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3 minutes ago, Wiltshire robin said:

I hope if he goes it is for big money but for example kodjia was a 20 goal a season striker and he didn’t go for 20 million

Was a little while ago now , the market is a completely different animal now , we will want Kelly money at least I believe 

4 minutes ago, Wiltshire robin said:

Im no expert on transfer fees but I think people are gonna be disappointed judging by the £20,000,000 price tag people keep commenting.

Pearson has said on a few occasions that he won’t stand in his way if Prem club came in but he would be ‘very expensive’ 

46 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Is that bee a hornet?

I was quite bullish we’d get him.  My chips appear to have been delivered with urine not vinegar.

I’d like to think it’s nothing but once Rob Edwards went to Watford thought he could take Wilson with him , hope not but seems possible now 

5 minutes ago, Lew-T said:

I hope they crash and burn next year.

NP touched upon it I saw a stat that Luton had a massive amount of players out of contract this summer including most of their leading  ‘stars’ .

Don’t know if anyone has the list but if so this defeat could hurt even more 

Gutted for the lovely welsh fella 

20 minutes ago, Shaun Taylor said:

We had over 9000 and I would imagine Mansfield brought more than the 130 Scunthorpe did!

Their Facebook page says Mansfield  had 689 fans at the theatre of dreams today, so Rovers had OVER 7000 of their own incredible supporters present 

1 minute ago, swanker said:

And some think Max is up to Championship standard football?

Question that some people feel shouldn’t be asked , local boy or not the facts speak for themselves, defence obviously not great but Max is offering them no confidence at all, Bents needs to be back for a vital game on Wednesday 

28 minutes ago, cidered abroad said:

What a night that was at the Hawthorns. They threw everything at us but we got lucky and three points.

That was a great night around 6k there , and others mentioned Coventry , Chester etc but my best away day goes back to my first away day many years ago , and although includes some ‘aggro ‘ it was just mind blowing and I thought all games would be like this 

in October 1971 only about 13 I guess a friend called early on a Saturday and said they were going to go to Swindon did I want to go , wouldn’t happen now but just said sure and we caught a bus to temple meads , just got on and went , basically all morning train after train went with hundreds at a time on , I guess looking back we had a couple of thousand there , we got there and piled out of the station, shouting and chanting, as we emerged , around 200 Swindon came running up the road , I had a moment of worry then a huge roar and a huge mob of City went past me steaming in and Swindon ran for their life , City were everywhere , we took over the Town End , as we did every time in those years , and won 1-0 to cap it off , got the bug that never went away that day , great memories 

30 minutes ago, Olé said:

In monsoon like conditions at Peterborough, depleted City followed up the disappointing loss at Millwall by being largely second best to their promoted opponents, standing off a succession of attacks and never matching the hosts' pass and move - yet somehow Joe Williams contrived a barnstorming late Chris Martin winner against the run of play.

The visitors gave their former League One hosts acres of space on either flank and so could have few complaints when one time City misfit Sammy Szmodics punished them.  Led by Calum O'Dowda's wing play they got level from a corner and then went in front in a rare passing move - sealed by George Tanner drilling home a rebounded effort.

But Sam Szmodics again took advantage of stand off defending to level and the visitors rarely looked likely to threaten during a one-sided second half - only for Williams to turn the game on its head in front of the massed ranks of traveling supporters, bundling past defenders and slipping it inside to Martin, who steered home an explosive late winner.

Played in torrential rain it was Posh who had started the brighter through Szmodics down the left, regularly probing their opponents - though on 6 minutes O'Dowda got in behind onto a left wing through ball, only to square it just behind Matty James with defenders racing back out of position, the hosts in the end bundling the loose ball out for a corner.

It wasn't until a couple of minutes past the quarter hour that Andi Weimann held up the ball before running it goalward, slipping it right to Williams, whose cross was cut back from beyond the far post by O'Dowda, who in turn laid it into James path, only for City's energetic midfielder to loop a shot high and wide with time to threaten the host defence.

But on 21 minutes Peterborough made their more purposeful attacking movement count. An early ball down the left channel was easy for Harrison Burrows to control and lay off for Szmodics to run on from the edge of the box and curl an early looping shot past Dan Bentley and into the top corner - giving the home side an early lead in the pouring rain.

City's best spell of passing came midway in the half - a patient wing to wing move saw Martin and Tanner combine out right before spreading cross field via King, who released O'Dowda to the byline on the left, his cross cut out with Weimann ready to finish. Pring on the left then jinked past defenders into the box, going down claiming for a penalty.

After the half hour a left wing free kick was miscontrolled by Weimann but winning City several corners - from which O'Dowda's set piece met Rob Atkinson rising highest at the far post to send a bullet header into the top corner for the equaliser. Yet once again City stood off the hosts, Szmodics and Burrows given room to threaten from the channels.

So it was a surprise when the visitors stole in front inside 40 minutes. A rare break saw James steal in from the left and square to Martin to apply the finish, but his tame shot was blocked and rebounded out to full back Tanner who drilled a low cross shot into the bottom corner. A first goal for the club in his fourth game since rising from League Two. 

City ended the half again repelling chances from the Peterborough left, and an overload saw the Posh work the ball inside Williams and Tanner via Dan Butler - who lifted it into Szmodics at close range who this time was able to steer a header into the far corner. At the break a deep City free kick led to head tennis in the box before Martin headed wide.

After the restart the damp October weather had by now deteriorated into torrential rain that made it almost unplayable - although Williams early header forced a diving save from a deep James free kick, while at the other end Oliver Norburn took aim from 25 yards onto the bar and Nathan Thompson fired wide after Pring's slip up on the right.

City's only chances were coming from set pieces and another deep free kick saw the team breaking the lines in numbers, scorer Atkinson glancing the ball inside for Martin to head down and force a close range save. On the hour City highlighted their futile play as a patient passing move saw no runners in behind and retreated back to halfway.

Alex Scott replaced O'Dowda as the biblical weather made the match harder and harder to perform in - indeed despite the home side repeatedly probing it was Williams being put clear onto a long ball down the right at the midpoint of the second half that threatened more - only for the exhausted midfielder to badly overhit a low cross beyond teammates.

Heading into the last ten Peterborough were seeing all of the ball but City were creating the clearer chances. Martin forced another diving save with a flicked header following a Williams cross, then Tomas Kalas produced a stunning run - bringing it down in defence and racing upfield to beat the entire Posh defence, only to miss Martin with his centre.

So City had sounded a warning and despite being largely against the run of play they'd storm into a decisive lead a minute later and right in front of their fans. All action Williams bundled the ball past defenders and slipped it to Martin who curled home. Pandemonium in the away corner as City players, second best much of the day, celebrated with fans.

Before the end Bentley had to pull off a fine save to tip wide a free kick heading for the top corner following Burrows apparent dive. The keeper would need lengthy treatment in injury time as the Posh piled on the pressure - but City hung on and claimed their fourth away win in six trips, an improbable return from a poor performance in 

 

Bentley 7 Crucial save at the end 

Tanner 7 Took goal well, threw himself at everything at the end, Szmodics caused him problems though

Pring 6 One or two slips but generally solid and great driving fun first half

Kalas 7 Stunning run towards the end, never stops, probably showed Posh forwards too much respect when they ran the channels

Atkinson 7 Really well taken goal and some important flick ons from other set pieces

James 6 Some great set piece delivery but never really got hold of midfield for the quality of opposition

King 6 Probably shaded it over James and was a marked improvement over Bakinson - ran out of steam later on

Williams 7 Easily our best player in a poor performance - never stopped battling and trying to find space to pass or run

O'Dowda 6 Our biggest threat first half with some well timed runs and drilled crosses but got injured and came off early

Weimann 4 Nothing came off for him, didn't link well with anyone, pressed strongly but as an attacking threat non existent

Martin 5 Several good chances and a vital winner but slow and offered little outlet for much of the game

 

Scott 6 Added a bit of quality on the ball in difficult conditions although hard done by when hacked down and ref waved play on

Was there , were you ? second best my ass

59 minutes ago, 22A said:

OK, just got in from the game and my immediate thoughts.

City looked too ponderous in their build up play on the right side.

Possibly because if the weather, the ref let play continue when others may have stopped the game for an infringement.

During that down pour in the 2nd half I feared the Ref would abandon the game.

Must watch the goals on TV later as on the bus coming home, all the P'boro' fans assured me there was a definite handball involved in City's winner.

 

Was also at the game , god you’re miserable , great day out , great result and a very good performance , 16 shots , 6 on target says we went for it , both sides looking to attack so obviously some worrying moments , the spirit is fantastic well done lads 

Also got to say our fans were brilliant today from minute one , never shut up , worth adding  especially away but at home too the players and fans are building a bond that is helping everyone.

PS. All the Peterborough fans who assured you it was handball for the winner were nowhere near it , it was up our end , with just a few of their fans behind the goal , behave

2 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Yes he is. I wonder if he`s appealed or it doesn`t kick in yet.

Appealed , wonder how quickly they will hear it , before next Saturday? 

21 minutes ago, mozo said:

From the little that my Robins TV connection let me see, we played pretty agricultural football and underperformed across the park.

People talking about whether it's a good result, but performance wise, was it not the first game that we were clearly second best in this season?

Obviously it was the little you saw , we certainly were not second best , especially second half we were good , we were organised and competitive which will get better , decent entertainment for the first time in seasons

17 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

I thought it was Tainton at the Gate, one of the few he managed to keep under the bar?

No definitely Emmanuel, it was crazy outside  , went off all over the place that day , City lads held their own but United everywhere 

1 minute ago, Lympsham Red said:

I can’t believe people are saying that because we lost to FGR in the Mickey Mouse Cup we’re going to get relegated and Pearson has failed. 

Yes it’s a shit performance and Saturday was shit too, but there’s 45 matches to go and no one was expecting immediate success and promotion were they?

If anyone can convert this lot into challengers it’s Pearson, he’s done it before. Unlike Johnson, Cotterill, SOD, McInness..

Agree just some perspective please, and Saturday wasn’t shit , big improvement from last year, shit late goal but not performance 

3 minutes ago, glos old boy said:

Going to Spain? 14day quarantine for those returning from tomorrow;

Spain says second spike iminent, Germany and France are worried and report higher than normal rises as does Hong Kong and India with 100,000 new cases in last 2 days, now at 1.2million and I wont even mention Africa, Brazil or USA ;

Open football grounds hmmmmm dodgey maybe Covid may yet have something to say before that happens.

We all want Covid to go away, drop our guard and it will smash us in the face again, it will be back how soon is up to us.

Season only ended a few days ago but have any of the players flown out to Spain for hols in that time ? 
 

If so Two weeks quarantine? 

6 minutes ago, RedorDead BCFC said:

And at the moment still being paid. I know I’ve paid for my season tickets so has 15k other so this season is technically paid for. Going forward if this carries on will become an issue. 
Businesses like bars around football clubs will suffer, but they may will do if games are played behind doors. So knock on affects will come into play soon. 
 

On the subject of season tickets the deadline for renewing your seats or lose them is on Monday , with massive uncertainty for many and just a small global crisis I notice the caring sharing club has not done anything to acknowledge this by perhaps extending for at least a few weeks , many people I know including myself and family have not done so as yet, I suppose depends how many sold , if not so many might do , but nothing in the PR dept of this club makes me think they give a shit 

13 minutes ago, Offside said:

Sounds like it was a fantastic game. 4 points from two tricky away games is a good return.

Really good , noticed Derby pretty much fielded second eleven at Barnsley in EFL cup, so recovery vital for Weekends game ,  but yes come on let's see a big crowd behind the lads on Saturday

9 minutes ago, BobBobSuperBob said:

Jordan is at Middlesbrough so cross that one off the list

If needed he'd be down like a shot 

4 hours ago, Pound Lane Red said:

Doesn't really bode well for us. 

Blackburn and Burton results make the people on here  stating we can stay up with 40 points look like incredible optimists 

3 hours ago, havanatopia said:

Interesting OK thanks

18,900 ... wow.. poor, very poor. That takes us below Forest on average attendances then and below the 20k mark.

How's it very poor ? Leeds had 600 more than forest of which the crowd was 19,500 , was that poor too ?

We are increasing the crowds well, will take a while.

Lot of people who didn't go saying it was poor , get a ticket 

1 hour ago, GrahamC said:

They are now back to the level where historically they have usually been (so by the way, are we).

Finishing above Accrington Stanley on goal difference really isn't the achievement their mates in the print and sound media will now spend all this summer making out that it is.

They will now have to play Sheff U, Coventry, MK and the likes in a ramshackle non league standard ground, if they find the step up a struggle their home games on a winter night against Bury or Oldham will very soon revert to the usual 5000 suspects.

As is said above, despite their claim to be "coming for us" in so many ways (as well as literally of course) we operate in a completely different league now.

As for those who long for the return of the Bristol Derby, what sort of ambition is that? We want to challenge ourselves against teams like Boro, Burnley, Derby, etc, not Bristol's equivalent of Gillingham or Leyton Orient.

On reflection a day or so on , although you have to say they kept going to the end it was written that these jammy sods would score another last kick winner as so many times this season but hey ho shit happens.

But asking myself why I hate them is not on the pitch but off , the delusional idiots that ballshit for England , taken this many here or there , always rounding it up to the next thousand or so , where our media tell us we had 1,997 instead of 2k,  the recent crap where they let it be quoted they took 40k to the conference final where even officially by them a year ago it was just on 30k, all they will care about is how many we took somewhere next season compared to them , and results that better ours against certain clubs, although be aware we did take 99 points the last time we were in that league , I know a few gas fans and although decent lads all live in the ' we got to show we can be better than them ' camp.

And by the way can someone start a new thread as it does seem we are obsessed with them as it reaches 200 pages BUT it's a year old !

36 minutes ago, EstoniaTallinnRed said:

LJ also said he will be starting to compile his list of players required and possible new players on Monday. Good to hear that a lesson has been learn't since last Summer.

He actually said on Twitter " we have our lists " so it sounds like they know what they are after by now, so please get on with it asap , unlike last years nightmare

14 minutes ago, redysteadygo said:

Was unable to get to the game today but have watched the highlights. Feel our keeper's positioning for the free kick was quite poor and not for the first time. Left far to much of the goal to his left ungaurded and invited the player to place the ball into an area he was unable to reach. Highlights really show this error in positioning. No wonder LJ was not happy.

ODonnell has been brilliant since coming in, all keepers make odd mistakes but he is different class to Frankie, and has been a big part of the revival including a vital,save early on today when it looked odds on to go one down, if you are watching the games live you can see him marshalling the back line excellently, back off.

Truth is that is was a very good performance, most players had a decent game and we definetly  should have the penalty, nailed on , had a perfect view, the defender caught Tomlin , ref was an absolute disgrace all through and it's fair to say Birmingham are the most obnoxious team I have seen all season, in the refs face all match whinging and moaning which I think influenced the knob on the penalty .

Tomlin and goldbourne  were excellent , very composed and in Tomlins case  oozed class, definitely could be the X factor, BUT please get a striker in by Monday because for all the good build and chances it was hard to see us putting chances away.