Yes it was a good win, any win against Forest is to be treasured, and from what I heard on the radio Bristol commentary, all members of the squad are to be congratulated for their efforts. Also big thank you to SOâD and his staff. But now that the euphoria of yesterday afternoon has settled into a warm good feeling, I am throwing a bit of caution around. Donât get too carried away as the same old problems are still there. Except that yesterday, Blackstock did not accept our gift wrapped chance while still 0-0. I watched it on TV last night and re-ran it several times. Firstly he was NOT offside as Radio Bristol claimed. They thought he was because the defender alongside of him stepped up too late or was muscled off by Blackstock and left the Forest forward with a free header. I cannot determine which City player it is as the camera is moving too quickly and the freeze frame is too blurred. Who it was is almost irrelevant. Iâm not highlighting this as criticism but as as a warning that we still have a way to go to become rock solid at the back. We are still leaving opposition forwards with very clear goalscoring chances. That they missed it is perhaps evidence that the Cityâs share of the ârub of the greenâ has changed but we cannot keep on doing this at 0-0 and get away with it.
I agree CA but these things happen. Everyone has to remember its IMPOSSIBLE to go a game without the opposite team having 1-2 good chances to score a goal its whether they take them. We took our 2 good chances, They didn't, The defence is getting better. 1 goal conceded in 3 home games and 6 goals scored. Just have to get that away form now!
I have been saying this in another thread. That chance taken very different game, very different set of players mindset. (crowd too!) We got a bit lucky (maybe we deserve a bit of luck!) confidence was visibly shaky at the start but also visibly returning as the game wore on. I'll take it. We go to Cardiff with a bit of belief returning.
