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Fair point about at least acknowledging the big away following with the strongest team. Only defence I can see. Yep, get the point about the Academy, but where is the harm in letting somebody soak up a first team match atmosphere.

We 'threw' a league game against Derby to rest players, but are not prepared to give any of the bench a start when it really makes no difference, with a huge game on Tuesday. I will be honest, it just makes no sense to me.

I do apologise. I really did not mean it like that. I would have very happily given them a run out today, I really do not see what the downside is. I can see I could have put it better, but I was referring to not being able to fill the bench. Let's hope some at least get a go before the 88th minute!

Bristol City XI: Fielding, Little, Ayling, Flint, Baker, Bryan, Smith, Pack, Freeman, Wilbraham, Kodjia. Subs. O'Leary, Williams, Wagstaff, Reid, Agard, Burns. That bench just brings it home.

Thought to be honest Wilbs might have got a rest for Tuesday, but onwards and upwards.

From BBC Smallest squad of the day? West Brom v Bristol City (15:00) More than 5,000 Bristol City fans will be at West Brom this afternoon and they will be wondering whether their team can name a full squad. The Championship strugglers have only 17 players in their squad and, with three injury doubts, the Robins could potentially only name three subs. Surely they can grab some youngsters from somewhere? Indeed!

At least there is hope that next year the biggest City in England without a Premier League side will be Birmingham!

Ok, late goal and all that, but sounded like we were always getting a '0'. How many times was Kodjia caught offside? What the heck can Burns do coming on at 92 mins? With the late Preston goal, as it turned out one point would have taken us up a place. Ten points behind Preston, no excuse for that.

Huddersfield 1 Bolton 0 Those just above us in danger of all winning two in a row.

Kodjia getting caught offside is a recurring theme.

Not been great sounding, but will take 0-0 at half time. Our best chance was in the first thirty seconds, and that is pretty much it. Reading sounded more likely, but not by much. Still in it I suppose, although we do seem to have become a first half term recently, so let's see what happens. Other results not great, and if I am reading it right, not a single home goal in the first half in the Championship.

No problem really with him starting with what he believes is our best 11. What can drive me potty is his habit of not changing a thing until 88 minutes when it is clear Plan A is not working, of just running out of steam. Anyhow, fingers crossed for today.

"They came on in the same old way (and we defeated them in the same old way)." Wellington Hopefully not!

Hard to argue the worst three teams in the league right now are in the bottom three.

Embarrassingly easy for them. Something needs to change to give us any chance. Four is becoming par for half decent sides!

MK and Charlton both go a goal down.

There is in the issue. Their firm has been very mixed. Was always going to be tough for us, but we have made it really easy for them by conceding poor goals.

Getting well beat. Losing against the better teams, making it easier for them with defensive mistakes, unable to see home winnable games due to poor finishing. Relegation form all ends up.

Sounded like they caught us on the break, which is careless in this type of match for us.

Booking for Baker.

Do not seem to be able to stop them opening us up at the moment...

Blimey, we are gd away from safety, and we are being pencilled in as struggling in Div 1 next year? SC must of course take a share of the blame for it, but this is mainly the squad we will have until the end of the season. It does not seem to be an issue of effort, but of quality. Could a new manager get more out of this squad? Not so sure.

Really? And replace him with whom? Any Russian Billionaires knocking around?

Four more points for us and a point less for each of them would have made all the difference to how the table now looks. To depressing for words the result today.

Gutted. Do not know what to say really. Back in bottom three, and how we did not win that game.