Lanterne Rouge Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 7 hours ago, slartibartfast said: Ah, Somerford........Beirut with ice cream ! I worked on the Somerford Estate for a couple of months and in one house the tenant was running a porn DVD business - he had thousands of them and a full-on mail order operation and was quite open about it. I read a couple of years later that he`d been shot in some sort of `turf war`. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBristolian Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: I worked on the Somerford Estate for a couple of months and in one house the tenant was running a porn DVD business - he had thousands of them and a full-on mail order operation and was quite open about it. I read a couple of years later that he`d been shot in some sort of `turf war`. I just came onto the Semenyo thread and read the last post. Now I'm really intrigued to go back and find our how we got here from a discussion about Antoine Semenyo! Edited June 15, 2022 by LondonBristolian 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 2 hours ago, LondonBristolian said: I just came onto the Semenyo thread and read the last post. Now I'm really intrigued to go back and find our how we got here from a discussion about Antoine Semenyo! It's fine, I've been following it and I don't have a clue how it's gone there. Classic OTIB though - that's what makes it great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 Antoine is religious , but .....a post today , one to worry about ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornacix the Druid Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 9 minutes ago, Sheltons Army said: Antoine is religious , but .....a post today , one to worry about ? Bit like my SatNav!!! 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P'head Red Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 24 minutes ago, Sheltons Army said: Antoine is religious , but .....a post today , one to worry about ? It's too easy to read into these things. He posts religious things fairly often, wouldn't think on it too much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 Nothing to worry about there, je could be deeply religious and simply thanking God for the path he's on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 4 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said: I worked on the Somerford Estate for a couple of months and in one house the tenant was running a porn DVD business - he had thousands of them and a full-on mail order operation and was quite open about it. I read a couple of years later that he`d been shot in some sort of `turf war`. Yes, always use the ring road to navigate round there. The flats look like a soviet enclave crossed with Belfast's Divis ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 A strange one (for me) Bournemouth. Many years ago, I had a very good friend, who lived in Christchurch (Bournemouth), where we spent some fantastic weekends in lovely pubs and wine bars, and met some charming young ladies; we even went windsurfing one Spring morning in Poole Harbour (Bournemouth). Some years later, when my friend had moved away, I had to spend a few nights in Bournemouth on business and asked my secretary to book me a decent (3/4 star) hotel, preferably quite close to the beach so I could venture out in the evening for dinner and to enjoy some of the wonderful nightlife I remembered. What a shock. I appreciate it was out of season, but the place was just full of beggars, drunks and druggies - I know, I should have felt at home. There is a huge difference between the three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lydered Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-injury-blow-transfer-7223448 Out for up to 12 weeks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolman_Stand Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 9 minutes ago, Lydered said: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-injury-blow-transfer-7223448 Out for up to 12 weeks That's a blow was hoping he would hit the ground running this season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Corner Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 (edited) On 14/06/2022 at 19:35, Lanterne Rouge said: A bit like Budleigh Salterton then? didn't the former prime minister who played a part in developing mr whippy ice cream use to go there every year? Edited June 18, 2022 by Crackers Corner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLRed Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 Nice negative start to pre-season and preparations for the season ahead….. not only are we now without our attacking catalyst, but due to that, we can’t move on the very expensive wells from the point of managing the clubs finances as we need cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 6 minutes ago, BLRed said: Nice negative start to pre-season and preparations for the season ahead….. not only are we now without our attacking catalyst, but due to that, we can’t move on the very expensive wells from the point of managing the clubs finances as we need cover. Wells was never going anywhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSSEL85 Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 Well, better chance he won’t be sold and should only miss 3 games - positive spin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 35 minutes ago, Lydered said: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-injury-blow-transfer-7223448 Out for up to 12 weeks Nigel puts great emphasis on power and pace. So naturally we lose the only player we have with both to injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 1 minute ago, RUSSEL85 said: Well, better chance he won’t be sold and should only miss 3 games - positive spin Except when he gets over the injury he will have to do a pre-season on his own. So you can add a month or so to the 12 weeks. Assuming we have got our estimate of his return right for once. How many times have we been told a player would be back in x weeks only for it to drag on? Sadly it's not an exact science. Fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Lydered said: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-injury-blow-transfer-7223448 Out for up to 12 weeks 1 hour ago, Dolman_Stand said: That's a blow was hoping he would hit the ground running this season Chance for Wells to show he wants it. Annoying for us and Antoine himself, but this is where Wells needs to show that he can still kick on and prove his worth. Every cloud... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, Taz said: Chance for Wells to show he wants it. Annoying for us and Antoine himself, but this is where Wells needs to show that he can still kick on and prove his worth. Every cloud... Wishful thinking I'm afraid, unless you know how Wells can add pace and power to his game between now and July 30. This is shit news. And no mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 52 minutes ago, RUSSEL85 said: Well, better chance he won’t be sold and should only miss 3 games - positive spin I’m a bit uncertain what you mean by this. If Semenyo doesn’t start training until the beginning of September, he’s unlikely to be fully match fit until the end of September. As the season starts on 30 July that’s a lot more than 3 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 #squadgame The pitfalls of naming a best eleven!!! Hope makes a swift and full recovery. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLRed Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 Just shows how lacking we are in squad depth when it comes to this sort of situation. interested to see what Sykes can offer but maybe suggests we need one more wide forward to come in, especially with Benarous out until Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 14 minutes ago, BLRed said: Just shows how lacking we are in squad depth when it comes to this sort of situation. interested to see what Sykes can offer but maybe suggests we need one more wide forward to come in, especially with Benarous out until Christmas Yea whis going to replace him? We could go 2 up top with wienman and Martin Or could play Wells Or Conway Or bell Or Henry I mean we really are lacking for options......... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Merrick's Marvels said: Wishful thinking I'm afraid, unless you know how Wells can add pace and power to his game between now and July 30. This is shit news. And no mistake. Wells has pace and makes up for lack of power with his footballing intelligence. At least Largish Nige has time to make new game plans with the absence of AS. This could be a blessing in disguise if we can get Wells firing on all cylinders. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLRed Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, Monkeh said: Yea whis going to replace him? We could go 2 up top with wienman and Martin Or could play Wells Or Conway Or bell Or Henry I mean we really are lacking for options......... I don’t see either of those as replacements for semenyo IMO. Neither offer the same attributes or style of play. Semenyo was one of the highest pressers in the league last season which allowed us to turn over and create those counters where he had the pace, power, strength and ability to score/assist. None of the aforementioned players give us that so we would have to change style of play or simply won’t be as fruitful in attack compared to last season. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 31 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: Wells has pace and makes up for lack of power with his footballing intelligence. At least Largish Nige has time to make new game plans with the absence of AS. This could be a blessing in disguise if we can get Wells firing on all cylinders. Not remotely adequate as a replacement for Semenyo. Imho. Wells has nothing like the pace and power of Semenyo and those are the 2 qualities that make us twice the side without him. Opposition sides are scared stiff of Semenyo, not something you can say of Wells. Imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 (edited) 57 minutes ago, BLRed said: I don’t see either of those as replacements for semenyo IMO. Neither offer the same attributes or style of play. Semenyo was one of the highest pressers in the league last season which allowed us to turn over and create those counters where he had the pace, power, strength and ability to score/assist. None of the aforementioned players give us that so we would have to change style of play or simply won’t be as fruitful in attack compared to last season. We have to change style depending on opponent, for example against Stoke we wouldnt be putting crosses into the box due to there big defenders Cardiff we would use pace to expose the lack of speed at the back so on and so forth We didn't rely on him last season and we won't this season, we are more about tram work then the individual now, Edited June 18, 2022 by Monkeh 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLRed Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 16 minutes ago, Monkeh said: We have to change style depending on opponent, for example against Stoke we wouldnt be putting crosses into the box due to there big defenders Cardiff we would use pace to expose the lack of speed at the back so on and so forth We didn't rely on him last season and we won't this season, we are more about tram work then the individual now, I largely agree with you but with Semenyo specifically, he has come on so much that what he brings dictates the positive way we play. Without that, my concern is that we have no one else in the team that can create that positive attacking nature that drives the team. For what it’s worth, I don’t think we should change the way we play to suit the opposition. We need to play our way, be comfortable doing that and have players to suit the system. Constant change leads to inconsistency. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KegCity Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Merrick's Marvels said: Wishful thinking I'm afraid, unless you know how Wells can add pace and power to his game between now and July 30. This is shit news. And no mistake. He doesn’t have to do that to be successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 1 hour ago, KegCity said: He doesn’t have to do that to be successful. No threat in behind. Wasteful in possession. Good finisher. Martin, Wells and Weimann have been here together long enough for someone to make them work as a combination. No-one has. It's Semenyo that makes the forward line, the whole team, tick. We're back to playing percentage football aimed at Chris Martin. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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