NickJ

Too much time too much money on their hands

9 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Was it 2 home wins in our opening 7 of the Championship season, Dave?

Plus a hammering of Oxford United in the cup……

4 hours ago, REDOXO said:

I’ve got a couple of gulf wars on my CV  fella!

Scumbag!

As ripostes go, that’s up there.

55 minutes ago, Robbored said:

Fred - you honestly don’t don’t know the half of it. 

I posted recently it was 20+ years ago and things have moved on since then.

I think maybe he does!

18 minutes ago, Fredford89 said:

Didn’t take risks but ended up in top 2 please go back and watch some highlights of that season your completely wrong, you seem to be a statistic merchant rather than someone who attended games, we were brave on the ball and tried to win every game, our best players and the core of our team was dissembled , Carey old age , Orr, Basso, Elliott injuries , we essentially had to replace all of our quality which Gary found hard to do at the level… The style of play and competitiveness can not be questioned 

If you say so, yessir

On 26/03/2024 at 08:55, Kid in the Riot said:

 

If we're looking at who maximised the potential of their careers, then let's not forget Gary made the most of his, but there's a reason Lee Trundle certainly didn't. 

To be fair Will, I don't think Trundle has any regrets, he enjoyed his career in his own way.

On 27/03/2024 at 08:59, spudski said:

I enjoyed watching that. 

For all the ' negatives' mentioned by Trundle about GJ in his time here, it's worth noting how many times Trundle mentioned that he was wrong in his reaction to GJ, and that he should have dealt with the situation differently. 

 

Not sure that Trundle said he was wrong, unless I missed any of it he said GJ's man management of a certain type of player - Trundle, Noble - was awful, but fair play to him he got results.

On 27/03/2024 at 12:52, Robbored said:

I would definitely dispute it.

Of all the players I spoke with during GJs reign not one had anything positive to say about him. Much of that was down to nepotism and LJ starting ahead of far better players and GJ running the club like a family corner shop.

RR gets a lot of stick but to be fair I thought it was common knowledge that players were unhappy with the nepotism - LJ played ahead of Skuse, Noble and even Hartley FFS - and ultimately isn't that what led to the half time incident at Plymouth?

The family corner shop comparison isn't unfair either, apart from the huge controversy caused with his son, and a brother as chief scout, I was told by an academy coach at the time that GJ wanted to bring another brother in, who at the time was managing the equivalent of a Somerest county league team.

22 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

 things had turned toxic. 

 

As manifested by he Plymouth incident?

4 hours ago, Fredford89 said:

Exactly and to question the brand of Football we played aswell! We were brave and  took risks with style ! As this video below proves, the following was an away game at Watford who were 2nd at the time in November or December of this season!

Freshley relegated from the Premier League with all the same players who had one them promotion from that League a year earlier! We went for them with no fear and came away with 3 points! Gary was a miracle worker 

Remains fresh in my memory as I was at every game that season and since Gary left I haven’t enjoyed a season yet! Even the Cotterill season wasn’t that enjoyable for me as we should never have been in League 1 in the first place 

Dont get me wrong Mr/Mrs Johnson, I hugely enjoyed Gary's time here despite my frustration with the LJ situation, but I also went to every game that season, home and away, with the exception of Burnley away as I was abroad, and in general we didn't take risks, quite the opposite. Nevertheless I agree it was an enjoyable season, simply due to the success. But to suggest the Cotterill season wasn't that enjoyable, that's just plain daft, did you actually go to any games while he was manager?!

In my opinion, Gary probably sacrificed his own career in order to give his son one, and as a father I can understand that although not condone it. Lansdown should have dealt with that for the benefit of all except of course LJ, but in hindsight now it's fairly obvious why he didn't.

8 hours ago, And Its Smith said:

I’m delighted to share two webinars from up and coming young football coach, Lee Johnson

In the first one Lee will take you through recruitment, club structure and the interview process 

In this second edition, you will be educated on building a game model, methodology and developing young players.  

Please note that this is may be too highbrow for some and if you cannot follow it or it makes no sense at all, that is on you and not Lee.   

Credit it to him, played Lansdown a blinder then lived off that at Sunderland Hibernian and Fleetwood before all three saw through the bluffer, Is there anybody left taking that clown seriously?

6 hours ago, iamalagerdrinker said:

Disappointed he called us Bristol on several occasions. 
 

Don’t believe it “he loves City”

Blokes a ****.

5 hours ago, Edgy Red said:

 

I have no idea how things are going to pan out under Manning but he deserves a summer to recruit some of his own players.

We’ve already got Top 6 quality squad, so actually no. He doesn’t.

Luckily after our pub crawl from Birmingham New Street the train from Jewellery Quarter to Hawthorns was delayed so we missed most of the first half

1 minute ago, Davefevs said:

Enjoy the game.

I just hope Liams been reading my opinions on our approach to last weeks game and has changed his ways!

19 minutes ago, !james said:

I've DMd him for you

Thanks for that mate and the others that have replied. Sure enough Jerry phone me, he has my tickets being returned to the East End collection office, it’s near the club office for anyone else as stupid as me.

3 hours ago, !james said:

If you use Twitter I've DMd him before when I needed to collect tickets at QPR and met him, usually quick to respond, he is @ BristolCitySLO 

Thanks for that mate, I’m not on Twitter, too confusing for me, and the other idiots I’m with

any chance someone could put a message to him for me on twitter? 

Thanks

@JerrySLO Jerry if you see this? Thanks

4 minutes ago, Bcfc willzyak said:

Contact Jerry he should be able to help

Thanks for that, do you have contact detail?

I’ve had a shocker, on the train to West Brom, opened email with ticket confirmation expecting to be able to download to phone, nothing.

Phoned West Brom ticket office, gave details from email, they said couldn’t see anything on their system.

Suggestions gratefully received!

6 hours ago, Silvio Dante said:

No car crashes this time. However I counted seven Southamptons!

Biggest news is that Twine fit, Tanner maybe but Naismith out and from the sounds of it for the season.

 

 

Love the bit where he says we were a “bit more on the front foot” in the second half, considering we were practically going backwards in the first half.

Listen out for the answer, around 4 minutes, to the follow up question “have you learned much since coming to Ashton Gate” (reply - yes I have. Follow up question- what have you learned?).

The answer - 2 minutes of utter inanity. 
 

Not to mention his remit wasn’t to learn, it was to have a Top 6 quality squad, err, in the Top 6.

Not in the slightest bit impressed, and this coming from somebody that - until the appointment of Lee frockin Johnson - I backed every single manager ever appointed by this shambles, including, on here, Brian Tinnion at his managerial nadir. 
 

12 hours ago, GrahamC said:

Finally got around to listening to it last night & thought the interviewer (Richard Hoskin?) did an excellent job, we all miss GT but to be fair he wasn’t far off his standard.

Aside from the blatant lies, so the McKenna 2 wins in his first 12, we beat Southampton 3-1 (not 3-0), we weren’t 3 points off the playoffs as a result & he seems to have completely forgotten his time in Spain, the bits that really irritated were his constant excuse of injuries now, (no worse it was than under Pearson) the incredible assertion that we couldn’t compete with Coventry (the only place I felt Hoskin missed a follow up, why did they spend after their sales & we didn’t?) & his total arrogance that he “deserved” the job.

Dismal.

I’ve tried to defend Tins as a playing legend, and in my eyes he was, and in particular the nastiness of the personal jibes, but when you put it like that, there’s no argument against, and you haven’t even mentioned the back stabbing which I’ve pretty much heard first hand accounts of. 
 

Such a shame. 

5 minutes ago, paignton red said:

John Gayle, ex, torquay-wimbledon lives couple of doors away from me and we were chatting about Cotts the other day. Still sees him occasionaly and says he's one of the best blokes he's ever known. Can't believe how he was treated here.

You reading that Lansdowns?

Nothing but contempt for them. 

1 minute ago, Davefevs said:

Dale Vince shared a Chateaubriand with Cotts post-match…I heard!

 

No emojis left but made me laugh. 

28 minutes ago, Harry said:

I watch a fair bit of FGR and I’ll tell you for sure - since Cotts has arrived there is a very clear difference in how bloody hard these lads are working. 
They still lack quality, but flip me, they are working their nuts off. 
 

I think it says a lot about my current mood that I cheered Doidge’s goal tonight more than I cheered our goal v Swansea on Sunday!! 

Yes mate, man management, players will as they say run through walls for him. Why? He gives, rather than takes, the credit.

7 minutes ago, Frenchay Red said:

Harshly treated and from my experience a lovely guy to chat with.

 

Only limited, but my experience too.

1 hour ago, WeAreThePigs said:

Even if he doesn’t he has shown what a top manager he is at that level.

"At that level".

See what you done there.

Look at the Burnley fans forums and what they thought of him, in the Championship.

At any level, a million times the manager and man manager than the **** that succeded him here.

I almost hope he doesnt keep FGR up, it will just make me even angrier with the Lansdowns and what they did.

2 minutes ago, JP Hampton said:

I do get that it’s unpleasant reading at times and yes he’s done great things at the club as a player and in particular his time with the academy etc. but I also think the problem is largely one if his own making.

 It isn’t just the NP situation that his honesty and behaviour has been called into question, he’s clearly not always behaved above board, or in a respectful manner, to other managers either. Danny Wilson comes to mind.

 As I said in another post when you are found to have behaved dishonestly and get caught out, it’s very difficult to gain people’s trust again.  

Yes, and I am aware of another situation where things were called into question, leading to the departure of another respected staff member, so a hat trick so to speak, and I have been extremely disappointed with all 3 departures.

In hindsight..... get on with it lads, but it's a shame the fond memories of Tins as a player are being tarnished.