The Official Bristol City v Brighton & Hove Albion Match Day Thread

[cityexile]

8 minutes ago, cityexile said:

 

Shocking result really. Everything that could go wrong did.

Preston 2 Charlton 1 FT

[Esmond Million's Bung]

1 minute ago, havanatopia said:

Agard taking pens? Did Tomlin go off? Shocker.

Agard wouldn't give him the ball, professional footballers eh?

[ChippenhamRed]

In a very strange way, actually a good night. The gap to the bottom three is maintained and our rivals have one less game to catch us.

[YorkshireSection]

28 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

One poor scoreline (not even a result) and these sort of posts have started again already.

4 wins in 6, a 7 point gap to the drop zone as things stand, and no sign of the bottom three finding the form they would need to overtake us.

Get a grip.

 

29 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

One poor scoreline (not even a result) and these sort of posts have started again already.

4 wins in 6, a 7 point gap to the drop zone as things stand, and no sign of the bottom three finding the form they would need to overtake us.

Get a grip.

Not at all, I finished last season on a massive high, with expectations to match. 

Im not happy that we messed up the summer transfer window, brought in a manager with no championship experience and we haven't got a striker, if we keep aiming low we will get there.

i want my club to be successful and to do that you need to seize your opportunities as they are few and far between, I'm not delighted that were better than 3 other teams at the moment, I don't need to get a grip, I'm just sick of seeing the same old cheap options being made.

this season has been bollocks both on and off it, we should stay up (?) but I don't see the decisions being made by the board at the moment as progressive, if SC can't attract players to Bristol then I have little hope that LJ will have much luck either.

i thought we'd finish about 15th, and build let's see but as I said before, I'm sick of seeing the cheap option made, especially on a 3.5 year contract.

Sorry for not having the same outlook as you but leave the get a grip bit out.

[cityexile]

MK 1-1 FT. That will hurt as well, late equaliser against ten men.

[deadredfred]

I can't ever quite get my head around professional ball kickers not hitting the target. Anywho...

Lets get all the bad luck out the way in one match. I wouldn't have been surprised before the game to lose. Goal difference not ideal, but that's more than helped by other results again. 

Onwards and hopefully, upwards. 

[havanatopia]

1 minute ago, Esmond Million's Bung said:

Agard wouldn't give him the ball, professional footballers eh?

Well one thing we do know Agard is not quite up to Chanpionship standard. 

[CotswoldRed]

2 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

In a very strange way, actually a good night. The gap to the bottom three is maintained and our rivals have one less game to catch us.

If all games had finished. We need to wait. 

[bristolcitysweden]

We better keep the kettle boiling

[Major Isewater]

On hindsight perhaps Two championship games in four days was a bit too much for young Vyner .

[CotswoldRed]

Bolton lose

[cityexile]

Bolton confirmed 1-0 loss.

Rotherham still about ten to go.

[Kingswoodactor]

2 minutes ago, havanatopia said:

Well one thing we do know Agard is not quite up to Chanpionship standard. 

Judging a player on being Championship standard by a missed penalty? Ridiculous. 

He's shown more than once that he can cause heaps of problems against good Championship defences when he's on form. 

[old_eastender]

On a serious note we need to find a penalty taker who can actually hit the target from 12 yards!

 

[ChippenhamRed]

3 minutes ago, YorkshireSection said:

 

Not at all, I finished last season on a massive high, with expectations to match. 

Im not happy that we messed up the summer transfer window, brought in a manager with no championship experience and we haven't got a striker, if we keep aiming low we will get there.

i want my club to be successful and to do that you need to seize your opportunities as they are few and far between, I'm not delighted that were better than 3 other teams at the moment, I don't need to get a grip, I'm just sick of seeing the same old cheap options being made.

this season has been bollocks both on and off it, we should stay up (?) but I don't see the decisions being made by the board at the moment as progressive, if SC can't attract players to Bristol then I have little hope that LJ will have much luck either.

i thought we'd finish about 15th, and build let's see but as I said before, I'm sick of seeing the cheap option made, especially on a 3.5 year contract.

Sorry for not having the same outlook as you but leave the get a grip bit out.

The problem was your post showed absolutely no recognition of our very significant improvement in recent weeks and appeared to be entirely reactionary based solely on tonight's performance.

You have already moderated your opinion from "not signing a striker will see us relegated" to "we should survive" within half an hour, which proves my point.

[bristolcitysweden]

We are used to swallow total shit anyway

[Ivorguy]

We don't know if LJ is a cheap option as we don't know his salary

What we do know is that he is committed but has not had the benefit of a transfer window and has to go with what he's got, and not helped by two injuries.

We also know that one defeat tells us little as did two victories

We all know why we are in the position we are in and it has nothing to do with LJ

Perhaps if more fans had been prepared to ask for SC's removal in October The Board might have been persuaded to act sooner - but that's history

All we fans can do is to keep positive and if we go down, which I doubt will be the case, then LJ can begin to plan for the long haul back

[deadredfred]

1 minute ago, bristolcitysweden said:

We are used to swallow total shit anyway

Is that a Swedish delicacy?

[CotswoldRed]

2 minutes ago, bristolcitysweden said:

We are used to swallow total shit anyway

Positive as ever

[Esmond Million's Bung]

1 minute ago, Kingswoodactor said:

Judging a player on being Championship standard by a missed penalty? Ridiculous. 

He's shown more than once that he can cause heaps of problems against good Championship defences when he's on form. 

I agree with you, but although the game was lost very unprofessional to not allow the designated penalty taker to take the penalty, incredibly unprofessional and LJ needs to nip that behaviour in the bud.

 

[LondonBristolian]

6 minutes ago, YorkshireSection said:

 

Not at all, I finished last season on a massive high, with expectations to match. 

Im not happy that we messed up the summer transfer window, brought in a manager with no championship experience and we haven't got a striker, if we keep aiming low we will get there.

i want my club to be successful and to do that you need to seize your opportunities as they are few and far between, I'm not delighted that were better than 3 other teams at the moment, I don't need to get a grip, I'm just sick of seeing the same old cheap options being made.

this season has been bollocks both on and off it, we should stay up (?) but I don't see the decisions being made by the board at the moment as progressive, if SC can't attract players to Bristol then I have little hope that LJ will have much luck either.

i thought we'd finish about 15th, and build let's see but as I said before, I'm sick of seeing the cheap option made, especially on a 3.5 year contract.

Sorry for not having the same outlook as you but leave the get a grip bit out.

The cheap option wasn't made though. Whether LJ proved to be the right option or not, the simple fact is getting a manager under contract from another club who, though a division below, are of a comparative size to us, paying compensation and increasing his wages isn't the cheap option.  You're entitled to your opinion, which I happen to disagree with, but it seems a bit daft to back it up with assertions that are factually and demonstrably untrue.

[havanatopia]

4 minutes ago, Kingswoodactor said:

Judging a player on being Championship standard by a missed penalty? Ridiculous. 

He's shown more than once that he can cause heaps of problems against good Championship defences when he's on form. 

You think i made that judgement on one penalty miss? You are a fruit.

[CotswoldRed]

1 minute ago, Esmond Million's Bung said:

I agree with you, but although the game was lost very unprofessional to not allow the designated penalty taker to take the penalty, incredibly unprofessional and LJ needs to nip that behaviour in the bud.

 

Indeed. Surely the captain should be calling the shots. 

[BS4 on Tour...]

1 hour ago, Red Army 87 said:

Brighton have played us really, LJ was expecting a possession game from them and they've gone counter attack. Problem now is the more we push forward the more likely they are to score again. Tough job now.

Couldn't be there tonight due to work but is this true?!

Did we really think they'd play a possession game and then we were unable to adapt when that turned out to be incorrect?!

I was player manager of a local team for 12 years and we changed our tactics instantaneously if we'd obviously got it wrong from the  off.

Are you telling me that a professional football team didn't realise that they'd got it wrong and couldn't adapt?!

That is worrying...

[Major Isewater]

2 minutes ago, deadredfred said:

Is that a Swedish delicacy?

Have you ever eaten in an Ikea restaurant ?

[Kingswoodactor]

2 minutes ago, Esmond Million's Bung said:

I agree with you, but although the game was lost very unprofessional to not allow the designated penalty taker to take the penalty, incredibly unprofessional and LJ needs to nip that behaviour in the bud.

 

For sure, if Agard did take the ball off the designated penalty taker, then he needs a firm talking to. If not a slap round the back of the head. 

[Esmond Million's Bung]

1 minute ago, CotswoldRed said:

Indeed. Surely the captain should be calling the shots. 

it seems that Wilbraham did make that decision, but surely that should not need a decision, the penalty taker is or should be nominated and he was still on the pitch.

 

 

[CotswoldRed]

1 minute ago, Esmond Million's Bung said:

it seems that Wilbraham did make that decision, but surely that should not need a decision, the penalty taker is or should be nominated and he was still on the pitch.

 

 

Yes, my point being he should have enforced the nominated taker. 

[havanatopia]

What did Tykes fans tell us? Something like 'LJ is incapable of changing his tactics' .

I don't really believe that but he got it wrong tonight and thats a fact not a criticism.

Edited February 23, 2016 by havanatopia

[Kingswoodactor]

4 minutes ago, havanatopia said:

You think i made that judgement on one penalty miss? You are a fruit.

Not entirely sure why you need to throw insults around? I was challenging your post, not you personally. So you're saying, penalty miss aside, that he's not up to playing at his level? 

I don't agree.