Jimbo76

I'm taking my 7 year old to his first ever football match on Saturday in Plymouth. Little does he know that this match could attract or repel him to/from a life as a Bristol City fan. Never have I felt such responsibility as a parent. And which way will it go? Do I get a son that I get to chat all things Bristol City with, for as long as I have my faculties, or does he get to have a positive experience of being a football fan by placing his allegiance elsewhere. Maybe I should just put his welfare and sanity before my own self interest and tell him it's been called off? Yeah, right! He's gonna have to suffer like his old man.

How many more games are we going to watch where everything is good apart from the final ball or finishing? On a positive note, we're no longer the lightweight outfit we were under LJ. Really up for the battle. God this is a frustrating watch.

Anyone got a stream?

Couldn't agree more. I dread coming on here at full time after a performance like that to hear all the doom mongers slagging of individuals or labelling 'happy clappers'. Well done lads. Superb effort. Ref was shocking tonight and, whether intentional or not (not, let's face it) he had a massive influence on the score. Bizarrely, after a defeat, I'm feeling pretty good. AND.....it was entertaining!

Might just be me, but I watched Massengo a lot today and he didn't seem as up for it as he was a few weeks ago. I've thought it for the last few games. Seemed to be behind the pace off the game and I didn't see him battling as before. We never know about things like niggling injuries but I just wonder whether he has had enough. Not sure I could blame him. When he came here, he was being hailed as a great new talent, playing champions League football and coming to this great aspirational club with a new stadium that was going to get promoted to the premier League. Obviously the reality must seem very different now and, given that he revealed interest in him over the summer, I wonder if his mind is elsewhere now. He would be one of the few players we could get a decent fee for in January.

For Christ sake, get bakinson off. Just watching him lazily sauntering round the pitch is driving me mad. I don't care if O'Leary has to come on for him.

Appreciate that it's a bold comparison to make but I see Benarous as a Grealish type player. Good on the ball, antagonistic, knows just how to draw a foul, constantly wants the ball. Really good to have someone genuinely exciting as a city fan. As a team tonight, I thought they ran themselves into the ground. Weimann always runs like a lunatic but Chris Martin tonight was like a different player. Great team effort and hopefully the start of a good Xmas run.

Is the weather a factor?

Getting thrashed by Wolves at Molineux in about 1998 (?). Vilmos Sebok played a back pass to Steve Phillips who took an air shot at it and the ball trickled in to start the drubbing. And we got caught in traffic on the way up so didn't get any pre-match cider.

He gets a rough ride on this forum, sometimes warranted, but I thought he was superb today. Really looked up for it. Glad the old boy has got an international break now to recover!

We have no consistent, quality offensive players and that is what will limit or season. All the reasons to be positive about City - Bentley, Atkinson, Tanner, James, Massengo, Williams - do little to get us goals. Investment needed in the final third if we are ever to achieve the top 6 promised land. Totally agree that Bakinson and Palmer (sometimes Wells) don't seem to have that 110% effort or at least not consistently. We need offensive players that will throw everything at it to win the match but with the required quality to do the job. Jed Wallace springs to mind.

Out of his depth in the first half as QPR targeted our right side. Better second. Distribution and crossing poor but defensively did ok. But we didn't buy a finished product. Definite potential.

Having just looked at the match day program online, Scott is not listed in the squad?

You must have watched a different game to me. Weimann frustrates me quite often but I thought he was very good today and his running is unreal. There is a reason why he always gets picked.

Quite funny to hear the BBC Notts commentators endlessly talking about what a poor game it was and I was thinking this is one of the more interesting city games I've watched recently. We really have become accustomed to a terrible standard of football.

This is painful. Can't believe I'm choosing to spend my free time watching this.

Ffs.....we're the better side so far, barring an individual error. How about supporting your team rather than writing them off after 10 minutes.

A few 'shop window' performances tonight with January looming? Mags apart, obviously.

Is our game that bad? No updates in 10 mins!

Sh*t! Did you see that? He's got a foot like a traction engine.

As someone who endured some tough seasons as a season ticket holder, including the Benny season, I remember some disappointing games, but I do think they had some entertainment value. I've seen 3 games this season- Newcastle, Cardiff and today. Unlucky I know. It's just so dull!! Where's the width? Where's the desire? Aaarrggghhhh.