What a week this has been. On Tuesday night we capitulated against a West Ham team that seemed there for the taking following the keeper going off, but somehow we failed to test Henri Lansbury in goal for 40 minutes, despite him being a small midfielder. Angela Lansbury could have dealt with what we offered.
Despite all that, as good a following as I’ve ever seen at Ashton Gate made the trip and backed the team fully for 90 minutes. There was more than a hint of déjà vu after they took the lead despite us having more of the possession, but eventually we imposed ourselves on the game and came away convincing winners with inspired substitutions playing a full part as we started to get at them and cause panic in their defence. In particular, Brett Ormerod rolled back the years in creating the decisive second goal for Thomas Ince.
I don’t think it’s coincidence that we looked so much better on a decent pitch, able to play the passing football to rip Bristol apart, unlike the bobbly home pitch that is doing us no favours. Hopefully a decent spell of weather will improve it as we have some massive home games coming up that could make or break our season.
Tickets are now available for all the remaining home games. I’d urge anyone who hasn’t been this season to get back down to Bloomfield Rd and make the atmosphere that could take us back up.
STARMAN (West Ham) – Kevin Phillips
STARMAN (Bristol City) – Thomas Ince
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