Bristol City Post Match Thoughts

[Shark27]

Best I've seen us play for a while. Some good passing today and it was good that even in the 2nd half we kept pushing for another rather than sitting back.

Olusunde and Lyndsay were on top form and I was impressed with Wiles, Barlaser and Smith but they all played well.

I'm glad for Warne because as I have said previously, I want him to stay.

To be honest if Bristol City were in the playoffs before we started I don't see why we can't be. Warne should tell them that.

[howdydoo]

Well I usually hold back from commenting until a few hours but I need to get a few things of my chest
First and foremost, its okay and healthy to criticise when its justified.

I just don’t get the current black and white, its all column A or column B way of thinking
I don’t get the bile and anger expressed on social media , with many, many people calling for the heads of the management team because we have a bad performance.

The Coventry game was the ONLY time this season the performance was unacceptable. A game we needed to win, or at least get a point from, or at the very least have a bloody good reason why we didn’t. But we were second best and it hurt.
But it was the only time. Every other time we have gone out and battled against teams with the financial resources to find the best, matured talent across the globe and given the a game - and taken points from most.
Today we were out outstanding, but for me it shows how important confidence is to this team. When we have it we get our tails up. We play, we press , we dominate.

Which leads me on to our main point. Given that we cant go to the games , I think those of us with a disposition based in reality need to get behind the lads. The keyboard warriors that expect instant t success, and insult and undermine everything weve achieved in the last few years, may be entitled to their opinion but it needs to be countered with a bit of reality
Unlike most teams these days, this team represents Rotherham. Not China or Portugal, or the US or the Emirates, but Rotherham. Its funded by local enterprise , not just the owner but the sponsors and the supporters. And we take the rest of them on. We work harder, think harder and try harder

And today we battered a team from the top six of the fourth biggest league in the world.

Get In. We should all be proud. And perhaps the people who should learn the most from it aren’t just the management teams but the so called supported who cannot wait to vent their spleen and undermine everything we have achieved in the last few years.

Im happy – and a bit pissed. Just as you should be on a Saturday night!

How I see it the same.

The hypocrisy on here knows no bounds. Warney must feel blessed with all the advice he gets on here.

Bristol City didn’t turn up today. Similar to us at Coventry last week.

It happens in this league.

[BigLadonOS]

How I see it the same.

The hypocrisy on here knows no bounds. Warney must feel blessed with all the advice he gets on here.

Bristol City didn’t turn up today. Similar to us at Coventry last week.

It happens in this league.

Didn't turn up? I think you mean we did not give them the chance to do much else but defend their goal. We were brilliant today and showed the ones who have been saying we have no quality at the club that they have no idea what they are talking about.

The little old rotherham syndrome got well and truly put to bed this aft.

[gm_gm]

How I see it the same.

The hypocrisy on here knows no bounds. Warney must feel blessed with all the advice he gets on here.

Bristol City didn’t turn up today. Similar to us at Coventry last week.

It happens in this league.

id agree with that Howdy they didnt turn up

[BigLadonOS]

id agree with that Howdy they didnt turn up

Really! Please explain why you think that?

[millertop]

Didn't turn up? I think you mean we did not give them the chance to do much else but defend their goal. We were brilliant today and showed the ones who have been saying we have no quality at the club that they have no idea what they are talking about.

The little old rotherham syndrome got well and truly put to bed this aft.

Exactly this, they did their homework very well (link was put on here) but we were just too much for them, we were in their faces just like we should be

[Pattylallacks2]

Just been on Wednesday's Fans Forum. Can't believe how fickle they are. Sounded nearly as bad as us.

[Godsend.F.C.]

It was a tough watch. It’s the first time this season, in fairness, that our performance levels have not been up to the standard. We knew Rotherham’s threats with the setpieces and the first and second balls and they dominated those areas today.

To concede early, like we did, is obviously disappointing and then just before halftime. We just weren’t able to find the spark within the 90 minutes. That’s the first time this season that we’ve had that. We’ve had some attacking changes at half time to get the attacking players on the pitch to go for it.

READ MORE
Rotherham United 2-0 Bristol City: Robins outfought by Millers; reaction and more
Credit to Rotherham, the way that they play makes it so difficult for you and I thought they were right at the top of their game today, obviously buoyed by that early goal. What we’ve done up until now is responded to a disappointment and that’s now the challenge for us on Tuesday night.

The Milwall game won’t be too dissimilar so we’ve got to learn from it quickly.

How important do you think the early goal was?
As I’ve said before, to concede first or to score first is a big swing in that psychology. We’ve responded in the first half in terms of we’ve got down the sides a couple of times. I remember one that Antoine gets down side and Nahki is in at the back post and just wasn’t able to execute.

To concede when we did, for that second one, makes it even more difficult. We just had to go for it in that second half and we just weren’t able to find the spark. They won the majority of the first and second balls throughout the afternoon, that’s fair to say, and that’s the disappointment.



'Bullied' - Bristol City player ratings after Robins outfought by Rotherham United
Where was the line in terms of Rotherham being very good today and Bristol City maybe being a bit off colour?
Huge credit to Warney [Paul Warne]. They’ve had some tough moments this season but they maximise everything as a staff and I’ve got a lot of respect for them. I thought they were at the top end of their game.

Equally, that doesn’t take away that we weren’t. We weren’t at our levels today and there’s no hiding from that. I think individually and collectively, we weren’t at the top of our game.

When that happens in a football game, more or often or not you get beaten. That’s the case and we have to take it on the chin.

They’re obviously a physically dominant team, huge size all over the team. Maybe, for us, you might not be able to compete with a Crooks, for example, whose 6ft 4, 6ft 5 in midfield in terms of height, Smith up front or whoever it is who may sometimes be a little bit sharper in the mind in terms of anticipating where the ball is going to drop.

They had the bit between their teeth after that first goal and that’s probably where the game was won and lost.

There was some talk before the game about Paul Warne being under pressure and his job being under pressure. Do you think that was a factor in the game at all?
He’s a top guy, Warney, and I know the players really like and respect him. I think they’d fight for him in any game, whether that’s true about the pressure, I’m not too sure.


For us, it’s just a disappointing afternoon. Going back to Warney, they maximise everything and they’re competing with some good teams in this division.

It’s a good day for them and it’s a difficult one for us but we’ve got another one in four days’ time.

[Lasterman]

Struggling to remember the last display as dominant as that. I don't think we've had one in the Championship. Hard to believe that's the same team from last Saturday and the first half at Watford.

Lyndsay probably my MOM but plenty of competition. A word also for Johanson. I know there was one foul up, but feel more confident with him in goal. Quicker off his line, commands his area better and more assured on crosses despite being 6" shorter. And he just seems more enthusiastic and engaged than Blackman...and his kicks stay in play.

[Archiemiller]

Just been on Wednesday's Fans Forum. Can't believe how fickle they are. Sounded nearly as bad as us.

Spot on Patty, some 2 faced fu**ers on here, loose at Blackburn and the knives will be out for manager and players again. UTFM.