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Very little mention on RB of our midfield. Nothing on Bryan or Reid this half. It's Freeman, Tomlin, Kodjia or our defence. Occasional mention of Pack.

Are we going down the channels and long balls? Sounds like the midfield is being bypassed. 

A result of being Korey-less?

I'm listening on RB. Sounds like we're getting back into it, and they were pretty sure it was a pen.

They've mentioned a few through balls to Kodjia. Is he holding his line a bit better, or is just getting the service a bit sooner?

I spent 7 years living in the Capital of Dragonland. Whilst most of my friends there were fans of the oval ball, I did have a couple who were STH at Cardiff. 

Credit to them that they packed that foolishness in when Tan took over, but our matches with them have always meant good banter between us. 

Doing the predictor a few weeks back, I had this down as a draw. I'll stick with that and go 1-1.

How nice to spend a few minutes looking at the table this morning and be looking up to Leeds, Huddersfield and even up to Reading in 12th! COYR

That's it for me now. I think we're safe. 

Everything below us is going our way and we're slowly climbing and pulling the likes of Fulham, Blackburn and Leeds towards us. 

Great result today, particularly after Tuesday. I still think that was a one -off against a very good side. Everything went for them. 

Sounds like we've dominated at times today and had a few chances on top of the 2 we took. 

Great turnaround. Credit to all involved 

1 minute ago, steviestevieneville said:

He's a winger

He's a Duracell bunny. Ideal for this stage of a game 

A Brentford equaliser at Rotherham would see us 10 points clear. 

Not that I'm greedy

Wes scores 9.

Freeman misses 9. He can't finish a sandwich can he? We really do lack goals from midfield but not for lack of chances. 

1 minute ago, bristolcitysweden said:

We are used to swallow total shit anyway

Is that a Swedish delicacy?

I can't ever quite get my head around professional ball kickers not hitting the target. Anywho...

Lets get all the bad luck out the way in one match. I wouldn't have been surprised before the game to lose. Goal difference not ideal, but that's more than helped by other results again. 

Onwards and hopefully, upwards. 

So are we playing 3 up top?! If so, hope we're going for it. 

2 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

Right. Not the worst half ever despite the score. 

As I've said, Vyner has been poor. He doesn't seem to get back into position quick enough when they switch the play. It's often leaving their left winger with acres. You can attribute both goals to him, although I'd like O'donnell to do better with the 2nd - but I'll wait to see the replay. 

Pack had lumped a few aimless balls forward and Kodjia could have done better with a couple of headed chances. 

The plus side is that Joe Bryan is looking very good and Tomlin, as we've learnt by now, is different class. There's no way we'll get anywhere near him on a permanent deal. 

Brighton aren't the best but have taken their chances well. It's a little like watching the sort of luck that Cotts had.  

I've seen enough to be hopeful going into the second half. 

Good review Fordy, cheers. 

Its Vyners home debut. He's no doubt nervous. I heard he has about an hours notice pre MK, not enough time to worry. Tough call whether to keep him on and risk another error, or replace him. Either way his confidence may suffer. Time for LJ to earn his bunse.

Have we created any chances? I'd hope we give it a good go 2nd half with nothing to lose. Especially if Brighton think the game is won. An early second half goal for us would change everything. 

What changes, if any, would you suggest?

Vyner off at half time? Wouldn't be great for his confidence, but surely better than being at fault for another?

Waggy may offer that little bit more nous and experience, despite it not being his favoured position.

Charlton 1-0 down

The game is young. BBC website says we've had 73% posession?! Is that right? 2 shots on target from them. Plenty of time left, and first real challenge for LJ. Let's see what happens 

Fulham 1 up at Leeds

Just looking at the lineups of tonight's other matches and couldn't help but notice the first 4 names on the Charlton bench...

Subs: Pope, Fanni, Suk-Young, Ba,

I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere...

Meanwhile, COYR!

If we win tonight, and Blackburn (away to Derby) and Fulham (away at Leeds) fail to win, we'll move up to the dizzy heights of 18th!

In the build up to these last few fixtures I'd have happily taken a point tonight. I'm hopeful for the revival to continue.

I'm going 2-1. An 82nd minute equaliser from Kodjia, before Agard taps in a winner after immense pressure in injury times. Cue scenes. Absolute scenes. 

MK looked awful from the highlights. Better finishing and we could have had 5 from the chances created. 

Cracking result. Good confidence for Kodjia and hopefully for Bryan too with his assist. 

Megalols at Kodjias second celebration. Couldn't decide where to go and nearly fell over his own feet. 

We're on a great run now. Would love for us to maintain this momentum and have a strong finish to the season.

Finishing strongly could be priceless when it comes to summer recruitment. 

2 minutes ago, MC RISK77 said:

Hopefully the only reason you watch that tosh is because you haven't got access to sky?... Awful in comparison to soccer Saturday 

Correct. They just made some comment saying "Bristol City on the up again at stadium MK" as they cut to the grumpy cow covering it. I got far too excited that it was then 2-0. 

So pleased for the Kodj! Hopefully give him the boost he needs! Great time to score. COYR

Yessssssss

2 minutes ago, BRISTOL86 said:

They've kicked on hugely since they beat us. Fair play. If we score now and things stay the same elsewhere - 6 points clear of the drop. Would be very rosy compared to a few weeks ago. 

8 points clear if we win and other results stay the same. 

Bird on Beeb said Vyner looking solid. She doesn't sound too pleased in general. No shots on target and nothing to report

Just looking at the table as it stands. Preston are 10th. Fair play to them. A win today for us would be huge. 3 on the bounce and we'd pull well clear 

Fulham 1-0