The Official Sheffield Wednesday v Bristol City Match Thread (Merged)

[Kingswoodactor]

4 minutes ago, Atlanta_Red said:

Sounds like they earned it.  More possession, more shots, more corners.

 

They had more attacking players on the pitch 2nd half. Sounds like Johnson tried to shut up shop when it went 10 vs 10, which is madness considering we're possibly the worst team in Europe at defending a lead by sitting back. 

He needed to put Wednesday on the back foot by introducing Paterson, or just should have kept Tomlin on.  

We tactically shifted as though they still had 11 which was weird from Johnson. 

[Arkateee]

Naturally disappointed, but not in no way down hearted. It wasn't to be tonight, but i truly believe we have got a decent enough squad to finish mid table this season, with that i would be delighted. Unlucky lads. 

[Robin1988]

3 minutes ago, nickolas said:

Tomlin scores the pen its game over. End of. Shocking goals but would never had happened if a man on £30k a week could score from just 12 yards. 

O'Neil is as culpable, if not moreso.

But rationally, it happens on both counts.

[Acton Red]

Fielding and Ekstrand regulars by the end of the year?

[redapple]

I'm seething , ROD needs a rocket up his Arse and Tomlin needs .... Oh well calm down , get over it , that's sport . Disappointment will fade eventually , and hopefully we'll learn from it and go on a great run . 

[Curr Avon]

City are still a work in progress. Great going forward, but prone to bad individual errors.

Its still very early in the season and I back us to tighten up in defence.

A painful lesson learned is the positive way to spin it. 

Edited September 13, 2016 by Curr Avon

[RedEyez]

3 minutes ago, Frenchay Red said:

Without Abraham we'd be worse than we were under Cotts.

Wow

[LondonBristolian]

1 minute ago, Red Right Hand said:

He pulled up on the edge of the box, let`s hope it`s nothing serious

I didn't realise that - only seen that brief clip.  Completely agree - he's a player we could really do with, especially with O'Neill out the picture for a game.

[DavidNoble]

Yeah so so frustrating. But there are positives. Changes will be made. Let's not get on their back too much. We have a young squad and a player like Tomlin relies on confidence and fan belief, if we all start laying into him it'll be a huge waste of talent.

[Major Isewater]

1 minute ago, Red Army 87 said:

People wonder why football is as popular as it is, it's games like this, incredible.

 

Imagine how the Wendies are feeling tonight and then know that this could be us on Saturday.

[Slack Bladder]

6 minutes ago, Manon said:

I will apologise up front for the sarcasm, but... Really? Ya think? 

I will even go as far as saying it was a game of 2 halves.

Edited September 13, 2016 by Slack Bladder

[Manon]

8 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said:

What is Flint doing there

Think it's known as 'having a mare'..

[Numero Uno]

4 minutes ago, Frenchay Red said:

Without Abraham we'd be worse than we were under Cotts.

Behave yourself. Belter alert.

[Tall King Blox]

Oh my god ! we lost a game, chill people ffs

[Garland-sweden]

Usch dont like. Bring on Derby.

[TV Tom]

Shocking defending by Flint and that was their centre half who left him for dead, this game shows we still have lots to learn at this level, our defensive displays have been shocking in the last two games but we are on a steep learning curve and are miles ahead of where we were last season, move on

[Super]

5 minutes ago, Frenchay Red said:

Without Abraham we'd be worse than we were under Cotts.

Can't agree with that.

[formerly known as ivan]

1 minute ago, Curr Avon said:

City are still a work in progress. Great going forward, but prone to bad individual errors.

Its still very early in the season and I back us to tighten up in defence.

A painful lesson learned is the positive way to spin it. 

A painful lesson learned?

Pretty sure we don't learn anything give that we make the same mistakes over and over again...

[Red-Robbo]

Let's get this strait everyone.  One player doesn't lose a game in this manner. Even two don't. 

[054123]

Some mates up there said there were lots of positives, we just need a decent transfer window in January and I think we will be ready to push on. 

[havanatopia]

This Match Day Thread is officially by far the longest... the previous most was Wed v City last season at around 725 posts. 

Remarkable an evening kick off and a loss has received so many contributions.. I am trying to find positives!

[LondonBristolian]

On the upside, we're 2 points off the play-offs and 5 points clear of the bottom 3.  I'd have taken that after seven games for sure.  Let's not let a good platform fall apart based on one result. 

[joe jordans teeth]

What I will say is without reading all posts on this thread is it seems you can't criticise players without being called all sorts,think a lot should grow up. When players deserve praise then give it to them when they don't then allow people to say it as it is

[Redandy]

2 minutes ago, Curr Avon said:

City are still a work in progress. Great going forward, but prone to bad individual errors.

its still very early in the season and I back us to tighten up in defence.

A painful lesson learned is the positive way to spin it. 

 

2 minutes ago, DavidNoble said:

Yeah so so frustrating. But there are positives. Changes will be made. Let's not get on their back too much. We have a young squad and a player like Tomlin relies on confidence and fan belief, if we all start laying into him it'll be a huge waste of talent.

And we rely on our top signing to be able to score a penalty.

[RedM]

Our two most experienced players got us into trouble. Let's see how their experience can help turn this around. 

[Numero Uno]

O'Donnell's rubbish, Flint's rubbish, Tomlin's a joke, Little is a pub team player.....how did we only manage to lose 3-2?

[RaspberryRed]

9 minutes ago, Red Right Hand said:

Looked like Korey pulled up on the edge of the box just before going out of shot. Please not another injury.

Looking at it I think he dropped to his knees as he watched Flint's defending rather than pulling up. Let's hope so as we really NEED hin for Sat 

[Esmond Million's Bung]

1 minute ago, Red-Robbo said:

Let's get this strait everyone.  One player doesn't lose a game in this manner. Even two don't. 

I agree but having made a bad mistake for the equaliser, 30 seconds left ROD kicks the ball from hands I believe directly into touch, in commentary it was said LJ was apoplectic over what he did.

 

[exAtyeoMax]

Out of interest, when is Matthews coming back?

[LondonBristolian]

1 minute ago, Red-Robbo said:

Let's get this strait everyone.  One player doesn't lose a game in this manner. Even two don't. 

Indeed.  I don't want to get into finger-pointing and I'm not having a go but I think and hope LJ will have learned something after tonight.  From what I've heard (admittedly I wasn't at the game so this may be nonsense) it seems we reacted to going down to 10 men against 10 men by acting like 10 men against 11 and trying to defend what we had for all it was worth.  Ultimately it didn't work and let them back into the game.  As someone said earlier in the thread, sitting back doesn't really work to our strengths.