FAO Gas Fans

[Agombar stool]

Its not the sun and therefore possibly has long words but thought you may be interested in this article.

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...e-wanted-to-kill-me-abramovichs-german-ambush

 

[Aber gas]

You're a cheeky bastard but thanks for posting that. Good article and yes we are very happy with him.

 

[Agombar stool]

You're a cheeky bastard but thanks for posting that. Good article and yes we are very happy with him.

He actually sounds like a top bloke to be fair, comes across as pretty down to earth for sure.

 

[redjed]

He actually sounds like a top bloke to be fair, comes across as pretty down to earth for sure.

I just wish we had someone like that at Swindon, instead of asset stripper Power, I know their is not to much warmth between us and rovers , but i've always had a bit of a soft spot for you guys, your by far the lesser of 2 evils that reside in Bristol.

 

[Agombar stool]

Not wanting this thread to come over all soppy bollocks but I have absolutely no qualms with either of the Bristol sides. I have been to Ashton Gate a couple of times and had a great time in what is a great City with some top pubs. I then watched the benny hillesque adventures of the City, Swindon and local police chasing each other through the park, which was also amusing. Before the game at the CG which we won 1-0, also had a great hour chatting with a number of City fans about football, for me, that's what its all about, not hating someone because they have the audacity to come from a different place to you.

I know a couple of Rovers fans since my days living abroad and they are top blokes also.

 

[Indian Dan]

I think they all need a good kicking!

 

[Ciderup]

I just wish we had someone like that at Swindon, instead of asset stripper Power, I know their is not to much warmth between us and rovers , but i've always had a bit of a soft spot for you guys, your by far the lesser of 2 evils that reside in Bristol.

Cheeky fooker!
So gas fans, did you miss Matty Taylor yesterday? He looked pretty sharp in the time he was on for us. Plenty to work on (first touch was a bit poor) but a positive debut in all honesty.

 

[07.05.16]

Cheeky fooker!
So gas fans, did you miss Matty Taylor yesterday? He looked pretty sharp in the time he was on for us. Plenty to work on (first touch was a bit poor) but a positive debut in all honesty.

Ronaldo and Messi would have struggled to score yesterday. There were no chances of note other than one for our left back (Lee Brown).
Only time will tell whether we miss him or not.

 

[Ciderup]

Ronaldo and Messi would have struggled to score yesterday. There were no chances of note other than one for our left back (Lee Brown).
Only time will tell whether we miss him or not.

I heard it was a dull affair fella. 'You cancel us and we'll cancel you' sort of game. Can't have made for an exciting watch but we all know these games happen.
If you're matching Rochdale away, that's positive for you but I'm interested to know if you can see missing Matty in future games as he looked half decent on Saturday albeit as a sub.
I'm glad to see the lack of bitterness from the gas posters on here, I expected nothing less TBH. All respect as that move had to hurt, without opening a whole can of worms.

 

[07.05.16]

I heard it was a dull affair fella. 'You cancel us and we'll cancel you' sort of game. Can't have made for an exciting watch but we all know these games happen.
If you're matching Rochdale away, that's positive for you but I'm interested to know if you can see missing Matty in future games as he looked half decent on Saturday albeit as a sub.
I'm glad to see the lack of bitterness from the gas posters on here, I expected nothing less TBH. All respect as that move had to hurt, without opening a whole can of worms.

I'd imagine there will be games we miss him. I don't see anyone else scoring 20+ goals a season in our current squad tbh.
What hurt me was the lack of respect shown by him. (Moving to rivals and demanding the low release clause in the summer)
From City's point of view it's a great bit of business.

 

[GEORGE]

We move on -- Thank god you didn't sign Bodin

 

[Optogas]

I heard it was a dull affair fella. 'You cancel us and we'll cancel you' sort of game. Can't have made for an exciting watch but we all know these games happen.
If you're matching Rochdale away, that's positive for you but I'm interested to know if you can see missing Matty in future games as he looked half decent on Saturday albeit as a sub.
I'm glad to see the lack of bitterness from the gas posters on here, I expected nothing less TBH. All respect as that move had to hurt, without opening a whole can of worms.

To be honest we will miss his goals, which team wouldn't? But his level of performance had dropped off in the last couple of months, probably because his agent was telling him this was the time to move. He is a good player but like all lower league players have rough edges, first touch, his decision making and like most strikers his selfish play. My suspicion is he will be a 10 - 15 goal a season man in the championship unless he learns to actually do a one on one.

 

[ComeOnIrene]

I heard it was a dull affair fella. 'You cancel us and we'll cancel you' sort of game. Can't have made for an exciting watch but we all know these games happen.
If you're matching Rochdale away, that's positive for you but I'm interested to know if you can see missing Matty in future games as he looked half decent on Saturday albeit as a sub.
I'm glad to see the lack of bitterness from the gas posters on here, I expected nothing less TBH. All respect as that move had to hurt, without opening a whole can of worms.

The stats don't lie so it is fair to say we'll definitely miss his goals, but we have Luke James with us who was brought in during the summer as Taylor's intended replacement and he'll now finally get his chance. I think he has something about him, even though he hasn't had any goalscoring opportunities as yet. He'll run himself into the ground, which unfortunately Taylor wasn't doing for us over the last few months.

As Clarke rightly said last week, we have never been a one man team. Matty rarely created his own chances/goals out of nothing; he scored as many as he did because as a team we are good at creating goalscoring opportunities, and he is the type of striker who puts them away more often than not (except one-on-ones, he bloody crap at them). We have a good team and I am happy with what we have got until the end of the season. We'll need to improve our forward line in the summer, but we have the makings of a very solid team I feel.

 

[miagsygas]

We'll miss Taylor's goals, obviously. Fortunately, with three defenders and a keeper in, we seem to be a lot stronger in the defensive area, which has been drastically needed.

To be honest, i have a feeling we wouldn't have been in play offs with or without Taylor, so wether it bothers me too much this season who knows, we will need to find a new striker in the summer as I feel we have a lot of what I would label 2nd / 3rd choice strikers at the moment. Interested to see if any of them can make the step up with extra minutes.

Taylor had a weak time of things in January last season and was doing the exact same this, 4 out of the last 20 goals says a lot, his head was always getting turned by speculation and his agent in his ear. He would have scored goals had the window closed without making the move though. I've had my meltdown about the situation and after DC's brilliant interview on Thursday I was fully back on board. I'd be lying if I didn't want him to flop miserably, but even if he does it's still probably no big deal for City, £300,000 is pennies for them. He'll do well if he starts quickly, but he does also struggle with pressure and the more that mounts on him it'll show, if you look at some of our biggest games when pressure was on he did quite poorly.

Instinctively, he's top notch and will bury most chances. Give him time to think and he will quite often fluff his lines.

Back to Wael, and good to see the plans of the training ground are up and going, like the Stadium i'll take a very, very wait and see approach, but they claim it'll be sorted in 18 months.

 

[Gassy]

I'm glad to see the lack of bitterness from the gas posters on here, I expected nothing less TBH. All respect as that move had to hurt, without opening a whole can of worms.

Oh p*** off Ciderup

 

[Gassy]

On a serious note though, no doubt we'll miss him but he could be selfish at times. Tbf, he turned into quite the finisher though. My word it used to take him 3 or 4 1-on-1's to score a goal, we all used to say that if he could finish, he would become some player. Whether it's all come from him or Marcus Stewart coaching him remains to be seen.

I can't help but doubt the guy though with his "loyalty". I understand the point of championship football and 3x the wages but he supposidly shook hands on a deal with Oxford in the summer too before signing with us and then mocking Oxford in his celebration for a goal...

Taylor is a very hard working player who has been a great servant to this club whilst being here, he always gave his all. His burst of pace, skill for finding space and appearing from nowhere for a tap in is very very veey good but he also has been in a team who has been scoring plenty of goals over the last 30 months with plenty of service. Will he get that at City this season? Like all strikers he is a confidence player and if he loses that then he could struggle in the championship.

It's a shame, I'd love to wish the guy well and thank him for the memories, but I hope he rots in hell

 

[Ciderup]

On a serious note though, no doubt we'll miss him but he could be selfish at times. Tbf, he turned into quite the finisher though. My word it used to take him 3 or 4 1-on-1's to score a goal, we all used to say that if he could finish, he would become some player. Whether it's all come from him or Marcus Stewart coaching him remains to be seen.

I can't help but doubt the guy though with his "loyalty". I understand the point of championship football and 3x the wages but he supposidly shook hands on a deal with Oxford in the summer too before signing with us and then mocking Oxford in his celebration for a goal...

Taylor is a very hard working player who has been a great servant to this club whilst being here, he always gave his all. His burst of pace, skill for finding space and appearing from nowhere for a tap in is very very veey good but he also has been in a team who has been scoring plenty of goals over the last 30 months with plenty of service. Will he get that at City this season? Like all strikers he is a confidence player and if he loses that then he could struggle in the championship.

It's a shame, I'd love to wish the guy well and thank him for the memories, but I hope he rots in hell

The highest number of goal scoring chances in the country says he will to be fair.
I wasn't actually taking the piss for once by the way.

 

[Gassy]

The highest number of goal scoring chances in the country says he will to be fair.
I wasn't actually taking the piss for once by the way.

No problem, I knew you weren't I'd be very interested to hear from you lot how he's doing, especially if it's not very good

 

[Agombar stool]

Bump - appears the pirate in the picture is quite apt given this news -

https://bristolroverssc.co.uk/2017/02/09/brsc-statement-2/

 

[Ciderup]

Bump - appears the pirate in the picture is quite apt given this news -

https://bristolroverssc.co.uk/2017/02/09/brsc-statement-2/

I agree with you Agombar but one of your colleagues named rovers as 'by far the lesser of 2 evils that reside in Bristol' I thought you lot deserved this which I saw on FB.

 

[ThisTinpotLeague]

Oh how you Bristol lot laughed in the summer.

City - it turns out that you valued Callum O'Dowda at approximately 5 (five!) Matty Taylors.

Rovers - you valued Matty Taylor at approximately 20% of Callum O'Dowda.

That'll teach you all to tangle with the brainy lot in Oxford.

 

[Ciderup]

Oh how you Bristol lot laughed in the summer.

City - it turns out that you valued Callum O'Dowda at approximately 5 (five!) Matty Taylors.

Rovers - you valued Matty Taylor at approximately 20% of Callum O'Dowda.

That'll teach you all to tangle with the brainy lot in Oxford.

Not quite right TTL.
COD will be a very good player and is learning to play Championship football, one for the future so no issue with the cost. He'll be worth far more in the future and can hold his own at our level already, particularly when he's played in his proper position and not asked to play as a CM (yes, Lee J actually tried it).
Matty T had a sell on clause which we matched. We didn't set it so it was nothing to do with us really. Judging by his 2 appearances thus far, we've got an absolute steal. £300K in our league is a gamble, some work out and some don't but MT has looked an absolute bargain so far.
As most gasheads would probably admit, there would be no issue at all from their side if he hadn't come to us and I totally understand it. Imagine years ago when your best player, (Joey Beauchamp was it?) wet to Swindon for a lot less than his actual value? That would hurt!

 

[GEORGE]

Not quite right TTL.
COD will be a very good player and is learning to play Championship football, one for the future so no issue with the cost. He'll be worth far more in the future and can hold his own at our level already, particularly when he's played in his proper position and not asked to play as a CM (yes, Lee J actually tried it).
Matty T had a sell on clause which we matched. We didn't set it so it was nothing to do with us really. Judging by his 2 appearances thus far, we've got an absolute steal. £300K in our league is a gamble, some work out and some don't but MT has looked an absolute bargain so far.
As most gasheads would probably admit, there would be no issue at all from their side if he hadn't come to us and I totally understand it. Imagine years ago when your best player, (Joey Beauchamp was it?) wet to Swindon for a lot less than his actual value? That would hurt!

One difference is Matty wasn't our best player. Good but not our best.

 

[ThisTinpotLeague]

Not quite right TTL.
COD will be a very good player and is learning to play Championship football

Won't need that sort of knowledge at Bristol City much longer.

One difference is Matty wasn't our best player. Good but not our best.

A much, much bigger difference is that we actually sold Beauchamp to West Ham and bought him back from Swindon soon after at a substantial discount. Swindon took a loss on him. Doesn't hurt at all - Oxford fans laugh about it.

 

[JJH]

Oh how you Bristol lot laughed in the summer.

City - it turns out that you valued Callum O'Dowda at approximately 5 (five!) Matty Taylors.

Rovers - you valued Matty Taylor at approximately 20% of Callum O'Dowda.

That'll teach you all to tangle with the brainy lot in Oxford.

Still laughing, O'Dowda's a good player. He cost £900k up front anyway, steal.

One difference is Matty wasn't our best player. Good but not our best.

Let's be right, he was. Don't even say Bodin is, he was gash for the first half of this season as he was for the first half of last.

 

[GEORGE]

Still laughing, O'Dowda's a good player. He cost £900k up front anyway, steal.


Let's be right, he was. Don't even say Bodin is, he was gash for the first half of this season as he was for the first half of last.

So you go and watch Rovers every week do you ? Bodin is twice the player Matty was for Rovers.

 

[Ciderup]

Won't need that sort of knowledge at Bristol City much longer.

We'll see about that.
IF we did drop, I have every confidence that our team would be fighting for the title again, as long as Johnson pays with his job. Our squad is far better than our position yet our coach hasn't got a clue what he's doing.
All that said, I think we'll survive anyway.
As for 'Taylors' not our best player', no he isn't anymore, he's a squad player at our place!
The Beauchamp mention was just an example of how the gas must be feeling TBH TTL. If you had lost him to Swindon on a very cheap deal, it would have hurt. As things turned out, you were laughing.

 

[Techno Natch]

So you go and watch Rovers every week do you ? Bodin is twice the player Matty was for Rovers.

We'll snap him up in the summer to.

Where's Aber G anyway?

 

[Gassy]

Oh come on George, Bodin twice the player? I'd love to back you up here but f*** me

Taylor was our best player without a doubt. No our most in form for sure, but as a stand alone player, he was our best. Thankfully we're not a 1 man team like we were when we sold Lambert so we'll be fine without him

 

[ComeOnIrene]

Taylor was our best player but Bodin on top form is a much more influential player in my opinion. If we're being honest, Matty didn't actually play that well in his final few months for us. Unfortunately it looks as if Taylor is going well in his early appearances for them down the road, except for missing a sitter at Derby that would have won them 3 important points in their fight against relegation!