[Archived] Bristol City

[chaddyrovers]

I would play the same team as against Forest. would be tempt to swap keeper but not sure if Raya is a better option at this stage. He should be loaned out to gain experience and time on the pitch in the January transfer window.

I will predict a 1-1 draw

[tomphil]

Agree on Raya, last season and now is an utter waste at a time when he should be still learning his trade. If he comes in he'll only drop similar clangers to Steele as he's shown when he has played as he's still very raw. He should be playing somewhere trying to shave off the raw edges. He could have had another 30 ish first team games for someone else by now and got used to the concentration of playing everyweek.

No doubt someone has him stitched up on a nice contract that draws a nice % whilst he's sat here on full BRFC wages.

Back to the game and a draw would be decent but we need to be trying to nick games away as well given our position. Set to be around 500 there again which is another top effort considering, they deserve the same effort on the pitch.

Bristol City 1 Rovers 3

Just call me Mercer mk2

[LewisF]

Bristol 1 Rovers 2

Who else but Bennett and Williams with the goals?

[Mercer]

This is a real test.

So far, we've beaten Rotherham (everyone's whipping boys), Derby (in the death throes of Pearson's calamities) and Forest (totally pitiful away from home).

A draw would be a real result here.

I am going for a City win by at least 2 clear goals.

[Craigman]

Looking forward to this game, will be there at Ashton Gate, living down here, my mates will be in the home end, while I am in the away end. Hopefully another win for us, we have won the last 2 here, and I was at both. Come on Rovers!

[blue kiwi]

im going for a draw

[AggyBlue]

im going for a draw

See you there then.

I'll be very surprised if we get anything from this game.

[Oldgregg86]

3_1 Bristol. Tammy Abraham to have a field day

[only2garners]

I'm already down in Bristol with family. City are expecting over 20,000 tomorrow as the redeveloped ground is just about finished. I'm told the game will be the featured one on 5 tomorrow night.

[Husky]

I'm already down in Bristol with family. City are expecting over 20,000 tomorrow as the redeveloped ground is just about finished. I'm told the game will be the featured one on 5 tomorrow night.

That's gone and done it.

A defeat to help redress the balance of my predicted 4 points tally.

[perthblue02]

Game scheduled to be shown live in a few countries Link to all LEGAL stations

[Shabani]

Will also be at the game tomorrow, my first games in two years as I've been living abroad.

Fully expect a 3-0 defeat therefore, sorry to have cursed it

[Gav]

I live 55mins from the ground, but I'm not wasting my time watching this shadow of a club that my family have 3 generations of fans stood on the terraces.

1-3

#venkysout

[blue kiwi]

thanks perthblue be looking out for that

[davulsukur]

Coyle got his monthly win against forest.

3-0 Bristol.

[A cup of beans]

People who have the facility, can watch the game. Will toss a coin to decide if that's a wise choice.

[m1st]

Isn't it a sad commentary on the alienation caused by Venky's ownership of the club that, with less than 3 hours to kick-off, we're still on page 1 of this thread?

[JAL]

Imagine Bristol City will have highlighted JLOWE as a weakness in the Blackburn back four and seek to expose him at every available opportunity.

Just hope Corry Evans has been putting in lots of sprinting work this week as he looked very slow on the pitch.

Good luck to all the attacking lads just hope these guys can cover up the weaknesses of the other guys.

[davulsukur]

Isn't it a sad commentary on the alienation caused by Venky's ownership of the club that, with less than 3 hours to kick-off, we're still on page 1 of this thread?

Certainly is.

In days gone by this message board managed to muster up enough interest to get people writing match previews.

It's amazing (and genuinely frightening) that a small group of people can sap away people's love for something in such a short space of time, without even trying too hard.

(That's no slur on the Rovers fans, it's totally understandable)

[chaddyrovers]

Rovers have named an unchanged starting XI for this afternoon's match against Bristol City. https://t.co/lzTd2tiW3I

[davulsukur]

Sensible really.

[skous18]

Byrne on the bench, well thats a progress.

0-0

#venkysout

[West Yorks Rover]

" Anthony Stokes misses out due to food poisoning " well some folk do class Guinness as food I suppose.

[tomphil]

Something tells me this lad Stokes is going to be another Goodwille.

[blue kiwi]

bad boys from scotland come to blackburn,highercroft was full of them.