thesweepmaster
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I am both shocked at the losses in the cup but you did do well to beat barnsley away there Trev!
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treva
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Jack Teague - Bristol City Manager - Blog
Match Day 2 - One hell of a ride
With the Carling Cup defeat put to the back of our minds we headed to Barnsley for our 2nd Championship tie. After our fantastic opening day win we were still underdogs against Barnsley, who had lost to Crystal Palace 1-0 last week. I decided there was no changes needed from our last two games. We were full of confidence and knew we could get a great result away from home.
------------------------A.Basso-----------------------
B.Orr------L.Carey ©---J.McCombe---J.McAllister
S.Murray-----L.Johnson-----M.Elliot-----B.Wilson
--------------D.Byfield-----E.Showunmi----------
Subs: D.Noble, T.Vaskó, L.Trundle, M.Christie & M.McIndoe
Again we had the perfect start. From the first real chance 7 minutes in it was Brian Wilson again who broke the deadlock. A Bradley Orr cross-field ball was flicked on by Showunmi with Wilson running in behind. Wilson calmly slotted the ball past the keeper and in off the post to give us the lead for the 2nd time in 2 games. For the rest of the 1st half chances and possession was evenly spread between the two sides, with the score staying at 1-nil until half time. Jamie McCombe was injured just before half time which was a big blow for us. Vaskó came on and we looked for much of the same in the 2nd half.
After 10 minutes we found that 2nd goal we wanted and needed to give us a gap. A long ball again flicked on by Showunmi found Wilson again, who played Byfield in for a simple one-on-one chance that he made no mistake in putting away. Things looked comfortable, and the introduction of David Noble was a safety precaution with Marvin Elliot on a yellow. With 72 minutes on the clock they had one back. István Ferenczi, their biggest threat, found space on the edge of the area and finished neatly in the bottom corner. Our target man Showunmi came off and I told Lee Trundle to hold up the ball. But things turned for the worst as I knew it could. It was a spectacular finish that brought them back, Marco Andreoni smashing it from 25 yards.
With just 6 minutes left after that Andreoni goal it seemed we would have to settle for a point, but the drama continued. Byfield managed to turn Foster and was heading for the winning goal. Foster stretched and up ended Byfield to my disgust. Foster was on a yellow already and I knew he would be off, but with just the 4 minutes stoppage left it wouldn't make much of a difference. We had a threatening free kick with Wilson over it. Could he be the hero again with 2 opening goals from our 2 games so far? He stepped up, me still thinking we would have the injustice of getting a point from what seemed a sure three. He stepped up and lashed it in. The away fans went crazy as did I. It was a superb away victory sealed in spectacular drama.
A perfect 6 points from 2 games and 7 goals in the bag. 2nd in the table but a difficult tie with my good mate Ben Manning's Ipswich side. I knew they were in poor form but I would never underestimate them. We were hoping for another 3 points, but I was hoping even more to get one over my good mate. But for now, it's looking nice and pretty up in the automatic spot!
Match Day 2 - One hell of a ride
With the Carling Cup defeat put to the back of our minds we headed to Barnsley for our 2nd Championship tie. After our fantastic opening day win we were still underdogs against Barnsley, who had lost to Crystal Palace 1-0 last week. I decided there was no changes needed from our last two games. We were full of confidence and knew we could get a great result away from home.
------------------------A.Basso-----------------------
B.Orr------L.Carey ©---J.McCombe---J.McAllister
S.Murray-----L.Johnson-----M.Elliot-----B.Wilson
--------------D.Byfield-----E.Showunmi----------
Subs: D.Noble, T.Vaskó, L.Trundle, M.Christie & M.McIndoe
Again we had the perfect start. From the first real chance 7 minutes in it was Brian Wilson again who broke the deadlock. A Bradley Orr cross-field ball was flicked on by Showunmi with Wilson running in behind. Wilson calmly slotted the ball past the keeper and in off the post to give us the lead for the 2nd time in 2 games. For the rest of the 1st half chances and possession was evenly spread between the two sides, with the score staying at 1-nil until half time. Jamie McCombe was injured just before half time which was a big blow for us. Vaskó came on and we looked for much of the same in the 2nd half.
After 10 minutes we found that 2nd goal we wanted and needed to give us a gap. A long ball again flicked on by Showunmi found Wilson again, who played Byfield in for a simple one-on-one chance that he made no mistake in putting away. Things looked comfortable, and the introduction of David Noble was a safety precaution with Marvin Elliot on a yellow. With 72 minutes on the clock they had one back. István Ferenczi, their biggest threat, found space on the edge of the area and finished neatly in the bottom corner. Our target man Showunmi came off and I told Lee Trundle to hold up the ball. But things turned for the worst as I knew it could. It was a spectacular finish that brought them back, Marco Andreoni smashing it from 25 yards.
With just 6 minutes left after that Andreoni goal it seemed we would have to settle for a point, but the drama continued. Byfield managed to turn Foster and was heading for the winning goal. Foster stretched and up ended Byfield to my disgust. Foster was on a yellow already and I knew he would be off, but with just the 4 minutes stoppage left it wouldn't make much of a difference. We had a threatening free kick with Wilson over it. Could he be the hero again with 2 opening goals from our 2 games so far? He stepped up, me still thinking we would have the injustice of getting a point from what seemed a sure three. He stepped up and lashed it in. The away fans went crazy as did I. It was a superb away victory sealed in spectacular drama.
A perfect 6 points from 2 games and 7 goals in the bag. 2nd in the table but a difficult tie with my good mate Ben Manning's Ipswich side. I knew they were in poor form but I would never underestimate them. We were hoping for another 3 points, but I was hoping even more to get one over my good mate. But for now, it's looking nice and pretty up in the automatic spot!
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Jaztheman
Chairman of Selectors
Nice 3-2 win there Jack, although if it was me it would of been 5-0 and there wouldn't of even been a scare. Take this momentum into the next game and hopefully increase your winning streak.
treva
ICC Chairman
Last Updated: Saturday, 18th August 2007, 17:05
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Shoddy 'Town' waste chances
Ipswich 0-2 Crystal Palace
Dougie Freedman celebrates after he puts Palace 2-0 up
Ipswich suffered their second defeat of the season, this time at the hands of Crystal Palace. Ipswich's first game in the Championship at Portman Road amplified their woes in front of goal, wasting 11 chances and controlling most of the possession to no avail. It took two strikes from Clinton Morrison and Dougie Freedman just after half-time to seal the win for Palace.
Chances were few and far between during the first half, but 6 minutes after the break the deadlock was broken. Clinton Morrison collected the ball from Ben Watson and saw the keeper off his line. He tried a chip from all of 25 yards, the ball looping over Supple and into the back of the net.
Five minutes later the lead was doubled, Dougie Freedman first hitting the post with a header, then latching onto the rebound a yard out.
From then on in it was one way traffic, Ipswich trying to break down Palace's barrier. Ipswich had chance after chance to pull one back and maybe even equalise, but sloppy finishing prevented them from doing so. Ben Manning said after the game that his side lacked conviction, but it wouldn't be long before they break their shackles. "We were poor today. Finishing is a high priority on things to improve, and an intense training programme to improve it will be enforced. All forwards at the club will be involved. Once we have this sorted, I'm sure we will get off the mark in style. Hopefully Jordan Rhodes will be back soon, that'll be a boost."
Neil Warnock stated that he was very pleased with the result, although he felt his side could have defended better. "Yeh, boys played will today. A good result to go to Ipswich and come away with a 2-0 victory. Defending was a bit wobbly at times, but we held on which is a great credit to the boys. We are looking good at the moment, hopefully it can continue."
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Ipswich Town: Supple, Bruce, Harding, Smith, de Vos, Miller, Garvan, Upson, Haynes, Walters, Runstrom (Barratt 56).
Subs Not Used: Alexander, Campbell, Trotter, Wilson.
Booked:
Crystal Palace: Flinders, Butterfield, Craig, Fonte, Hudson, Thompson, Kennedy (Hughes 90), Watson, Fletcher, Morrison, Freedman (Soares 79).
Subs Not Used: Cort, Dickov, Speroni.
Booked: Butterfield, Craig, Fletcher, Kennedy.
Goals: Morrison 51, Freedman 56.
Att: 26899
Ref: Steve Tanner.
Jaztheman
Chairman of Selectors
Two goals in first 15 minutes of the second half just took the result away from you. A momentary clapse of concentration cost you the game in the end. Unfortunately it was 'one way traffic'.
“Ah well surely we will beat Palace at Portman Road”
I really needed to stop the slide; I was falling out of love with management after two competitive games.
We welcomed Crystal Palace to Portman Road, and I was full of confidence, the boys had been looking good in training, and things were looking good!
We needed to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves down, and put in a brilliant performance for the fans in our first league game of the season.
I picked:
Shane Supple
Alex Bruce
Dan Harding
Tommy Smith
Jason De Vos ©
Tommy Miller
Owen Garvan
Ed Upson
Danny Haynes
Jonny Walters
Bjorn Runstrom
As the lineup suggests, I am putting my faith in youngsters, and only Liam Barratt played any part in proceedings from the bench.
I must admit, my policy isn’t working right now, but in time, I am really confident the youngsters can do a job for the area.
At half time we were lucky to be 0-0, the boys in white had more or less dominated the game, and I told the guys in the changing room that 25500 of the 26899 fans hadn’t come to see a performance like that.
My team-talk obviously hadn’t worked, as four minutes after Ed had gone close with a curler, Clinton Morrison scored a simple goal after good work from Dougie Freedman.
Things went from bad to worse, as Freedman went from provider to scorer, he was clean through but hit the woodwork. None of our defenders seemed to react to the ball, and Dougie had a nice tap-in to really kill the game.
We pressed and pressed, but 0-2 the score remained, but it wasn’t for want of trying. Everybody gave 110% but in the end it wasn’t quite good enough.
I really needed to stop the slide; I was falling out of love with management after two competitive games.
We welcomed Crystal Palace to Portman Road, and I was full of confidence, the boys had been looking good in training, and things were looking good!
We needed to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves down, and put in a brilliant performance for the fans in our first league game of the season.
I picked:
Shane Supple
Alex Bruce
Dan Harding
Tommy Smith
Jason De Vos ©
Tommy Miller
Owen Garvan
Ed Upson
Danny Haynes
Jonny Walters
Bjorn Runstrom
As the lineup suggests, I am putting my faith in youngsters, and only Liam Barratt played any part in proceedings from the bench.
I must admit, my policy isn’t working right now, but in time, I am really confident the youngsters can do a job for the area.
At half time we were lucky to be 0-0, the boys in white had more or less dominated the game, and I told the guys in the changing room that 25500 of the 26899 fans hadn’t come to see a performance like that.
My team-talk obviously hadn’t worked, as four minutes after Ed had gone close with a curler, Clinton Morrison scored a simple goal after good work from Dougie Freedman.
Things went from bad to worse, as Freedman went from provider to scorer, he was clean through but hit the woodwork. None of our defenders seemed to react to the ball, and Dougie had a nice tap-in to really kill the game.
We pressed and pressed, but 0-2 the score remained, but it wasn’t for want of trying. Everybody gave 110% but in the end it wasn’t quite good enough.
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Fantastic win for you trev with Bristol City but once again I am shocked that Ipswich lost at home to Palace. Don't worry Ben, things will pick up soon and I'm sure that you can get a few wins under your belt.
Keep up the good work boys!
Keep up the good work boys!
treva
ICC Chairman
Last Updated: Saturday, 25th August 2007, 17:05
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'City' fly straight to the top
Bristol City 2-1 Ipswich
Darren Byfield celebrates his 4th goal of the season
Bristol City have gone top of the Coca-Cola Championship after a 2-1 victory against struggling Ipswich Town. Bristol City took the lead twice thanks to strikers Darren Byfield and Malcolm Christie, Bjorn Runstrom the man to find the net for Ipswich. Bristol City have now won all three of their opening games in the Championship, and sit pretty at the top of the table.
Bristol took the lead with 32 minutes on the clock, Darren Byfield out-pacing de Vos to drill it past Supple in the Ipswich goal. Byfield has scored four goals in three games so far in the league, showing what a good move it was from Millwall.
Six minutes later things were all level. Bjorn Runstrom capitalised on a missed header by Bradley Orr to slot it past Basso and make it 1-1. It was just Ipswich's second goal in three games, showing how poor they have been in front of goal at the start of this season.
There were no more goals until 12 minutes from time. Moments from coming on, Malcolm Christie latching onto Byfield's ball to finish seven yards out.
Ipswich had a chance to grab a point late on, only for Danny Haynes to sky his shot from around five yards out. Ipswich are still looking for their first point under new boss Ben Manning, who is starting to feel the heat a little at Portman Road.
Marvin Elliot fractured his wrist during the match and is expected to be out for two months whilst he undergoes treatment. Owen Garvan also was injured during the match, twisting his ankle in an attempt to win a loose ball. He will be out for a month.
Bristol City boss Jack Teague told the media that he is excited by the happenings around the club, and thinks things can continue to move forward. "It feels great to be at the top of the Championship. Who would have thought we would come up and play like this. I know it's only very early on in the season, so we must keep our heads, but it's still a great feeling. Darren is on great form. He's looking really dangerous at the moment. Lets just hope we can continue this great form into September."
When asked about his friendship between the Ipswich manager Ben Manning, Jack said that he is 'very happy to get one over on him', but also feels Ipswich will pick up the pace as the season goes on. "He is a great mate. Of course I wish him the best for every game, but I'm very happy to get one over on him this early on in our careers. His side will soon start winning, I have no doubt of that."
Ben Manning was gracious in defeat, and says they are still waiting for the season to get going. "Bristol deserved the victory, no doubt about it. Our season just hasn't started yet. If we are to get anywhere in this league we need to start scoring goals, as I keep saying to the boys as well as the media. Best wishes to Jack for the rest of the season, he's a top guy and he is obviously doing a very good job. I may ask him for some pointers!"
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Bristol City: Basso, Orr, McAllister, Carey, Vaskó (Ifil 75), Murray, Wilson, Johnson, Elliot (Noble 48), Byfield, Showunmi (Christie 75).
Subs Not Used: McIndoe, Trundle.
Booked: Showunmi.
Goals: Byfield 32, Christie 78.
Ipswich Town: Supple, Bruce, Harding, Smith, de Vos, Miller (Upson 67), Garvan (Barratt 71), Westlake, Haynes, Walters (Campbell 67), Runstrom.
Subs Not Used: Alexander, Wilson.
Booked: Miller, Runstrom, Smith.
Goals: Runstrom 38.
Att: 16,186
Ref: Uriah Rennie.
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thesweepmaster
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Well Trev aren't you evil beating your friend like that 
. only joking, very good win again, seriously Ben, don't feel the heat it is coming, I can feel it in my waters. Anyway Bristol City have been good all season in real life and are now doing really well here so well done Trev!
Fantastic presentation again, I'm enjoying reading your match reports! keep it up!
. only joking, very good win again, seriously Ben, don't feel the heat it is coming, I can feel it in my waters. Anyway Bristol City have been good all season in real life and are now doing really well here so well done Trev!Fantastic presentation again, I'm enjoying reading your match reports! keep it up!
Next up was a trip across to Bristol for the 3rd time in 6 weeks. I wouldn’t be going to see Jack before the game, but rather rang him from my hotel room to wish him luck, and to organize a trip into Bristol after the game. He politely declined, but a bit of persuasion on my part and it promised to be a laugh. “Like the old times”.
However, the game was more important right now, and the side read:
Shane Supple
Alex Bruce
Dan Harding
Tommy Smith
Jason De Vos ©
Tommy Miller
Owen Garvan
Ian Westlake
Danny Haynes
Jonny Walters
Bjorn Runstrom
During the game, I introduced 3 youngsters into the game, Fraiz, Ed, and Liam Barratt.
However, yet again, the boys failed to play as well as they had been in training and to compound things, Owen had been injured in a challenge by Lee Johnson and I made it clear to the referee what I thought about the challenge, and was warned to “calm down” by the 4th Official. Mr. Rennie is a TERRIBLE ref!
At HT, we were lucky to be 1-1, Bjorn canceling out a Darren Byfield opener, and really, City should’ve been well on top.
However, Malcolm Christie, a player I had had a look at during pre-season scored, and there wasn’t any way we would get anything out of the….
..DANNY HAYNES YOU MUPPET!!! 5 yards out and he contrived to put the ball over the bar!
Unbelievable!
Next up, an easy game against Coventry!
However, the game was more important right now, and the side read:
Shane Supple
Alex Bruce
Dan Harding
Tommy Smith
Jason De Vos ©
Tommy Miller
Owen Garvan
Ian Westlake
Danny Haynes
Jonny Walters
Bjorn Runstrom
During the game, I introduced 3 youngsters into the game, Fraiz, Ed, and Liam Barratt.
However, yet again, the boys failed to play as well as they had been in training and to compound things, Owen had been injured in a challenge by Lee Johnson and I made it clear to the referee what I thought about the challenge, and was warned to “calm down” by the 4th Official. Mr. Rennie is a TERRIBLE ref!
At HT, we were lucky to be 1-1, Bjorn canceling out a Darren Byfield opener, and really, City should’ve been well on top.
However, Malcolm Christie, a player I had had a look at during pre-season scored, and there wasn’t any way we would get anything out of the….
..DANNY HAYNES YOU MUPPET!!! 5 yards out and he contrived to put the ball over the bar!
Unbelievable!
Next up, an easy game against Coventry!
Jaztheman
Chairman of Selectors
Ha, Malcolm with the winner. I said 3-1 on MSN and my scoreline was rather close. Ipswich played well and can take this forwarde as they are getting better performances and can hopefully turn those into results.
Good luck to both of you.
Good luck to both of you.
treva
ICC Chairman
Jack Teague - Bristol City Manager - Blog
Match Day 3 - On top of the world (Well league)!
After a fantastic late winner at Barnsley we were back at our hunting ground, to face who else but my mate Mr.Manning. It was going to be a friendly affair as we would shake hands at the start and end of the game, but between then we knew we had to put in a real fight. We knew Ipswich had been poor in the 1st two games, and I reckoned I could exploit them after Ben telling me where they were going wrong. It seemed to vital things. Not enough shots testing the keeper, and errors at the back. So the combination of Showunmi to win it in the air and Byfield to get in behind the defence seemed perfect. I went with this line up:
------------------------A.Basso-----------------------
B.Orr------L.Carey ©---T.Vaskó-----J.McAllister
S.Murray-----L.Johnson-----M.Elliot-----B.Wilson
--------------D.Byfield-----E.Showunmi----------
Subs: D.Noble, J.Ifil, L.Trundle, M.Christie & M.McIndoe
Just the one change with the injured McCombe out with a broken cheekbone, replaced by Tamás Vaskó at the back.
We and Ben had a brief chat standing out on the sidelines in front of Ashton Gate's 16,186. I was very disappointed with the turnout to be fair, but it had improved dramatically from the 1st game of the season. Still, our players were there to a do a job for those City fans, and boy did they do it. We started off well, some good chances here and there but nothing of note in the first half an hour. Then came the moment of brilliance by Darren Byfield. A ball played by Murray that was perfectly waited between defender and goalie. Byfield used his speed to sprint passed de Vos and run on to it. He collected it outside the box and waited until he got about 15 yards out to smash it home bottom corner. 32 minutes on the clock and we were on top already. We just needed to make it to half time unscathed. Of course it went the opposite way, and we soon found ourselves back at square one. A missed header by Bradley Orr gave Runstrom room to run and turned nicely to slot one home for 1-1.
A brief team talk stating that we needed to keep up the pressure and effort was said and the boys got back out there. I smiled to Ben who was a few yards away as we strolled out, knowing the next goal would probably win it. We continued to pressurise, but to no avail. We received a big blow as Marvin Elliot was injured, in what was to be believed as a fractured wrist. David Noble was his replacement. Things were starting to head to a bore draw, so I told Jerel Ifil and Malcolm Christie to get ready. Christie's involvement immediately worked. A moment of genius from myself. Byfield and Murray again involved as good link up play was the key. A quality ball by Noble through the defence onto Byfield opened it up. Byfield slid it back across for Christie to place it home. The home fans went mental, although this time I kept my cool knowing that my mate was just a few yards away.
We held on from then on in, and when I mean held on, literally by the skin of our teeth. Thankfully Danny Haynes decided to sky a sitter to give us another win, taking us to the top of the table. We were in a dream world. Ben congratulated me and I went over to the Atteo stand and clapped the home fans who had turned up. We were top of the league!
Match Day 3 - On top of the world (Well league)!
After a fantastic late winner at Barnsley we were back at our hunting ground, to face who else but my mate Mr.Manning. It was going to be a friendly affair as we would shake hands at the start and end of the game, but between then we knew we had to put in a real fight. We knew Ipswich had been poor in the 1st two games, and I reckoned I could exploit them after Ben telling me where they were going wrong. It seemed to vital things. Not enough shots testing the keeper, and errors at the back. So the combination of Showunmi to win it in the air and Byfield to get in behind the defence seemed perfect. I went with this line up:
------------------------A.Basso-----------------------
B.Orr------L.Carey ©---T.Vaskó-----J.McAllister
S.Murray-----L.Johnson-----M.Elliot-----B.Wilson
--------------D.Byfield-----E.Showunmi----------
Subs: D.Noble, J.Ifil, L.Trundle, M.Christie & M.McIndoe
Just the one change with the injured McCombe out with a broken cheekbone, replaced by Tamás Vaskó at the back.
We and Ben had a brief chat standing out on the sidelines in front of Ashton Gate's 16,186. I was very disappointed with the turnout to be fair, but it had improved dramatically from the 1st game of the season. Still, our players were there to a do a job for those City fans, and boy did they do it. We started off well, some good chances here and there but nothing of note in the first half an hour. Then came the moment of brilliance by Darren Byfield. A ball played by Murray that was perfectly waited between defender and goalie. Byfield used his speed to sprint passed de Vos and run on to it. He collected it outside the box and waited until he got about 15 yards out to smash it home bottom corner. 32 minutes on the clock and we were on top already. We just needed to make it to half time unscathed. Of course it went the opposite way, and we soon found ourselves back at square one. A missed header by Bradley Orr gave Runstrom room to run and turned nicely to slot one home for 1-1.
A brief team talk stating that we needed to keep up the pressure and effort was said and the boys got back out there. I smiled to Ben who was a few yards away as we strolled out, knowing the next goal would probably win it. We continued to pressurise, but to no avail. We received a big blow as Marvin Elliot was injured, in what was to be believed as a fractured wrist. David Noble was his replacement. Things were starting to head to a bore draw, so I told Jerel Ifil and Malcolm Christie to get ready. Christie's involvement immediately worked. A moment of genius from myself. Byfield and Murray again involved as good link up play was the key. A quality ball by Noble through the defence onto Byfield opened it up. Byfield slid it back across for Christie to place it home. The home fans went mental, although this time I kept my cool knowing that my mate was just a few yards away.
We held on from then on in, and when I mean held on, literally by the skin of our teeth. Thankfully Danny Haynes decided to sky a sitter to give us another win, taking us to the top of the table. We were in a dream world. Ben congratulated me and I went over to the Atteo stand and clapped the home fans who had turned up. We were top of the league!
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