Fordy62 Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 I didn’t see anything tonight to make me excited about the future under LJ. Nice to get 3 points, yes. But we won because Ipswich were comical. Almost at a standard where the g*s would give them a good game. I fear that ironically this win may put us more in a relegation battle than a defeat might have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: I didn’t see anything tonight to make me excited about the future under LJ. Nice to get 3 points, yes. But we won because Ipswich were comical. Almost at a standard where the g*s would give them a good game. I fear that ironically this win may put us more in a relegation battle than a defeat might have. Well it’ll keep LJ here to at least Christmas with that win.. So you may be right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin_unreliant Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 Play like that and we won't get many points in December... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor10 Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 5 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: I didn’t see anything tonight to make me excited about the future under LJ. Nice to get 3 points, yes. But we won because Ipswich were comical. Almost at a standard where the g*s would give them a good game. I fear that ironically this win may put us more in a relegation battle than a defeat might have. I completely agree fella. delighted with a very much needed 3 points but my word Ipswich were poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oops Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 Fair play for making the trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 18 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: I didn’t see anything tonight to make me excited about the future under LJ. Nice to get 3 points, yes. But we won because Ipswich were comical. Almost at a standard where the g*s would give them a good game. I fear that ironically this win may put us more in a relegation battle than a defeat might have. Sometimes you need wins like that. What I did see that was positive was a refusal to roll over and just bemoan our luck and a team that are still clearly playing for the manager (I know how much that hurts some posters on here). When you consider how we have been performing, we did some good things, shame that Walsh's effort in the first few minutes didn't go in because I think we would have run out comfortable winners with that extra bit of confidence. Eliasson and Kelly absolutely murdered the left flank in the second half, which was closer to what they were doing to teams a few weeks ago. Hang in there Fordy, I don't think we have turned a corner quite, but I think we just might be poking our heads around it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 This season (after selling 3 key players) was always going to be difficult where points are more important than performance. We will finish comfortably between 10-15th which is acceptable in a transition season. We also need to release we are Bristol city not BRAZIL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC11 Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 How predictable that a thread like this would appear after a win. Yes it was a shit game all round but a win is a win I couldn’t give a toss how it comes about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAman08 Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 7 minutes ago, Spoons said: This season (after selling 3 key players) was always going to be difficult where points are more important than performance. We will finish comfortably between 10-15th which is acceptable in a transition season. We also need to release we are Bristol city not BRAZIL! Don’t think anyone thinks we are Brazil but it is how our defeats come about. Play well for a bit then drop 4-5 in a row. Get a couple wins and draws and undo it with another losing streak. Then there are the performances. Fair enough we are about where I predicted we would finish but have always been looking for a bit more consistency. Granted I get that is hard in this league and if you are going to be midtable but we have been far from consistent this season and that is the same trait that has held us back under LJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 12 minutes ago, Spoons said: This season (after selling 3 key players) was always going to be difficult where points are more important than performance. We will finish comfortably between 10-15th which is acceptable in a transition season. We also need to release we are Bristol city not BRAZIL! We definitely won't finish 10th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red DNA Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 It’s all about confidence regardless of how we won. Tonight’s result should give the team that bit more belief, we all need to get behind them on Sunday from the start and avoid any edgy atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 16 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: Sometimes you need wins like that. What I did see that was positive was a refusal to roll over and just bemoan our luck and a team that are still clearly playing for the manager (I know how much that hurts some posters on here). When you consider how we have been performing, we did some good things, shame that Walsh's effort in the first few minutes didn't go in because I think we would have run out comfortable winners with that extra bit of confidence. Eliasson and Kelly absolutely murdered the left flank in the second half, which was closer to what they were doing to teams a few weeks ago. Hang in there Fordy, I don't think we have turned a corner quite, but I think we just might be poking our heads around it. What concerned me was that after the bright 2 minutes which should’ve given confidence, we quickly fell back to type. We ended the first half looking bereft of ideas and desire. The desire bit dumbfounds me. Run around like a headless chicken at least. Second half was better, a few differences in set up made a difference. But we can’t kid ourselves that was a great performance...but it is something to build from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 18 minutes ago, Spoons said: We also need to release we are Bristol city not BRAZIL! Reminds me of this classic....I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INCRED Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 We were too lightweight up front and the change to bring Fam on was correct and tbf he did well Much better second half but Ipswich and their support are pretty awful, like a morgue but fair play to those of us who made it to Portman road tonight and backed the team, about 300 - 400 isnt bad for a miserable weds night in Ipswich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina's Rolls Royce Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 25 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: I didn’t see anything tonight to make me excited about the future under LJ. Nice to get 3 points, yes. But we won because Ipswich were comical. Almost at a standard where the g*s would give them a good game. I fear that ironically this win may put us more in a relegation battle than a defeat might have. Fordy, you're virtually myopic about Lee Johnson and sometimes bi-polar. I can quote you on both your admiration and your detest for LJ. He's neither good (atm) nor bad - he's frighteningly average and continues with his his feast or famine results. I suspect a manager who averages his results with win- loss- draw- draw - loss - win would be less vilified. If anyone believes that based on our expenditure and subsequent team that we should be challenging for play offs is bonkers. We are not going down but we are unlikely to go up any time soon along with 21 other Championship club's - many of whom are bigger in budget, fan base and status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 43 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: I didn’t see anything tonight to make me excited about the future under LJ. Nice to get 3 points, yes. But we won because Ipswich were comical. Almost at a standard where the g*s would give them a good game. I fear that ironically this win may put us more in a relegation battle than a defeat might have. Fair comments, but if we beat Millwall now, suddenly the world seems a different place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oops Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 Does everyone realise that we will NOT win every game we play? I despair if we lose, you moan. if we draw, you moan if we win, you ******* moan WHAT DO YOU WANT?? Rugby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 Just now, mozo said: but if we beat Millwall now, suddenly the world seems a different place... Yep.......the anti LJ brigade will go back into their shells... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, mozo said: Fair comments, but if we beat Millwall now, suddenly the world seems a different place... Of course it will. That’s football. Doesn’t hide we have issues, but it can spark confidence. Was dreading playing Millwall had we lost tonight. We didn’t and LJ needs to feed off 3 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 The standard of the match was appalling. I would like to see us play how we did in the first 5 minutes for a whole match. Aggressive and exciting. We just slipped back in to what we've seen for last x months after that. A comical goal got us back into it and any other side than Ipswich would have beaten us tonight. I mean they have jokers like that Harrison in their squad when frankly he is an average League 1 player at best. Much work to be done but hoping for 3 points and a good performance Sunday. If LJ goes on a similar run we ended tonight from Sunday onwards then I think he will be gone. But you never can tell with LJ as we could win Sunday and then suddenly we could be on a winning run that lasts a bit. Such an odd manager and I think the losing runs drive fans mad. I suspect it will be the thing that costs him his job in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Davefevs said: What concerned me was that after the bright 2 minutes which should’ve given confidence, we quickly fell back to type. We ended the first half looking bereft of ideas and desire. The desire bit dumbfounds me. Run around like a headless chicken at least. Second half was better, a few differences in set up made a difference. But we can’t kid ourselves that was a great performance...but it is something to build from. Funnily enough Dave I said this on the terraces before the terrible performance against Preston. I made the point then though that this seems to have been something endemic in the Club for many seasons and across successive Managers. I have lost count of how many games over the years where we started brightly, but when we don't actually score, we seem to lose faith in the way we are playing. It's almost like a club trait, rather than something that comes from Management. The only season I can clearly think of when we persisted with our style for 90 minutes on a regular basis, was our promotion season, and I sometime got the impression that was because we only had one way to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchay Red Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, Robbored said: Yep.......the anti LJ brigade will go back into their shells... Nah, been out of my shell since the day he was appointed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeepUpLino Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 18 minutes ago, Davefevs said: What concerned me was that after the bright 2 minutes which should’ve given confidence, we quickly fell back to type. We ended the first half looking bereft of ideas and desire. The desire bit dumbfounds me. Run around like a headless chicken at least. Second half was better, a few differences in set up made a difference. But we can’t kid ourselves that was a great performance...but it is something to build from. Shouldn’t Lee’s team be almost built now, he started sometime ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeepUpLino Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 15 minutes ago, Oops said: Does everyone realise that we will NOT win every game we play? I despair if we lose, you moan. if we draw, you moan if we win, you ******* moan WHAT DO YOU WANT?? Rugby? Someone’s had a few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oops Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 Did we win though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 7 minutes ago, KeepUpLino said: Shouldn’t Lee’s team be almost built now, he started sometime ago. 8 years it took Alan Dicks, and that was at a time when there were no transfer windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 25 minutes ago, Robbored said: Yep.......the anti LJ brigade will go back into their shells... And you’ll still be standing, saluting our project and footballing style. So predictable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 7 minutes ago, Oops said: Did we win though? I won bingo once, not sure I had much to do with it to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 1 minute ago, RumRed said: And you’ll still be standing, saluting our project and footballing style. So predictable... No The troll will be astride the fence hedging her bets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrascal2 Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Port Said Red said: Sometimes you need wins like that. What I did see that was positive was a refusal to roll over and just bemoan our luck and a team that are still clearly playing for the manager (I know how much that hurts some posters on here). When you consider how we have been performing, we did some good things, shame that Walsh's effort in the first few minutes didn't go in because I think we would have run out comfortable winners with that extra bit of confidence. Eliasson and Kelly absolutely murdered the left flank in the second half, which was closer to what they were doing to teams a few weeks ago. Hang in there Fordy, I don't think we have turned a corner quite, but I think we just might be poking our heads around it. I think you have to factor in how poor a team Ipswich were. I hope this breeds some confidence and continuity for the team but as has been said there are much tougher tasks ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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