Jerseybean

24 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

2-0 at home. The warm comforting hot chocolate of football results. Unspectacular, satisfying and delightful.

Indeed so. A home win and a clean sheet = a very happy face, a brilliant mood and a anything is possible feeling. 

Good day one and all. As always thank you Havanatopia for stimulating thoughts. Look forward to the results if you decide to mix things up a bit with up-and-coming threads.

So on the subject of results and mixing things up.....it will be interesting to see what changes LJ elects to make today especially given that, other than Joe, he has everyone available, I somehow fancy Tomo won't see out 90 minutes, unless he puts on a master class. Personally I'd be delighted if we start with two up front although as others have debated just who and how this is best achieved is a real conundrum. See it finishing 1-1 although hoping of course we sneak it 2-1.

My main hope is that we play really well for 90 minutes, which is something we have not done as yet this season. 

Enjoy the game everyone and let's really show our vocal support throughout.

COYR.

Great support today. On paper Reading look the likely winners, however the game is played on the pitch not on paper and it's a great time for City to get back to winning ways.

LJ recently noted that the games against Birmingham and Reading were both significant markers for us and should we come away from both games with no points that will send out the message that we are not yet good enough, for even the play-offs, and may cast doubt in some players and fans minds about the direction of our progress.

So today, with 3,000 City fans roaring us on, let's play well for the entire game, something we've not yet done this season. Then we give ourselves every chance of not returning pointless. CTID

Obviously disappointing to lose to a late goal. However, let's all remember that we are a young and new team and very much a work-in-progress, needing at least a couple more transfer windows. Other than against Brighton we haven't lost by more than one goal this season. It is increasingly obvious where we need to strengthen the team in January. Let's support our team as we continue to improve and recall just how poor things were this time last season!

13 hours ago, Jerseybean said:

Thank you for a well informed, interesting, thought provoking and balanced post. Today's game provides a really intriguing bench-mark of our progress and standing in the league.

Although I really do hope I'm hopelessly wrong I think we will lose today. Whatever the result it will be crucial to honestly consider the performance and potential of the team that plays against Brighton.

This is the kind of game we need to win if we are to be a top six team at the end of the season, I realistically see us finishing no higher than 8th.

 

Be interested in others reflections on a bench-mark game, mine go like this:

We were very poor, individually and collectively

Brighton were comfortable all over the park, we weren't comfortable anywhere

Fortunate to get away with a 2-0 defeat

We created no decent chances and when we ran out of ideas resorted to hopelessly optimistic long balls 

I would be absolutely delighted to be proved wrong but can not see us finishing any higher than 8th 

If we play like that many more times it will be a bottom half finish

Thank you for a well informed, interesting, thought provoking and balanced post. Today's game provides a really intriguing bench-mark of our progress and standing in the league.

Although I really do hope I'm hopelessly wrong I think we will lose today. Whatever the result it will be crucial to honestly consider the performance and potential of the team that plays against Brighton.

This is the kind of game we need to win if we are to be a top six team at the end of the season, I realistically see us finishing no higher than 8th.

Rich

My thoughts are very much with you and yours. Safe trip to Blighty.

Didn't think any City player had an impressive game tonight. Despite lots of possession much of it was in non-threatening areas and throughout thought we lacked imagination and consequently created very little. Neverthess it looked easier for Bobby to equalise than miss, although to be honest we didn't really deserve anything out of that game. Cardiff were only very average and on another day we would have come away with three points.

So disappointed but losing 2-1 away isn't the end of the world.

Tonight's starting 11 makes good sense, think experience will be important and hopefully Tomlin will not get wound-up and booked or worse still.

Strong bench, would anticipate Wilbs appearing along with a midfielder or two should any of ours get booked or crooked.

COYR

20 minutes ago, phantom said:

Good shout - obviously not for your friend, surprised nothing on our website yet

Earlier in the week "no tickets" was when they took them off of sale - which I think was 12:30 today?

Yes 1230 today was the deadline for tickets. http://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/city-reach-full-cardiff-allocation-3355629.aspx

To be experiencing, on a Friday, the feelings that overcome me pre-match is a bit odd. However, tomorrow when normally I'd be going through all the pre-match roller-coaster emotions I can look forward to relaxing and reflecting on a fabulous performance and our 2-1 victory! 

So today I got off the train at Parson Street Station and walked to the ground, on the way I looked up and saw Pattersons (the catering equipment supplier) in Winterstoke Road, at this exact moment I had a remarkable premonition. I had already sensed we would win 2-1 then, for some reason, at that very moment, I knew Pato would get the winner!

Thank you H for a great MD thread, Gary Mills manages Wrexham 

18 hours ago, ChippenhamRed said:

Unfortunately I am going tonight, which as some of you know, doesn't bode well.  12 games without a win, and in 6 games this calendar year, I've only seen 1 City goal.  Let's hope it's 13th time lucky!

Hope you enjoyed the game and being 13th time lucky!

3 hours ago, Atyeo's lift said:

Yes, I was there too. Same thing happened - I was jumping up and down and no-one else moved around me. What made it better was I'd just moved up to Yorkshire for work and lived ten miles outside Leeds - really easy to get there.

Remember our win featuring as one of the first news headlines that night (when BBC national news was on at 9pm) and the national press the next day being full of great headlines - none of which I can now remember!

Who else was at Elland Road in 1974 for the FA cup replay? I was there as a teenager, when we scored I went totally berserk and nobody within 20 yards of me moved! City till I die and I nearly did back in 1974.

Can we transport the new Ashton Gate to Craven Cottage? What a great afternoon, so far, four different scorers and a clean sheet! 

This is fast becoming a great day, let's keep a clean sheet too. 

You beauty! Now lets keep a clean sheet this after.

Anyone at Ashton Gate got a drone by any chance?

1-0 down on the stroke of HT and need a big second half - yet again 

Wouldn't it be great if we could reproduce the equivalent of the first half v Wednesday and the second half v Villa today?!

LJ's team selection is going to be fascinating.

The three games we've lost have all been by a single goal, so not sure where the heavy defeat predictions come from.

I think today we will win 2-1 with our winner coming from a PENALTY!

As always being a City fan means an evening full of all human emotions....hard to know where to start - losing after being 2-0 up, the penalty miss which would have made it 1-3, sending off, our defending / keeping or conceding so late.

Welcome back Korey

The roller-coaster experience that is being a City fan....one minute playing ten men with a pen to make it 1-3 next minute it's 10 v 10 and 1-2