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Some game at Vicarage Road tonight with bookings galore in 21 added minutes! 90'+18' Nathan Wood (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. 90'+17' Joel Latibeaudiere (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card. 90'+16' Jay Fulton (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card. 90'+14' Harry Darling (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card. 90'+12' Imrân Louza (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Along with a 99th minute winner for the Swans

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63152552

Player ratings: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-city-player-ratings-coventry-7664842

NP post match: https://youtu.be/RnCSkHpX6Xo

A very good couple of days for QPR on the road.

Overall that was disappointing and frustrating. First time this season we have failed to score. We were too slow and cautious throughout and lacked ideas and quality. Coventry certainly created the more clear-cut scoring opportunities so perhaps we should be relieved with a point. For me Rob, Jay, Zak and Han-Noah were decent and Tommy provided a spark when he came on. In a nutshell IMO we didn’t do anywhere enough to win a home game and didn’t play with an urgency. For large parts we looked like we preferred not to lose the game rather than driving forward to win it. Last season I suspect we would have lost that 1-0.

First half thoughts - we’ve lacked urgency and been sloppy. They are set up to play on the counter-attack and we are simply too pedestrian, giving them every chance to get organised. On the couple of occasions when we’ve found a pocket of space in attacking situations AS has lacked composure. Poor half from us overall.

Programme: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/viva-semenyo-read-the-robins-matchday-programme/

Following our worse performance this season against QPR we have the chance to bounce back at home against the Sky Blues. We dumped them out of the Carabao Cup in August: Last season they did the double over us: https://youtu.be/TulmcfHgg5E Head to head it’s close, we’ve won 24, lost 25 and drawn 22. After occupying the play-off places for a large amount of the 2021–22 season, they achieved a 12th-placed finish in the Championship last season, their highest league finish in 16 years. So far this campaign they are struggling and are currently bottom on six points, although they have games in hand. They recorded their first win of the season on Saturday against Boro which followed two draws. So, while we have no points from our last three games they’ve picked up five points. Bristol City Championship form: D W W L L L Coventry City Championship form: L L L D D W Here’s a brief account of their history: https://www.ccfc.co.uk/club/club-history/ Mark Robins has been in charge since 2017. As a player, he was a striker and is best known for his time in the Premier League with Norwich City and Leicester City. As a player he was loaned to us in February 2003. He scored on his debut in a Football League Trophy tie against Cambridge United. In his brief spell at Bristol City he scored 5 goals in 8 appearances and helped us reach the 2003 Football League Trophy Final. However, by the time of the final he was recalled by Rotherham and unable to take part. City went on to win the final in his absence. Robins began his career with Manchester United. During this period, he scored a goal against Nottingham Forest in a 1990 FA Cup tie that has subsequently been credited with "saving" manager Alex Ferguson's job at Old Trafford. On page one of his autobiography Ferguson acknowledges the importance of that goal. https://m.allfootballapp.com/news/EPL/How-Robins-saved-Ferguson-from-the-sack-at-Man-Utd/2322238 After spending time with Norwich and Leicester, Robins went on to play for Reading, Manchester City, Walsall, Rotherham United, Bristol City and Sheffield Wednesday in the Football League. Robins also played across Europe during spells with FC Copenhagen, Ourense and Panionios before finishing his career with Burton Albion in the Conference National. In 2007 he became manager of Rotherham United, and joined Barnsley in the same capacity in 2009, before leaving in 2011, following differences between him and the board. In 2012, he became manager of Coventry City until 2013 when he joined Huddersfield Town. Robins left Huddersfield in 2014 by mutual agreement. A few months later he became manager of Scunthorpe United before leaving in 2016. In March 2017, Robins rejoined Coventry City and a few months later won the EFL Trophy. In the 2017–18 season Robins won the EFL League Two play-offs with the Sky Blues and they were promoted to League One. After a solid eighth placed finish in League One in the 2018–19 season, Robins led Coventry to promotion to the EFL Championship as League One Champions in the 2019–20 season. He followed that up by guiding Coventry to a respectable 16th placed finish in the Championship in the 2020–21 season, and as mentioned they further improved upon this with a 12th placed finish in the 2021–22 season. Will KP feature? He’s regularly been on the bench since signing for them. However, the midfielder was handed a start at home last Saturday (against Boro) and he played his part with an impressive performance to help Coventry to three points. Palmer continues to find his rhythm since his move in the summer and left the pitch after 78 minutes on Saturday to a standing ovation, although, based on the highlights, he missed a couple of decent chances. After the game he said ‘I had a chance really early on to be fair, but it's gone now, and I saw it back and I don’t want to see it back again and at least we won so hopefully everyone forgets about that.’ Hamer saw red for his petulant reaction following an 89th-minute tussle with on-loan Manchester United midfielder Mejbri when they played Birmingham, (pre the International break). The dismissal means the 25-year-old will serve a four match ban, three for this offence and an extra game because it comes as his second red of the season so far, having been sent off for two yellow cards at Millwall. So he won’t play against us. Robins certainly was not impressed: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/football-news/coventry-city-robins-hamer-red-25045833 For us Alex Scott is suspended and the expected ongoing careful management of Joe Williams and surgery to Matty James means we will be forced into changes. Han-Noah Massengo will likely make his first start since the 3-3 draw with Blackpool at the end of August. Andy King has yet to make a start in the Championship this season and seems to be the obvious stand-in. Also it’s possible that TC may be replaced in the starting line up by AS. Dylan Kadji is perhaps also set for a place in the matchday squad for the first time in his fledgling professional career after the midfielder was surprisingly left out of the Under-21 side against Millwall (on Monday). Well known Coventry fans include Alistair McGowan, Brian McFadden and Richard Keys. The ref is James Bell. After qualifying at 14, he primarily officiated games at his secondary school and in the Sheffield and District Junior League. Initially balancing his refereeing and playing commitments, he chose the former and steadily progressed through the system, earning promotion onto the National List of assistant referees at the age of 23. He will be assisted by Adam Crysell and Sam Lewis, the fourth official is Tim Robinson. Robins TV returns for this match and is available to UK and international viewers. Academy Director Brian Tinnion will be the studio guest from 7:15pm. Let’s get back to a solid, winning performance COYR!

Indonesia: At least 125 dead in football stadium crush. Terrible news, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63105945

An old man meets a young man who asks: “Do you remember me?” And the old man says no. Then the young man tells him he was his student, And the teacher asks: “What do you do, what do you do in life?” The young man answers: “Well, I became a teacher.” “ah, how good, like me?” Asks the old man. “Well, yes. In fact, I became a teacher because you inspired me to be like you.” The old man, curious, asks the young man at what time he decided to become a teacher. And the young man tells him the following story: “One day, a friend of mine, also a student, came in with a nice new watch, and I decided I wanted it. I stole it, I took it out of his pocket. Shortly after, my friend noticed the his watch was missing and immediately complained to our teacher, who was you. Then you addressed the class saying, ‘This student's watch was stolen during classes today. Whoever stole it, please return it.’ I didn't give it back because I didn't want to. You closed the door and told us all to stand up and form a circle. You were going to search our pockets one by one until the watch was found. However, you told us to close our eyes, because you would only look for his watch if we all had our eyes closed. We did as instructed. You went from pocket to pocket, and when you went through my pocket, you found the watch and took it. You kept searching everyone's pockets, and when you were done you said ‘open your eyes. We have the watch.’ You didn't tell on me and you never mentioned the episode. You never said who stole the watch either. That day you saved my dignity forever. It was the most shameful day of my life. But this is also the day I decided not to become a thief, a bad person, etc. You never said anything, nor did you even scold me or take me aside to give me a moral lesson. I received your message clearly. Thanks to you, I understood what a real educator needs to do. Do you remember this episode, professor? The old professor answered, ‘Yes, I remember the situation with the stolen watch, which I was looking for in everyone’s pocket. I didn't remember you, because I also closed my eyes while looking.’ This is the essence of teaching: If to correct you must humiliate; you don't know how to teach.”

There is a thread ‘throw ins’ which discusses the BCFC trend

Better late than never: https://youtu.be/YNU_mq21sQ8

BP ratings https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-city-player-ratings-qpr-7653092?utm_source=bristol_live_newsletter&utm_campaign=lunchtime_daily_newsletter2&utm_medium=email individually and collectively not good enough today.

A horribly recurring theme.

And how far onside was their ‘offside’ goal?

Disappointing as it is I do think QPR, although in large part thanks to our contribution (mistakes), deserved to win that. We really didn’t do enough and tbh they could have won by more.

First half thoughts Despite playing some nice stuff we’ve not threatened their goal, Zak Vyner and Tommy Conway having the best opportunities to score. We’ve been punished for really poor decisions/giving the ball away cheaply in transition. They had further good chances on 31, 32 and 41 minutes to add to their lead. Frightening how easily they have opened us up on occasions and how often it’s been due to our errors. Obviously the next goal will be vital. Think NP will make changes at half-time.

Programme: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/wells-up-for-it-read-the-robins-matchday-programme/

Good day fellow-Reds. The first game in a block of 12 games before the World Cup and a welcome return to Ashton Gate as we face QPR, its more than month ago since we last played there. There is a national train strike on Saturday so their fans may be stuck on the M4 for a couple of hours. NP has said ‘We'd like to be around the top six when we get to the next break which is the World Cup, we've got a lot of games coming up and it's really important that we are still in a positive position when the next break comes along. That's going to take a lot of hard work from everybody in terms of trying to keep the squad fit and available and making sure our performance levels remain high. If we get to that break in a good position then I think we have more reasons to be optimistic.’ Nigel ‘there are reasons to be optimistic’ Pearson: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/we-need-to-sustain-our-levels-pearson/ We are likely to be without Matty James and Timm Klose who are both carrying injuries. They expect to be boosted by the return of three key first team operators. Defender Jake Clarke-Salter is in line for selection as well as the midfield duo of Luke Amos and Taylor Richards with the latter making just one appearance since his return to Loftus Road on-loan from Brighton and Hove Albion. They parted company with Mark Warburton at the end of last season. On 1st June they appointed Aston Villa assistant manager Michael Beale as their new head coach. The 41-year-old agreed a three-year contract at Loftus Road. He ended his playing career at 21 to become a coach and spent time working in academies at Chelsea and Liverpool. "I've been looking for the right opportunity and I think I have that now - the right club, the right people, the right ambition and the right support," Beale told the QPR website at the time of his appointment. "I'm a London boy and know everything this club stands for. This is a wonderful opportunity for me and a really good time for the club as well." Les Ferdinand MBE is their director of football. They’ve had some quality players over the years and here a journalist, come life-long fan, offers thoughts on their all time best team, http://thememorystore.net/news/2015/05/my-greatest-ever-qpr-xi-journalist-john-crowley-who-first-saw-hoops-play-aged-three Stan Bowles features he once uttered one of football's most famous quotes: ‘I blew the lot on vodka and tonic, gambling and fags. Looking back, I think I overdid it on the tonic.’ Sadly he is now struggling with Alzeimer's Disease and requiring full-time care, these two articles give a flavour of his colourful past and his desperately sad present situation: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9115627/Stan-Bowles-Don-Shanks-led-thrilling-lives-Stans-Alzheimers-battle-wiped-memories.htmland https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/8636582/stan-bowles-qpr-legend/ Got me thinking about who would appear in the best Bristol City XI ever team…. Last season both games ended 2-1 Head to head results are close, we’ve won 34, lost 36 and drawn 25 against them. They are in decent form having lost one, drawn two and won three of their last six games. Currently sitting in sixth place (prior to Fridays Hull v Luton game) they will feel, like us, that this could be a good season. Here’s a classic City counter-attacking goal from the pre-NP era ? https://t.co/HZ0dbQ2EJt Of course NW enjoyed a very successful loan spell with them scoring 20 in 66 appearances. Here are five other players who have played for both clubs: https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/features/played-for-both-bristol-city-290922/ They secured the deadline day signing of teenager Tim Iroegbunam on loan from boss Mick Beale's previous club Aston Villa. The 19-year-old midfielder moved to West London on a season-long deal. There were rumours that we wanted him on loan. Defender Ethan Laird also joined them on a season-long loan from Manchester United as did Tyler Roberts from Leeds. Here are all their recent transactions: In Jake Clarke-Salter (free, Chelsea) Kenneth Paal (free, unattached) Tyler Roberts (loan, Leeds United) Taylor Richards (loan, Brighton & Hove Albion) Ethan Laird (loan, Manchester United) Leon Balogun (free, Rangers) Tim Iroegbunam (loan, Aston Villa) Out Charlie Austin (released) Dominic Ball (free, Ipswich Town) Dillon Barnes (released) David Marshall (free, Hibernian) Lee Wallace (released) Keiren Westwood (released) Jordy de Wijs (undisclosed, Fortuna Dusseldorf) Yoann Barbet (released) Moses Odubajo (free, Aris Saloniki) Charlie Kelman (loan, Leyton Orient) Charlie Owens (loan, Colchester United) Stephen Duke-McKenna (loan, Leyton Orient) Total spent: £0m, total received: £810k QPR facts In June 2019, the club gifted the stadium naming rights to The Kiyan Prince Foundation, a local charity set up by the father of Kiyan Prince. Prince was a former QPR youth player who was fatally stabbed in 2006. They pioneered AstroTurf pitches in the UK – they were the first football club to replace grass with artificial pitches in 1981 and they were the first club to remove them in 1988. In January 2002, a family of QPR fans called the Winton’s funded the transfer of Danny Shittu to QPR from Charlton Athletic – the Winton family also funded the signing of striker Doudou the summer prior. In 1967 QPR became the first Third Division team to lift the League Cup, coming from two goals behind to beat West Brom 3-2 in the final. Well known fans include: Bill Bailey - Comedian, Martin Clunes - Actor, Pete Doherty - Singer, Ashley Giles - Cricketer and Shane Richie - Actor. Their early history Queens Park Rangers F.C. were formed in 1886, when a team known as St Jude's Institute (formed 1884) merged with Christchurch Rangers (formed 1882), although their official founding date is 1882 the same as when Christchurch were first formed. They were called Queens Park Rangers, because most of the players came from the Queens Park area of North-West London. QPR became a professional team in 1889. The club were elected into the Southern Football League in 1899. They first won the Southern Football League in 1907–08. As Southern League champions that year, the club played in the first ever Charity Shield match, against the Football League champions, Manchester United. They lost 0–4 in a replay after the first game had finished 1-1. Both games were played at Stamford Bridge. QPR were Southern League champions for a second time in 1911–12. The club joined the Football League in 1920, when the Third Division was formed, mainly with Southern League clubs. When the Third Division was split into North and South the following season, QPR, like most of the former Southern League clubs that had joined the Football League to form the Third Division, were in the Third Division (South). QPR played their home games in nearly 20 different stadia (a league record), before permanently settling in Loftus Road in 1917 (although the team briefly played at White City between 1931–32 and 1962–63 in the hope of attracting larger crowds). The club played on two grounds within Park Royal. The first was the Horse Ring, the site of the now-demolished Guinness Brewery, on the Royal Agricultural Society's show grounds from 1904 to 1907 which had a capacity of 40,000. When the Society sold the grounds in 1907, the club moved to the Park Royal Ground, 400 yards south, an almost exact replica of Ayresome Park, with a capacity of 60,000. They were forced to move out in February 1915 as the ground was taken over by the Army. More recent history A fascinating TV programme ‘The four year plan’ is worth a watch: The film chronicled the take over of the nearly bankrupt club in 2007 by a consortium of billionaires and their effort to promote the team to the Premier League by 2011. The consortium consisted of Bernie Ecclestone, Flavio Briatore and Alejandro Agag, steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal and Amit Bhatia. It is an observational documentary that follows the club from within the boardroom. The cameras for this documentary were brought in by the new owners to create the film, and although the club gave permission for the cameras to be there, they had no say on where or when the cameras would be filming. The title derives from a statement made by Briatore in 2007 where he declared his 'target to be Premier League in four years'. Alternative QPR acronyms Print Queue Device Driver Queer Platonic Relationship Question, Persuade, Refer (suicide prevention program) Quality-Price Ratio (wine evaluation) Quarterly Progress Report Quadrature Partial Response Quarterly Performance Review Quarterly Program Review Quality Problem Report Quarterly Progress Review Quality Project Requirement Quarterly Production Review Quality Pricing Program Quantitative Performance Requirements Quick Progress Report Given the importance of promoting good mental health I’m particularly struck by the value of QPR standing for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the three simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR can learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone towards help. The ref is Jeremy Simpson. His record is 7 games 33 yellow and no reds. He was in charge of our 3-3 draw at Blackpool this season. Assistant Referees: Nigel Lugg and Lee Venamore. Fourth Official: Scott Oldham. Here is what Rob Atkinson said in his pre-match interview: Dave Fevs informed this excellent coverage for their fan base: https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/queensparkrangers/news/58625 Whether you are one of the 20,000+ who will be at Ashton Gate or be supporting the City from elsewhere, enjoy and here’s to a great performance and another home win! COYR.

Appears we will be without Matty James and Timm Klose v QPR as both are injured.

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