Real Red Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 The draw against West Ham last night ensures we are now on the best run of the season with 6 matches undefeated (Middlesbro D, DerbyD, Forest W, Coventry W, Blues D and West Ham D) beating the 5 match unbeaten run just after DMac took over back in October (Barnsley W, West Ham D, Burnley W, Millwall W and Southampton W). Although the 5 match run gained us 13pts, the current 6 match run has gained us 10pts. Nice time to do it though. A couple more wins and who knows we could end up in 18th position! One Team in Bristol Fanzine (recommend us to a fellow fan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789000 Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Aye it is a good run, and perfect timing. Someone started a topic a few weeks ago pondering who was going to achieve hero status by really pulling up their socks and saving the team. Quite frankly the whole team have done that. It has been fantastic to watch such commitment and passion. Credit to the fans too, especially with the atmospheres of the Cov and Hammers games. I simply cannot wait for Saturday, getting more and more excited by the day. Bringing my girlfriend along who, whilst she won't admit it, is becoming a closet City fan. The only other game she's been to is Leeds away where a certain someone missed that crucial penalty, but she's been asking about results ever since. Perfect game to bring her to as she's yet to visit Ashton Gate. Lets secure our status with a great win and most importantly, COYR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizzle Jordan Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Team should get confidence from this going into next season knowing they've competed with some of the best teams in this division over 90 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 This mini run has come largely because the players finally realised just how deep in the shite the club was and that coincided with the arrival of the fridge who has definately made a huge difference to the defence. Stead seems to found some form around the same time as well. All players appear to be putting in better performances, even the must maligned Woolford looked sharp at Brum and when he came on last night. The realisation that relegation was a serious possibility has galvanised the squad just in time it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red Rich Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Perhaps coincedently but my daughter was born on 24/03, the day of the boro game - & we havnt lost since! A lucky charm I think!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 This mini run has come largely because the players finally realised just how deep in the shite the club was and that coincided with the arrival of the fridge who has definately made a huge difference to the defence. Stead seems to found some form around the same time as well. All players appear to be putting in better performances, even the must maligned Woolford looked sharp at Brum and when he came on last night. The realisation that relegation was a serious possibility has galvanised the squad just in time it seems. Agreed. It seems that dropping into the relegation zone at such a late stage may have made a few of them wake up and realise exactly what is at stake. We'd been threatening to drop in there for weeks, yet many of them didn't appear to give a shit until it actually happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanaticRed Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 This mini run has come largely because the players finally realised just how deep in the shite the club was and that coincided with the arrival of the fridge who has definately made a huge difference to the defence. Stead seems to found some form around the same time as well. All players appear to be putting in better performances, even the must maligned Woolford looked sharp at Brum and when he came on last night. The realisation that relegation was a serious possibility has galvanised the squad just in time it seems. The fridge?? ;/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizzle Jordan Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Perhaps coincedently but my daughter was born on 24/03, the day of the boro game - & we havnt lost since! A lucky charm I think!! Lets hope she lives to atleast 100 so City stay undefeated for a century! In all seriousness, congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Roughneck Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 It we looked like we were going to go without a whimper (like last time we went down), so te turnaround has been superb. The downside is that the catalysts for the improvements are players who are contracted to other clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashton1 Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 This mini run has come largely because the players finally realised just how deep in the shite the club was and that coincided with the arrival of the fridge who has definately made a huge difference to the defence. Stead seems to found some form around the same time as well. All players appear to be putting in better performances, even the must maligned Woolford looked sharp at Brum and when he came on last night. The realisation that relegation was a serious possibility has galvanised the squad just in time it seems. I also think the loans Like Amougou have made the deference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volta Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 I also think the loans Like Amougou have made the deference. Amougou has made a big difference. So has Mcinnes getting his tactics spot on. Not over yet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789000 Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 The fridge?? ;/ I also think the loans Like Amougou have made the deference. Pretty sure he's referring to Amougou when he says 'The Fridge'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Pretty sure he's referring to Amougou when he says 'The Fridge'. Thank god for that. I thought he meant my wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC&T Board Members Blagdon red Posted April 18, 2012 SC&T Board Members Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 The fridge?? ;/ Us old ones know what he means! Think NFL on Channel 4 in the mid 80s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcnick Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Gerken, Skuse, Amoughu and Stead have made the big difference. Given a spine to the team and plenty of determination as well. Hard to single out any of those 4 but we needed Amougou in central defence and Gerken has been immense. No offence to DJ but he's not the player he was and I'm convinced our goals against would be have been much higher had he been playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Lewis Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Thank god for that. I thought he meant my wife. Mine must be the deep freezer in that case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6oclockcrew Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Yes the players have been fantastic, so has the support, stead has been a man on a mission, derek and the managment have got it spot on. Its a simple game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Red Planet Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 This mini run has come largely because the players finally realised just how deep in the shite the club was and that coincided with the arrival of the fridge who has definately made a huge difference to the defence. Stead seems to found some form around the same time as well. All players appear to be putting in better performances, even the must maligned Woolford looked sharp at Brum and when he came on last night. The realisation that relegation was a serious possibility has galvanised the squad just in time it seems. RR, you don't need any more + 1's on this thread but I think this sums up what has happened over recent weeks. Thankfully - just in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastonboy Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Mine must be the deep freezer in that case. Mine is constantly sat in front of it( fat mare) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldlandReddies Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Gerken, Skuse, Amoughu and Stead have made the big difference. Given a spine to the team and plenty of determination as well. Hard to single out any of those 4 but we needed Amougou in central defence and Gerken has been immense. No offence to DJ but he's not the player he was and I'm convinced our goals against would be have been much higher had he been playing. Spot on. Those 4 have started every game during our recent run despite Del changing others on a regular basis.Clearly they have impressed the manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Funnily enough the players did the same under Millen last season. Realised we may be in the poo, galvanised enough to put a run together in March, get safe and then dropped off the face of the planet until the last couple of games. This season's run has been similar We are at the last couple of games so lets hope we do not 'fall off the planet'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 We are at the last couple of games so lets hope we do not 'fall off the planet'. The way the Earth spins, if we should we fall off - do we fall, or just get projected of into space in a westerly direction ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 The way the Earth spins, if we should we fall off - do we fall, or just get projected of into space in a westerly direction ? Astral projections are totally dismissed by science. It comes from dreams and hallucinations.. what are you on? prozac inducing sleep tablets or magic mushrooms? !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 The draw against West Ham last night ensures we are now on the best run of the season with 6 matches undefeated (Middlesbro D, DerbyD, Forest W, Coventry W, Blues D and West Ham D) beating the 5 match unbeaten run just after DMac took over back in October (Barnsley W, West Ham D, Burnley W, Millwall W and Southampton W). Although the 5 match run gained us 13pts, the current 6 match run has gained us 10pts. Nice time to do it though. A couple more wins and who knows we could end up in 18th position! One Team in Bristol Fanzine (recommend us to a fellow fan) Sorry to be pedantic, but after the Southampton win at home, didn't we then draw 2-2 away at Watford, so making that a six-match unbeaten run too? And as that run contained 4 victories it is still our best of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipdawg Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 The way the Earth spins, if we should we fall off - do we fall, or just get projected of into space in a westerly direction ? I think if you fall off the earth it's gravitational field will ensure that you fall back on another part of the earth. Unless you're eastonboy's wife apparently; from what he's said, she may have sufficient mass to break free of the planets gravitational hold... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 For those who weren't either born or too young to watch the NFL on C4 in the 80's the Chicago Bears had a huge black defensive back called William Perry. He was known everywhere as 'the fridge'. The opposition had to take a detour to get around him. He once lifted a team mate into the end zone to claim 6 points. Unfortunately it was disallowed. Watching Amougou reminded me of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BcfcAllen Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 My only worry with this run of form which hopefully is going to keep us up is that although alot of players have stepped up their game and shown that they can compete at this level, i don't want del to start thinking that we dont need to do much business in the summer. It was only a month ago that there was numerous threads on here about 15+ players etc needed to go in the summer and although recent performances have changed my views on some players, i hope the results dont make del blind to the fact that there is still alot of work that needs to go into sorting this team if were going the be competing at the right end of the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 My only worry with this run of form which hopefully is going to keep us up is that although alot of players have stepped up their game and shown that they can compete at this level, i don't want del to start thinking that we dont need to do much business in the summer. It was only a month ago that there was numerous threads on here about 15+ players etc needed to go in the summer and although recent performances have changed my views on some players, i hope the results dont make del blind to the fact that there is still alot of work that needs to go into sorting this team if were going the be competing at the right end of the table. It is a worry but we can only hope that McInnes saw enough lacklustre and poor performances from various players over the season to know that they aren't likely to be in his plans for next season. Who those players are has been debated on here plenty of times but I suspect that most of the out of contract fringe players will be off in the summer. Whats more important is who he brings in. We all know that there is a serious shortage of real quality within the current squad and to be in the running in the Championship teams need quaility in abundance. Signing Amougou would be good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Us old ones know what he means! Think NFL on Channel 4 in the mid 80s! William Perry?? A great Bears team that - loved watching Walter Peyton back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Perhaps coincedently but my daughter was born on 24/03, the day of the boro game - & we havnt lost since! A lucky charm I think!! Congrats Rich, but Im sure it was coincidence, as the real reason for the winning run was that Mrs Downend had sex with me that evening. I told her about the winning run that started that day and she's said that to keep the winning run going that she promises to keep having sex regularly, once a year on 24th March from now on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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