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2 hours ago, Southport Red said:

I’m fairly certain that Ashton is the sole reason Cook wasn’t successful. 

Get the black light, 'cus it sounds like his DNA is all over this.

2 hours ago, daored said:

Ipswich fan on 606 suggested Lampard!! 

Is that Bert Lampard from The Three Feathers? He might be up for it.

1 hour ago, Slacker said:

Put them in small separate cells,turn the lights off and forget about them.

Exactly what should happen. Unfortunately it's usually the victims that get forgotton. Time to change that.

12 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

 

You may find this article interesting.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-10269921/TOM-UTLEY-mother-laws-death-99-included-daily-Covid-toll.html

I wouldn't p1ss on the daily fail if it was on fire.

9 minutes ago, Mr Hankey said:

I’m not a conspiracy theorist & i do believe that covid is a real thing……but i’m yet to personally know of a single person who has died from this. I know some that have been poorly from this, but not a single death. Can’t just go back into lockdowns every winter. God knows what the finances in German football are going to be like if this carries on.

To date I think their are 145K UK deaths where Covid is noted on the death cert (and this may or may not have been a contributing factor to death). The total UK population is approx 67M. So that's about 0.2% of the population. So as a rule you aren't very likely to know of someone who's died with Covid.

Sticks, do you report attendances for The Gas? If not, they would love to have you. Imagine getting weekly crowds of over 35,000 in The Minimal

I think you did because even I knew this and my head is usulaly buried deeply in the sand when it comes to city injuries.

An absolute travisty, for the player, and for us. Clearly he is a cut above, but is he even going to be properly fit?

And maybe that's because there will be too many miscreants attracted to the game for the police to cope with.

8 hours ago, MrBibs said:

I recall we sadly lost someone, I think to a heart attack, in the Dolman during the Gary Johnson era iirc.  Medics tried unsuccessfully to save him but the game wasn’t stopped.

I've been watching city since 77/78 and I remember a body being carried out on a stretcher at least once, possibly twice, before 1980. There was also the unfortunate incident with the drummer during the pre match v Forest in the Littlewoods cup semi final 88/89.

7 hours ago, Rob k said:

Depends if you believe top flight football only began in 92 i suppose 

Anything that happened before you were born (or can at least rememeber) is vintage isn't it? Unfortunately that means anyone under about 25 won't even remember the pre prem days, and unless they are into history won't give a monkeys about real football.

Maybe people were having these kind of discussions when they introduced  the Second division or made the regional Third divisions into the Third and Fourth division ...

46 minutes ago, bpexile said:

I gave up going to games in 1970 when I came to OZ, I've seen a few games on visits to the UK but just cannot get BCFC out of my system, once you're hooked that's it. I used to get very nervous when we play the lowly teams that are fighting for existence in the league because our record against them has been dire to say the least.

NOW I just get get nervous before EVERY game for the same reasons, but hey............................................... nothing lasts forever.

It will get better, C'mon City.

I imagine our afternoon games happening during the early hour in oz, Do you get to catch many games 'live' e.g. streaming video/audio or text alerts? If not, is that the first thing you catch up with, apart from maybe having an urgent tinkle, when you wake up on a Sunday morning?

In my 45ish years of supporting City I've taken two breaks - about 4-5 seasons total football missed. Sometimes enough is enough. If you need a break take it - you'll know when you want to come back.

1 hour ago, Davefevs said:

Derby aren’t that good

I made essentially the same post as @RedRock - great minds and all that.

7 hours ago, iamalagerdrinker said:

I complained a few weeks ago to the clubs Twitter and they advised me to email bristolcitysupport@streaming.com 

 

Explained my issues which sounded similar to yours and never heard anything back from them, not even a email to say the problem had been fixed so I could carry on watching the game.

Very bad customer service from the club for Robins TV 

i think you mean streamamg, but yeah they have a sort of hopeless, incompetent and just couldn't care less way of doing things (or not doing things)

29 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

Yes, I think that company owns the Rugby training ground, but I don't think it owns the HPC as well. HPC is on Clevedon Road, and Mark Tainton is CEO of the Bears, so I'm not sure why he'd be on the board of the Company that owns the HPC.

I case anyone cares (maybe they don't) - the field next to the Bears Training Ground is currently being dug up (ongoing for a couple of months) - maybe there is some kind of expansion going on.

3 hours ago, Curr Avon said:

"A fairly even first half." I nearly popped a rib laughing.

I understand Chris Honor booked Dan an appointment for Specsavers at half time.

7 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

So you don’t think we played well v Stoke?

First half v Blackburn? Seriously?

I don't think we played well v Stoke. We put effort in but we weren't great. But I'll take the win. I thought we were better v Blackburn even with them dominating second half possession. And I thought both performances were much better than what we produced v The Blades though.

3 hours ago, Spoonbed said:

In my 40 years of supporting City, I’m struggling to think of a more inept midfield display. Absolutely useless with, and (more importantly) without the ball. A total passenger. 
Not fit to lace the boots of Pennyfather, Dinning, Carl Hutchins etc!

I understand that Tony Dinning played (if that's the right word) in carpet slippers.

at least this only spoils part of the weekend.

Just now, maxjak said:

It's weird.........very few got the fact that it is DOH  and not DOC, probably/possibly  because of his namesake, the Ex- Man U manager?    Whatever way u want to say it, Tommy was one of the greatest players to ever grace the Gate , with just a few tweaks, he could have played at a much higher level.......and with his combination of combativeness and skill he often held the midfield together, a very underrated footballer.  Possibly, with Jacki, Super Bob and Walshie, one of my best loved City players. I will definitely be drinking to that!!

I'm pretty sure if the current squad play with his heart and determination for the rest of the season we'll be fine.

4 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

Is it as weird as when people abbreviate his name to Tommy "Doc" when his name doesn't have a C in it....?

The only Tommy Docherty chant I know starts "Doc, Doc, Docherty, who the ... ". Late 70s vintage.

2 hours ago, Bar BS3 said:

how are the remaining four stands fairing?

luxury player = doesn't pull weight = can't be trusted = joe williams would give a shoeing to if he was fit

5 minutes ago, NcnsBcfc said:

Not helped by the City Academy unpaid "Volunteers". Being asked to work for free as part of their education.

They do look as though they've mainly been bought against their will to work there.

That doesn't sound particulary legal.

4 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Campbell slash into side netting.

When you've got to go, you've got to go.

1 hour ago, exAtyeoMax said:

Chinos all round?

Deano's…Chinos…

As long as we're leading by enough goals for chants not to backfire on us, I think a couple of rounds of 'Deano's chinos' would be awesome. Perhaps s82 can do the 'Deano's' and the Dolman/Rest of South Stand can do 'Chino's'. It would be doubly amazing if he happened to be wearing them.