real_bristol Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 A little surprised he hasn’t got his own thread after Tuesday’s game, so thought I’d start one. Thought he was excellent, whether it was a tactical decision or not he was pressing well for most if not all of the game. Was a real handful against the best defence in the league. The cunning Cunningham could not deal with him which was enjoyable to watch. If I had to pick faults it would be that he spends a little too much time on the ball and takes a player on rather than pass, but I wouldn’t want to discourage him from taking them on. At times yesterday Preston looked shit scared of him, and again, every time he picked up the ball I thought something was going to happen. He’s a joy to watch this lad and dare I say it, ol’ Tony is almost back to his best. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 He’s playing himself back into form, thank goodness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stockwood gate Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Excellent tonight the only small issue he just has to be a bit more understanding of things around him second half he had a great situation just to pass to make it 2-0 but chose to shoot and the chance went begging but a brilliant player on his day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 He could easily have had two last night. The curling shot that didn`t quite come back in enough and the one that their keeper parried away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC1512 Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Should of squared it to Conway or Wienmann at 1-0 other than that yeah played well 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 32 minutes ago, real_bristol said: A little surprised he hasn’t got his own thread after Tuesday’s game, so thought I’d start one. Thought he was excellent, whether it was a tactical decision or not he was pressing well for most if not all of the game. Was a real handful against the best defence in the league. The cunning Cunningham could not deal with him which was enjoyable to watch. If I had to pick faults it would be that he spends a little too much time on the ball and takes a player on rather than pass, but I wouldn’t want to discourage him from taking them on. At times yesterday Preston looked shit scared of him, and again, every time he picked up the ball I thought something was going to happen. He’s a joy to watch this lad and dare I say it, ol’ Tony is almost back to his best. I thought first half he was poor as was Conway but 2nd half he was superb and back to the real Antoine. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Just now, Super said: I thought first half he was poor as was Conway but 2nd half he was superb and back to the real Antoine. Me too, their number 6 (Lindsay?) was petrified of him, so resorted to fouling to try & stop him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Needs a bit more peripheral vision, ITKWIM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 22 minutes ago, real_bristol said: A little surprised he hasn’t got his own thread after Tuesday’s game, so thought I’d start one. Thought he was excellent, whether it was a tactical decision or not he was pressing well for most if not all of the game. Was a real handful against the best defence in the league. The cunning Cunningham could not deal with him which was enjoyable to watch. If I had to pick faults it would be that he spends a little too much time on the ball and takes a player on rather than pass, but I wouldn’t want to discourage him from taking them on. At times yesterday Preston looked shit scared of him, and again, every time he picked up the ball I thought something was going to happen. He’s a joy to watch this lad and dare I say it, ol’ Tony is almost back to his best. Semenyo’s strengths are his pace and power. He can skin virtually any defenders with his pace and any defender will tell you that the most difficult ability to cope with is lightening pace. To me his best position is CF. He’s built like weightlifter and can and does bully defenders with his power. He can leap like a salmon and his presence can create chaos in the opposition box. However, Conway and Wells have a good understanding and as yet AS hasn’t had the opportunity to forge a partnership with anyone. That might be why he’s not been getting regular starts…….who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, Super said: I thought first half he was poor as was Conway but 2nd half he was superb and back to the real Antoine. Did you not notice the amount of pressing that all three at the front did in the first half? It's not only about scoring goals. Keeping the ball away from our defence is an essential part of the forwards work. It doesn't matter who ultimately scored the goals as their defenders seemed to be slow and tired in the second half from chasing after them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 minute ago, cidered abroad said: Did you not notice the amount of pressing that all three at the front did in the first half? It's not only about scoring goals. Keeping the ball away from our defence is an essential part of the forwards work. It doesn't matter who ultimately scored the goals as their defenders seemed to be slow and tired in the second half from chasing after them. Neither could keep the ball though in the first half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real_bristol Posted October 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 22 minutes ago, SecretSam said: Needs a bit more peripheral vision, ITKWIM IYKWIM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real_bristol Posted October 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 34 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: He could easily have had two last night. The curling shot that didn`t quite come back in enough and the one that their keeper parried away. Yeah heck of a shot I thought after the defence backed off him, either side of the keeper and it’s going in 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveF Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 27 minutes ago, Robbored said: Semenyo’s strengths are his pace and power. He can skin virtually any defenders with his pace and any defender will tell you that the most difficult ability to cope with is lightening pace. To me his best position is CF. He’s built like weightlifter and can and does bully defenders with his power. He can leap like a salmon and his presence can create chaos in the opposition box. However, Conway and Wells have a good understanding and as yet AS hasn’t had the opportunity to forge a partnership with anyone. That might be why he’s not been getting regular starts…….who knows? Isn't it because he's had a series of injuries and we are trying to ease him in to help him stay fit? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Musicworks Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 I thought his work rate was excellent in the first half but too often his touch was poor (as were others) and we conceded possession too easily. Often we played it around the back before we seemed to run out of patience and hoof it up the middle towards Semenyo or Conway and little stuck with either. The headers he won mostly went harmlessly back towards the Preston defenders. In the second half we started hitting balls over the top rather than at him so Semenyo could chase and force errors and take people on. That led to the couple of chances that he unfortunately spurned but did largely create himself. With him running from deep rather than jumping with his back to goal it helped us to pressure their defence which had looked much more comfortable in the first half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 42 minutes ago, GrahamC said: Me too, their number 6 (Lindsay?) was petrified of him, so resorted to fouling to try & stop him. Fouling and throwing himself to the ground whenever he lost the ball. Something Stroud fell for repeatedly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 His first touch was generally poor with his back to goal, but as others said he scared the living daylights out of their defence after the break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 41 minutes ago, real_bristol said: IYKWIM? It's one of the Korean golfers on the LPGA tour. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, real_bristol said: IYKWIM? That too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfitInMyPocket Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Love the way he can lean into a defender on a high ball and push them aside then get the ball down and drive at goal, only one in our squad who can do that consistently, much prefer him dropping into wide areas and getting 1v1, he did that more second half last night and looked back to his best. Conway needs to be the man in the middle and ready in between the posts and Weimann needs to finds the gaps those two leave, seems like Weimann is a yard off those spaces the last couple games and his influence has dwindled. That's the risk we take with Weimann being the third midfield man and the third forward player in one position, it leaves us open in the middle if he's not back helping defensively and if he's not in the right gaps to get the ball on the attack then it can fall apart pretty easily, but like we've seen at the start of the season when it all ticks it excels and we can rip teams apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logical-City Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, real_bristol said: A little surprised he hasn’t got his own thread after Tuesday’s game, so thought I’d start one. Thought he was excellent, whether it was a tactical decision or not he was pressing well for most if not all of the game. Was a real handful against the best defence in the league. The cunning Cunningham could not deal with him which was enjoyable to watch. If I had to pick faults it would be that he spends a little too much time on the ball and takes a player on rather than pass, but I wouldn’t want to discourage him from taking them on. At times yesterday Preston looked shit scared of him, and again, every time he picked up the ball I thought something was going to happen. He’s a joy to watch this lad and dare I say it, ol’ Tony is almost back to his best. He’s a class act and has come a long way since he came back in last Season. Pearson has polished the gem Edited October 13, 2022 by Logical-City Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, DaveF said: Isn't it because he's had a series of injuries and we are trying to ease him in to help him stay fit? Could be but even before his injury wasn’t a regular starter. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Turnip Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, Robbored said: Could be but even before his injury wasn’t a regular starter. Yes he was. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoyo2345 Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Semenyo was awful. Don't know what game you were watching, missed so many great opportunities to pass the ball. Wasted lots of possession. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 9 minutes ago, Robbored said: Could be but even before his injury wasn’t a regular starter. Yes he was. Obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 10 minutes ago, Yoyo2345 said: Semenyo was awful. Don't know what game you were watching, missed so many great opportunities to pass the ball. Wasted lots of possession. Guessing you left at half time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victory Park Reds Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 He will score 2 on Saturday in a 3-1 victory. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 56 minutes ago, ProfitInMyPocket said: Love the way he can lean into a defender on a high ball and push them aside then get the ball down and drive at goal, only one in our squad who can do that consistently, much prefer him dropping into wide areas and getting 1v1, he did that more second half last night and looked back to his best. Conway needs to be the man in the middle and ready in between the posts and Weimann needs to finds the gaps those two leave, seems like Weimann is a yard off those spaces the last couple games and his influence has dwindled. That's the risk we take with Weimann being the third midfield man and the third forward player in one position, it leaves us open in the middle if he's not back helping defensively and if he's not in the right gaps to get the ball on the attack then it can fall apart pretty easily, but like we've seen at the start of the season when it all ticks it excels and we can rip teams apart. Hence why he has to play as a centre forward….so that he can make runs in-to-out on either side. If you play him as a side forward you lose 50% of the opportunities to do that. 42 minutes ago, Robbored said: Could be but even before his injury wasn’t a regular starter. 39 minutes ago, Bob Turnip said: Yes he was. Agree. me - “Siri, show me a regular starter” Siri - “Antoine Semenyo, Bristol City and Ghana, is a regular starter” He started every game once he came back from injury last season, starting with the win at home to Derby. He hurt his shin v West Brom late-on, missed Bournemouth, bench v Peterborough, then started again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real_bristol Posted October 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Logical-City said: He’s a class act and has come a long way since he came back in last Season. Pearson has polished the gem Absolutely, one of Nige’s greatest achievements….with us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real_bristol Posted October 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Yoyo2345 said: Semenyo was awful. Don't know what game you were watching, missed so many great opportunities to pass the ball. Wasted lots of possession. “Awful” mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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