The Official Bristol City v Nottingham Forest Match Day Thread

[Fiale]

Just wait until the team start clicking....

[bristolcitysweden]

16 of us will come over for the Brighton game

[Nibor]

We made hard work of it in the first half with so many mistimed or miscued passes in the final third, really showed how we missed Tomlin and that Reid isn't accurate enough to be an understudy for him in the no 10 role.

A definite lack of width meant we kept trying to play through the middle and didn't have the quality to do it properly.

Second half we switched to a more direct mode of play and gave Tammy some room by putting Wilbraham up there too.

It allowed us to grind out a win against a mediocre side, so well done to LJ for changing things early enough to turn the game.

Brownhill did well at right back but I was surprised we didn't bring Matthews on to be honest, he's a specialist in that role and if he can't play 45 minutes he shouldn't be on the bench.

Paterson again did well and the interplay with Abraham for the goal was lovely.  

Overall a better result than performance for me, but another 3 points and flying higher than anybody had any right to expect this season.  Well done City.

The referee and linesmen were notably bad, missing blatant fouls and giving several incorrect offsides and Forest were as bad as I've ever seen them.

 

[WhistleHappy]

5 minutes ago, Fiale said:

Just wait until the team start clicking....

The lads have got physios, dieticians and other medical staff to hopefully prevent that from happening anytime soon.  

[Cov 77]

3 hours ago, havanatopia said:

Interesting OK thanks

18,900 ... wow.. poor, very poor. That takes us below Forest on average attendances then and below the 20k mark.

How's it very poor ? Leeds had 600 more than forest of which the crowd was 19,500 , was that poor too ?

We are increasing the crowds well, will take a while.

Lot of people who didn't go saying it was poor , get a ticket 

[Fiale]

BTW towards the end of the game, what did I miss

 

O'Dowda had the ball, he was running width wise across the pitch about 15 ft from the half way line, Reid made a sudden run and suddenly you think the easiest thing in the world is for O'Dowda to put the ball just about anywhere in the oppositions half and Reid is 1v1 with their keeper.. he totally wrong footed the whole Forest Defence - instead O'Dowda continues his run, turning into our half and half a dozen players, half pass/tackle later and Flint has to save his ass as Forest look to break.

 

Did I misread what happened, it just looked so perfect, but looked like 

O'Dowda:  Nah sorry Reid...... 

 

BTW if Reid want's the central/Forward AM role he needs to stop other players pushing him out of it by them not playing their positions and trying to do his job,,, Tomlin would not have let Patterson / O'Dowda / Brownhill get away with some of the positioning today... ok they had good games, but the congestion and number of players trying to do that role was stupid at times.

[OldlandReddies]

Cant disagree that Lee has been very astute with his substitutions but you have to say that they are working more this season as our squad is so much stronger and anyone coming off the bench fresh is quality and well capable of changing the game one way or another. Win/win all the way.

[nickolas]

Just one note. The atmosphere around the two goals was immense!! Looking forward to losing my voice once more!!

[havanatopia]

35 minutes ago, Cov 77 said:

How's it very poor ? Leeds had 600 more than forest of which the crowd was 19,500 , was that poor too ?

We are increasing the crowds well, will take a while.

Lot of people who didn't go saying it was poor , get a ticket 

Get me an airline ticket and I will .

I think both were poor yes but i blame the club for charging too much for pay on the day.

[Reigate Red]

2 hours ago, Jerseybean said:

So today I got off the train at Parson Street Station and walked to the ground, on the way I looked up and saw Pattersons (the catering equipment supplier) in Winterstoke Road, at this exact moment I had a remarkable premonition. I had already sensed we would win 2-1 then, for some reason, at that very moment, I knew Pato would get the winner!

I must admit I did not know that there was a train from Jersey to Parson Street

[Bar BS3]

46 minutes ago, havanatopia said:

Get me an airline ticket and I will .

I think both were poor yes but i blame the club for charging too much for pay on the day.

How is it poor?

When was the last time we averaged 20k crowds?

If, as I expect we end up with an 18k average, that is progress and a decent rate. 

Stay in the top 6 and the average will be higher than that. 

[JamesBCFC]

57 minutes ago, havanatopia said:

Get me an airline ticket and I will .

I think both were poor yes but i blame the club for charging too much for pay on the day.

Leeds was roughly a sell out of the old ground (once segregation happens) and today was 600 less.

Its not that poor really.

[iamalagerdrinker]

2 hours ago, WhistleHappy said:

Hmm, this ain't lookin 'grate' mate, who said there's no smoke without fire?

My girlfriend said the first thing I said to her when she came home from work was that City was winning 2-1 rather then the reason 8 firefighters was outside our house and I almost set it on fire haha 

[gl1]

4 hours ago, RichardEdd said:

Caption competition. 

If you can score from that tight angle you deserve a high five, bro

[A Horse With No Name]

1 hour ago, Reigate Red said:

I must admit I did not know that there was a train from Jersey to Parson Street

How ridiculous is that ? Jersey to Parson Street. Ha Ha.    The Jersey train only stops at Bedminster and Staple Hill.

 

 

 

 

[Ash the Bash]

7 hours ago, havanatopia said:

Blimey 2 on one thread and when i were a lad it were top of my career desires; i then found out the salary scale and decided the Ordnance Survey was not for me.

It seems to work in reverse this close to the equator; the Philippines are small and perhaps that is why the place feels and is hugely over-crowded.

I think the justification is the loss of Tomlin; perhaps Brownhill will be more creative than O'Neill. I applaud Lee's boldness. GON can always come on if it needs greater solidity.

Oh god I wouldn't go near the OS Hav! I work in civil engineering. 

Maps rule. 

[BCFC Rich]

Best quotes from forest forum!

 

Cure Boy "we need a paterson type player...."

Siforest65 "I expected us to lose today. Midweek against Fulham was more damaging."

and captain sinister replying to some else "

Devils advocate - would you rather have Paterson on the wing or one of Dumitru/Carayol/Lica/Osborn?

Paterson every time.
Knows how to beat his man, knows how to lay off a killer pass, knows how to finish.

[Ash the Bash]

5 hours ago, Acton Red said:

Are you really a cartographer? Excellent trade I would say and I am sure we are a better club with a cartographer in the support.

Thank you! :-)

Yep within civil engineering. Mon-Fri Railways & Roads, Sat Coopers & Atyeo 

Think I started dreaming about the play-offs today... 

[milo1111]

2 hours ago, havanatopia said:

Get me an airline ticket and I will .

I think both were poor yes but i blame the club for charging too much for pay on the day.

Your joking. We haven't had such good attendanceas for years.

I agree the club should of made season ticket prices slightly lower but they are still good.

[Bar BS3]

22 minutes ago, milo1111 said:

Your joking. We haven't had such good attendanceas for years.

I agree the club should of made season ticket prices slightly lower but they are still good.

Season tickets don't need to be any cheaper. POTD could be less. Or at least not classing Forest as a "Gold category" game. That is poor. 

[Toffee dog]

Good crowds for where we are, remain in top 5 then I would hope for around 22 000 later in the year

[havanatopia]

9 hours ago, milo1111 said:

Your joking. We haven't had such good attendanceas for years.

I agree the club should of made season ticket prices slightly lower but they are still good.

Correct.

I was not advocating cheaper season tickets; only cheaper pay on the day.

8 hours ago, Bar BS3 said:

Season tickets don't need to be any cheaper. POTD could be less. Or at least not classing Forest as a "Gold category" game. That is poor. 

This + should

[RobArnold10]

Have to agree that pricing for POTD is probably about £5 over the top, and I do think the club has missed a trick. However we still are getting good crowds and that's something to be proud of, as long as we do well then the crowds will maintain.

As for the game I thought that was the worst Forest side I've seen at AG in 20 years, even their L1 side had more potency than they did!