Bristol City 0-0 Watford Fc - 25/11/2020

BACK FOUR! FOUR THREE THREE!

Foster, Ngakia, Kabasele, Cathcart, Femenia; Garner, Chalobah, Quina; Pedro, Gray, Sarr.

 

Plenty still do though. Cheers, drive.

 

Looks 4-3-3 on paper. A lot of changes.

 

I mean, I still wouldn't put it past him to get a 5-3-2 out of that lot.

 

I thought Bristol had a Covid outbreak, yet it is our squad that seems to have vanished?

EDIT: Oh. We do have an outbreak. Tremendous.

 

We can confirm three professionals from the first-team squad are currently serving a 10-day period of isolation due to positive tests for Covid-19. EFL protocols have been followed and the club’s medical team have been in constant contact with relevant authorities. #BRCWAT

Sema, Capoue & Clevs?

 

Look forward to the meltdown when we lose!
Sema will be missed.

 

Is this the new 'has a slight knock and is out for three games'?

 

I wonder if that had any impact on the change in formation? Hard to complain or cheer too much about the XI given we don't know who's positive, but a back 4 is a good thing!

 

Ironically if we're using a back 4, he might not get in the team anyway

 

Mid field looks a bit sloppy!

 

Fair point

 

Shoutbox up.

 

Fixed

 

finally 4 at the back but possibly the weakest midfield possible, great

 

Midfield looks terrible, unless the Quina we thought we had turns up.

 

If 4-3-3 great. But that midfield three? Oh... Bit lightweight with Quina.

 

Well it's nice to see a lineup we can take some positives from

 

Think it’s by

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hoist_by_one's_own_petard

edit

can be either

 

Kiko could easily play CB m8

 

ABOUT F*CKING TIME.

 

The original, in Hamlet, is 'with', so.........

 

So as a result of the crazy decision not to sign a left-back, we start tonight without a left footed player.

That midfield looks shocking. Nobody’s fault of course. You can’t predict or odds Covid. But it’s just another miserable piece of news in a miserable season that three of our better players will now miss three matches.

Mapps on the bench for City.

 

Although let’s pray we don’t get any CM injuries tonight or it’s absolute bare bones time again. Decent defensive and offensive cover on that bench - but no in between!

 

Covid would explain Ken's performance on Saturday but not Capoue, who has been poor for a long time.
As Ken is our only source of assists I fear the worst,not that I was overly optimistic before this news!

 

Doesn't changing to a back four now, at this point, with the same squad, make rather a mockery of Vlad's arguments for not being able to do it in every match so far up to this point

 

Looks like Murray is one of the Covid 3. Have to fear for him at his age.

 

More chance of a crocodile infested Cherwell!

 

Formation's alright but that midfield though, looks weaker than a soggy rich tea biscuit.

 

?? yet he still has the most interceptions per 90 minutes in the entire league, along with having set up most of our attacks when playing with his long-balls to the wings (which our other players are way more erratic with) ....

 

Very true. May have to use Wilmot in there, if needed

 

Pleased that Deeney has stayed on the bench; Vlad hopefully appears to have learned something there. I hope Perica gets on before him as well.

 

Good point, I'd have been tempted to start him there instead of Quina anyway then shift Garner up a bit.