Oh Louie louie Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 If anyone here has seen a worse performance than the first ten minutes of the Swindon game under ward id be amazed, pretty sure we were three down by then, second half we should have won! Recall going to Torquay and getting a embarrassing chasing, think we were 3 1 down and one point and got a very lucky draw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 37 minutes ago, formerly known as ivan said: Think a few of you misunderstood the question. I was saying it was the worse performance in a while, that clearly wasn’t the case. I was saying it was the worse all round experience for a long time. Even some of the games mentioned, 6-0 home loss to Cardiff for example, at least there was an atmosphere, albeit hostile. People showed they cared. Yesterday there was nothing, absolutely nothing. Performance was shocking, the atmosphere was nonexistent. I don’t remember one chant being sung. It was a chore for everyone that was there, players included. If you had gone down for the first time ever yesterday, I don’t you’d be in any rush to return at any point! I joined in with several chants, S82 did try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollsRoyce Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 What a question! I mean, finding examples of great success are pretty hard to find, but on the other end of the scale, crap rubbish has been our speciality. Surprisingly so these last 2 decades when we have had "unprecedented backing" by a multi-billionaire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbytheriver Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 I am prepared to put it down to fatigue,most players had nothing left in their legs,after 4 games in such a short space of time, nowhere near the worst game and we still passed the ball around well at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 34 minutes ago, TV Tom said: I give you watching us let in 7 at Northampton in the early '80s, travelling up to Tranmere on a Friday night in '89 to watch us lose 6-0 and every game against Rovers in the 1980's I don't think *every* game against them though. Not "One nil down, two-one up, we knocked Rovers out the cup". There may have been others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 (edited) 1 hour ago, formerly known as ivan said: Think a few of you misunderstood the question. I was saying it was the worse performance in a while, that clearly wasn’t the case. I was saying it was the worse all round experience for a long time. Even some of the games mentioned, 6-0 home loss to Cardiff for example, at least there was an atmosphere, albeit hostile. People showed they cared. Yesterday there was nothing, absolutely nothing. Performance was shocking, the atmosphere was nonexistent. I don’t remember one chant being sung. It was a chore for everyone that was there, players included. If you had gone down for the first time ever yesterday, I don’t you’d be in any rush to return at any point! I raise you a cold wet New Year’s Day against Reading, a few years ago under Lee Johnson. Zero atmosphere, everybody hung over and downbeat after a poor run. Our only game plan was to stifle Reading, and it totally killed the game as a spectacle but a fortunate penalty and scrappy Tammy goal somehow saw us 2-0 up. Despite the score line, it was clear that nobody believed in us and expected us to throw it away. As soon as they scored their first, everyone was resigned to defeat which happened in the most spineless gutless fashion to lose 3-2. Awful. I took a friend, he hated it. I’d never felt so close to packing in football as I did that day. Perhaps not the dullest game or most inept performance ever but certainly the worst experience overall, especially given that I really can’t stand Reading. Edited January 2 by Wanderingred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 That game at Northampton under ward was painful watching, seal scored, that painful he came into the car park to give a explanation, the whole away end wanted him gone then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 Not only was yesterday a bad game, but I didn't even manage to get my West Ham away tickets because I didn't fancy waiting another hour in the rain to get them Rounded off a poor day at City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Watts Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 I think the fact that people going for a piss got me off my seat far more than anything on the pitch says it all. As does the fact that it took us 96 minutes to show any sort of fight, and that was a scuffle off the pitch! Yesterday was an utter disgrace. Williams and to a much lesser extent Pring the only ones who came out of that match with any credit at all. I agree with the OP - I don't recall a duller afternoon watching City. Yes, we've had worse results, but even in most of those we've had flashes of entertainment. Yesterday there was nothing. The only game that sticks out to me was a 3-1(?) home defeat to QPR. Only the second (and the last) match I've walked out early from. I took the view then that if City couldn't be bothered to try I couldn't be bothered to stay, but even then we had something to cheer when we took the lead in that one. If my boy had wanted to leave early yesterday I wouldn't have put up a fight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 42 minutes ago, Wanderingred said: I raise you a cold wet New Year’s Day against Reading, a few years ago under Lee Johnson. Zero atmosphere, everybody hung over and downbeat after a poor run. Our only game plan was to stifle Reading, and it totally killed the game as a spectacle but a fortunate penalty and scrappy Tammy goal somehow saw us 2-0 up. Despite the score line, it was clear that nobody believed in us and expected us to throw it away. As soon as they scored their first, everyone was resigned to defeat which happened in the most spineless gutless fashion to lose 3-2. Awful. I took a friend, he hated it. I’d never felt so close to packing in football as I did that day. Perhaps not the dullest game or most inept performance ever but certainly the worst experience overall, especially given that I really can’t stand Reading. Liam “effing” Kelly….what is it with the name Kelly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 1 hour ago, Sleepy1968 said: I don't think *every* game against them though. Not "One nil down, two-one up, we knocked Rovers out the cup". There may have been others. It was a figure of speech, of course that cup win there was very special but i think we paid for that for the rest of the decade !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 I don't even think that yesterday was the worst in Mannings run , I'd say 3rd. QPR was awful , Birmingham just as bad , but yesterday I thought we were ok for the first 45 and their keeper had to make a save , so there's that. 3 games , 3 shots on target and virtually no excitement , though TBH I'm not massively surprised though I am disappointed. They are trying to move to possession based football and I think we sometimes become risk adverse . Several times a ball is on but it could mean we may lose the ball, Pring apologised a couple of times as he spotted a run but didn't play the ball. I'm hoping as they settle into the way Manning wants us to play, we will spot and feed those runs. But as we progress, and until we either add players or learn how to play with more threat I think we could get these games. Add that Championship learn quickly, so more teams will set up the same as Birmingham did. Next step for LM is to find a way to win as we are or be able to change things in game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95red Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 1 hour ago, johnbytheriver said: I am prepared to put it down to fatigue,most players had nothing left in their legs,after 4 games in such a short space of time, nowhere near the worst game and we still passed the ball around well at times. Passed it around sideways & backwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 1 hour ago, TV Tom said: It was a figure of speech, of course that cup win there was very special but i think we paid for that for the rest of the decade !!! We certainly did with *that* new years day game at Ashton Gate. Same score as yesterday, but still more peed off about it than I could ever be about yesterday! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 2 hours ago, Wanderingred said: I raise you a cold wet New Year’s Day against Reading, a few years ago under Lee Johnson. Zero atmosphere, everybody hung over and downbeat after a poor run. Our only game plan was to stifle Reading, and it totally killed the game as a spectacle but a fortunate penalty and scrappy Tammy goal somehow saw us 2-0 up. Despite the score line, it was clear that nobody believed in us and expected us to throw it away. As soon as they scored their first, everyone was resigned to defeat which happened in the most spineless gutless fashion to lose 3-2. Awful. I took a friend, he hated it. I’d never felt so close to packing in football as I did that day. Perhaps not the dullest game or most inept performance ever but certainly the worst experience overall, especially given that I really can’t stand Reading. Yeah 2-0 up with 20 to go you’d usually be confident of at least a point but during that run of defeats it just felt like we were going to lose every game. Around the 70th minute I put money on Reading to win as insurance, I thought that if these useless bastards are going to throw it away my kids might as well have a nice holiday somewhere sunny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shauntaylor85 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 My kids were begging to leave it was that bad. Such a disgraceful performance and Manning and his players need to understand the impact that sort of pathetic display has on people. No excuse for it, can handle losing like v Norwich where we were decent in spells, but yesterday was a shocking performance all around. Poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 Just thought I'd provide a little balance with regards to the City vs Rovers comments. For perspective, in the 1980's we were unbeaten in 11 matches, compared to Rovers being unbeaten in 15 matches. However, moving into the more recent 1990's, City were unbeaten in 12 matches, compared to Rovers being unbeaten in 9 matches. We did however win MORE matches against Rovers in the 1990's compared to how many times they beat us in the 1980's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 I think it was bury away and we were getting stuffed, and the stewards wouldn't let anybody out, somebody rang a radio station saying they were being held against their will at gigg lane! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 There have been hundreds of worse games. But walking back in the soaking rain on the first day of a year I'm not particularly relishing did make it seem more miserable than most. Late goals always sicken you more than if we'd conceded in the first half - but you drop the same points either way. To add to the gloom most of the boozers I frequent were closed. Had to stop in the Temple Inn to get some consolation pints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Stripe Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 I remember a game away to Bury, about 20 years ago. A drizzly day. Drove over with my then young lad. 0-0 On the way out I saw two coppers laughing about it. It was really that bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZumerZetSmithy Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 18 hours ago, formerly known as ivan said: Manning has been winning me round in recent weeks, which is natural given the results. Still find the football a bit boring, but everyone will have their own opinion. So this isn’t a dig at him, but can you name a worse city game than what we witnessed today? Everything from performance to atmosphere and even the weather was just completely not there today. It has to be the one of, if it the worse, days at football for a long long time. I even lost my Westham tickets until found this morning i felt as if my football world had fallen in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 18 hours ago, formerly known as ivan said: but can you name a worse city game than what we witnessed today? City v. Shrewsbury under SOD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 19 hours ago, glynriley said: Losing at home to Sheffield United under SOD. Proper miserable. Today has reminded me of one of my favourite songs though… Ah. The one I actually fell asleep at. And I was sat in the old EE as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 Bristol City 0 v Oxford United 4, 10 October 1970 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstart Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 The last 3 nil nil matches v Burton, all totally woeful. Hopefully we'll never have to play them ever again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Watts Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 2 hours ago, ZumerZetSmithy said: I even lost my Westham tickets until found this morning i felt as if my football world had fallen in When you lost them or when you found them?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkev Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 8 hours ago, TV Tom said: I give you watching us let in 7 at Northampton in the early '80s, travelling up to Tranmere on a Friday night in '89 to watch us lose 6-0 and every game against Rovers in the 1980's Your another one then Tom that remembers the 80s against that lot ,good thing is think we are slowly clawing it back with them so far behind in attendances , ground structure and never been above us for 20 odd years but the 80s were pretty brutal playing them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZumerZetSmithy Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 46 minutes ago, Steve Watts said: When you lost them or when you found them?!? lost 1st January found 2nd January in the door pocket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 Tranmere gave us a hiding in the home game too, was a midweek gane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnowleUtd City Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 5 minutes ago, Oh Louie louie said: Tranmere gave us a hiding in the home game too, was a midweek gane Yep, Sinclair had a shocker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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