Galley is our king Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 1 hour ago, Ashton Fete said: Some of the comments on here about Mbude are utterly ridiculous The lads played about 45 minutes over two games, he’s on loan and if it doesn’t work out then no harm done We’ve all been crying out for decent loans since Tammy and some work out and some don’t. I’m more concerned about the players we have under contract who aren’t good enough that we just can’t shift on as easily as not signing a loan player permanently He may settle in and we’ll all be raving about him in a couple of games, if he pops up and scores the winner against Cardiff then we’ll all be cheering! So let’s give the lad a chance Please name these players who aren't good enough and "we just can't shift" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 As for Mbude, he has win the odd free kick off the bench so far, BCFC Analysis highlighted it. Far too early to judge definitively IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 1 minute ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Yeah I'm sure they were better overall, I have vague recollections of it all, some games more than others as it was my first half-season or so. Been looking at the results , horrendous . From end of December to the end of the Season 4 wins . The games I remember are mainly for the wrong reasons that season. I remember Ward saying "I don't know what to do next" just before Benny came in, you knew it was pretty much over then . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 (edited) 11 minutes ago, 1960maaan said: Been looking at the results , horrendous . From end of December to the end of the Season 4 wins . The games I remember are mainly for the wrong reasons that season. I remember Ward saying "I don't know what to do next" just before Benny came in, you knew it was pretty much over then . We drew a fair few.. maintain we robbed to varying degrees v West Brom, Sunderland and Birmingham. Shall watch some of these though. The 4 wins came in the final 4 or 5 weeks. Think we got 26 from the last 25 but 1 from Benny's first 5. Having said that, the table after the first 5 under Benny..Crewe were 11 points off safety? Yet overhauled us and multiple others. https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-1/03-december-1998/ Edited February 19 by Mr Popodopolous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashton Fete Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 2 minutes ago, Galley is our king said: Please name these players who aren't good enough and "we just can't shift" I said “we just can’t shift on as easily” meaning players under contract are harder to shift than loan players i.e if Mbude doesn’t work out then we don’t have to sign him and the loan ends. However, if as an example LM wanted to move on Mehmeti then that’s not as easy as he still has 2.5 years left on his contract its just the point that we’ve signed Mbude on loan, he’s played about 45 minutes and I’m not rushing to judge him yet albeit if it doesn’t work out then he goes back to his parent club and we move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galley is our king Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 12 minutes ago, Ashton Fete said: I said “we just can’t shift on as easily” meaning players under contract are harder to shift than loan players i.e if Mbude doesn’t work out then we don’t have to sign him and the loan ends. However, if as an example LM wanted to move on Mehmeti then that’s not as easy as he still has 2.5 years left on his contract its just the point that we’ve signed Mbude on loan, he’s played about 45 minutes and I’m not rushing to judge him yet albeit if it doesn’t work out then he goes back to his parent club and we move on. You also said "I'm more concerned about the players we have under contract who aren't good enough" So name them (in your opinion) or retract the statement. Perhaps your bosses told you to post that eh? Came on here on 27th January 39 posts since. Busy eh? Hope the overtimes worth it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Humble Realist Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 Aaron brown had a very strange career. Was very good for us and one of the best attacking youngsters in the league under wilson. However then seemed to lose his way and that ended up being his peak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 24 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: We drew a fair few.. maintain we robbed to varying degrees v West Brom, Sunderland and Birmingham. Shall watch some of these though. The 4 wins came in the final 4 or 5 weeks. Think we got 26 from the last 25 but 1 from Benny's first 5. Having said that, the table after the first 5 under Benny..Crewe were 11 points off safety? Yet overhauled us and multiple others. https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-1/03-december-1998/ Man there's a lot of red on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashton Fete Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 Bosses? I doubt very much my bosses would care very much about Bristol City I can assure you As you asked the first team squad players under contract I would look to sell this summer would be Cornick, Mehmeti, Bajic and Wells 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashton Fete Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 3 minutes ago, 1960maaan said: Man there's a lot of red on there. Ah must have been the Grimsby game I’m remembering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 10 minutes ago, 1960maaan said: Man there's a lot of red on there. Oh you're not wrong but..again v WBA, Sunderland and Birmingham we should've got more. Officiating was not our friend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 40 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: We drew a fair few.. maintain we robbed to varying degrees v West Brom, Sunderland and Birmingham. Shall watch some of these though. The 4 wins came in the final 4 or 5 weeks. Think we got 26 from the last 25 but 1 from Benny's first 5. Having said that, the table after the first 5 under Benny..Crewe were 11 points off safety? Yet overhauled us and multiple others. https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-1/03-december-1998/ still cant work out how we didnt beat oxford first game..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 That Crewe away game was the one that did for us, coming off the back of the Birmingham game where Peter Ndlovu and Mike Dean cheated us out of the points. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-S-M Seagull Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 42 minutes ago, The Humble Realist said: Aaron brown had a very strange career. Was very good for us and one of the best attacking youngsters in the league under wilson. However then seemed to lose his way and that ended up being his peak. Didn't he suffer a really bad injury for us towards the end of the season? Knee I think? Was never the same after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 Always remember the Sunderland away game that season. It was live on Sky, they scored early and absolutely battered us but Welch had the game of his life to keep it at 1-0, then Andersen bagged a late point from just about the only time we got near their goal all night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebounder Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 8 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said: Didn't he suffer a really bad injury for us towards the end of the season? Knee I think? Was never the same after. Yeah fairly sure he has serious knee injuries that he never recovered from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 1 minute ago, W-S-M Seagull said: Didn't he suffer a really bad injury for us towards the end of the season? Knee I think? Was never the same after. He did. Brown being injured was a sliding door moment in one season under Wilson - he was nigh on unplayable for a period and had he not got injured, we’d have gone up. It was a clear example of a vital cog in a team being injured and it derailing everything (see also Afobe in 19/20, and controversially Lee Johnson in 2008) 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Humble Realist Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 10 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said: Didn't he suffer a really bad injury for us towards the end of the season? Knee I think? Was never the same after. Perhaps, wasnt he also in the car crash with amankwah ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivs Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Is it impossible for the admins to change the title of this thread? It seems disrespectful whatever your thoughts on his performance. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen hump Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 14 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said: Didn't he suffer a really bad injury for us towards the end of the season? Knee I think? Was never the same after. He’s now a plumber, chatted to him a few times, really nice guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denbury Red Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Any chance we can get his name right - MEBUDE - not Mbude 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 On 18/02/2024 at 19:21, Silvio Dante said: I think it’s as simple as they’d been getting a bit (not much) stick for an unexciting window. Brian made some relatively ill judged interactions (there’s a shock) in responding to people where there was no need. They then also fed to club puppet and all round tosser Ian Gay that there were exciting signings coming who came all over Twitter with that news. That exciting signing was a player deemed not good enough at an inferior level (note - he may be good enough eventually, but positioning him as he was didn’t play with the narrative). So they made shit up in order to make the signing more exciting. Because they’re morons. Perhaps Manning is doing someone a favour with this signing ( his old contacts) . I can imagine ‘ Hi Liam, we’ve got this kid whose career has stalled in Belgium but who seemed promising at Man City U21’s. Could you take him on and see if you can get a tune out of him ? . ‘ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 1 hour ago, Glen hump said: He’s now a plumber, chatted to him a few times, really nice guy. Blige , a plumber ? With his knees? The only profession worse than that for knees would be a carpet fitter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 8 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: Perhaps Manning is doing someone a favour with this signing ( his old contacts) . I can imagine ‘ Hi Liam, we’ve got this kid whose career has stalled in Belgium but who seemed promising at Man City U21’s. Could you take him on and see if you can get a tune out of him ? . ‘ Often clubs can utilise contacts to the advantage of the club but time will tell with this one. If you look at other clubs, they absolutely do gap into contacts which can be to their advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashton Fete Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 16 hours ago, Galley is our king said: You also said "I'm more concerned about the players we have under contract who aren't good enough" So name them (in your opinion) or retract the statement. Perhaps your bosses told you to post that eh? Came on here on 27th January 39 posts since. Busy eh? Hope the overtimes worth it. So your logic is because I’m trying to be positive about the club and a loan signing I must be being paid by the club? Jeez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-S-M Seagull Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 1 hour ago, Ashton Fete said: So your logic is because I’m trying to be positive about the club and a loan signing I must be being paid by the club? Jeez So who are the players that are under contract but not good enough? I'm struggling to think of any? Mehmeti? This squad is a decent squad. It had the potential to challange for the top 6. Manning was brought in to do that with this current set of players. He's failed to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 2 hours ago, Major Isewater said: Perhaps Manning is doing someone a favour with this signing ( his old contacts) . I can imagine ‘ Hi Liam, we’ve got this kid whose career has stalled in Belgium but who seemed promising at Man City U21’s. Could you take him on and see if you can get a tune out of him ? . ‘ I fear that even Ivan Testemitanu's wife would fail to get a tune out of him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashton Fete Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 35 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said: So who are the players that are under contract but not good enough? I'm struggling to think of any? Mehmeti? This squad is a decent squad. It had the potential to challange for the top 6. Manning was brought in to do that with this current set of players. He's failed to do that. For me it’s Mehemti, Cornick and Wells but that’s just my personal opinion really. We all see slightly different things in players Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen hump Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 5 hours ago, Major Isewater said: Blige , a plumber ? With his knees? The only profession worse than that for knees would be a carpet fitter. Yep that’s right he’s a plumber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natchfever Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 5 hours ago, Ashton Fete said: For me it’s Mehemti, Cornick and Wells but that’s just my personal opinion really. We all see slightly different things in players Manning seems to like Mehmeti. I can see Wells going but will need a replacement and that might eat up his wage. Cornick im unsure of. Think Manning sees him as a good squad option. I personally think hes not "got" Knight so may seek to move on plus unfortunately James and King off anyway. A hunch that Williams will be off too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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