v Bristol City (a) - 20/11/21 (& local info for those heading to the gate, from a Bristol City follower)

[Exiled_Rover]

Put ourselves under siege again.

[booth]

I think the Bristol commentators are on crack.

[Cherry Blue]

Sounds like we've played far better second half so 1 1 not a bad result. 

[bluebruce]

10 minutes ago, Miker said:

Brilliant save by Kaminski! What a gem of a keeper we've found. Absolutely have to keep him at the club at all costs.

Uh oh...we all know what that means...

Edited November 20, 2021 by bluebruce

[DE.]

Just now, Cherry Blue said:

Sounds like we've played far better second half so 1 1 not a bad result. 

Always the way. One abysmal half, one decent half. 

[booth]

Just now, Cherry Blue said:

Sounds like we've played far better second half so 1 1 not a bad result. 

Meh, we've been shit. Just not as shit.

[jim mk2]

Nothing result and drab performance against a lowly team. Not good enough but Tony will be happy. 

[neophox]

Good point in the end. Now we need a win at home to Peterborough ..

 

[neophox]

Brereton is always going to score giving a chance... what a turn around. Would like to see a 5 star performance on wednesday and a Brereton hattrick.

[TimmyJimmy]

Bruisers. That's the formula to beat us. Smash into the player. Smash the ball long and hope for the ball to break your way once in the match. Ref awful. Our first half was a no show. Couldn't complete a pass. Lucky we have Ben on the case. Nyambe? wtf.

[OldEwoodBlue]

Fair result.

Enjoyed the goal.

[Miker]

1-1 is okay but a disappointing result. Mowbray's subs bizarre today.

Travis should have been taken off instead of Davenport as he was really poor today, and Dolan should have been brought on for Khadra at some point as Khadra faded as the game wore on. 

Rothwell and Nyambe clearly affected by the contract talks as they were both really poor today. If contracts can't be resolved by January then I would say move them on and bring in replacements.

[neophox]

Think Nyambe has his thoughts somewhere else...

 

[neophox]

Brereton worked his socks off today.. he was everywhere. Also Kaminski had a good game. Ayala will be needed in coming games..

[WacoRover]

For as poorly as we played most of the game, a point on the road isn’t bad. 
Regroup midweek vs Peter, get the win, lads. 

[booth]

1 minute ago, neophox said:

Think Nyambe has his thoughts somewhere else...

 

Get rid then. He's not exactly a world beater.

[bluebruce]

4 minutes ago, neophox said:

Think Nyambe has his thoughts somewhere else...

 

The somewhere else might stop wanting him if he doesn't play better than that.

[yankfan]

Take the point but we were second best most of the game. Could easily have been 3-1 Bristol. On one side of the coin, very disappointed in our play. Khadra and poveda did very little to start and really weaken our ability to defend. On the other side, to play that poorly and pick up a point has to be seen as a positive. 
 

playing Ayala from the start and hopefully Dolan and Rothwell on Wednesday should get us more balanced. 

[yankfan]

8 minutes ago, booth said:

Get rid then. He's not exactly a world beater.

Outside of today he’s one of the defensive backs in this league. He struggles in attack and playing balls into the box. But it’s not like we have anyone behind him whose better. JRC has proven his health can’t be relied upon. 

[Cherry Blue]

6 minutes ago, neophox said:

Brereton worked his socks off today.. he was everywhere. Also Kaminski had a good game. Ayala will be needed in coming games..

Rich Sharpe saying Ayala was outstanding. Diaz turning out to be a excellent signing & same goes for Kaminski.

[booth]

2 minutes ago, yankfan said:

Outside of today he’s one of the defensive backs in this league. He struggles in attack and playing balls into the box. But it’s not like we have anyone behind him whose better. JRC has proven his health can’t be relied upon. 

He's the best we've got but that doesn't mean we can't do better.

[joey_big_nose]

Couldn't watch the game today, will catch on playback tomorrrow.

Seems like from the flow of the game and comments on here it was a classic case of our 4231/433 getting out muscled by their 343 until we matched up at half time when Ayala came on. Suddenly we became more competitive.

Will be interesting to see if thats the case when I watch back.

 

 

[chaddyrovers]

The performance was poor from attacking point of view. Not good enough. Brereton scoring agan tho was a good finish. Very surprised Dolan didn't come on. 

The 3 centre backs of Lenihan, Ayala and Wharton made us more solid according Mark Atkins on Radio Lancashire. Proper good analysis of the game and performance of the players. 

Shame for the player

Edited November 20, 2021 by chaddyrovers

[lraC]

Not a great game. Long throws and bully boy tactics, seemed to throw us off our stride. Thought we were slightly better second half but no more than 5/10 as an overall performance. Glad to escape with a point, as I thought we were going to draw a blank.

Big Ben rescued us again and great to see his goal tally, getting near to the 1000/1 odds, which shows how unexpected that was,

[bluebruce]

Prediction - now we have Ayala, Wharton and soon Van Hecke back, a lot more 5 at the back bollocks in the games to come. Results to drop accordingly.