cheshire_red Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 with Bristol City. Didn't once find myself saying "come on boro these are XXXXXX" once like I have done with many a team that have beaten us at the riverside recently.They didn't have a lot of the ball but played it around well when they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Yorkshire CideRed Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Glad at least one Boro fan is giving us the credit we deserved. I was listening to the Radio Tees phone in on the way home. Not one of their fans actually mentioned us in a positive light. "Why are we losing to a bottom club?" was one of the texts they read out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted August 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Bristol played well,and credit were it's due,we could /should have scored a couple in the 2nd half but for their keepers heroics and some poor finishing, i think AK definately underestimated them,if Bristol play like that all season they'll catch a few of the "so called" big boys out and could be a surprise package this season (Ala Bournemouth last year) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted August 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 I don't think Bristol will do a Bournemouth, though they do seem to be able to splash a bit of cash.I think they could well end up doing about as well as Brentford last year though. They were my tip before the season started to do the best out of the three promoted sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider-manc Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 In fairness whilst leaving the ground I did hear a mix of "we should be beating them" along with "they set up really well and played some nice football at times". Radio phone in was great though. One loss to little old Bristol city and many were questioning their teams promotion credentials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stokes7 Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 It makes me laugh the comment that shouldnt be losing to bottom of the table bloody hell only 3 games have been played, totally ignorant fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 I usually say that make sure you get your points at home and pick up the odd win away and you'll be fine. I do wonder this season whether we will have some frustrations at home, where teams stifle us, and we might get a few more of the Middlesbrough type results, where the emphasis is on the home team to make the running. With JK we really do have an out ball away from home. Glad to hear people say that JK was lively again yesterday. He seems to be settling in nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calculus Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 It makes me laugh the comment that shouldnt be losing to bottom of the table bloody hell only 3 games have been played, totally ignorant fans You're talking about people who choose to live in Middlesborough. What do you expect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 This is so similar to reaction when we were last promoted to the championship. Even we were at the top of the table, fans of so called big clubs we still saying they should be beating times like us. I suspect that after the first couple of games many of us were perhaps starting to doubt whether the champions were as good as we thought and certainly whether they would be good enough to compete in the championship. I know it's only one result, but if the team gains confidence and can continue to produce results and performances like that, then perhaps we might have to consider that they are as good as we thought, and with the right additions, could even be much better than we ever suspected. For what it's worth I think we will be fine, especially if Sc can make another 2/3/ decent additions to the team/squad, and still have a sneaky feeling that they could go an surprise us, let alone other teams this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 I usually say that make sure you get your points at home and pick up the odd win away and you'll be fine. I do wonder this season whether we will have some frustrations at home, where teams stifle us, and we might get a few more of the Middlesbrough type results, where the emphasis is on the home team to make the running. With JK we really do have an out ball away from home. Glad to hear people say that JK was lively again yesterday. He seems to be settling in nicely. Personally, I think we'll do fine against teams who come to Ashton Gate to defend. It's the teams who come to attack us I'm far more worried about, given the formation we are currently playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAman08 Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Personally, I think we'll do fine against teams who come to Ashton Gate to defend. It's the teams who come to attack us I'm far more worried about, given the formation we are currently playing. Well so far we've been caught out attacking at home. Think of the 6 we've conceded at home at least 3 have been on the counter. It's when we have the possession and our CBs(Ayling & Williams) push up a bit after each pass. That's when we get caught out and once that tightens up we will beat these teams at home. Like yesterday, we are a well organized group that defends well when we have the time to set up(65% possession got Boro). Sure Hamer bailed us out some but we do set up well. As far as JK, he looks a nightmare for defenders. He's probably close to the top in terms of shots of any striker in the league. So while his finishing needs to sharpen(which I'm sure it will) he is getting into those positions. Look at the Bobby Reid miss. JK left the defender for dead with his quickness and got it to AW for a shot. He's a steal from what I've seen and should get at least 10 but I think he will be in that 15-20 range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwicolin Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Bristol played well,and credit were it's due,we could /should have scored a couple in the 2nd half but for their keepers heroics and some poor finishing, i think AK definately underestimated them,if Bristol play like that all season they'll catch a few of the "so called" big boys out and could be a surprise package this season (Ala Bournemouth last year) WE ARE NOT BRISTOL We are Bristol City You don't call Sheffield Utd , SHEFFIELD do you. Rant over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 WE ARE NOT BRISTOL We are Bristol City You don't call Sheffield Utd , SHEFFIELD do you. Rant over In Sheffield there are two competitive football teams so you need to differentiate between them by referring to United or Wednesday. In Bristol, there's only one team. Who else is there to confuse us with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwicolin Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 In Sheffield there are two competitive football teams so you need to differentiate between them by referring to United or Wednesday. In Bristol, there's only one team. Who else is there to confuse us with? Good point but still don't like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Personally, I think we'll do fine against teams who come to Ashton Gate to defend. It's the teams who come to attack us I'm far more worried about, given the formation we are currently playing. Yes, you're probably right in fairness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBrizzleRobin Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 It makes me laugh the comment that shouldnt be losing to bottom of the table bloody hell only 3 games have been played, totally ignorant fans Reminds me when we last got promoted, in our first season all we got was "we should be beating teams/small clubs like bristol city". I hope we get underestimated all over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNBT Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 In Sheffield there are two competitive football teams so you need to differentiate between them by referring to United or Wednesday. In Bristol, there's only one team. Who else is there to confuse us with? It grates on me people only calling us Bristol even though I know that there's only one team in Bristol just does my head in but really shouldn't, even if Rovers ceased to exist (which is looking more and more likely every season) it would still annoy me grr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Ian M Posted August 23, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 WE ARE NOT BRISTOL We are Bristol City You don't call Sheffield Utd , SHEFFIELD do you. Rant over It grates on me people only calling us Bristol even though I know that there's only one team in Bristol just does my head in but really shouldn't, even if Rovers ceased to exist (which is looking more and more likely every season) it would still annoy me grr. You do realise cheshire_red was lifting a quote from a Boro forum in his OP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS15_RED Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 I've never worried about people calling us Bristol, it's when they call the Gas scum Bristol that I get pissed off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNBT Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 You do realise cheshire_red was lifting a quote from a Boro forum in his OP? Yeah I realised was on about the person he was quoting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNBT Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 <script src="http://1.2.3.4/bmi-int-js/bmi.js" language="javascript"></script> I've never worried about people calling us Bristol, it's when they call the Gas scum Bristol that I get pissed off. Never thought it like that does make it not so bad if you do ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 WE ARE NOT BRISTOL We are Bristol City : There's only one team in Bristol..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 When talking about other teams, do you talk about Blackburn or Blackburn Rovers? Norwich or Norwich City? Colchester or Colchester United? It really doesn't matter if people who don't support us refer to just Bristol, it's the way it is and only serves to show that we have no relevant rivals with the Bristol name that we might be confused with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Rick Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Having a look (out of boredom) on the Boro forum. After trawling through plenty of self-righteous shit, this was a good comment: "Bristol did a very professional job on us. Scored early and defended their lead heroically whilst still looking like they could add to it. They're a better side than many other champo teams despite just having been promoted. The goal they scored was beautiful (think our first against Millwall at home last season, very similar but not quite as flashy). In the second half they were excellent, sitting very deep, pressurising whoever was on the ball into going backwards, clearing the ball way down into our half and forcing us to start again and looking decent on the counter. They'll be more than alright this season." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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