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As we’re we.City are not a decent Championship side - they were lucky not to be in the relegation fight last season. They went badly backwards last season.
Try looking at the positives
As we’re we.City are not a decent Championship side - they were lucky not to be in the relegation fight last season. They went badly backwards last season.
Do you mean RWB, as we are not playing with wingers....?Another competent performance from Argyle.
It’s remarkable that after last season’s travails the defence now seems the strongest part of the team. Lowe did very well in recruiting mayor and Ennis- but could it be, that Lowe’s best signing has arrived on a free transfer from Walsall ?
We’re still short of a few players, if we want to make a real challenge in league 1, in my opinion.
The priority signing, in my opinion, is going to be a top quality right winger. I think that this is the key to giving us the pace and width- that’s going to make us difficult for other teams to contain us. I think that this is also the key to unlocking the space and creating opportunities for our strikers.
It’s interesting to read the comments about Luke Jephcott. Luke puts me very much in mind of Kevin Gallen, who was a very useful player for us under Ian Holloway. Gallen linked the midfield and strikers. He used to drift in on the blind side and got a few goals for us. I think that Luke will do very much the same for us ( and we’ve already had a glimpse of the sort of runs he can make, with that first half chance), once suitable reinforcements arrive .....
They'll be up there challenging for a play off spot.City are not a decent Championship side - they were lucky not to be in the relegation fight last season. They went badly backwards last season.
‘Top quality right winger’- Yes!!Another competent performance from Argyle.
It’s remarkable that after last season’s travails the defence now seems the strongest part of the team. Lowe did very well in recruiting mayor and Ennis- but could it be, that Lowe’s best signing has arrived on a free transfer from Walsall ?
We’re still short of a few players, if we want to make a real challenge in league 1, in my opinion.
The priority signing, in my opinion, is going to be a top quality right winger. I think that this is the key to giving us the pace and width- that’s going to make us difficult for other teams to contain us. I think that this is also the key to unlocking the space and creating opportunities for our strikers.
It’s interesting to read the comments about Luke Jephcott. Luke puts me very much in mind of Kevin Gallen, who was a very useful player for us under Ian Holloway. Gallen linked the midfield and strikers. He used to drift in on the blind side and got a few goals for us. I think that Luke will do very much the same for us ( and we’ve already had a glimpse of the sort of runs he can make, with that first half chance), once suitable reinforcements arrive .....
And do we care really?I would be interested in the reason unlike Middlesbrough and Swansea, Bristol City used the temporary changing rooms under the Barn Park End.
Have the Covid protocols from last season been reinstated or was Bristol City just applying stricter Covid mitigation policies?
Your right.we don’t play with two wingers- only one ( Danny mayor) and a right midfield (camara).Do you mean RWB, as we are not playing with wingers....?
I can't find the exact stats, but based on the match report on the baggo we had four shots on target and they had two...
My main concern is that we aren't clinical enough, but to suggest we aren't creating any chances is nonsense.
Your mention of Scott Sinclair and Peter Halmosi reminds me of Hughie Macauley and Brian Johnson in the Mariner/Rafferty era.Your right.we don’t play with two wingers- only one ( Danny mayor) and a right midfield (camara).
I used to enjoy watching Ian Holloway’s side 2006-2007. They used to regularly play with two wingers and two strikers. That team were quite a sight to see, when playing well. They had some really good wingers- Scott Sinclair, Lee Martin, David Norris, Peter Halmosi.
There are a lot of similarities between Lowes style of play and Holloway’s. ....
could we replicate that style of play - and play a side including two wing backs, two wingers and two strikers ? I would like to think so. That would mean that the two wing backs would need to push forward to support Houghton ? in midfield, a striker ( jephcott ?) would need to dig back to support the midfield , the wingers would need to do draw back and do some “spade work” out of possession , and a centre back ( Gillespye ?) would need to push forward into midfield at times.
To make that system would require a lot of running and hard work from the players, but I’d love Lowe to give it a go .....
But restricting the opposition from a higher league to 2 shots on target is good.4 shots on target in 90 mins is not creating nearly enough
Precisely. One of which was a penalty.But restricting the opposition from a higher league to 2 shots on target is good.
You have to put these figures in perspective.