please log in to view this image ASHTON GATE 15:00 KICK-OFF please log in to view this image SKYBET LEAGUE ONE BRISTOL CITY V COLCHESTER UNITED Words from the manager O'Driscoll: Expection is biggest hurdle Head 2 Head 38 league meeting has seen Bristol City come out on top 16 times to Colchester's 11 with 11 games ending in a draw There has been 107 goals scored in this fixture, 51 of those at Ashton Gate City's biggest win - 10.09.1960 Bristol City 5-0 Colchester United City's heaviest defeat - 24.02.2001 Colchester United 4-0 Bristol City Highest scoring game - 29.04.2000 Colchester United 3-4 Bristol City 'Interesting' facts The last 3 games at Ashton Gate against Colchester has ended in a draw 5 out the last 8 games at Ashton Gate has ended in a draw Colchester have only won once in there previous 9 trips to Ashton Gate We are currently on our worse sequence of league games without a win (17) we are currently 8 home games without a win, our poorest run since last season also 10 games without a clean sheet Media Centre BBC preview BCFC preview SKY SPORTS preview CUFC preview Match Odds Bristol City 5/6 Draw 5/2 Colchester 100/30 Complete list of odds here Players Tweets I cannot log into twitter at the moment Videos [video=youtube;umomth00A0E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=umomth00A0E[/video] COME ON YOU REDS FIRST WIN TODAY, I CAN FEEL IT!
Nice one OTIB - I've asked God to look down and bless us today, so with him and JET on our side 3 points coming our way!
Clearly you didn't get the best out of JET, Along with Ipswich, JET with You and Ipswich 84 games 10 goals Jet with us 12 games 7 goals Signing of the season for us, We'd be a lot worse off without him
Parish starts in goal, About time to, Reid keeps his place with JET and Baldock up top. COYR Parish, Moloney, Flint, Williams, Shorey, Wagstaff, Pack, Reid, Bryan, Emmanuel-Thomas, Baldock
Ah, music to my ears "Baldock attacks the ball at the near post" Long time since we had a striker who did that (Leroy)...
looks like SoD won't be winning Manager of the Month for September. Come on City, make my Wedding Anniversary for me please.
quite happy i decided to spend the day with the family and not go 1-0 down at the moment its been all city but after a spell of 2 minutes for Colchester we go 1 down
It doesnt mean anything of the sort :-( Dont our players ever practice shooting ? If I got to play football for a living I would be obsessive about it
Just got back and got to say I'm now pissed of with this constantly passing sideways and backwards. But I know why and if I can work it out but not SoD then we are in serious trouble. Please tell our players we ain't playing moving ****ing statues. Make some space to accept the pass it ain't rocket science!! I'm all for keeping possession, I don't want long lumps forward but if we moved at all when others have the ball then we will have outlets.
'got to say I'm now pissed of with this constantly passing sideways and backwards' Even RODney's caught up. We don't have the players to pass, pass along the back or if we do there's no intelligent movement ahead. This fantastic manager/brilliant tactician tries, when we're losing again, to send on a 'Lump' and then launch, launch launch. How ironic in the 2nd half - we were passing back and forth (our brilliant new system) between Flint and Williams and that GAVE Colchester there best chance of the game. Our passing game doesn't work for us but DID for Colchester. However unpalatable - SOD's taking us down.
