Completely played into their hands. They would have been praying for an early set piece, up steps Willy Smallbone with a completely needless foul, punt into the box and we can’t deal with it. From then on it was laboured and sluggish.
Too many lost their heads towards the end, which is a recipe for disaster in the play offs. Composure needs to be regained quickly on the pitch and in the dugout.
Strange feeling this morning.
I think a lot of us were worried going into it and it was clear after 5 mins that we weren’t at it, whilst Bristol City certainly were. Missing Downes has a massive impact and we also miss Adams in those types of games, for all his faults he gives us a central target which Armstong doesn’t and he offers a route to get up the pitch.
All about the reaction on Friday now, personally I’d take a point and move onto the next batch of fixtures which are mostly at home. Up the Saints.
Believe we were linked with Diangana at West Brom in the summer, he fits our profile if we're going for a wide attacking option. Also, West Brom are skint.
KWP followed by Downes. Those two are the clear standouts, then we have the chasing pack who have all performed admirably on this unbeaten run - Bednarek, Stu, THB, A.Armstrong.
Fucking brilliant! Fully deserved as we were well on top second half. Bedders superb yet again.
Martin’s claim that we’ll be strong late on due to tiring the opposition out with our possession looks like a great shout.