GrahamC

Cheltenham in the JPT?

A few of us heard he was told he had to get 12 points from the last 8 games to keep his job. He’s managed it in 6, fair play to him.

Stopped reading after 3 words..

Would be pointless. Much more sense for a couple of Academy players to be on the bench.

No one has to “bother”. Personally I love being in the Championship, the standard is decent, you play against some huge clubs yet it is still unpredictable enough for a side to beat Leicester & Southampton & to draw twice with Huddersfield. Seeing clubs like Sheffield Wednesday struggle to even stay in it, Derby & Portsmouth happy to be returning to this level, is why I “bother”.

Not his job. Korey Smith only scored one league goal in his time at City, he was still very good.

I know nothing but think it’s interesting that he started & James didn’t. With Bird arriving I doubt very much both will remain, my guess is he will.

Gets fit every April, just coincidentally as his contract runs out..

Played the last 20 minutes as they sealed promotion at Cambridge.

2-0, they’re a pub team.

Played really well, very encouraged. Have to say their equaliser looked more offside than the one Cornick had ruled out at the end. Having Rob Dickie back is massive.

There have now been 18 league games this season where we have failed to name a full subs bench. We also have been bloody lucky that the only goalkeeper we have with experience has stayed fit to play every minute of football. That isn’t some mini injury crisis but a clear indication that the squad depth is far too small. We knew last summer that both Atkinson & Benarous were long term injured & it’s almost certain Andy King who has been on the bench for every game since New Year’s Day (& 28 times in total) isn’t going to be around to make it less pitiful than it appears. Stokes & Palmer-Houlden will presumably be part of how we mitigate this.

1-1 Backwell.

Ref has given Leicester absolutely everything.

Knight-Lebel has been on the bench over 30 times this season, so him. Or Araoye.

Back to 8 subs & with JKL playing for the 21s, no defender on the bench, baffling.

@BrizzleRed great post, which I won’t quote because of its length. I would add that to broaden this debate somewhat we still get the same rubbish trotted out by a few on here re Gary Johnson, whose record (so facts, not opinion) pisses over everyone else who has managed us since AD. There are undoubtedly some strange ones out there.

Pretty much everything about the Prem is shit. I know that many want us to get there but having seen us play 4 seasons of top flight football in my life (a totally different, fairer world), I’m genuinely not bothered about joining that circus.

Year after.

Ha ha! Should have spotted that, perhaps not then…

Collier was Bristolian, Horfield lad. Garland coming home from Leicester completed the trio AD brought in to help the promotion squad stay up, with Hunter & Cormack all were excellent signings, Chris’ late burst of goals that year saved us. Fitzpatrick was later on (& not very good).

Interesting that Casa Grande isn’t involved, either.. Expect Dickie & Araoye to be in the squad.

100%. My old man was very good mates with Ray’s brother John, played football & skittles with him. He took me to 5 or 6 away games that season (I was 12!) & although he probably could have got complementary tickets always insisted on paying.

Yep, story I have been told since was they spent the majority of the time between the Portsmouth & Notts County games in the Baccy Jar in Whitchurch..

Bristol City 1 (Whitehead) Portsmouth 0. What a night.