Bristol City 3-1 Saints - Match Thread

[bpsaint]

Unbeaten run over.

[obelisk]

That is dreadful. Well I suppose the run had to come to an end some time but this is a surrender.

[sandwichsaint]

awful goal

[Mr X]

I will eat my own shit if we win this now 

[Block41 Saint]

Fun while it lasted. Unfortunately this performance has been very similar to the ones where we lost 4 on a bounce. So prone to the counter attack and needlessly going the ball away. 

[BotleySaint]

2-0. Unbeaten run looks to be ending. They've deserved it. Still got the game in hand on Leeds but we need to not let this dent our confidence too much.

[stknowle]

Been really poor tonight. Can’t win them all, for top 2 we basically need to though.

[Saint Matty 76]

Absolutely shite today, and realistically against most of the contending teams

Wake up call for sure, massive game on Friday now

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Done over by a bang average team. Utter shite

[Harry_SFC]

Wtf is Smallbone doing 

[CB Fry]

Might be a blessing to stop talking about the unbeaten run. A win on Friday is better than two draws.

[6ft8saint]

Yey 2 nil down and they ask why we booed for shit performances 

[Sir Ralph]

Put fing sulemana on

[Holmes_and_Watson]

We do like to set ourselves up for these comebacks.

Deep corner, free header and no one anywwhere near it.

[Saint Scott]

This is like watching us in September all over again

[Jack]

All a result of giving it away cheaply up the pitch. Horrible performance 

[SNSUN]

WBA will be rubbing their hands together. 

[obelisk]

Saints just turned up expecting another stroll. Well it looks like they've been found out.

[Bad Wolf]

Just now, 6ft8saint said:

Yey 2 nil down and they ask why we booed for shit performances 

After 25 games unbeaten?! 

[Mr X]

We looked asleep and knackered from the first kick 

[Winnersaint]

Miles off Saturday got lucky, miles off it tonight. Playing catchup now. According to Leeds fans on social media they’ve already been promoted so we were only ever playing for the play offs. Lots of water to flow under the bridge.

Edited 13 February, 2024 by Winnersaint

[saint lard]

I’m not overly optimistic that we will regain 2nd spot again this season. 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Don't mind losing, but been no fight or passion, just surrending the run with a whimper

[Saint_Jonny]

1 minute ago, Bad Wolf said:

After 25 games unbeaten?! 

Utterly retarded isn't it. He'd probably win the lottery and complain about the instalment plan. 

[John Boy Saint]

Bristol City have stuck to the task they were sent out with.

[6ft8saint]

Just now, Bad Wolf said:

After 25 games unbeaten?! 

You are only as good as the last 45mins played. We aren't a one man team however without downs we look broken 

[hypochondriac]

Hey we had to lose one eventually. Concerning that we have such a poor record against top sides. Let's hope we see a reaction Friday 

[CSA96]

I can’t get over how many times we’ve just passed the ball directly to a red shirt

[Master Bates]

10 hours ago, Farmer Saint said:

For some reason, I think this is one we will lose....

I believe 😪😭

[Daft Kerplunk]

Big test now. Perhaps the win on Saturday and record went to the team’s heads a little. Downes is a big miss but he’s one of 11 players. A loss might not be terrible if reduces pressure to keep extending it or ends the assumption that it’ll keep going regardless of effort. 

[macca155]

I'm guessing it must have been a huge adrenaline drop from Saturday. They look knackered and there just isn't enough intensity.

I hope this isn't indicative of Saints's weakness against the leagues better teams.

[Micky]

Me neither, but I've never been confident that we would go up either. 

[Convict Colony]

1 hour ago, Convict Colony said:

Would like a leeds loss tonight footballing gods please with an easy win for us.

Again fuck you footballing gods

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, hypochondriac said:

Hey we had to lose one eventually. Concerning that we have such a poor record against top sides. Let's hope we see a reaction Friday 

WBA would probably have had this game done by HT

[tdmickey3]

Warning signs were there Saturday and we got away with it.

It was good while it lasted

Just got to hope the wheels don’t come off

Edited 13 February, 2024 by tdmickey3

[Saint Matty 76]

Just now, hypochondriac said:

Hey we had to lose one eventually. Concerning that we have such a poor record against top sides. Let's hope we see a reaction Friday 

Exactly this, anything else is dramatic

How I’m reading posts that we’re stuck here another season already ffs, weird bunch

[obelisk]

Still just strolling out from the back and giving the ball away.  Seems like they've given up already.

[redkeith]

Passing has been poor all night, giving the ball away very easily.  

Have to limp on now until Downes is fit again. Also need to have some cover in front of Manning or play Minohma instead.

[IronCitySaint]

This has been terrible tonight but the thing I find unbelievable is that after so many games unbeaten, we are still not in the top two. Pretty unlucky to have such strong teams in the league this year. I think this is the end of our automatic promotion hopes. Leicester and Leeds look unbeatable and we still have to play them both away.

[Andrew Watson]

Shsmbolic,we have been poor the last 3 games,really disappointed with Brooks,thought he would run the show tonight. We will get hammered at Ipswich,Leicester and Leeds if we play like this and god knows what Liverpool will do to us.

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Saint Matty 76 said:

Exactly this, anything else is dramatic

How I’m reading posts that we’re stuck here another season already ffs, weird bunch

Yep, season is far from over. 

Bristol city fans singing "oh when the saints are staying down" Jesus Christ. 

[Master Bates]

🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶 I believe everytime that Saints concede, a child expires 🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎼🎼🎼

[Chez]

4 minutes ago, obelisk said:

Bristol attack with pace. Saints still walking it up to the half way line.

check out Manning. Fucking miles back. 

[FarehamSaintJames]

Why can’t we ever have a go in away games?

Bristol City 2-0 (so far), Coventry 1-1, Huddersfield 1-1, Watford 1-1, Norwich 1-1.

The difference between promotion and EFL next season is our lack of finishing teams off effectively. But as long as we get 473,846,026 passes a game it’s fine.

[madge]

Huddersfield pretty much worked us out.. Bristol have tonight.. our MO will need to change to avoid continual repeats of this. 
 

[Challenger]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

How many goals have we scored from crosses this season? Doesn't feel like many.

We haven't got a target man, haven't really since Ings left and when we did try to rectify that we bought a crock.

It's playoffs for us, been saying it for a while.

Been a great run but altimately we are likely to fall slightly short.

[Tanlee]

Probably been said 100 times already, but I hope Downes is back soon, missing him so badly tonight 

[Jack]

We’ve been so easy to play against. Given it away so cheaply over and over, so poor 

[GDog07]

The hardest thing about these sort of performances leading to potentially not going up is knowing we’ll lose KWP and Harwood-Bellis and we’ll just slowly become stale over years like half of the championship currently are.

[Micky]

Our slow passive play is all very good when we're winning, but at two nil down it is absolutely pointless.  Our first shot for 20 minutes, wide.