White Stripe Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 They have a point, don't they Steve? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RUSSEL85 Posted March 20 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 20 1 minute ago, White Stripe said: They have a point, don't they Steve? You wait until next season 3 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Street red Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 3 minutes ago, RUSSEL85 said: You wait until next season Many of us wont notice we will be asleep 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Look on the bright side Constant midtable = no major fear of relegation for us fans. No need to pay out bonusses and increased salaries if we were promoted for the board to consider. We might not be too happy, but we remain what Rovers would like to be. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 I watched a YouTube video from httc severns (Alfie potts) He described the championship as 11 teams fighting for promotion, 11 teams fighting against relegation and then you had Preston and Bristol city Just about sums it up and potts is a massive Hull fan 10 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin101 Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Have a mate who supports Newcastle. Texted me today as it's 14 years since Bristol City 2-2 Newcastle (Maynard screamer). I had a look at the BBC match report from the time: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8572371.stm And I had a look at the table: We're 1 point better off today, and 2 places better off. Some progress in 14 years. So depressing. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 2 hours ago, White Stripe said: They have a point, don't they Steve? Also, I believe if you look at those seasons we've actually barely ever been in either the top 6 or bottom 3 at any meaningful point (is after the first 5 games or so). We've been in those positions very occasionally, but other than 15/16 and maybe for a few games in 18/19, we've rarely had a spell in either of the "fun" areas of the division. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 3 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said: Also, I believe if you look at those seasons we've actually barely ever been in either the top 6 or bottom 3 at any meaningful point (is after the first 5 games or so). We've been in those positions very occasionally, but other than 15/16 and maybe for a few games in 18/19, we've rarely had a spell in either of the "fun" areas of the division. 17/18 too. We were in and around the top 6 for good periods. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red panda Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Oh for the good old days when we would get promoted to the Championship then go straight back down the following year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 2 minutes ago, red panda said: Oh for the good old days when we would get promoted to the Championship then go straight back down the following year In my time that happened once only, the Ward and Benny year..how far back are you going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 I stand corrected..happened funnily enough around a century ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antman Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 i always recall a story i heard about Jack Charlton speaking at a footballers dinner event at Ashton Gate apparently he opened with the hilarious line "it's good to see Bristol City where they belong...19th in Division 2" (obv old divisions then) thats always stuck with me. sadly remains pretty accurate. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red panda Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 6 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: In my time that happened once only, the Ward and Benny year..how far back are you going. To be fair, that's the one I had in mind. It's seared in my consciousness because we took so long to climb back out of the third tier afterwards. Years of near misses under Danny Wilson (including that play off final in Cardiff). Fortunately Tinnion laid the foundations for our revival and the great Gary Johnson finished the job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roe Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Championship stability is certainly some kind of progress, in a way. Although it definitely feels like us and Preston are stuck in limbo. Probably most frustrating about the lack of improvement in the last 16 years is that there's no real reason for it other than incompetent leadership from the top. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcredandwhite Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Every time I get frustrated and upset about our lack of progress up the leagues, I remind myself that the ‘norm’ for many years for me was to watch us bumping along in the old Div 3 season after season, playing the likes of Grimsby, Tranmere or Mansfield on a wet weeknight. The weather hasn’t improved much, but our league average attainment thankfully has. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Just now, red panda said: To be fair, that's the one I had in mind. It's seared in my consciousness because we took so long to climb back out of the third tier afterwards. Years of near misses under Danny Wilson (including that play off final in Cardiff). Fortunately Tinnion laid the foundations for our revival and the great Gary Johnson finished the job. Ah yes 6, 7 years...Or was it 8. Tinnion laying the foundations is quite the take! I suppose we can say Orr and Brooker were good signings sadly injury hit with the latter, Brown for a time and he gave Dave Cotterill his debut. Russell was useful too. Good was somewhat outweighed by the negatives though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 This is pretty accurate over our entire history. Apart from a few blips, mid table of the second tier has been our level. Whenever you speak to other clubs fans it’s generally how we are perceived too; along with a usual “why hasn’t a city the size of Bristol got a Premier League team?”! It’s been who we are for over a hundred years and it’s going to take quite a seismic shift for us to turn into a regular Premier League team. Part of me does like we’re unfashionable, even unlikeable though. Not sure I’d ever want to be a Man City; maybe just a Brighton or Brentford for a bit though! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simple Red Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 I disagree with this post! We’ve given relegation a right good go on several occasions, only to be pipped at the post. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebounder Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 2 hours ago, Monkeh said: I watched a YouTube video from httc severns (Alfie potts) He described the championship as 11 teams fighting for promotion, 11 teams fighting against relegation and then you had Preston and Bristol city Just about sums it up and potts is a massive Hull fan Alfie does some great videos. His one the other day which on the surface was about a football stadium that's never been built in Lithuania, but in reality the video was about Lithuania's political history for the last 30 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadredfred Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 1 minute ago, Simple Red said: I disagree with this post! We’ve given relegation a right good go on several occasions, only to be pipped at the post. credit where it is due - they're doing their best 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahanshahan Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 For the men's team, definitely. Supporting the women too, there's either the threat of relegation or chasing promotion every single season for the last few years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shauntaylor85 Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 4 hours ago, White Stripe said: They have a point, don't they Steve? Which makes all this PL PR talk from the board rather tedious. Do something different! It is very boring. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Oh, the grand old Duke of Guernsey, he had 20,000 men ( and women) he marched them up near the top of the league and marched them down again, and when they were up, they weren't quite up and when they were down, they weren't quite down and when they were only halfway up they were neither up or down and that's were they stayed. 6 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 (edited) But it's all very exciting - we beat Southampton (really we did), and then we can convince ourselves we'll make the play-offs and then we lose a few on the trot and convince ourselves we'll be relegated. It would be interesting to see which club supporters suffer the most heart attacks - we must be near the top! Edited March 20 by cheese cos I can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 2 hours ago, Robin101 said: Have a mate who supports Newcastle. Texted me today as it's 14 years since Bristol City 2-2 Newcastle (Maynard screamer). I had a look at the BBC match report from the time: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8572371.stm And I had a look at the table: We're 1 point better off today, and 2 places better off. Some progress in 14 years. So depressing. Whatever happened to Newcastle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 11 minutes ago, cheese said: Whatever happened to Newcastle? They sold their ass to the highest bidder. Principles? What principles? (I bet Manning was livid) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 12 minutes ago, cheese said: Whatever happened to Newcastle? ..or Doncaster, or Scunthorpe? Suddenly mid table doesn't look quite so bad! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 4 hours ago, White Stripe said: They have a point, don't they Steve? Don't do social media but I'm sure someone knows how to tag this as a reply to the promo vid the club have just posted about ticket renewals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 2 hours ago, Robin101 said: Have a mate who supports Newcastle. Texted me today as it's 14 years since Bristol City 2-2 Newcastle (Maynard screamer). I had a look at the BBC match report from the time: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8572371.stm And I had a look at the table: We're 1 point better off today, and 2 places better off. Some progress in 14 years. So depressing. But then we picked up to finish 10th; odd season though. Blackpool promoted to the Prem. Doncaster 12th and Scunny above Palace. Championship 09/10 P W D L F A Pts Newcastle 46 30 12 4 90 35 102 West Brom 46 26 13 7 89 48 91 Notingham F 46 22 13 11 65 40 79 Cardiff 46 22 10 16 73 54 76 Leicester 46 21 13 12 61 45 76 Blackpool 46 19 13 14 74 58 70 Swansea City 46 17 18 11 40 37 69 Sheffield U 46 17 14 15 62 55 65 Reading 46 17 12 17 68 63 63 CITY 46 15 18 13 56 65 63 Middlesbrough 46 16 14 16 58 50 62 Doncaster 46 15 16 16 59 58 61 QPR 46 14 15 17 58 65 57 Derby 46 15 11 20 53 63 56 Ipswich 46 12 20 14 50 61 56 Watford 46 14 12 20 61 68 54 Preston 46 13 15 18 58 73 54 Barnsley 46 14 12 20 53 69 54 Coventry 46 13 15 18 47 64 54 Scunthorpe 46 14 10 22 62 84 52 Crystal P 46 14 17 15 50 53 49 Sheffield W 46 11 14 21 49 69 47 Plymouth 46 11 8 27 43 68 41 Peterborough 46 8 10 28 46 80 34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superjack Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 3 hours ago, red panda said: Oh for the good old days when we would get promoted to the Championship then go straight back down the following year Next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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