The Official Bristol City v Preston North End Match Day Thread

[eardun]

3 minutes ago, Port Pete said:

Regardless, still playing a player out of position. Square pegs round holes again. 

Where do you want Tomlin to play then? In goal? :-)

[EstoniaTallinnRed]

2 minutes ago, tezOfCity said:

What frequency is this on the radio, having trouble finding it, in central bristol

It might be on DAB

[brizzlelou]

I always guess the score wrong and it pans out the opposite of what I say. So, with that in mind, city 1 - Preston 2

[The Nest Egg]

O'Dowda on the left, Tomlin centre, Freeman right.

Reid next to GON in the centre of the park.

That's the easy bit.

Now, the difficult bit- to inexplicably travel to Bristol at the speed of light, replace LJ by becoming a clone of him (Canada Goose jacket and all) and leave the real one trapped on the West Stand roof actually watching his team do well.

Edited December 17, 2016 by Newquay-Red

[bristolcitysweden]

COYR!!

[Garland-sweden]

Come on City! Lets score. We are never giving up, COYR!

[EstoniaTallinnRed]

Cleared off the line again, this time by Tammy.

[Engvall's Splinter]

6 minutes ago, eardun said:

Where do you want Tomlin to play then? In goal? :-)

I'm talking about Reid, if he's playing on the left. 

Tomlin by the way is a No 10 for me. 

Neither Reid or Tomlin should be on the left. 

[Sparkz 76]

Hi people

Not been on the forum for a while.

im completely fed up with Johnson playing players out of position and expecting them to be comfortable playing there.

We need quality players playing in there best positions . Unfortunately Lee does not know his best formation or team.

I think he will turn it around but key personnel is required.

 

cmon city turn this around

 

 

[stawey]

perhaps a pay on results may get a few wins

[stevep38]

Here  starts the time wasting 

[bristolcitysweden]

English players starting to behave like Italians rolling around on the ground will mean less money to English football. People will change chanel skipping the adverts

Edited December 17, 2016 by bristolcitysweden

[Atlanta_Red]

Just so sick of hearing "shot just wide".  Sick of it.

[Ayteomike2]

Preston trying to kill the game 

[Bar BS3]

8 minutes ago, Sparkz 76 said:

Hi people

Not been on the forum for a while.

im completely fed up with Johnson playing players out of position and expecting them to be comfortable playing there.

We need quality players playing in there best positions . Unfortunately Lee does not know his best formation or team.

I think he will turn it around but key personnel is required.

 

cmon city turn this around

 

 

Which players are playing completely out of position..?

[Benni]

4 minutes ago, bristolcitysweden said:

English players starting to behave like Italians rolling around on the ground will mean less money to English football. People will change chanel skipping the adverts

English players have always been rolling around on the ground, just like everyone else. It's stupid and immature to single out Italians. Surely you can do better than this?

[Ayteomike2]

2 minutes ago, Atlanta_Red said:

Just so sick of hearing "shot just wide".  Sick of it.

Tuesday nigh all over again 

[Major Isewater]

Dear God , I know it's soon your birthday but could you just spare a thought for us veeery long suffering City fans and give us a win .

[old_eastender]

Come on LJ, let's have Wilbs or Engval on... we need to change things...

 

[Sparkz 76]

4 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

Which players are playing completely out of position..?

Bryan and tomlin

[joe jordans teeth]

6 minutes ago, bristolcitysweden said:

English players starting to behave like Italians rolling around on the ground will mean less money to English football. People will change chanel skipping the adverts

Take it you haven't watched Spanish football lately,they are the kings at it

[brizzlelou]

So frustrating! 

[finbarr_in_z]

As it stands 15th

League Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Newcastle United2-1	22	16	1	5	45	17	+28	49
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	13	6	2	33	13	+20	45
3	Huddersfield Town	22	12	3	7	26	26	0	39
4	Reading1-1	22	11	5	6	28	28	0	38
5	Derby County1-1	22	10	6	6	22	14	+8	36
6	Leeds United0-0	22	11	3	8	25	22	+3	36
7	Sheffield Wednesday0-0	22	10	5	7	25	23	+2	35
8	Birmingham City	21	9	7	5	26	27	-1	34
9	Fulham1-1	22	8	9	5	37	27	+10	33
10	Norwich City	22	10	3	9	37	34	+3	33
11	Preston North End1-0	22	9	5	8	29	26	+3	32
12	Barnsley3-1	22	9	4	9	37	33	+4	31
13	Brentford0-0	22	8	5	9	27	27	0	29
14	Aston Villa	21	6	10	5	22	21	+1	28
15	Bristol City0-1	22	8	3	11	27	26	+1	27
16	Nottingham Forest0-1	22	7	5	10	35	38	-3	26
17	Ipswich Town1-1	22	6	8	8	20	23	-3	26
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers1-0	22	6	7	9	27	30	-3	25
19	Queens Park Rangers	21	6	5	10	20	30	-10	23
20	Cardiff City1-3	22	6	5	11	22	35	-13	23
21	Burton Albion1-2	22	5	7	10	23	30	-7	22
22	Blackburn Rovers1-1	22	5	6	11	26	35	-9	21
23	Wigan Athletic1-1	22	4	7	11	17	25	-8	19
24	Rotherham United0-0	22	2	5	15	21	47	-26	11

See the full Sky Bet Championship table

[Benni]

3 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said:

Take it you haven't watched Spanish football lately,they are the kings at it

Or English players in the Championship, they are kings at it too

[bristolcitysweden]

6 minutes ago, Benni said:

English players have always been rolling around on the ground, just like everyone else. It's stupid and immature to single out Italians. Surely you can do better than this?

The strength of the English game has always been fair play. Til the foreigners came for money

Edited December 17, 2016 by bristolcitysweden

[Redandy]

24 minutes ago, Flagon said:

Yes I agree. There is only so much he can do. It's a mindset thing, we lack so much focus at the moment in critical areas. The only thing he can do is keep faith with certain players for so long and make it clear in January where his thoughts lie. It's a shame, it feels very much like our own undoing but goes to show it will need a couple more transfer windows to try and get that consistent quality in.

I find it hard to understand how Johnson cannot take any blame for the current consistent fall towards the bottom of the table. Your post suggests that all we have to do is give him  2 more transfer windows and all will be fine. He is showing an inability to sort the problems we have had all season. The thought of him signing more like Paterson and Brownhill or players like Engvall to sit on the bench for half a season frankly is a major concern. 

 

[joe jordans teeth]

2 minutes ago, Benni said:

Or English players in the Championship, they are kings at it too

They are amateurs

[Bar BS3]

3 minutes ago, Sparkz 76 said:

Bryan and tomlin

Joe has always played LB or LWB, occasionally LM or CM, so hardly out of position. 

Tomlin plays either in the hole or off to the left (where he was fantastic last season, mainly)

So I'm not sure how either are being asked to play out of position..? 

[Benni]

2 minutes ago, bristolcitysweden said:

The strength of the Englsih game has always been fair play

I cannot remember which Man City or Man United player in the 70's said in an interview that English footballers at that time loved conning the ref by falling without anyone touching them and rolling around trying to influence the ref. This is done in football everywhere, and English players are definitely not better than anyone else.

[Bar BS3]

5 minutes ago, finbarr_in_z said:

As it stands 15th

League Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Newcastle United2-1	22	16	1	5	45	17	+28	49
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	13	6	2	33	13	+20	45
3	Huddersfield Town	22	12	3	7	26	26	0	39
4	Reading1-1	22	11	5	6	28	28	0	38
5	Derby County1-1	22	10	6	6	22	14	+8	36
6	Leeds United0-0	22	11	3	8	25	22	+3	36
7	Sheffield Wednesday0-0	22	10	5	7	25	23	+2	35
8	Birmingham City	21	9	7	5	26	27	-1	34
9	Fulham1-1	22	8	9	5	37	27	+10	33
10	Norwich City	22	10	3	9	37	34	+3	33
11	Preston North End1-0	22	9	5	8	29	26	+3	32
12	Barnsley3-1	22	9	4	9	37	33	+4	31
13	Brentford0-0	22	8	5	9	27	27	0	29
14	Aston Villa	21	6	10	5	22	21	+1	28
15	Bristol City0-1	22	8	3	11	27	26	+1	27
16	Nottingham Forest0-1	22	7	5	10	35	38	-3	26
17	Ipswich Town1-1	22	6	8	8	20	23	-3	26
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers1-0	22	6	7	9	27	30	-3	25
19	Queens Park Rangers	21	6	5	10	20	30	-10	23
20	Cardiff City1-3	22	6	5	11	22	35	-13	23
21	Burton Albion1-2	22	5	7	10	23	30	-7	22
22	Blackburn Rovers1-1	22	5	6	11	26	35	-9	21
23	Wigan Athletic1-1	22	4	7	11	17	25	-8	19
24	Rotherham United0-0	22	2	5	15	21	47	-26	11

See the full Sky Bet Championship table

We were 15th before today, so I'd take that if we lose!