DaveInSA

For me it’s about momentum and Nigel Pearson.

If the young lads believe and why wouldn’t they, we could do a Leicester (without he winning the Prem bit, obvs).

I think we could extend all of their deals.

FFP is an issue, though but that’s Richar Gould’s job to balance the books.

Cant we fire the useful overpaid assholes that don’t even get in the bench - breach of contract or something - just so poor.

If I’m being a bit harsh, I reckon he’s got to be more ‘available’ for the ball. That backpass from HNM in the first half. He surely can see that Han is in trouble and he must make for the corner flag for an easy back pass and clear the lines? 
 

He was proper rubbish.

On 13/02/2022 at 13:09, Better Red said:

What judge a ‘Striker’ that would be crazy…

Just to clear it up a ‘Striker’ measurement is goals scored.

Not complicated.

You only bring the other ones in to an argument when the player has not scored enough goals to justify the tag ‘Striker’

It was all my title that you have so clearly responded to.

With both know that Striker are judged on goals.  
 

So when he scores say 10 goals when can say he is a ‘Striker’ 

When he does I will post a new thread.

 

 

Such a negative view. Your man Semenyo was utter quality today. Take him out of the city line up and you have…literally no movement, no pace in the press.

Nobody running back to make interceptions and pressure the opposition into mistakes.

He’s critical to the way we play.

And his goal today was brilliant.

so get off your high horse admit you’re wrong and we can all move on.

I’ll think we’ll start with 11 players. And take it from there.

54 minutes ago, TomF said:

First home game in about 3 years for me.  Feels longer

Me too. I haven’t been since the shambolic battering at the hands of Blackburn. I haven’t witnessed such a lack lustre performance in years. We offered nothing going forward. And the throw in routine was at under 3 level of .

I vowed not to return unless we were entertaining.

I’m hoping for that. And a bit of fight and commitment. 

and a 3-1 city win.

You can’t coach players who don’t want to learn. Or that can’t implement instructions on the pitch.

I don’t think the players we have are good enough. Individually maybe; as a team they’re not. They’re mentally weak. You can have all the talent in the world, if you don’t believe then you’re done.

Not three managers has got a tune out of them. So is it the fiddle, the conductor, the orchestra or the music?

On 09/02/2022 at 23:06, Sleepy1968 said:

I'll wager the Red Sea didn't part so fast for Jesus. Moses

Fixed that for you

I’ll never get these 2 hours of my life back.

Egypt is dire.

But could Gabanski solve our goal keeping problem?

43 minutes ago, Marcus Aurelius said:

Robins have been letting lots of goals into their nest. More tomorrow

 

Unfortunately with the weather it's a bit of a lottery tomorrow. We messed up the Luton game in strong winds, hope we've learned from that.

 

HiGh balls, strong winds, panicked defenders, penalties, them, not us please.

 

Quietly confident, Bowlers on fire, Lavery looking sharper (though I'd still like to see Jerry getting more time if possible) but they have players who can turn it on too, don't think they can handle Bowler if he's on form though, 2-1 pool.

 

5-1 biggest win of the season

 

Rain and 40 plus mile an hour winds forecast, should be interesting.

 

Going to be a grim old afternoon brightened by an easy 3-0 stroll by the mighty Sir Critch army.

 

I don’t often make predictions, usually because I’m wrong. However I have a good feeling about this one and fancy a comfortable 2/3 -0 win.

 

 

How do you score two thirds of a goal? I’ve been on this planet 47 years and never seen it? 

They need to clean Liz Truss. Filthy. Dirty. She is.

Would you rather…

be paid 15k a week playing first team football 

or

be paid 80k a week warming the bench at Bournemouth.

that’s the equation.

He’s the 21st century Ian Wright. What a .

Who?

Dear Forum,

Two weeks ago we got hammered 6-2 vs Fulham.

Yesterday, we played well and drew 2-2 away at mid table PNE.

One week from now, we will have lost at Blackpool and it will be "pearson out", at least according to @ralphmilnesleft foot and @hampshirered.

Let's have a sense of perspective shall we. and consider the long term.

We are in phase 1 of a massive rebuilding job, on and off the field. The young players have come in and to some degree displaced the old guard. We're playing positive front foot football, mainly due to the positive impact of Semenyo.

Pearson is showing us a glimpse of what is possible. We're still shipping goals for fun. And many on this forum still think that "scoring" is our problem...:laugh:. When did we last keep a clean sheet.

Phase two is consolidation (next season). Phase 3 is the push (season after). Who knows, it may all click next year. And we have to keep our best players for that big push. If we sell it aint gonna happen. So do we keep them and risk losing them on a free, push for promotion and keep them? OR do we sell them and be unable to replace them? Stick or twist ladies and gents...

Of course there is another way, that we have players tee'd up as replacements. But we're Bristol City. A half baked custard tart.

And there's FFP and all that other stuff around finances to throw into the mix as well.

Cheers

DaveInSA

Another fine for Pearson.

He's right though. The refereeing is awful. And we never seem to get anything from the refs. Ever.

Wow.

I’m lost for words Ralph, spanking.

good defensive shape and on the attack we look amazing.

holdenball has died.

12 hours ago, Dynamite Red said:

Really unsure of the way forward with our Goalkeeper selection. We play as a team much better with O'Leary playing out from the back but for me in every other key attribute he is an inferior keeper to Bentley. 

Do we persevere with Max and hope he can grow into the position and become more dominant and provide that confidence, at the moment he reminds me a bit of a superior Steve Phillips with crosses and his general presence, or do you bring back the safe and sure Bentley but take that edge away from our game playing out from the back.

I really can't decide, even to the point that I wonder if we should look for a better ball playing keeper in the Summer and move Bentley on if we can. 

Flapper Phillips. I’d forgotten all about him

3 hours ago, Major Isewater said:

This is my bugbear with NW he’s not a player who will throw himself fearlessly into scoring opportunities. 
The best forwards see only the goal, Wells holds back. On the plus side he is rarely injured.

 

Also on the plus side. He rarely plays.

21 hours ago, spudski said:

As NP said..he was in the right places at the right time.

Today was a prime example of when he's most effective as a goal scorer.

No time to think...just react. It's when he's best.

Think his second goal was a proper strikers goal. And he anticipated and moved in a way I wish he'd do on a more regular basis.

For everyone of these threads praising him, there will be two after other games doing the opposite.

That's what you've got with Weimann.

If he was technically better he'd be playing for Austria. He hasn't in years.

 

 

 

19 hours ago, VT05763 said:

If he could do what he did for his second goal consistently, he'd be another level.

And not playing for us !!!

The only thing stopping him from playing in a lower Prem/Top six Champs team is his inconsistency and much of that could be down to how awful we have been as a team the last 2 seasons.

That second goal…was brilliant. A carbon copy of Foden’s against Brentford. And FYI if you didn’t watch that game, the Sky commentators creamed themselves about the quality.

I also think @spudski you have a point about technical ability. I can’t correlate today’s wages with the talent on show. Maybe my expectations are too high? Some of the crossing I see at the highest levels of the game, from players on £40k a week is shameful. 

1 hour ago, Bristol Rob said:

Wonder if that was gross or net...

seems gross to me 

…I landed. Moving back to the UK from South Africa.

it’s been downhill ever since. From a footballing and socio-political perspective…

Bottom line is. I don’t think any of our players are top half Championship quality.

Vyner is a symptom and not a cause.

I’ve read on here that people think we have very good players.

but who are they? Because they don’t turn up on a Saturday at Ashton gate or a Tuesday in Sheffield.

one game in ten to ‘put a shift in’ isn’t good enough.

There’s no leadership on the pitch. 

9 hours ago, Show Me The Money! said:

I wouldn’t say I’m in the thinking that we should be questioning NP’s position and get peoples likeness of his honesty but what I’m not so keen on is the distance it seems to suggest there is between him and the players. You don’t get the impression with him that him and the players are in this together. He talks as if he’s viewing the whole thing as an outsider looking in.

Obviously we don’t see what goes on within the training ground or changing room during matches but you just don’t get the impression that everyone is pulling in the right direction.

Some people’s argument that he’s got a crap squad to work with I don’t totally buy. We do have quite a few good players at this club who should be doing a lot better

Palmer, Wells, Kalas, Dasilva, O’Dowda, Wiemann, Atkinson, James, Massengo are all very good players who aren’t all playing to they’re potential and it’s the manager’s job to get them there and keep them there. Not forgetting the promising home grown players too.

So for me NP has to take some responsibility for our struggles over the last year. It’s not just that we have crap players. We don’t.

Very good players. I’d gamble that none of them would make it into a top 6 side in this division.

Very inconsistent players too. For me, they’re not good enough. They don’t have the mental fortitude. They’re not ‘winners’. They expend a lot of energy but deliver little.

8 hours ago, maxjak said:

!0 months ......and some of the players have not appeared to have  improved or learnt?    We are poor in possession, and give the ball away too easily. .  Making smug remarks like.."Are you at Failand every day?" 'is just pompous and pointless.  Surely the evidence is apparent during matches that we have a problem maintaining concentration and physicality over 90-95 minutes.  I realise Nige's hands are tied to an extent, but making the best of what is available is the mark of a good manager?.  I would certainly give Martin a rest occassionally, Conway is now fit, and Wells could be utilised more ( But Nige doesn't like him)   i didn't have to loiter at Failand's High Performance Centre to glean that?   I really hope Nige turns it around, the window is a chance to show us how smart he is, and despite  the dangers and obstacles of the January market...........surely  some loans can come in and out, to improve things? 

Not pompous. I was asking you to support your opinion, with some facts.

What you’ve stated above re ‘losing concentration’ - how do you coach that? That is an individual weakness- which is far too prevalent in the DNA of our players.

Ashton deliberately recruited ‘mentally weak’ players. As a collective their is no coherence and no leadership on the pitch. You can’t coach that - I think it’s telling that our under 23s are showing these seasoned pros the dark art of shithousery.

We’ll not do much business in Jan (I hope we do) there’s no money. We’re spending all our cash on Players to sit on their backsides. So unless KP, JD, Wells and Moore go, we can’t afford it.

we have defenders who can’t defend, a midfield that is non existent and an attack spearheaded by a geriatric. All in all it’s a total mess.