RedM

Well they do say Coach One are a bit unwelcoming to anyone who isn't 'one of them'

He's obssessed with the Johnson's

Pack on, Pearson off

Now concentrate, defend, concentrate

We get what we deserve, sadly

We sound positive and have had a few chances, from radio

We seem to be going round in circles. Neither manager has been able to get the return they should have with the players we have (or had). Is this down to management failings or player failings? As I said elsewhere it seems whoever is in charge and whichever players we have we go backwards not forwards, and have done for too many seasons now.

I guess he is saying he is not used to losing. I thought we made the effort to bring in players who also had that 'winning mentality', Flint involved the the playoffs, so to was El Abd and Moore etc. we had young hungry players, Reid, Bryan etc. have we somehow turned them into more Bristol City losers again? No matter who plays, or who is in charge we seem to get sucked into a downward spiral of relegation. Why are so many affected, we've been bloody well cursed.

TRL, it might have already been mentioned but I believe Marv is doubtful for Tuesday as he has a massive lump on his head after clashing heads and then fell awkwardly on his ankle. So not as bad as feared maybe, but could be better.

Yup, someone has just pointed this out to be. I wonder who is going to knock 9 past us in April, Stevenage away on Easter Monday perhaps? I was going to go to that, I don't think I'll bother now! Looking foward to scoring 5 in December though, nice Xmas bonus that!

That's shocking. If they can't get a football score right what else is factually inaccurate that they print. I gave up buying it ages ago, pure comic.

Right my 2 penny worth. Baldock and Jet don't seem to have much of a partnership, they don't work particularly well together, but between them they contribute a lot of goals. I would have been tempted to take both of them off 10 minutes after HT, but without seeing Barnett play I looked around the rest of the team and couldn't really see where the 2 or 3 goals we needed would come from. Cunningham or Wagstaff looked the next most likely to score. Reid ? Pack? Gillett? Nope, unlikely. The rest of the defenders, even though they come up for every corner etc? Again unlikely. I did like the introduction of Wes Burns, every game I have seen him play he has made a contribution. I like how we use Cunningham at the moment, suits his game better than purely defending. He got into some great positions but he isn't a striker, just as Wagstaff's strength isn't defending. So as unconvincing as it is do we keep using Jet and Baldock as we do or try to get one of them to play with a different partner. We do really need to stop letting in unchallenged soft goals though, that's a certainty.

The more I read the more I like! He sounds the type of player I was hoping Flint would be. Flint can now learn from the Master!

I love him already. He's the sort of player you hate if he is the opposition, both as a player and a fan.

But what would be the cost of another relegation? Say he helps to save us this year then perhaps next season we will seriously be looking at promotion, would he be worth the financial outlay then? Hopefully he would pass on his experience to our younger players too, and also often having players like him will attract other players to sign too. It's not all about what's left to sell at the end.

Was it a shock that he left, or has it been looking likely as he was being kept out of the team by others. I just seen that he made his 300th appearance for you on 11th Jan (90 minute sub). Just seems a bit strange, but I'm happy as he sounds just what we need.

Exactly. I was going to write the same but you saved me the bother and probably put it better. Osbourne has added experience and Flint has looked a lot more assured. This player will do the same and more I think. Hopefully he is the leader we desperately need. He sounds like he might add a bit of grit and steel too which we so obviously lack at times. Maybe Fonts is on his way and Williams will be benched more, or they will just be rotated more. Defenders are often suspended or there are injuries to cover for. I think Cotterill likes to play with wing backs, he recently said the 2 wide players do the most running so can't play Sat/Tues/Sat especially on heavy pitches this time of year. This signing gives us options. Fair enough it wasn't the striker/midfielder expected but maybe this player became available and was too good an opportunity to miss. I have no doubt other players are being pursued but as Cotterill also said 'getting them in the door is another thing altogether'.

Ok, I'll bite. I'm not sure how you have decided this. We just lost to a team who are mid table in the Championship in a cup game. This has no bearing at all on how the rest of our season will shape up. He was without 2 players, one of which he has just signed on loan and one whose loan he has just extended, so obviously they are players he rates. I was going to urge you to forget about the cup and concentrate on the real work, but you have obviously decided the outcome already. Whatever floats your boat I suppose, Boatman. I'm just not ready to drown yet.

So far so good. I honestly can't see us not fighting back in games now. Ok we will still lose some, but not without a fight. Mentality of team has changed.

What a start. Fight back now

Surely they can just get on the phone to ManU?

I went to London in August, had an hour to spare so thought we'd go and have a look around The Emirites. It was match day but Arsenal were away at Fulham (?) in an early kick off. Obviously I didn't get into the ground, just walked all the way round the outside and looked in the shop. The shop was huge and sold every possible Arsenal branded thing you could think of, for example there were a lot more things for girls, shopping bags, purses, cuddly toys etc. Every bit of kit possible, remember at this time we still hadn't had delivery of our shirts, and wouldn't for a couple of months. As you walked into the shop you turned left for general stuff but if you turned right you went into an area at least 3 times the size of our Megastore just for shirt printing! There were about 10 tills just serving people (actually only about 5 were open, but remember this was during an away match). I was amazed by the turnover they must make from just shirt sales alone, I saw plenty being sold in the few minutes I was there. Yes some were being sold to tourists who were turning up for a look like I did. It's a different world. I stood outside an promised the next time I'd be there it would be with Bristol City. So fingers crossed we will beat Watford and they beat Spurs tomorrow!

We came away with a point. Just the same point that we would of had if we were 1-0 down for most of the game and managed to equalise in the dying minutes ourselves. If this had happened we would been celebrating, or at least not so deflated as we are now wouldnt we?

That did make me smile too

Umm, 3 points or harmony on the forum? I don't know what is more likely, probably the points!