Wanderingred

That’s quite the deduction you’ve made about a post consisting of three words.

People with opinions.

Indeed, it was during the LJ era that we had a horrendous record against them, and although Pearson fared much better, I guess it’s still stuck in peoples minds that they are a bit of a bogey side.

Preston are exactly the sort of team we find it hard to play against. They are spoilers essentially and we’ll need to be patient. I think a draw is very likely.

I wonder how many football league managers from 2008 are still around, managing at this level? I’d wager not too many.

That was rubbish.

We knew that would be the case. Very happy to still be in the game. We’ll get one or maybe two more big chances, make them count and who knows?

Norwich fans after witnessing the incredible gas support.

I raise you a cold wet New Year’s Day against Reading, a few years ago under Lee Johnson. Zero atmosphere, everybody hung over and downbeat after a poor run. Our only game plan was to stifle Reading, and it totally killed the game as a spectacle but a fortunate penalty and scrappy Tammy goal somehow saw us 2-0 up. Despite the score line, it was clear that nobody believed in us and expected us to throw it away. As soon as they scored their first, everyone was resigned to defeat which happened in the most spineless gutless fashion to lose 3-2. Awful. I took a friend, he hated it. I’d never felt so close to packing in football as I did that day. Perhaps not the dullest game or most inept performance ever but certainly the worst experience overall, especially given that I really can’t stand Reading.

1994/95 we lost 5-1 at home to Wolves under Russell Osman.

I think we can count ourselves lucky that the 2020-21 season was played behind closed doors. Surely one of our 13 home defeats would have featured in this list, but I doubt many of us can remember much about those games from Robins TV. What a truly miserable season that was.

I wonder if boring sag knows the last time his team helped the opposition end a run of 12 games without a win? How “noteworthy” are your results against Bolton and Portsmouth if you lose games like this?

The original post was ridiculous, as are people throwing their toys out of the pram today. This forum is a good read on non match days. Post match, it’s full of absolute drivel.

I’m actually amused that people are angry and surprised by this. Anyone who didn’t see this coming is incredibly naive. This is Bristol City!!!

Surely we can’t win again? I mean, that wouldn’t be Bristol City would it?

I have absolutely no idea about the last time we beat the two teams who were 1st and 2nd at Christmas because it’s not a statistic that any normal football fan would take note of. Consider this for context though. In the 2012-13 season, we comfortably beat Cardiff (champions), Watford (3rd and playoff finalists) and Crystal Palace (playoff winners) at Ashton Gate. Our finishing position that season? Dead last and relegated. We weren’t crowing like a bunch of weirdos for beating two promoted teams were we? I also remember beating both our promotion challengers QPR and Plymouth at home in the space of a week, yet we ended up missing out on promotion, so the boast was meaningless and would have been met with ridicule. Your fanbase are strange and deluded. You clutch at really odd straws in order to try and get one over us. A bigger percentage of your home crowds travel away than us? Just means your home support is rubbish. Your ground is fuller than our in terms of capacity? Just means your ground is a little shoebox. This is just another meaningless dig that is quite frankly hilarious.

That’s my point though. No shots on target would suggest that they did a good job of nullifying us, coming after seven goals scored in our previous two.

They did a job on us. The sort of performance you’d expect from an away side.

I have no idea where their laughably blind optimism is coming from. It’s not as if they are even on a particularly good run. They’re so weird.

Went to Yeovil vs Taunton. A total mismatch of a game. Yeovil have a professional set up and some football league quality in their ranks. Taunton players were obviously part time, nowhere near as fit and some of them looked overweight. Crowd of 6000+ could well be an all time record for that level.

This forum.

Two massive home wins, both gutsy as **** against technically better opponents. I’m impressed.

Sunderland fans are class. Up there with Wednesday as the very best in the division in terms of consistent numbers and noise.

Ironic how when we actually did have a top six squad (albeit one that needed reinforcements) JL said “promotion is not the aim”, and we tailed off due to injuries and fatigue. Utterly clueless.

I think that will fall on deaf ears. Saturday will be my first City game for over a year. I should be buzzing, but honestly I’m dreading it. There will be very little positive support for the team, just everyone waiting for us to slip up so they can vent their frustration.