Bristol City v Cardiff City at home match day thread

[Ronnie Sinclair]

Swindon ahead 1-0

[cidercity1987]

When did Caerdydd get so shit by the way? They have no one of note and their brick shithouse players are aging fast

[BLRed]

Need to get semenyo in it more running off the back line. Passing is a bit slow for my liking with not enough killer passes being attempted either

[Dan Robin]

Good reaction after their goal, fair result at the moment. Unlucky to lose two players for injury, but we are playing OK.

[Southport Red]

Their goal was clearly shocking from HNM but the goalscorer got in front of a static Vyner to score. 

[Redinthehead]

Average verging on poor in general but they’re luckily not good enough to take advantage.

[Fordy62]

9 minutes ago, Super said:

He attempted to play the ball. 

He definitely didn’t!

[DaveF]

Cardiff are doing a decent job of making it a very messy game, which suits them better than us.

[Midlands Robin]

Took City a good while to get into the game but it looked like we finished the half as the stronger side. 

An absolute peach of a finish from Martin. 

Hopefully we can build on the momentum in the second half. 

[054123]

Not a great half, but atmosphere is entertaining.

The horrible, horrible goals we concede though.

Massengo and Vyner just poor in the build up.

[The Fat Controller]

An inexperienced side. More injuries. 

Happy enough under the circumstances.

Not exactly stellar entertainment though. 

[keflav]

Pretty even first half neither team been that good, but they are really dirty kicking us at every opportunity and the ref at times letting them get away with it .. the 2 early subs gonna be a disadvantage as the games goes on, but we can cause them problems if we get at them. COYR

[petehinton]

Positive for me is i think we can play much, much better second half. Don’t think they can

[RUSSEL85]

Just now, sinenomine said:

An inexperienced side. More injuries. 

Happy enough under the circumstances.

Not exactly stellar entertainment though. 

Pretty much my thinking 

[Waconda]

Two dreadful teams at the moment.

Set piece could do for us and they look susceptible to a ball through the middle.

 

[italian dave]

Poor first half, but good recovery from us to get the equaliser so quickly. It went quite flat again though, even after that.

Anyone else thinking that we might be seeing a S82 closure for a game or two coming up? 

[Alessandro]

Classic Cardiff game. Low quality all round.

They've done what they set out to do, disrupt us, 'injure'/deplete us, force mistakes.

Game there for the winning if we play to our strengths. Tough second half awaits, but we'll have chances. 

I worry slightly about the lack of experience in the centre of midfield with neither King nor James. Williams may get on but that's our last sub and Wells could be needed. 

 

Edited January 22, 2022 by Alessandro

[bexhill reds]

5 minutes ago, 054123 said:

Not a great half, but atmosphere is entertaining.

The horrible, horrible goals we concede though.

Massengo and Vyner just poor in the build up.

Vyner beaten yet again by a man running behind him ending up yet again facing the goal as someone scores. He is an absolute liablilty in those situations and never seems to ******* learn.

Edited January 22, 2022 by bexhill reds

[PHILINFRANCE]

1 hour ago, Fordy62 said:

And they appear to have a players whose surname is Ng. That’s the shortest surname I’ve ever seen. 

Ex-Crewe, Singaporean father.

He was very promising when he was at Crewe, and I remember touting for him to be signed a few years ago when we were looking for a full back. He seems to have regressed a bit, however, since joining Cardiff. 

[bexhill reds]

4 minutes ago, Southport Red said:

Their goal was clearly shocking from HNM but the goalscorer got in front of a static Vyner to score. 

Just to make a change….

[Fordy62]

Anyone watching the Cardiff feed and the Cardiff women’s team highlights? Shockingly bad level. 

[mozo]

Scott and Massengo as a central midfield pairing. Exciting and frightening in equal measure.

[Offside]

We were pathetic up until our goal. No player able or willing to try to dictate play. We improved in the last part of the first half. 

[PHILINFRANCE]

3 minutes ago, italian dave said:

Anyone else thinking that we might be seeing a S82 closure for a game or two coming up? 

Why?

What happened?

[KegCity]

3 minutes ago, italian dave said:

 

Anyone else thinking that we might be seeing a S82 closure for a game or two coming up? 

Why would there be?

[Alessandro]

2 minutes ago, bexhill reds said:

Vyner beaten yet again by a man running behind him ending up yet again facing the goal as someone scores. He is an absolute liablilty one those situations

It was a mess all round. It was 3 vs 2 in our favour. HNM pressed by two players in the corner. Pring sort of watching on, COD in no-mans land. Poor HNM clearance, but neither of our extra men watching/anticipating the crosser behind. Vyner beaten so easily again in the air.

[ExiledAjax]

Weirdly I found the first half v Fulham so much more enjoyable than that.

[italian dave]

1 minute ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

Why?

What happened?

 

Just now, KegCity said:

Why would there be?

The ref gathered together quite a collection of things thrown at their scorer…and very deliberately gave them to the fourth official

[Globe Trotter]

1 minute ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

Why?

What happened?

Looked like a couple of bottles or similar chucked at Cardiff players 

[ChippenhamRed]

9 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said:

When did Caerdydd get so shit by the way? They have no one of note and their brick shithouse players are aging fast

Been wondering about this. Lot of chat last week about Fulham’s parachute payments and the unfair advantage it gives them (which I agree with), but it hasn’t helped Cardiff.