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Gooner
07 August 2010 19:25:58

Good win for Peter Reids Plymouth away at Southampton

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Marcus

Banbury

North Oxfordshire

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RWL757
08 August 2010 09:46:50

'2 teams in Bristol theres only 2 teams in Bristol' and my lot Rovers start off today against Peteborough and our old friend Gary J. A good closed season has seen the arival of sawyer from plymouth hoskins from watford tonnecliff from Brighton Brown from Fulham pell from Charlton and late arrival of Anderson(gk) back again on loan from Reading,a mix of loans season loans and free signings but all capable young players, Im personally quite optomistic. come on you blues.

As for our near neighbours well Im a big fan of coppell and I see a big if not biggest season coming for the dark side of the River best of luck Matty.

Rich WL

Warmley

South Glos

RWL757 wrote:

oh dear Bristol 0 rest of the leagues 6 not a good start next game for Rovers is Yeovil at home we'll see how that goes before panick sets in

Rich WL

Warmley

South Glos

Rich WL

Warmley

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Matty H
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08 August 2010 10:08:11
Given it was the first game of the season yesterday I'm not going to indulge in any sort of postmortem. A bad day at the office on and off the field. Vokes played 45 mins and probably won't play again. Serious injury (yes, yet another) which will probably take him to the end of his loan spell. We don't have enough fit players to field a full team plus subs. The first few months of this season will see more performances like yesterday and similar results. I just hope we aren't in too much trouble by the time we get a settled side in a few months time. We move on. Ps: good luck to you too Rich
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Essan
08 August 2010 20:32:17

Great start for Roy keane and Ipswich 1 - 3 win away at Boro... i dont like Strachan n his band of jocks

future_is_orange wrote:

Aye, a great start to the season for us   We didn't win in our first 14 games last season, and it tool a lot of work to drag us off the bottom of the table.  No such problems this year.     As for Bristol City though ......

Andy

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Gooner
08 August 2010 20:45:45

Quality stuff.

http://www.footballtransfertavern.com/2010/08/uncategorised/bostocks-belter-from-40-yards-and-bobs-brace-video

SEMerc wrote:

Stunning strike

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Gooner
08 August 2010 21:01:14

Given it was the first game of the season yesterday I'm not going to indulge in any sort of postmortem. A bad day at the office on and off the field. Vokes played 45 mins and probably won't play again. Serious injury (yes, yet another) which will probably take him to the end of his loan spell. We don't have enough fit players to field a full team plus subs. The first few months of this season will see more performances like yesterday and similar results. I just hope we aren't in too much trouble by the time we get a settled side in a few months time. We move on. Ps: good luck to you too Rich

Matty H wrote:

Its very frustrating when your team start a season with so many injuries, you can only hope that your not too far off the pace by the time the squad gets back to full strength.

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Marcus

Banbury

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Super Cell
09 August 2010 07:44:30

They had a whole lot of great strikes from outside the box in the second half, but nothing where the keeper had to do anything amazing.

Like most of the Championship teams they're all much of a muchness by the looks of it, but minor areas of class (which, for example, Leeds just don't have at the moment) will prove to be the difference. Koumas is a class act at times, but his inconsistency is highlighted by his failure to ever be bought by a decent Premier League team. At his current level he'll do OK though.

Farnley/Pudsey Leeds

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Matty H
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10 August 2010 19:56:11
OMG! This is a bloody joke. I've already highlighted our incredible injury list and tonight - in this pointless competition - it has got even worse! Vokes loan terminated after 45 mins on Saturday due to a snapped hamstring. Tonight we have lost Hunt (stretchered off) and Skuse (hobbled off) we had to play an academy guy tonight just so we had enough players to make the game. What on earth are we going to now with another two gone?? Surely questions have to be asked about fitness and training methods? I've never known anything like it
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SEMerc
10 August 2010 21:46:04

Did you get a chance to go down to Ashton Gate this evening and see some real football?

Matty H
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10 August 2010 22:02:53

OMG! This is a bloody joke. I've already highlighted our incredible injury list and tonight - in this pointless competition - it has got even worse! Vokes loan terminated after 45 mins on Saturday due to a snapped hamstring. Tonight we have lost Hunt (stretchered off) and Skuse (hobbled off) we had to play an academy guy tonight just so we had enough players to make the game. What on earth are we going to now with another two gone?? Surely questions have to be asked about fitness and training methods? I've never known anything like it

Matty H wrote:

And it just keeps on getting worse and worse:

Skuse had done his hamstring and is out for 6 to 8 weeks and Maynard DOES need an op. He's out til next year.

Well that's that as far as I'm concerned. We've gone from promotion favourites to relegation candidates in the space of a few weeks and it's all injury related. All of these players are out for weeks and weeks.

At least you wont have to read my rants in here for a while because I've lost all interest. The first few months of this season are going to be all about how many we lose by. Every single one of out defenders is out long term. All of them. Both left backs on the books, all three center backs and both right backs.

I just hope we are not adrift by the time we have a squad again

Yate, Nr Bristol

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JMW
11 August 2010 08:44:12

R.I.P Adam Stansfield -

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/exeter_city/8902976.stm

 

31 is far too young an age to be taken by this ****ard of a disease.

 

 

SEMerc
11 August 2010 08:55:25

It most certainly is. A dreadful disease.

JMW
12 August 2010 10:41:42

BREAKING SKY SPORTS NEWS - Steve Coppell has resigned as Bristol City manager. Keith Millen will replace him.

He didn't last long !! 112 days I believe.


SEMerc
12 August 2010 10:42:54

Lol, Coppell resigns.

Kev71
12 August 2010 11:00:53

Just 2 games in charge and he resigns. How about David James for player manager?

Be interesting what Matty thinks about this.

llamedos
12 August 2010 13:20:55

Gotta say those Bristol boys aren't having the best start to the season

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SEMerc
12 August 2010 13:34:09

Just 2 games in charge and he resigns. How about David James for player manager?

Kev71 wrote:

Well he certainly isn't in the frame for club hairdresser.

Saint Snow
12 August 2010 13:40:48

BREAKING SKY SPORTS NEWS - Steve Coppell has resigned as Bristol City manager. Keith Millen will replace him.

He didn't last long !! 112 days I believe.


JMW wrote:

He's got previous doing this sort of thing.

Martin

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Matty H
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12 August 2010 13:45:36

BREAKING SKY SPORTS NEWS - Steve Coppell has resigned as Bristol City manager. Keith Millen will replace him.

He didn't last long !! 112 days I believe.


Saint Snow wrote:

He's got previous doing this sort of thing.

JMW wrote:

Yep. He only lasted something like 30 days at Man City before doing exactly the same thing. He also walked out on Reading and Palace. This is what he does

Gutless, spinless mummies boy who ALWAYS runs off when the going gets tough.

Good riddance to be honest. He's certainly made himself look a right idiot

I wouldn't have appointed Millen, but you can't fault his commitment and passion. Something that Coppell has none of whatsoever

Yate, Nr Bristol

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Matty H
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12 August 2010 16:20:49

From the BBC Sport website:

Steve Coppell has been here before.

As the shock of his decision to quit Bristol City after two competitive games sinks in, immediate comparisons are being made with his still-unexplained exit from Manchester City after a mere 33 days.

The similarities are uncanny: two clubs in the second tier of English football but with high hopes and expectations of a return to better things; two painfully short tenures indicating all is not what it seems beneath the surface; and, at least for the time being, the air of mystery and intrigue that make Coppell such an enigma.

Enigma? Interesting choice of word. I have a few, but they'd all have to be written with letters blanked out to beat the swear filter

Yate, Nr Bristol

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David M Porter
12 August 2010 16:40:28

Apparently, Steve Coppell was quoted earlier today as saying that he'd lost enthusiam for the job, or words to that effect. Er, well in that case, why did he decide to accept the job in the first place, less than four months ago? Surely it can't have been the case that he had plenty of enthusiasm and energy for his job at the end of last season when he was appointed, but doesn't have any now. He is now saying that he intends to retire from football management. If he has lost his appetite for management as he claims, this is probably the best thing he can do. I don't really see any other clubs being willing to take a chance on him now, given what happened at Man City years ago and now at Bristol City.

Lenzie, Glasgow

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Matty H
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12 August 2010 16:46:49

As the piece I quoted above states, there are many similarities. Here are his opening statements with both clubs when he joined:

Man City:

"I'm delighted to come here - it's a golden opportunity and I'm just glad that it's fallen into my lap," Coppell said, as he sat alongside a smiling Francis Lee the day Manchester City's then chairman unveiled his new manager

 

33 days later he was gone

 

Bristol City:

Fourteen years later, Bristol City chairman Steve Lansdown was beaming too as he listened to Gary Johnson's replacement address the gathered media.

"This club has a history in the top division and the chairman has huge ambitions for the team and the stadium," said Coppell. "I feel very fortunate that he has given me this opportunity."

 

112 days later he was gone.

Basically the guy is weak minded and watery and, ultimately, a bottler.

The whole article can be viewed here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_city/8908837.stm

Yate, Nr Bristol

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Essan
12 August 2010 17:44:01

Gotta say those Bristol boys aren't having the best start to the season

llamedos wrote:

Indeed, even before this I was genuinely feeling sorry for them (but don't tell Matty!  )

 

Andy

Evesham, Worcs, Albion - 35m asl

Weather & Earth Science News 

Look in the doubt we've wallowed, look at the leaders we've followed, look at the lies we've swallowed, and I don't want to hear no more

RWL757
12 August 2010 22:19:05

at least its taken the spotlight (well dim torch really) away from my lot and our crappy gutless sparkly new era if we lose to yeovil on sat expect the pressure to be on John Trollope in this world of expectation and immediate success. My work mate is a City fan (tulip head) which allowed me to set him a sports quiz this lunch time ques 1 name the Bristol City manager, he got the question wrong

Rich WL

Warmley

South Glos

 

Rich WL

Warmley

South Glos

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