Lesson #1. 'How to hang on to a lead.'

[Northyorksblade]

The OP still observes BCFC successfully defended their lead.

They won 1-0.

You can press all you want. McGunness headers, shots whizzing past the post from Gus, Peck and Burrows. Keeper makes some great saves. Bamford fluffs another sitter.

But BCFC still won 1-0.

Now tell me - we are 3-1 up against Swansea last Friday. Another game I didn't see, as I am abroad. Seemingly we did everything wrong defending a lead, too.

So tell me how BCFC succeeded and we didn't.

Hands up anyone else abroad who managed to watch the last 2 games.

 

[Blademan89]

Hope you're taking notes, Chris Wilder.

So he got lucky last season then hanging onto a lead? Or did I just imagine thats how we won most of our games?

 

[Nick Jansky]

Sorry, but you can't give a constructive post about a game, if you haven't even watched it. And all those yellows? You mean three?

I think anyone could have predicted with accuracy what the first half would look like by looking at the team sheet and formation. I don’t think you’d have needed to watch it.

 

[Northyorksblade]

I think anyone could have predicted with accuracy what the first half would look like by looking at the team sheet and formation. I don’t think you’d have needed to watch it.

And the second half?

 

[Nick Jansky]

And the second half?

Another masterclass in how to dominate without an end result. Nothing new, except it’s usually in the first half.

 

[Gimli]

I think anyone could have predicted with accuracy what the first half would look like by looking at the team sheet and formation. I don’t think you’d have needed to watch it.

Yes but the point being made was that this was somehow an example of how we should be playing to hold onto a lead, the first half was indeed predictably diabolical but has nothing to do with the point being made.

 

[BazWainwright]

And the second half?

What was the score after 45 mins?

What was the score after 90+8 mins?

 

[BazWainwright]

Hands up anyone else abroad who managed to watch the last 2 games.

A bit desperate, y'think?

 

[Northyorksblade]

What was the score after 45 mins?

What was the score after 90+8 mins?

Don't know, I didn't watch.

 

[BazWainwright]

Yes but the point being made was that this was somehow an example of how we should be playing to hold onto a lead, the first half was indeed predictably diabolical but has nothing to do with the point being made.

The point being made is 'win at all costs'.

I did say I would take a filthy win, just like BCFC got today.

 

[BazWainwright]

Don't know, I didn't watch.

So 8000km away, I'm more informed than you sat at my breakfast table on BBC Sport?

 

[Northyorksblade]

So 8000km away, I'm more informed than you sat at my breakfast table on BBC Sport?

Whoosh.

 

[BazWainwright]

Whoosh.

Also whoosh

 

[Half Bond Jls]

So 8000km away, I'm more informed than you sat at my breakfast table on BBC Sport?

Don't let United spoil your holiday Baz. Get ya sen on the beach

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

yes I’m sure we’d have all been absolutely delighted to have played the way Bristol City did in the second half.

They only won the game because we missed some glorious chances.

Lies, damned lies, and statistics - yes Bristol City won the game but anyone with eyes (and even a few people without) could tell that on another day we come away with the win

We should have punished them today no doubt but at the end of the day they still held onto the lead.

A better example of how not to hold onto a lead would be us against Swansea.

 

[BazWainwright]

Don't let United spoil your holiday Baz. Get ya sen on the beach

Malibu, Santa Monica, Venice, Redondo, Manhattan. All lovely.

Beverly Hills today. Disney tomorrow.

 

[Pedro Verde]

BCFC rode luck today it seems (I didn't see the game - I'm over in Culver City CA but watched the BBC text feed over breakfast)

Thats the way to form an opinion on a game of football watch a text feed

 

[BazWainwright]

Thats the way to form an opinion on a game of football watch a text feed

We lost 1-0.

What opinion do you want?

This thread is about 'how to hang onto a lead', which we have been poor at.

BCFC hung onto their lead. From what I could see from the BBC text feed, we were still profligate and wasteful in front of goal and underperforming in the first 45.

Do you disagree?

 

[MadDad38]

Malibu, Santa Monica, Venice, Redondo, Manhattan. All lovely.

Beverly Hills today. Disney tomorrow.

Fallowfield Wednesday.

 

[Ned the Donkey]

That the way Bristol City ‘hung onto a lead’ was awful, and that we could easily have got back into the game. The second half I can hardly remember them getting into our half such was the dominance we had. If Bamford hadn’t dropped an all time stinker we’d be leaving with all 3 points.

First half was an absolute stinker but that second half performance was a sight to behold. We almost never let them out of their half. The XG on the Bamford chance must have been about 0.99 but he opted for the other 1%. It was great to see the fans at the end applauding the players despite the result. We did everything but score.

 

[raul]

Ad Hominem

rauul

 

[Kenilworth]

Yeah. We lost 1-0.

What do I need to see?

You might start by reading the match stats from this page

Bristol City 1-0 Sheffield United: Interim boss Roy Hodgson wins again

Bristol City's interim manager Roy Hodgson makes it successive victories at the helm.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Pedro Verde]

We lost 1-0.

What opinion do you want?

An opinion from someone who has actually watched the game

This thread is about 'how to hang onto a lead', which we have been poor at.

They were very lucky to hang onto such a lead. The way they did it probably has a success rate of about 10%
They were probably fortunate to have the lead in the first place as they should have been down to 10 men after about 15 mins
Did the BBC feed tell you that

BCFC hung onto their lead.

Fortunate on another day they would have lost 3-1. Keeper MOM

we were still profligate and wasteful in front of goal

Yes we were wasteful in front of goal but at least we played decent football and created those chances

and underperforming in the first 45.

We underperformed in the 1st half because Wilder changed formation and the team selection.
Sounds like it was a bit of an experiment going 3 at the back
The 3 at the back didnt work and the midfield didnt function. Wilder saw that and changed it

 

[BazWainwright]

You might start by reading the match stats from this page

Bristol City 1-0 Sheffield United: Interim boss Roy Hodgson wins again

Bristol City's interim manager Roy Hodgson makes it successive victories at the helm.

www.bbc.co.uk

You might start reading the results from this page:

Scores & Fixtures - Football - BBC Sport

All the football fixtures, latest results & live scores for all leagues and competitions on BBC Sport, including the Premier League, Championship, Scottish Premiership & more.

www.bbc.com

 

[BazWainwright]

Fallowfield Wednesday.

Is this that poster who was banned with Pompey?

He's still on here, isn't he?

 

[BazWainwright]

An opinion from someone who has actually watched the game

They were very lucky to hang onto such a lead. The way they did it probably has a success rate of about 10%
They were probably fortunate to have the lead in the first place as they should have been down to 10 men after about 15 mins
Did the BBC feed tell you that



Fortunate on another day they would have lost 3-1. Keeper MOM

Yes we were wasteful in front of goal but at least we played decent football and created those chances

We underperformed in the 1st half because Wilder changed formation and the team selection.
Sounds like it was a bit of an experiment going 3 at the back
The 3 at the back didnt work and the midfield didnt function. Wilder saw that and changed it

So you agree, then?

 

[Guesty]

Ad Hominem

rauul

Amo
Amas
Amat

 

[Pedro Verde]

So you agree, then?

No the game Bristol City played 2nd half was not how to hang on to a lead they were very fortunate nine times out of ten they wouldnt have successfully hung on to that lead. See Pigs v Leicester

 

[Northyorksblade]

Amo
Amas
Amat

That's almost all I remember from five years of Latin too. Amamus, amatis amant. Or something like that.

 

[Guesty]

That's almost all I remember from five years of Latin too. Amamus, amatis amant. Or something like that.

I never studied Latin, I just know that as the go-to Latin people try and remember.