Cardiff (H) - Sat 6th Feb 15:00 - Matchday thread

[Mendip City]

Can you imagine the reaction if we’d been in there as Pack came on.  Toxic wouldn’t be the half of it. 

[Ivorguy]

Good luck, Ashton, with shifting season tickets.

[Taz]

1 minute ago, Harry said:

Went to 3 at the back. Semenyo now left wing back 

So not quite a striker. 

Bit of a menace on the left or right side of a front 3.

Now a left wingback.

Beginning to wonder if Billy Smarts have rocked up in BS3...

[Loosey Boy]

Didn’t DH say that the players would be up for today?

Deary me.......he obviously can’t motivate the players......going absolutely nowhere under this management structure

[054123]

If promotion was the aim, Mick McCarthy would achieve it here

[stephenkibby.]

Audio stream gone down now, have they switched it off?

[RoystonFoote'snephew]

2 minutes ago, ohhhshauntaylor said:

Lansbury needs to be subbed. Should of taken him off instead of HNM 

I agree. HNM unlucky to be subbed for me. Showed good energy and no little skill. Had Nakhi got the pass right he might of even got on the scoresheet. 

[Lanterne Rouge]

That Harry Wilson is a little shit isn`t he?

[MarcusX]

8 minutes ago, LondonBristolian said:

Sure. But I think the reasons why managers are loathe to make changes at half-time are twofold.

1) Because it potentially embarrasses the player taken off.

2) Because it is a tacit admission that the manager got the team selection wrong.

I agree managers rarely make changes at halftime, and you can't read too much into it. But more managers should make changes at half-time, if they could get past the embarrassment of admitting a mistake in the initial team selection. And we certainly should have done so today. 

I feel Lee made changes at half time relatively often compared to most? Often worked too? Or am I remembering wrong.

 

[Red Exile]

3 minutes ago, MarcusX said:

Well the carefulness is in wishing for a manager to be sacked... you dont know what replacement you'll end up with!

Great. Let’s keep ‘Deano’ forever.

[sh1t_ref_again]

For such a big side never seen players go down so easy like 6 year school girls, the ref sets the tone and lets them get away with it

[Ryan_BCFC]

Nothing is making me want to get back down the gate and watch this shit under Holden that’s for sure

[chinapig]

Just now, Ivorguy said:

Good luck, Ashton, with shifting season tickets.

If you buy a food voucher you'll get a season ticket for free I reckon.

[Jerseybean]

3 minutes ago, LondonBristolian said:

Cardiff could have stuck Dean Holden in goal and we still wouldn't be back in it...

Smithies could have stayed on, laid on a stretcher, as he wouldn’t have been troubled. 

[MarcusX]

Just now, Lanterne Rouge said:

That Harry Wilson is a little shit isn`t he?

Yes, got away with a bit of a stamp in the first half too

[Jimbo76]

Shots on target.....1

The shots on target stats for BCFC on their own should be enough to get Holden the sack.

Why did I give up a tenner and an afternoon for this dross?

Same again......no entertainment.

Regrettably, Dean...you're fired.

 

[Robin Wood]

Could this be the end for Dean the performances keep getting worse which seems impossible but he's managing to do it

[IAmNick]

2 nil down but City are really giving it a go. Cardiff can barely get out of their half and we're peppering them with shots, it's only a matter of time!

[MarcusX]

Just now, Red Exile said:

Great. Let’s keep ‘Deano’ forever.

Well that's not what I said but there's no guarentee we'll get someone better! Especially if the problems lie underneath the surface as many on here say

[Red Army 75]

Turned off I honestly can’t watch that anymore today. They can’t even control the ball

[Roadrunner]

I guess we are all looking forward to Deans after match interview.

[MarcusX]

"could turn ugly here for Bristol City"

Turn?

[City_USA]

Just now, Bas's perfect hattrick said:

Watching this, I'd rather have stuck with Johnson

I'll hold my hand up and acknowledge that I was calling for LJ to go. Never in my wildest dreams did I think we would appoint Deano. I was hoodwinked by the rhetoric coming from those in charge that we were inundated with quality applicants from all over the world. Complete and utter BS from BS. I'm more angry than anything at the moment.

[JamesBCFC]

1 minute ago, MarcusX said:

I feel Lee made changes at half time relatively often compared to most? Often worked too? Or am I remembering wrong.

 

He did, a fair bit more than usual.

Funny considering that Holden is slated for not doing it, that Johnson was criticised for doing it.

[ohhhshauntaylor]

This is indefensible 

[TomThumb84]

How he has hooked Massengo there with Lansbury on a yellow only to pull Lansbury 9 mins later.

This is jumbled rancid garbage. 

[WarksRobin]

Just to add insult to injury, the club will be selling the match worn shirts from this game. Cant see much demand after this performance!

[Bassomylord]

Just now, JamesBCFC said:

He did, a fair bit more than usual.

Funny considering that Holden is slated for not doing it, that Johnson was criticised for doing it.

Never remember Johnson getting criticised for making early subs. 

[The dastardly red]

Time for some wildly misjudged singing to be piped in amongst the crowd noise I reckon.

[italian dave]

3 minutes ago, Bas's perfect hattrick said:

Watching this, I'd rather have stuck with Johnson

It did strike me that while LJs subs were often mysterious they did seem to have a plan to them and they sometimes came off. Holden's are probably consistently the worst and most ineffective substitutions I can recall.