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AA hits/skims the bar! (should have scored really)

Manning again being a moron in midfield putting us under pressure...

All our play now going through our actual wingers. Funny that.

Good job Edozie and frazer, both have made a real positive impact - Do we praise the manager? or do we blame him for the shit heap of a starting 11?

Ref should have given the foul on Aribo, now a late tackle on KWP straight after it which looks a potential knock... and didn't give a card for either of them. Noice.

I'm confused, we've made a sub and haven't introduced Alcaraz? What?!?

And wtf is with our corners?

You mean, we had the longest current unbeaten run in english football and therefore were always going to lose? 🤣

This is the last game i want to see Manning playing this year / season. Shocking all night.

tbf, our final 3rd end product has been poor due to sloppy play. Manning, Stu have made a number of poor passes when a relatively easy pass was on, and AA hasn't quite got his shooting boots on. With better player performances this would be 2-0. But yes, we are boring to watch. Can't argue. And when we aren't perfect, we drop points. Draws won't get us promoted.

Awful throw in then, does no one want to come short and get the ball / give options... wtf.

Coventry have got 2 good runners attacking our full backs and its causing us issues. Need to strengthen LB as a minimum in the january window.

Manning's shot just then, how wide was it going 🤣

absolutely dreadful tbh.

Manning's passing has been woeful so far, has to be said. Stopped attacks or put us under real pressure a couple of times.

Blame absolutely on the mananger for another poor performance. The goal is automatic promotion, and be expects to win every game 1-0 with a perfect defence where the opposition never score. Has to be pushing on and getting a 2nd... We just aren't doing enough and a these dropped points will cost us.

So the French Ligue 2 rendition of us last year with Selles? 😄

Yeah that was me, i wish we'd signed him. Madness to think what we went on to spend money on as well... Sadly can't think of any other good ones that are attainable either atm - we're fishing in a different pond this season, and like it or not, championship clubs will struggle to get that tier of young talent from top Belgian / Dutch sides if they're already getting european footy 😕 I think we've signed Stewart for nearly twice what Openda went for... (and Openda was desperate to leave as well)... Let alone what we spent on Onuachu and Mara 🤣 FWIW, provided we don't get any more significant injuries, i think we've got enough to get promoted this year. So any sensible signings can only strengthen us. We'll be looking for players that can go into a prem side next season, which isn't easy (and won't be cheap) for a championship side that isn't certain of promotion.

Very good performance today. Thought we actually looked better without Sulemana. Armstrong offers more from a defensive stand point and keeps hold of the ball better. Arma and KWP had very good games in particular. Baz was solid when called upon. Manning generally pretty good and offered a fair amount going forward. Impressed by Aribo when he came on (if he's going to play like that he can start), and Fraser as well. Even Mara looked half decent when he came on.

I don't disagree on that. But fans shouldn't be expecting him to be some wonder finisher - and i just can't see Martin playing to his aerial threat (sadly).

Who is our quality finisher? Do you mean Stewart? The guy scores predominantly tap ins and free headers, and some very average penalties. There is precious few "quality" finishes with his feet in these highlights. Most of those goals are vs League 1 opposition as well, he'll find it a lot harder to be unmarked or able to just about run past players at this level - let alone the prem. A lot of fans have got blind hope in this guy. I don't see him as any better than Che or Armstrong... each of them adds their own set of skills, and for Stewart it appears to be off the ball movement and decent heading (which we are unlikely to really utilise). I will grant he probably hits the target more than Che though 😅

For anyone feeling very optimistic, Leicester dropped points...

Did chuckle when the two city pundits were saying that we'd sold JWP for a lot of money that we were basically the same side, and it was really unfair that we had the parachute payments that allowed us to keep all our players 🤣

Good second half, but i think Bristol city just lost all discipline. We really aren't creating enough clear cut chances though, and certainly not taking them.... End up in the playoffs vs a side like West Brom and we'll get punished.

Great recovery by Manning there tbf.