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Poor ol city fans are a bit down in the dumps

It might be a bit controversial but if we go up I hope they come with us. In second, obviously. They may be miserable entitled bastards, but they make things more fun. And at least they're slightly more of a real club than Franchise.

Of course.

I actually agree to an extent, two games against the Salve traders, or two games against Franchise. Or a shit journey up north to Preston. Hmmm.

Its not like Oxford or forest green Rovers are going to be around for a while. Even if we don't go up.

That said, being the undisputed best in the West would also be good.

(long way to go yet though).

this ten times over...

It wouldn't even bother me to finish second to City. Not even a little bit.

Nah fuck em. they'd cry all summer if we won it. Be well funny.

I had a read and they have noticed that we're actually quite handy.

City fans 'all too regular' comments that need addressing.

1. Swindons lack of support.
2. Swindon will fade
3. Cheating etc
4. Lack of funds etc
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1. Our home crowds are down on previous years but are still pretty good compared to most in this division. City's averages ain't good for a city of their size and 'ahem' success.
2. When?
3. When?
4. As far as I'm aware we are pretty stable. I'm very happy with my clubs set up.

:)

Oh dear, They do sound a bit desperate and bitter on there, what a strange bunch indeed..
 :)

The bottom line is, we are gatecrashing their 'god given right to the title' party.

Theres a city supporting driver at my place who comes in every morning giving it the big one, his latest is that he knows the wife of one of our directors who has told him that we are about to go down the shitter and there will be a fire sale of players. You cant make this shit up.

Id love to beat them to the title, an entire summer of meltdown for the shitheads. Beautiful.

I know a lot of the comments are incoherent and difficult to read, but the latest straw they seem to be clutching (since we beat them) is the amount of diving / play acting etc. Is this true? Or, perhaps we are actually a very skillful side who frustrate opposing players (and fans), inevitably bringing about rash challenges?

Both Williams and Obika could have gone down for a pen when rounding the keeper last night
Both stayed on their feet and had a go at goal,
Was mentioned last night on comms fair play to them for that esp Will who was on a hatrick at the time

My favourite was some fuckwit saying we were cheating because the Thompson brothers didn't have the letter L and N on their shirts to distinguish them so we could pull the wool over referees eyes.

The fact that both DO have the letters seems to have escaped him.

You'd have thunk that being 6 points clear of the 3rd placed club they would be pretty happy with things - apparently not

Comments about how badly run and how broke we are - and how we overspend - do give me a chuckle, given their financial losses each year over the last 3 years

Yeah I saw that, real face slap stuff, I get the feeling most of them are in the mode of put any old shit that comes into your little head on the Internet, and it's then true.

I think its the stab at the finances that grates me. Their chairman wiped off £35M and their losses are huge... all to play in League One.

IF we go up though, I'd rather they came with us. If we finish 2nd them I won't care, most people will be more impressed with us finishing 2nd than them finishing 1st and we've already had a lot of creaming over us in the media which seems to be getting stronger.

Cooper will win manager of the season if we come 2nd too, and rightly so. Cotteril wouldn't take us up with the budget we have! Long, long way to go yet. The imploding they've predicted for us for the last 4 months may well happen yet!

Oh FFS. The fact that players have numbers on their shirts for a reason seems to escape them as well then...?

For those who don't believe any fans can be that thick...all these comments are here.

http://www.otib.co.uk/index.php?/topic/166968-coventry-v-swindon-merged/

Some have actually noticed that we are quite good but many still have their heads up in the clouds with their God given rights to promotion.

Happy Reading.

It's all about unsettling our players by making bids for them.

They love a bit of that.

I have noticed you trying to throw oil to calm their angry waters mate ;)

If it wasn't for me, they'd explode with anger.

I'm friends with 4 or 5 OTIB'ers in the real world and they're genuinely good people.

That darn internet and Football Club makes them go kooky.

Yeah I know a couple of them personally and they are ok just a little angry on t'net.

In actual fact they are scared shitless of us getting promoted and them missing out.

In their words....we are in the same boat, you cannot help your allegiance with your football club, its either where you lived or were brought up or a family thing, NOBODY would choose Swindon or them over a Premier League team if you didn't have a connection.

We both support essentially middling to crap teams and can't help that.

Well, you are 50% correct with that statement.   :hmmm:

We should start our own Bristol City Facts. I'll start:

Their owner is fed-up and if we go up this year and they don't, he's going to sell the club to Jed for a quid and start giving his money to Lee Power instead.

Oh, I almost forgot to add..... FACT!

The fuckers are still whinging.

Apparently we are top by default cos it's only a one goal goal difference

Honestly, it's pure comedy gold on there!

They are so deluded it is laughable anyone would think they are the size of Man Utd if you read OTIB , there will come a time when Lansdowne will just say fuck it I can't be bothered with this anymore and it will be like a pack of cards. At least the Pox know they are shit and don't rarely ever try and pretend that they are bigger than little old Swindon Town :D

Bristol City are mulling over a deal to sign Messi, who recently revealed superstition means that he will now only play for tends whose name begin with 'B'.

If a deal is tabled, it is expected to be a formality given the 82ers vast resources.

FACT.

Will they double their silverware by taking the title?  :sherlock:

Stats say it all?

Bristol City v Notts County Match Day Thread. 292 Replies
Coventry vs Swindon. 243 replies and still chatting shit.

THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT US. NOT ONE BIT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brSXNIBJGcc

More Swindon fans are posting now so that usually results in about 10 knee-jerk responses per post.

A lot of their posts are blown out of proportion by the time they're relayed on TEF but lots of them are really focusing on how Town are cheats, like Steve Cotterill's created some kind of 'Corinthian spirit'. Which is quite funny.

It's also interesting that since Power came out with the 'City's budget is 10x bigger' line, Cotterill has tried to downplay the size of their budget in reality... Like the rest of us in L1 are that stupid.

An independent view from a Preston fan

Gerry Gow, on 11 Jan 2015 - 15:10, said:

    It's getting to the point where I think it's jealousy. Top of the league and having a chance to buy quality players.
    If it isn't jealousy, what else is it? I'm interested.

Jealousy? Give over!

It's just the constant self back slapping you give each other over absolutely everything. It's fucking infuriatingly tiresome mate.

You all go on like you're Barcelona, when in truth, you're just a slightly above average League one side.

As someone else pointed out earlier, we had Wolves with us last season; they were by far the best team this division has probably ever seen, yet they were infinitely more modest about it.

There are ways to conduct yourself in all walks of life, and if you're constantly blowing your own trumpet at every opportunity and on every single fucking thread on the forum.....it's going to piss people off. Which we're now starting to see.

And just to illustrate my point, your reaction to it, is to come out with this quote, and dismiss it all as jealousy? Fuck off eh mate. Jesus Christ.

I've actually no 'beef' with Bristol City FC whatsoever, after all, PNE & your lot are supposed to have some sort of weird bromance going on but, by fucking Christ, your fans are testing my patience this season.

Bristol City 1982 ltd have tabled a bid for Messi after hearing he wants to end his career at Barcelona.

After being told, "yeah, but you aren't Barcelona, a PNE fan said so", there was much confusion amongst the clubs massive fan base, who also feel its only a matter of time before their massive offer for the player will be accepted.


FACT.

They are the gift that keeps on giving, surely there is a law about that many retarded people congregating in one place.

"Longer term though, should we both go up, how the Donald duck are Swindon going to maintain Championship status? They've got where they are through a very shrewd manager (who will inevitably be poached and not adequately replaced), exploiting the loan market (not sustainable long term) and cheating (for which they will be found out for at some point). In sum, they have got where they are by hook or by crook. All this on attendances of 6,000ish.

I don't know the ins and outs of Brentford or Rotherham but whatever is happening at those two appears to be entirely more wholesome than at Swindon.

They can not defy the odds indefinitely, I wouldn't have thought. Can they? "

in fairness, I've no idea how we'd maintain Championship football either. I'd like to find out whether we could. Still not sure how we are cheating, and unwholesome mind.

That said, I've no idea whether City can sustain championship football either. Their recent history suggests that blowing £10M+ a season doesn't work for them. Who is to say our way isn't better. It's certainly cheaper.

This thread is pure comic gold, thanks for an entertaining lunch break!!!

Ha, have city ever averaged above 20,000 at any level? Be interesting to see what happens when their ground development is completed.

Yes when they were in the top division in the late 70's.

76/77 23,522
77/78 23,357
78/79 22,306

http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/bric.htm

We did just over 20k for one season (not top flight).

We did, the first season back in the old Div 2 in 69/70.

That sites quite interesting - illustrates how grim c.1999 to c.2005 were for town!

That's before 1982 Ltd was formed.

Haven't seen any mention of this anywhere else but it was on Sky Sports yesterday.


He does himself no favours by speaking out about "hard done by City" all the man ever does is whinge whinge whinge about everything not being fair.

Cotterill is an absolute weapon.

I didn't realise Baldock was sold for £40m. Amazing what you learn isn't it!

I am the only one here who doesn't care about the OTIB, or whatever it's called. I don't care about Bristol City or what anyone else thinks of us. All I know is that we are flying and it's in our hands.

No, I'm also in your boat Sippo.

In fact this whole thread is a little cringeworthy.

Steve Cotterill remains a total weapon mind you!

Yes you cunt.

Actually it is just funny hearing what they say about us I don't give a flying fuck but it makes me laugh at their superiority complex.

But then you are creating a reaction, which they are also enjoying. Why give them the satisfaction? This thread is almost as bad as them.

As long as it's them talking about Swindon then it's understandable that it's discussed/bemoaned/mocked.

With the club doing so well it's either this or the Adver's ban as the current talking point.

This.

I like to read what others have to say about us, if you don't like it or don't want to read about it then don't read the thread and don't bother to comment......easy.

Just like many of us are not interested in dashcams/bicycles/trains (delete as appropriate) so we don't comment on those threads.

Freedom of choice.

Perhaps we could have a forum dedicated to guff like this. Oh, we do.  :-[

Besides, we are in the running for top spot against city. Their fans etc made numerous comments and assumptions after the game at our place, and continue to do so. Why wouldn't we comment on that?

Only 80% of it...the other 25% is football ;)

I like leaving stupid comments here just to see if the end up back on OTIB. I'm easily amused.

I must admit I have done that myself :) my best one was on the Shrewsbury forum calling them Welsh and that Graham Turner was senile and unfit to tie PdC's boots, their forum went mad :D

:)

He remains our biggest hope. Everyone knows once he loses it, he really loses it. They just need a couple of losses, that are fair, and him berating a player or 2, and boom. Implosion. They're perennial bottlers, so we can but hope he helps with that as he uses his infinite capacity for going Full Cotterill and loses the dressing room.

Saldy, I don't think that'l happen. His team are very expensively assembled and I expect even Malpas could get them promoted.

He deserves a bit more credit than that. He's spent but he's spent pretty wisely and they are a good team. They were camped out in their 18 yard box here and they defended very well until Smith took the piss out of them. It's quite interesting that they often state our methods of player recruitment as unsustainable.... And bringing in a core of journeymen is?? It's worked for them this year but I can't imagine Wilbraham, Elliott & co will be particularly effective in the champ whereas technically sound youngsters will probably fit in better.

It's all if's ands & buts anyway. I have no idea what will happen, and as much as I enjoy their random and completely midguided obsession with us at times I am much more worried about what we do.

I watched some of the football league show at the weekend and he was interviewed after their highlights.

He didn't say anything controversial and I can't put my finger on exactly what it was (his accent, his face, his mannerisms etc) but it really irrationally irritated me. Perhaps its his arrogance?

His accent is terrible, probably why they love him so much, one of them.

Cotterill is mad as a fucking lorry. I love his rants.

Expect the unexpected.

He's a grade A cock.

He always sounds defensive and looks like he's going to lose it any moment now.

I think they are probably just trying to unsettle him

I think the difference is that they are talking about us, and we are talking about them talking about us - if you get my drift

Which I think gives us the moral high ground

Think I'll be in the minority here but I like Cotterill.
He's looking out for shittys best interests and we should expect nothing less. It's normal.
Don't like them as a club though. Never have. Hope we win the title and they blow out and lose in the play offs. fuck em.

I'm your REAL dad.

Fear pure and simple, If he fucks up promotion for them this year, the best he can probably look forward to in the future is a return to Cheltenham.

Don't they hate him there for jumping ship to Stoke?

Probably, I didn't mean them per se, but that sort of level.

What the one who pretends hes your uncle? who comes round to put up a shelf and make your mum feel allllllrriiiiiiight

Nice, Chesterfield play extra time - good news with Saturday in mind.

Slavetraders get to play another game. Hopefully they will be distracted by playing Everton or West Ham next week.

Hopefully Gary Roberts will pick up a knock or strain....think he'd like to perform at the CG.

I don't think he'll be arsed, just like when he played for us!

Just as a matter of interest, question to those who have managed to get to more games than me: is there any substance to the accusation of our players falling over too easily?  I heard that Swift had been accused last week at Fleetwood...but he has just come from Chelsea...  I saw nothing last night to suggest anything untoward; in fact, quite the opposite, as others have noted - a couple of occasions when it would have been easy to try to call a penalty, but they stayed on their feet.

Swift is a bit of a lightweight and has probably been taught the dark arts at Chelsea.

As for the rest, they are no better or worse than all the other namby pambys

Just saw the goals on Points West and one of the shitty supporters claimed it was inevitable that they would win - arrogant prick!!

If we did you'd have thought we'd have had a player booked for diving at least once over the last year or two and I can't think of a single one.

Thompson pretty much said in the post match interview he went down for the penalty when he felt contact but 99% of players would have done the same.

On the flip side Williams could have easily gone down when he had that chance for his hat trick but he stayed on his feet

Looked like he deliberately crossed in front of the defender then went down when there was contact. Nothing wrong with that, doubt many complained when Owen did similar against Argentina in the WC.

It is a fine line though.

The only real issue there was why the referee failed to issue 2 red cards...one to Nouble for denying a clear goal scoring opportunity, and one to the donkey centre half for stamping on Louis?

Nathan Thompson at Yeovil this season? Or was that for deliberate handball? But yeah, few and far between really.

The only question in that incident was how the Coventry player has escaped any sanctions after deliberately standing on Louis' nuts.

I can accept the officials missing it, but in retrospect . . .

I still haven't really got any idea why he was sent off. Pretty sure it wasn't diving but who knows?!

Wasn't it the old Nat getting fouled, grabbing the ball and then getting sent off for a 2nd bookable?

That was for handball.  Though how he could avoid handling the ball after being pushed over onto the ball is another question.

You are correct, pathetic sending off.

I think all of his sending offs this season have been debatable at best.  Crawley was a joke decision as well.  Cheltenham overturned on appeal. 

Obikas dive v Port Vale was worthy of Suarez himself.

 One thing we do know is that many sides in this league will try to kick our young lads and intimidate them....you could see how Cotterill had sent his side out to intimidate with Elliot head butting Stephens after 90 secs...we know Elliot has previous, having ended Keith O'Halloran's career.

 Earlier in the season we received an apology from the FA that referees were not being sufficiently watchful and protective of our ball players contrary to the current stated aims of the game to eliminate deliberate foul play.

Coventry had a bit of a go on Monday, 21 fouls conceded....Webster's stamp on Louis, but we've largely shown an ability to stand up to this shit and earn the right to play....the only thing I will say in favour of Franchise, is that Robinson's side does try and play the game properly, not in the dated style of Cotterill and Grayson.

U wot m8?

Back in November from Adver...

I thought he deliberately handled the ball because he assumed he would get a free kick from the 'push' in the back. Thompson was stupid for assuming the ref would give a foul for a push and for deliberately handling the ball.

That's the way I remember it as well. Thing is with Nathan he defends at 100 mph, and if he does get pushed/clipped, he only has a micro second before he hits the deck, and no time to think. if that makes sense?

Yes Nathan would have been stupid had he actually handled the ball. I think that's what the ref gave but I watched a few replays and couldn't even see him lay a hand on the damn thing.

Just in case we have any lurkers

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It was the same as when Byrne got sent off v Brentford in the playoffs. Gets pushed on the ball and gets sent off for handling it even though there doesnt appear to be any handling.

Forgot how awful the ref was in that Brentford game....

 :D

The 82ers are hoping for a Bradford win tonight as that will mean another mid week game for us!!!

I have no idea how their brains work but we have the same amount of games left until then end of the season and whether we play on a Tuesday or Saturday does not make a jot of difference, selfishly I want Bradford to win tonight as I am going to see Korn/Slipknot on that Saturday in Cardiff and it is going to be a mad fucking rush getting there after the game.

 I suspect the 82ers, will now lose interest in us, as they have bigger fish to fry in the form of West Ham....who they doubtless feel are more worthy of sharing a pitch with such a massive club.

 Of course, the 82ers have never beaten West Ham.....the old club only ever managed 7 wins v The Irons, compared to our 16.

Lucky bastard!  :)

Looking forward to King 810 as well who look to be a pretty decent backing band, I have VIP seats with band meet and greet but getting there early enough for that if the game is on is going to be difficult.

Plus, if it's off, it will be one less game our 2 Asian Cup superstars will miss.

Christ, I used to think it was just the odd daft comment on there - fucking riddled with nonsense

Got wembley tickets for next Friday. Looking to custer!

Should be a top night out! I'm jealous.

I would have gone to the Bradford Saturday fixture.

BOOOOOOOO.

I went in and got tickets for the next 3 games this morning for me and the kids.  Sort yourself out Milwall.

Positives! Bradford may lose form, Mass and Yas will (hopefully) have returned, Bradford have to travel a long way mid week.

Bloody hell. I especially prolonged a trip to the UK to go to the Bradford game. A footieless weekend in Blighty.  >:(

4-0 now. It's off.

Holloway out!

They were utter shit on Saturday......

I reckon our old gas mate maybe watching another game in the Townend soon!

Millwall are hopefully gonna pass us as we go up!

After the way some of their scummy support carried on Wembley after the game it will be sweet.

Keep up the good work agent Holloway!

 :bye:

Talking to a couple of Wall fans at the pub next to Bradford train station tonight, they left at half time and things could get nasty for the gashead next home game.

Think of the Chickens.

Oldham or Gillingham? Does it have to be a home game?

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Ooh, Cinders may get to go to the ball after all next weekend. Not some godforsaken northern outpost please. Or Gillingham.

Jills would be a home game, Oldham away.

Gills are playing Oldham on the 24th I think.

That just leaves Doncaster and Rochdale away, as neither are playing on 24/1.

 :(

Potential new ground though…  ;D

Rochdale are playing in the cup, so it can only be Donny.

Oh right. Bit of a long shot then.

No reason why they shouldn't rearrange the Doncaster game as far as I can see. It would make sense for both teams as well. I know we have done this before. I remember a few years back (98/99ish) we brought forward a game at Bradford when both sides had been knocked out of the Cup.

I can sort of understand why we're keen to play, however it's another game without Yaser and Mass. Okay, we've done well without them and there's no guarantee (esp Mass) they'll be returning, but surely it's best to play this game when there's a chance you'll have a full squad to choose from.

You didn't sell your soul and go to the soulless plastic dump in November then?   It was as pre-meditated an attack on our players, Byrne in particular, as I've seen, both in its early violence and later repetitiveness, breaking the game up at every turn.  Shamefully and spinelessly refereed, I'm still just a touch bitter about it now.  Yes, they play football with some style and panache, but perlease, ready yourself to be venting at their cynicism come April.  In contrast, and to my surprise, I thought that this season's Preston model were meek as when it came to the dark arts when they visited.

No I didn't....I'm swayed by your argument.  There are no good things to say about Franchise.