Bristol City v Middlesbrough please log in to view this image Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson is dealing with a defensive injury crisis. Nathan Baker, Bailey Wright, Taylor Moore and Jens Hegeler are all out, while keeper Frank Fielding and Hakeeb Adelakun remain long-term absentees. Dael Fry was the only Boro player to retain his place for the Carabao Cup as boss Tony Pulis made 10 changes. Fry picked up an ankle knock but is fit. Aden Flint is poised to face his former employers after joining Boro for a reported £7m in the summer. Match facts Bristol City have won their past three league matches against Middlesbrough at Ashton Gate, triumphing 2-1 thanks to goals from Joe Bryan and Jamie Paterson in 2017-18. Middlesbrough's victory over Bristol City at the Riverside last season is their only win in Boro's past seven Championship games against the Robins (D1 L5). Bristol City are winless in six league matches (D4 L2), their worst spell since a run of seven without a victory in March 2017. Tony Pulis has won three of his four managerial visits to Ashton Gate in all competitions, losing the other in October 2007 as Stoke manager - current Robins boss Lee Johnson featured for Bristol City that day, while they were managed at the time by his father Gary. Bristol City striker Andreas Weimann has scored in each of his past two league games (two goals) - the Austrian has never scored in three consecutive league games in English football. Only two of the past 18 shots on target Middlesbrough have faced in the Championship (including play-offs) have been scored - the first two they faced this season against Millwall.
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This is shocking, and to be honest I actually think it’s LJ’s fault. This team does not know what to do today.
R Rod the daggers are sharpening not there today but my boy says it is shocking. 4 wins since Jan 2018 with a weaker first team it don’t look good for LJ. Facebook is in meltdown as is OTIB Two months of this he will be gone.
A lot of people saw this one coming and although it is still early in the season I think some red flags might start to appear. Overall we have done very little in the last 2 transfer windows and even less to replace the 3 players that we knew would leave us for new pastures before the season started. We did some incredible business in the outgoing department, which helped our bank balance, but the replacements have to be considered weak by most standards. Waiting for Diedhou and others to return from absence doesn't really address the current issues and from what I can determine we just aren't even close to being competitive. I expected Middlesbrough to be in the mix but if we use that as our excuse then we could be doomed because we have stated on many occasions that we need to be counted as a contender and frankly I see no evidence that we have reached that intention. Is it all LJ's fault or does the blame lie elsewhere? P.S. I can't see Lansdown sacking Lee at any time soon.
Hit the crossbar twice near the end, that was the only exciting thing to happen all game, we're relegation fodder at present
We only started playing when Smith went off. I’ve long thought that Smith and Pack are too similar in that get to the final third and don’t know where to pass. I’ve been a big fan of Korey but much prefer Pack and Brownhill. Better second half but the damage was done by then.
Junior bemoaning lack of squad depth. Nearly 40 signings ? What's he talking about or just clutching at straws ?
Well, we lost (as expected) to a side that have spent £millions. No surprise there. At least Flint didn’t score - and we could be QPR Obviously disappointed with a defeat, but still not panicking yet. One more game off Diedhiou’s ban.
Bloody hell that made me think, QPR got beat 7-1 at home, what happens if they screw a few past us and beat us. - that will be a test to make a judgement.
