Match Day Thread Bristol City v Sheffield Utd playoff game

Sending off killed that game, 11v11 we competed.

Still a few additions needed in the summer and hope we don’t waste millions again on duds like Mayulu, Armstrong and Twine.

 

you need to speak to Manning about wasting 9 million quid

 

I’d rather lose 3-0 up there than try and play out a draw.
It doesn’t matter now.
Oh - and it was Sir Dickie that got himself sent off - not Vyner, Twine or Max.

 

It was a bad error by an experienced pro like Dickie, but we all have a risk of blood now and again, let’s not hang him out to dry over this. With him suspended and all the other injuries, it’s going to be a very makeshift back 3 on Monday night….

 

Here we go….. Have you got your “Bring back Nige” banners ready….

 

Dickie shouldn’t have allowed their striker to get goal side, but, and I usually stick up for Max, should Max have seen the danger and closed him down?, he seemed to me, again, to hesitate, did anyone else think he should have closed the attacker down quickly. To me had he done so he would have got there in time, it may have risked giving a penalty away, but at least as he’d been attempting to play the ball it may have been just a yellow, or did he do the right thing, not risking giving away a penalty and a sending off

 

Mayulu and Armstrong were never our first choices. Our first choice who we chased was Moussa Sylla (who scored 16 for Schalke this season) and cost £2.5 million in the summer. Then there was another player (can’t remember who played somewhere like Poland / Croatia region)
Mayalu and Armstrong were Tinnions panick buys due to losing those two.
Twine (albiet injured a lot) was Mannings choice, but I suspect he didn’t want to spend that much hence why Earthy came in. But seemed to me we chased Twine that much we priced him high in Burnley’s eyes and took it when we should have walked away.
Bird, McNally (missed him a lot in run in) Stokes are all good signings.

 

So you agree his expensive signings have been extremely poor. Not going to get anywhere near the money spent back on them.

What do you think about him constantly playing Armstrong over Cornick crazy.

 

Seems we panicked when we weren’t successful with our targets, I get that, but neither Armstrong or Fally should have even been on the list. Fally has gone back abroad and Armstrong isn’t anywhere near championship standard, that was more than evident last night, he’s awful. The very least you’d expect if he shoukd have run himself into the ground, he just jogged about in no man’s land.

 

hope we never see that ref again,he was crap at oxford and crap tonight,, a pen sure but straight red no way..

 

I think we should push Ross McRory up front.
He has a decent threat in him.

 

With Dickie unavailable defence is short, also left sided unless Pring is back, we’re short of cover all over the pitch. Midfield without Joe, the list goes on. I know the red card altered the game, but we really are short in numbers of Quality, as well as quantity. We’d burnt ourselves out achieving top 6 and were running on fumes.

 

I’m sure in the past you’ve slated Cornick as well.
1 Cornick just coming back from injury.
2 I could see the idea of using Armstrong up front as he’s big and strong. It worked against Oxford when we went to 9 players (well done Langford you cock)
Armstrong showed no emotion of Saturday, hes playing like he don’t want to be here. He’s had chance after chance and I suspect he will be like Fally and loaned out or sold this summer.

 

Get rid of both not sure how much city will recoup nothing like what they spent.

 

Don’t understand why people done that. If we got a goal then that mountain to climb becomes a hill.

Wonder if the players thought **** it as well and walked off at 80 minutes.

Do you walk out the cinema before the ending?

I enjoyed last 5 minutes chanting “Liam Mannings Cider Army” out singing the blunts.

 

I deliberately left my comments for 24 hours and let my thoughts settle somewhat after yesterday's debacle. After waiting for 17 years to get into the play-offs our display and effort was shockingly bad and even if we had 11 players left at the end we would have been badly beaten by a side that looked quite average at times. We have no defence and Vyner and several others must take the blame as our marking was appalling for their goals and our overall game plan was decidedly League One standard. If we can turn it around from here it would have to be a miracle (anyone know the new Pope?) and if I am really honest with myself I don't think we were worthy of a spot in the post-season especially when you look back at the number of times we shot ourselves in the foot, our W-D-L record is not very good. When I got the first sight of Ashton Gate bedecked in colour I said that this is going to be a special night for us all but after around 20 minutes I hadn't seen much, if any, signs that we would be the ones celebrating. It was nice that our supporters did not boo at the end as that would have been crass given our 1st play-off in 17 years, but I think they had every right to do so based on the continued lack of effort and I wish they had. Overall some people will say it was a good campaign but I tend to think it was just a rehash of the same old rubbish we have had to endure for far too long and I predict now that next season will see us further down the table with no advancement of player quality or desire. It was said again during the match as to how good Ashton Gate Stadium would look good in the Premiership but some unkown hexes it every time we think we are close.

 

My initial reaction was dreadful decision by the ref.On reflection the bad decision was made by Dickie with the tackle he made. Unlike some on here regarding other players mistakes over the season I don't hold Dickie responsible for what might become the end of our season.
What we have lacked all season is a decent goal scorer.. we just don't pull the trigger enough. Hardly any shots on target has summed us up all season

 

It’s also the lack of supply that’s hurt us. Twine hasn’t been the link player we all hoped he’d be, add to that, Bird and Knight have rarely found that killer pass as well, has really hindered us. Get that right in the next window, we will be in a good spot.
Dickie wins the most headers amongst our CBs, but is also comfortably the slowest (evidenced last night when even Kieffer Moore outpaced him), that will hurt us if we play him and Atkinson, who is also slow. Getting McNally back is key for us.
Money will be tight in the next window, so for me we need to get it right at the top end of the field and a left footed defender, rather than a new keeper right now.

 

I'm hoping McNally and Atkinson will play a big part next season in a 3 or a 4. Pring, Sykes and McCrorie would be my first choice WBs.....can only see Tanner as a RB, definitely not centrally. We have quite a few options in midfield but what Manning really requires is a decent striker and keeper.......Without improving these 2 positions we won't get anywhere close again to the playoffs.