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Stood in the ground writing this. 

I cannot believe we have just threw 3 points away against the WORST team I have seen at the gate this year, they were nearly as bad as us vs Fulham. 

How? How? Can Cotts not see that kodjia and Wilbs were knackered. 91 minutes for the first change. 

Has to go I'm afraid. Disgusting 

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9 minutes ago, Bs4Red said:

Stood in the ground writing this. 

I cannot believe we have just threw 3 points away against the WORST team I have seen at the gate this year, they were nearly as bad as us vs Fulham. 

How? How? Can Cotts not see that kodjia and Wilbs were knackered. 91 minutes for the first change. 

Has to go I'm afraid. Disgusting 

Only 2 points thrown away fella!!

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10 minutes ago, Bs4Red said:

Stood in the ground writing this. 

I cannot believe we have just threw 3 points away against the WORST team I have seen at the gate this year, they were nearly as bad as us vs Fulham. 

How? How? Can Cotts not see that kodjia and Wilbs were knackered. 91 minutes for the first change. 

Has to go I'm afraid. Disgusting 

I would go as far as saying they were worse than any team I saw last season. These players need to see the game out, we have too many that can't cope with pressure.

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7 minutes ago, Portland Bill said:

Only 2 points thrown away fella!!

Only 2 points thrown away today.  But let's not forget 2 points thrown away in similar circumstances against MK Dons.  And failures to win away against Preston or Bolton.  And our utter capitulation at Rotherham.  1 win out of 5 against the bottom six simply isn't good enough.

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1 minute ago, Chairman Mao said:

inept, we are going to get slaughtered by Burnley

I suspect we probably aren't.  So far this season every time we look like we're about to utterly capitulate, we produce a decent performance that papers over the cracks until the next time we lose a game we ought to be winning.  In that respect, this  season reminds me a lot of the McInnes era. 

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Freeman should be dropped and Cotts needs to be way more pro-active with his subs. Great decision to play Bryan again he looked back to his old self. Wilbs and Kodj linked up well but we really really really should've put on a new striker around 70 minutes. 

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I must have missed him missing the penalty, wasting numerous chances, dominating from the word go and limiting them to one real chance - which they score from.

We're all upset and angry but without meaning to sound like SOD there's not much more he could've done. It's not like they were hammering on the door - Kodjia was far from the worst player on the pitch. He won a penalty, set up Wilbraham for a sitter, set up Freeman near the end, I could go on.

Wilbraham was poor but you can understand him staying on - for moments like the one they scored from. We don't have that height on the bench. For whatever reason we chose that moment to switch off.

What we need is someone beyond Kodjia who can score a goal. We bid for them but they didn't want to come here, for whatever reason.

We are where we are, the players are so clearly playing for the manager, they have hunger and passion and lack a little bit of quality when it matters at the moment. There's been plenty of times when we've lacked the other aspects too, and when that happens again, by all means chance the manager.

As far as I can tell though, you want to change him because he can't physically go out and score for them. And I don't think that's fair.

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Give him time to make some January signings. The squads worse than he is.

None of our midfielders can score. Pack isn't Championship quality. Smith is great at times but doesn't seem to be playing at others.

Wilbraham is well past it and needs to go too. I say give him until the end of January to turn things around before he has to go. 

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3 minutes ago, Robin1988 said:

I must have missed him missing the penalty, wasting numerous chances, dominating from the word go and limiting them to one real chance - which they score from.

We're all upset and angry but without meaning to sound like SOD there's not much more he could've done. It's not like they were hammering on the door - Kodjia was far from the worst player on the pitch. He won a penalty, set up Wilbraham for a sitter, set up Freeman near the end, I could go on.

Wilbraham was poor but you can understand him staying on - for moments like the one they scored from. We don't have that height on the bench. For whatever reason we chose that moment to switch off.

What we need is someone beyond Kodjia who can score a goal. We bid for them but they didn't want to come here, for whatever reason.

We are where we are, the players are so clearly playing for the manager, they have hunger and passion and lack a little bit of quality when it matters at the moment. There's been plenty of times when we've lacked the other aspects too, and when that happens again, by all means chance the manager.

As far as I can tell though, you want to change him because he can't physically go out and score for them. And I don't think that's fair.

The trouble with our strikers is that they need half a dozen chances to score a goal, simply not good enough.

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Charlton were absolutely crap. If those players, with those chances, and that domination cannot win I fail to see how it's SC's fault honestly.

As tired as our strikers were they were still giving a torrid time to that defence, albeit without hitting the target. Our midfielders and edge of box players were getting SO much change I fail to see why taking either off was the right choice if I am honest. 

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3 minutes ago, JC5 said:

Give him time to make some January signings. The squads worse than he is.

None of our midfielders can score. Pack isn't Championship quality. Smith is great at times but doesn't seem to be playing at others.

Wilbraham is well past it and needs to go too. I say give him until the end of January to turn things around before he has to go. 

Ultimately this is now the gamble.  If we give Cotts til the end of the January we probably need to give him the season.  Once the transfer window has closed, we've got to make do with the squad we have, loans aside.  Whether we stick or twist, I genuinely don't know.  But now, not the end of January is the time to make a decision and stick with it.  

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1 minute ago, Super said:

The trouble with our strikers is that they need half a dozen chances to score a goal, simply not good enough.

No of course it isn't. Kodjia needs to score more from the number of chances he has, even if he does have double figures.

But he does at least score a fair few and bring other players into the game as we saw today. He is an all-round asset, no doubt about it.

The rest of them... Agard is not a bad striker, but he's a most natural goal scorer at this level, Burns is very much an unknown entity and Wilbraham is on his way to retirement.

Recruitment is the problem. Again, I think that's very harsh to place solely, or potentially at all, at Cotterill's door. We just don't know. We do know we were in for quality players but that's all we know.

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4 minutes ago, hay dens party said:

you have to blame the forwards today. It was shocking, Cotts needed to make a sub up front alot earlier than he did. Last years team would have been 3 up by half time. I'm worried that we just can't score goal's.

If Wes Burns is the answer then 'Who's a clinical striker at Championship level' is not the question.

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27 minutes ago, Bs4Red said:

Stood in the ground writing this. 

I cannot believe we have just threw 3 points away against the WORST team I have seen at the gate this year, they were nearly as bad as us vs Fulham. 

How? How? Can Cotts not see that kodjia and Wilbs were knackered. 91 minutes for the first change. 

Has to go I'm afraid. Disgusting 

Well I've just got home and I say absolute bollocks to that.

We've got a manager who sets the team to up attack and we could/should have scored 6 today.

Sickening at the end but to use the completely undeserved equaliser to call for the manager's head is pathetic and embarrassing.

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Just now, robin_unreliant said:

Did you expect him to hit the target - I definitely didn't.

Penalty taking is a specific skill, hardly has anything to do with how good a player is in other aspects. Pack had been a solid penalty taker previous times so largely would be expected to step up again.

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With the greatest of respect to Charlton, they were frankly awful. A team bereft of quality and confidence and they should have been defeated.

Our finishing was dire and why three tall, physical players like our back three can't deal with the ball coming into our box, I do not know. I'll save my thoughts on pack for the other thread.

 

All in all that was just not good enough. I don't like being outplayed but eventually I can get over it and admit the other team were just better. What I cannot handle is when we are blatantly the better side and fail to clinch the maximum points.  For me, today the manager did not get the most out of those 11 on the pitch and his reluctance to use the bench is just plain wrong.

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2 minutes ago, Nogbad the Bad said:

Well I've just got home and I say absolute bollocks to that.

We've got a manager who sets the team to up attack and we could/should have scored 6 today.

Sickening at the end but to use the completely undeserved equaliser to call for the manager's head is pathetic and embarrassing.

You couldn't see it coming? They were always going to score. He should have acknowledged that we were beginning to get deeper and a change was needed. Me calling for his head isn't based on today. It's based on the season so far. Nothing has changed from game one. Giving him January to sign players would be criminal 

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6 minutes ago, Robin1988 said:

If Wes Burns is the answer then 'Who's a clinical striker at Championship level' is not the question.

But you're not even checking if he's the answer because nobody's giving him a chance. Everyone thought the earth was flat until they checked it. Maybe Wes Burns IS the answer. Just gotta check him out. 

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I think OTIB should close down after matches for 12 hours , win, lose or draw , to allow people to calm down abit before posting . Be more reflective , learn how to deal with disappointment ( and today was sickening ) , refrain from blaming individuals often unfairly , and try and understand the nature of football , being a football fan and being a Bristol City fan . It's hard I know but more considered thoughts after a bit of reflection rather knee jerk reactions has to be less divisive . 

Heart is good but head is always better . It's taken me a lifetime to realise , in all aspects of life but it particularly applies to such a passionate thing like following bloody Bristol City . 

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3 minutes ago, robin_unreliant said:

We are almost in January and he has yet to score this season. Shouldn't we be looking at someone who knows how to finish when it comes to penalties?

Doesn't matter how many he scores generally, just matters how he takes penalties, which usually he does well.

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3 minutes ago, Shtanley said:

But you're not even checking if he's the answer because nobody's giving him a chance. Everyone thought the earth was flat until they checked it. Maybe Wes Burns IS the answer. Just gotta check him out. 

Maybe but maybe not. Certainly not a huge amount to suggest he is - can't really blame Cotterill for sticking. Wilbraham has height when defending if nothing else. Willing to bet it wasn't him who lost his man for the goal. 

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Steve Cotterhill didn't miss one of our 10 or so real chances. He didn't stand offside 5 or 6 times. He didn't miss a penalty. Can say what you'd like about his substitutions but would they have made the difference? After we missed the pen everyone in the building knew an equalizer was coming. Don't think anything he could've done could've stopped it. He done his job. Put everyone in the right positions and they failed him today. 

We are 5 days from January. If he was gonna go he'd be gone already. Get used to him. He will be here until the day we are relegated and if not he will be there on opening day next season. He's not perfect and he's quite stubborn but he's out and today didn't have much to do with him, IMO. 

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16 minutes ago, hay dens party said:

you have to blame the forwards today. It was shocking, Cotts needed to make a sub up front alot earlier than he did. Last years team would have been 3 up by half time. I'm worried that we just can't score goal's.

Why blame the strikers? Don't Freeman, Smith, Bennett, Freeman, Bryan have a responsibility to score a goal or two? Remind me how many goals they've scored between them this season?

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6 minutes ago, Nogbad the Bad said:

Well I've just got home and I say absolute bollocks to that.

We've got a manager who sets the team to up attack and we could/should have scored 6 today.

Sickening at the end but to use the completely undeserved equaliser to call for the manager's head is pathetic and embarrassing.

Could've, would've, should've... seems that old chestnut comes up on a regular basis but its getting us nowhere. is it really a hard luck story week in, week out? We've dropped a fair few points in winnable positions this season due to the team sitting back inviting pressure. I would say thats down more to Cotterills tactics rather than the players inabilities.. They've showed they can actually put themselves in a position of taking 3 points

Scoring 7 goals in the last 11 games is poor, 4 wins in 23 is not good. We are currently bottom 3 with a pretty hideous GD

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When the pressure is on for points, it's not uncommon for strikers to snatch at chances.

Composure often comes when the pressure is off.

The more pressure we are under to get points...the harder it becomes...it's a vicious circle.

Shame about the result...on paper we should be winning these games.

It's going to be an interesting season.

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41 minutes ago, Shtanley said:

But you're not even checking if he's the answer because nobody's giving him a chance. Everyone thought the earth was flat until they checked it. Maybe Wes Burns IS the answer. Just gotta check him out. 

They see him in training several times a week, I'm sure there's a good reason why he's deemed not ready to start or come on for a good length of time.

From what I've seen of him, he's a winger. Not a wingback or a striker and currently he doesn't fit.

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2 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said:

They see him in training several times a week, I'm sure there's a good reason why he's deemed not ready to start.

From what I've seen of him, he's a winger. Not a wingback or a striker and currently he doesn't fit.

I've watched him play as a striker fella...he was good playing off the shoulder of the last defender. Troubled defences.

The way we play limits our player choice...that's down to SC.

Can't see it getting any better atm...can really see us going down this season if it continues in the same vein.

 

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41 minutes ago, Dark Wood Covert said:

Could've, would've, should've... seems that old chestnut comes up on a regular basis but its getting us nowhere. is it really a hard luck story week in, week out? We've dropped a fair few points in winnable positions this season due to the team sitting back inviting pressure. I would say thats down more to Cotterills tactics rather than the players inabilities.. They've showed they can actually put themselves in a position of taking 3 points

Scoring 7 goals in the last 11 games is poor, 4 wins in 23 is not good. We are currently bottom 3 with a pretty hideous GD

That'd be a good point if we sat back today which we didn't.

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2 hours ago, Robin1988 said:

Maybe but maybe not. Certainly not a huge amount to suggest he is - can't really blame Cotterill for sticking. Wilbraham has height when defending if nothing else. Willing to bet it wasn't him who lost his man for the goal. 

But it was him who was offside to allow them to ge the ball back in the box though... 

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2 minutes ago, ashtonphil said:

But it was him who was offside to allow them to ge the ball back in the box though... 

So he should've taken him off just in case he got caught offside? Rather a moot point.

Also - getting caught offside deep in the opposition half is VERY different to conceding a goal from a free-kick on the edge of your own box.

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No - If he had held the ball up or allowed us to keep possession. They wouldn't have been able to play the ball into our box.

Agree he should have been taken off but you and I aren't the manager and only he knows why he didn't do that..

 

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1 hour ago, spudski said:

Can't see it getting any better atm...can really see us going down this season if it continues in the same vein.

 

You have to admit, to bottle this home game as well as the MK Dons fixture it is mightily concerning.

You simply have to win against those around you, particularly at home when leading at half time. 

I think we will improve. That game could have easily been a 4-0 victory, indeed it should have been a 4-0 victory. if Pack wasn't an idiot in getting his foot under a ball with the strong wind at his back (what an absolute moron - I don't mince my words cus that is just stupidity) I think it would have been. 

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8 minutes ago, 29AR said:

You have to admit, to bottle this home game as well as the MK Dons fixture it is mightily concerning.

You simply have to win against those around you, particularly at home when leading at half time. 

I think we will improve. That game could have easily been a 4-0 victory, indeed it should have been a 4-0 victory. if Pack wasn't an idiot in getting his foot under a ball with the strong wind at his back (what an absolute moron - I don't mince my words cus that is just stupidity) I think it would have been. 

It's pressure mate...these players are under intense pressure to get points...so composure goes.

Playing the way we do doesn't help...can't see us staying up, regardless of who we buy if we continue playing in such an open set up.

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Good teams find a way to win, even when playing poorly. We on the other hand find a way to not win, even when playing well. I think that says more about certain aspects of the players on the pitch rather than the manager. Maybe he could be more pro active regarding subs but it really boils down to the first team as a collective just aren't good enough for this division on the whole. I know playing well in games seems to suggest they are but we don't seem to have the whole package to be deemed good enough which is reflected in the results. As to who's fault the squad isn't good enough is, that's up for continuing debate!!

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3 hours ago, Shtanley said:

Freeman should be dropped and Cotts needs to be way more pro-active with his subs. Great decision to play Bryan again he looked back to his old self. Wilbs and Kodj linked up well but we really really really should've put on a new striker around 70 minutes. 

If you think Freeman should be dropped after today then I must have been watching a different game , I thought we were excellent all round apart from the finishing , am I alone in thinking this  ? 

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44 minutes ago, Snufflelufagus said:

For me the best pen takers wait for the keeper to move then roll it in the other side. Smashing it in itself is  bit of hit and hope imo.

Jeeeeez .... Where were you when England got beat by Germany on pens ???????

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4 minutes ago, robin4ever said:

Jeeeeez .... Where were you when England got beat by Germany on pens ???????

 

4 minutes ago, robin4ever said:

Jeeeeez .... Where were you when England got beat by Germany on pens ???????

I was sat watching thinking just stand and dont move then you will save the one straight down the middle.  Equally we should have brought beasant on who was an amazing pen stopper.

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1 hour ago, robin4ever said:

Jeeeeez .... Where were you when England got beat by Germany on pens ???????

I was there - about 40m from the penalty spot - the Germans placed the balls and were good enough to put pace on it as well 

they didn't try and smash it in the roof of the net - they hit the inside side netting every time

 

@Snufflelufagus - you are spot on although from memory we had Woods on bench - Shilton was a good keeps but never a pen saver - said to my mate on final whistle - Shilton won't save one, get Woods on to try and make the Germans start thinking

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1 hour ago, wheatus59 said:

If you think Freeman should be dropped after today then I must have been watching a different game , I thought we were excellent all round apart from the finishing , am I alone in thinking this  ? 

no you are not alone I thought Freeman had a good game!

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4 hours ago, Nogbad the Bad said:

Well I've just got home and I say absolute bollocks to that.

We've got a manager who sets the team to up attack and we could/should have scored 6 today.

Sickening at the end but to use the completely undeserved equaliser to call for the manager's head is pathetic and embarrassing.

Exactly!

everyone is gutted, again, but we go again and add what we can

As we both know supporting City is not easygoing!

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5 hours ago, Super said:

I would go as far as saying they were worse than any team I saw last season. These players need to see the game out, we have too many that can't cope with pressure.

Agreed..if this were a league one game last season we would have taken them apart....Charlton were a very young and inexperienced outfit.to cap it all their body language pre match was "please,were so sorry were here, take these thee points off of us!!!!!!!!!!!!................

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