lenred Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, Monkeh said: We did, he didn't want to stay, what are you going to do chain him to the bench? Did we? Genuine question btw. Link to comment
cidercity1987 Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said: I have a feeling that this is going to shape into one of those seasons where we say "Remember that time when we were briefly top?! How weird was that!" Top after two games when we last got relegated Link to comment
Johnr1986 Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Not a good game by us 1st half ok however there was only going to be one winner in the 2nd , the similarities with the football from last season is there to see, injuries have take the momentum we where building and can’t blame Holden/Ashton for that but can see a struggle this season,if Dasilva is fit enough for the bench why isn’t he starting not criticising Rowe he is a solid just not spectacular, frustrating when we have better options not starting Same with Wells our best forward on the bench, Link to comment
bristolcitysweden Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 In SL:s resistance we trust. Link to comment
AshtonGreat Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Rob k said: Where would you have played him tonight? I just don’t see how you get him in that set up I'm not sure TBH. He was our best player, so maybe we should've built the set-up around him Link to comment
reddoc Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 I'm scared by the number of people appearing to try to find the positives in that. If that had been managed by LJ we'd be crucifying him. However essentially it was, looked and played like a LJ team. Subs were a few minutes later Link to comment
bristolcitysweden Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Ashton will be out before the season is over. Link to comment
bexhill reds Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Just now, lenred said: Did we? Genuine question btw. Think his head was turned by lots of agent talk...Hardly got the move of his dreams, a mid-table Ligue 1 team. Link to comment
Red Army 75 Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Oh well on to Norwich . Who have had an extra 24hrs rest and we kick off at 12-30 Saturday. Tough Link to comment
AshtonGreat Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 1 minute ago, marcofisher said: Johnson was sacked last season. The damage was already done, we had no choice but to cash in. I don't doubt it. If Johnson hadn't been so clueless and actually picked him, things might've been different Link to comment
Dan Robin Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Losing when you're so close to get a good point is bitter...but the team showed positive things in the 1st half and defended well in the 2nd half. The next step is to perform well for 90 minutes: giving midfield more balance and make better subs during the games would be an improvement. Link to comment
Redemption Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, JonDolman said: Nah good player. Played well Was impressed with CoD tonight. Very surprised that a few have criticised his performance. Needs to start against Norwich and have a run in the team. Link to comment
Red white and red Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 So many seasons we have been reactive rather than pro-active. Same again tonight. Fresh legs we’re needed after the hour mark. Half the team looked absolutely knackered. Naive coaching in my opinion. Link to comment
lenred Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Just now, bexhill reds said: Think his head was turned by lots of agent talk...Hardly got the move of his dreams, a mid-table Ligue 1 team. Didn’t realise we tried to get him to stay though? Matters not now anyway. Link to comment
Banjo Red Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 31 minutes ago, AshtonGreat said: What chances? We had a few Fam missed the majority of them. Link to comment
Keepers Ball Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Honeymoon for Holden is well and truly over. And i'm not surprised one bit Link to comment
pillred Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Red white and red said: So many seasons we have been reactive rather than pro-active. Same again tonight. Fresh legs we’re needed after the hour mark. Half the team looked absolutely knackered. Naive coaching in my opinion. Would love to know why they were any more knackered than Bournemouth. Link to comment
AshtonGreat Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Banjo Red said: We had a few Fam missed the majority of them. Half-chances at best - apart from the one that he made for himself and was unlucky with Link to comment
steviestevieneville Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 17 minutes ago, JonDolman said: Hard to criticise much there. We should have have taken at least 3 great chances first half and unlucky not to get 2 others as well. Not scoring any of those chances I thought we might regret. Not really any bad performances other than subs that came on all fairly poor. But the rest of the team were so knackered by that point. Vyner and O'Dowda superb I thought. On another day we win or draw that game and people maybe would not be so negative. Changes were poor when we had defended well 2nd half. Jon really , the O’dowda obsession he did nothing more than anyone else tonight. He created nothing ,he along with pato we were toothless Link to comment
Wrongagain Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 1 minute ago, RedRock said: Don’t think either Pato or CoD like the rain. Both were decent up until the rain storm. Then all their energy and fight just evaporated. Was really hoping that they would both give a full on 90 minutes but, it seems, they just can’t. Deano. Over to you matey. Big mistake not identifying that on 60 minutes both were running on empty. Big mistake for putting on Brunt when we were being run ragged with quick, high tempo players. Big mistake taking Semenyo off. Can’t go along with that, Pato hid most of the first half only bothering to play when in space and certainly did not make himself available for any throw ins, second half got quite a lot of the ball in space and gave it away! O’Dowda did not stop all game, did not shy away from contact at all. midfield was invisible when brunt came on and the attacking subs were way too late! Link to comment
stephenkibby. Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Thing for me the squad is not good enough to challenge at the top end. Is Holden good enough? I Don't know. Not inspiring tonight with that first sub change. Link to comment
AshtonGreat Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 1 minute ago, pillred said: Would love to know why they were any more knackered than Bournemouth. Maybe for the same reason why we have such an appalling injury record Link to comment
luke_bristol Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said: Top after two games when we last got relegated Think we scored 4 against both palace and Cardiff in those early games Link to comment
Fuber Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 3 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said: You seem to have forgotten the first half... Wonderful how everyone knows, in retrospect, what substitutions he should have made. Taking off Semenyo for more in midfield was a no-brainer. If you think that game was crying out for the introduction of Nagy with 20 minutes to go, then I’d like some of whatever you’re drinking! I can hardly think of a less suitable game for bringing Nagy on. Matter of opinion Dolman - I didn't forget it all. We played well first half, but even then, the two main culprits that gave away possession were...? Nagy at least moves the ball quickly. The second we started losing the midfield (specifically JP not winning a single second ball), something needed to change, as you note re Semenyo for Brunt The number of times Pato ran himself into cul-de-sacs, took too many touches, or passed poorly were constant throughout the game. Link to comment
054123 Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, Dan Robin said: Losing when you're so close to get a good point is bitter...but the team showed positive things in the 1st half and defended well in the 2nd half. The next step is to perform well for 90 minutes: giving midfield more balance and make better subs during the games could be vital in some matches. I don’t think the back 3 have been a problem. I’ve been really impressed with Moore and Vyner overall. We lack tempo and guile in attack. Our biggest problem though is the unforced errors, and people like O’Diwda and Hunt who for all of their keepy ups and bleep test success, just seem to lack awareness and perception of the game around them. Link to comment
Fordy62 Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, Dan Robin said: Losing when you're so close to get a good point is bitter...but the team showed positive things in the 1st half and defended well in the 2nd half. The next step is to perform well for 90 minutes: giving midfield more balance and make better subs during the games would be an improvement. Perform well for 90 minutes? We’ve been looking for that golden egg since December 2017! Link to comment
Lrrr Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Think our intent swapped from playing our game to contain at half time. Much the better team in the first half and looked worthy of a win. Second half we were happier to sit back and try and take chances to get forward rather than forcing and working them like first half. The Brunt sub was strange, Diedhiou alone upfront filled me with no confidence, Antoine is better at controlling long balls and was playing well enough and had more energy left. Waiting until the 78th minute to make a sub when the energy levels had really dropped off as well wasn't great. Going off Fevs 6 being average rating Bentley - 6 Hunt - 6 (good defensively, not great with the ball) Vyner - 7 Kalas - 6.5 Moore - 7 Rowe - 6 Paterson - 6.5 (signs of his ability today in patches) Bakinson - 7 O'Dowda - 7 (retained possession well, collected and passed off quickly. Number of good defensive actions) Semenyo - 6.5 Diedhiou - 5 Can't be bothered with subs Link to comment
IAmNick Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 I thought it was 60:40 in our favour at half time. We were more consistently on top, but Bournemouth had a good spell and always threatened on the break. Our wing backs were totally pinned back and couldn't get in the game. Second half they changed things, and I don't mean this as a negative against Holden but that's what good managers will do. I think Dean took too long to react, and when he did it was probably the wrong call, and perhaps too late. They'd worked us out, we were tiring, and they were well on top. Overall a decent performance though, good to see O'Dowda play well as I was pretty down when seeing his name on the list at the start. I thought Vyner was much more solid as well, and can't really blame him for the goal - great moment on quality from them. Not a disaster, but I'm disappointed we let a close or favoured game get away from us like that. Link to comment
lenred Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Just now, luke_bristol said: Think we scored 4 against both palace and Cardiff in those early games Yep we looked incredible if I remember rightly. Link to comment
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted October 28, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 It’s all my fault..... I have seen two red button games this season and we have lost both, one with a dismal display and one where we were just out played. Link to comment
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