Edgy Red Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 It was a poor game but i thought we had a few decent performances. Vyner was good throughout, King showed Naismith how to play at the centre of a back 3 without taking risks, Atkinson was solid and Semenyo had a couple of bursts when he was 1 on 1. Oh... and Bents did everything he was asked to do. Weimann's lack of impact is becoming a bit worrying but we've stopped the rot and on to St Andrews we go. Quote Link to comment
bexhill reds Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 1 minute ago, harrys said: You think Weimann is worth his place on recent displays? He’s not in last season’s form that’s for sure, and was poor last game, but the position he’s playing requires a willing runner, and we don’t have anyone else in that mould. Upto Sat I’d have said give Sykes a go in that role, but Wilson’s 15 min cameo suggests that we’d lose more at right back than we would gain by moving Sykes. Quote Link to comment
Gazred Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 1 minute ago, BCFCGav said: Our crossing will be the death of me. So many good positions wasted again. Give Pring a go, what does the lad have to do. Agree, particularly of late, we've put scores in.. Jay gets into good positions but end product is often below average. Skykes doesn't often set to hit an earlier cross and seems to favour pushing into the box. Pring, from the mists of my memory has a decent whipped cross on him from both the byline and early. Not sure Jay deserves to be dropped on his overall play though. 1 Quote Link to comment
Champfan45 Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 No service to the forwards which has been a trend recently, even with Scott we have struggled to progress the ball at times. Sykes RWB experiment needs to be reconsidered. Defensively, I thought we were decent. Not scoring is a let down with the quality of our forwards being one of the best in the division. I would try Conway-Semenyo-Wells next time. Quote Link to comment
Tim Monaghan Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 Everyone seems so glum tonight. I thought it was another positive display. We passed the ball well and with pace. We chased the ball down, our tails were up! I’m loving watching us play at the moment. We are always a threat. We are a million miles away from where we were a few seasons back. COYRs 7 Quote Link to comment
Better Red Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 Same old problem - Both wingbacks offer nothing. Its been a problem we have had for a few seasons. Against a poor side and with plenty of the ball they both offered very little. JD was slightly better but delivery is general poor. Neither beat there man on the outside and either wipe in from deep or cut back. Either they offer something going forward or we go 4 at the back and have the extra man in midfield of going forward. Kalas, James, Scott when they are in will make us a much better team. Full back no one knows who are best 2 are - that says it’s a area we need to improve - some in and some out. Quote Link to comment
Ska Junkie Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 Not the most exciting game but we might have lost that in previous seasons. One to forget, immediately and welcome Mr Scott back asap. On to Saturday. 1 Quote Link to comment
And Its Smith Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 Not brave enough in possession in terms of choice of pass and movement. Really disappointed considering the opposition. Too slow in the build up. Coventry could reset their defence every time with ease. 3 Quote Link to comment
Out of his pie crust Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 Any quality of crossing and we’d win 2-0 there Quote Link to comment
Southport Red Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 For me Vyner, King & Atkinson decent Weimann - wasted, so many good positions but never found JD decent Sykes patchy Conway, see Weimann AS, just not his night, drops too deep HNM better than often Nakhi - Weimann impression, ran a lot but never found Williams, I really like Joe, but tonight he was in ‘liability mode’ Bents very good when needed but mostly a spectator. 1 Quote Link to comment
Top Robin Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, Northern Red said: He's got his next Pearson Out thread ready and waiting to go as soon as he thinks he can get away with it. Well he was starting to win me over but I did say I would wait for a few more games before giving him my support.......and unfortunately last 4 games have shown me that I can't commit to him yet as he is inconsistent with some poor performances, strange team choices and weird substitutions. Last thing I want is another streaky manager such as Lee Johnson. 1 Quote Link to comment
Southport Red Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 Just now, Top Robin said: Well he was starting to win me over but I did say I would wait for a few more games before giving him my support.......and unfortunately last 4 games have shown me that I can't commit to him yet as he is inconsistent with some poor performances, strange team choices and weird substitutions. Last thing I want is another streaky manager such as Lee Johnson. Not sure about weird subs tonight. Naismith was forced on us and, much as I like Antoine, I thought Tommy improved us tonight. 1 Quote Link to comment
Fordy62 Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 Imagine you’re not very good at something. Let’s say sewing. When you first start you’re shit all the time. you wonder why you bother because you’re shit week in, week out. After a little time, you start to to improve. You start to get a perfectly neat stitch. But no matter how much you improve, there’ll alway be the odd regression back to when you couldn’t sew. Learning to sew takes time. It’s only when you become one of the elite operators of the sewing machine that you eradicate all poor performances and only then can you call yourself a top sewer(!!!) Therell be good days, there’ll be bad days and there’ll be indifferent days. But so long as you’re generally on an upward trajectory then it’s nothing to lose sleep over. We’re miles better at sewing than we used to be. We weren’t Jean Paul Gaultier tonight (I know he’s not a sewer - but he’s the best I can think of), but we weren’t at last years standard. Cheer up all. If this is the general reaction to a reasonably ok draw, then it shows how far we’ve come. 6 Quote Link to comment
i_am_red Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 I could have swore Williams was booked tonight? Was that not the case? (had a couple of quid on him to be booked when he came on!) Quote Link to comment
Southport Red Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: Imagine you’re not very good at something. Let’s say sewing. When you first start you’re shit all the time. you wonder why you bother because you’re shit week in, week out. After a little time, you start to to improve. You start to get a perfectly neat stitch. But no matter how much you improve, there’ll alway be the odd regression back to when you couldn’t sew. Learning to sew takes time. It’s only when you become one of the elite operators of the sewing machine that you eradicate all poor performances and only then can you call yourself a top sewer(!!!) Therell be good days, there’ll be bad days and there’ll be indifferent days. But so long as you’re generally on an upward trajectory then it’s nothing to lose sleep over. We’re miles better at sewing than we used to be. We weren’t Jean Paul Gaultier tonight (I know he’s not a sewer - but he’s the best I can think of), but we weren’t at last years standard. Cheer up all. If this is the general reaction to a reasonably ok draw, then it shows how far we’ve come. Trying to think of a joke based around a ***** on a finger but can’t Just now, i_am_red said: I could have swore Williams was booked tonight? Was that not the case? (had a couple of quid on him to be booked when he came on!) Yes he was booked for a tackle twenty minutes after the ref blew a whistle. 1 Quote Link to comment
old_eastender Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 Just now, i_am_red said: I could have swore Williams was booked tonight? Was that not the case? (had a couple of quid on him to be booked when he came on!) I thought he was too, after his rash challenge when the ref had already blown for a foul. Quote Link to comment
Top Robin Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: Imagine you’re not very good at something. Let’s say sewing. When you first start you’re shit all the time. you wonder why you bother because you’re shit week in, week out. After a little time, you start to to improve. You start to get a perfectly neat stitch. But no matter how much you improve, there’ll alway be the odd regression back to when you couldn’t sew. Learning to sew takes time. It’s only when you become one of the elite operators of the sewing machine that you eradicate all poor performances and only then can you call yourself a top sewer(!!!) Therell be good days, there’ll be bad days and there’ll be indifferent days. But so long as you’re generally on an upward trajectory then it’s nothing to lose sleep over. We’re miles better at sewing than we used to be. We weren’t Jean Paul Gaultier tonight (I know he’s not a sewer - but he’s the best I can think of), but we weren’t at last years standard. Cheer up all. If this is the general reaction to a reasonably ok draw, then it shows how far we’ve come. Yes but it looks like we have reached the peak of our sewing skills with the ability to darn a sock rather than tailor a shirt. Quote Link to comment
Northern Red Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 The ref gave him a long lecture but I don't actually remember seeing the card come out, whereas it definitely did for their player. Quote Link to comment
Northern Red Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 10 minutes ago, Top Robin said: Well he was starting to win me over but I did say I would wait for a few more games before giving him my support.......and unfortunately last 4 games have shown me that I can't commit to him yet as he is inconsistent with some poor performances, strange team choices and weird substitutions. Last thing I want is another streaky manager such as Lee Johnson. So basically if a manager has a run of any more than 2 or 3 games without a win you're going to have doubts? In that case I'm not sure that there's any manager that Bristol City could attract that would satisfy you. Quote Link to comment
OldlandReddies Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 3 points would have been nice but settle for 1 to stop the mini slide. Coventry are on a decent run so wasn't going to be easy. We were 2nd favs to be relegated when the season started and rightly so after last season's crap so we have massively outperformed expectations so far. Any City fan would have settled to being 9 points off the top after 12 so we have to be happy. 3k travelling fans to Birmingham in Saturday says it all. City are back. Hello ! Quote Link to comment
ciderwithtommy Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 Lack of pace, power and invention out wide. Painful to watch some of that tonight, as I think we are asking players to do things they don’t have in the locker, specifically Sykes and Dasilva. Sykes drop off in quality is startling, and JD just offers so very little against a deep defence. but lack of squad depth is a fair reason for this - however would Pring and Wilson have offered more, would be nice to see, specifically last 30 mins today when it was obvious that the lads on the pitch couldnt create. 1 Quote Link to comment
PHILINFRANCE Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 16 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: We’re miles better at sewing than we used to be. We weren’t Jean Paul Gaultier tonight (I know he’s not a sewer - but he’s the best I can think of), but we weren’t at last years standard. Cheer up all. If this is the general reaction to a reasonably ok draw, then it shows how far we’ve come. If you are struggling to think of a sewer, what about Joey Barton?. 1 Quote Link to comment
richyy66 Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 14 minutes ago, old_eastender said: I thought he was too, after his rash challenge when the ref had already blown for a foul. Yes he was booked. 5 yellows out for Brum trip. Quote Link to comment
headhunter Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 37 minutes ago, The Journalist said: And it was good to see us make sure we didn’t lose it if we couldn’t win it. I do think our body language could’ve been better in the last 20 minutes, though. We looked too comfortable with a 0-0 draw and I don’t think we should ever be that really. With Scott and James both out and Naismith injured, though, no real qualms with the performance. Just lacked any cutting edge, which you can’t say has happened often this season. 100% agree with that. Cov were pulled up for offside c90 mins and Bentley showed all the urgency of an away keeper running the clock down rather than get the ball upfield. 1 Quote Link to comment
Lack of Action Man Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 I have little to add. It was a drab boring game. Lots of possession, little reward. Quote Link to comment
Lew-T Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 Zak Vyner probably our best player, followed by Andy King. Nothing against the lads but tells you how average that game was… 7 Quote Link to comment
sh1t_ref_again Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 Thought HNM was excellent tonight, hope we go with Han & Alex as our Midfield Saturday 5 Quote Link to comment
The dastardly red Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, headhunter said: 100% agree with that. Cov were pulled up for offside c90 mins and Bentley showed all the urgency of an away keeper running the clock down rather than get the ball upfield. Yes that was rather odd wasn't it Quote Link to comment
AppyDAZE Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 (edited) Just got home, quick question to those that watched it on tv or on Sky news. Did we get away with a handball on the line? I only saw the ball cleared off the line and thought Cov were arguing about it crossing the line. Edited October 4, 2022 by AppyDAZE Quote Link to comment
Southport Red Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, AppyDAZE said: Just got home, quick question to those that watched it on tv or on Sky news. Did we get away with a handball on the line? I only saw the ball cleared off the line and thought Cov were arguing about it crossing the line. No. AW tried to handball it but missed. Sykes headed it onto the bar. No handball 2 Quote Link to comment
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