Alex_BCFC

Great win. Expected a pasting but despite them being almost camped in our half in 2nd half they rarely looked like scoring. Nice to see a ref give us everything for once too.

We usually concede 3 or 4 here. 5 times in a row in fact in the league. And 2 in the cup. I’d be backing up them to get at least 3. Both teams to score probably a shout too. Wouldn’t it be nice if we ended the wba away hoodoo as well as the preston one..

I never felt he had control of the ball on that score.

Bentley is brilliant at 1 on 1s. A good shot stopper from close range. Seems a bit poorer from long range weirdly. Problem is the rest of his game. Kicking and mainly commanding his area. Doesn’t give the defence any confidence and with the joke defensive line up yesterday it’s made even worse. Id say he’s pretty average at this level because of the set pieces etc. would rather a Maenpaa type keeper right now.

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North Macedonia I’m looking forward to but yeh not great overall

It’ll be played in Poland

Eh 7-1 don’t you mean?

I’m sure plenty down the years but felt as bad as it gets in recent times.

Yeh he’s definitely an issue for this - I mean we didn’t win first header once but he doesn’t help.

That was as bad as it gets. Every corner or set piece we looked like conceding. First half we were just hitting long balls to the front two which was a complete waste of time. Offered zero going forward. 2nd half we had 5 minutes of pressure but apart from that we looked like conceding a lot! Could have been 5-0 today. Few notes on some player… Bentley - some good saves but also can’t command his box and 2nd gol was a joke. King - dreadful. Vyner - many aimless long balls. Atkinson - Like Weimann, gone off boil. Sykes - bottled quite a few challenges. Massengo - think we could do with offloading asap. Offers nothing. Weimann - looked off pace for weeks. Kadji - out of his depth. Pring - actually looked ok!

We look very poor so far.

And where is Danny Wilson managing? Here are the facts: DW failed to get city promoted in many attempts despite a huge budget and talented squad. GJ not only got city promoted in his first full season but then got us one game from the Prem.

Plenty he should go ahead of…Got way too many defenders.

I bet Southgate overlooks Maddison again.

Yeh no VAR for me despite us going through what seems to be a horrible period of decisions.

Naismith is fast becoming a liability as he can’t identify when he can bring it out and when he can’t. Sadly Vyner we know isn’t good enough for this league. Atkinson who has been the most consistent this season looked well off the pace…injured or unfit maybe. All the above added up to a first half disaster where we could have let in 5.

That looked a shocker of a decision with their keeper?

Has to be an OG - pretty sure wells shot was going wide

Naismith fast becoming a joke like Vyner at the back. Atkinson looks way off it today too but at least has been solid all season pretty much. Not that we deserved it but why Conway didn’t square to wells for a tap in. Just horrendous after the first 15 minutes - looked like a pub side!

Probably one of the best footballing moments of all time - great story.

Of course. In 2018 we scored loads from set pieces - didn’t do anything like that in next tournament. Things change from year to year quickly. We also had Maguire in form and now we don’t which has really unsettled the defence. Game turned yesterday when we stopped playing so defensively and turned to attack. Hopefully Southgate will learn but I doubt it.

Different tournament - different times. Won’t work now - we’ve just seen that over last x games.

Bellingham showed why he will start comfortably ahead of Kalvin-Phillips. If Southgate hasn’t realised we need to go and be aggressive and not go the euro 2021 way (defensive) then we have big problems .

Took the morning off work ?