Henry

5 minutes ago, RonWalker said:

No disrespect Henry, but you haven’t got a clue.

Clubs don’t give cart blanche to random journalists covering totally unrelated sides to ask as many questions as they like during a press conference.

The fact Gregor has got a one-to-one of this length is pretty unusual, and impressive imo.

I’m sure he could have missed out one of his pointless questions to ask something and get something potentially more juicy.

1 minute ago, Wealwayseatcheese said:

What happened in the Dolman , which block? 

The old A block. It looked like a few Birmingham fans were in there and celebrated when they scored. City fans reacted as you can imagine.

Surprised it’s not been mentioned. What idiot would throw a flare at a player whilst taking a corner? Looked even more tinpot when they score from the corner.

Along with the scuffle in the Dolman, you’d take the FA might start taking action against us.

Pictures going around of what he was up to. If true, fair play to him, that’s the way to go.

1 minute ago, Tomo said:

Pay £5.20 in the stadium then

Or somewhere else that doesn’t take the piss?

Ive never known any pubs/bars that do that.

2 hours ago, sticks 1969 said:

Never went in but spoke to guys stood behind me and they said thatchers gold was £3.20 a pint but £4.20 2 hours before and after the game 

 

That’s me never buying a pint in there.

I can not believe Gregor did not push to find out more of his thoughts of the set up. Gregor is such a shambles. I’m pretty sure Bristol Live choose to move him on.

I’m still struggling to believe this thread is real.

If we were to sell all 3 in the summer then we might as well pack up and call it a day.

I think we may lose HNM but if I had to lose one of them, it probably be him.

17 minutes ago, Harry said:

That’s fine. We differ in our opinion. 
I’d be interested to know your reasoning though. 
I’ve given my reasoning, that a 6’3 magnificent aerial threat with a free run, will always outjump a 6’1 static defender, and that the person who was marking that player (Kalas) needs to do a better job of either competing for the ball himself (also with a running jump), or at the very least make some kind of block on the attacker. 
 

To date, you’ve mentioned that we “need to have a look at his defending on the corner”, which I have done and given a detailed opinion. 
It would be good and balanced if you were to offer us your contrary opinion so that we can fully understand how your valid opinion has been gathered…….

Agree with all that. However, is he really 6ft 1?! He looks closer to 6ft 4 to me.

4 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

He’s had 3 sub appearances now totalling 21 minutes & is out of contract this summer.

He will be 25 before next season starts so although I accept he was a late arrival in the professional game, he is not a promising youngster so we do need to have a serious think about whether he’s worth a new deal.

I get the enthusiasm but we need more evidence to base the decision on, we need a fourth CB & assuming Klose stays fit & earns a deal, with Atkinson & Kalas (who I think will still be here next season) that’s the role we are potentially looking for him to fill.

I agree with that. He’s got to make an impression now.

The things he has done in those 21 minutes such as leaving a bit on a player and chucking one on the floor. I’ve not seen that aggression in Vyner or Moore, ever.

11 hours ago, JP Hampton said:

Hope he doesn’t prove to be a liability. Good job the ref didn’t see it. 

He actually did, which is even more bizarre. Semenyo only had to look at a player and he conceded a foul.

It’s such a shame his goals kept us up, rather than pushed us to the play offs.

1 minute ago, OnCider said:

They follow the pitch markings (assumed to be parallel).  This is perhaps clearer where I've drawn a thinner line between the two players which definitely isn't parallel with the pitch lines:

Do you want to borrow a ruler?

1 hour ago, elhombrecito said:

No. Only ways to watch it are to be in Swansea, at Ashton Gate for the beamback, or like me, take a short hop to Frankfurt to watch on Robins TV.

Or IPTV which is proving to one of my best ever investments!

4 hours ago, JonDolman said:

I think O'Dowda and Yiadom both had to slow down to then raise their feet to try and touch the ball beyond each other. Yiadom seemed to get there first I think and had been closer to it as the pass was made. But he missed the ball.

I thought O'Dowda was quite poor when he came on. Mostly because of that one bad mistake in the corner. But I think he's done well at wing back other than Fulham game and last night.

When watching the Blackpool game again I thought he was better than Dasilva in that first half before being subbed.

I don't like Pring at wing back if he keeps tiring as much as he does in that position. I thought he did some good things and some bad last night. But my main concern is his stamina for that role. Bringing him off every game on 60 something minutes means we lose the option of a sub. And it isn't like he's suddenly knackered on 60+ minutes, he is getting more and more tired, and is not capable of constantly run up and down the line.

He will be left back in a 4 in the future and that should mean he completes games. Wing back far more demanding.

When thinking about last night I am far more concerned about how uninterested Weimann is in defending. In that clip he sees his man running free and doesnt bother to go with him.

But on the goal. Wow that is bad.

Weimann lets Ince dribble past him, making no effort to stop him. Once Ince is past him, Weimann then quite incredibly points to Scott to go to Ince!

Someone on here said last night that O'Dowda was to blame for the penalty because Weimann is pointing at him!? Blimey 

It doesnt even look like a particularly dangerous situation for City. We have players well positioned to deal with them.

I would expect something special for Ince to find his way into the box from there.

It's not just last night, he has been doing it a lot all season. I don't know what the reason is for it. I don't know if it's something that I never noticed before or something he has been doing just this season. But Pearson and Fleming really need to sort it out.

I bet O’Dowda would have loved to only last an hour and get two assists. I know who I’d rather.

If he wasn’t injured, I would have taken him off.

Absolute pussy of a player. (I bet he’s glad we weren’t playing West Ham tonight)

58 minutes ago, Carey 6 said:

I think it's because aside from the last few months of his career here, he was a 100%er. Might not have had the best touch, or have been the quickest player, but very often left everything out there. Didn't he win POTS the summer before?

Had we gone down last season, I don't think he'd be getting the same respect but we didn't. His goals in games last season actually won us quite a few points. Late ones against Wycombe, Derby and Blackburn certainly getting us 9 points.

Half the team those final few months didn't seem like they were trying & with their contracts running out it didn't surprise me much. 

I have to disagree on him being 100%er and leaving everything out there. He was often the weak link in our pressing game. I seem to remember he had a good January last season then dropped out once the window shut.

I don’t miss the bloke any harm, but if he didn’t ‘come from Knowle’ I think fans would remember him differently.

I think Fam is very lucky to be getting all the congratulations from City fans (and the club) when he effectively downed tools for 6 months last year.

I watched Match of the Day and they picked up on Matt Preston. He was absolutely brilliant at defending crosses and being brave. We need a defender (or two) who can defend the 6 yard line and not get caught under crosses.

Im not saying we sign him btw.

8 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Poor clearance from Klose totally...thats an error for the goal, but O'Dowda is again weak with his body and arms preceding it.  That is an unnecessary error, regardless of what happens after isn't it. You cannot let yourself be outmuscled there.  That's the basics of football I'm afraid. It happens too often with Callum.

He plays like an absolute coward on the pitch. Glad he’s been taken off and definitely one to upgrade in the summer.

2 hours ago, Barrs Court Red said:

I remember joining as a teen, and was banned shortly after, so spent a few years on Rivals.net, which was another cracking forum. 
 

The police actually looked into my comments made on here about placing landmines and snipers nests around Ashton Vale when that village Green nonsense was going on. Amazing how easily outraged some folk are. 
 

Another thing that sticks in my mind was Sarah B and her ummm fondness of Steve Brooker. 
 

Ive met a few people off here over the years, and still keep in contact with a few. I think pretty much all of them have left here now. 

You can’t leave it like that! What happened?!

He looks and sounds like a 45 year old football manager.

I bet Chris Martin will enjoy those chest down balls he was receiving from Klose today.

28 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Forgot to add, another 26 minutes for Joe Williams, no need to rush him.  But, boy he looks to have the lot.

I think one of the things I most love about him is he seems to need no minutes to get up to speed and give a 7/10 performance.