Lanterne Rouge Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 Thankfully Birmingham didn`t win in the end. Three points for them today would have put them only one point behind us if they were to beat us on Tuesday and they`d possibly go above FLDC assuming they don`t win at MONNF on Monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnefcok Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 13 minutes ago, JonDolman said: Sorry but....YES!!!! Excellent news! Bloody annoyingly good player he is. I have said recently, I give Preston a chance of creeping into playoffs. Very impressive side you have there. Basically have to beat you next week to stay in the hunt, I reckon. Our record since October is solid top 6 form but unfortunately our shocking start has left us playing catch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banjo Island Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 Such a shame we couldnt nick a point but a great effort bring on brum lets get back on track still all to play for lots of twists and turns to come lets get the gate rocking tuesday nite and get back on track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston Red Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 Norwich looked a seriously good side. They win the ball off you easily, and when they pour forward they look like they could score from every attack. No surprise they have scored so many goals/hammered so many teams/had so many late comebacks. No disgrace losing to the odd goal in five up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketh2nd Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, brad blit said: Played well but beaten by better team over whole game. Very proud of the lads and the unbeaten/winning run! HOWEVER this was a game we could have easily won had LJ not made substitution/formation mistakes. Wright should have been swapped half time, The 3 subs made no sense or impact on the game, and moving COD to left wing back was baffling as he was our main attacking outlet. easily won? I too wanted BW to be brought off but I dont think this would of made it any easier for us! Norwich found a few extra gears 2nd half that we couldnt cope with. I think if we had a better strikers we could of drawn but that would of been no easy task. I do completely agree with Cod being our best attacking outlet and he was finding space between the norwich defence and midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottie Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 23 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: I think LJ got a yellow for dissent. Isn’t that his fourth of the season which means he has to spend the next match in the stand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 Really good performance today against comfortably the best side in the league. Play like that and we will be in the playoffs no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 31 minutes ago, Up The City! said: Johnson was given a yellow card after the game. Looked like he was complaining about the blatant penalty that wasn't given. I'm not too down about that. We have it a good go but Norwich just had that extra bit of quality that we lack. Yeh that was never a pen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 The Norwich fans sound relieved at the final whistle. https://forum.pinkun.com/index.php?/topic/123165-norwich-city-vs-bristol-city-match-thread/&page=5 Beating a team that has not been beaten since November whilst going behind twice is fantastic (even though i'd rather we didn't go behind in the first place!) Yes, huge result. We never looked "poor"; we looked nervy and off the pace early on. But you have to give Bristol some credit for that. Fortunately Emi's statutory silly challenge was well outside the penalty area this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin_unreliant Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, Alex_BCFC said: Really good performance today against comfortably the best side in the league. Play like that and we will be in the playoffs no doubt. My money would be on 7th. Might even actually put a bet on us not making the play offs as that might give us a chance. My bets never ever come in - so hoping I'm as wrong as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red panda Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 Could have easily been 4-2 or 3-3, fine margins. We're competing, and just need to keep focused. Would be great to squeeze either FLDC or Boro out of 6th place, then who knows.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 For the first time in ages we got caught as 3 units, we’ve been nice and compact of late....and players not quite doing enough / working hard enough running towards their own goal. They are allowed one of these these after the run we’ve had, same LJ for me too. Tonight is not the night to pick up every single mistake / flaw. Context. 21 points from 8 games. 2 points clear of 7th. 6pts clear of 8th having played less games (2 less in some cases) then all of them. The boys and staff have got us into a really good position. Lets get right behind them on Tuesday. Derby might possibly have boosted the mood already on Monday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 Watched it on a stream with Norwich commenters and they couldn’t believe it when we took Dede off,apologies if already said but he isn’t injured is he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original OTIB Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, Davefevs said: For the first time in ages we got caught as 3 units, we’ve been nice and compact of late....and players not quite doing enough / working hard enough running towards their own goal. They are allowed one of these these after the run we’ve had, same LJ for me too. Tonight is not the night to pick up every single mistake / flaw. Context. 21 points from 8 games. 2 points clear of 7th. 6pts clear of 8th having played less games (2 less in some cases) then all of them. The boys and staff have got us into a really good position. Lets get right behind them on Tuesday. Derby might possibly have boosted the mood already on Monday night. One main issue was getting dispossessed too many times in Midfield. Also, runners across our box caused total panic, with Wright often dragged out of position. Oddly Pukki was not a major threat albeit he is good at standing still, an underrated skill. Did so and held up well for the third, which was a great finish to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 Is anyone else with me in thinking Palmer isn't ready for our level? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, The Original OTIB said: One main issue was getting dispossessed too many times in Midfield. Also, runners across our box caused total panic, with Wright often dragged out of position. Oddly Pukki was not a major threat albeit he is good at standing still, an underrated skill. Did so and held up well for the third, which was a great finish to be fair. Yes, they hunted in packs off a sideways pass or loose touch in the middle. Good side, very well drilled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmond Million's Bung Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 40 minutes ago, Esmond Million's Bung said: The only thing that LJ could have got more wrong today was putting his shoes on the wrong feet. He had halftime to make the one change that everybody could see needed to happen, replacing Wright with Pisano and he failed to do it and then his 3 substitutions beggared belief, Wright and Pack were poor for the whole 90 minutes but somehow stayed on. Taylor should be ashamed of his pathetic dive in the last minute. LJ has quite rightly received most of the plaudits for our long unbeaten run, tonight he needs to be humble and honest, this one is down to him. Thanks @ReggyRed for your stunning critique, i’m sure a Booker prize awaits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original OTIB Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 Irritating that Mclean, who's hardly started and not scored chips in with 2! + one from a bit part defender. Shows that Norwich have momentum and will be in the Premier League next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, The Original OTIB said: One main issue was getting dispossessed too many times in Midfield. Also, runners across our box caused total panic, with Wright often dragged out of position. Oddly Pukki was not a major threat albeit he is good at standing still, an underrated skill. Did so and held up well for the third, which was a great finish to be fair. This is being hyper critical, but wonder if Frankie will be a little disappointed by their third? No compliant about the result, but Frankie has always had a relative weakspot on shots along the ground from 20 yards or so. Maybe I am being a bit unfair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsham Ed Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Yes, they hunted in packs off a sideways pass or loose touch in the middle. Good side, very well drilled. A very good side. I thought second half they really upped it and could have scored more than two. The lad on the wing, Hernandez was my man of the match, we could not handle him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born and Red in 82 Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 It will be interesting to see how LJ and the players respond to this rare league defeat, certainly didn’t disgrace ourselves today so we should be confident of getting the results we want in the upcoming fixtures...starting with Brum Tuesday COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, cityexile said: This is being hyper critical, but wonder if Frankie will be a little disappointed by their third? No compliant about the result, but Frankie has always had a relative weakspot on shots along the ground from 20 yards or so. Maybe I am being a bit unfair. Yes you are being unfair - great strike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrongagain Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 Listened to the match on bbc brizzle, really proud of the lads, pity LJ did not think enough about the Subs, poor timing and even poorer selections which took the game away from us. No shame in losing to the top team, but we will never know how much the substitutions hurt us until the race to promotion is over. COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 I like LJ’s attitude, not happy , despite the performance. He thought we should have done better . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 1 minute ago, dave36 said: Listened to the match on bbc brizzle, really proud of the lads, pity LJ did not think enough about the Subs, poor timing and even poorer selections which took the game away from us. No shame in losing top the top team, but we will never know how much the substitutions hurt us until the race to promotion is over. COYR He has just said that he thought we may as well go for it even if we conceded again. I think he was conscious of the number of times Norwich have scored late in their games and wanted to give us some freshness and energy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviestevieneville Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 18 minutes ago, Davefevs said: For the first time in ages we got caught as 3 units, we’ve been nice and compact of late....and players not quite doing enough / working hard enough running towards their own goal. They are allowed one of these these after the run we’ve had, same LJ for me too. Tonight is not the night to pick up every single mistake / flaw. Context. 21 points from 8 games. 2 points clear of 7th. 6pts clear of 8th having played less games (2 less in some cases) then all of them. The boys and staff have got us into a really good position. Lets get right behind them on Tuesday. Derby might possibly have boosted the mood already on Monday night. Not having a go at LJ as I’m not surprised he went for it second half but we did seem to lose our shape after the substitutions imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Original OTIB Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, Alex_BCFC said: Yes you are being unfair - great strike. It wasn't along the ground either. Dipped at the end but far from Frankie's reach. His starting position wasn't the greatest but it happens. More credit to the striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gakoe Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, Born and Red in 82 said: It will be interesting to see how LJ and the players respond to this rare league defeat, certainly didn’t disgrace ourselves today so we should be confident of getting the results we want in the upcoming fixtures...starting with Brum Tuesday COYR This was always the thing as the run became longer but to end it against top of league, away, in a five goal cracker is probably the best way for it to happen. I kind of get the feeling that these lads take offence to losing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 28 minutes ago, Dottie said: Isn’t that his fourth of the season which means he has to spend the next match in the stand? Does it really matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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