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[exAtyeoMax]

Just now, RedorDead BCFC said:

Why are Norwich interested in becoming our manager? 

We’re relocating…

[LondonBristolian]

I do think it is a remarkable statement of the pressures of football and the expectations of people connected with it to be superhuman that a manager missing a game due to sickness leads to a twenty page thread and people convinced there must be more going on we don't know about. 

Edited November 8, 2021 by LondonBristolian

[Vespa Red]

2 minutes ago, wendyredredrobin said:

Why the hell would we want to announce the appointment of a poet to manage the team in in Nigel's absence?

p.s. I doubt that the Bard could do any worse.

Comedy of Errors etc etc etc

 

[Silvio Dante]

3 minutes ago, Gazred said:

Who are they to tell us to stop speculating?

Agree his health is his own private business but clearly the rumours are on a wider subject than the specifics of his well being.

I think the problem is the 2+2 here. I don’t think it’s disrespectful in any way to muse that a man who has had Covid twice, is financially secure, has a life outside football and I think suffered a family bereavement recently may decide, for want of a better term, he doesn’t need this shit and it’s impacting his health. (Against that, he clearly deeply wants to do the job or why else bomb out Downing and Simpson)

When those factors are in place, it’s quite easy for a believable rumour to be concocted that he has to step down due to ill health. And that’s where the 2+2 is, and the line probably is. It’s the difference between someone musing if his health is ok to stay in the job, and someone (not you), starting a rumour that he has to go due to ill health.

[wendyredredrobin]

3 hours ago, billywedlock said:

SL has sold the club to Mike Ashley 

Laura Ashley possibly. Already designing next seasons home kit.

[Bs4Red]

16 minutes ago, Red Army 75 said:

No problem at all with the op . He started a thread on the back of a trusted source. It could be wrong . It’s not the end of the world 

As I said mate he’s been spot on every time he’s given me information. I pass it on as people are interested. Many others have heard the same today. 

I’d post his info again with no hesitation sometimes it happens 

[marmite]

No source here but this is fact!  Robbored is right................sadly.

[Roadrunner]

5 minutes ago, Tomo said:

I think Gould will give an update with Twentyman later on the city chat. I would guess its a statement that Nige is taking time out to recover and Shakespeare will join Fleming. Pearson wont walk away. Just needs to get well and then will return imo

That would be some good news.

[underover]

56 minutes ago, phantom said:

Something intriguing going on, club now saying no presser scheduled - but person who messaged me has been spot on about everything else in the past 12-18 months or so...

perhaps it’s a colleen rooney style move to try and figure out who’s leaking what, 

its……… 

[Roger Red Hat]

2 hours ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

.

What the Dickens is going on?

Previously undiscovered short story manuscript, 'A Tale of One City'.

[wendyredredrobin]

1 minute ago, underover said:

perhaps it’s a colleen rooney style move to try and figure out who’s leaking what, 

its……… 

Starting with our back four.

[Andy082005]

So…..where’s all the in the knowers ? 

[Jerseybean]

8 minutes ago, Tomo said:

I think Gould will give an update with Twentyman later on the city chat. I would guess its a statement that Nige is taking time out to recover and Shakespeare will join Fleming. Pearson wont walk away. Just needs to get well and then will return imo

Hope you are right Tomo

[Red Army 75]

5 minutes ago, Bs4Red said:

As I said mate he’s been spot on every time he’s given me information. I pass it on as people are interested. Many others have heard the same today. 

I’d post his info again with no hesitation sometimes it happens 

No worries. 

[Bristol Rob]

6 minutes ago, wendyredredrobin said:

Laura Ashley possibly. Already designing next seasons home kit.

Just hope it isn't curtains for our Championship status.

[Numero Uno]

1 minute ago, Andy082005 said:

So…..where’s all the in the knowers ? 

I think you'll find it was people wanting things to be true, getting all excited and jizzing in their pants that caused all this mess.........

[The dastardly red]

12 minutes ago, wendyredredrobin said:

Why the hell would we want to announce the appointment of a poet to manage the team in in Nigel's absence?

p.s. I doubt that the Bard could do any worse.

 

10 minutes ago, Vespa Red said:

Comedy of Errors etc etc etc

 

The taming of the shrewsbury

Romeo and Juliatyeo

 

Edited November 8, 2021 by The dastardly red
spelling!

[Pezo]

1 minute ago, Andy082005 said:

So…..where’s all the in the knowers ? 

There aren't any ITKers like an individual that knows everything, sometimes some people have some information sometimes things change.

[Numero Uno]

1 minute ago, Bristol Rob said:

Just hope it isn't curtains for our Championship status.

Dress it up any way you like but all you are doing is papering over the cracks.

[NOTBLUE]

I don’t know about the ITK’ers,I’m in the haven’t got a clue what’s going on’ers

[Numero Uno]

Just now, Pezo said:

There aren't any ITKers like an individual that knows everything, sometimes some people have some information sometimes things change.

Sometimes the information is just plain bollocks and was never true in the first place............

[!james]

To be fair to the OP a quick look at his posting history shows he started the Baker thread when he re signed and knew the opening fixtures etc before they were released so obviously some ITK... Everyone gets duff information from time to time but I hope he doesn't stop people posting what they have heard

[Clevedon Red]

6 minutes ago, Andy082005 said:

So…..where’s all the in the knowers ? 

At a press conference 

[IAmNick]

https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/gould-on-sound-of-the-city/

"The City chief executive will update fans in conversation with Geoff Twentyman from 6pm."

 

Will update...? Interesting wording?

 

[Will b11]

Yep “ update “ is an interesting choice of wording , better tune in to it 

[LondonBristolian]

8 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

I think the problem is the 2+2 here. I don’t think it’s disrespectful in any way to muse that a man who has had Covid twice, is financially secure, has a life outside football and I think suffered a family bereavement recently may decide, for want of a better term, he doesn’t need this shit and it’s impacting his health. (Against that, he clearly deeply wants to do the job or why else bomb out Downing and Simpson)

When those factors are in place, it’s quite easy for a believable rumour to be concocted that he has to step down due to ill health. And that’s where the 2+2 is, and the line probably is. It’s the difference between someone musing if his health is ok to stay in the job, and someone (not you), starting a rumour that he has to go due to ill health.

But I think even musing about his health is a bit of an imposition. I totally get why people would question whether he needs this nonsense in his life given everything he has going on but we live in a country where disabled people are twice as likely to be as non-disabled people and a key reason for that is pervasive nonsense that anyone who is not 100% fit and healthy, or who takes sick leave - incidentally disabled people take less sick leave on average than non-disabled people - is therefore unqualified to do a job.

Ultimately the fact this rumour has started at all is because this country holds a number of in-built prejudices about the ability of people with health conditions to hold down jobs. If there is no foundation to the rumour Pearson is leaving then I think it reveals a lot about the underlying attitudes of those who started that rumour in the first place. 

[Numero Uno]

1 minute ago, IAmNick said:

https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/gould-on-sound-of-the-city/

"The City chief executive will update fans in conversation with Geoff Twentyman from 6pm."

 

Will update...? Interesting wording?

 

Some people who want a change of Manager are going to be so deflated.......it will be a bog standard update.

[Red_Alligator]

24 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

So where we at? Is Nige staying?!

To be honest Fordy, I wouldn't be surprised to see the club announce that Nige will be on extended sick leave, pending a decision on his future, and in the meantime Curtis Fleming will oversee first team affairs. Simply that. 

[Lew-T]

2 minutes ago, !james said:

To be fair to the OP a quick look at his posting history shows he started the Baker thread when he re signed and knew the opening fixtures etc before they were released so obviously some ITK... Everyone gets duff information from time to time but I hope he doesn't stop people posting what they have heard

He has been right before.

As has @cheese in the past.

[Numero Uno]

Just now, LondonBristolian said:

But I think even musing about his health is a bit of an imposition. I totally get why people would question whether he needs this nonsense in his life given everything he has going on but we live in a country where disabled people are twice as likely to be as non-disabled people and a key reason for that is pervasive nonsense that anyone who is not 100% fit and healthy, or who takes sick leave - incidentally disabled people take less sick leave on average than non-disabled people - is therefore unqualified to do a job.

Ultimately the fact this rumour has started at all is because this country holds a number of in-built prejudices about the ability of people with health conditions to hold down jobs. If there is no foundation to the rumour Pearson is leaving then I think it reveals a lot about the underlying attitudes of those who started that rumour in the first place. 

Have to agree on that although I think it's more a case of people almost "wanting" a certain scenario to be true which has caused 20 pages of complete and utter shite.

[pongo88]

14 minutes ago, Vespa Red said:

Comedy of Errors etc etc etc

 

I think City’s performances this season have been Much Ado About Nothing 

[IAmNick]

Just now, Numero Uno said:

Some people who want a change of Manager are going to be so deflated.......it will be a bog standard update.

Last time it said:

"City’s Chief Executive Officer will join Geoff Twentyman on the Sound of the City show from 6pm."

 

Think you're probably right though... suppose we'll know one way or the other in an hour!

[richyy66]

This is as bad as the Eddie Nketiah thread.....

[RedM]

1 hour ago, Northern Red said:

Ex City.... 

Women.

Thought he left in controversial circumstances, or was that England women? I take no notice of the women’s game but vaguely recall this.

[wendyredredrobin]

1 minute ago, richyy66 said:

This is as bad as the Eddie Nketiah thread.....

Yeah, and look how that ended

[RedM]

16 minutes ago, wendyredredrobin said:

Laura Ashley possibly. Already designing next seasons home kit.

She died after falling down her stairs didn’t she? *

*Sometimes I shock myself with the useful info stored in my brain.

[Davefevs]

20 minutes ago, Bs4Red said:

As I said mate he’s been spot on every time he’s given me information. I pass it on as people are interested. Many others have heard the same today. 

I’d post his info again with no hesitation sometimes it happens 

10 minutes ago, !james said:

To be fair to the OP a quick look at his posting history shows he started the Baker thread when he re signed and knew the opening fixtures etc before they were released so obviously some ITK... Everyone gets duff information from time to time but I hope he doesn't stop people posting what they have heard

Yep, it appears people don’t understand that rumours don’t always turn out to be true.  Posting something you’ve heard isn’t wrong.

Sometimes you get told something that you think is worthy of posting, sometimes you hear something that you don’t, e.g. sensitive, or you don’t trust the person telling you.

You never know how first hand, second hand, third hand something is.

[Phileas Fogg]

Just now, Davefevs said:

Yep, it appears people don’t understand that rumours don’t always turn out to be true.  Posting something you’ve heard isn’t wrong.

Sometimes you get told something that you think is worthy of posting, sometimes you hear something that you don’t, e.g. sensitive, or you don’t trust the person telling you.

You never know how first hand, second hand, third hand something is.

Yep, I find the anger people show if a rumour turns out to be untrue to be weird. Most of the time, people post in good faith. 

[Davefevs]

13 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

Have to agree on that although I think it's more a case of people almost "wanting" a certain scenario to be true which has caused 20 pages of complete and utter shite.

I certainly didn’t want what I posted to be true.

[Unan]

43 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said:

What can people ‘fact check’ as such? It’s just someone hearing something and relaying it on here. 

RDA hasn’t been used as a genuine source, it’s just a coincidence he was saying similar so people are talking about him for a bit of a laugh. 

A credible source.

I believe the thread starters ‘source’ is Roy. It just took 5 pages for someone to put it together.

[Northern Red]

Thoughts with the Pearson Out brigade at this difficult time.

Better luck next time lads.

[Tin Soldier]

21 pages of rumour discussions. Pretty impressive!

[Curr Avon]

14 minutes ago, pongo88 said:

I think City’s performances this season have been Much Ado About Nothing 

All's well that ends well. 

[The Coach]

Which pub we drinking at?

[Phileas Fogg]

Just now, Marcus Aurelius said:

A credible source.

I believe the thread starters ‘source’ is Roy. It just took 5 pages for someone to put it together.

No, the thread starter and Davefevs appear to have been given the same info via DM. Either from the same source or second hand. Nowhere has either said anything about that twitter page. 

[alexukhc]

New 10 year contract I hear

[Phileas Fogg]

Hmm

https://www.teamtalk.com/bristol-city/exclusive-bristol-city-set-to-announce-departure-of-boss-nigel-pearson

[Selred]

2 minutes ago, Marcus Aurelius said:

A credible source.

I believe the thread starters ‘source’ is Roy. It just took 5 pages for someone to put it together.

This thread was posted way before "Roy". Also trusted posters like @Davefevs would not repeat claims from that clown.

[Numero Uno]

2 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

I certainly didn’t want what I posted to be true.

Tbf I didn't read the first 16 pages and I'm not going back to check either but the reaction to a rumour that would appear to be confirmed by the media as bollocks makes me think of vultures and hyenas in some instances. 

[Davefevs]

4 minutes ago, EmissionImpossible said:

I would suggest checking if the information is more than likely to be credible when it is in relation to somebody’s health.

I haven’t said that it was health related….purely related I got a DM, saying “Nige gone”, and on the back of other things like Press Conference called, RG on Twentyman, it sounded like there might be something in it.  The person who DMd me is credible from previous stuff.  Would not surprise me if others got the info from the same person.

[chinapig]

18 minutes ago, IAmNick said:

https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/gould-on-sound-of-the-city/

"The City chief executive will update fans in conversation with Geoff Twentyman from 6pm."

 

Will update...? Interesting wording?

 

"We are committed to transparency so I want to give the fans an important update. Therefore I can today confirm that we are still crap."

[nebristolred]

2 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said:

Hmm

https://www.teamtalk.com/bristol-city/exclusive-bristol-city-set-to-announce-departure-of-boss-nigel-pearson

Oh dear here we go again. 40 minutes to go...

[Major Isewater]

23 minutes ago, NOTBLUE said:

I don’t know about the ITK’ers,I’m in the haven’t got a clue what’s going on’ers

Is that you Jon Lansdown ?

[Monkeh]

Goulds update will revolve around the accounts and the record loses we are going to announce soon

[Davefevs]

1 minute ago, Numero Uno said:

Tbf I didn't read the first 16 pages and I'm not going back to check either but the reaction to a rumour that would appear to be confirmed by the media as bollocks makes me think of vultures and hyenas in some instances. 

Probably right.  As above you never know whether the info is first, second third, hand….the person who DMd me is close to City players.  Maybe he got his info from somewhere else.

[Phileas Fogg]

Personally, I think somethings going on. It would be strange if so many people are hearing that somethings afoot and it turns out to be nothing.

The timing of the Gould interview is a bit unusual too.

[Major Isewater]

It’s the most excitement we’ve had since the beginning of the season.

 

[exAtyeoMax]

22 minutes ago, LondonBristolian said:

But I think even musing about his health is a bit of an imposition. I totally get why people would question whether he needs this nonsense in his life given everything he has going on but we live in a country where disabled people are twice as likely to be as non-disabled people and a key reason for that is pervasive nonsense that anyone who is not 100% fit and healthy, or who takes sick leave - incidentally disabled people take less sick leave on average than non-disabled people - is therefore unqualified to do a job.

Ultimately the fact this rumour has started at all is because this country holds a number of in-built prejudices about the ability of people with health conditions to hold down jobs. If there is no foundation to the rumour Pearson is leaving then I think it reveals a lot about the underlying attitudes of those who started that rumour in the first place. 

Wow! Pardon me for being concerned for his well-being. 
 

[Selred]

1 minute ago, Phileas Fogg said:

Personally, I think somethings going on. It would be strange if so many people are hearing that somethings afoot and it turns out to be nothing.

The timing of the Gould interview is a bit unusual too.

Although in part you hear because someone else has heard, so sources become mixed.

[Phileas Fogg]

1 minute ago, Selred said:

Although in part you hear because someone else has heard, so sources become mixed.

I think it’s also fairly interesting that other posters with a bit of inside knowledge haven’t ruled it out 

[054123]

1 minute ago, Major Isewater said:

It’s the most excitement we’ve had since the beginning of the season.

 

I know!

Of course I want Nige to be okay, but as @petehinton suggested, only City could **** this up and clear the rumours immediately rather than let us enjoy a few days of frivolous rumour

[Eddie Hitler]

There's something going on that's not quite right.

 

 

[pl00peh91]

The words “update fans” in the website article suggests there is an announcement, rather than a general interview on how things are going. Hold on to your hats!

[Guest]

22 pages in... rather than reading every comment does anyone have any details whether this rumour is bullsh*t or not or do we have to wait another 30mins?

[Phileas Fogg]

1 minute ago, pl00peh91 said:

The words “update fans” in the website article suggests there is an announcement, rather than a general interview on how things are going. Hold on to your hats!

It’s also interesting they haven’t invited fan questions in. In the past I’m fairly sure they have with Ashton etc.

[1960maaan]

9 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said:

Personally, I think somethings going on. It would be strange if so many people are hearing that somethings afoot and it turns out to be nothing.

The timing of the Gould interview is a bit unusual too.

The rumours of him leaving started the second it was mentioned he was Ill and missing the game at Coventry . 2+2 making exactly what you want it too, but also doesn't mean it's not true. It does feel like something, the longer it goes on, and maybe that's what the press thing is about, dispelling rumours. Though that could be another rumour.

I imagine Gould would have been booked in with Twentyman a while ago.

Edited November 8, 2021 by 1960maaan

[Henry]

 

[DT The Optimist]

Come on guys and ladies !

Does anyone really think that an announcement about the future of staff would be made live on Radio Bristol... before anything appeared on the OS.

Nah, just a general update where we are...not a lot more.  And I cannot envisage any scenario where the health off a worker would be broadcast to us without the express permission of that person, I heard the Chief Exec at the Senior Robins a few weeks back, and i suspect more of the same re parachute payments, unlevelled  playing fields and similar fare, basically the truth.... 

 

[Will b11]

There’s just been a bristol post article released with Gould chatting about Pearson , could this be the interview on radio tonight which has been pre recorded already ?

[Ska Junkie]

12 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said:

Hmm

https://www.teamtalk.com/bristol-city/exclusive-bristol-city-set-to-announce-departure-of-boss-nigel-pearson

Pretty much clickbait methinks Phileas, nothing there we did not know and a bit of a guess, for clicks.