v Bristol City (a) - 25/1/2025

[DanielMB]

A bit late for subs ay?

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[Andy]

The outfield players must feel disheartened.

They're not great, but they've mostly played quite well today - I even think Buckley and Forshaw did a decent job in the middle.

Gueye seems to be getting better game by game.

Then you have a GK that just throws the game away for you, undoing all that good work.

[G Somerset Rover]

  On 25/01/2025 at 16:40, booth said:

I'll agree with you that we haven't played poorly today (Bristol have been far worse but taken their chances) but that doesn't make it any less a death spiral.

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Indeed. I don’t know what else to call it. Utterly prolonged shit form? 

[TommyRovers]

JRC getting in the way of a striker's header on goal.

Shame he couldn't do the same on Tuesday.

[DanielMB]

I really don’t like Pears but it’s hard to pin the second goal on him when it takes a deflection.

[RevidgeBlue]

  On 25/01/2025 at 16:41, Exiled_Rover said:

We've seen the Hungarian play for us twice. He was good on his debut and not bad midweek. 

You people really do write people off far too quickly. 

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He was shite midweek.

Pears isnt the best but has been quite good on the whole this season.

[Norbert Rassragr]

The bots and happy clapping quislings will be bigging up the mighty Bristol City and saying we should know our place.

[Exiled_Rover]

  On 25/01/2025 at 16:40, booth said:

I'll agree with you that we haven't played poorly today (Bristol have been far worse but taken their chances) but that doesn't make it any less a death spiral.

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We didn't look like a professional football team during Mowbray's death spirals. 

[Exiled_Rover]

  On 25/01/2025 at 16:39, DanielMB said:

We really are shocking. We will be nowhere near the playoffs with players like Buckley, Forshaw, Hedges and Sanderson starting. 

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You realise the GK has cost us two goals today, right?

[booth]

  On 25/01/2025 at 16:41, duckson said:

A lucky deflection isn't taking a chance.

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Who cares, he took a shot and it somehow went in.

The point is that we have the likes of Dolan have had chances and either taken too many touches, too long to get a shot off or their shot has been way off target.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

Hedges can't possibly be a pro footballer. 

[Cherry Blue]

Team will never to good enough to reach playoffs as long as venkys are here. Ah include waggott too.

[wilsdenrover]

The managers don’t cause these spirals the owners/board do.

[AAK]

  On 25/01/2025 at 16:41, Exiled_Rover said:

We've seen the Hungarian play for us twice. He was good on his debut and not bad midweek. 

You people really do write people off far too quickly. 

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He's not writing people off, he's just not visibaly impaired.

[Exiled_Rover]

  On 25/01/2025 at 16:40, AAK said:

Talking crap. I take it you think dion and adsm are great players too with your thumbs down? Ostrich you

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I think we haven't seen enough of either to make a judgement. 

[Andy]

  On 25/01/2025 at 16:44, DanielMB said:

I really don’t like Pears but it’s hard to pin the second goal on him when it takes a deflection.

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A professional goalkeeper should not be beaten from that angle, with that soft shot.

Positioning was wrong, anticipation was wrong, reactions were not present.

He has been at fault for both goals today.

[booth]

  On 25/01/2025 at 16:44, Exiled_Rover said:

We didn't look like a professional football team during Mowbray's death spirals. 

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Happy to call it a "Venkys have thrown another season" death spiral.

[AAK]

  On 25/01/2025 at 16:45, Exiled_Rover said:

You realise the GK has cost us two goals today, right?

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Do you realise you've massively contradicted yourself, look at your posts over the last 10 mins. You've just backed pears and now you're calling him out.

Edited January 25 by AAK

[DanielMB]

  On 25/01/2025 at 16:45, Exiled_Rover said:

You realise the GK has cost us two goals today, right?

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I think it’s harsh to blame Pears for the second. It took a deflection 

[Forever Blue]

We’ve definitely cornered the market in shit keepers….and wingers. 
 

1 new striker isn’t going to solve all our problems.

[TommyRovers]

Pears is not a good goalkeeper. He's had the season of his career but the faults have always been there. He is a pretty good shot stopper but you would argue thats the "easier" aspect of goalkeeping.

[Exiled_Rover]

That attack on 90 minutes sums us up at the moment. Open them up with a counter attack, but the ball won't quite fall to Leonard and he can only hit a weak, deflected shot (which sadly doesn't deflect past their GK) goalwards. 

We're not getting our just rewards at the moment. 

[duckson]

  On 25/01/2025 at 16:46, booth said:

Who cares, he took a shot and it somehow went in.

The point is that we have the likes of Dolan have had chances and either taken too many touches, too long to get a shot off or their shot has been way off target.

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Your statement was incorrect, it wasnt a chance, it was a fluke and likely off target.

We take a similar shot and somehow it doesnt go in and deflects away from goal, i guess that's luck on the day or lack of it.

[Exiled in Toronto Mk2]

Three big deflections in the last few mins all going against us.

[AAK]

  On 25/01/2025 at 16:46, Exiled_Rover said:

I think we haven't seen enough of either to make a judgement. 

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Good luck with that mindset, you'll be massively disappointed.