The Exiled Robin

Last week easyodds.com tipster and lifelong Bristol City fan looked on course for a winning best bet but a second half fightback from Rochdale put paid to that. It could have been much, much worse though – a fantastic reaction save from Frank Fielding meant we left Spotland with at least a point. Despite the disappointment of not getting the three points despite being in a winning position, the Robins remain unbeaten and are starting to show the consistency of a side that really can mount a promotion push. Can City remain unbeaten in the Super Sunday clash at Meadow Lane against Shaun Derry’s Notts County? Keep reading below for Ross’ full betting preview… "The ever changing outright winner market for League One saw another market move following last weekend – and it was a negative one for City. They drifted from 11/2 to 6/1 and lost their favourites tag in the process. Preston North End are the new owners of that tag – and they are now a best price of 5/1. Much like ...

So that's that then? City's promotion dreams disappeared in one fell swoop with the sale of our captain, our leader from the front? All the hope generated from our good pre-season PR with new signings, good season-ticket sales, the purple and lime kit and a fantastic opening day away win live on Sky, dashed? Well, not quite. As stated earlier in the week, no-one will now ever know if we would have gone up with Sam Baldock, or if whatever happens from now on in would have happened anyway, and we've still got our target man, the enigmatic Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, a big, expensive signing in Kieron Agard and young Wes Burns who might now be offered more chances to stretch the division's defences with his searing pace. The new dawn, with Wade Elliott rightly installed as our new captain, begins on Sunday at Meadow Lane in what's sure to be a tough away test.   Our Stu Radnedge spoke to a County blogger also called Stu and he came up with this, brilliantly detailed...

At 5pm last night, Bristol City fans had their last chance to buy a season card.  Precisely one hour later, they announced the sale of their captain, premier striker and last season’s league one golden boot winner, Sam Baldock, to Brighton & Hove Albion.  That’s a fact. Whether the timing was deliberate – as some suspect – or entirely coincidental, unfortunate and poorly thought-through, is up for some debate.  However there’s little doubt that had this happened a month ago, or even a couple of weeks ago, there may have been some impact on sales.  Equally, Brighton haven’t just accepted a delay to his signing of days or weeks just to suit us, so the chances are it may have all been tied up earlier today some time and the announcement was put back by a few hours. This timing issue is a huge red herring however. Of more pertinence is whether the right decision has been made to accept a bid and allow Baldock to go. First of all, the fee. Six bids came and w...

Last week  easyodds.com  tipster and lifelong Bristol City fan Ross Casey did not hit his   best bet, but did point out the value in both teams to score when the Robins hosted Colchester. However, after starting the season with a 41/20 winner, the column is still in profit – here’s hoping he can pluck another winner from the trip to Rochdale. The Robins remain unbeaten after securing a 0-0 draw on Tuesday night against promotion hopefuls Leyton Orient, but it could have been a maximum of nine points had it not been for a poor refereeing decision which ruled out a Sam Baldock goal. Can City remain unbeaten in what I like to call the Bamberdele Adebola derby? Or will Dale pull off the scalp by beating the favourites for the title? Keep reading below for Ross’ full betting preview… "The controversially dropped points on Tuesday night have meant that City slipped from the top of the table to third – replaced by League One newcomers Fleetwood Town. City remain favouri...

City's winning start came to an end with a tough, but hard-earned point against likely promotion contenders, Leyton Orient.  Whether the lack of perceived options on the bench (it's my view, as stated previously, that Steve Cotterill doesn't fully trust Jay Emmanuel-Thomas in the tighter games) prompted the more immediate signing of Kieron Agard or not, the fact is we now have four striking options, three of whom scored more than 70 goals between them last season. With this renewed burst of optimism, Stu Radnedge has taken a hugely positive view on Saturday's trip to Rochdale: "The signing of Keiron Agard has clearly put most Bristol City fans in a buoyant mood ahead of Saturday’s fixture away against Rochdale – our first fixture versus one of the four teams promoted from League Two last season. Finishing third, the Dale enjoyed what many fans recognise as one of the most memorable in the club’s history – securing only their third ever promotion, whils...

With two wins from two, Bristol City have made their best start to a campaign in years and will be looking to make it three wins in a row at home to potential promotion rivals Leyton Orient on Tuesday night. Stu Radnedge caught up with James Mealing, @TotalOrient, for this fabulously detailed match preview. "It has been a strange summer to be an Orient fan. We were still recovering from the disappointment of the play-offs when the chairman of nearly twenty years Barry Hearn sold the club to wealthy Italian businessman Francesco Becchetti. Since then there have been a couple of changes to the hierarchy at the club. Becchetti has appointed a new chief executive (though former CEO Matt Porter is still involved as a board member). The new Chairman has also brought in former QPR defender Mauro Milanese as sporting director. This move was greeted with suspicion by Orient fans and it raised questions concerning Russell Slade's future, but there has been very little (if...