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Just now, Ivorguy said:

Possibly because they are playing to orders

I don't doubt this. I should maybe have phrased it why doesn't the head coach know this.

3 minutes ago, Lordofthebling said:

It's good but quite dangerous to have Naismith laying in like this???

Not telling lies though!

I'm appreciating their honesty after years of RobinsTV guests (mainly Tinnion) toeing the company line and reporting on a different game to the one we're seeing.

Both Naismith and Wells constantly talking about a lack of bravery to make angles and options for a pass, leading to too many long balls.... the two of them know long balls to Conway on his own against two 6'4 defenders isn't going to work, so why don't the eleven on the pitch know this?

2 minutes ago, Lrrr said:

Laziness of the media department, they don't want to 'waste' someones time needed to film the game.

Don't they film the games for analysis reasons? More often than not we see goal highlights. For u21 on Robins TV I'd be more than happy with a single camera set up, but you'd expect they already have a better set up than that for the analysis team. I guess the expense comes in needing some kind of "director" for what gets televised.

3 minutes ago, Ian M said:

Harry, have you not watched Tins' interview? Recruitment isn't necessary when whenever you need a player, there will be someone in the Academy who has been playing "our way" for 3 years already. It's genius and definitely not gonna fail.

Just looking at the EFL trophy scores and most of the prem U21 teams (Spurs, Man City and Man Utd tonight) are getting beaten by league one and two teams on the regular. So when (if) we play a team consisting of mainly u21s against championships teams what result should we expect? Tinnion and JL need to wake up.

1 minute ago, Ian M said:

All of BS for £200m.

Whilst also currently available - Premier League (for now) Sheffield United 220m or Championship (for now) Sheffield Wednesday 170m (and likely several others of a similar stature) - without the money sponges of rugby, basketball and everything else. I don't know the ins and outs of those clubs (I suspect both need infrastructure investment) but whilst the BS stuff was meant to set us apart it now looks very much like it has inflated the asking price and made selling/outside investment much more difficult.

28 minutes ago, James54De said:

I’m seeing Vyner, Tanner and Benarous in the pictures on Twitter. 

And Naismith.

It's obviously a relief to see them back, but, before the turmoil of the last couple of days, were we expecting them back for this weekend's game, or has the removal of Rennie/change in medial/physio staff resulted in a different opinion being made on their condition?

1 hour ago, Curr Avon said:

Yes, its not our problem and we should be an attractive proposition to potential investors. In that case, why aren't they coming forward?

1 hour ago, GrahamC said:

We’re not privy to these conversations but think @Merrick's Marvels hit the nail on the head.

Rugby is a loss making minority interest sport, basketball even more so. Our women’s team might be top flight but in name only, no quality or investment.

Who on earth wants to buy all this as well as a football club?

That’s my take.

Any idea what SL is asking for the club/whole package? I've read Everton available for 500 million, 220 million for Sheffield United, and 170 million for Wednesday. There seems to be a lot of clubs for sale and none look like good business propositions. The Bristol Sport thing doesn't really add any value.... if anything it adds costs that need to be covered, (maybe some possibilities for short term gains with the residential/hotel packages in the sporting quarter). I presume the addition to the asking price for the BS add-on stuff puts us in a similar price bracket to the Sheffield teams who both have a higher stature. Lots of clubs for sale, some are more attractive, a sale isn't imminent, is it?

30 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Luke Williams is definitely the right type they're looking for & if true that he still gets on well with Tinnion then...

By "right type" you mean "yes man" ? He was part of that Swindon set up as assistant to Lee Power the Chairman-Manager... Mark Cooper and Martin Ling didn't hang around Power for long... Williams was there throughout and eventually became full time manager. Looks perfect for a chairman/DoF that want to dictate the managers team selection.

Neither Williams or Manning are particularly inspiring to me... how they can be considered an improvement on Pearson I find mind boggling

Poor by Roberts and King in the left back area for that through ball. O'Leary should probably have done better.

1 minute ago, 1960maaan said:

The Ref must have had a view of the rugby tackle on Dickie, bloke didn't even try and hide it.

Nailed on penalty. Did the ref have one eye on the clock for the pause to the game in the 31st minute.... A city penalty during that wouldn't have been a good look.

Just now, Dan Robin said:

What about the contact on Sykes in their area? Penalty or not?

Would have been harsh

Just now, Walshy said:

Internet is down at the stadium apparently. Major outage so they’re on a back up server hence the poor quality stream 

The Stoke feed is fine though....

Just now, BCFC Rich said:

Posting the link seems to be blocked, but go to sports-10 search Bristol City and you'll have a link to the live stream.

Cheers, works nicely.

How come the Stoke feed is perfect and not 5 minutes behind?!

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/aston-villa-bristol-city-ipswich-8778656

Very good effort by the players and very good effort by the club and fans. All to be proud of.

Pep and Foden acknowledging how we gave them a good game. Ally McCoist, Ian Wright, Roy Keane all complimentary on both the performance and the club as a whole, on national TV.

We were always very unlikely to get a result tonight but the whole effort has showcased us in a very good way.

Hull weren't even trying to win today.... horrible team full of late tackles and timewasting. Our performance wasn't bad but no help from the ref and of course we'd let in a last minute deflected goal.... that's how we roll!

5 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

Are you sure? I have never studied our shirts that far back, but in the previous 50 years history it would seem there might have been seasons when they did.

http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Bristol_City/Bristol_City.htm

White sleeves just once according to this... 54/55.

https://shop.bristol-sport.co.uk/bcfc/kits/goalkeeper/

Because its on Sky and some international TV it wont be on RobinsTV tonight

Is it just me, or have our free kicks become more dangerous when James isn't taking them?

2 minutes ago, AshtonGreat said:

Well that worked well

Six minutes after the "resting" substitution you advocated!

3 minutes ago, AshtonGreat said:

Brownhill and Smith both need a rest, never mind Magnússon

The two changes at half time were, I presume, tactical to try to get us back in the match... as has been said here many times the Watford game should be our reserves/kids and the next game is 8 days away so plenty of rest. I'd keep a team out that will have the best chance of keeping the score as low as possible.

1 minute ago, AshtonGreat said:

So now that we're 4-0 down, why the hell is Johnson not subbing some people off?

He made two changes at half time.... only one left.... how many would you like?

11 minutes ago, Redrascal2 said:

How was Magnússon ever going to be good against Adomah. He is simply not good enough at this level.

Wright is marking Adomah. Magnússon is on the otherside up against Snodgrass.

All in all we've been poor after the first five minutes. Lots of tired legs. I don't see Villa easing off on us and I don't see much by way of options to improve us from the bench.

Terrible by Frankie... but Magnússon left him nothing...