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14 hours ago, And Its Smith said:

Who you playing in the Weimann role then?

Could easily rotate between Wells and Semenyo in turn. I would have said Benarous if not for the injury and where/if Weimann needed a rest.

Scott doesn't get involved enough when played there I need my opinion.

Just floating random thoughts to be honest.

4 minutes ago, Logical-City said:

Conway has to be dropped simple IMO Semenyo is undroppable at this time 

I'd honestly drop Weimann before Semenyo.

Last of the Man United team left departs the building, and one the best parts of it for me.

Exact kind of defender we're missing atm, brave committed, no-nonsense.

Hope the club leaves the door open for him to do his coaching badges with us if that's an option he's thinking of taking up.

Best of luck Bakes.

42 minutes ago, pl00peh91 said:

Also it feels like he’s aged five years in three months having watched him play this season 

Its plausible his minds been elsewhere to be fair. His biggest strength has been his football intelligence since he's been with us.

Add to that he's never played wide defender in a three, etc.

40 minutes ago, 2015 said:

I really do not miss the Johnson days. Most of the time we were scraping wins and playing on counter attack. We have a side who actually look to effect games now and are worth getting behind. I'd take how we are playing right now above 80% of his reign

Most of the time we were crap and knicked a goal.

Don't think we even really played on the counter attack - that would qualify as an identity and we never had one under LJ. 

3 minutes ago, cellist said:

I missed the first half - why was Massengo taken off? Injury?

Wondering if Pearson could have done anything differently with the subs. Obviously a good call to bring Semenyo on when he did. You can point to Weimann playing at RWB for a while instead of Wilson but would it have made a difference to the goal? Maybe bringing Klose on for Vyner to see things out (but we brought King on to see things out, and look how that went)

Klose wasn't on the bench to be fair. Nothing NP could really change to counter their balls into the box. No idea if it's a knock, injury etc.

Usually quite positive. However;

Too many 5/10 performances today. Lazy and wasteful in possession and it's cost us. Weimann missing much of the game, possibly the knock.

Didn't think much of Blackpool to be honest. They were there for the taking in spells.

Naismith pass put Vyner in trouble, never mind the touch he took was the worst possible he could have taken in that scenario, the latter was literally something you'd see in park football. Shocking. Then gets outpaced and out muscled. Unfortunate as it's undone all the positives I thought he achieved at Cardiff.

Atkinson must improve or he risks losing his place. Thought he was very poor today.

Conway my man of the match, Semenyo, Wells, and Williams did well. Naismith one of the best on the pitch until their third.

DaSilva, Scott, Massengo - on balance all did OK.

Atkinson, Vyner, Bents, Weimann, all pretty poor compared, to at least, their individual standards and what we know they can do.

1 minute ago, Sheltons Army said:

Blimey - sounds like we are very lucky not to be four down

I'm probably skewed by the Luton/Cardiff performances and being too harsh. But a lot of basic errors.

Conversely Naismith, Williams and Conway playing very well.

Massengo, Scott (assist aside), Weimann, Vyner and Atkinson pretty poor.

DaSilva, Conway and Wells trying to make things happen.

Bents pretty poor, crosses apparently mean hot-potato.

Hope Pearson sticks the boot into them a bit at half time, Blackpool there for the taking.

The Robins TV commentary is woeful. If I wanted nothing but propaganda I'd watch Russian State TV.

1 hour ago, miagsygas said:

Nibble.

Fairplay for it - dont mind the banter personally.

Just a shame your forum is like mentioning the war in Ukraine in Russia when it comes to tongue-in-cheek comments or any kind of satirical banter.

Been banned three times in three posts on three differing accounts. 

2 minutes ago, Cardy said:

Tanner hasn’t covered himself in glory there.

Got unlucky with the ricochet, Kadji got under it, didn't know where his man was.

On 21/08/2022 at 21:18, headhunter said:

In our latest episode DaveP is in the chair talking with Ian ,Lezz & Rob Pickles about today's hugely impressive win against Cardiff:

LISTEN HERE: https://foreverbristolcity.podbean.com/e/cardiff-h-reviewed-if-this-style-can-be-maintained-then-the-sky-s-the-limit/ [Also on Apple, Google & Spotify]

Never mind Scott, Semenyo & HNM as our star trio, you have to add Tommy Conway to that list as he scored for the 2nd time at home this week. Cardiff were no mugs but they lacked firepower in the final third and when they got within a whiff of a goal Bentley was on hand at his usual shot-stopper best.

We mustn't get carried away with the positivity we expressed in the content of this episode but this side [OK, based on just two games] looks like it knows what it's doing and that's something you couldn't say has been evident for a while.

Must give a shout out for the referee Thomas Bramhall whose eagerness to let the game flow was a pleasure to behold!

 

Apologies for the wordy post as I'm tapping out notes as I go along with it.

Wish the pod was this measured when there's a defeat would be my only point.

Good counter arguments and points made re team selections (DaSilva Vs Pring) and other points.

Not sure I'd have been as easy on Ian with regards to the Weimann 70% mooted sale, thought defending it with Exiled's tweet speculating interest wouldn't shock was a weak deflection - who is the source dammit! 

Sykes/Freeman was not as serious as the Blackpool/Burnley incident imo. Maatsen was much much more forceful, but that's just my opinion.

Re the relegation to playoffs prospect swing in view. There's ebbing and flowing, then there's whiplash. Think the pod needs to prerequisite someone to look at the bright sides to any draw/defeat to compare and contrast to allow more balanced conversation, as so far when there has been a defeat it's just a fairly predictable droning critique usually blaming the manager (rightly or randomly).

Bryan rightly written off on a return as unrealistic pending wages.

Disagree crowding the ref. Luton barely did it and Sykes got sent off for example, simply off of Freeman's reaction. Gamesmanship is fine, but pressuring officials and 'bullying' them is a step too far imo, but again, that's personal opinion.

Good Listen Overall.

13 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Can someone explain why Cardiff were allowed to make 6 subs?

I know the first one was a concussion substitution but is it really now the rule that they can still make 5 more as a result?

They did so using 4 breaks as well, which when we copied them by making 4 in 4 separate substitutions really did break the game up.

Concussion subs have carried over from last season.

Base subs moved from three to five.

1st is concussion sub, further five allowed.

They made the further 5 subs in 3 breaks hence allowed.

4 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Me too.

Excellent ball in for the disallowed goal.

Couldn’t work out why they kept switching him to the right, but thought he was one of their better performers.

To be honest I've always preferred him on the right.

His outside foot isn't bad at all, and it gives him an option to to cut inside.

Think Morison was just trying to switch it up trying to be clever, but ended up not allowing their forward players to get into a rythem.

13 minutes ago, Engvall’s Splinter said:

O’Dowda fully justified NP’s decision to move him on today. Pretty non-existent. Typified the majority of his time here. 

Ironically I thought he was one of their best threats first half.

Then in typical Callum fashion got bullied a bit second half and vanished.

Shame it didn't work out, but just needs to be more ruthless and aggressive.

1 hour ago, Superjack said:

I'm a big fan of Nahki Wells and the last two games are examples of why.

But what I really want to say is that I thought Vyner was excellent today. 

They were all excellent.

Going to work very happy.

Worth Noting Zak was really shaky the first 20 along with Williams.

Key thing a few in S19 noticed is, both Bents and especially Naismith gave them both an earful and encouragement.

Culture difference to last season appearing, at least, to be night and day better. More collective. Same vibe as pats on the back when theyve done well. I.e. Bents and Nais to Atkinson at Luton after the save by the former.

Kal's very communicative and combative just what we needed. Him and Klose very good communicators overall.

That and game management much better as the season has progressed.

12 minutes ago, Selred said:

My man of the match. Fantastic movement, fantastic attitude. Tree points as he would say! Happy days!

Suites the narrow forward three we play to a tee.

That aside, cracking day out.

Tommy Conway is a red.

Onwards we go. Forza City. Playoffs here we come.

29 minutes ago, TomF said:

According to Ian Gay we had to win because of Nigel’s unnecessary changes to the side 

I think his view is that we apparently had to win, period.

Which I don't really understand, Id have taken a draw before the game.

Problem is, he slags off Nige immediately, "better tell Nige", etc - on posts merely questioning why Scott is RWB, and insists Wilson in for Williams.

Issue being Nige will do it for the next game and Ian will criticise him for it, he can't win.

Is it that difficult to question the team without sarcastic remarks until after the game? - will be interesting to see if he gives any credit to Nige in the next pod but I assume not.

16 hours ago, Wanderingred said:

That was a more complete and controlled performance than anything we’ve seen in the last two years. The fact that the sending off didn’t phase us was massive. Definitely a reason to be optimistic of better times ahead.

Up until the red for Sykesy, probably one of the most commanding performances since Man United, to be honest.

20 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

Jacki, Goodridge, Dave Smith spring to my mind 

Adomah also. Christian Roberts for me was a personal favourite. David Cotterill.

1 hour ago, GrahamC said:

100%.

At present we have Weimann, Conway & Wells who can all play parts of his role & it is also worth pointing out we’ve scored in all 4 of our games without him, largely thanks to Andi.

There is an argument therefore & I think it’s yours (?) that if we were stronger defensively and/or in midfield that would be more beneficial & is where to prioritise any funds.

Just to make it clear I’m not saying that Conway or Wells are as good as Antoine, because if they were someone would be offering us £10m+ for them instead, but they could do a better job replacing him than our current options at the back or in midfield.

Final point, if we did look at a striker I’d want someone who could lighten the load on Martin myself, not replace Antoine, at 34 in October we are ready asking a lot of him at present.
 

Also worth pointing out signing Sykes and Wilson for the right and side has given us muckers more pace as a team, add in Pring over JD and it's even more so.

If we can add a mobile right sided central defender and a central defensive midfielder, and loan a CAM/ST to replace Semenyo for the season and I think that will have been a solid window.

2 hours ago, City oz said:

Top Robin I totally agree with you. Listening today NP is starting to repeat himself on various web sites. " I-am frustrated and disappointed with some of the official decisions and our inability to stay a head when we are winning"

The last two years we all think give him a chance. How many chances does he get ?. We finished 17th last season and with even taking on board the pre season friendlies it looks like no improvement on 17th again as what have we seen that is better.

NP  in his earlier years was a fair to great defender at Shrewsbury, Middlesborough and Sheffield Wednesday in his playing days. Later being successful with Leicester City but will it happen at BS3?? 

Time for NP to hang up his boots and hand back the keys to his car and office if we are all honest as it looks like we will struggle again this season. I feel sorry for all the fans that week in and week out turn up and leave disappointed where their expectations have diminished.

Not sure who can replace NP but something needs to happen or take place where some wins are on the board in the next few weeks.

Can any one on here honestly say we are in a better position now than in season 2019/20

Issue being we have weapons on socials saying get Corboran (Ian Gray for example) and others actually having the audacity to mention Dyche.

The aboslute Womble should be aware the former is already at Olympiakos, but then he thinks he's god gift to football debates.

I don't see who replaces Pearson. Better sometimes the evil you know than the one you don't. It may be we appoint a renowned coach rather than a manager from youth levels with the younger squad we have (Swansea with Cooper for example).

We have an owner who isn't interested and ultimately at fault for our current position.

The most realistic are Lee Bowyer, David Wagner, and Tony Mowbray, if we want championship experience.

Otherwise it's then outside shouts like Roy Keane, Xabi Alonso, or Philip Cocu.

However, with it being us, the most realistic proposition is Euell getting the managers post.

Expect it may be King and Scott in midfield, so something akin to;

Bentley, Vyner, Klose, Naismith, Sykes, Pring, King, Scott, Weimann, Conway Martin?

Just now, Davefevs said:

Yes, sorry…meant to add from last set of accounts….my bad.  Completely ok now.

No worries, was questioning whether I'd imagined those transfers briefly and had to double check.