I'm still annoyed that after signing just about every single player from Swindon over the past 5 years we skipped over Scott Twine to spend the summer pursuing Scott Fraser even though we were never going to get him. We started that season with Albie bloody Morgan as our 10 when Twine was available on a free transfer. Absolute madness
I think until we get about 9 or 10 league games under our belt we will stay nervous. See how we are after that and hopefully if we have done well we can start relaxing, ever so slightly 😀
Tough game this one. Hoping for a battling draw but we need to weather the early pressure or we've seen what they can do. Whoever starts, we are going to have strong impact players on the bench, so if we stay level til the 70th minute...who knows.
Battle of two organised defences where the game could be decided by the odd goal, could go either way, but feel we are well equipped to win this game, just need to take the chances when they present themselves...
Scott Twine left on a free transfer because he turned down a new contract at Swindon. Agree that would've been the time to sign him.
Scott Twine the king of the free kick goal and who loves a long range goal has finally found a Championship team that see him as a regular 1st teamer when he joined Bristol City for a reported 4 million from Burnley. Twine had joined Burnley for a reported 4 million but an early injury held him back and he went out on loan for six months to Hull in August '22' before Bristol city from Jan '23' on loan.
Back in 21/22 Twine had his best goals return with 20 from 45 apps in League 1 with MK Dons. I believe it was this spell when posters on CL remarked he would be a good acquisition but he was already becoming out of our price range back then.
Charlton definitely don't want to give free kicks away around our box similar to the foul that Docherty committed against Watford.
Recently turned 26, Charlton fans were correct in their appraisal of the player. Lets hope he has a quiet game and is overshadowed by the Charlton 'stars'.
I had us down to win one and draw two of our first 3 games …. I think we can get something today all the pressure on them there going to have majority of procession and chances but I can see us being strong and sneaking a draw if not 1-0 win …
team selection one change for me would be Olaofe for Campbell
Gonna be tough after their result against Sheff Utd but The Championship , is anything but predictable. If city underestimation us and we are on our game i can definitely see us getting something . My heart says a 1-1 draw my head says a narrow loss 2-1.
They owed their fans a performance there. Hopefully resulted in some over-confidence.
The longer the game is goalless the more confident I will be. I think that sort of game suits us. Even into added time last week, I thought we would score. Maybe last season changed the way I look at things.
I’m still firmly in the mindset that 21st will represent a successful season. It’s a massive step up from league one and as such we simply can’t expect to win every game.
This is one of the harder ones so I’m gonna be looking to see how close we can get to them. Expecting a defeat but hoping for a competitive showing.
I’m still firmly in the mindset that 21st will represent a successful season. It’s a massive step up from league one and as such we simply can’t expect to win every game.
This is one of the harder ones so I’m gonna be looking to see how close we can get to them. Expecting a defeat but hoping for a competitive showing.
It's a tough away game, but then nearly all away games will be tough this season. Even the weaker sides from last season, the likes of Hull, Preston, Stoke, QPR etc are places where the home sides will be favourites.
Bristol scored 4 goals last week from only 26% possession, 5 shots on target and an xG of only 1.33. It's going to be a totally different game for them today, where they are likely to have the lion-share of possession. Hopefully, we can be the ones picking them off on the break.
Joining late to discussion-didn't Twine score 2/3 beauties against sat the Valley 3/4 seasons ago? Oxford won 4-0. He scored a wonderful free kick last week as well. Tough match against potential promotion candidates? Hope we give them nothing( especially free kicks) and its competitive
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Scott Twine the king of the free kick goal and who loves a long range goal has finally found a Championship team that see him as a regular 1st teamer when he joined Bristol City for a reported 4 million from Burnley. Twine had joined Burnley for a reported 4 million but an early injury held him back and he went out on loan for six months to Hull in August '22' before Bristol city from Jan '23' on loan.
Back in 21/22 Twine had his best goals return with 20 from 45 apps in League 1 with MK Dons. I believe it was this spell when posters on CL remarked he would be a good acquisition but he was already becoming out of our price range back then.
Charlton definitely don't want to give free kicks away around our box similar to the foul that Docherty committed against Watford.
Recently turned 26, Charlton fans were correct in their appraisal of the player. Lets hope he has a quiet game and is overshadowed by the Charlton 'stars'.
team selection one change for me would be Olaofe for Campbell
In Charlton still !
But we have an abundance of match winners, so I'll go 0-1, with our goalscorer coming from the bench.
I'd take a point from this game, yes.
A 0-0 or 1-1 wouldn't cause any harm at all.
Good luck to our attending fans on the Bristol accent away day.
You might bump into Josie Gibson......
She is actually a Bristol fan
This is one of the harder ones so I’m gonna be looking to see how close we can get to them. Expecting a defeat but hoping for a competitive showing.
A win would be incredible but let's just keep it tight for 60 minutes and see what happens after that.
It's going to be a totally different game for them today, where they are likely to have the lion-share of possession.
Hopefully, we can be the ones picking them off on the break.
Tough match against potential promotion candidates? Hope we give them nothing( especially free kicks) and its competitive