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The shape of things to come [FBC Podcast Ep. 85]


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Click to listen [also on Spotify & Google] https://foreverbristolcity.podbean.com/e/the-shape-of-things-to-come-1630189493/

DaveP, Mark, Ian & Lezz wax lyrical about City's performance at the CCS as the second win of the season was secured with a 2-1 success.

Nigel opted for height with Baker in as a straight swap for JD as a left back rather than in a 3. Baker alongside the increasingly impressive Pring gave City a particularly strong left flank.

Two superb strikes by Weimann would have most saying he was MOM but we thought Massengo ran him close with an energetic display and a sublime back heel which allowed Semenyo to cross for goal No. 2.

This was arguably City's best showing since Pearson took over and a few more performances like this will see his "era" getting up to speed after a stuttering start.

We chew over the likelihood or not, the latter being more likely, of significant transfer activity before the transfer window shuts as it seems Pearson is true to his word of not buying for the sake of it.

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Listening this morning.

Just like isolated stats like Shots on Target, if you look at possession is isolation it’s difficult to draw conclusions / the right conclusions.

If you start to look at game state with it you might start to see something.

Both Reading and Cardiff games we took the lead, allows you to sit in shape.  No surprise that both Reading and Cardiff had high passing numbers by their defenders.  Flip that on its head v Boro where we lost the first goal and it’s us with lots of passing around at the back.

So it’s not the amount of possession, at its slightly less basic it’s volume, where you have it in relation to game state. If you are behind and the opposition are happy to let your CBs have it, then you will see a lot of “recycling” as you probe for openings.  Most of us will have played training sessions of attack v defence in our time….and usually it was difficult to score when you are in set-shape.

The first goal is important.  We’ve scored it 3 times, won 2, drew 1.  Where we’ve conceded it we lost both.

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