Bristol City - V -The Wednesday OMDT

[Lord Snooty]

 

 "Your cocoa , Sir"

 

 "Thank you Stubbs. Thank you. It's been a tough week. Touch and go there for a while"

 

 "I'm pretty certain it was a common cold Sir"

 

 "There was nothing common about it."

 

 "Bristol tomorrow Sir."

 

 "God. Yes. Bristol. Remember last year?"

 

 "The snow Sir. Icy conditions. Stayed at home didn't you."

 

 "Certainly did. And a good job too. Got pasted. Can't believe the game went ahead. And the poor buggers who travelled down there, risking life and limb and then half freezing to death only to see the team capitulate to a 4-0 bumming. By God it doesn't half make your proud of them"

 

 "Proud?"

 

 "Of course proud. The numbers that travel to watch this team are remarkable. Especially when you consider how hit and miss we can be. How we've always been. And now it's been backed up by the stats"

 

 "Backed up by the stats Sir?"

 

 "Looks at this Stubbs"

 

 "Erm"

 

 "What do you mean 'erm'?"

 

 "Well Sir, it's not very clear. Couldn't that be the away visitors to come to Hillsborough?"

 

 "Eh?"

 

 "Well I mean couldn't that be the visiting number of away fans to Hillsborough. After all, you are always telling me it's 'their cup final' when teams visit"

 

 "Oh. Oh, I see what you mean. Well. Sod it Stubbs. Either way we have tremendous away support and the lads genuinely will only be spurred on by the tremendous vociferous support."

 

 "I thought you said the away support had been half infilitrated by coke-heads Sir?"

 

 "Well yes, and they make a right old racket don't they. Can't shut them up."

 

 "Yes Sir. Well, I suppose the players will need all the support they can get after last weeks collapse"

 

 "That wasn't a collapse Stubbs"

 

 "No Sir?"

 

 "No it was......y'know.....a series of unfortunate events"

 

 "A collapse can be described as a series of unfortunate events can't it Sir?"

 

 "Possibly. Look. Lets stop focusing on the negatives here. Lets look at the positives. For 80 minutes we never looked under any genuine threat against a side that are top of the league"

 

 "Were top of the league Sir, they've been overtaken today by-"

 

 "Silence!"

 

 "Sir.."

 

 " I mean to say... I'll tell you what Stubbs, people were panicking before that game. "Oh woe is me, what will we do without Bannan" but I'll tell you, we coped admirably. We showed that were not a one man team. That we can play another way. That there's lads in there that can step up to the plate."

 

 "Maybe not from the bench though"

 

 "Look. Subs were made. They weakened us. Sometimes it happens. Joao comes on and scores with a typical pacy run and makes it 3-0 and it's a different matter"

 

 "But the midfield.."

 

 "Stubbs. The lad got a poke in the eye. If he hadn't, I don't think he comes off."

 

 " He could have perhaps put a defender on and pushed the loan lad into midfield"

 

 "He could, he could, but as a rule, genuinely who breaks a back line up in a game where it looks like they're on for their first clean sheet. It's all right saying these things. But nothing is set in stone. The future was open. An open book. Anything could happen."

 

 "And did"

 

 "Good God! You're negative, have you been talking to that Ted again?" 

 

 "No Sir, he's not been in touch since I text him at 2-0 to ask him how he thought it was going"

 

 "I'm surprised he wasn't in touch when it went 2-2 then."

 

 "I think he was too busy abusing our Dutch midfielder on twitter Sir"

 

 "Figures"

 

 "Anyway. What have we got for tomorrow?"

 

 

Ashton Gate

Kick off: 13:30

City  17/20   Draw 11/4   Owls 16/5

 

 

Bristol City boss Lee Johnson hopes his injury problems are about to ease ahead of Sunday's Championship clash with Sheffield Wednesday.

Johnson reported "one or two niggles" following his side's frustrating midweek draw against Rotherham. But defender Bailey Wright could come into contention after returning from injury while goalkeeper Frank Fielding is also back in the reckoning.

Jamie Paterson will be pushing for a place in the starting line-up as the Robins look to end a run of four games without a win.

 

 

Wednesday are still without in-form Marco Matias, who missed the midweek draw with West Brom due to a hamstring problem. But midfielder Barry Bannan is back after sitting out the game on Wednesday due to suspension.

And boss Jos Luhukay could have his options further increased by the respective returns of Daniel Pudil (nose) and Ash Baker (leg) and Josh Onomah (eye) 

Steven Fletcher is expected to start in the central striking role. 

 

 

 "Good time to play these then according to the form table"

 

 "Well you say that Sir but the head to head form isn't quite as comfortable a reading. In fact it might be aswell if you don't read it."

 

 "Pass it here. We've nothing to fear."

 

 

Match Facts

• Bristol City are unbeaten in seven home league matches against Sheffield Wednesday (W3 D4).

 "Oh. Right. Well thats got to come to an end sooner or later hasn't it. Go down there. Keep things tight at the back and what not."

 "Erm..."

 

• Sheffield Wednesday haven't kept an away clean sheet at Bristol City in a league match in their last 20 attempts - they last achieved this in a 1-0 win in May 1921.
•  

"Well granted it's not the best record old Cork. Not the best record. Mind. It's not long is it' In the big scheme of things. 97 years I mean. It's  blink of an eye in terms of the Universe. Isn't it. When you consider the Earth has been here billions of years. 97 years. It's nothing is it?"

 

• After a run of four straight wins, Bristol City are winless in their last four Championship games (D2 L2).

 

• Sheffield Wednesday have both scored and conceded in each of their last eight Championship games (W4 D3 L1).

 

• No Championship side has scored more goals from corners this season than Bristol City (4, level with Brentford and Reading).

 

• Sheffield Wednesday's Adam Reach has scored in his last two Championship games. Only once has he ever scored in three in a row in the English leagues (November 2017).

 

 "Pah. No problem then. We'll just have to make sure that we don't concede any corners. Make sure Reach scores. Get at least 3 goals ourselves and the jobs a good one, as they say. No problem at all Nanny."

 

 "Sir, where's the rest of that bottle of Benylin?"

 

 "Oh, I quaffed it all down about an hour ago. Why?"

 

 "How many fingers am I holding up Sir?"

 

 "Four"

 

 "None"

 

 "Stubbs, why have you got green hair?"

 

 "Lie down Sir"

 

 "This is because you think we can win at Ashton Gate isn't it?!"

 

 "Just lie down Sir. I'll call the Doctor"

 

 " We will. We'll win at Ashton Gate! I don't like geraniums, how many times mother! Yes. Steven Fletcher, last minute bullet header,  Stubbs, where are you going? Come back! WE CAN WIN! ...why do Clowns look so sad?.... We all follow the Wednesday"

 

 

Edited March 9, 2021 by Lord Snooty

[OWLS haven]

Ya late. 

[Doghouse Daz]

Nice one milord, well we're used to waiting, and 97 years ain't that much, 4 - 0 for the travelling massive to celebrate then. 

 

COME ON YOU WEDNESDAY WIZARDS !!! 

[offalyowl]

Brilliant as always snoots, hope you get better soon and think we will win this 3-1 and into the playoffs we go 

[Ronio]

I hope Stubbs is actually on raw cacao than cocoa.   

[steveger]

C'mon The Wednesday!!

 

[BRADDO]

Brilliant again Snoots. Come onnnnnnn Wednesday.

[Gresh]

Simple equation.  We win and we move in to the top 6.  Let's make it happen; come on Wednesday.

[dewsburyowl58]

Haha you and that Stubbs !!!! Keep up the good work , right look forward to your thingy ole boy !! . Can we beat them after digesting those stats !!! Draw I reckon 1-1 .

[Mr. Tom]

Cheers Snoots!

 

2-3 to The Wednesday - Fletcher, Reach (75yds), FF (86min, pen)

[np pontefract]

3 hours ago, steveger said:

C'mon The Wednesday!!

 

 

Your Lass Dances a lot like Teresa May !

         

[edmontonowl]

Could be a cracker. Either could end up in the top 6 with a win. Let's hope it's us

 

Brizzle 1-2 The Massive (Fletch and Lees)

[Utah Owl]

I have this thing about the number 97 (going back to when it used to be the Nether Edge bus) so I take it as an omen! 4-0 to us this year lads!

[Rogers]

We’ll let 2 goals in. So we need to score 3

[Roscoe P. Coltrane]

THE WEDNESDAY

[Holmowl]

Love the stats chat Snoots.

 

Sunday lunch followed by the red button - great.

 

Think we get our first clean sheet today. 2-0 with Fletch and Reach again.

[airborne_rat_of_s6]

Win today would be extremely welcome. Come on Wednesday

[MAL]

Start = 13th

 

Win by 4 goals or more = 5th and will be in Play off's and 5pts from Auto's

 

Win by 1, 2, 3 goals = 6th and will be in Play off's and 5pts from Auto's

 

Any Draw = 12th and will be 1pt from Play off's and 7pts from Auto's

 

Any Loss = 14th and will be 3pts from Play off's and 8pts from Auto's

 

 

 

 

[Mosborough-owl]

Are we the main sky game or is it red button??

[MrsHall]

5-3 Wednesday, c'mon let's have that playoff spot. UTO.