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DaveP discusses the game with Ian, Mark & Neil. On Spotify etc: https://open.acast.com/public/streams/65ae24f47b60d200171f351d/episodes/6617ca358a61e80016d40cf6.mp3 The unbeaten run continues as City ran out clear winners to extend their unbeaten run to 4 with another clean sheet which they've now achieved in 5 of the last 6 games. Blackburn had one of the worst players to grace the Ashton Gate pitch in recent years with Dominic Hyam at fault for the first 3 goals one way or another! Tommy Conway and sub Nahki Wells both grabbed a brace of goals and the penalty famine appears to be over with each scoring from the spot. Max O'Leary was rarely troubled, Sammie Szmodics had a return he'll wish to forget and even the referee was decent. Roberts was impressive in defence & Joe Williams brought extra energy to midfield alongside Knight in contrast to the more measured style of James. If we miss the play-offs by 5-7 points by maintaining this form in the final four games we will be ruing that bad form of the 6 games prior to the international break that produced a measly 3 points!!!

Ian in recent months yes, Mark less so but I'd like to think I remain true to the spirit I adopted within the podcast from day 1 and that is having a cup half empty view borne out of the frustrations associated with 57 years of support!

It makes a change to have someone other than Ian as the podcast villain. Flippin heck, what a pile in on Lez who is only expressing his opinions!! Max was praised in the way he should be by the majority of us but I'm surprised that nobody has commented on the revelation [to us] that this SO important FA Youth Cup semi vs Man City did not warrant the lads going up the day before rather than face a 3+ hour long coach journey on the day of the game! We also called for some form of communication from the board about just how ambitious we, as a club, are in some end of season statement; will Lansdown come on the pitch to address the fans as he has done in the past at the final home game vs. Rotherham? I think not and if he did he might just say, "just think, were it not for me, we could be just like them [Rotherham] yo-yoing between Championship & League 1" which would no doubt draw applause from the be careful what you wish for contingent within the fan base. I welcome new contributors - just message me if you would like to come on This episode is now on Spotify etc: https://open.acast.com/public/streams/65ae24f47b60d200171f351d/episodes/661237edcfecc10016484177.mp3

Join us live at 6 for a match review with the recording available on Spotify etc. later. The title takes a positive view but were it not for Max we'd have suffered a bit of a hiding. This was a Sunderland side on a bad run of form and they certainly showed more desire than us as they looked to put Monday's 5-1 home beating behind them. Clarke and Bellingham were stand out performers for them but we were up against a bunch of kids - their average age was 22. Toby's remark in the commentary, "Liam's getting to know his players" is wearing a bit thin after 5 months and whilst I have a lot of time for Chris Honor the "players have been playing multiple games" from his lips during a break in a largely pedestrian game didn't wash with me. Friday-Monday-Saturday after a 2 week break is hardly stretching the poor lambs! Is Twine looking like a player we should have as a summer marquee signing? It's a no from me. To assuage the level of antipathy I'm feeling towards City I want to see three 5* performances in all three remaining home games; yes, I've bought my 2 season tickets.

This episode is now on Spotify etc. https://shows.acast.com/forever-bristol/episodes/leicester-city-h-the-verdict-we-got-a-performance-now-we-jus On to Monday - can we beat the lowly Pilgrims and by doing so show we can beat sides below us in the table?? Our Argyle [A] review episode will be recorded live @ 6.00 on Monday.

Live on You Tube @ 6.00 then on Spotify etc later this evening Can't deny the fact that City deserved all three points against a Leicester side who have now lost 4 of their last 6 games and in so doing might have to settle for a play-off spot despite leading the division for months. Manning changed the formation which meant the left side was strong with Pring & the impressive Roberts. Mehemti was at his most infuriating but he capped his performance with a well struck winning goal. Max O'Leary deserves praise for some fine saves and even his distribution was on point today. What's the view on Twine and Conway for that matter - should we sign the former whilst did our Scottish U21 put some ££££ on his value based on today's performance. Andrew Kitchen the ref, what a disgrace - showed unbelievable "big team" favouritism Overall though one swallow does not a summer make but things aren't perhaps as bad as some of us are making out?

Compare LMs record to McKenna and quite honestly it falls well short in my personal view. LM appears to have flitted between jobs, grasping at opportunities as they presented themselves; he has a sacking to his name already. If he turns things around here and achieves a modicum of success I suggest he would be off in pursuit of the next big thing if offered. McKenna has been schooled at, arguably, two of the finest club's in the land. At Spurs he managed the U18s who reached the semi-final of the Youth Cup in 2015. He moved on to Man Utd. in 2016 in a similar role [U18s coach]. Come the summer it will be a full six years since he, at age 30, & Michael Carrick were promoted to become first team coaches at United.

You're probably right Graham regarding Ward, but look who we brought in - Benny!! Hardly a "marquee signing" in foreign coaching terms and an early example of having the best intentions but with poor execution.

Hope you didn't waste your time listening for the full hour then! [Would've expected a comment from you that it was an Ian GAY free episode if it was nothing else]

With no match this weekend DaveP took the opportunity to chew the cud on all matters Bristol City with former player Chris and respected local journalist Richard. Premature to be having an end of season review? Not really with nothing but pride to play for over the next 5 weeks. Lots of topics covered with Richard very much in the "be careful what you wish for" camp for those who say SL should move on but tempering that by saying the purse strings need to be relaxed in the summer with a marquee signing. Neither Richard or Chris feel Liam's position is at risk although there was some agreement with DaveP's suggestion that Liam could do with some help in the dugout - no disrespect to Hoggy but he doesn't have a playing record of note whilst Manning knowledge is out of a coaching manual! [Also on Spotify etc.]

If it is classified as the same competition then we got there in 1972/73 1972–73: Ipswich Town v. Bristol City (3–0 and 1–1, 4–1 aggregate)[edit]

On it!

Best one since Geoff left.

Start a poll. Might agree for a defender but not if you want fast front foot football from the off.

Surely start with your best rather than come on having to chase the game at 0-2 down and push harder?

Ian, Mark, and DaveP discuss this afternoon's match action. Was half tempted to write "no idea" but would that have been harsh? We’re not very good and neither, it would seem. are any of the teams below us in the table! Birmingham, Sheff Wed., Plymouth and Stoke all lost while the other 3 dog eat dog games produced three 0-0 draws. There will, it must seem now, little chance of a flurry of decent performances between now and the end of the season and if we maintain our current levels a final placing in the range 17th-19th looks likely. Will we achieve a best in 4 seasons no of wins with the 3 needed to achieve that, probably not and with it the chance of equalling last season’s points tally. Its not good and I think it more than likely that a fair number of season ticketholders won’t be renewing between now & August unless something earth shattering happens behind the scenes.

As the host of the pod I'd just like to interject by making reference to the phrase "playing like that" in the context of 16 wins by that scoreline. We would NOT win 16 games, home or away, "playing like that". My interpretation of what Ian said, rightly or wrongly, was winning 16 scrappy games 1-0 isn't pretty to watch but might be effective. What made it worse on Saturday is that the Swans were passive themselves and far from the game being played with the passion of a local derby it was akin to a poor pre-season friendly. Would fans have been happy if we battered them, hitting the post/bar, drawing several good saves from the keeper as they sat in only to lose 0-1 to a breakaway goal. That would have drawn the phrase from many "we'll win more than we lose playing like that". In 6 months time no-one will remember the detail of Sunday's game nor how we were battered by Coventry in October but stole [?] a 1-0 win. What I do remember is 6 years ago being 3-0 up at half time against Sunderland but drawing 3-3, a further nail in that coffin of collapse in the 2nd half of 2017/18

That was an awful performance yesterday but I wonder how far down the spectrum compared with the undeserved 1-0 win over Coventry back in the Autumn. We'll remember the good games like Southampton this season and WBA a few years back when we were 3-0 up in half an hour [won 3-2] but the scrappy 1-0s don't stay long in the memory.

Yes, Ian posed the question but I don't think it was made with a "Pearson bashing" intent. I took it that it was against a background of not achieving a double digit number of home wins for several seasons and would we accept seeing boring but winning football that produced a play off securing position? I cited the example of the Danny Wilson era [year on year improvement each season he was here] when in 02/03 Wigan secured the League 1 title with a dour, defensive style and many narrow 1-0 victories. Wilson had always played an expansive style and I seem to recall reading that he changed approach to be more defensive in 03/04 which saw us reach, but fail, in the play off final.

There was a lot of agreement and reasoned debate where there was conflict

Join us live on You Tube & X @ 6.00 PM as we discuss a game that, until Rob Dickie's well taken winner, was memorable for the most poorly executed corner routine I've seen in 50 years and a delinquent sprinkler which delayed the start of the 2nd half. City DID improve in the 2nd half and deserved the points but with young coaching aficionados Luke Williams & Liam Manning in the technical areas it was not pretty to watch. Swansea seemed to stick with their processes and contain their emotions even after going behind by showing no desire to chase for an equalizer. The published crowd was just short of 21k but I reckon the in person count was barely 16k - this does not auger well for the upcoming season ticket renewal period

As I have said to others, you are welcome to contribute and in your case have the opportunity, as you put it, to "really get in Ian's face" We are not in the pay of BCFC and if you listened you would have seen Ian as being in the minority in his defence of LM; even @Davefevs was suggesting a continuation of the results sequence might mean it is time to call time on LM.

Yes x 2

Join us live @ 9.00 Wednesday as we review the match action. If only Nahki's effort had gone in rather than hit the post Mehmeti - decent goal and deserved another but for a fine save MOL saves penalty but Pring skinned by former player Wes Burns; should he have even started? Does this ease the pressure on LM? Plenty for DaveP, Mark, Ian, Tom & DaveFevs to talk about.

Amidst our detractors it is morale boosting to read the more positive posts like this one from @RedRock. Our Ipswich review will be LIVE & recorded at 9.00 AM Wednesday and will feature, amongst others @Davefevs & @TomSutton .