The Official Rotherham United v Bristol City match Day Thread

[BS3rich]

What a comeback. 12 months ago we would have gone on to lose this 3-0! Still waiting on Korey & Matthews to come back as well.

 

Sounded like Bobby Reid was outstanding all game, really do think he's underrated by our fans, time is still on his side to improve further. Wouldn't surprise me if he gets 8-10 this season. 

[exAtyeoMax]

1 minute ago, BRISTOL86 said:

Really shocking day at the office from Flint

In better news, that kit is sexy AF

I was just about to say the same. Think the kit is fab! 

Poor Flinty…

[Lew-T]

Can't fault the lads, superb effort being 2-0 down 75 minutes in. Last season it would have finished 3-0!

You've got to remember we have a very young side but they've showed as much guts as I've seen in a City side for years. They will only get better, that's the most exciting thing.

 

[Shtanley]

5 minutes ago, Bullbag said:

People always need a scapegoat.

Paterson in for Freeman tuesday night as sadly Freeman just doesn't score goals or even look like scoring.

I don't use Freeman as a scapegoat because he's not to blame for us not winning/losing recently. But he's not very good IMO. Again not blaming him for our results but I think I'd play Pack or Paterson instead of him. 

[JamesBCFC]

1 minute ago, Esmond Million's Bung said:

I just want to say once more, LJ has one huge set of balls, with his team selections and especially his substitutions, I love this and his honesty, all I have ever asked from any BCFC team in my 58 years of support is that they just always give 100% and most of the second half he deployed the dreaded 3-5-2 and it sounded as if Joe Bryant in particular was ripping them a new one.

Well done LJ and the team, very proud and from where we were coming back from I will take a point, even though it could easily have been 3.

 

nothing wrong with 3-5-2 as a formation, the problem with it last season is our players weren't a good enough quality to play a gung-ho 3-5-2 in this division. We have better players this year.

[stogursey red]

Hopefully next game LT will be in the middle and not stuck out left he ran the game once moved inside

Edited September 10, 2016 by stogursey red

[deadredfred]

Oh Aden. Crisis. 

At least those errors are out the way in one go. I'd have settled for a point before the match, and it's only good that we're disappointed we didn't win. We're creating chances.

Korey coming back will be such a boost, arguably our best player for the last two seasons and hopefully shore us up at the back. 

Got to admire the character to equalise and still push for the win. Exciting times. 

[Offside]

Sounds like we battered them in the 2nd half but after being 2-0 down it's a good point.

[Kodjias Wrist]

To anyone who went, how did patterson do?

Edited September 10, 2016 by Kodjias Wrist

[The Gasbuster]

12 minutes ago, BS3rich said:

What a comeback. 12 months ago we would have gone on to lose this 3-0! Still waiting on Korey & Matthews to come back as well.

 

Sounded like Bobby Reid was outstanding all game, really do think he's underrated by our fans, time is still on his side to improve further. Wouldn't surprise me if he gets 8-10 this season. 

Sounds like he is thriving under LJ's tenure. Should have got more than one today, by the sound of it.

Still the doubt over his strength, for me, though.

[RobArnold10]

Looking at that first goal, O think ROD has to shoulder some of that blame as well. He is Flints eyes with the striker behind him, so should be either coming out properly and clearing or telling Flinty to boot it into row z. That said Flint should be stronger and smarter there.

The own goal, just write it off, not good but it happens.

Thought the equaliser was an absolutely perfect cross, well done JB (looked like JB may be wrong!)

overall though happy with a point away from home, especially as we found ourselves down by 2. Looking forward we've got some tough games this month so I've not got high expectations and as long as we keep ticking points over I think we can look to push on after that.

[Northern Red]

Not winning today despite dominating balances out the Burton game where we stole 3 points having been battered for most of it. 

[bristolcitysweden]

COYR!

[joe jordans teeth]

17 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

This 'lightweight ' thing is a fallacy.  OK he has n't got the body strength of some but he gets a fair amount of free kicks as he is outmuscled and is a fighter , he does n't back down .

He plays the ball quickly and has good awareness, now he's scoring a few as well , he more than merits to be a starter.

He also loses a fair bit of the ball because he is outmuscled as you say,as for a starter I agree,play people on form. Nice problem for us to have 

[BS3rich]

7 minutes ago, The Gasbuster said:

Sounds like he is thriving under LJ's tenure. Should have got more than one today, by the sound of it.

Still the doubt over his strength, for me, though.

I thought he was still quite decent under Cotts, when Freeman was out for 3 games last season  he shined & im sure he got MOTM on 2 of those games . Do prefer him further up the pitch. But he's quick at finding the killer pass, finding gaps and shooting! 

[havanatopia]

Concentration and communication disappointed LJ between Flinty and O'Donnell

[Squire Dastardly]

This is a team that plays with guts and enthusiasm and believes it can win.

Mistakes are made particularly in newly formed defence formations and when under pressure a centre back sticks a leg out without any idea where the ball is going.

Sometimes a ball hits a post and goes in. Sometimes it hits a post and stays out.

You can dominate a game and still lose. You can play rubbish and still win.

A point away from home is always good to collect.

To all those who are complaining, I say get over it and show, as a supporter, the same amount of bottle that your team does.

[JasonM88]

That shouldn't go down as an OG, it was already on target.

[steviestevieneville]

38 minutes ago, JoeAman08 said:

I'll sound really negative but don't want to be too harsh at the same time. We had a great window and are playing good football. It's ok to expect to beat teams like Rotherham. I think we are as good as most teams in this division and yes we are still gelling but the level of dominance today should have gotten us more. It doesn't always have to be happy about everything. I'm glad we got something and they done well to get a point being two down but we need to put teams like this away early and go for the jugular. A point with SW away and Derby at home in the next week isn't the best as its going to be much harder to get points from. So 3 points was needed today. Im sure the errors will be corrected. So I'm happy for the point but I think we needed 3 and I expected it. 

I wasn't there but think Flint is feeling pressure with Ekstrand now pushing him more than anyone else would've the past 3 years? I don't know if he played well or recovered from the early mistake so genially asking. 

Also I'd seriously consider fining and suspending Tomlin for this dissent rubbish. Maybe it's frustrations that it isn't going as well for him now? Tbf, he was a star for a mid table team last year. Is it unfair to expect the same in a team with quite a bit more fire power now? Kodjia is gone but I still fancy us to score more this year

You shouldn't expect to win any football match in any league . 

[Esmond Million's Bung]

8 minutes ago, Squire Dastardly said:

This is a team that plays with guts and enthusiasm and believes it can win.

Mistakes are made particularly in newly formed defence formations and when under pressure a centre back sticks a leg out without any idea where the ball is going.

Sometimes a ball hits a post and goes in. Sometimes it hits a post and stays out.

You can dominate a game and still lose. You can play rubbish and still win.

A point away from home is always good to collect.

To all those who are complaining, I say get over it and show, as a supporter, the same amount of bottle that your team does.

I don't see that to be honest, just some honest critique, which is what a forum is all about.

 

[RaspberryRed]

46 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

You making me blush . 

 

Thank you .

Away with you! You liked my post you crazy egotist 

[Bristol Rob]

Dominated possession away from home, scored 2 and could have scored more and only conceded because of two very unfortunate errors by one of most solid performers.

Nothing to see here.

Would rather Flint made two errors in one game that two errors in two games.

[Major Isewater]

3 minutes ago, RaspberryRed said:

Away with you! You liked my post you crazy egotist 

I ' liked ' it by accident , I was a bit flustered...

It was still kind of you to say what so many were thinking . 

[Squire Dastardly]

3 minutes ago, Esmond Million's Bung said:

I don't see that to be honest, just some honest critique, which is what a forum is all about.

 

Honest criticism is good and can often be constructive. It's the moaning when things go against us. The attitude of "It's not fair" and the ref is bent, etc. etc. Too many people play the blame game too often. It's a good thing that the team don't have the same attitude and carry on battling.

 

[Lanterne Rouge]

Not been mentioned but Tomlin`s drag back inside the box prior to our first goal was sublime. Took two defenders out of the game with one touch.

[JoeAman08]

22 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said:

You shouldn't expect to win any football match in any league . 

I don't see why not. We are the stronger team. I expect to win. I wouldn't expect the same Tuesday night or next Saturday. I don't see why we shouldn't expect to win some games. We are a strong team. 

[steviestevieneville]

38 minutes ago, havanatopia said:

 

Don't know why this is on this reply

anyway. Nobody should expect to win any football match joe , its football anything can happen as we seen today . Its that attitude that creates complacency . We cannot get carried away , we had a great transfer window but we were playing catch up and we are probably a mid table side at the moment. 

Edited September 10, 2016 by steviestevieneville

[Jerseybean]

I for one would have settled for a point at 3 pm today and certainly would have done so with 20 minutes to go! In the end we could have come away with all three points.

This performance/result shows us:

the character and belief we have in the squad 

that our manager continues to impress, be bold and make critical substitutions

the questionable mentality of Tomlin (fourth yellow card today)

the difference between this and last season

our worrying ratio of converting possession/attempts into goals 

the never-ending emotional roller-coaster that us City fans experience!

[Lanterne Rouge]

7 minutes ago, Jerseybean said:

I for one would have settled for a point at 3 pm today and certainly would have done so with 20 minutes to go! In the end we could have come away with all three points.

This performance/result shows us:

the character and belief we have in the squad 

that our manager continues to impress, be bold and make critical substitutions

the questionable mentality of Tomlin (fourth yellow card today)

the difference between this and last season

our worrying ratio of converting possession/attempts into goals 

the never-ending emotional roller-coaster that us City fans experience!

Would it be wrong to `hope` he gets booked v Derby so the game he would miss would be Fulham in the cup?

[JamesBCFC]

1 minute ago, cynic said:

Watching Derby at the moment and I'm not sure if its Newcastle being so much better or not, but Derby look distinctly average at the moment. Sheffield aren't firing on all cylinders either.

Four points would be good.

4 points against Derby and Wednesday would be tremendous given we didn't look like winning in the respective games last year (perhaps a tad harsh on the derby home game)