Hasta

So we did. I took the Cardiff cup game as being a league game. Apologies original poster.

Err. No we don't. It's the first time we've lost 3 on the bounce in 15 months. Weirdly, our longest streak under JDT is 4 draws ! Hull have won 2 of their last 9 against us .

You know this how?

Garrett starts for me. I’d also get Travis and Leonard back in. I’d also consider a curve ball like Gilsenan.

But when there’s 30 seconds left and you have a free kick on the half way line just put your centre halves front and try and hit them. We had 95 minutes to play football and against both Watford and Preston we’d managed 1 goal in both games (not from any crosses as we tend not to cross). To be instructed to keep the ball in your own half and try and pass through so late in the game is stubbornly stupid. And yet both games ended with the crowd urging them to launch it and us passing around getting our stats up. Its a bit of a trivial point in the grand scheme of thing, but it’s an indication of the stubbornness of the way we play.

Someone who when you are losing by a single goal in two high-profile home games doesn’t let his team spend the last 30 seconds passing it from defender to defender in your own half only for the referee to blow the final whistle.

JDT is the right manager in the wrong situation. With shite recruitment, thin squad and numerous injuries, we would currently be better with a manager who isn't so one-dimensional tactic-wise.

Hopefully we can get back to square pegs in square holes tomorrow. Brittain and Pickering at full backs with Hyam and Carter in the centre. Szmodics back in presuming he's available and I'd rest Moran for either Garrett or Markanday as he's been off it for a while now. I'd also persevere with Ennis. I've got a feeling we will persist with Brittain further up though and end up with one of Hill, Carter or Travis at right back.

Just watched the highlights as I wasnt in the mood after the day after game. I knew Leo was at fault from watching it live, but they're both worse mistakes than I thought. The first one actually gets pushed almost centrally, and he's under no pressure for the second one.

Well first of all I thought the day went off really well. I went down to the fanzone for a bit beforehand just to show my face and spend a bit of money on the stalls. Great to see the stands so full and it was just an enjoyable atmosphere right up until it went wrong on the pitch. Credit to all those involved from all parties to make this happen. Everything has been covered in more detail already, but we ran out of legs, bodies and ideas. If the disallowed goal would have stood that would have been the game, but Leo then drops two errors and we end up behind. You could see it coming though for a while before they eventually scored. Wahlsted wasn’t free (unlike Telalovic), and it looks more and more a poor signing. Wharton and Tronstad were outstanding, and I thought Travis did a decent job filling in at full back. Garrett also showed why he should have been utilised more. We can’t complain that we’re fatigued and short of bodies, and yet he has been in the bench and got 5 minutes here and there all season. Hyam has been a big miss (as has JRC). As for leaving early, I wish I had left 30 seconds before full time instead of watching us tap it around at the back until the ref blew his whistle. The clock on the scoreboard now shows when time is up, so one of the centre halves should have been left upfront and the ball should have been launched. I don’t mind the way we play under JDT, but our own players seeing the game out in our own half was stupidity. Same against Preston.

Its a real shame the weather hasnt been more favourable for walk ons today, but still a magnificent response.

It’s on the link I posted above. But they haven’t needed to stop sending our tickets in the post.

Fraser Reid says Rovers are “working with the EFL and their Green Code standard to ensure we continue to make a positive impact where we can to increase our sustainability levels. It’s all about reducing our carbon footprint.” Ive just had a look at the EFL’s Green Code. Apparently Bristol City are the first EFL club to achieve Green code accreditation. I’ve also had a look at Bristol City’s ticketing options, which appear to be post tickets out in the mail, or turn up and buy on a matchday.

I’ve also worked long enough with people who bullshit about their reason for doing stuff rather than being honest. It is clearly all about money, if only a ‘test’ in this instance. You say engage with him, but several people have and yet have just been fed the ‘carbon footprint’ line. No explanation as to why not printing off a couple of thousand tickets is worth the risk of alienating long standing supporters. Just trot the same line out again. He may have been ultra-helpful in organising Saturday, and fair play to him if he has been. However in this instance he is pissing off supporters by his ‘actions’ and also not being truthful as to the reasons for doing it. It’s just more lack of transparency from those at Ewood.

Please turn up Rovers.

The only line I can see given is " reducing the club’s carbon footprint and helping tackle climate change. " On the face of it a few thousand paper tickets being printed by the club instead of potentially by the end user makes no difference what so ever. However when you consider that if they get less people attending, that's less people travelling in cars and less food consumption then they may be on to something. I'm all for Rovers being more environmentally conscious. Otherwise as a club they could end up actively supporting other environmental hazards, like disposable vapes, or something.

Is there any logical reason he has given for doing it, as I've yet to see one in any of their statements. Another charlatan.

Looking good looking at the seat map above. Let's hope they actually get all the bars open on the concourse for this one.

No staff cuts. We just pay them less as they aren’t needed for as many hours, and hopefully any loss we incur from people not attending is offset by EFL ‘incentives’. If we piss the fan base off who cares, as long as we make more money in the immediate short term. It might just get Waggot his bonus this year, and 5 years down the line our fan base problems won’t be his problem. Its just a nonsensical, short-sighted decision.

I wonder if there will be no sales on the day to away fans? That would take the piss if the away ticket office was open.

They wouldnt have known the opposition then. Had we got a plum tie at Ewood they wouldnt have done it.

I’m sure Mercer will be along shorty to tell us he actually backed Stuart Armstrong to score instead of Adam Armstrong and he’s opening his second vin rouge to celebrate.

I’m going to give my first ever 1 rating today.

Tom Lockyer collapsed again at Bournemouth. 😔 Fingers crossed for the lad. Doesn’t look good.