The Exiled Robin

In this weekly article for The Exiled Robin, lifelong Bristol City fan and  easyodds.com  football tipster Ross Casey will preview Bristol City’s matches from a betting angle. After correctly tipping three matches in a row can he find the value again for Saturday’s match against Crewe??! Who would have thought Steve Cotterill was capable of the revival we have had under his helm? After taking over the club in 23rd position he has guided us to 12th place and theoretically we could finish 8th – whoda thunk it? With a superior goal difference to those around us, two convincing wins could leave us two spots off the play-offs! We now face a Crewe side in real relegation danger in our final home match of the season and the players will be committed to giving us fans a good send-off in front of the East End which will be closed as of next season for reconstruction. MATCH ODDS: BRISTOL CITY – 6/5 (BetVictor) CREWE – 27/10 (MarathonBet) DRAW – 13/5 (Bet365) BRIST...

A third successive win at Stevenage on Easter Monday has propelled City into the top half of the table and left even the most realistic and pessimistic of fans wondering what might have been.  I personally don’t think it’s as simple as that and will explain more in my end of season review, but no-one can deny that the last dozen games has been an enjoyable and productive run of results, the like of which we’ve not had in more than five years.  With two games to go it would be great for the likes of Bobby Reid, Joe Bryan, Liam Kelly and Wes Burns to be given their chance to shine in a positive, confident team, ahead of perhaps the likes of Barnett for instance who I can’t imagine is a viable option in the summer, or even Wade Elliott who has surely done enough to prove himself worth a deal, whilst Stephen Pearson has already talked of the importance for his future of the next 180 minutes. Yet another relegation contender (how huge would all these games had been withou...

Following on from Good Friday’s slightly fortunate three points, City face another side deep in relegation trouble in Stevenage.   Fresh from his fantastic effort in being part of the team to cycle from Land’s End to Ashton Gate in aid of the Bristol City Community Trust ( you can still donate here  by the way! ), Stu Radnedge caught up with another intrepid cyclist – Stevenage fan Steve Watkins – who wrote this preview for what ultimately turned into one of the few highlights of our season over Christmas.   In a shameless plug, Steve is taking part in the London to Amsterdam bike ride this June, raising funds and awareness for Prostate Cancer UK . Please help by making a donation  to this very worthy cause at   http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/SteveWatkins1   So , with bike rides and sponsorship plugs out of the way, onto the questions for Easter Monday’s game in a slightly shortened Q&A in the style of old-fashioned holiday-time ...

City kick off their Easter weekend with a spring in their step after achieveing the almost-sacred 50-point mark with last weekend’s 1-0 win at Walsall.  The fact that the players were out that night singing “ We are staying up” perhaps shows it means more to them than many often think it does? However, there are still some hard-earned points to be won and the run-in starts with a home match against a side very much still in the need for points. Stu Radnedge took time out of his marathon effort on two wheels (Stu is part of the team cycling from Land’s End to Ashton Gate for the Bristol City Community Trust this week) to catch up with his namesake https://twitter.com/blackwhitezine at www.theNottsBlog.co.uk to ask these questions. What are your thoughts on last week's announcement with the fixture move? As far as we’re aware, it was Steve Cotterill’s idea to shift the game – or maybe more specifically Sean O’Driscoll’s for not requesting the fixture be moved when i...

In a new article for The Exiled Robin, lifelong Bristol City fan and  easyodds.com  football tipster Ross Casey will preview Bristol City’s matches from a betting angle. After finding a 13/8 winner last week against Walsall he is on for a hat-trick, so where does he think your money should be going on Friday against Notts County? After picking up a scrappy win away from home last week thanks to a Sam Baldock penalty and a (Steve Cotterill assisted!) penalty save from Simon Moore, the table looks a lot more healthy for us Robins fans! Currently seven points clear from the drop zone, with 12 points still to play for another win here could see us mathematically safe and we can all breathe a huge sigh of relief. The fixture list has handed us four back-to-back relegation strugglers for our run-in – we face Notts County, Crewe, Stevenage and Crawley – who will all be fighting for survival so all matches should prove competitive. MATCH ODDS BRISTOL CITY – 5/4 (Variou...

In this new feature for The Exiled Robin, lifelong Bristol City fan and   easyodds.com   football tipster Ross Casey will preview Bristol City's matches from a betting angle. After correctly tipping a draw against Preston last week, where does he think your money should be going on Saturday??! After picking up just one point from our last two games, these last five games of the season have become a nervy affair! Currently five points clear from the drop zone, another loss here will have Robins fans looking at the table in the coming weeks with beads of sweat on their heads and a calculator in hand. The fixture list has handed us four back-to-back six pointers if we do fail to pick up the points in the Midlands - we face Notts County, Crewe, Stevenage and Crawley - who are all in a similar or worse predicament than ourselves. Can we get ourselves some way out of that mire by picking up three points on Saturday? For those of you who are interested - our best price for...

One point from two games against promotion-chasing sides has caused a few fans to once again look over their shoulder into the mire of the bottom four, but the fight, spirit and closeness of those matches ought to be enough to soothe any concerns anyone has that City might once again be about to drop into the relegation dogfight. A trip to Walsall on Saturday looks a tricky proposition on paper, with Dean Smith’s side (ably supported by one-time City assistant manager, Richard O’Kelly) playing some good football and well established in the top half of the table. However, results of late have been inconsistent and when Stu Radnedge spoke to Walsall fan site ‘Bescot Banter’ and his words offer some considerable comfort to the travelling fans… We’re now at the business end of the season and, with 15 points available, 6th place (currently occupied by Peterborough) is theoretically reachable for Walsall, albeit eight points away. Is this achievable or was your season realistical...