Bournemouth (H) - Weds 3rd March 19:45 - Matchday thread

[Bris Red]

Just now, Bela Lugosis Red said:

And Woodgate the complete fraud 

Cannot stand Woodgate a complete and utter bluffer

[Sweeneys Penalties]

Right....so Nigel is under illusion and TGFT. We are due another season in Tier 2......take stock, rebuild, and re create....with a proper manager in charge

[LondonBristolian]

I think Pearson will have learned a bit about the players tonight. 

A decent performance and we've competed. But we've been undone by a concentration lapse for the second goal (not going to blame anyone for the first as Bentley was trying to get Hunt some attention) and some sloppiness in the final third. 

I think it leaves Pearson with a few positives and a few areas for improvement. 

[DaveInSA]

The gulf in class is massive. We’ve offered zero in the second half. And nothing much in the first. 
 

if that’s playing well I’d rather watch snails eating paper.

We need a massive rethink and 10 new players.

[bcfc01]

2 minutes ago, bris red said:

A Draw would have 100% been the fair result, is what it is though.

Can't agree with that.

Bournemouth by far the better team and deserve the win imo.

[WolfOfWestStreet]

We've been poor this second half and didn't try to win the game so no complaints we've been punished 

[Br1stolCityBoy]

Let’s be fair, we ain’t good enough. We are a mid table side at best!

[Slippin cider]

FT 1-2 

[Jerseybean]

Very vanilla second half from us, don’t remember us creating a single chance or putting three passes together. They probed and were on the front foot and always looked the more likely to score. Four straight home defeats. 

 

[Robin101]

1 minute ago, And Its Smith said:

A few games ago you were worried we’d go down!  Be happy with mid table 

Haha this is true. 

[bexhill reds]

Just now, Mr Popodopolous said:

Not sure we deserved that tbh. Or is that red tinted glasses?

Giving a good team too much possession, always increases the chances of conceding even a messy goal. And we don’t seem to handle pinball stuff in our own 6 yd box.

[Sturny]

See I don't mind losing this way compared to the DH games. We gave it a good go and I'm excited for the next game.

[Fordy62]

We don’t half **** about with the ball when time is running out. So frustrating. 

[Alessandro]

Ah well that’s a bit disappointing. Couple of mistakes costing us tonight. Pretty unimpressed with Bournemouth given their quality - I’ll say again I don’t see them going back up this year.

Missed Vyner in midfield (great game again if not MOTM) when he went to RB - Lansbury disappointing, made the odd the challenge or clearance but distribution was poor on the whole.

Bakinson looking super in that advanced role again, lost his marker for the winner though. Nagy busy if less productive.

Wells and Palmer revitalised. Palmer in particular had a very good game. Kalas and Mapps good again.

Fam - frustrating. Did a good job as the focal point again but wasteful in the box when we needed a bit more composure.

Thought a draw would have been a fair result, but despite the loss, for me, it’s one of those games where the performance, or progress being made, makes up for it a bit. 
 

Really get a feeling that this squad, fully fit, playing like this under NP is an exciting prospect.

[Bris Red]

Just now, DaveInSA said:

The gulf in class is massive. We’ve offered zero in the second half. And nothing much in the first. 
 

if that’s playing well I’d rather watch snails eating paper.

We need a massive rethink and 10 new players.

The clear out in the summer will be intriguing if Pearson does hopefully stay.. Really looking forward to seeing the types of players he will bring in to be honest.

[cityexile]

1 minute ago, DaveInSA said:

The gulf in class is massive. We’ve offered zero in the second half. And nothing much in the first. 
 

if that’s playing well I’d rather watch snails eating paper.

We need a massive rethink and 10 new players.

Goes to look in treatment room...

[petehinton]

We haven’t scored a goal or got a point in the minutes Lansbury has had

[2015]

2nd half was dreadful gotta be honest

2 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

We don’t half **** about with the ball when time is running out. So frustrating. 

We played 2nd half like it was a friendly

[YGBjammy]

Gave them a good game tbf.

Think overall losing by 1 is probably a fair result. Would have taken a point at start of the match for sure, Bournemouth are a good club with high quality players.

[Kodjias Wrist]

Massive improvement from what we had pre Pearson as many have said. Looked very tired towards the end so hopefully we aren't too burnt out for next game. Let's not be negative we weren't awful by any mean and did compete for large spells.

[Mr Popodopolous]

Don't we have 17 or 18 players injured?

For all the criticism, this isn't helpful- not one bit. Playoff hopes done though now I think. We didn't deserve the win but perhaps a shade unlucky to lose.

[old_eastender]

1 minute ago, petehinton said:

We haven’t scored a goal or got a point in the minutes Lansbury has had

No coincidence, he was poor yet again bar 1 really good tackle.

[Redsi2]

4th home defeat in a row. Glad we have the 2 away wins in the bag. In the grand scheme of things it isn't the end of the world.

[Ska Junkie]

Disappointed to lose that but I thought we played well, certainly much better than pre Pearson.

As others have said, when he builds his own squad, we'll be just fine.

[Kibs]

Better team won, no doubt about that. Was disappointed not to see Fam replaced, I felt their was space in behind for a forward with some legs. They might also put a bit of pressure on the centre half’s too rather than let them walk it out from the back. 
 

All in all though, at least we competed.

[bexhill reds]

Just now, Sturny said:

See I don't mind losing this way compared to the DH games. We gave it a good go and I'm excited for the next game.

At times that looked like a DH performance. Wells out wide, and collectively ineffective up front, and conceding way too much possession really deep in our half. Bit disappointing really. Can’t win them all I suppose

[Midred]

And to think 10 days ago that we couldn't see where the next points were coming from - 6 from 9 isn't bad?

[ciderwithtommy]

Ref celebrating with the Bournemouth lads on the way home. Really poor from him, head injury for hunt, numerous missed fouls and even the trip by Kelly on vyner that led to their second. 

[DT The Optimist]

1 minute ago, Alessandro said:

 

Really get a feeling that this squad, fully fit, playing like this under NP is an exciting prospect.

might be true that, but need a fair bit fine tuning to make us a real prospect next year... simply need more cutting edge up front as well as an ability to cut out soft goals being conceded...  should have got a point tonight..

[westonred]

If you look at their corner it wasn't in the quarter circle so shouldn't have been given