of seeing bubbles all around Ashton gate just because we are on tv makes me cringe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42nite Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 DL Please confirm this isn't true. Please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 This is fine .. we have a 10 sq metre bird cage full of food fed and arse fat Robins ready for release over the away section of the Atyeo at the same time before kick off. The idea being that when 5hit falls and hits the bubbles there will be thousands of little white explosions painting the faces of the Hammers fans.. i believe this is going to be caught live on the TV cameras as Lary Gineker does his pre match introduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42nite Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 You can just imagine football fans around the world mocking us! If true, who made the decision to allow this? We deserve to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City1984 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Sorry but this is just nonsense. To say the club is run poorly on the back of allowing West Ham to use a bubble machine (in the same game that they provide free scarfs for 12,000 city fans) is unbelievable. To answer someone's earlier post, i do not work for the club, but when so many of you get so irrationally wound up something as irrelevant as a bubble machine it does get you sympathising with what they have to deal with. Bristol City fans are perennial moaners. Please tell me your on a wind up. THIS IS ******* FOOTBALL There should be absolutely nothing friendly done or provided for any away club ever that would make the fans or players feel more comfortable or up for it. This is a disgrace. Where the hell has all the hostility and aggression gone from football. Hostile,unwelcoming, uncomfortable, I'm in hell and desperate to get back to the safety of my home should be how any away club feels when coming to Ashton Gate. If it's true that we have agreed to such ridiculous request of playing another clubs anthem and allowing use of a wanky bubble machine then the person who has agreed to it should be held accountable and sacked with immediate effect as not only are they appalling at their job but will almost certainly cause a riot. On the other hand, if this has been fabricated by someone at the club in order to fire up the locals then it might just be a very clever ploy but a dangerous one at that. I would add that no firing up of the locals is needed. Weather true or not, Nick J has made a great point that proper fans from different back grounds must be involved at a high level with in the club. This is long overdue and I don't buy into the bull shit excuse the club has used to rebuff this topic in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I've also read that we've employed someone to stand by the away dugout with a satin cushion covered in sticks of chewing gum, who is going to pop more gum in Fat Sam's mouth whenever he opens it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchay Red Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I wonder if any free scarfs will be thrown onto the pitch in protest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmabbuttshair Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Welcome to fortress Ashton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Peacock Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 If it's true that we have agreed to such ridiculous request of playing another clubs anthem Nobody has suggested that is going to happen have they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoke_Gifford_Red Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I wonder if any free scarfs will be thrown onto the pitch in protest I also thought it may provoke this reaction! Can also see fans deliberately aiming for the bubble machine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I thought the free scarves thing would be a City scarf or a City/Hammers scarf? If its a Hammers scarf that really is a bit naff. Who comes up with these ideas? Dearey me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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