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21 minutes ago, Midlands Robin said:

Fun Barnsley fact.

Ex City Left Back, Darren Barnard (great player for us), who went on to join Barnsley in the Premier League for £750000 missed several games in the 97-98 season for them because of a leg injury.

What caused the injury? He came downstairs one morning and into his kitchen and slipped on a puddle of dogs piss his dog had very kindly left as a surprise on the kitchen floor.

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Very good player for us . Liked him 

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1 hour ago, Coolrunnings said:

Time to go for it today , start quick and move the ball at pace go all out to get first goal and if it comes keep going . Do not drop deep . Bentley it’s your job to keep our defence out of the box and break up play early .

Wouldn't surprise me if Dodgy Bentley flaps one in his own onion bag a la David James..

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4 minutes ago, JonDolman said:

No easy games, but also games are not so hard that these players can't do better than they are.

I can forgive the lack of a victory today but another poor performance is inexcusable. However, I genuinely believe that I'll be walking out of the ground today feeling very pleased  for the first time in what seems like forever.

COYR

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If you were Barnsley looking to end a wretched run you’d be confident of doing it against a team who have not won at home in 600 days and cant defend for toffee.

Eqaully, there’s no better team than Barnsley to face if you want to get back to winning ways. 

Draw it is then.  

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9 minutes ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said:

I can forgive the lack of a victory today but another poor performance is inexcusable. However, I genuinely believe that I'll be walking out of the ground today feeling very pleased  for the first time in what seems like forever.

COYR

I can't, its gone way beyond embarrassing.

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21 minutes ago, brad blit said:

I can’t make it today as partner due to give birth in less than 2 weeks - maybe my absence is just the luck we need! 

Just hoping someone might be kind enough to find a free non BCFC stream that works ?

Nor me.  Was meant to be in Cornwall anyway, but been ill…so Mrs Fevs has quarantined me to upstairs…with iPad, Mac and sky sports.  God, the brownie points are mounting!

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2 minutes ago, JonDolman said:

Nige knows there are solutions to make us play well, which would then get us results. Who knows maybe we can go on a nice little run if we get that win. But I will surprised if we put in a good performance playing like we have - unless Barnsley are really really bad! 

He has to go with something different, which it sounds like he will. Interesting to see what what his plan is.

I honestly believe we need Alex Scott to start today….huge weight on an 18 year old….but I think along with Massengo (20) and Tanner (21) they are the players that get the crowd going too, because if their actions.  And I think that’s important today.

2 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

Watching Fulham v wba. Amazing how far away we are from these types of teams

100 miles north or east approximately ?

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12 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

I honestly believe we need Alex Scott to start today….huge weight on an 18 year old….but I think along with Massengo (20) and Tanner (21) they are the players that get the crowd going too, because if their actions.  And I think that’s important today.

100 miles north or east approximately ?

North of £100m of premier league money more like!

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12 minutes ago, cityloyal473 said:

Let’s be honest, we’re a million miles away from teams like Coventry, Blackpool or Millwall at the minute. Makes you want to cry. 

That is definitely not the case, we lost to the two best teams in the league and nearly beat Forest had it not been for our psychological issues. We nearly beat Blackpool and should have drawn with Millwall. So much self pity amongst the fan base at the moment!

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1 hour ago, Midlands Robin said:

Fun Barnsley fact.

Ex City Left Back, Darren Barnard (great player for us), who went on to join Barnsley in the Premier League for £750000 missed several games in the 97-98 season for them because of a leg injury.

What caused the injury? He came downstairs one morning and into his kitchen and slipped on a puddle of dogs piss his dog had very kindly left as a surprise on the kitchen floor.

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Darren Barnard was quality for us, we had a string of great left backs at that time 

25 minutes ago, Jim Davey said:

Hate Barnsley vile club vile fans hope they go bankrupt and end up playing  Rovers in The vauxhall Conference .Scumbags

Not a fan?  Let go of the hate! 

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24 minutes ago, TomF said:

But then also I honestly think the voodoo of a home win is a burden on these players.   A scruffy 1-0 might just end it and give them more confidence than a decent performance but coming away with a point etc. 

Yes- I'd take that - any type of win will halt the run so if we win with a poor performance then that's fine by me. it's the draw or lose bit where performance is all.

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1 minute ago, pl00peh91 said:

That is definitely not the case, we lost to the two best teams in the league and nearly beat Forest had it not been for our psychological issues. We nearly beat Blackpool and should have drawn with Millwall. So much self pity amongst the fan base at the moment!

If my aunty had wheels she’d be a bike.

Luton should have been out of sight and Fulham should have knocked up a cricket score.

We were hanging on for dear life before beating QPR.

And arguably Peterborough deserved a point.

Not a convincing performance in amongst that lot. There are other horror shows too. 

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30 minutes ago, TomF said:

But then also I honestly think the voodoo of a home win is a burden on these players.   A scruffy 1-0 might just end it and give them more confidence than a decent performance but coming away with a point etc. 

If we are leading in the latter stages of the game please, please, please can it be by more than one goal?  I don’t think I can cope with us going into stoppage time with a one goal lead again…

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3 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

If we are leading in the latter stages of the game please, please, please can it be by more than one goal?  I don’t think I can cope with us going into stoppage time with a one goal lead again…

Fingernails bitten all the way back to the….elbow!

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3 hours ago, VT05763 said:

Not sure it will be. there is no expectation on results or performance currently, just the 3 year rebuilding project. As many have said 1 point above the drop will be considered success and this group of players could manage themselves to that position.

Why? When this group achieved successive top half finishes under LJ?

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4 minutes ago, NorthBris_Southstand said:

Really uncertain as to whether to go today. Dr's orders are to rest at home with an injured achilles, but for some reason I have unwarranted optimism that today is the day for the first win at home. 

I could be left disappointed and in great pain, or I could miss out on the fun...

Feels to me like today’s the day too, although I can’t see it being fun for long parts of the afternoon.

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Went up to Barnsley in 2008/2009 to watch us. Horrible weather, horrible ground & area and horrible game - we drew 0-0 and barely had a shot.  Dislike them ever since although given it’s grim oop north, I don’t know why I was surprised.

be interesting to see what changes he makes in terms of surprises given the lack of players available to change it up. I hope Wells starts along with Alex Scot behind - maybe give Martin a rest.  Hope Massengo is fit as he’s our best option in midfield to get on the ball and drive us forward. 

hopefully we’ll all be breaking out the champers come 5pm in celebration. COYR
 

 

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3 minutes ago, SuperDziek said:

Went up to Barnsley in 2008/2009 to watch us. Horrible weather, horrible ground & area and horrible game - we drew 0-0 and barely had a shot.  Dislike them ever since although given it’s grim oop north, I don’t know why I was surprised.

be interesting to see what changes he makes in terms of surprises given the lack of players available to change it up. I hope Wells starts along with Alex Scot behind - maybe give Martin a rest.  Hope Massengo is fit as he’s our best option in midfield to get on the ball and drive us forward. 

hopefully we’ll all be breaking out the champers come 5pm in celebration. COYR
 

 

Yes come on boy's, give us a good weekend for a change. I have a bottle of Weston's Vintage Aged Cider 8.2% ready if they win.

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Having just dropped below the midline, feels like an important few weeks to stabilise the ship. Win today and we are feeling the warm embrace of mid table again. Lose, and suddenly we are looking down and right on the edge of a relegation scrap. Safe to say if we lose I am not looking on here for a couple of days…

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Does this group of players have the collective guts and determination to grind out a result against a team who have not won in twelve games and lost their last six ?

The answer should be yes, but I'm not so sure.

I hope I'm wrong, but Barnsley are playing us at the right time to end their own dreadful sequence of results imho.

 

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6 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

This one never seems to work for me.

It tells me to disable my AdBlock, but even when I do it refuses to let me in.

It works you just have to let it for a few minutes sometimes. After you entry the match link page, you can use it from your history browser to open it again. Don't try to open the main page. Ww. Means it works on a subdomain (ww) so be careful how you write the link if you try to reopen the page.

In the meantime you can also check fromhots.com (usagegoals) and use the Option Two most of the time the first is just an add.

 

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4 hours ago, Jerseybean said:

It’s our Remembrance Match (see page 27 of the programme.) City poppy pins can be ordered from here: https://www.poppyshop.org.uk/products/bristol-city-poppy-football-pin-2021

Today’s opponents, Barnsley, were last seasons surprise team and they made the play-offs, where they were beaten 2-1 on aggregate by Swansea. So far this season they are having a tough time and are currently sitting second from bottom.

The proverb ‘All (good) things must come to an end’ dates back to about 1374 (Chaucer). The word 'good' was added much later. 'Everything has an end' and 'Everything comes to an end' are variants of the original proverb. With this in mind I confidently predict that today is when our woeful home record comes to an end and we will get three points at home. Not that I’m clutching at straws but our last home win was on 26 January against Huddersfield Town, who are just 18 miles down the road from Barnsley.

Regarding the growing unrest among some fans, which has been raised and debated elsewhere on OTIB, my own genuine hope is very simply that - supporters support - as anything other than our full support merely adds to the challenging, frustrating and disappointing situation. Just for a moment imagine being a Barnsley fan right now - after the highs of last season just a solitary win this. As IMO the MDT isn’t the platform for exploring the rights and wrongs of how our fans behave I won’t go on!  Other than to suggest that as fans let’s really, really support our team and staff. Let’s get the Gate rocking today - get behind the lads. We need to be loud. The singing section do a great job. Today let’s get everyone behind the team. COYR.  As NP said pre-match, ‘Now is the time to stand up. We need a performance and we need to get a home win and our season going again.’

Barnsley have not won any of their last twelve games and have had six consecutive defeats, their last victory was on 14 August. They faced local rivals Sheffield United last Sunday which they lost 3-2 having been three down. After the game their manager said, ‘I saw from the beginning two teams that were a bit scared – a bit careful – nothing special in the first half, and it’s always the same in games like this; the team that makes the first mistake starts struggling.’ So let’s hope we don’t make mistakes today and that we score first!

NP has said ‘Talk is cheap and we just have to get on with it. The players understand the importance of winning against Barnsley. When people miss out there are opportunities somewhere else. There may be some surprises in terms of selection but we’ll have to wait and see. These can be very important moments in time. If you come out the other end of a difficult spell then there are a lot more positives to come out of it.’

In June this year Markus Schopp signed a three-year deal to become the new Tykes boss when Valerien Ismael departed Barnsley to  take charge of West Bromwich Albion.  Schopp had managed TSV Hartberg since 2018.

There are City links, most notably our ex-head coach who joined us from Barnsley in February 2016, LJ was appointed head coach of Barnsley in February 2015.  He had a 39.2% win rate at Barnsley and a 38.7% win rate with us. Danny Wilson, who managed us 2000-2004, managed them twice between 1994 -1998 and 2013 - 2015.

Another link is Cauley Woodrow who signed a season-long loan with us in August 2017 when he made 15 appearances and netted twice. When we last played them away he equalized with a penalty in the 94th minute (there were 12 added minutes!)  Last season they beat us 1-0 at Ashton Gate.

Our head-to-head record is won 44, lost 31 and drawn 24. In 1913 they beat us 7-1 in August 1958 we beat them 7-4 (see page 33 of the programme) and in 1961 they beat us 7-3.

If you haven’t got a ticket and want one: https://tickets.bristol-sport.co.uk/en-gb/categories/bristolcityfchome Mates rates are available today, with all Season Card holders receiving a unique voucher code. Which allows them to invite two friends/family members for £12.50 per ticket in all home areas of the ground. The club will also be giving out free squad posters in the family area.

Match programme: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/ringing-a-bell-find-out-more-in-your-free-robins-matchday-programme/

Barnsley banter

* They were founded in 1887 by the priest Tiverton Preedy

* They have several nicknames: The Reds, The Colliers and especially The Tykes. Barnsley are based in South Yorkshire, and a (usually derogatory) term often used to describe Yorkshiremen by folk from other parts of England is a ‘Tyke’.The term ‘Tyke’ has connotations of a hard-working man (not normally a woman), but the word stems from Old Norse, where it would mean a female dog. Though, in medieval times, it was more commonly used to describe a mischievous boy or urchin.   Tyke was rough, unkempt, combative, but also sly, shrewd, and also careful with money (another alleged Yorkshire attribute) – a ‘tight Tyke’. In more recent times it has become reserved exclusively for Yorkshiremen, particularly during the industrial era, when many of Barnsley’s inhabitants would work in the mines and steel mills.

* Their home ground since 1888 has been Oakwell

* Barnsley won the FA Cup in 1912 and were runners-up in 1910

* In 1997-98 they were in the Premiership, despite some courageous performances, their stay among the elite lasted just the one season

* Currently they aren’t allowing supporters into the West Stand because of safety concerns, meaning 1,000 season ticket holders have to find new seats in the East or South stands for future matches.The stand is the only original part of the club’s 130-year-old stadium still standing

* During his playing career head coach  Schopp made 56 appearances for his native Austria and  turned out for New York Red Bulls after spells with Red Bull Salzburg, Sturm Graz, Hamburger SV and Brescia Calcio

* They could have Mads Andersen, Romal Palmer and Jordan Williams back in their squad today. 

So, fellow Reds today it’s the day we will remember them (please give generously to the British Legion poppy appeal) and it’s also the day we get three points at home, along with a pie and a pint or two and the welcome return of that - we won at home feeling. COYR.

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1 hour ago, JonDolman said:

No easy games, but also games are not so hard that these players can't do better than they are.

You have factor in nerves. The players have to be brave on the ball today. Very easy for players to go hiding in games like today. Playing safe passes, scared to make a mistake. This is where we need Nahki , wiemann & all our senior players to step up 

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