Bristol City v Stoke City Match Day 15

[054123]

Joe Allen has been lively, but Stoke are poor. 

If we lose this people will say6 points was a good return from the last 3 games and I wouldn’t disagree.

But taking each match in its own merits it would be disappointing to lose to a team this poor.

[EstoniaTallinnRed]

2 minutes ago, old_eastender said:

Fammy hits bar again, and Pack with pathetic header does not net the rebound.

Cleared off the line according to RB.

Edited October 27, 2018 by EstoniaTallinnRed

[Dan Robin]

Unlucky in the last chances...

[old_eastender]

1 minute ago, EstoniaTallinnRed said:

Cleared of the line according to RB.

Yes, but he should have buried it. Now he has given them a dangerous FK on edge of our box.

[joe jordans teeth]

7 minutes ago, petehinton said:

Totally different side now. Why has it taken  us this long to look like we want to win the game  

The manager is the simple and correct answer 

[EstoniaTallinnRed]

1 minute ago, old_eastender said:

Yes, but he should have buried it. Now he has given them a dangerous FK on edge of our box.

Came to nothing!

[Boston Red]

35 minutes ago, Dreamkiller said:

Oh I can. I won't bore you with the details now, but I gave a full explanation when I first joined this forum, so feel free to check out my previous posts.

 

Any chance you could elaborate briefly, Dk? Genuinely interested.

PS At least one of us is going to be happy tonight. 

[Super]

Keeping up yo date only on bet365 which isnt great but seems we are all over them?

[old_eastender]

Just now, Super said:

Keeping up yo date only on bet365 which isnt great but seems we are all over them?

We are at the moment, even Pato has started to play ok

[cityexile]

1 minute ago, Super said:

Keeping up yo date only on bet365 which isnt great but seems we are all over them?

Second half been much better, and deserve overall to be level really. One of those days.

[Bar BS3]

6 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said:

The manager is the simple and correct answer 

Does that also apply to the fact that we are only 3 points off the play offs..? Does the manager get credit for that..?

[cidercity1987]

Stoke lucky bastards

[old_eastender]

fantastic save from Butland denies Elliason

Pack sticks a header over the bar from 6 yards out, that's two great chances he has wasted.

[Dan Robin]

Butland is blocking everything....

[Up The City!]

Had it not been for Butland we could have scored 5 or 6. He has been the difference.

[joe jordans teeth]

1 minute ago, Bar BS3 said:

Does that also apply to the fact that we are only 3 points off the play offs..? Does the manager get credit for that..?

Let me spin that question on its head and if the manager could pick the players he bought and get it right from the start then we could be in the play offs or does he still not know his best starting 11

[old_eastender]

1 minute ago, Up The City! said:

Had it not been for Butland we could have scored 5 or 6. He has been the difference.

somewhat of an exaggeration, but 2 saves have been first class.

[petehinton]

2 minutes ago, Up The City! said:

Had it not been for Butland we could have scored 5 or 6. He has been the difference.

No chance. Made two great saves but had nothing to do otherwise. 

We can’t expect to win games if we only decide to start trying after 65 mins. 

[Dreamkiller]

1 minute ago, Boston Red said:

Any chance you could elaborate briefly, Dk? Genuinely interested.

PS At least one of us is going to be happy tonight. 

It's really difficult to explain 'briefly'. I could probably write a book about the man and his 'football style'. Basically though the matches (in general) were deadly dull to an extreme.

He was always happy with a 0-0 and if we sneaked a goal, so be it. There are plenty of managers who adopt a safety first policy, but again, Pulis just took it to an extreme. 

We once went on a run of 21 consecutive league games where the result was either 0-0, 0-1 or 1-0. It was excrutiating. 

There's loads more I could say with examples to back up the craziness behind the negativity, but I honestly don't want to bore people or end up repeating what I've said previously. 

Let's just say I'd rather be in the Championship with just about any other manager than be existing in the Premier League with him back in charge.

Hope that give a bit of an insight. Sorry it's not a lot.

[old_eastender]

Really good save Max, to keep it at 0-1, but we are just about out of time now.

[BS3_RED]

and before everyone moans about Stoke's time wasting.......we would do exactly the same thing.

[Super]

Oh well sounded much better second half unlucky not to get something?

Edited October 27, 2018 by Super

[1891 B.C. Sweden]

****

[Bar BS3]

4 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said:

Let me spin that question on its head and if the manager could pick the players he bought and get it right from the start then we could be in the play offs or does he still not know his best starting 11

Certainly has room for improvement, but I don’t think it’s fsir to blame everything negative on him and then fail to praise what’s positive. 

[KeepUpLino]

Absolute rubbish!!! 

[cityexile]

On the second half unlucky not to get something from that, but equally can say over the previous two games lucky to get six, so one of those.

An emerging trend is how poor we are first half of our games, and how it is the subs that shake it up. Our goal scoring has got very binary, although Fammy maybe unlucky overall.

[Dan Robin]

1 minute ago, Super said:

Oh well sounded much better second half unlucky no to get something?

Yes. Undeserved loss.

[Bar BS3]

1 minute ago, KeepUpLino said:

Absolute rubbish!!! 

Everyone else seems to think the second half was much better..? 

[Super]

1 minute ago, KeepUpLino said:

Absolute rubbish!!! 

Really?

[finbarr_in_z]

7 minutes ago, Up The City! said:

Had it not been for Butland we could have scored 5 or 6. He has been the difference.

Just seen some of the action. I think you're right. That save near the end was unbelievable - world class possibly.