RoystonFoote'snephew

Dreadful performance and result. But then any defeat on the batting track at Brisbane is a poor result.

When Bolton finally beat us at the Gate after 70+ years Whatmore scored in the 1st minute.

There's been at least 7 that were on City's books without Osman - Llewellyn, Orr, Brooker, Partridge, Aizelwood, Dowling and Sesay.

Probably because the modern way is not to drop the woman's surname on marriage.

Sad news. RIP Ray and condolences to his family and friends. Strangely perhaps although he's described as a Liverpool legend, winning the trophies he did with them, but I always thought of him as an Arsenal player.

Nice to see that the Gas continue to prove they're the worst EFL team in Gloucestershire. They're even worse than us in their failure to win despite having a numerical advantage on the pitch. That's twice this season now.

Spot on but it's their mental strength that also impresses me. On another night with another ref than Langford Scott may have seen red rather than yellow but his booking didn't stop his commitment. Benarous did well to make sure that Joe Allen was Langfords first red card of the season but he too will pick up bookings along the way. The kids are alright but let's not get carried away just yet. I suspect they may drop back to the bench once James and King are fit.

A real battling performance. Everybody put their body on the line tonight but given the differing experience of the midfields 'the kids are alright'.

My problem with T is that he never does the simple thing but tries to play a 'worldy' every time. Wonderful when it comes off but it's low precentage.

There's a good player in there somewhere and he did well today, but I tend to think of him as a left footed Howard Pritchard. Flashes of brilliance but often stumbles past his opponent than showing dazzling footwork. He has to be one of the most unbalanced wingers in the league more often than not ending on the deck. Refs seem to like him though giving him free kicks that others don't get (Martin for instance). As ever the question will be can he show consistency.

I'd go along with that but once Daniel Ayala came on its likely success rate was much reduced.

Stand there in golfing gear and continuously shout 'In the hole!!'

Abi Harrison off. Tactical or injury?

It's not easy breaking the news but Bristol City are still in Europe. Leaving the EU has not seen us leave for Asia, Africa or the Americas.

They hardly have the same opportunities. Not only did they not get qualification at all for many years but now Europe gets 13 guaranteed qualification places from 55 member States (24% chance of qualification) whereas Africa gets 5 from 54 member States and Asia 4 from 47 member States (both 9%). Only South America has better opportunity with 4 guaranteed places from just 10 member States for an incredible 40% chance of qualification. Its all about money.

I'd be happy with such a group. Its a cup competition and as such everyone should start equal. Let's not pretend that FIFA and its Confederations give a stuff about footballing quality, its all about the money. The expansion of the World Cup to 32 teams is to generate more income and provide a greater opportunity to pass around brown envelopes. Africa and Asia remain incredibly underrepresented compared to Europe but we know where the money lies.

Held Italy to a 0-0 draw tonight meaning the European Champions gave to enter the play-offs. Didn't concede a single goal at home in their WCQ group.

Not this again. I'll never agree. They pay their dues to FIFA like anyone else and deserve to be treated with equal respect. Personally I don't think there should be any seedings at all. If that resulted in a WCQ group of England, France, Belgium, Germany and Spain then so be it.

Switched over now to watch Norn Iron play Italy.

Apparently 'a gaggle of 150 or so unofficial England fans have set up camp on a sort of hill behind the goal'. Makes it sound like a bunch of travellers have arrived.

Even if its a penalty by the letter of the law the booking is ridiculous.

Do we really need to play 20 passes in our own half against San Marino. They are the lowest ranked team in FIFA never having won a competitive match. So few england players seem prepared to commit the opposition.

Forget the men, I've just finished watching England's women against Canada, Ist v 3rd in the world standings. Hell of a game. Although 51-12 looks like an easy win for England it was anything but as the Canadians came to play, took the lead at 5-7 and actually managed to stop England's rolling maul. Woman of the match (quite rightly) was the Bristol tight head Sarah Bern, a one-woman wrecking ball. Scorer of two tries she just gains yards with every carry but is not just big and strong but has great handling skills and has a step.

Stay strong John. Wishing that you and your family gets all the support needed.

What has happened? To say I find the current level of match reporting disappointing is a massive understatement. There is no consistency in what is provided with often just a few lines on what happened and in some cases a total lack of line-ups, statistics etc. We used to get a time line of events including goalscorers, bookings, substitutions etc, a proper full report and a full set of statistics. The current reports get 2/10 and only that because there's a report at all. I suppose I shouldn't be shocked as the club increasingly abandons its OS for social media.