The Bristol City v Cardiff City Match Day Thread 16

[Septic Peg]

@Keyardiv thoughts?

[UK0wnag3]

4 minutes ago, Esmond Million's Bung said:

Used twice, i've told you a million times don't exaggerate.

Can't help but feel that reply really showcases your impetuosity

[Sleepy1968]

30 minutes ago, Super said:

Dont think we played that well but result all that matters. Nervy at the end sat back too much.

Agreed & agreed.

We tried hard, and rode our luck a bit - Pack could quite easily have gone before being fouled for the Bogle red. Magger's was definitely very nervy throughout, and it got a bit difficult to watch near the end that's for sure. We were using our squad to near its full extent, and it showed sometimes. Whatever anyone says about them, Cardiff are good at what they do (thank god we don't have to watch them every week :), so I'm cutting us massive amounts of slack.

PS Nice to see half the team hugging Tomlin at the end, presumably congratulating him for missing with those free kicks and failing to deliver a far post ball when we left their player free.

 

Edited November 4, 2017 by Sleepy1968

[WhistleHappy]

1 hour ago, old_eastender said:

3 mins plus ET

....went home soon afterwards I assume?

[Northamptonshire Red]

Love beating that lot.

[Ska Junkie]

Great win boys. Those 2 Tomlin free kicks had me sweating though.

Against a Warnock side it's never going to be pretty but we beat a decent side today.

COD MOTM again, what a player he's becoming!!

Well done boys!! 

Edited November 4, 2017 by Ska Junkie

[WessexPest]

Warnock really is a CU Next Tuesday.

[Major Isewater]

46 minutes ago, Super said:

Dont think we played that well but result all that matters. Nervy at the end sat back too much.

We were a bit disjointed today . 

Hörður looked nervous and had plenty to do as Cardiff continuously attacked down the right . 

He kept plugging away though and he has an assist for Flinty's goal to show for a difficult afternoon. 

The change in personnel saw Joe Bryan having a quieter game than usual on the attacking front. 

 

What we do have is heart and spirit by the bucket load and in this league that can be the difference. 

[Bianconeri]

46 minutes ago, Redinthehead said:

I didn’t think he was great - but he was necessary. Without his presence I think Cardiff’s approach may have been different.

I agree, even if it’s not going his way he keeps defenders bottled up. When fully fit we’ll need that to battle out wins on wet Tuesday nights 

[BanburyRed]

52 minutes ago, Bazooka Joe said:

Never has the term "bullet-header" been applied more appropriately.

Flint heads the ball harder than many players kick it.

Brilliant header by Aden. Only one person wanted that throw in. Awesome.

[BanburyRed]

40 minutes ago, Owl Visiting said:

Doing us a favour at Villa Park currently.....

[Slack Bladder]

I can't believe Magners has ditched the no nonsense black boots and gone for something more colourful.

[Esmond Million's Bung]

53 minutes ago, Owl Visiting said:

 

12 minutes ago, BanburyRed said:

Doing us a favour at Villa Park currently.....

**** me even Jordan Rhodes has scored!.

[Owl Visiting]

You guys are flying. We have no business being 2-0 up at Villa.

Scored a screamer after 30 seconds.

[alexukhc]

4 hours ago, Major Isewater said:

Get it off your chest lad . Tonight we celebrate ! 

Yes we do!!!!! Yesssssss get in, cracking result 

[RumRed]

2 minutes ago, Owl Visiting said:

You guys are flying. We have no business being 2-0 up at Villa.

Scored a screamer after 30 seconds.

Who cares, just stuff ‘em the jumped up Brummies

[1960maaan]

1 hour ago, MC RISK77 said:

Djuric was superb today

Maybe a touch over the top

1 hour ago, Esmond Million's Bung said:

Not what I saw but hey ho, opinions, opinions.

I thought he did pretty well , difficult game for anyone up there today

1 hour ago, Super said:

He didnt win much against those defenders!

He barely lost a header , may not have all been clean but he had 2 big units on him most of the time.

57 minutes ago, Esmond Million's Bung said:

He won flick on's, but the defenders moved him around very easily imo and he never took up a threatening positions when we were attacking, he never got in front of his marker, but he was part of the team that won and he never hid, a fully fit player like him will have better days imo.

The only disappointing thing for me was Bobby obviously not reading the flicks, that said he's still learning the position. 

Last year Duric bullied Bamba and pushed him all over the place, I think Warnock remembered that and most of the time there were two players on him. He still got countless flicks and touches and I think the partnership will improve. Milan has to get fit and Bobby will learn to read him a bit better. 
Not saying he was brilliant , important and kept their defence occupied , but there is more to come.

[Nibor]

Good result and a good performance all round, all the more pleasing because it was against Colin's long ball cheats.  I don't think they offered much, we outfought and out-thought them and we'd have won 11 vs 11 anyway.  

For me Joe Bryan, Callum O'Dowda and Aden Flint stood out.  Brownhill and Smith also played well overall as did Reid who nearly scored the goal of the season taking the piss out of Cardiff's defence but not getting enough trickery into the final shot.  Baker looked a little off the pace but was playing with an injury and Magnússon has to come on a long way if he's to stay, he lacked confidence and control too often though his throw for the winner was superb. 

Djuric worked hard and won a lot in the air, but needs to find a little bit of match sharpness as he made the wrong choice a little too often.  Looks like he's gained a lot of strength whilst out injured as he's much harder to push around now than he was when he first arrived.  Fielding didn't have a right lot to do but with the ball at his feet he's a continual worry.  Why can't we coach him through how to use those things on the end of his legs?

Pack was silly to lunge in on Bamba when already on a yellow but there was nowhere near as much contact as Bamba pretended.  Bogle's was a straight red all day long.  Taking off Pack was a very smart move by LJ as I'm certain Cardiff would have found a way to earn him a second yellow.  

It was great to see O'Dowda's first league goal, he has come on leaps and bounds in the last 6 weeks (Eire call up helped him?) and now looks like he's going to win the ball every time he goes for it.  Well done City and LJ - more of the same after another annoying international break please.

[Garland-sweden]

2 hours ago, CiderHider said:

Dirty Cardiff, anyone got the gif of GJ tripping up, was it Chopra? or Bellamy?  

Chopra, it was nice and smoth, he he.

[redfieldred]

Who was it  who took Bryan out just after the red card and got a yellow. That was a knee high tackle too

Edited November 4, 2017 by redfieldred

[Coombsy]

1 hour ago, Top Robin said:

Apparently the bloke holding the plates is Lee Johnson standing with his arms up in the air at full stretch 

Or it could be dolly ?

[downendcity]

2 hours ago, bristolcitysweden said:

FFUCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARDDDDDDDDDDDDDIF

Is that the Welsh spelling of the Welsh capital  on their road signs?

[robin_unreliant]

3 minutes ago, Coombsy said:

Or it could be dolly ?

Can't imagine what she'd be doing down there....

[Esmond Million's Bung]

Back to 3rd with Sheff Utd losing.

[Red-Robbo]

I had no idea that "the referee's a juankerr" is Welsh for "we've just got found out". 

[Garland-sweden]

36 minutes ago, Owl Visiting said:

You guys are flying. We have no business being 2-0 up at Villa.

Scored a screamer after 30 seconds.

Nice to hear!!!

[cidered abroad]

A gutsy performance to get another three points and with another formation. My only problem was that we didn't "manage" the game well enough in the last twenty minutes. The game was for too open and we allowed Cardiff too many opportunities to get the ball into our box. An unlucky ricochet could have turned a good win into a disappointing draw.

But let me not be too critical as three wins on the bounce is a very good return from the last week before the international break. Well on course to stay up!

[Guest B.Oddie]

Good on you lot today.

It wasn't a classic today in terms of performance from either side, but we had a good welcome and received (and gave) excellent banter. 

Looking forward to seeing you in February. 

[Esmond Million's Bung]

10 minutes ago, Esmond Million's Bung said:

Back to 3rd with Sheff Utd losing.

Back to fourth, Sheff Utd have equalised.

[Mike Hunt-Hertz]

9 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said:

I had no idea that "the referee's a juankerr" is Welsh for "we've just got found out". 

I've never reffed in my life!

[Mike Hunt-Hertz]

15 minutes ago, downendcity said:

Is that the Welsh spelling of the Welsh capital  on their road signs?

Too many vowels.

[redfieldred]

2 hours ago, mozo said:

Why did Djuric get high praise on radio but criticised by fans? Paterson wouldn't shut up about how good he was playing.

He was good in patches, better in the first half. Overall he kept the 2 big cbs busy, which opened things up around him. 

[redfieldred]

53 minutes ago, JonDolman said:

Thought Johnson got it spot on with team and tactics. We were playing direct and hitting Cardiff on the break. We basically beat Cardiff at their own game. If we had passed it around like we usually do at home, then they would have hit us with pace on the break. But it was us breaking on them. O'Dowda getting their full back booked after a couple of minutes meant he had to be careful for the next 90 minutes. The Cardiff number 2 had a torrid time trying to cope with Calllum. I wasn't so keen on the system change. I thought we looked a bit all over the place. You want Flint in the middle, not on the right of a 3 man defence. But I do understand the change, having an extra body in midield and still having 2 up top. But just not keen on Flint as the right centre back, and O'Dowda wing back when Korey had been a rock on the right side of defence. But I guess they didn't really have any good chances from what I can remember late in the game. Only real negative is Magnússon. Really poor. I wonder how far away Lloyd Kelly is from becoming our new second choice left back.

Agree re Magnússon. Looked like a boy in a mans match. He made a decent tackle on their winger before their goal, but then didn't finish the job off by putting it out of play. Made the wrong decision more often than not

[Bizyer]

53 minutes ago, cidered abroad said:

A gutsy performance to get another three points and with another formation. My only problem was that we didn't "manage" the game well enough in the last twenty minutes. The game was for too open and we allowed Cardiff too many opportunities to get the ball into our box. An unlucky ricochet could have turned a good win into a disappointing draw.

But let me not be too critical as three wins on the bounce is a very good return from the last week before the international break. Well on course to stay up!

Stay up?   Let's not get too confident this early

[ashton_fan]

27 minutes ago, redfieldred said:

Agree re Magnússon. Looked like a boy in a mans match. He made a decent tackle on their winger before their goal, but then didn't finish the job off by putting it out of play. Made the wrong decision more often than not

I think some people on here being unfair to Magners:

a) He wasn't being played in his best position (CB)

b) He's hardly had any game time recently

c) His long throws gave them problems all afternoon and created the winning goal for Flinty

For me he did OK

[REDOXO]

2 minutes ago, ashton_fan said:

I think some people on here being unfair to Magners:

a) He wasn't being played in his best position (CB)

b) He's hardly had any game time recently

c) His long throws gave them problems all afternoon and created the winning goal for Flinty

For me he did OK

I broadly agree. The LB v CB debate will roar in, but was ok without being great. He was made to look worse by the fact so many are playing well.

First team games will bring him up to speed and with whats going on that is looking more likely

His long throws are a weapon and he gets an assist for the winner. Not enough by a long way to keep him in the team but a great weapon to have if other parts of his game start coming together!

[pillred]

3 hours ago, old_eastender said:

Obviously sending off was a big help, but we have done well to overcome the unjust loss of Bailey, missing Korey from CM too. Well deserved win in the end, just bloody nervous last few mins when we could not keep hold of the ball.

Korey played today.

[Leveller]

20 minutes ago, pillred said:

Korey played today.

But at right back.

[nickolas]

Magners is too weak. The goal for them showed how he doesnt seem to have enough strength to compete, far too soft. 

Pushing Bryan out of his main position isnt great either imo. 

Yes hes lacking game time but he needs to man up to make it at this level for me. 

However, having said that the throwins are a massive bonus!

[redfieldred]

30 minutes ago, ashton_fan said:

I think some people on here being unfair to Magners:

a) He wasn't being played in his best position (CB)

b) He's hardly had any game time recently

c) His long throws gave them problems all afternoon and created the winning goal for Flinty

For me he did OK

Ok he is not a left back but he is too weak at cb as well. I remember Preston at home last season. He was absolutely overrun by their striker who scored 1 and laid one on. Away at Preston he came on at left back and had a complete mare, He got bullied like no other player did today. baker didn't have his best game either, but still looked far more solid than Magnússon. Having a long throw was his best asset today. Otherwise he was poor. 

Edited November 4, 2017 by redfieldred

[Offside]

1 hour ago, cidered abroad said:

A gutsy performance to get another three points and with another formation. My only problem was that we didn't "manage" the game well enough in the last twenty minutes. The game was for too open and we allowed Cardiff too many opportunities to get the ball into our box. An unlucky ricochet could have turned a good win into a disappointing draw.

But let me not be too critical as three wins on the bounce is a very good return from the last week before the international break. Well on course to stay up!

My thoughts exactly. Superb win but we made it hard for ourselves in the last 20 mins and didn't really make the most of having an extra man. 

Our defending for their goal was soft but overall we matched them physically. I've been critical of O'Dowda in the past but what a player he is becoming.

[Roger Red Hat]

3 minutes ago, nickolas said:

Magners is too weak. The goal for them showed how he doesnt seem to have enough strength to compete, far too soft. 

Pushing Bryan out of his main position isnt great either imo. 

Yes hes lacking game time but he needs to man up to make it at this level for me. 

However, having said that the throwins are a massive bonus!

Bryan was moved forward to cover for Pato.

[pillred]

3 minutes ago, Leveller said:

But at right back.

yes I suppose technically but he still did a job in midfield most of the time as well, hence the chant he's here he's there he's every f in where.

[nickolas]

1 minute ago, Roger Red Hat said:

Bryan was moved forward to cover for Pato.

Obviously yes, just a shame Bryan had to be moved. 

[Garland-sweden]

Once again, a great win and a good performance against Cardiff. Pisano, Wright, Famara not playing, another defence line up. Hörður a bit slow in body and mind, think he will be better. His assist was nice. Djuric was strong to keep two defenders away when Flinty scored. Liked Odowda from start, now he is getting better and better. Very well done City!!!