Red-Robbo

How will the local infrastructure cope with the multitudes locked out? ???

I usually park up on Chessel Street, a road my great-aunt lived on, walk parallel to my grandparents' house, past where a couple of cousins live, and after a couple of beers, go along the road my parents lived when they were first married, stroll past two uncle's houses on my way to the Gate. How could I grow up anything other than a City fan?!! I know it sounds a bit New Agey, but just walking those streets connects me strongly to my past and my ancestors. It's almost spiritual, like the feeling Native Americans and Aboriginals have over certain sacred areas. As I walk into the ground and see a sea of faces, I just think "my people".

What's the difference between a crocodile and an alligator? One will see you in a while, and the other will see you later.

Judging from The Crusades, it means going quite a long way from your usual position, but then being beaten and having to retreat rapidly.

Vincent Tan's corporate group are losing money too and have been for some time. In addition to Cardiff, he owns clubs in the US, Belgium and Bosnia.

It was during the period where we'd sign a loan player and break him in the first game. Vokes, Velicka and then Elokobi.

George Elokobi's was the worst I've seen. Foot hanging at 90 degrees to his leg. Players around him looked sick. Amazing thing was he looked cheerful and waved to the crowd as being stretchered off. Delayed shock, I guess.

Maybe if we got a chant going, we'd top the table? "We love you hedgehogs, we do, we love you hedgehogs, we do, oh hedgehogs we love you..."

As a European chap, can you help me out. Is that town pronounced nice or nice?

I hate to say it, but it is mysteriously popular though. When I DJ parties, I always get asked to play it. To my horror.

I can't say for sure, but all my great-grandfathers - who all died before I was born - worked in South Liberty pit at some time or other, and all lived in Bemmy Down/Ashton/Southville from the late Victorian times. Certainly, all the older generation of my family I remember from my childhood were City supporters and most of them were born in the 1890s/1990s/1910s. It's a fair chance they watched Bristol South End and its illustrious successor when the teams were in their infancy.

They don't call him Six Team for nothing...

We got about 1 second of silent reflection

That save turned the 3 points we deserved into 1 point. No doubt, it was all the sweeter for Bachmann, keeping out an international colleague in Weimann. They had a good chat on the pitch after the final whistle. I even saw Andi crack a rare smile.

Just the words I was going to write. I was very moved by the whole thing, and the respect shown to Bakes, someone who gave his all and sadly had to leave a job he obviously loved at just 30. It's always nice to see players with their other halves and kids as well. Makes you realise they have lives like us and aren't just numbers in a squad list. Like everyone I wish him well, and I could tell by the pictures he was very moved as well and will doubtless hold the fanbase here fondly in his memory.

Watford were indeed the ones who started to clap when it was meant to be silent, and they were the section that had some nondies singing and chanting during the chaplain's reading and the Last Post. Admittedly, lots of other Watford fans shushed the idiots. I'm glad to say that AFAICS City fans observed the remembrance impeccably.

Going into the beak, it's difficult to peck a winner, I could get into a bit of a flap about it, but in the end, it's a feather-in-the-cap for Tommy C. As others have said, it's rare for a young player to immediately adapt so well to the physicality of the First XI game and fit in so well. Personally, I'd have left him on yesterday.

Correct. Choudhury was laughing as he made his 'fat gut' gesture to "Big Rob". It was just a bit of a joke all round. Would've been confusing if Massengo had come on with both of them having the same songs, and imagine if there had been a clash of heads? It would be like trying to prise Velcro apart.

Totally agree, Gray. For a bloke playing out of his preferred position, he handled a big test well. In fact, I'd go as far as to say it might even be his best game in a City shirt. The more-mobile Vyner did a lot of the heavy lifting, but Kingy's positioning was - as you say - spot on. Clearances were a bit agricultural, but at least he didn't **** about with the ball in our box, or underhit a pass to the keeper that was nearly disastrous, like Zak did.

They always deliver.

Apart from showing how zero of these England players come from the West Country, that chart also contains some corking team names. Phil Foden's Reddish Vulcans sound out of this world, while Mason Mount's Boarhunt Rovers surely has a BRFC joke in there. Callum Wilson (Christ The King) seems to have a rather inflated opinion of himself! :laugh:

I accept what you say, but at any rate it won't be long now before we see whether the policy of picking players who did it in the past will be better than a policy of picking players who might do it in the present.

Or Father Abraham.

Brings back bad memories of the worst of the LJ days with wide-open spaces opening in the centre of midfield for opponents to run through (and be at speed and hard to defend against once they reached our back line) or pick a pass to a forward ready to leave our defensive player for dead. That WTAF zone is a veritable prairie, full of promise for any opponent.

TBF very, very few people do. Those that do either achieve it by stiffing the club they own in some way, or by buying into an existing big "brand" and profiting from the non-football activities.