Jacki

29 minutes ago, Shuffle said:

Play him as he’s going away with England & could get injured there. He had 16 mins yesterday & nobody questioned his attitude at Watford. There’s risk in every day life & we cannot negate every one.  Not aimed at you but seems lots of over reaction on here to a poor 16 mins out of 80 games.  

Completely agree.

Scott’s performances and conduct have been exemplary throughout his time with us. He could have thrown his toys out and pushed for a move in January when he knew there was interest like Gordon did at Everton, but he has done the exact opposite. He’s worked hard, shown a humble attitude, and continued to perform at an exceptionally high level for a kid who is so young. By all accounts he played well at Watford so I don’t understand the reaction to a poor cameo appearance from him last night.

As long as he is fully fit I would be playing him in the last few games. He has shown great durability despite being the most fouled player in the league, and quite apart from anything else from a selfish point of view I love watching him play. A couple of vintage Scott performances might even increase his value further too. 

I wouldn’t be keeping Kalas personally. This last few weeks has shown how stretched a small squad gets when injuries strike and his fitness record has been woeful for a long time now. I’m sure I’ve read on here over the years  that he’s on closer to £30k a week than the £20k people are quoting on this thread. I’ve always had it in my head that he’s our highest paid player either way. We’ve just never had that kind of value out of him for me, even when he was fit more often.

I know I’m in the minority here but I actually don’t rate Kalas that highly as a player either. He’s often ‘brave’, flying into tackles and headers etc. but that’s precisely why he gets injured so often. I also don’t think he reads the game that well. The very best defenders rarely have to make crunching tackles because they cut out danger without having to. A lot of what Kalas does is last ditch defending in order to compensate for him not reading the play or making a positional error.

With all of that in mind, I’d be wishing Kalas all the best but would definitely be letting him leave. 

My son’s away record is spectacular. His first away game was Brighton when we won 1-0 in their promotion season, Brownhill scoring the winner. 

Since then, he’s been to 8 more and lost the lot. Four of those were this season and he’s not seen a goal in any of them. But compared to @TomF’s record he’s got a long way to go

I’ve been to most of them with him and we are considering QPR on the last day. We might give it a swerve though, just so we might actually get the win… 

2 hours ago, CodeRed said:

Every time a Scottish player is linked I get an image of Lee Miller missing the open goal header right in front of me on the Stratton Bank - I'll need a couple of hours and a few beers before I can shake that off 

I’m not sure I’ve ever got over that

I’m actually really gutted about this. Radio Bristol’s sports coverage has improved out of sight in the last 30 years and that is largely down to Geoff. On top of this, he has a warmth and humility that very few can match and he seems genuine in wanting both City and R*vers to do well, which is a very rare  thing. He seems to be a properly lovely fella too. 

He’s one of my favourite broadcasters across any sport and I for one will really miss him. 

I’ve enjoyed the season overall and feel more positive about City than I have for a long time. We have a clear identity and way of playing which is entertaining to watch and the players seem as tight a unit as we’ve had for many years. With the emergence of Tanner, Bell and Conway, the improvement of Vyner and Pring, and the continued excellence of Scott it has been fantastic to see so much young talent come through. Seeing them being mentored on and off the pitch by King, James, Naismith etc. has also been great to see. 

My one frustration for the season has been the run either side of the World Cup break where we won 3 in 17 and the wheels threatened to come off for a while. I was still just about in favour of keeping Nige at that point but as with many I was very close to turning. The battling away performances at Millwall and Coventry gave us the platform to build and we haven’t looked back since. We just need to start turning some of these draws into wins now and we could really progress next season.

As for Pearson, overall I think he’s done a tremendous job. We were an absolute mess when he arrived with a bloated squad, no way of playing and a squad that were sinking fast. He’s had to slash the wage bill and turn us into a viable business as well as a team, and it really does feel like we’re heading in the right direction now.

Assuming Scott goes, I’m really hopeful that we can bring in what we need to have a real crack at the top 6 next season. I’ve supported City for long enough to know that it could all go horribly wrong, but the signs are positive and things are looking up. 

Just now, Davefevs said:

Huddersfield 2-0 Blackburn after 25 mins!!

Warnock is doing an incredible job there. When we played Huddersfield I honestly thought they were the worst team I’ve seen all season. All they had in their locker was to kick our best players and hang in there by doing so, and I couldn’t believe we weren’t out of sight by half time.

Fast forward a few games and it looks like they’ll survive, comfortably as well. I don’t like the way Warnock gets his teams playing but he really does know how to get results at this level. That turnaround has been up there with anything he’s done in his career. 

FFS. Terrible defending. 

Much better last 10. Away end sounds very lively today

What a chance for Wells… Bell’s pace causing problems 

3 minutes ago, AppyDAZE said:

Reminding me of Luton away already

I thought exactly the same. We just can’t keep the ball and look panicked at the back. Really poor so far 

I didn’t hear any booing when he came on but don’t doubt it happened. Some of our ‘fans’ have history where this kind of thing is concerned, and it’s as depressing as it is predictable. Quite what these people think they’re helping when they act like that is beyond me. Coming on to that kind of reception when you’re lacking in confidence anyway must be an absolute nightmare. What is the point? 

I thought Cornick did ok when he came on yesterday. He offered plenty of energy, pressed well and looked after the ball as well as I’ve seen him so since joining us. I’ve seen comments on Twitter about him ‘stealing a living’ and the like and I just see that as embarrassing. He’ll continue to get better, if these morons haven’t hounded him out by then, and when he does I hope they give him the credit he deserves. 

17 hours ago, GrahamC said:

Interesting to see how many youngsters that we still pick up from over the bridge.

The keeper Casa-Grande here is from Newport, Hutton grew up in Caerphilly, Wood who was on the bench recently is from Monmouth & Taylor-Clarke is another Newport lad.

You’d think this would be Cardiff’s main area to scout but we seem to regularly pick up a fair few from there.

This is an interesting point as it seems to work both ways now. Cardiff have just sold a Bristol born boy to Wolves from their U14s, and have another boy in the same age group from Bristol who is a very good player. The second one is a left winger and I’d be surprised if bigger clubs aren’t watching him too.

I’m not sure what the set up is like at Cardiff now but I have heard it’s still pretty ruthless. 

3 minutes ago, !james said:

 

 

 

4 games for that?! Dear oh dear that is unbelievable.

Do we know whether Evans and/or Cunningham got banned for assaulting our players at Preston earlier in the season? I can’t remember seeing an outcome to those situations?

I hate to moan about things like this because it always looks like sour grapes, but it does seem that the FA have it in for us in some way. This is a ridiculous decision. 

Scott

Conway

Scott’s piece of skill and pass at Preston

I get all the arguments for Vyner and Pring but, even in his quieter games, Scott has been superb for me. He does the ugly side of the game very well, works his backside off, is always available, and on the ball he’s getting on for being as good as I’ve seen in a City shirt. 

8 minutes ago, City oz said:

Unfortunately, it showed we are a long way off from the Middlesbrough, Blackburn, Luton, Norwich and a few others where they are in positions currently, where we would love to be. OK great start to the new year and you can see when the team plays well there are thousands upon thousands of City of supporters waiting in the wings that start attending Ashton Gate.

If we were around the sixth or seventh position at the moment the home attendances will reflect on good performance.

I'm expecting of at least 10th this season. This I think is achievable, but a play-off spot is now a dream.

Let's be honest was yesterday's performance consistent of a team that we all want to make the play offs or get to close too it. I do not think so.

More work for our great manager NP to implement.

Those of you 3 x K thousand attended yesterday I commend you so much. You deserved more.

It was a poor day I agree but even the teams you mention will have those…. That’s football. The key for us is bouncing back now, we tend to be a streaky team so I hope a couple of defeats doesn’t send us onto a terrible run. Especially with the injuries and threadbare squad we are going to have to run with for the time being.

I always thought talk of the play offs was fanciful and I still do. But the positives still far outweigh the negatives in recent months for me. 

8 hours ago, Lrrr said:

On Bell, he's not a wide player (by trade at least) and it feels he's in the same position as Antoine a few years ago, bundles of potential but needs time to realise it. For all the comments I've seen online saying 'Bell isn't a centre forward' not necessarily on OTIB, yes Bell is a centre forward however really he's in his first significant batch of games for the first team rather than disjointed appearances and all you have to do is think back to Semenyo of a couple of seasons ago and people's reactions then.

I really like Bell, he’s got bags of potential and will be a real asset to us. However I just don’t think he’s quite ready to play as a central striker in the Championships just yet in the way that Conway is. He works incredibly hard but he just seems to struggle physically against the big defenders in this league and the ball keeps coming back to us because he just isn’t quite able to hold it up as we would need him to yet. That will come, but he’s not quite ready yet imo  

Personally I’d play him drifting in from the left hand side for the time being. He looks a real threat there away from the muck and bullets physicality of playing in the centre. Either way, he’s going to be a fantastic player for us for the next few years

Blimey, some of the comments on this thread are unbelievable in their negativity. Yesterday was our first defeat in the league all year, and that happens.

I hated losing to that lot, they are easily the most vile lot of pond life we have the misfortune to play so that performance coming against them is particularly frustrating. But it was always going to happen at some point and we just have to make the best of it and move on now.

For what it’s worth, I’m sure that fatigue was a factor. Our decision making was off, we gave the ball away too cheaply and we just didn’t move it with enough pace to cause problems in and around their box. Just as they built the move that led to the first goal I said to my mate that we couldn’t just keep allowing them to get crosses into the box because something would drop eventually, and before I’d even finished my sentence they scored. We were our own worst enemies at times. They were a poor side but we gave them the opportunity to beat us by just being a bit ‘off it’ all day.

The injuries may well turn out to be the most costly element from yesterday. We will be really lacking in power at the back with both Atkinson and Kalas out and the same in midfield with Williams gone too. We’ll have to adapt and Scott playing deeper will weaken us as well. But, looking at the bigger picture, we’ve lost one in 10 and we’re safely in mid table and anyone but the most negative fan would have taken that with both hands 2 months ago.

Onwards and upwards. 

As others have said, it was never about ability with Vyner. He’s clearly got bags of talent and that was apparent even last season. It was the lapses in concentration and subsequent errors that caused the issues.

I remember going to Coventry away last season and saying to my mate what a great first half Vyner had just had. He was excellent… won everything, calm on the ball, he looked a proper player. Within about 5 minutes of the restart he got the wrong side of his man, chopped him down and gave away a penalty. That was just how it was with him at the time…. He could be an accident waiting to happen. 

This year has been completely different though. He’s played like he did in that first half consistently now, for months and looks a fantastic player. I hope we tie him down to a longer contract so we can see the best of him over the next few seasons. 

Really sad news.  One of the greats - they don’t make them like him anymore.

Him, Brian Moore and Barry Davies were the holy trinity of football commentary, none of the modern commentators come close. For me anyway. 

I was in S82 and had no idea what was going on. Seemed from where I was like the security guy didn’t like people celebrating a goal, which is bizarre.

I can understand why they check tickets to get into our section. Lots of kids want to go in there and it would be massively over populated if they didn’t. I have no issue with it at all. As for checking them as you approach the stadium, it’s the lack of consistency that I find strange. Sometimes they check, sometimes they don’t, and I go through the same entrance by KFC UPevery week. Very strange

As a general point, I’ve got to know the stewards near where I stand and have no issues with any of them at all. Most of them are polite, friendly and helpful and ‘get it’. As long as you don’t act like an obnoxious idiot, in general there are no problems. This private security firm seem like a different breed though… they seem like a completely unnecessary solution to a problem that never existed on the first place 

He was absolutely dreadful. Every 50/50 went their way and his inconsistency was amazing at times. Surely something needs to be done about these idiots with whistles? Week after week we get them  

It made for the perfect afternoon for me though. I love nothing more than losing my shit with the officials and they gave me every opportunity to. And we won. Happy days. 

2 minutes ago, Curr Avon said:

Suddenly, £25 million looks cheap. 

I reckon he’s worth more than that when you look at what some clubs are paying for players nowadays. He’ll have about 80 appearances under his belt by the end of the season all being well, and he’ll have been sensational in at least half of them! 

I’ve been telling my sons to enjoy him while we have him ever since I first watched him for us. He’s a sensational player and he’s got the lot.

Our last player who I was this sure would go to the very top was Webster but I think Scott is better than even him. He’s an outrageous talent. 

4 hours ago, frenchred said:

Should throw the book at HER. If he didn't do (I don't believe this) she has wasted so much police time,.money and effort, surely grounds for prosecution

What a ridiculous, horrendous thing to say