Preston away match day thread

[Jerseybean]

1 minute ago, ChippenhamRed said:

I'm not sure the character building is worth the year it takes off your life every time you watch us. I don't want to be a strong character in a wooden box.

Spot on my heart really can’t take much more of this! 

[bcfc01]

3 minutes ago, Clevedon Red said:

Some goal that.

Easy according to some.

[IAmNick]

1 minute ago, Gert Mare said:

FFS!

Thought they'd got a 3rd 10 minutes after the game ended for a second then, knowing us

[BasSavage88]

1 minute ago, lenred said:

How on any planet am I obsessed with you ‘mate’?  

You follow me round like last minute goals against us 

[bexhill reds]

1 minute ago, Ivorguy said:

Pring must have driven the coaches mad with that

Every supporter knows what he should have done

Is he really that thick?   If so get rid asap because he will be incapable of learning.  He isn’t a kid anymore, just League 1 playing in Championship

 

Really? I get that’s an angry post, but how much Championship football has he played? You can see why he did what he did, on the run, pitch opening up, chance for glory if he’d have spanked that in the top corner. He’ll learn from this, you make mistakes in this division and you get punished.

[Sleepy1968]

Just now, gl2 said:

What a load of moaners on here and I should know was one... once,..... come on we trashed them today and they scrapped a lucky draw; yes we could have should have but well impressed from what I`ve seen today COME ON YOU REDS the future is good

Yeah, good God. That was our best performance by a counrty mile all season, and whilst we should have scored 3 or 4 more goals and made a silly mistake which lead to the second equalisaer (I didn't see their first), just all calm down. We are building something.

[Lordofthebling]

Genuinely though, looking forward and enjoying watching city again

[Fordy62]

Should probably pay some credit to how good a goal it was. 

I know it doesn’t make it any easier, but it probably had an xG of 0.2*

*if this is wrong, I don’t really understand xG. 

[Stortz]

4 minutes ago, Ivorguy said:

Pring must have driven the coaches mad with that

Every supporter knows what he should have done

Is he really that thick?   If so get rid asap because he will be incapable of learning.  He isn’t a kid anymore, just League 1 playing in Championship

 

Well done, this is the shittest post of the day.

[MarcusX]

5 minutes ago, OddBallJim said:

Another goal conceded from a ******* cross!

Whose man?!

**** zonal marking, we have to man-mark the opposition out of easy chances like that.

Not sure zonal marking comes into it when it’s open play?

[Red Exile]

1 minute ago, Fordy62 said:

Could be worse!

I remember those days! For all the frustrations of today we can be thankful we don't have to listen to LJ's Brentisms.

Although even he will be tested after a 6-0 thrashing at Bolton!

[P'head Red]

Just now, IAmNick said:

Thought they'd got a 3rd 10 minutes after the game ended for a second then, knowing us

Think that's the only type of late goal that would shock me now. 

[Lack of Action Man]

4 minutes ago, bcfc01 said:

Easy chance ?

He took it very well, but my initial thought was you have to say to execute a finish like that suggests he was open in space with no pressure applied from the defense.

Having seen it back again, I stand firm by that assessment.

[The Swan and Cemetery]

2 minutes ago, lenred said:

He’s been fantastic.  He’s cocked up big time here but he’s been one of the finds of the season.  Let’s not go massively overboard on him for a mistake.  Plenty have been made and plenty will continue to be made for the foreseeable.  But we’re building 

Exactly, shock horror footballer makes mistake and it’s an OTIB pile on. He hasn’t played that much Championship football, he shows signs of being a very good player at this level and can develop further/learn from his mistakes. 

[chinapig]

1 minute ago, lenred said:

He’s been fantastic.  He’s cocked up big time here but he’s been one of the finds of the season.  Let’s not go massively overboard on him for a mistake.  Plenty have been made and plenty will continue to be made for the foreseeable.  But we’re building 

We're certainly building a midfield and attack to excite. In defence we are yet to dig the foundations. Let's hope Tanner and Atkinson turn out to be as good as the younger players elsewhere in the team.

[RUSSEL85]

A point at Preston and we were by far better side, playing nice stuff and we will eventually tighten up at the back. We ain’t going down or up so rather this is out of our system this season  

[Guest]

Just now, Bouncearoundtheground said:

Yeah good performance and all that but it’s so deflating having to go through that inevitability every week. 

Its not every week, and we have some truly great young players and a manager who can manage; I now firmly believe we will kick some butt in this div next season

[Alex_BCFC]

6 minutes ago, BS3_RED said:

We still got 1 point. 

You knew what I meant! 

[Lack of Action Man]

Just now, MarcusX said:

Not sure zonal marking comes into it when it’s open play?

90+5 minutes with a 1 goal lead = do not stand off the opposition. Get touch tight and restrict their ability to get a clean strike on the ball.

Our defenders are stood off him too far for my liking, allowing him the chance to pivot and shoot.

Well executed goal, but someone should have been within farting distance of him to prevent it.

[Dan Robin]

Even more gutted than I was on Tuesday. I hope that these points thrown away won't haunt us at the end of the season.

[Alex_BCFC]

7 minutes ago, Ivorguy said:

Pring must have driven the coaches mad with that

Every supporter knows what he should have done

Is he really that thick?   If so get rid asap because he will be incapable of learning.  He isn’t a kid anymore, just League 1 playing in Championship

 

Come on. Yes he cost us today but of course he isn’t thick. He’s shown real signs of improvement and will only get better. 

[stephenkibby.]

After calming down a bit that was a good performance.

Win at Blackpool then it's a decent return from 2 away games.

Slow but sure were getting there.

[Alex_BCFC]

Just now, Dan Robin said:

Even more gutted than I was on Tuesday. I hope that these points thrown away won't haunt us at the end of the season.

In what respect? We aren’t going up or down this season so it’s annoying but part of the learning curve for most in the team. 

[Major Isewater]

I wasn’t able to see all the match and when I returned I saw a Desmond and thought , great result away at our bogey team.

Then I come onto OTIB and people are moaning again.

Ok, it is disappointing to have ‘ thrown away ‘ two points , yet again in the dying embers of the match but I was thrilled by our football in the first half. This team is going to get better and better.

The fight, the snapping into tackles, moving the ball forward quickly, shots on and off target and no little skill from Martin, Dasilva, Scott, Semenyo to name four.

This is a team that we can and bloody well should get behind. They give their all for the shirt and we are definitely, one hundred per cent at the start of a wonderful footballing journey.

Appreciate it. 

[MC RISK77]

15 minutes ago, Banjo Red said:

Let the sky love in continue very anti Bristol.

Is that not just a myth?

[Nugget]

Top performance that, just need to be more clinical in first half. Preston will feel they got away with that.

Wanna cheer yourself up? Have a look at what Ipswich fans thought of Bakinson today 

[cidercity1987]

3 minutes ago, Dan Robin said:

Even more gutted than I was on Tuesday. I hope that these points thrown away won't haunt us at the end of the season.

Well it might cost us 15th but I won't be losing sleep about that 

[lenred]

7 minutes ago, BasSavage88 said:

You follow me round like last minute goals against us 

Brilliant

[Mihai]

We won't go down so 2 points won't matter that much.  But in the perspective of playing nice football and Massengo and Semenyo being more than great today, I feel sad. I feel sad for the poor Massengo and Semenyo who ran 2 times more than other players today, doing defensive duties and attack duties in an instant.

We had a good game overall, second half  we let them too much to play around our box and we gave up possesion but Pring should have go into the corner with the ball. He made our players push for an attack and that created spaces for them and our deffence was caught off guard due to that thing.

It is a kinda fair result, I think we deserved a bit more to win than our opponents but I am pleased with the way City played. We need to build a team for our future, some points this season doesn't matter, personally I think about our next season more. But even so, it was a frustrating  goal to watch and felt a bit unfair because we tried to score the 3rd one not to waste time.

COYR !

Edited January 29, 2022 by Mihai

[RedWestD]

Yes Pring should've passed or gone to the corner, but the game should've been over way before then by taking our chances. Can clearly see improvement, Scott & Massengo brilliant, need to built the team around them and Williams. Would rather play well and concede 95th minute that have to watch the terrible football we played not too long ago