| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? 11:48 - Oct 26 with 2426 views | Mullet |
Almost like we can do no wrong at the minute innit? Doesn't feel right still.
Brizzle will think it's incredible bad luck as opposed to Morsy's getting a deflection when their keeper was planted. Fine margins and all the cliches, but I thought even though we played badly and Pearson did one of the best jobs so far of neutralising our main threats, it's mindblowing to think we are going away to teams and eking out 1-0 wins again time after time.
The longer this goes on the worse it has to get for us to come really undone. |  |
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| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 11:53 - Oct 26 with 2388 views | _clive_baker_ |
I think you could say it was a stroke of good luck in the first instance that Davis uncharacteristically got caught ball watching when he seemed to have enough time to clear it. Generally it was a game where we got in to some good areas at times but couldn't find the right final ball (Jackson guilty on a couple of occasions after excellent work from Chaplin). Morsy hit the post with a long range effort as well. There wasn't loads in the game, but I thought we were good for the 1 goal margin on balance, much like at Southampton. |  | | |
| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 11:54 - Oct 26 with 2379 views | SomethingBlue |
Pretty much all of the fine margins are going our way at the moment, which is nice given for about 15 years none of them did. It's no accident though. Last night was far from our best but even then we were noticeably the better side for the middle hour, and aside from that incredible let-off I never really felt Bristol City would score.
Every win we get now is a win we don't need to scramble for at the business end. You're right – we're in the territory now where a couple more would make it harder not to finish in the play-offs than to make them. Be lovely to tick off a few more before a really, really tough period around Christmas when we will lose our fair share. |  |
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| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 11:58 - Oct 26 with 2347 views | Mullet |
| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 11:53 - Oct 26 by _clive_baker_ |
I think you could say it was a stroke of good luck in the first instance that Davis uncharacteristically got caught ball watching when he seemed to have enough time to clear it. Generally it was a game where we got in to some good areas at times but couldn't find the right final ball (Jackson guilty on a couple of occasions after excellent work from Chaplin). Morsy hit the post with a long range effort as well. There wasn't loads in the game, but I thought we were good for the 1 goal margin on balance, much like at Southampton. |
Leif was a bit all over the shop last night. Some great anticipation on the intercept and bursting forward, then he does that.
Thought the cover for the full backs was a big factor in how we played too. Wes being out meant another relationship in an important area missing and that took some adjustment. Did annoy me how they hacked Jackson down and the ref wasn't anywhere near his cards too.
That said KJ's booking was hilariously bad. Scholes level tackling. | |
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| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 12:08 - Oct 26 with 2266 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 11:54 - Oct 26 by SomethingBlue |
Pretty much all of the fine margins are going our way at the moment, which is nice given for about 15 years none of them did. It's no accident though. Last night was far from our best but even then we were noticeably the better side for the middle hour, and aside from that incredible let-off I never really felt Bristol City would score.
Every win we get now is a win we don't need to scramble for at the business end. You're right – we're in the territory now where a couple more would make it harder not to finish in the play-offs than to make them. Be lovely to tick off a few more before a really, really tough period around Christmas when we will lose our fair share. |
I like to think I am pretty sensible and level headed but I honestly cannot see us not picking up 60 points from 34 games. That would take us to 91 and you'd think enough to go up. It's fair you point to a tough run around Christmas but I see no inevitability of us 'losing our fair share'. We've lost 9 league games under McKenna, only lost 5 in our last 58 games. We will always score goals. It's really hard to see a situation where we go on a really bad run. [Post edited 26 Oct 2023 12:09]
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| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 12:35 - Oct 26 with 2166 views | N2_Blue |
I don't get this "we played badly" view of last night??
We really didn't, sure we were far from our fluent best but suggesting we played badly makes out that it was a lucky win where it was anything but. We were generally the better team and had far more clear cut chances. At times we played some really good stuff as well so for me its an odd take. The 2nd half was more difficult but that and we resuty in the first 10 but is that really surprising?
I hope people aren't getting spoilt if they considered last night a bad performance. I'll take plenty more of those performances between now and the end of the season as we'll win more than we do lose |  |
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| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 12:39 - Oct 26 with 2127 views | Mullet |
| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 12:35 - Oct 26 by N2_Blue |
I don't get this "we played badly" view of last night??
We really didn't, sure we were far from our fluent best but suggesting we played badly makes out that it was a lucky win where it was anything but. We were generally the better team and had far more clear cut chances. At times we played some really good stuff as well so for me its an odd take. The 2nd half was more difficult but that and we resuty in the first 10 but is that really surprising?
I hope people aren't getting spoilt if they considered last night a bad performance. I'll take plenty more of those performances between now and the end of the season as we'll win more than we do lose |
In terms of everything else we've seen this season it's hardly a revelatory view or demonstrably wrong is it?
Brizzle kept us out, gave us a bit of trouble, as noted the chance in the OP was down to Davis being a bit sloppy.
As ever, the space for nuance on here doesn't need squeezing. | |
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| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 12:41 - Oct 26 with 2112 views | Pendejo |
Away from PR, the ghost of Kevin Beattie appears to be doing a sterling job as 12th man, surely the only explanation for how some opposition teams have failed to score;
last night along the line
QPR double post hit
Southampton open goal missed
The gods of football are once more favouring us, but for how long?
Up until 3rd CL win would do nicely. |  |
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| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 12:49 - Oct 26 with 2063 views | N2_Blue |
| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 12:39 - Oct 26 by Mullet |
In terms of everything else we've seen this season it's hardly a revelatory view or demonstrably wrong is it?
Brizzle kept us out, gave us a bit of trouble, as noted the chance in the OP was down to Davis being a bit sloppy.
As ever, the space for nuance on here doesn't need squeezing. |
Whether comparaingt o what we've seen this season or not, are you really satying 'we played badly'? Just curious
Brizzle kept us out? Well apart from the goal we scored which won the game??
I didn't think they troubled us very much, as you say their best chance came from a slight lapse from leif, which does happen from any player from time to time no matter how good you are. Doesn't mean we played badly.
Anyway was just curious on this viewpoint, I'll leave it there as you seem somewhat irked by me questioning it. | |
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| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 12:53 - Oct 26 with 2026 views | Mullet |
| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 12:49 - Oct 26 by N2_Blue |
Whether comparaingt o what we've seen this season or not, are you really satying 'we played badly'? Just curious
Brizzle kept us out? Well apart from the goal we scored which won the game??
I didn't think they troubled us very much, as you say their best chance came from a slight lapse from leif, which does happen from any player from time to time no matter how good you are. Doesn't mean we played badly.
Anyway was just curious on this viewpoint, I'll leave it there as you seem somewhat irked by me questioning it. |
I'm not irked in the slightest. You seem to be in a minority view and taking everything to absolutes here.
Was it a good performance last night? No. Does that mean everything was terrible? No. Have we played worse than this many times in the last year? Still no (maybe 5 or 6 at a push if I was guessing).
Is it a criticism of McKenna, anyone or anything in particular? Still no.
I don't think anyone is unhappy with last night, just that it wasn't the flowing typical performance we've come to expect. Too many areas of our game were a little rusty or a little off. | |
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| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 12:55 - Oct 26 with 2009 views | BlueBadger |
| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 12:35 - Oct 26 by N2_Blue |
I don't get this "we played badly" view of last night??
We really didn't, sure we were far from our fluent best but suggesting we played badly makes out that it was a lucky win where it was anything but. We were generally the better team and had far more clear cut chances. At times we played some really good stuff as well so for me its an odd take. The 2nd half was more difficult but that and we resuty in the first 10 but is that really surprising?
I hope people aren't getting spoilt if they considered last night a bad performance. I'll take plenty more of those performances between now and the end of the season as we'll win more than we do lose |
I suspect it's the 'I Just Have Concerns' crowd desperately seeking the negative take in the main. |  |
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| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 12:59 - Oct 26 with 1980 views | Ryorry |
| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 12:53 - Oct 26 by Mullet |
I'm not irked in the slightest. You seem to be in a minority view and taking everything to absolutes here.
Was it a good performance last night? No. Does that mean everything was terrible? No. Have we played worse than this many times in the last year? Still no (maybe 5 or 6 at a push if I was guessing).
Is it a criticism of McKenna, anyone or anything in particular? Still no.
I don't think anyone is unhappy with last night, just that it wasn't the flowing typical performance we've come to expect. Too many areas of our game were a little rusty or a little off. |
A couple of Brizzles on their forum were mightily impressed with our play last night, so if we were indeed playing comparatively badly (I missed most of the Town TV coverage) - well, fine! |  |
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| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 13:05 - Oct 26 with 1954 views | Mullet |
| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 12:59 - Oct 26 by Ryorry |
A couple of Brizzles on their forum were mightily impressed with our play last night, so if we were indeed playing comparatively badly (I missed most of the Town TV coverage) - well, fine! |
I think it's very easy to forget how high the standards are now. People are still expecting a Lambert style regression or Cook level destruction I suspect. We went on an amazing run to go up and have walloped aside everyone pretty much.
Even when we lost to Leeds we played better, were more fluid and if it wasn't for a mad few minutes going entirely their way might even have won/drawn.
Last night we had a terrible opening 5 mins, raised our game and made a real fight of it for an hour or so. The last 20 mins was probably the most damaging in terms of subs not getting the ball e.g. Hirst vs Scarlett as an outlet. | |
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| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 13:16 - Oct 26 with 1904 views | burnbudgiesburn |
| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 12:41 - Oct 26 by Pendejo |
Away from PR, the ghost of Kevin Beattie appears to be doing a sterling job as 12th man, surely the only explanation for how some opposition teams have failed to score;
last night along the line
QPR double post hit
Southampton open goal missed
The gods of football are once more favouring us, but for how long?
Up until 3rd CL win would do nicely. |
Counterpoint in all those games
Burns open goal miss v QPR
Chaplin hits the bar v Soton
Morsy hits post v Brizzle
I know this was not what you meant, but we are certainly not just winning these games due to 'luck' as we have been unfortunate in all those aforementioned games. | | | |
| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 14:03 - Oct 26 with 1769 views | Ryorry |
| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 13:05 - Oct 26 by Mullet |
I think it's very easy to forget how high the standards are now. People are still expecting a Lambert style regression or Cook level destruction I suspect. We went on an amazing run to go up and have walloped aside everyone pretty much.
Even when we lost to Leeds we played better, were more fluid and if it wasn't for a mad few minutes going entirely their way might even have won/drawn.
Last night we had a terrible opening 5 mins, raised our game and made a real fight of it for an hour or so. The last 20 mins was probably the most damaging in terms of subs not getting the ball e.g. Hirst vs Scarlett as an outlet. |
Indeed; and thanks for the precis, appreciated. | |
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| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 15:42 - Oct 26 with 1647 views | Medblue |
Definitely. It feels like we are entering the same parallel universe we occupied in 2000/01 when everything went right for us and you could only sit back and smile. (Almost) everything since then went wrong in the intervening 20 years so you can only enjoy it while it lasts. | | | |
| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 17:36 - Oct 26 with 1484 views | billlm |
| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 12:35 - Oct 26 by N2_Blue |
I don't get this "we played badly" view of last night??
We really didn't, sure we were far from our fluent best but suggesting we played badly makes out that it was a lucky win where it was anything but. We were generally the better team and had far more clear cut chances. At times we played some really good stuff as well so for me its an odd take. The 2nd half was more difficult but that and we resuty in the first 10 but is that really surprising?
I hope people aren't getting spoilt if they considered last night a bad performance. I'll take plenty more of those performances between now and the end of the season as we'll win more than we do lose |
I actually thought minus first 5 minutes the first half was excellent football should have scored more,
Hence this lead to our battling second half not getting the second goal,
If we fail away from home to get a second goal we will drop several points,
I'm still enjoying the ride what a team |  | | |
| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 17:55 - Oct 26 with 1444 views | Wickets |
| Anyone else laugh when that ball went across our line not over it? on 12:35 - Oct 26 by N2_Blue |
I don't get this "we played badly" view of last night??
We really didn't, sure we were far from our fluent best but suggesting we played badly makes out that it was a lucky win where it was anything but. We were generally the better team and had far more clear cut chances. At times we played some really good stuff as well so for me its an odd take. The 2nd half was more difficult but that and we resuty in the first 10 but is that really surprising?
I hope people aren't getting spoilt if they considered last night a bad performance. I'll take plenty more of those performances between now and the end of the season as we'll win more than we do lose |
I certainly dont think we played badly , not at our best but worked very hard to get the win that we just about deserved. |  | | |
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