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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
Neil Harris:
"It will be a derby with a difference. For me, the fanbase make derby games.
"Of course, there's rivalry between football clubs and wanting to be bigger and better than your neighbour down the road and across the water.
"The rivalry on the terraces and, these days, on social media makes these games though.
"Do the players understand the importance of it? Of course they do. It will be echoed to them again, as it already has been by me.
"I know the importance of the game, not just for the fans, but also for the league table.
"I'm really pleased with where we are and the three performances.
"I always want more; I think we should have had nine points and beaten Charlton. But I'm really pleased with where we are at the moment.
"Now we've got ourselves in this position, we want to finish in the top six. That's the bottom line.
"To do that, we've got a tough run of games against teams at the top and bottom, but every club is the same.
"We're hungry for success – it's our job to stay in there now."
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
From memory we didn't trouble them much at CCS and it took a long range effort (deflected?) for them to score, 0-0 looks a decent bet. I do hope I'm wrong. Shame we won't be able to see Ashley's latest hair creation.
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
Seabird
From memory we didn't trouble them much at CCS and it took a long range effort (deflected?) for them to score, 0-0 looks a decent bet. I do hope I'm wrong. Shame we won't be able to see Ashley's latest hair creation.
We were poor, but we hit the woodwork twice
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
Any team predictions and scores?
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
dembethewarrior
Any team predictions and scores?
If Pack starts max of a draw. Midfield 3 that won us the first two games and I'll fancy a 2-0 win.
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
Michael Morris
Bristol City have slipped from play-off
Bristol City are looking to complete a league double over Cardiff for the first time since the 2002-03 season.
I’m very much of the younger generation in terms of the jacks/wurzels rival chestnut but the games against them lot around this time in the early 00s, culminating in Alexander’s performance in the play off semis, really impressed themselves on me at the time and I look back on them a little evocatively now (bogey side, ugly derby atmosphere fuelled by a last gasp of hooliganism?).
Only dimly remember late 90s games against the jacks and by the time we started playing them again nearly a decade later I was that little less impressionable, although there was a buzz around those first few games.
Anyway, let’s hope the city make up for the limp performance against the slave traders last November, deny them the double and keep the chasing PO pack at bay.
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
Der Kaiser
If Pack starts max of a draw. Midfield 3 that won us the first two games and I'll fancy a 2-0 win.
I would like to see us go with Tomlin from the start with Murphy, Glatzel and NML.
I don't think it will happen, no Pack for me either he's a 10 minute keep it tight and tidy at the end man for me now. Go with the 3 like you said, they've got energy and press up the pitch and I think we need that, as long as we don't wait forever to bring on the flair. 60 mins make them changes!!
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
Bristol City: Bentley; Vyner, Kalas, Baker, Dasilva; Weimann, Smith, Nagy, O'Dowda; Wells, Diedhiou
Subs: Wollacott, Hunt, Watkins, Paterson, Hinds, Rowe, Benkovic, Afobe, Massengo
Cardiff City: Smithies; Sanderson, Nelson, Morrison, Bennett; Vaulks, Bacuna, Ralls; Mendez-Laing, Paterson, Hoilett
Subs: Etheridge, Flint, Bamba, Smith, Pack, Whyte, Tomlin, Murphy, Ward
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
Let's hope Ward can get his usual impact sub goal once Paterson has tired them out for 60 minutes.
Be great to see Murphy and Tomlin on later on too.
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
Not pulling up trees but decent enough so far.
I just hope we capitalise while we are confident and don't dither on the ball too much and allow them to grow in confidence. Only takes one half chance.
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
nearly 60% possession...not good...! plenty of effor but not much sublety....
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
What a crap commentary on CCTV. They are overdubbimg the bristol commentary and not very well!!!
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
I think we're marginally the better team so far. City seem to playing themselves into the game pretty well.
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
Paterson moving so much better today and great to see Sanderson getting shots away
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
WJ99mobile
Paterson moving so much better today and great to see Sanderson getting shots away
Sanderson’s passing is atrocious
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
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BLUETIT
Sanderson’s passing is atrocious
No worse than Pelts was and he is a better attacker
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
Has to be about time we scored from a set piece again...
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
Wurzels are poor and we are battering them... which worries me :-/
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
We are going to get mugged here. So much ball and threat and no goals to show for it.
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
Diedhiou is lazy isn’t he Christ
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
Michael Morris
We are going to get mugged here. So much ball and threat and no goals to show for it.
yep...I can see that coming....
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
BLUETIT
Sanderson’s passing is atrocious
So is Paterson's.
And Morrisons pass to NML...crikey.
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
dembethewarrior
I just hope we capitalise while we are confident and don't dither on the ball too much and allow them to grow in confidence. Only takes one half chance.
Me too.
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
I don’t want to tempt fate here, but Bristol are truly awful. They don’t appear to have anything going for them. Their recent form figures are no surprise on that first half showing.
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
We have no cutting edge up front.
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
Bristol are playing below par. Usually Wells bangs in 2 against us and ODowda and Weimann are 2 really good players.
They look truly dreadful but so did we against Charlton
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
The Lone Gunman
I don’t want to tempt fate here, but Bristol are truly awful. They don’t appear to have anything going for them. Their recent form figures are no surprise on that first half showing.
Fate well and truly tempted!
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
LeningradCowboy
We have no cutting edge up front.
I’d like to see Murphy where Pato is now
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Re: BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
jon1959
Fate well and truly tempted!
We need to be winning games like this.