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I was searching account to find where to pay and came across my profile creation date was 2005 - I feel old now! 
Having said that this forum is easily the most important place to visit multiple times a day (the Mrs always tells me off for spending so much time on here  ) and £5 for that privilege is bargain of a lifetime!!! 

I implore everyone to do the same. 

4 hours ago, CyderInACan said:

Isn’t COD part of the problem?

Not in my eyes 

Gutted to be missing game due to birth of new boy. After Pearson’s comments midweek (players not wanting to be here will be sold) and the realisation we don’t create/score enough at home, I think today he will go more attacking and we may see Semenyo & COD in actual wide positions hopefully making for a good game to watch. 
 

1-1 with city equalising late first half (Weimann) and then a good solid second half which brings no more goals but enthusiasm. 

The past 2 games COD has played he’s been excellent first half and created some of our best plays/chances. I agree with people when they say he’s far too inconsistent, but I do think he’s one of the few people in our squad with the pace & ability to knock a ball past a player and put a good ball in. IF nige wants to crack on with 433 (I’m guessing once he can have James, Williams and Massengo as a midfield 3) then surely re-training COD to play left side of front 3 would be very useful in the coming months. 

Started well but sounded very anxious not to give too much away near the end, and like most politicians didn’t give an honest straight answer on some important questions. Thought it was quite obvious we were lacking in forward players/striking options yet wouldn’t say about positions, and then said the answer to our problems layed in our u23s…… Worrying 

1 minute ago, P'head Red said:

HNM to be offered new deal. Hope the lad was listening!

I think you’ll find he didn’t confirm that, merely said they “intended” to offer him a deal 

As others have said, why call press conference to announce he’s left (for whatever reason) unless there’s someone coming in? A simple club statement would have been enough. We didn’t do press conference for Holden or LJ leaving…… 

Do people genuinely believe that within this squad there isn’t a decent 11-14 players who should be able to compete at this level? 
 

If no then it’s the Managers Issue 

If yes then it’s previous regime/chairman issue

That was seriously bad. We shouldn’t have lost being 1-0 up and having 1 more man. BUT despite the actual result, even with 10men for 90min cov were much better team - well drilled and passed around the park brilliantly. We looked like a team of 11 strangers, I had no idea of the game plan (neither did players from looks of it) and we couldn’t even do the simple things right. Pearson has been here year now and has PPG of 0.85 - any other manager would be sacked! I understand the issues with squad/ffp but there are decent enough players there to be getting some performances, but he’s not getting that and ultimately it’s done to manager. Players seem absolutely devoid of confidence - so we have any sports psychologists??

Id have no issue if he’s sacked, but I know he won’t be. 

I’m no expert on finances but it was my impression that FFP rules regarding budget and amounts allowed to be spent aren’t adjusted mid-season as they are based on end of year financial reports. 
Therefore if we didn’t have much money to spend in the summer there won’t be much or indeed any in the winter window either. 
Unless a saleable asset is sold on (ie HNM or Kalas) then we’d probably be looking at loans.

What do we need? Pace and energy up top, mainly competition for an aging Martin who’s playing a thankless role with no1 to help 

8 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

I thought until he picked up an injury v Millwall, Jay was starting to find form again.

OP - just thought I’d share the game by game / position by position breakdown.  For info, Cam has started 3 games at LB for City, 1 at LWB, 6 at LM/W.  Baker played some at LB when Cam was LM/W.

From a physical perspective I definitely see the advantages of Pring.  As for Saturday, I’d go Baker LB, Pring LM/W…..but I’d pick Pring over Dasilva at this point.

Dave - do you think Baker at left back is a good idea? Square pegs in Circular holes and all that…… 

1) Drop 352 and persevere with 433/4231 (this is dependant on whether Williams, Massengo and James are all fit - if so then 433)

2) Do not start with a target man (Martin) and encourage team to keep ball on floor where possible. 

3) Continually coach and teach players to be happy receiving ball in tight spaces, and work on player movement so everyone always has an option to pass to, rather than panic passes into the corner flags. 

4) Adopt a high pressing, high intensity game which suits our fit squad (so Pearson tells us)

5) DO NOT ALLOW KALAS LONG THROWS 

I said to someone the other day that Pring had really impressed me this season, he had one bad game when he was moved back to left back (can’t rem who against) and hasn’t really featured since. One of the few players that can actually take a player on and put in a good cross, plus works really hard down left hand side and offers good protection to left back. 

I think having Pring infront on JD would really helps JD game as he’s obviously a talent but like most his form has been off for couple seasons. 

We all know that we are short of good strikers, I think both Martin and Wells are OK but both either played out of position or we play a style that dosnt suit them. 

But we do seems to have a squad containing some very young, pacey, creative players - so why not try building a team around them. Like at Man City, you don’t necessarily need to play strikers to score goals. I’d love us to play a high pressing, fast intensity game filled with young players who give their all instead of players such as Martin and Wells who won’t be here next year. 

Despite the goal I don’t think we’ve been too bad and had the better attacking plays, just a shame our final ball hasn’t been better. 

10 minutes ago, EstoniaTallinnRed said:

https://ww.soccer24hd.com/game/match/5789/Bristol-City-Vs-Barnsley.html

Is there a trick to getting this working as it seems to freeze everytime on main screen 

I’m just glad he’s sticking with his ‘preferred’ 433 and going away from 352 - which I think makes his us too defensive minded and we struggle in the wide areas. 

So tempted to bet on City, blind optimism!!! 

I can’t make it today as partner due to give birth in less than 2 weeks - maybe my absence is just the luck we need! 

Just hoping someone might be kind enough to find a free non BCFC stream that works 

10 hours ago, Hampshire reds said:

For me super nige has to get a win on sat. another defeat and for me changes will be needed. only my opinion. the usual ones who dont have an opinion will be giving me stick for this post. It will be 18 games which is not good enough. believe it or not i want him to be good for city but so far it is not good enough. Or have i missed something 

Ok I personally don’t agree, but I can understand why some fans have this view. If you look at his record alone you could argue it’s not very good, and in a business based industry that’s what a manager is based on. 

But we all know there’s a bigger picture all round to look at, and Pearson has come in as a long term project to steady the ship, and  gradually improve the playing/non playing staff whilst adhering to strict FFP rules post covid 

51 minutes ago, archie andrews said:

a friend of mine just asked what the odds on barnsley equalising in injury time are.....

51 minutes ago, archie andrews said:

a friend of mine just asked what the odds on barnsley equalising in injury time are.....

It’s not on Sky Bet, but I did try looking up goal scores after 90min

Confident yes…….. £10 on draw at 9/4 makes £32.50, and £10 on Barnsley win at 21/20 makes £31 - if on the complete chance City actually win it’ll be worth the £20 bet, either way I win 

Infact Barnsley are 14/1 to win from behind too! 

One of the worst half’s I’ve seen from City in a long time. 

Don’t understand game plan or tactics here, it’s the first time Iv began to question whether Pearson is right man for job  I’m not expecting much from this game, but similar to Bournemouth where the team just isn’t performing or putting the effort in. 

 

40 minutes ago, JamesBCFC said:

https://ww.soccer24hd.com/game/match/5710/West-Bromwich-Vs-Bristol-City.html

Everyone I click on this stream the page freezes - am I missing something?

I feel sorry for Pring, he’s been one of our best players this year (in games Iv seen) playing in a new left wing/left forward role, then gets moved to left back for one game (where he has a poor game) and now is out of the team meaning we have to go back to 352/3412 because we don’t have many wide options. 

Lost count of how many diff formations we have tried this year…..

8 hours ago, DaveInSA said:

Forest have better players than us on the grass.

I’ve seen so much hyperbole on OTIB in my time lurking in here.

‘We have a top 6 squad on paper’ is the classic.

We don’t. We made a massive charitable  donation to Chelsea, for three players who don’t perform at the levels they’re capable of. 

This is true for a lot of the squad.

Football isn’t played on paper, it’s played on grass.

I think that’s a little unfair on JD who is a quality left back at this level. Granted every player has bad games but in terms of ability he’s right up there for me.