Loosey Boy

Take that result all day long……another big test for us on Tuesday

Well done to Liam, the boys and those that travelled

Just over 2,600 there last night - brilliant support

The days of Sooooper Bobby Taylor upfront, alongside Turner

4 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

I think the reckoning will come before then. Liam getting until Christmas next season has to be predicated on improvement before that point - or based on trajectory, we’ll be deep in a relegation dogfight. 

And this is where my thinking aligns with Dave’s. I think the end of this season is a more than reasonable time to make a call. And there’s a few reasons for that:

- We’ve just done a mid season sacking which both those for and against it acknowledge was poorly timed, and having the possibility of doing so again is the definition of madness as it means another season written off

- If there are doubts that LM is the right man at the end of this season, then it would be reckless to give him money to spend then. We’d end up wasting the Scott money, and start on the route of bringing in different style players. Nobody wants to end up with a bloated, misshapen squad and we run that risks if there are real doubts.

- As I’ve noted, giving Liam a pre season to get his players in isn’t a magic bullet. His best season came after taking over in August and he’s 1 all on poor or good records post a pre season. If there was compelling evidence post a pre season he gets it right, it’s a different argument

- He’ll have had north of 30 games then. For an “on the grass” coach who improves teams, that seems a reasonable sample to see if that improvement is evidenced

Hopefully irrelevant as we go on a good run of sustained improvement from now until May and there are no doubts he’s the right man. But for a lot of reasons, end of season is absolutely the time to make a decision as opposed to waiting until Christmas.

I don’t think there’s any chance of us contemplating a change at the end of the season - BT and the Board have given Liam and 3.5 year contract, have a history of sticking with managers unless we are in danger of relegation.

They will back him well in the summer too, me thinks as they can’t afford for him to fail, having made the change this season.

7 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

How have we got from the Watford away performance to this thread in just over a month?

Call it wetting the bed if you want but yes, on current form we can absolutely get dragged into a relegation battle and what happens in the next 4 or 5 games will go some way to seeing if that will happen. Think Weds and Rotherham are in real trouble but could’ve done without QPR winning yesterday.

 

 

Next two games are really tough but then we start playing some of the teams in/around us…..we need a win quickly from a confidence perspective, more than anything.

I’m looking forward to seeing Twine and Sykes in the same team as those two should make a difference to us, creating and causing teams a lot of problems.

The team that I think could get dragged into trouble at the moment, is Swansea - next four games:-

Hull A

Leeds H

Ipswich H

Sunderland A

On 02/02/2024 at 19:44, transfer reader said:

It's what Westerlo have said

Tinnion confirmed on Radio Bristol on Friday night…..transfer fee all agreed…..

I’m really interested to see how he does between now and the end of the season….

34 minutes ago, DaveF said:

Could Blackburn possibly go down?

No league win since they beat us on the 12th of December and their last 9 games of the season look very tough (except against us).

They've got Boro, Ipswich, Sunderland, Southampton, us, Leeds, Wednesday, Coventry and Leicester...

Think Swansea could be in trouble too.

Next 4 games, all against teams vying for promotion/Play Offs:-

Hull A

Leeds H

Ipswich H

Sunderland A

They’ve also got Baadiff at home!

21 minutes ago, Big C said:

Fully fit squad? Where's Naismith and Atkinson?

And one of our better players this season……Sykes

Oh and our new creative MF that we’ve been craving…..Twine

23 minutes ago, 95red said:

Yeh that clown in goal

I think you are the clown for such a stupid comment……

Who needs supporters like you!

Would have taken that all day long before KO - whilst it’s frustrating to have drawn, having gone 2-1 up, it’s still a cracking point, away from home, against a team in very good form!

Well played City - let’s back it up on Friday now

Good interview on Sky Sports just now - Liam saying he’s “hopeful” of some more transfer business in next two days 

12 minutes ago, lenred said:

Friend who told us this on Friday night said his source said it’s a bad quad and it’s ‘up to 3 months’. I seriously hope he isn’t right! 

Manning’s interview just now didn’t suggest that - hopefully be back in time for QPR game

Two weeks is a lot better than I was expecting - that’s good news on the scheme of things

3 minutes ago, 22A said:

Any point in going? Coventry fans seem to think they'll win 2-0.

https://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/coventry-city-bristol-city-fc-match-thread-tuesday-30th-jan.156447/

We battered them at their place and managed to lose 1 nil. Missed chance after chance and they scored with their first attempt on target. We will put that right with a 2 nil win.

Not an easy game at all, they are decent, but we are better and I do expect a narrow victory.

2-0 back to clean sheets for the first time in a while, Thomas and Wright to score.

2-0  3-0 if we play well

Seems harsh to drop Palmer imo as he’s been consistently good of late.

Want revenge for losing to that garbage Pearson side, but will be tough to get it.

Let’s hope Liam reads this out to the team before they leave the changing room on Tuesday night

COYRs……big game on Tuesday…..play as we all know we can and there is no reason why we can’t get a decent result

15 hours ago, Andy082005 said:

Having a scan early next week apparently 

Got everything crossed that it’s not too serious……really looking forward to the last 18 games with Twine in the side, after what was a really promising debut 

3 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

So which player are you leaving out to get the second striker on the pitch and what impact does that have.

It’s just like a bunch of levers, pulling one impacts another part of our game.

FWIW I’d leave out one of the 3 CBs, but I’d need to tweak a few other things too.

If we were to do that @Davefevs, I think it would have to be GT that gets left out (harsh I know) as really like RM and CP as our full-backs, longer term.

15 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

My POTS so far.

Agreed - incredible to think that he only cost a rumoured £700k too.

Perhaps we should be after his mate, Willock for a similar amount?

1 minute ago, Curr Avon said:

Only rumours right now. Some have said that Twine was out on the grass training normally today. If there was any substance to the 'story', you'd have thought it would have easily leeked here, similar to the Afobe incident in 2019. My advice, believe nothing until its official.

Hope this is true (that he was training today) as had heard that he’d picked up a Quad injury…

1 minute ago, Rocking Red Cyril said:

Yes good point.

How long is Pring's contract ?

Summer of 2026 I think

1 minute ago, Rocking Red Cyril said:

Yes loved Pring tonite, all defence in fact. I thinks premier interest for Pring would feel they could improve his final ball issue. Think he could be gone this summer

For the first time in a few years, the key thing is that we don’t need to sell anyone.

For once, if we can reject offers and add 2 or 3 quality, Championship-ready/experienced players, I think we will be even more competitive, giving us the best chance in years of getting into the top 6

Just now, chowie said:

They in town

Someone go and let loads of fireworks off outside their hotel at 3am tomorrow morning!

Just watched his pre-Forest interview - that’s a player who really wants to be at the club…..always got a smile on his face too 

What a great signing he could turn out to be 

Let’s hope to get one of the longer away games out of the way first

18 minutes ago, BCFC11 said:

Heard from someone today that he’s picked up an injury and is going to be out for a while.

Hoping it’s not true

I do hope that this isn’t true - would be just our luck!

Great moves for Cotts - hope he does well there