Talk about hitting a very sick man when he is at his lowest point.
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Talk about hitting a very sick man when he is at his lowest point.
The 'Bristol Sport' setup that their owner created hasn't gone down too well with the Bristol City fans. They feel that money generated by the football club is being syphoned off to the Bears (rugby) and Flyers (basketball).
For example, Pat Lam the Bristol Bears' coach is reported to earn 16k a week.
They pocketed a cool 35m from the sale of Alex Scott and Antoine Semenyo, but little has been reinvested back into the team. I know they've had a lot of injuries recently, but they could barely put a bench together for Saturday's game, having to fill it with untried youngsters.
I think they'll go for Nathan Jones. Landsdowne is (has become) a firm believer in the Luton Philosophy of, erm.. not spending money in the hope of achieving success.
They could drop like a stone. A shame really.
I think the disenchantment can be traced back to the birth of Bristol Sport. Since then there has been a growing feeling that he is losing interest in the football club in favour of the other branches. It could well be true. I knew Steve well as I worked for him for many years. He came to football as an adult, he was not a lifelong fan in that sense. They've got a bit of cheek bearing in mind the amount of money he has ploughed into the club though. I think he spent going on for £50 million on their ground alone. The Pearson affair has tipped them over the edge.
I think there's probably one or two owners looking at us and thinking "if they can do that under an embargo".
Fingers crossed he suggests changing their colours to Blue and White and renames them Bristol Grizzley.
Some supporters are just so ungrateful and lack long term vision.
Bristol Sport, I remember reading sbout this. Bristol Rugby Club play at Ashton Gate, what are their crowds like?
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What is Pearson’s illness that some have mentioned ?
I know he was on crutches, I just thought it was a leg/ankle problem !
This is another potential distraction from the football side of things
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/b...ngmoor-8719721
Subject to a legal challenge since that article.