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I know it clashes with some of yours 5 a side but


any of you lot going ?, and where are you going for pre match beerage ?

I am going and will be in the Merlin about 530!

Cool !

I'll be somewhere.

County about 6 I'd imagine

County at 6:30.

Not gong to the match though.

Just a couple of beers on the way home  :D

My missus' dad told me City sold 300 tickets on Saturday alone. They'll probably bring a big crowd because of the whole Trundle "euphoria".

have we sold many tickets for this does anyone know?

All ticket for City fans, and they're on the stratton bank.

Hate to say it after recent events but I'm praying for torrential rain.............

no Only the Arkells is open.

I'll be going if my car is working following tomorrows trip to Shitroen.........fingers crossed

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA i like your evil style.

Expect nothing less  :P

not wasting my time with this....wow its not like we havent played Bristol City recently  :roll:

Might CGH it.

We play ciren every fucking year and you went to that :D

Not to mention Supermarine also :soapy tit wank:

You went to that too DV.................

Dunno about this now.....Hmmmm. If its gonna be at poor as ciren..

How much is it?

tenner on the day, nine quid in advance.

I don't think i can be bothered to go and watch this game.

How comes more or less every other club gets a decent Premiership side at home and we all get is Bristol City?  :?

cos they couldnt organise a fucking marathon in a brothel

Good point.

Im surprised that were not playing Wootton Bassett Town.

To be fair a brothel wouldnt be able to cope with a marathon, yjet cant be that big a place, maybe Fred could confirm?

Confirmed Bushey   :D

Forget the Marathon...................Twix is the way forward   :wink:

:D

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Oi!
Although aren't the Youths playing Bassett soon? Or was that the other day?

A Swindon Town XI are playing Wootton Bassett next weekend IIRC.

So that'll be youths and trialists.

someone said only Arkells is open for this?? Yet ive got a ticket in the Kingswood stand??  :oops:

On your own................on your own................on your own !!!!!!

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

I reckon the club had heard about me ....

bit of a bugger tho I like my seat up there ... wonder what seat Ill be allowed to sit in in the Arkells if there is a late surge ...

i was told that when i rang for a ticket this morning, going to be a bit shit me thinks with only one stand :?

Redgewell has a ticket for the "kingswood" stand aswell...

ummmm

dont tell me we have started employing spazs in the ticket office now aswell?  :x

I just rang to get my ticket and they said anyone that has a ticket in the Kingswood will be moved to the arkells. they've only sold about 2000 home tickets and 300 or so away ones.

Ah right, cheers

I've watched us play City about 10 more times than I have Ciren.

Me and 4 mates will be in The Merlin from early afternoon. My dilema is which football shirt to wear:

A/ Last season's home shirt
B/ England home shirt
C/ England away shirt
D/ New Liverpool home shirt

You'll be a muppet to wear Liverpool.  I can't stand people that wear other team shirts to matches.  England ok but please not another English club.

You'll stand out like a sore thumb and get virtually ripped for weeks  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:

along with the shirt.  :D

As usual lady is right. God we must be the only club in the entire league still not to have any new kit on sale yet!

Last season's kit it is then!

I'm confused  :?

So, ill probably be sitting someone seat tomorrow then.

Surely most poepl would buy tickets on the day for a friendly though?? 2000 tickets in advance is quite a lot i think, and would expect the same number again to turn up without a ticket, leading to 4000 sat in the Arkells.......could be interesting

Surely most poeple would buy tickets on the day for a friendly though?? 2000 tickets in advance is quite a lot i think, and would expect the same number again to turn up without a ticket, leading to 4000 sat in the Arkells.......could be interesting

I don't understand the apathy of some people toward this game.

It's the first real chance to see our new signings against reasonable opposition, as opposed to non league English clubs and foreign teams nobody's ever heard of.

Yes ok reasonable opposition i'll agree with but im not paying £9-10 to see Bristol City in a pre season friendly.

   I'm going....I like pre season mid week friendlies.....somehow better than Saturday afternoon, when the time might be better used.

   Its a fair test, and should give a bit of insight into some of Sturrock's old boys.

   I'm paying the dosh to see us play....

It's a Tuesday and I doubt I can be arsed.

You would have thought the club would make the tickets a fiver and try and pack the crowd in. A good performance could see those fans stay early on in the season and part with more of their cash.

Note I couldn't bring myself to say 'decent', or 'good' :D

Good for you.

the annoying thing is I paid for my ticket in advance so I didnt have to worry bout gettin there early .. and if its a bigger crowd i might end up in a shite seat ... should have left Kingswood Stand open

The Arkells holds close to 7000 so 4000 should fit in nicely.  That's about the norm for a pre season friendly, so it's not a particular quirk this season.  We've not had a really good pre season home game for a while, one to wet the appetite that is.  The only one I ever remember really enjoying was against Chelsea in the 80's when Kenny Allen went on one of the craziest run abouts ever seen by a keeper.

i've just realised i can go to this because i'm not working lates tomorrow.  8)

There is a general feeling of apathy towards the whole club, a lot of peoples patience has finally run out.

MY apathy is nothing to do with the politics or anything.Its going to be a long enough season anyway without extending it by bothering with pointless friendlies.Still not looking forward to the season one little bit,in fact im dreading it which is a first for me :(

I'm not going tonight. I'm playing 5-a-side with the happy clappers instead.  :D

I'm going as I didnt get to Supermarine or Cirencester and its a chance to see a good mate of mine who doesn't get to go to many games due to his new born son.

I cannot stand City fans and still immensly dislike them for the "happy relegation" banners at Trashton Gate.

This sounds terrible but I'd pay to see someone take Trundle out.  That's piss on their bonfire.

I think there'd be far more satisfaction in seeing the fat scouse bastard play for the season and fail, and us pass shitty on their way back down. Here's hoping.

that was a joke they were going for promotion and by not winning they couldn't make the playoff, but were delighted anyway.
Shite mentality, shite club, shite supporters

pay on the gate or do you have to go to the ticket office

Just seen the scum at the CG  :fu:

I think I might go now ,ive dont nothing but laze about the last 4 days :king:

It's a shame Knapa isn't playing for us anymore. I'm sure he'd probably brake Trundle's leg  :D

or possibly break it rich...?

 :soapy tit wank:  :soapy tit wank:  :soapy tit wank: fuck i only just realised that.

and its Gnapka.

Thought i'd got that wrong as well Chubbs. Thanks for that. I'm having a mare today  :D

I might go to the merlin a few hours early

DO IT!  Im finishing at 4 today as gotta pop to another college on way home.  Go home get changed back out!  When you gonna be there Benji?

By the time I've got up, had a shower, walked through town and picked up a jumper and some munch I reckon it'll be about 4.30. Which would be one hour early.

Will I see you there?

Jumper  :mrgreen:

Ummm more around 5 ish I think as gotta get home and get changed.  Ill move pretty quick though....

Ace. I'll see you there.

Coolio  8)

Anyone know the score, no updates on the OS.

Thought you were playing 5-a-side with the happy clappers?

Finished at 8, just got in.

Think Sonic's gone to the CG to try and get in for the second half.

0-0 as far as I know - BCFC forumers have said Scott Murray has had a goal disallowed and we've also performed a goal line clearance.

I would've thought they'll be a H-T report in a few mins.

Any clean sheet with Brez in goal would be good, get his confidence back and we'll be laughing

Indeed - and a lack of goals to really emphasise that we need an experienced striker!

well according to pauld he says its 0-0, very pre seasony, no one is standing out and we definately need some new strikers. plus phil smith has come on instead of brez for the second half.

How come I missed this?!!  :x

Because I played with the guys from L&P, not the TEF lot.

1-0 to the slave traders

Booo.

Says on the OS that "a Phil Jevons strike wrapped up the points for City".

I didn't know there were any points on this match?  :-))(

 :mrgreen:

Well, we looked OK in patches. Some nice triangles but it's hard to tell when it's tappy tappy pre-season.

City looked dangerous going forward and had by far had the better attacks, with Ifil clearing off the line and a second chance was a comedy of errors on City's part. In fact there ineptitude in front of goal make a Sabin and Onibuje partnership look like a dream lineup.

In contrast we were limited in attack. Arieta looks quite handy in a not going to score 20-a-season sort of way. Wouldn't be suprised to see him added to the squad when we start signing people again. Hard to judge the Welsh trialist, but based on that performance he won't be the answer to our problems.

City's goal came reasonably late into the second half, an attack broke down and a floated cross midway in the Swindon half somehow landed between Ifil and Adajoffe into Jevons path. He poked it through smiths legs in a 1 on 1.

edit: Forgot to say, Roberts and Zaaboub started on the wings and were both shit. And both has luminous green boots on too. Coincidence? I think not.

In other news I reversed out of a car park space into somebody. To be fair visibility was limited ny the people carrier 2 spaces down, honest gov :( Hey ho, it's done now. That's what insurance is for I suppose .

All in all I'd say promisng first half, bit of a lacklustre second.

Defence looked very good and Ifil and Aljofree I think will definitely become a VERY good partnership.  Think Vincent and J Smith did ok too.  No concerns there.

Roberts worries me a little as he made a few wild shots and didn't seem to take his time/concentrate - Improvement needed 100%.

Boob did ok at times, looked lively, fought well in some parts but everytime he got close to a chance to cross, played back through the midfield.  Doesn't fill me with huge confidence but not the weakest link for sure.

Holmes in please Sturrock.

Adams seemed ok although deffo not 100% match fit which isnt a surprise.

Arietta looked good at times however perhaps a little more experience required.  Comminges didn't really impress me either today.  Seemed far too lightweight.

Anyone else notice how many times City were offside going forward?  Was totally unbelieveable.

It stuck out that we had a bit of a trial strikeforce as we didn't really create much and one thing on my mind is that we didn't seem to have any kind of transition from midfield to forwards.  Hopefully when we have a settled strikeforce in play this will evaporate.

All in all, for a relatively new squad, they looked decent on some occasions, always room for improvement though.  I'm certainly not worrying.

Robert's made Zaboub look okay because he wasted every single chance he had on the ball pretty much.  I personally think we desperately need another winger......Comminges didn't really waste anything when he took Roberts place but he didn't look like he'd try and take anyone on.

We created a bit in the first-half mainly because of the front two's hustling, and so when they seemed to tire in the second we got nothing.  Adams also tired after being involved a few times to good effect at the start.  Easton was pretty anonymous.

Central defence look a good pairing.....Smith and Vincent got done numerous times by the pace and incisiveness of City's attacks.  I can see Comminges taking Smith's place as he doesn't seem to stand off his man so much.

All in all the could have done us 3/4-0, although there were a few positive signs.

i'd agree with pretty much all of that apart from the zaboub bit, i thought he lacked vision and was clearly the weakest link, even vincent had no confidence in him. He regularly got himself in the wrong position to receive the ball and did nothing when he got it. we need someone who can cross or we won't get goals with any consistency.

Summed up fairly easily

Defensively - solid .. touch unlucky for the goal but we were up against a Championship attack so very good indeed overall

Attacking - ?? well where was the attacking side of the game for us?? 1 shot on target from Blair Sturrock in the whole game. Many off target by miles by Roberts  :soapy tit wank:

The two triallists tried hard but really werent any better than Royce Brownlie or Fola Onibuje last season - Roberts and Zaaboub were awful and although Easton and Adams were solid in defence didnt produce much going forward.

Hard to judge the defence, as City played the best approach football I've seen here for a while, often overwhelmed us, and we did not use the ball well.
Not impressed with our midfield yet, not much creativity. Outplayed by City.
Roberts was infuriating, made all the wrong decisions, wasted passes, and hardly ever took his man on.
Zaboob does not look like a winger to me, he cuts back far to often and loses momentum, has a lot of skill, don't know where he fits really.
I was impressed with the potential of Arrieta. He is strong and quite quick and has a good touch, but needs more back up for us to see if he can score as well.
Mohammed seemed a bit weak in holding the ball and poor touch, but ran around well and had one of our few good goal efforts.
All in all, the match showed how far behind City we are, except that they were almost as inept at goalscoring. It was a good  game to watch IMO.

Did Easton and Adams play together?!

Two defensive midfielders. No wonder our attacking play is limited.

Both Easton and Adams were OK, with peacock not even in the squad pook will be very lucky to hit double figures for starts next season IMHO.  Although both 'defensive' I thoght Easton and Adams pushed on and offered a little more in attack than Pook and the rest of midfield did for most of last season.

The wingers were very average - personally I still think vincent has huge defensive ability but is poor going forward - this doesn't help Zaboub, and he oftern wastes it, perhaps nicho might give more support.  Roberts just lacked quality last night, even when Smith got up with him they didn't use it well.

Hasney looks quality and him and ifil will be fine, I think we might see him score a thunderbolt free kick or two next season.  We have the two best keepers in the lower leagues, feel for whoever isn't playing TBH.  

And we deifnately need strikers, 2 of.

I think that's a bit OTT.

I don't think anyone in this league has a goalkeeping pair as good as ours.

With hindsight perhaps slightly.

Dunno, apart form Konstantopolis for Hartlepool (now at Cov) I thought they were comfortbaly the best in League 2 last season, and from last time in league one not a lot seemed better.  I'm undoubtedly happy that whoever is the number one, we'll have one of the best back-up keeps available, instead of panic mode as soon as a keeper gets injured.  It's just nice to have the best keeper since Digby.

Although both impressed me last night and I'd be happy with either, I still have to say I'd choose Brez - height factor being a plus and possibly more intimidating for a forward from the opposition.

Citys keeper on the other hand made some very laughable errors.

Phil Smith's alright but I don't think he's that good to be honest.

TBH I haven't been here so haven't see him play for a huge amount so can't say too much but like him for coming into the fray when Brez got injured and IMO did a good job.

Both keepers did very well .. I agree with Matt - 2 of the best .. I like having Brez in there tho for sheer presence!

Stating the obvious but we were impotent up front. City Deserved the 1-0 win. On the positive side the defence looked fairly decent against a strikeforce and midfield that is better than League 1 standard in the main.

I'd offer Arrieta a 6 month or 1 year deal. He's got a lot of fight in him for a spanish striker, and some decent touches as well. Takes up intelligent positisions, I like him.

Not so sure about the prophet mohammed though

Steve Adams should get a 2 year deal. Starting to impress me as he gets fitter. Very calm and rarely gave the ball away

Considering Adams has hardly played much for 18 months he did very well to manage 70 mins and his fitness levels looked good.

Highlight for me was how well Ifil and Aljofree played together. Look to be a great pairing at the back.

agree with most sentiments there. Aljofree and Ifil both looked good. Was very very impressed with Arrieta, I think he will go very well with Barry Barry Corr when he's back.

I would also like to see more of Mohammed, in places he was really good, but seemed a bit lost at times.

Boobs and Roberts were very frustrating last night, but overall i'm not really worried, we lost 1 - 0 to a side who are better than us in nearly every area.

I think either of the front two would work with Corr, but together they were poor. nothing stuck to them and the ball just kept coming back every time. Both wingers were poor as well. Agree that Adams deserves at least a year deal, and would like to see mohammed again before making a judgment but seemed to have something about him.

I think we'll have a couple of new faces by saturday anyway tbh

so, if Adams did alright and is going to be offered a contract can Pook finally fuck off?

Thats was ace

Conversation of the evening :


Fred :  Boobs shit !

JOHN : No he's not, he's quality !

Fred : PFFFT !!!!, he's done fuck all

JOHN : OK Fred, ill point out to you from now everything he does well.

Fred : Go for it !

JOHN :  *Silence for the remaining 60 minutes*







 :mrgreen:

bastard!

Sorry mate

made me smile

 :D

Last night was just great to see people I haven't seen in ages. Renewed optomism no politics etc (well from what I heard), Was good to see people smiling and just generally having a good time!

should have looked my way I'm a proper happy chap :evil:

Good for you.