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My annual away day is Stoke. Can't wait. I don't get to many (ST at the gate drains my footballing wallet) but I'm unbeaten on the road so far! 

I think we’ve every chance at Euro 2024. If we have Stones, Bellingham, Rice, Kane, Saka all fit and firing there’s no reason we don’t go all the way. There’s other important players too of course but those 5 are elite.

Young players have shockers - nothing to see here I doubt. Taylor and Harrison are a nightmare at that level, they’ll give many centre-halves a shit afternoon. 

Wonder if they’ll go in for Nagelsmann.

I hope we try some stuff over these coming games - use the remainder of this season as an extension of pre-season before a big promotion push next season. 

So the refs didn't see it at the time... yet he was booked for it. Something doesn't quite add up there. 

Good stuff, exciting to see where there careers take them (and us!).

I think one of the under 7's wrote this article mind. Good experience for the lad but it read horribly.

I really like this England group. I’ve got a really good feeling about there Euros next summer. Win tonight and that’s qualification almost wrapped up, this is the hardest game on paper by some way!

37 minutes ago, LondonBristolian said:

I went for Pope, Shaw and Guehi over Ramsdale, Chilwell and Tomori but otherwise that was my team.

My reaction looking through that list is that we urgently need a centre-back to start impressing from somewhere...

Centre-half is my concern as well. I almost put Maguire in (who I think gets a harsh deal) but Stones is our only top level CB. 

I considered Pope but I need to see him overcome his jitters following his handball against Liverpool. He's made two more errors since that he was lucky weren't more catastrophic.

11 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

You saying Cam Pring has retired from international football by then?

Na allegiance switch. He's 1/4 Brazilian, Roberto Carlos is his Grandad.

Bring it home lads.

36 minutes ago, Simon bristol said:

Its bad luck, but obviously in football injuries will happen. Having said that,, anyone relying on kalas and williams to come in and give regular minutes is being pretty optimistic!

Yea there’s nothing worse than injury prone players. They come back and get 10 games and just as you’re getting excited it happens again. We’re seeing it a bit with James and Naismith too. It’s always the best bloody players!

It had been excellent all season, usually about 3 out. We’re now at 8 which is really annoying, especially with a thin squad. Generally this season has been fine from an injury perspective and I think this is just a stack of bad luck (very Bristol City).

Not a great afternoon that. It was a penalty at 1-0 though. 
 

OTC picks up a knock. Could Sykes be in retrospective trouble for his little kick out? Not enough in it surely. Plus he was given the yellow so it was ‘seen’. 

International break at an ok time, then we wrap this season up. One more win takes us above the 50 mark.

One last thing, nice to see Wilson back on the pitch.

Injured:

Kalas

Atkinson

Naismith

James

Williams

Taylor-Clarke

Benarous

Conway

Francois loses his bench spot, Idehen and Wood both take a place on the bench as we name a full complement of 7 subs. Some interesting alterations to the team, including a start for OTC - best of luck Omar ️.

At the Jack ********.

Injured:

Kalas

Atkinson

Naismith

James

Williams

Benarous

Conway

He’s scored 8 goals this week, which would make him our third top-scorer this season

So horrible colds and flus going around, hope your boy gets well!

Wonderful draw. Puts Man City on a horrid route - Bayern, Chelsea/Real, Napoli. More sky blue tears incoming!

A tough game and it showed.

No new injuries I’m aware of. On that note - with very little to play for I think it’d be smart not to bring anyone injured back in for Swansea - give them the extra two weeks for the international break. Bring them back in a way that keeps them back.

Injured:

Kalas

Atkinson

Naismith

James

Williams

Benarous

Conway

As we’ve known for a while - this season is now very much curtains. And that’s ok - we’re well safe. Tonight was rough (they forgot how to pass first half!) - but we grew into it. And when you go away to 4th with a tonne of first team injuries - it’s a bloody tough match. COYR.

We’re also chronically unlucky - which doesn’t help. If you told me a team was going to go 469 days without a penalty, I’d have had a good idea who it’d be.

Wood drops out of the squad - was he heavily involved for the unders a couple days back? No new injuries. COYR ️
 

Injured:

Kalas

Atkinson

Naismith

James

Williams

Benarous

Conway

So I’d like to propose a ‘new topic limit’…

I’m generally very much in the ‘change is good’ camp - but the constant need to fiddle with football is so annoying. Constantly taking things that aren’t broke and trying to fix them - all for £££.

It’s a dead link - just that City fan having some fun.

Edit - James I think his name is.