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38 minutes ago, Jerseybean said:

Apparently NP has a specific challenge for the players tonight, surprisingly it’s not winning! https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/pearson-bristol-city-nottingham-forest-6083620

This team isn’t capable of controlling possession in my opinion. Very rarely seen it since Pearson took over.  Assuming what I mean by controlling possession is the same as everyone else!  Not enough players happy to take the ball in tight spaces and not lose it 

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52 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

This team isn’t capable of controlling possession in my opinion. Very rarely seen it since Pearson took over.  Assuming what I mean by controlling possession is the same as everyone else!  Not enough players happy to take the ball in tight spaces and not lose it 

I agree, our ability to look after the ball is abysmal, we not only lose it in tight spaces we also consistently give it away when we have loads of space! 

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1 hour ago, And Its Smith said:

This team isn’t capable of controlling possession in my opinion. Very rarely seen it since Pearson took over.  Assuming what I mean by controlling possession is the same as everyone else!  Not enough players happy to take the ball in tight spaces and not lose it 

Reinforced by this stat, City are not ostensibly a possession-based team, they rank 22nd overall in the Championship.

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2 hours ago, ExiledAjax said:

On the theme of lucky items being brought...I'm bringing my lucky Dad. He's been to AG all of 5 times and has seen 3 home wins and 2 draws.

He must have had a Telegram from the Queen then! 

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2 hours ago, ExiledAjax said:

Haha. Don't worry. No curries or beans have been consumed in the past 24 hours.

On the theme of lucky items being brought...I'm bringing my lucky Dad. He's been to AG all of 5 times and has seen 3 home wins and 2 draws.

It's another draw then!

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5 hours ago, Jerseybean said:

For what it’s worth the EPs best guess is that HNM will more likely reappear against WBA and then, despite that, they predict this line up: 

Bentley; Tanner, Kalas, Baker, Dasilva; James, Massengo; Wells, Weimann, O'Dowda; Martin

EP also stated that King went off injured and is very unlikely to be considered - then proceeded to name him in their expected team.

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I guess it's

                  Bents

        Kalas Atkinson Baker

Tanner                          Dasilva   

                  James

      Weimann         Scott

              Martin Wells

 

Pearson has spoken a lot about how he doesn't like to classify his team's as strict formations though, so interested to see how this team operates. Weimann could be doing a lot of running in the centre of the field to help out Matty James? Very attacking though by looks of it.

 

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13 minutes ago, where's the joy said:

is Vyner injured ?

For past two games he has been doing fitness test type warm up with one of the physios away from the rest of the squad, so I guess so. Lots of running and quite intense so he can't be that bad. Not that I'm a physio mind you!

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8 minutes ago, JonDolman said:

352. Weimann where I prefer him. Scott alongside him. James holding.

Have to try something different as I think we've been 2nd best at home in every game since Swansea. So actually done well to get 3 draws in that time. About time we put in a performance at home. 

Not sure why Scott hasn't played more. About time he started a game. Great to see Massengo on the bench too.

Yep. Williams not as bad as feared either, “a couple of weeks” 

3 minutes ago, YGBjammy said:

I guess it's

                  Bents

        Kalas Atkinson Baker

Tanner                          Dasilva   

                  James

      Weimann         Scott

              Martin Wells

 

Pearson has spoken a lot about how he doesn't like to classify his team's as strict formations though, so interested to see how this team operates. Weimann could be doing a lot of running in the centre of the field to help out Matty James? Very attacking though by looks of it.

 

Yep. Think Baker will play the central CB allowing Atkinson to link with Dasilva. But agree on front 5.  Will flatten to a 3 without the ball most likely. 

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1 minute ago, Davefevs said:

Yep. Williams not as bad as feared either, “a couple of weeks” 

Yep. Think Baker will play the central CB allowing Atkinson to link with Dasilva. But agree on front 5.  Will flatten to a 3 without the ball most likely. 

Really?

That is good news!

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7 hours ago, ExiledAjax said:

Attending for the first time since the 125th anniversary 1-1 v Fulham on the eve of Lockdown 1.0.

Wet and windy, and likely I'll arrive too late for any decent parking to be found, but I'm still excited to see us and finally get down AG after way too long.

Hmmm.

One minute lonely overseas and pining for your wife and young child, but, no sooner are you back than you are straight out of the house and down to Ashton Gate to watch City with your Dad!

For the record, I have posted this with a ? and a huge ?.

Enjoy the match.

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4 hours ago, Jerseybean said:

Straws and grasping come to mind!

Thought I’d see how Sunderland ended their record breaking period (21 games) without a home win, this is what I discovered…

16/12/2017 Sunderland 1-0 Fulham

Sunderland finally claimed their first home victory of 2017 as 18-year-old Josh Maja’s goal was enough to see off Fulham.

The much maligned Black Cats were close to going a whole calendar year without winning in front of their fans, but an inspired doubled substitution from new boss Chris Coleman turned the tide at the Stadium of Light.

Sunderland had not won at home since 17 December 2016, when they beat Watford in the Premier League. There have been signs of improvement since Coleman took over on Wearside and he was desperate to see the 21-match run without a home win – a day short of going a full calendar year without winning on their own turf – come to an end before Christmas.

It appeared they could be frustrated again when good efforts from Lewis Grabban and James Vaughan were saved by Fulham goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli.

But five minutes after being brought on for his senior debut, youngster Maja was an instant hero as he found the net on 77 minutes to finally give Sunderland’s beleaguered fans something to cheer about. It was a tidy finish too from the academy graduate and it was enough to lift Sunderland out of the Championship’s bottom three against a Fulham side which had won three of its previous four games.

So in an instant it became clear to me that tonight is the night we win at home, the coincidences are so very clear and obvious ?

1 It’s before Christmas

2 Improvements under a new manager are evident

3 Our opponents have won three of their previous four games

4 Lewis Grabban is involved tonight as he was then

5 Watford get a mention and recently a hat-trick from Ayman Benarous inspired City’s Under-23s to victory over Watford Under-23s in the Professional Development League 2.

Clearly NP will be aware of all this ? and will have young Ayman on the bench tonight who will be raring to make his debut and will score the winner within five minutes of coming into the game.

Remember, you heard it here first!

 

 

Correction - replace reference to Ayman B with Alex S ?

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2 hours ago, Jerseybean said:

I agree, our ability to look after the ball is abysmal, we not only lose it in tight spaces we also consistently give it away when we have loads of space! 

 

3 hours ago, And Its Smith said:

This team isn’t capable of controlling possession in my opinion. Very rarely seen it since Pearson took over.  Assuming what I mean by controlling possession is the same as everyone else!  Not enough players happy to take the ball in tight spaces and not lose it 

We have given it away cheaply x2 already with only 7 minutes gone! 

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