Can we start early?
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And, in answer to your question OS, we have started early!!
Hello OS!The dust has hardly settled, but as we prepare to don our oxygen masks to once again breathe in this rarefied Championship atmosphere, we can't but help ponder what awaits us at this exalted level.
Being the new kids on the block next season, we'd like to think we'll be welcomed by old Championship adversaries if only for an easy 6 points ready for the taking, and prime candidates for going back where we've just come from.
When I look at the opposition we'll face such as yourselves, Swansea and the Gogs, I fear the best we can hope for is survival. Finishing 21st will be deemed satisfactory as long as the 3 aforementioned sides finish below us.
I'm sure there are a few on that side of the channel who will enjoy engaging with like minded posters over here throughout the season. In the meantime feel free to welcome us back.
Welcome back!
At least you will have the excitement of a basement battle to stimulate the nerves!
We, on the other hand, just have the mild curiosity around who we might get the occasional 3 points from as we march our way to a mid-table finish - that is unless Lansdown decides to spice things up a bit by NOT replacing Vitek of course………
All gone quiet after a good start. A bit like the Wurzel's usual season.
Looking forward to meeting again next season!!!
Looking forward to meeting again next season!!!
Hi there R&W........
Not sure where your club is going pal. Seems to be stuck in a sort of swirling vortex of indecision at the top that's keeping you where you are. We actually made decisions, but unfortunately mostly the wrong ones and we suffered big time.
Struck lucky (I can't bring myself to believe it was all down to good judgement) with Brian Barry Murphy who performed virtual miracles with our youngsters at League One level. No reason to think he can't replicate that form now we're back in the Championship, but it could take a few astute more experienced acquisitions on the pitch to keep us here.
Looking forward to renewing old aquaintances on here after feeling less than qualified to comment last season in such exalted company....
All I can say is don’t go using us as a barometer for this years success.
Teams that are on a roll and who have been successful the previous season and achieved promotion often carry their form into the next seasonHi there R&W........
Not sure where your club is going pal. Seems to be stuck in a sort of swirling vortex of indecision at the top that's keeping you where you are. We actually made decisions, but unfortunately mostly the wrong ones and we suffered big time.
Struck lucky (I can't bring myself to believe it was all down to good judgement) with Brian Barry Murphy who performed virtual miracles with our youngsters at League One level. No reason to think he can't replicate that form now we're back in the Championship, but it could take a few astute more experienced acquisitions on the pitch to keep us here.
Looking forward to renewing old aquaintances on here after feeling less than qualified to comment last season in such exalted company....
As long as you finish below us and Wrexham don’t get promoted to the Prem I’ll be happy !
Agree with you about the Gogs, but it wouldn't do either of us much good if you finished 23rd and us finish below you at 24th..........
We just know these things. Finishing above bcfc isn’t such a shout last season. There was some funny speaking bald european running the show who thought he could turn Sinclair Armstrong into a championship striker. in comes the wise man Hodgson and after minutes of seeing the Sink sink and as much use as a plaster over Cathy Barry’s twat he binned him. Bristol City were half decent with Roy the wise steering the ship.
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Must admit I didn't follow you much last season other than a brief look at the Championship results and table week by week.
Not trying to make any points here and take this for what it's worth, from what I did see, the bottom half of the division wasn't littered with class much above what we faced in League One. Glad you're still there though - I mean neither up nor down.
We've still got a long way to go re-building from the disaster of 24/25, but at least under BBM we've got a direction now.
Now we're back on the same level, look forward to renewing old acquaintances on the pitch and on this forum - just don't take everything I post too seriously..........
I’m assuming BBMs parents were Irish (given the surname) and couldn’t decide whether to call him Bryan or Barry ?Yes, and proud to be Welsh as well, whilst at the same time being conversant with English grammar - it's "You're" by the way. The teeth you've got may be all yours pal, but I doubt you've got any wisdoms left.
For your information, the only things we hunt with sticks on the beaches these days are the boat people arriving from Bristol in search of a better life.
Despite the banter, I wish you good fortune in your footballing quest next season - but not too much and not as much as us.
I’m assuming BBMs parents were Irish (given the surname) and couldn’t decide whether to call him Bryan or Barry ?
Good theory, but it was just his dad Jimmy's surname, renowned past Gaelic football and Hurling champion - apparently held up as something of a god in his native Emerald Isle.
Incidentally, BBM is taking the squad to Ireland this summer for our pre-season tour instead of the heat of Spain on the basis that he'd prefer to aclimatise them for the conditions they'll more likely face at the start of the season - this guy is no mug despite being Irish.......
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Thinking of donning my hazmat suit and venturing across the Severn next Wednesday - although by all accounts it’s going to be a scorcher so I may take a chance and go in normal clothes!!
Hopefully taking a look at a boat for sale in the marina there.
PM me if you fancy a beer and some face to face banter Sparkey
Hopefully taking a look at a boat for sale in the marina there.
PM me if you fancy a beer and some face to face banter Sparkey
Just don't chance bringing a camera and keep away from our training ground or you'll be starting 4 points behind us next season..............
Which marina is that then, we've got more than one over here you know? Don't bother to come to Porthcawl though - the only Marina we've got here is a 1974 Morris 1.8TC with a brown vinyl roof........
Penarth is probably your best bet, but don't go too far west toward Swansea or you'll come back to your car up on bricks and the wheels gone. If you want real bargain, there's a sanctioned Russian oligarch's yacht moored by the Geest bannana stores in Barry Dock.
As for meeting up for a pint, many thanks for the offer but I prefer to protect my anonymity at the moment since my name was mentioned in the Epstein files - I know too much for my own good.
Which marina is that then, we've got more than one over here you know? Don't bother to come to Porthcawl though - the only Marina we've got here is a 1974 Morris 1.8TC with a brown vinyl roof........
Penarth is probably your best bet, but don't go too far west toward Swansea or you'll come back to your car up on bricks and the wheels gone. If you want real bargain, there's a sanctioned Russian oligarch's yacht moored by the Geest bannana stores in Barry Dock.
As for meeting up for a pint, many thanks for the offer but I prefer to protect my anonymity at the moment since my name was mentioned in the Epstein files - I know too much for my own good.
Just don't chance bringing a camera and keep away from our training ground or you'll be starting 4 points behind us next season..............
Which marina is that then, we've got more than one over here you know? Don't bother to come to Porthcawl though - the only Marina we've got here is a 1974 Morris 1.8TC with a brown vinyl roof........
Penarth is probably your best bet, but don't go too far west toward Swansea or you'll come back to your car up on bricks and the wheels gone. If you want real bargain, there's a sanctioned Russian oligarch's yacht moored by the Geest bannana stores in Barry Dock.
As for meeting up for a pint, many thanks for the offer but I prefer to protect my anonymity at the moment since my name was mentioned in the Epstein files - I know too much for my own good.
It’s in Cardiff Bay.
Not sure if I’ll bother now tbh - the guy can’t meet me until 4pm after work and I’m not ready to buy right now anyway.
I don’t want to spend all day in Cardiff waiting for 4pm.
It’s in Cardiff Bay.
Not sure if I’ll bother now tbh - the guy can’t meet me until 4pm after work and I’m not ready to buy right now anyway.
I don’t want to spend all day in Cardiff waiting for 4pm.
In other words you're time waster.............
If people want to think that then they’re welcome.In other words you're time waster.............
I don’t go around with £30k+ in my pocket - or have it hanging around in my current account.
IF I like the boat then I will request a release of funds from one of my pension funds to pay for it.
In the meantime, that £30k stays in there, growing faster than it would in a building society or bank account.
Definition:
‘Time waster’: the really annoying individual, who comes to see a product you’re selling - then instead of throwing cash at you, doesn’t immediately buy it on the spot without consideration, comparison with other similar products, or taking time to consider whether the product is really right for him to fork out a considerable amount of money for.
That’s me!
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