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30 minutes ago, Norn Iron said:

What email address did you use to get this reply?

And Rob Edwards is playing for us as well!

I heard that as well! Probably explains why we let in 6 as he is knocking 50!

1 hour ago, Norn Iron said:

Despite me emailing

Bristolcitytvsupport@streamamg.com

at 2.40pm requesting Radio Bristol feed (as per our annual contract) we are still having to endure the tv version at 3.17pm after kick off. 

I got the usual response that they are extremely busy etc.. in desperation I have even emailed downsy!

We have to email during the match, yet again.

Seemed to be intentional to provide the Robins TV feed as the commentator kept welcoming audio listeners. Not sure why this has changed though. 

Attacking wise, we are much better now and Semenyo’s goals today were brilliant. We do need defensive reinforcements in this window though. More so than a striker in my view. I know you can say today that ‘this is Fulham etc.’ but over the season now only Peterborough have let in more goals than us. 

14 minutes ago, collier said:

Can't knock that finish. Nobody's fault just a great goal.

Thought COD was caught wrong side. Not a natural defender of course. 

1 minute ago, And Its Smith said:

It is most likely 

       Vyner. Kalas. Pring

Dasilva. King. Massengo. COD

                    Scott

           Semenyo. Weimann

 

maybe

          Vyner. Kalas. Pring

Scott. King Massengo. Dasilva

     Weimann.  Semenyo. COD

First one I reckon 

I’m guessing that Dasilva will be RWB like last Saturday with COD LWB

On 14/01/2022 at 10:23, CheddarReds said:

 

 

I didn’t notice Weimann in that video which makes me wonder if he is available today - will know in a minute! 

On 14/01/2022 at 12:25, tin said:

Right you are.

 

That’s one hell of a goalkeeping blunder to be fair. If a City goalkeeper did that, a number on here would be saying that he is not up to the standard and that he should never play for us again! As always, a judgment based on one bad error or even one performance is usually incorrect! 

9 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

All I know is that all the Plymouth fans I meet next week will be insufferable now!

Especially now they are at Chelsea in the next ruins! Pleased Kidderminster got a decent home draw (West Ham). 

I’ve also seen a number of people on here harping back to our poor performance against Sheff Utd as evidence that NP isn’t improving us. You need to remember that our midfield three that day were Benarous, Bakinson and Massengo. (James, King and Williams weren’t available.) Plus Scott was RWB. They were up against internationals in Hourihane, Norwood etc. So I’m not surprised we struggled! As I said above, this season it is vital that one of our experienced heads in midfield is available.

9 minutes ago, Leveller said:

I’m always fascinated by the swings in opinion that occur with different performances. I try to be a bit more balanced - hence the contrarian comments I’ve made above; ie don’t overreact to a couple of good performances, or a couple of bad ones.

There have been hundreds of comments on OTIB about how weak our squad is now, and how NP can’t be expected to improve results quickly when previous managers/CEO have left us with such awful players. I don’t really buy into that. How can such posters square their comments when they start to see improved performances? Do they think NP is now a miracle worker or do they change their minds about the quality of the squad?

Personally I’ve always thought we have a fair squad, capable of another mid table finish if they get their act together. 

I saw improvement under NP earlier in the season as well. It is not just in the last 3 games. I thought we had a decent start to the season and we were 9th after we beat Peterborough in early Oct. King then got injured. James then got injured in early November so we were without both of them for a period. With our other youngsters in midfield, I think we need at least one of them available to help our consistency, especially without Williams. However, those youngsters will also improve with experience as will their consistency, which should in turn bring further improvement. We are seeing this now, plus James and King are also available again. Semenyo also being available has also brought improvement. But, as I say, I have seen improvement this season beyond the last few games. 

I’d rather we played Scott (and Benarous) behind the front 2 (more natural position) rather than wing back, especially away at Fulham. With Tanner’s injury, I think the best option would be Vyner at RWB. Pring has been playing well and I think COD has done OK at LWB. I’d keep Atkinson in. I usually prefer Kalas in the middle but with two left footers in the back 3, I’d have him RCB.  I’d start with this: 
 

                   O’Leary

         Kalas  Atkinson  Pring

 Vyner  Massengo James  O’Dowda

                    Scott

         Semenyo  Weimann 

1 minute ago, cityloyal473 said:

Palmer to score the winner in 91st minute. 

Or Dasilva - with his right foot. 

3 hours ago, JoeAman08 said:

Is it welsh or english that police it? Surely the answer tells you which country it is in? 

English police. Land even owned by an English Council. They can’t even claim financial support from Sport Wales because they are an English club. Welsh authorities did not raise this issue when there was similar difference in covid rules in Dec 2020. Seems a waste of public money for them to do so now. BBC article here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59920281

2 minutes ago, KegCity said:

If I'd gone today I'd have joined in, I also didn't and wouldn't go to those lengths to abuse a player. For me those comments combined with his seeming ambivalence towards the club (heavily rumoured to have tried to leave in that January although granted I wasn't sat in the boardroom; couldn't be bothered to put out a generic goodbye message to his "boyhood club") have put me off Bryan. Thanks for scoring against United, Swindon and the Gas but he can handle a few boos now.

That’s your choice of course. Although to be fair to Bryan, he did a bit more for us than score a few goals and I certainly won’t be booing any City player who contributed to the one and only City league title in my lifetime. 

10 minutes ago, KegCity said:

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-city-fans-left-confused-4509714.amp
 

 

That’s not Bryan moaning about the City fan base though. That’s just him commenting on some strange people who messaged him on social media saying he was only being picked by LJ because his Dad had performed surgery on GJ. Perhaps it is the same people booing him today! 

4 hours ago, Fordy62 said:

Christ, look at the state of this 4th goal!!! Probably one of my most vividly remembered goals against…

 

Also a reminder that the start of Flint’s career with us didn’t start that well. He turned it around of course. We’ve had others like that overs the years. I even remember the crowd getting on Tinnion’s back at the start. Sometimes patience is needed

19 hours ago, Davefevs said:

think it was confirmed on another thread that the above is no longer the rule.

Here it is:

https://thefsa.org.uk/news/the-price-of-change-new-fa-cup-rule-stings-home-and-away-fans/

 

I didn’t realise Man Utd season ticket holders are obliged to buy cup tickets whether they attend or not. Hope we don’t ever impose such a rule! 

Wonder if he’s missed the boat for another crack at management in England (if he was ever interested in that). He was linked with WBA a while back although that may have just been paper talk because he played there. 

I thought Max played fine. I like his calmness (which Pearson also mentioned). Having watched the Quest highlights, though, I wonder whether Bentley might have got to the header for QPR’s winner with his ability to spring off the ground. We’ll never know of course! Max doesn’t leave the ground until the ball is behind him (best angle to see this is the replay taken from the corner.) Perhaps I’m being harsh. I do regard O’Dowda more at fault for that goal - no challenge at all on the guy who scored. 

3 minutes ago, BS13 Robin said:

When Caulker was with us he was being touted as a future England captain 

I remember thinking the same at the time. He was different class. Shame it didn’t work out that way.

Just watched the Quest highlights. Included quite a bit of analysis on the match as well: they agreed we played well and that we should have a had a penalty; they also thought that we should have had someone on the post at the corner for QPR’s winner. A few other things I noticed which I didn’t when watching it live on red button: When King was booked for dissent you can see from his gestures that his complaint was that we had not given the Scott penalty at the other end; Austin appeared to recognise Pring’s great challenge on him (that led to the corner that they scored from) - so not all bad from him!; O’Dowda did not put in any challenge on the guy who scored; it was a great header though - really tight angle.

22 hours ago, David Brent said:

Have seen a lot of people suggest that it was a disciplinary matter. I interpreted it as “the rules” apply to everyone in that if you don’t perform you don’t play. 

It was precisely this. There was no suggestion that Bentley had broken any rules. Nigel indicated that he didn’t think Bentley had been at his best recently. The point he was making is that no player is undroppable, even if he is the captain. Same rule for everyone. 

Good effort lads. Deserved more. Let’s hope 2022 is better for us. Happy New Year everyone. 

Tough to take