The Official Bristol City v Nottingham Forest Match Day Thread

[bristolcitysweden]

COYR!! 

[The hand of RO'D]

COYR

[old_eastender]

3 mins extra - need some changes at HT.

[City_USA]

COYR!!!

 

[EstoniaTallinnRed]

1 minute ago, old_eastender said:

3 mins extra - need some changes at HT.

Too true!

[old_eastender]

HT, Forest nearly scored a second... very very poor

[bristolcitysweden]

Ht

[EmersonsRed]

For the first time this season I had a bad feeling about today, let's hope we turn it around.

[ChippenhamRed]

7 minutes ago, Kim_il_sung said:

Whats with the use of the third conditional? Is the game over?

Indeed. Never understood why some are so keen to judge the game as soon as the first goal goes in. It's as if as soon as one team takes the lead, minds are made up about the result and the inquest into team selection, tactics and formation can begin. Wait for full time - especially this season! Johnson's ability to change a game has been exceptional since he's been here.

[Fordy62]

From what I've seen Tomlin is a big miss. Tammy looking isolated. Forest have had the better of the pretty mundane half. 

Expect to see O'Neil & Freeman second half, Wilbs when desperation kicks in. 

[The Fat Controller]

1 minute ago, Fordy62 said:

From what I've seen Tomlin is a big miss. Tammy looking isolated. Forest have had the better of the pretty mundane half. 

Expect to see O'Neil & Freeman second half, Wilbs when desperation kicks in. 

I'd agree with that. It's all been very close together. Forest seem to be pressing us well and our movement isn't good enough to get out of these situations. 

Reid looks out of sorts to me and Brownhill seems to be lacking some positional discipline so I wouldn't be surprised to see one or both off if things don't change soon. 

[Johnr1986]

O'dowda very average! 

Moore not a right back 

goldborne and brownhill having poor games! 

Mathews and O'Neil should be brought on asap so frustrating as forest look average at best 

[JoeAman08]

Missing Tomlin. You don't realise his impact until he's not out there. Always 2-3 defenders near him which he can still beat. No Tomlin meaning no open spaces for anyone else because everyone is being marked. Real young team so it's no surprise we are down but they should still be playing better. Been a really poor first half both ways. I expect a totally different second half just like Wigan and Villa. 

[mozo]

1-0 down at half time. Well we've been here before this season haven't we. 

Forest look poor so no reason we can't turn this around. 

Johnson decided today that speed and skill would win this for us today and to be fair we've given Forest pleanty of trouble with one touch stuff.

Forest got a grip after 25 mins of one way traffic and got the goal courtesy of Taylor Moore's defending. 

Don't get sensitive about me criticising Moore. He's only a kid so huge potential and to be fair his caracter appears tough.

But he has looked out of his comfort zone at times, particularly going forward. Overlapping he has been struggling on the ball.

Tammy looks pumped up for this but we haven't really created any chances for him. Tame header form Bobby the only chance on goal I think. Good crosses from O'Dowda and Paterson weren't met and other than that we just haven't converted in final third. 

We're clearly the better team though, so we should break Forest down eventually.

Edited October 1, 2016 by mozo
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[Kingswoodactor]

Not starting Joe Bryan (possibly one of our best 3 players this season) was a mistake for me.

Also, O'Dowda seems to be a better impact sub for the last 15-20 mins. 

Expecting a couple of changes at half time. 

[Super]

Really poor half hopefully see freeman and Bryan on straight away.

[Up The City!]

Can't believe we are losing this. They are the worst team we've played this season. Should have had a penalty. Forest are there for the taking. We just haven't had the execution. Missing Tomlin. Reid is either going to score or be sent off.

[Londoner]

Mistake by Moore for the goal got completely caught out and hasn't looked very good.

Creating little and being outmuscled IMO.

[Charliesboots]

The ball has spent more time in the air than on the ground, playing right into Forest's advantage. 

Some pretty headless midfield play has contributed to a pretty poor half. 

Someone needs to get a grip of the play, get it on the deck and play football or were in danger of a  conceding a few more (and that's from not a great opposition)

[BCFC Rich]

We're going to score to go level, go 2-1 up they'll peg us back to 2-2 and we'll win it 3-2 in 84 min or so. (thats my prediction.

 

[cityexile]

Was surprised given the forced changes we had to make that we made more than we had to. On a learning curve I suppose.

[Robin101]

I'm confident we can get something here. Would be a shame to lose this after 2 fantastic wins when it seems entirely winnable 

[Cap flinger]

Brownhill totally lost!

[Andy082005]

2 minutes ago, cityexile said:

Was surprised given the forced changes we had to make that we made more than we had to. On a learning curve I suppose.

Just said the same. Dont get why we have made so many changes?  We look lost in the middle

[AshtonGreat]

24 minutes ago, petehinton said:

Not sure why an in form Bryan and Freeman weren't started today. Rotation is good but never change a winning side where you can. 

Sounds like a game that neither side can take a hold in which isn't a good sign at 1-0 down

 

2 minutes ago, Andy082005 said:

Just said the same. Dont get why we have made so many changes?  We look lost in the middle

We'll have to start calling LJ the Tinkerman

[EstoniaTallinnRed]

Wilbs and GON coming on for Moore and Pack.

[cityexile]

1 minute ago, EstoniaTallinnRed said:

Wilbs and GON coming on for Moore and Pack.

Got to be honest, that sounds a bit random. Hopefully a stroke of genius?

[Midred]

Who's going to right back then?

 

 

[CotswoldRed]

Pack off? Him and GON sounded like the cure to our problems. 

[Br1stolCityBoy]

7 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

From what I've seen Tomlin is a big miss. Tammy looking isolated. Forest have had the better of the pretty mundane half. 

Expect to see O'Neil & Freeman second half, Wilbs when desperation kicks in. 

I agree with this. But as I said after the Leeds game. Why didn't LJ tell Tomlin to get his self booked the game before the Fulham cup game, (I think it was the Derby game). He then would have missed the cup game against Fulham, which he didn't play in any way and would have been playing today. Small mistakes like that in my mind can make all the difference.