Match Day Thread Bristol City FC v Sunderland AFC – Good Friday 18th April 2025 - KO 15:00

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Intrigued by the lineup we put out on Monday. RLB suggested Neil will be rested and that along with Watson being dropped make it hard to predict.

Patterson
Browne Mepham O'Nien Hjelde
Rigg Samed Jobe
Roberts Isidor Aleksic

That's my best guess. Don't think he'd play ELF 2 games in quick succession that are pretty meaningless. Mayenda is clearly the main man now so could do with him having a break and seeing if Isidor can reignite his form. Cirkin will apparently be back but I can't see him starting if he couldn't make the bench yesterday.
 
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SourPatch2 said:
Intrigued by the lineup we put out on Monday. RLB suggested Neil will be rested and that along with Watson being dropped make it hard to predict.

Patterson
Browne Mepham O'Nien Hjelde
Rigg Samed Jobe
Roberts Isidor Aleksic

That's my best guess. Don't think he'd play ELF 2 games in quick succession that are pretty meaningless. Mayenda is clearly the main man now so could do with him having a break and seeing if Isidor can reignite his form. Cirkin will apparently be back but I can't see him starting if he couldn't make the bench yesterday.
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I agree with pretty much all of that but would be tempted to stick Wilson on the left him and mayenda link well and atleast we know he will graft, gives you two outlets too
 
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SourPatch2 said:
The ghost of Niall Huggins in for Hume
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I would actually like to see Lavery in the team for a week, maybe too early for him but he's a good kid and a natural right back. Hedges isn't much of an opponent either imo for Blackburn, however probably be Browne and I don't mind that at all.
 
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Yeah would be good if Isidor can solve our wide issues. He's not foreign to the position either
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Isidor been out of form for a while now. Thought we lost every semblance of a front man option when he came on yesterday. Does he seem as happy as he once was? He is a conundrum at the moment, but if Mayenda doesnt start as our 9 in the play off games I would be shocked and disappointed.
 
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JimHeron92 said:
I would actually like to see Lavery in the team for a week, maybe too early for him but he's a good kid and a natural right back. Hedges isn't much of an opponent either imo for Blackburn, however probably be Browne and I don't mind that at all.
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Aye, good shout that one.
 
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FellTop said:
Isidor been out of form for a while now. Thought we lost every semblance of a front man option when he came on yesterday. Does he seem as happy as he once was? He is a conundrum at the moment, but if Mayenda doesnt start as our 9 in the play off games I would be shocked and disappointed.
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Form and confidence, mate, the "dark areas of the mind". Isidor seems an "emotional player", if he's happy and confident things will flow, but if something knocks it, things won't work until it's put right. Whatever it is, it's in his head and his emotions probably amplify it, which can result in him trying too hard or conversely easing off too much because he's conscious of trying too hard and thinking less is more and things will come. Probably, when he gets a goal, his form will improve. Sports psychology is a complicated area, I don't know how much we put into it, but it is something to be invested in. I could start a whole thread on it from stuff I've read and heard from different sportsmen over the years, even down to stupid superstitions about chewing gum!
 
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FellTop said:
Isidor been out of form for a while now. Thought we lost every semblance of a front man option when he came on yesterday. Does he seem as happy as he once was? He is a conundrum at the moment, but if Mayenda doesnt start as our 9 in the play off games I would be shocked and disappointed.
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Same here. He's the modern day striker, all the big clubs are after similar profiles to him. If he adds consistency in front of goal he'll go to the top.
 
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FellTop said:
Isidor been out of form for a while now. Thought we lost every semblance of a front man option when he came on yesterday. Does he seem as happy as he once was? He is a conundrum at the moment, but if Mayenda doesnt start as our 9 in the play off games I would be shocked and disappointed.
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He has been out of form because we changed our style of play.
 
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