Jerseybean Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Welcome back to match day fellow Reds, here’s hoping the International break will magically transform our season, ok so more realistically the break has served to give time for injured and knackered players to have recovered. It has been a turbulent time for us given Nigel’s health issues, simply great to see him back at the coalface on Thursday. If you fancy going today and haven’t got a ticket: https://tickets.bristol-sport.co.uk/categories/bristolcityfchome Here’s the programme: https://robinstv.bcfc.co.uk/digital-matchday-programme/ Last Sunday Bristol City Women, in front of a record attendance of 3,053, beat Blackburn Rovers Ladies 3-0 at Ashton Gate, how delightful would it be for that to be repeated today! Based on the presser we won’t see James, King or Tanner but Williams, Kalas, Baker, Semyeno Conway and Atkinson are back in the reckoning today. NP also made clear that some players are not on-side and he will do everything he can to get rid of them. While we can (and already have started to) speculate about which players he is referencing we will need to wait to see what happens. Ahead of the break Blackburn Rovers endured their heaviest ever home defeat, going down seven-nil at the hands of Fulham, a game which also included a red card for van Hecke, this was followed by a 3-1 win against Sheffield United. They are currently seventh on 26 points. Based on the last six games they are 12th in the form league (3 wins, 2 defeats and a draw - 10 points) whereas we are in 24th place with 5 defeats and 1 win - 3 points. The last three season has seen them finish 15th, 11th and 15th. Diaz has been the main man for Blackburn Rovers this season. The Chilean international has scored 13 of their 28 goals. Sam Gallagher is the second-highest goalscorer with five and has three assists to his name. Their predicted XI: Kaminski, Nyambe, Lenihan, Wharton, Pickering; Travis, Rothwell, Buckley; Poveda, Dolan, Brereton. This week Derby County and Reading were both deducted points, changing the standings at the foot of the table. Blackburn were one of the first clubs to be part of a historical shift in which football clubs with a working-class background took over the game from the clubs that were associated with a school, such as Oxford University, Old Carthusians and Old Etonians. A topic explored in an excellent Netflix series called ‘The English Game’ which focuses on football’s class dynamics in the late 19th century, a pivotal period of the sport’s development. In the 20th century the sport would come to be called, albeit romantically, ‘the people’s game,’ as the world’s working-class took football to heart. As football grew and diversified, so did its class dynamics, and not always in straightforward ways. The English Game is written by Julian Fellowes who had a huge hit with Downton Abbey and has become known for focusing his attention on stories of the privileged elite and the working-class with whom they share uneasy social space. Rather than employ antagonistic ‘hero-villain’ plot devices, Fellowes prefers a degree of mutual empathy and political ambivalence between characters as they liaise across class divides. It is well worth a watch: https://www.netflix.com/je/title/80244928 Along with eleven other clubs, Blackburn were the founder members of the Football League in1888. Two years later, they moved into Ewood Park, a stadium that remains their home to this day. Jack Walker's investment in Blackburn Rovers spearheaded the club's ascent to Premier League glory, and Kenny Dalglish believes we will never see this happen again in English football: https://www.otbsports.com/soccer/blackburn-rovers-and-the-jack-walker-years-kenny-dalglish-1106707 Dalglish: ‘That's not going to happen again, some local chap coming up with the money, putting it in and being as successful as he was. Jack Walker said 'I was born and brought up here. I have got a steel business here, I own an airline here and I just want to give something back to the people of Blackburn.’ Nevertheless, our major shareholder has said pretty much the same thing and put his money where his mouth is! The following comparison, between Mr Walker and Mr Lansdown, illustrates that they had certain things in common, such as investing huge sums into their respective clubs and living in the Channel Islands, there are, however, also differences beyond the fact that one was a millionaire and the other is a billionaire. The significant difference is what their remarkable contributions have achieved. I’m not, for one moment, belittling SL’s astonishing generosity, merely highlighting a fundamental difference. Only time will prove if Kenny D is right. Jack Walker Jack Walker (19 May 1929 – 17 August 2000) was a British industrialist and businessman, who lived in Jersey. Walker built his fortune in the steel industry, amassing a personal fortune of £600 million. He then went on to become the owner and benefactor of Blackburn Rovers Football Club, winning a Premiership title under his guidance. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/aug/19/guardianobituaries.football Steve Lansdown Stephen Philip Lansdown CBE is an English-born Guernsey billionaire. He co-founded, with Peter Hargreaves, the British financial services firm Hargreaves Lansdown, founder of Bristol Sport and majority shareholder of Bristol Rugby, Bristol Flyers, and Bristol City Football Club. His reported net worth is circa £2.6 billion. https://www.forbes.com/profile/stephen-lansdown/?sh=b738e9b50b06 Blackburn banter Having been formed in 1875, Blackburn were one of 12 clubs who would partake in the inaugural Football League season between 1888 and 1889. They may be the only club in Blackburn now, but that wasn’t always the case. Three years after Blackburn Rovers had been formed, the town found itself with another football club, when Blackburn Olympic were established in 1878. Their distinctive blue and white quartered shirts are not a result of the town’s famous cotton checks but a result of the club being formed by a group of public schoolboys in 1875. The two who called the inaugural meeting were Shrewsbury old boys; others attending were from QEGS in Blackburn and Malvern College whose quartered shirts were adopted by the new club – though with Cambridge Blue in place of Malvern Green. When Blackburn secured promotion from the second division via the play-offs in 1992, it ensured they would be part of the very first Premier League season, and with it, part of an elite set of clubs. Of the 22 teams that made up that very first Premier League season, only three had also been part of the very first Football League campaign back in 1888/89. Blackburn’s promotion the season before made them one, with Everton and Aston Villa the others. Back in 2012 Blackburn Rovers fans showed their dismay at their team and owners by letting loose a chicken draped in the club’s colours. The poultry pitch invader strode on to the turf at Ewood Park wrapped in a Blackburn FC club flag in protest at the club’s owners, Indian poultry processing company Venky’s. Blackburn lost the game 1-0 to a 89th minute Wigan goal, condemning the north west England football club to relegation from the premier league after an 11 year stay in England’s top tier. On the 7th May 2017 – exactly five years after relegation from the Premier League had been confirmed, Blackburn’s relegation from the Championship was sealed, despite a 3-1 win over Brentford at Griffin Park that day. With that relegation, Blackburn also found themselves making a piece of history, they would probably have preferred to do without, as they became the first club to drop into the third-tier of English football having previously won the Premier League, which they of course did during the 1994/95 season. It was back in February 2017 that current manager Tony Mowbray was appointed. Their nicknames are Rovers, The Blue and Whites, The Riversiders. The Rovers faithful’s disappointment this term has led to a decline in average attendance, with the number currently standing at 11,024, the night they recently played Fulham attracted only 9,326 supporters. COYR! 14 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 An excellent thread Mr Bean, apart from one awful statement. You said “Their distinctive blue and white quartered shirts……” Aghh, this ruined my breakfast. Blackburn play in blue and white halved shirts. It’s that terrible lot at Horfield who play in da famuz quartered shurts 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daored Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 We need a reaction today from the Coventry game in what was a sub standard performance from many. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 (edited) Great write up Blackburn 2 City 0 and the slow downward helix toward 20th begins. Here’s hoping that there are genuinely 3 clubs below who will pick up less points. One last wish from me (although I know it’s only a wish), I know and you know we’re probably going to be pretty shit today. I know and you know Blackburn probably will be the better side. I know and you know that a lot of players just aren’t very good and that Blackburn will play attractive football. I’ve got no problem acknowledging that, I’ve seen enough of it over the last 35 years, let’s not double down on it though and really hammer that point either during the game or after. Nothing is going to change between now and January and probably not for the rest of the of season. We are in a horrible fight which is never pretty and will offer only a few rewards UP THE CITY . Edited November 20, 2021 by 054123 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 (edited) A good summary of the upcoming game from LancsLive. An interesting stat in this article is that 28% of goals the City have conceded have been via a through ball or long ball over the top. Blackburn have some good attacking players so I’m not confident https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.lancs.live/sport/football/football-news/blackburn-rovers-bristol-city-xi-22211120.amp Edited November 20, 2021 by pongo88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, pongo88 said: A good summary of the upcoming game from LancsLive. An interesting stat in this article is that 28% of goals the City have conceded have been via a through ball or long ball over the top. Blackburn have some good attacking players so I’m not confident https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.lancs.live/sport/football/football-news/blackburn-rovers-bristol-city-xi-22211120.amp Are you not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 If we can keep Alan Shearer quiet, I think we can nick a win. COYR. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 1 minute ago, CyderInACan said: If we can keep Alan Shearer quiet, I think we can nick a win. COYR. Problem is you then leave Chris Sutton free. It’s the devils choice really 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad blit Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Gutted to be missing game due to birth of new boy. After Pearson’s comments midweek (players not wanting to be here will be sold) and the realisation we don’t create/score enough at home, I think today he will go more attacking and we may see Semenyo & COD in actual wide positions hopefully making for a good game to watch. 1-1 with city equalising late first half (Weimann) and then a good solid second half which brings no more goals but enthusiasm. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUTOR Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 8 minutes ago, brad blit said: Gutted to be missing game due to birth of new boy. After Pearson’s comments midweek (players not wanting to be here will be sold) and the realisation we don’t create/score enough at home, I think today he will go more attacking and we may see Semenyo & COD in actual wide positions hopefully making for a good game to watch. 1-1 with city equalising late first half (Weimann) and then a good solid second half which brings no more goals but enthusiasm. You’re what?! Priorities, mate. 1 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garland-sweden Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Hopeful for todays game. Williams is back and Semenyo maybe starts. Think we win 2-1 COYR!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YGBjammy Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Feels like a big game to set the tone/momentum after coming back from international break. Nigel has made this all about the players (wrongly or rightly) and so a lot of pressure on them today. Would take a scrappy 2-1 or 1-0 win for sure. Might even take a draw to be honest after our recent form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 18 minutes ago, brad blit said: Gutted to be missing game due to birth of new boy. After Pearson’s comments midweek (players not wanting to be here will be sold) and the realisation we don’t create/score enough at home, I think today he will go more attacking and we may see Semenyo & COD in actual wide positions hopefully making for a good game to watch. 1-1 with city equalising late first half (Weimann) and then a good solid second half which brings no more goals but enthusiasm. Isn’t COD part of the problem? 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Show Me The Money! Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 (edited) 24 minutes ago, 054123 said: Problem is you then leave Chris Sutton free. It’s the devils choice really And don’t forget Mike Newell (You don’t get any premier league players called Mike anymore) Edited November 20, 2021 by Show Me The Money! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Enough fannying around now. A big performance is due and demanded . Contrary to Largish Nige I think a solid game today is more important than stealing a win. The players need to stand up and be counted. On or off the ruddy bus they need to show professional pride and get stuck in. We are behind the project and deserve this at the very least. We know that the squad is unbalanced but the future is bright. We need to stick with the youngsters and give them the confidence to fulfill their potential. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redandproud Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 22 minutes ago, Garland-sweden said: Hopeful for todays game. Williams is back and Semenyo maybe starts. Think we win 2-1 COYR!!! Lets just hope Blackburn doesn't have a player sent off , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: Enough fannying around now. A big performance is due and demanded . Contrary to Largish Nige I think a solid game today is more important than stealing a win. The players need to stand up and be counted. On or off the ruddy bus they need to show professional pride and get stuck in. We are behind the project and deserve this at the very least. We know that the squad is unbalanced but the future is bright. We need to stick with the youngsters and give them the confidence to fulfill their potential. Today it is then 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerseybean Posted November 20, 2021 Author Share Posted November 20, 2021 1 hour ago, pongo88 said: An excellent thread Mr Bean, apart from one awful statement. You said “Their distinctive blue and white quartered shirts……” Aghh, this ruined my breakfast. Blackburn play in blue and white halved shirts. It’s that terrible lot at Horfield who play in da famuz quartered shurts Oops, sorry p for messing-up your breakfast. I stand corrected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Don’t know why but looking forward to today and slightly optimistic for my sins. All I ask is 100% commitment from the squad. Win or lose if I see that. No problemo 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Time for a clean slate. No point dwelling on our form too much, as long as we can see some effort then I can accept that. Full support needed and no reason we can’t get a positive performance and result. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Garland-sweden said: Hopeful for todays game. Williams is back and Semenyo maybe starts. Think we win 2-1 COYR!!! Well be fine then with the lethal / sharp Semenyo.... Gawd 'elp us. Edited November 20, 2021 by Son of Fred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 1 hour ago, daored said: We need a reaction today from the Coventry game in what was a sub standard performance from many. No shit sherlock..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloyal473 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 City 1 - Blackburn 3. We will take the lead early and be 1-2 down at half time. You heard it here first Ladies and gentlemen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waconda Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 After a late COVID scare me and the boy are going today. Last 2 visits were Fulham and Barnsley so the omens are good ! Two weeks work on the training ground should see improved organisation, application and performance. I see 2-2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasSavage88 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 lose 2-0 1 shot on target Booed off the pitch Welcome back Nige 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garland-sweden Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Redandproud said: Lets just hope Blackburn doesn't have a player sent off , He he. If they get, think we will make it this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Show Me The Money! said: And don’t forget Mike Newell (You don’t get any premier league players called Mike anymore) I remember the good old days when all footballers were called Micky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 First game I'm going to miss today in a long time, but if the players can't be bothered to get off their arses, than I can't either especially with the weather getting gloomier, COVID spreading faster, no social distancing (other than on the grass), nobody wearing masks and completely disorganised chaos on the pitch. TBH, I'm not expecting to see anything different to the last 10 home games and I'm sure Blackburn will take advantage of that If any of you can be bothered to go, can someone take a deckchair for the opposition goalkeeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, AshtonGreat said: I remember the good old days when all footballers were called Micky most of our players are taking the Mickey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Jerseybean said: Oops, sorry p for messing-up your breakfast. I stand corrected. Still a shit kit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 12 minutes ago, AshtonGreat said: I remember the good old days when all footballers were called Micky Ah, we’ll never forget ol’ Mickey Wassisname. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 2 hours ago, brad blit said: Gutted to be missing game due to birth of new boy. After Pearson’s comments midweek (players not wanting to be here will be sold) and the realisation we don’t create/score enough at home, I think today he will go more attacking and we may see Semenyo & COD in actual wide positions hopefully making for a good game to watch. 1-1 with city equalising late first half (Weimann) and then a good solid second half which brings no more goals but enthusiasm. Congratulations….if you need to catch up on sleep, may I suggest Robinstv is your lullaby of choice today! 2 hours ago, YGBjammy said: Feels like a big game to set the tone/momentum after coming back from international break. Nigel has made this all about the players (wrongly or rightly) and so a lot of pressure on them today. Would take a scrappy 2-1 or 1-0 win for sure. Might even take a draw to be honest after our recent form. Pressure on Nige too. Laid his cards on the table in the press conference. Just want to see us competitive and committed, a few tasty tackles and moments to get us out of our seats. Nige says results are really important, they are, but a defeat with a whimper would be really damaging. Defeat having left it all out there is different. Tough game, but one we can get a result. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daored Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 1 hour ago, archie andrews said: No shit sherlock..... probably is Sherlock , unfortunately we’ve had many poor performance & results and we haven’t seen a reaction / response Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red white and red Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Optimistic for this one, so I’ll go: City 0-2 Blackburn HT City 0-2 Blackburn FT Improvement all round. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsaw Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Feeling like we have a chance today, feel we should be able to get a 1-1 at least , got the feeling we are going to see a reaction after the last game, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Really nervous about today, we desperately need a decent performance/result...not sure we have got it in us at the moment. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 2pm seems more important that 3pm-5pm today in a perverse way. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 6 minutes ago, Davefevs said: 2pm seems more important that 3pm-5pm today in a perverse way. Could be interesting that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerseybean Posted November 20, 2021 Author Share Posted November 20, 2021 Blackburn’s take…..https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2021/november/20/preview--bristol-city-v-rovers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 24 minutes ago, Davefevs said: 2pm seems more important that 3pm-5pm today in a perverse way. It's certainly going to get ugly if we don't get anything from this game, and to be fair I'd be amazed if we did. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat Fastard Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Major Isewater said: Ah, we’ll never forget ol’ Mickey Wassisname. Maynard or something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 2 hours ago, AshtonGreat said: I remember the good old days when all footballers were called Micky I was in Lynton in Devon this week, and drove past a sign for a painter/decorator called Mickey Bell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 https://www.brfcs.com/forums/topic/35151-v-bristol-city-a-201121-local-info-for-those-heading-to-the-gate-from-a-bristol-city-follower/ They complain at £33 tickets and also that there's no POTD. The last time I went to this fixture it was by train to Parson Street, I recomend doing that, there are a couple of decent pubs between the station and the ground. One was a ardent BCFC pub with loads of memorabillia on the walls. The old adage, keep your gob shut and you won't get any trouble, came into play. An easy, 10 minute downhill walk to catch the train back, after the game. Bristol....a footballing wilderness,nothing to see here. 2-1 Home advantage says the head, 1-3 delirium says the heart! Bristol City aren't the side they were a couple of seasons ago and have struggled so far this season. They've lost key players in Nagy, Pack, Eliasson and Diedhiou and haven't replaced them properly by the looks of it. They are there for the taking today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 11 minutes ago, 22A said: Bristol City aren't the side they were a couple of seasons ago and have struggled so far this season. They've lost key players in Nagy, Pack, Eliasson and Diedhiou and haven't replaced them properly by the looks of it. They are there for the taking today. Fair enough comment. I'd argue that the big losses have been Webster and Brownhill, but losing the 4 named here has definitely changed how we can play and what we can do. Are we there for the taking? It's a hard thing to argue against sadly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjak Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 C'mon..........we all know deep down that we will lose today?..................Don't we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said: Fair enough comment. I'd argue that the big losses have been Webster and Brownhill, but losing the 4 named here has definitely changed how we can play and what we can do. Are we there for the taking? It's a hard thing to argue against sadly. Premier League level players! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Just now, Davefevs said: Premier League level players! Something that is demonstrably proven. But that doesn't stop them being the biggest losses of the past few years, in terms of us "not being the team we were". Does make it more reasonable that we've not replaced them though. Better players are harder to replace. Insightful aren't I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina's Rolls Royce Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 10 minutes ago, maxjak said: C'mon..........we all know deep down that we will lose today?..................Don't we? No we do not , we all know deep down that if we keep telling ourselves that we will definitely lose whist secretly believing that we could very well win then we will be less gutted when we do indeed lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 41 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said: I was in Lynton in Devon this week, and drove past a sign for a painter/decorator called Mickey Bell! Could it be...? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad blit Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 4 hours ago, CyderInACan said: Isn’t COD part of the problem? Not in my eyes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchay Red Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 please, please, no more than one minute of added time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Match postponed as Bristol City are unable to put a team out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 6 hours ago, Jerseybean said: Welcome back to match day fellow Reds, here’s hoping the International break will magically transform our season, ok so more realistically the break has served to give time for injured and knackered players to have recovered. It has been a turbulent time for us given Nigel’s health issues, simply great to see him back at the coalface on Thursday. If you fancy going today and haven’t got a ticket: https://tickets.bristol-sport.co.uk/categories/bristolcityfchome Here’s the programme: https://robinstv.bcfc.co.uk/digital-matchday-programme/ Last Sunday Bristol City Women, in front of a record attendance of 3,053, beat Blackburn Rovers Ladies 3-0 at Ashton Gate, how delightful would it be for that to be repeated today! Based on the presser we won’t see James, King or Tanner but Williams, Kalas, Baker, Semyeno Conway and Atkinson are back in the reckoning today. NP also made clear that some players are not on-side and he will do everything he can to get rid of them. While we can (and already have started to) speculate about which players he is referencing we will need to wait to see what happens. Ahead of the break Blackburn Rovers endured their heaviest ever home defeat, going down seven-nil at the hands of Fulham, a game which also included a red card for van Hecke, this was followed by a 3-1 win against Sheffield United. They are currently seventh on 26 points. Based on the last six games they are 12th in the form league (3 wins, 2 defeats and a draw - 10 points) whereas we are in 24th place with 5 defeats and 1 win - 3 points. The last three season has seen them finish 15th, 11th and 15th. Diaz has been the main man for Blackburn Rovers this season. The Chilean international has scored 13 of their 28 goals. Sam Gallagher is the second-highest goalscorer with five and has three assists to his name. Their predicted XI: Kaminski, Nyambe, Lenihan, Wharton, Pickering; Travis, Rothwell, Buckley; Poveda, Dolan, Brereton. This week Derby County and Reading were both deducted points, changing the standings at the foot of the table. Blackburn were one of the first clubs to be part of a historical shift in which football clubs with a working-class background took over the game from the clubs that were associated with a school, such as Oxford University, Old Carthusians and Old Etonians. A topic explored in an excellent Netflix series called ‘The English Game’ which focuses on football’s class dynamics in the late 19th century, a pivotal period of the sport’s development. In the 20th century the sport would come to be called, albeit romantically, ‘the people’s game,’ as the world’s working-class took football to heart. As football grew and diversified, so did its class dynamics, and not always in straightforward ways. The English Game is written by Julian Fellowes who had a huge hit with Downton Abbey and has become known for focusing his attention on stories of the privileged elite and the working-class with whom they share uneasy social space. Rather than employ antagonistic ‘hero-villain’ plot devices, Fellowes prefers a degree of mutual empathy and political ambivalence between characters as they liaise across class divides. It is well worth a watch: https://www.netflix.com/je/title/80244928 Along with eleven other clubs, Blackburn were the founder members of the Football League in1888. Two years later, they moved into Ewood Park, a stadium that remains their home to this day. Jack Walker's investment in Blackburn Rovers spearheaded the club's ascent to Premier League glory, and Kenny Dalglish believes we will never see this happen again in English football: https://www.otbsports.com/soccer/blackburn-rovers-and-the-jack-walker-years-kenny-dalglish-1106707 Dalglish: ‘That's not going to happen again, some local chap coming up with the money, putting it in and being as successful as he was. Jack Walker said 'I was born and brought up here. I have got a steel business here, I own an airline here and I just want to give something back to the people of Blackburn.’ Nevertheless, our major shareholder has said pretty much the same thing and put his money where his mouth is! The following comparison, between Mr Walker and Mr Lansdown, illustrates that they had certain things in common, such as investing huge sums into their respective clubs and living in the Channel Islands, there are, however, also differences beyond the fact that one was a millionaire and the other is a billionaire. The significant difference is what their remarkable contributions have achieved. I’m not, for one moment, belittling SL’s astonishing generosity, merely highlighting a fundamental difference. Only time will prove if Kenny D is right. Jack Walker Jack Walker (19 May 1929 – 17 August 2000) was a British industrialist and businessman, who lived in Jersey. Walker built his fortune in the steel industry, amassing a personal fortune of £600 million. He then went on to become the owner and benefactor of Blackburn Rovers Football Club, winning a Premiership title under his guidance. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/aug/19/guardianobituaries.football Steve Lansdown Stephen Philip Lansdown CBE is an English-born Guernsey billionaire. He co-founded, with Peter Hargreaves, the British financial services firm Hargreaves Lansdown, founder of Bristol Sport and majority shareholder of Bristol Rugby, Bristol Flyers, and Bristol City Football Club. His reported net worth is circa £2.6 billion. https://www.forbes.com/profile/stephen-lansdown/?sh=b738e9b50b06 Blackburn banter Having been formed in 1875, Blackburn were one of 12 clubs who would partake in the inaugural Football League season between 1888 and 1889. They may be the only club in Blackburn now, but that wasn’t always the case. Three years after Blackburn Rovers had been formed, the town found itself with another football club, when Blackburn Olympic were established in 1878. Their distinctive blue and white quartered shirts are not a result of the town’s famous cotton checks but a result of the club being formed by a group of public schoolboys in 1875. The two who called the inaugural meeting were Shrewsbury old boys; others attending were from QEGS in Blackburn and Malvern College whose quartered shirts were adopted by the new club – though with Cambridge Blue in place of Malvern Green. When Blackburn secured promotion from the second division via the play-offs in 1992, it ensured they would be part of the very first Premier League season, and with it, part of an elite set of clubs. Of the 22 teams that made up that very first Premier League season, only three had also been part of the very first Football League campaign back in 1888/89. Blackburn’s promotion the season before made them one, with Everton and Aston Villa the others. Back in 2012 Blackburn Rovers fans showed their dismay at their team and owners by letting loose a chicken draped in the club’s colours. The poultry pitch invader strode on to the turf at Ewood Park wrapped in a Blackburn FC club flag in protest at the club’s owners, Indian poultry processing company Venky’s. Blackburn lost the game 1-0 to a 89th minute Wigan goal, condemning the north west England football club to relegation from the premier league after an 11 year stay in England’s top tier. On the 7th May 2017 – exactly five years after relegation from the Premier League had been confirmed, Blackburn’s relegation from the Championship was sealed, despite a 3-1 win over Brentford at Griffin Park that day. With that relegation, Blackburn also found themselves making a piece of history, they would probably have preferred to do without, as they became the first club to drop into the third-tier of English football having previously won the Premier League, which they of course did during the 1994/95 season. It was back in February 2017 that current manager Tony Mowbray was appointed. Their nicknames are Rovers, The Blue and Whites, The Riversiders. The Rovers faithful’s disappointment this term has led to a decline in average attendance, with the number currently standing at 11,024, the night they recently played Fulham attracted only 9,326 supporters. COYR! Condensed Version We're playing Blackburn 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniro Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 i predict us to be 1-0 until the 90+4th minute when we will concede 2 goals in 2 minutes to lose 1-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Red Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Don’t see anything but another loss today to be honest, would LOVE to be proven wrong but i just cannot see it with these bunch of wasters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fat Controller Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 15 minutes ago, wendyredredrobin said: Match postponed as Bristol City are unable to put a team out. Yeah, but we've had that problem all season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC RISK77 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Incident on the m32 with delays if you are leaving late Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Sinclair Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 17 minutes ago, wendyredredrobin said: Match postponed as Bristol City are unable to put a team out. Wigan v Oxford postponed for similar reasons (7 bouts of Covid in the Oxford ranks) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fat Controller Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 15 minutes ago, wendyredredrobin said: Match postponed as Bristol City are unable to put a team out. Yeah, but we've had that problem all season 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pl00peh91 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!james Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 3-4-3?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire robin Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Benarous !!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malago Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Benarous and Cod both start. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pl00peh91 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Is COD playing left back? What’s going on with this team? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notbarrymanc Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Did he forget to play a left back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P'head Red Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Surprised to see Massengo on the bench Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloyal473 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 I don’t know whether to laugh, cry or expect an all sweeping ten-nil home win. I'm gonna go for a heavy defeat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Bentley Vyner. Kalas. Baker Scott. Bakinson. Williams. COD Weimann. Benarous Martin that’s my guess 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, !james said: 3-4-3?! Thats what I thought initially. Conte inspiring Pearson? If it works it could be bloody brilliant...if. Edited November 20, 2021 by ExiledAjax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pl00peh91 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Just now, And Its Smith said: Bentley Vyner. Kalas. Baker Scott. Bakinson. Williams. COD Weimann. Benarous Martin that’s my guess If that’s true those wing backs are a shambles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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