Match Day Thread WBA v Bristol City

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Match Preview: West Brom (FAC - H)
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Chris Sutton predicts outcome of West Brom FA Cup fourth-round tie v Bristol City
Chris Sutton has predicted home advantage will play a big factor when West Brom travel to Ashton Gate to play Bristol City in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Saturday (28 January)

The Baggies comfortably defeated Chesterfield in the third-round replay following a dramatic 3-3 draw in their first encounter, and now take on their fellow Championship side Bristol City for a spot in the fifth round.
Making his FA Cup predictions for BBC Sport (Thursday 26 January), pundit Sutton predicted that Carlos Corberan’s side would come off second best and narrowly lose the match 2-1.
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Bristol City v West Brom injury news: Eight out & three doubts after Andi Weimann update
Latest injury and team news for both Bristol City and West Brom ahead of their FA Cup fourth round clash.
https://www.bristolworld.com/sport/...hree-doubts-after-andi-weimann-update-4004218
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Redprintt said:
Listened to a sobering interview with NP.
What a straightjacket he has to wear.
Glad we have a manager of his experience to get us through this inherited financial quagmire.
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Like most, if not all Championship managers not in receipt of PL parachute payments, the post COVID fallout has hit clubs hard. However, given that experience you mention RP, we have fared a lot worse than others with less experienced managers and less money to spend.
I think NP is a lucky man - or not as the case may be, to still be our manager, many other chairman would have shown him in the door by now, as evidenced by the amount of Championship managers who have been sacked this season.
I think he should have gone during the WC break, but he didn’t, so we may as well stick with him now to the end of the season.
 
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Bristol City predicted team vs West Brom: Pearson has a Semenyo-sized hole to fill in the side
Bristol City welcome West Brom to Ashton Gate in the FA Cup fourth round, just over a month after they were soundly beaten in BS3 by Carlos Corberan's side
Bristol City predicted team vs West Brom: Pearson has a Semenyo-sized hole to fill in the side - Bristol Live (bristolpost.co.uk)
Bristol City (4-3-3):Max O’Leary; George Tanner, Zak Vyner, Rob Atkinson, Jay Dasilva; Matty James, Kal Naismith, Alex Scott; Mark Sykes, Nahki Wells, Sam Bell
 
bcfcredandwhite said:
I don’t remember the same outpouring of sympathy when Webster, Kelly, Pack and Brownhill were sold.
Maybe I missed it…..
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I wonder who is doing the most outpourings currently? I'm glad we have Nige and he is getting down to the nitty-gritty of the inherited financial quagmire as RP so well described it.
 
wizered said:
Bristol City predicted team vs West Brom: Pearson has a Semenyo-sized hole to fill in the side
Bristol City welcome West Brom to Ashton Gate in the FA Cup fourth round, just over a month after they were soundly beaten in BS3 by Carlos Corberan's side
Bristol City predicted team vs West Brom: Pearson has a Semenyo-sized hole to fill in the side - Bristol Live (bristolpost.co.uk)
Bristol City (4-3-3):Max O’Leary; George Tanner, Zak Vyner, Rob Atkinson, Jay Dasilva; Matty James, Kal Naismith, Alex Scott; Mark Sykes, Nahki Wells, Sam Bell
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The bench will be interesting, we really are short of numbers, especially strikers. I also wonder whether Kalas will get a run out at some point.

After listening to Nige, I’m unsure that Weiman is quite ready yet though.
 
The progress made has seen us AGAIN near the relegation zone....as usual we see ourselves not hitting the heights that would give us financial gain...i.e promotion or even playoffs..an expeierienced manager not being able to make this team gel we are then having to make ends meet by selling the family silver...yet again!!
Forest did a great job with very little to get where they are....sacked a has been (Hougton) and brought in a manager that got the best out of their players.. to me, that's the definition of progress.....but hey, others see it differently!!
Today's gonna be a tough one, we will do well to get a replay!!
 
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Redprintt said:
Listened to a sobering interview with NP.
What a straightjacket he has to wear.
Glad we have a manager of his experience to get us through this inherited financial quagmire.
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I think his managing of the club within is very good......his on the field managing, selections, formations, tactics are no better than we've had in the past IMO.
 
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his comments did indicate that to a degree MS was rising to the task of being an up front linkman! ?
 
oneforthebristolcity said:
The progress made has seen us AGAIN near the relegation zone....as usual we see ourselves not hitting the heights that would give us financial gain...i.e promotion or even playoffs..an expeierienced manager not being able to make this team gel we are then having to make ends meet by selling the family silver...yet again!!
Forest did a great job with very little to get where they are....sacked a has been (Hougton) and brought in a manager that got the best out of their players.. to me, that's the definition of progress.....but hey, others see it differently!!
Today's gonna be a tough one, we will do well to get a replay!!
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1For - you need to remember that according to some peoples belief, LJ was all over the finances when he was manager - he probably even had his own Bristol City corporate chequebook and credit card too - AND he personally negotiated the players' wages, whereas NP simply does the coaching and management and is beyond criticism.
 
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