The Official Reading v Bristol City Match Day Thread

[joe jordans teeth]

5 minutes ago, Roger Red Hat said:

If memory serves, LJ had a good start at Oldham, then went on a poor run dropping down the table, the same at Barnsley, before sorting it out. Looks like a similar situation here.

Very true their chairman stuck by him then he stuck two fingers up to him and went to a bigger club,Johnson for Man Utd this time next year I guess 

[Esmond Million's Bung]

6 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said:

It sounds like we were good enough for a point, but again very unfortunate.

That said, how many feckin games do we have to start with just Tammy up front before LJ realises he is isolated and marked out the game. Two strikers give the defence a lot more to think about and opportunities open up all over the place.

His stubborn sticking to the same, failing tactic is making me think of Cotterill.

Absolutely, unfortunately there are no points for unfortunate, the most important stats in a football match do not lie, 5 goals in the last 8 league games and 4 points out of a possible 24.

 

[WhistleHappy]

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Edited November 26, 2016 by WhistleHappy

[finbarr_in_z]

3 minutes ago, billywedlock said:

 Looks to me like LJ needs a rethink about his game plan. 

One of the few managers we've had in the last 30 years who's prepared to do that?

[brizzlelou]

3 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said:

Very true their chairman stuck by him then he stuck two fingers up to him and went to a bigger club,Johnson for Man Utd this time next year I guess 

But that'll mean that we go on to get promoted and win a cup!!! NO, NO, NO!!! That's not good enough!

[oldstandrobin]

5 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

Again ,fine margins , not hammered by a top side full of internationals .

Why ,oh why ,oh why do we always have to play the ref as well  ?

I spoke of Barnsley's woes last night and we suffer just like them . Do we ever get décisions in our favour ?

I feel that we at City are and always have been , apart from our First Division team of the Seventies,  a ' soft touch ' . we need a bit of ' steel ' and someone streetwise who could take the kids and shake them up .

We just don't seem to believe enough at the moment and are in a tailspin .

Major, did Norman Hunter have a grandson  Could be the answer

[Nogbad the Bad]

3 minutes ago, Fiale said:

 

 

We are getting plenty of chances, playing 2 up front is going to change nothing - we just need the players to convert the damned chances, or if they are unable to bring in some more clinical players.

If we had 2 strikers perhaps more of those chances would fall to a professional chance taker rather than a midfield player given licence to get forward?

[joe jordans teeth]

6 minutes ago, brizzlelou said:

But that'll mean that we go on to get promoted and win a cup!!! NO, NO, NO!!! That's not good enough!

So we have to stick by him to get promoted and win a cup,IM IN

Edited November 26, 2016 by joe jordans teeth

[Esmond Million's Bung]

5 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

Again ,fine margins , not hammered by a top side full of internationals .

Why ,oh why ,oh why do we always have to play the ref as well  ?

I spoke of Barnsley's woes last night and we suffer just like them . Do we ever get décisions in our favour ?

I feel that we at City are and always have been , apart from our First Division team of the Seventies,  a ' soft touch ' . we need a bit of ' steel ' and someone streetwise who could take the kids and shake them up .

We just don't seem to believe enough at the moment and are in a tailspin .

No points for that Major, goals for and points taken in the past 8 games are the most important facts.

I seem to remember a certain ex BCFC manager being roundly harrumphed for criticising referees.

[EstoniaTallinnRed]

5 minutes ago, oldstandrobin said:

Major, did Norman Hunter have a grandson  Could be the answer

If any player played like our Norman now,  he would be sent off every game. Edit that, every time he played.

Edited November 26, 2016 by EstoniaTallinnRed
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[Slack Bladder]

6 minutes ago, Fiale said:

 

 

We are getting plenty of chances, playing 2 up front is going to change nothing - we just need the players to convert the damned chances, or if they are unable to bring in some more clinical players.

Playing 2 up front does make a difference because we score most of our goals in the 2nd half when we are chasing a game. How many do we score in the 1st half with just one up front.

[Fiale]

4 minutes ago, Nogbad the Bad said:

If we had 2 strikers perhaps more of those chances would fall to a professional chance taker rather than a midfield player given licence to get forward?

 

Ok I'll bite - who's that 2nd striker than can convert these chances ?

[oldstandrobin]

2 minutes ago, EstoniaTallinnRed said:

If any player played like our Norman now,  he would be sent off every game.

aye thats true, is a girls game now 

[WhistleHappy]

25 minutes ago, EstoniaTallinnRed said:

14 minutes ago, EstoniaTallinnRed said:

B""""""""Ger the Rainbow Socks Day

What is this Ref doing, I said he was a homer!

 

13 minutes ago, WhistleHappy said:

....you shouldn't  be saying things like that

 

 

(not on RAINBOW SOCKS DAY!  )

 

 

 

5 minutes ago, WhistleHappy said:

OMG.... there you go again, you gotta choose your words carefully ...

(specially on Rainbow socks day!)

 

[Esmond Million's Bung]

2 minutes ago, Fiale said:

 

Ok I'll bite - who's that 2nd striker than can convert these chances ?

and that is the problem, whose fault is it that we don't have a 2nd striker?, it was a bad decision.

[Major Isewater]

5 minutes ago, Fiale said:

 

 

We are getting plenty of chances, playing 2 up front is going to change nothing - we just need the players to convert the damned chances, or if they are unable to bring in some more clinical players.

Playing one up does mean that we are n't getting cut open so easily ,like we were last year . We are staying in matches much longer and with  decent ref's and a bit of luck we could have had perhaps 10 points more and be breathing down the Pie's neck .

I loved it when we played two wingers and two upfront but where did it get us ? 

[RedM]

The talk here is never a pen and we played Reading and the Ref. We had pretty much all the 2nd half but as ever too little to late.Reading knew all the tricks, time wasting etc. 

[Major Isewater]

5 minutes ago, RedM said:

The talk here is never a pen and we played Reading and the Ref. We had pretty much all the 2nd half but as ever too little to late.Reading knew all the tricks, time wasting etc. 

All stuff I knew sat  in front of my PC at Isewater Acres. Well done to all of you made the trip .

[joe jordans teeth]

6 minutes ago, RedM said:

The talk here is never a pen and we played Reading and the Ref. We had pretty much all the 2nd half but as ever too little to late.Reading knew all the tricks, time wasting etc. 

It's 3 defeats in a row against teams in the top 6,it's a absolute disaster 

[Ivorguy]

If Engvall can't cut the custard how about playing Flint up front and using Moore in defence

Bold decisions are now needed

Play same team and same result will come out at the end

There are of course other options Mc Clouskey, Garita, Smith, De Girolamo

Doing nothing now is not an option.

[EstoniaTallinnRed]

4 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

Playing one up does mean that we are n't getting cut open so easily ,like we were last year . We are staying in matches much longer and with  decent ref's and a bit of luck we could have had perhaps 10 points more and be breathing down the Pie's neck .

I loved it when we played two wingers and two upfront but where did it get us ? 

Not getting cut open so easily, 2 down in 20 minutes and then having to chase the game again, I think that is getting cut open very easily.  It's not every now and then it almost every game recently.  We need to start playing from the first minute and get in front so that the opponents are chasing the game and leaving their selves open.

[Midlands Robin]

35 sleeps until the transfer window opens.

[Jcolebristol]

It's the back that is actually the concern; I love Bryan and Flint but when watching today it sunk in that actually they just aren't good enough at this level. Plus Little is just too dodgy.

the goals conceded record speaks for itself.

I'd sort the back out before worrying about 2nd strikers and wingers.

Edited November 26, 2016 by Jcolebristol

[Ivorguy]

2 minutes ago, Midlands Robin said:

35 sleeps until the transfer window opens.

Did you mean defeats instead of sleep? Were you caught out by auto correct?!!

[Roger Red Hat]

4 minutes ago, Ivorguy said:

Play same team and same result will come out at the end

I believe that there are two teams on the pitch, therefore your suggestion is illogical.

[TheCulturalBomb]

2 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said:

It's 3 defeats in a row against teams in the top 6,it's a absolute disaster 

We were in the top 6. And add defeats against QPR and Cardiff.

[Ivorguy]

3 minutes ago, Roger Red Hat said:

I believe that there are two teams on the pitch, therefore your suggestion is illogical.

Sorry but I find your comment illogical

Why? Because we have played teams of different styles recently with same result.  Whatever the opposition we just aren't competing at present

[bristolcitysweden]

We just don't support Abraham anymore. We don't give him the opportunity to score ugly goals. Crosses from the shortline is what fed him. Something we have given up with zero wing play on pace. 

[Lew-T]

We've come up against a very good side today, have to remember that. Granted the recent results haven't been good enough but I think it's a little premature to be panicking just yet! 

I went to Birmingham last week and how we didn't win, I'll never know. The chances and performances are coming but we just haven't been clinical enough. 

Probably stating the obvious but you can't rely on a 18 year old lad and now it's showing. We'll be fine I think but LJ's first priority in January has to be a striker!

[cidercity1987]

I love Reid but bloody hell that chance he missed today is another one in his horror collection