WesM Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 I'm not wishing to sound a negative nancy, neither do I want to take anything away from the lads performance today. I thought we played some good stuff today for large spells of the game, however, I have to say I thought Coventry were one of the worst sides we've seen at Ashton Gate this season.They struggled to string 3 passes together and offered very little in the first half apart from a couple of set pieces. After a probable rant at half-time by Dowie, they didn't appear to get any better until Tabb and Thornton came on, then they looked a completely different side in that spell when they got their goal. If Mifsud is worth £5m on that showing, then I'm Weight Watcher of 2007.They way we kept the ball at the end was excellent and a good start to 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DanC Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 I thought they were poor but we wasn't much better than them really. We did what was needed to win the game. An opportunity was wasted after our first to go on and improve our GD, They were there for the taking in the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunley Legend Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 I'm not wishing to sound a negative nancy, neither do I want to take anything away from the lads performance today. I thought we played some good stuff today for large spells of the game, however, I have to say I thought Coventry were one of the worst sides we've seen at Ashton Gate this season.They struggled to string 3 passes together and offered very little in the first half apart from a couple of set pieces. After a probable rant at half-time by Dowie, they didn't appear to get any better until Tabb and Thornton came on, then they looked a completely different side in that spell when they got their goal. If Mifsud is worth £5m on that showing, then I'm Weight Watcher of 2007.They way we kept the ball at the end was excellent and a good start to 2008.The worst side I have seen at AG this season were Leicester and they actually beat us on the day!! Coventry did their best to be as poor as them first half with Route 1 football that was simply awful. We should have been out of sight at half time and that has been our achilles heel for a while - we don't finish teams off. Second half they brought on the two smaller blokes and showed that they can play a bit of football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Coventry were poor in patches and City played very well in patches and should have been outa sight by half-time and were cruising at 2-0 untill Coventry made two subs and the blond guy that came on livened them up tremedously.He made quite an impact.At the same time City let up a bit and eventually let in a soft goal which made the last part of the game more tense that it should have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double-trouble Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Coventry were poor in patches and City played very well in patches and should have been outa sight by half-time and were cruising at 2-0 untill Coventry made two subs and the blond guy that came on livened them up tremedously.He made quite an impact.At the same time City let up a bit and eventually let in a soft goal which made the last part of the game more tense that it should have been.Got to learn , and I'm sure we will , to be more clinical . Need to finish off teams . We can't deal with tense , heart stressed enough now . :tounge: :tounge: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 For the first hour we were very, very good and made Coventry look poor by starving them of the ball. They looked punchless and didn't seem to know how to compete. Then they scored against the run of play and it seemed to wake them up. Adebola and the albino they brought on were the only ones that looked useful to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Thornton )The albino) is only 16 and looks like one hell of a player.I thought Cov lloked a threat going forward, just lacking someone likely to score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eamer Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 I thought we looked very good throughout especially considering we were effectively playing with 10 men for 95minutes. We need a new back up to McIndoe, Wilson didn't have any idea what to do all game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markman Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Got to learn , and I'm sure we will , to be more clinical . Need to finish off teams . We can't deal with tense , heart stressed enough now . :tounge: :tounge:Dead right - but we don't have the players to be clinical - a clinical striker and midfielder needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityMann Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 I thought we looked very good throughout especially considering we were effectively playing with 10 men for 95minutes. We need a new back up to McIndoe, Wilson didn't have any idea what to do all game.How strange.I thought Wilson had a very good game today. Maybe be we went to different games!Be interesting to see if he plays in the next game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beau45 Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 I thought we looked very good throughout especially considering we were effectively playing with 10 men for 95minutes. We need a new back up to McIndoe, Wilson didn't have any idea what to do all game.I love the way we all interpret the game differently, I thought Wilson had a brilliant game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Peacock Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 I love the way we all interpret the game differently, I thought Wilson had a brilliant game Even the second half? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beau45 Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Even the second half?Yeah I thought so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redtucks Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Wilson didn't have any idea what to do all game."Didn't have any idea what to do???"I think you must have been asleep during the first half, I thought he was excellent.Admittedly he was quieter in the second half, but considering it was his first game in a long while, overall I thought he did OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Peacock Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Yeah I thought soAs you say, we interpret the game differently.I thought he did brilliantly first 20 - 30 minutes, then disappeared from the touchline too much for the rest of the first half.Second half I can't remember any impact he had on the game, he seemed to be passing the ball backwards all the time.Probably not helped by playing him on the "wrong" side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinnionForEngland Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Thornton )The albino) is only 16 and looks like one hell of a player.I thought Cov lloked a threat going forward, just lacking someone likely to score.Hes actually 20 mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderSomerset Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Thornton )The albino) is only 16 and looks like one hell of a player.Looked like a young Jimmy Saville (from a distance)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NORTHAVON_RED Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Thornton )The albino) is only 16 and looks like one hell of a player.I thought Cov lloked a threat going forward, just lacking someone likely to score.Made me laugh when the blonde one came on and someone shouted out...... 'THE MILKY BARS ARE ON ME' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midge Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 I agree in many ways we do seem to have a knack of making things hard for ourselves,at times we seem to miss chances that appear easier than the ones we actually take.I'm always happy when we win no matter how we get it,however yesterday I felt the main thing we lacked at times was movement in the final third,at times Noble dropped so deep that Johnson an Elliot had no forward pass on,surely if he's in the hole he has to make runs for those two to provide killer passes,also Byfield made a lot of runs wide so when Sproule got into crossing positions he had very little in the box to aim for.Back to chances,at Burnley in the first 10 minutes we had 4 really good chances to score and missed them all, I know we eventually won anyway but had we taken 2 of those Burnley may not have forced there way back in and almost got the point they probably deserved.At West Brom in the first half if Trundle's snap shot hadn't been tipped away and Showumni's open goal been scored I think it'd have been totally different.I'm aware that football dosen't have that conveniant shape but you do wonder that if we had a player in the Kevin Phillips mould that would score a goal out of nothing we may well have more points than we got already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Back to chances,at Burnley in the first 10 minutes we had 4 really good chances to score and missed them all, I know we eventually won anyway but had we taken 2 of those Burnley may not have forced there way back in and almost got the point they probably deservedAt West Brom in the first half if Trundle's snap shot hadn't been tipped away and Showumni's open goal been scored I think it'd have been totally different.I'm aware that football dosen't have that conveniant shape but you do wonder that if we had a player in the Kevin Phillips mould that would score a goal out of nothing we may well have more points than we got alreadyAt Burnely the City goal frame was hit 3 or 4 times.Thats the kind of good fortune that really helps.They say when you are down the bottom of the table luck doesn't go your way - well the opposite seems to apply when your're up the top.Take Byfields goal.After Noble was tackled the ball broke loose to him perfectly and he was able to bury it with a great shot. On another day the ball could have gone nowhere near him.Coventry hit the inside of the City post the ball came back out...City luck deserted them at Ipswich and to a lesser degree at the Baggies but I'll take that if it only happens twice in 25 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midge Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 At Burnely the City goal frame was hit 3 or 4 times.Thats the kind of good fortune that really helps.They say when you are down the bottom of the table luck doesn't go your way - well the opposite seems to apply when your're up the top.Take Byfields goal.After Noble was tackled the ball broke loose to him perfectly and he was able to bury it with a great shot. On another day the ball could have gone nowhere near him.Coventry hit the inside of the City post the ball came back out...City luck deserted them at Ipswich and to a lesser degree at the Baggies but I'll take that if it only happens twice in 25 games.The point is though had we have been in front at Burnley there confidence would,ve darined and the fans got on their back so those chances may not have come,goals have a way of changing games don't they.Still we won and thats what matters,good points total over christmas and should we beat Colchester it will give us the right amount of confidence as the next two away games are Palace and QPR which will be tough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zidereddy Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Thornton )The albino) is only 16 and looks like one hell of a player.I thought Cov lloked a threat going forward, just lacking someone likely to score.16 i got socks older than that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NORTHAVON_RED Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Coventry were poor in patches and City played very well in patches and should have been outa sight by half-time and were cruising at 2-0 untill Coventry made two subs and the blond guy that came on livened them up tremedously.He made quite an impact.At the same time City let up a bit and eventually let in a soft goal which made the last part of the game more tense that it should have been.Anybody else think that Best was at least a yard offsidejust before he hit the post,he looked well offside to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Anybody else think that Best was at least a yard offsidejust before he hit the post,he looked well offside to me.I think there was someone at right back playing him on but I'd like to see the replay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zidereddy Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Anybody else think that Best was at least a yard offsidejust before he hit the post,he looked well offside to me.was in the williams f block right in line and he looked level how he missed i do not know luck was on our side then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinnionForEngland Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 16 i got socks older than that!As i said above he's actually 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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