Spoons Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, bcfc01 said: We must be near the top for chances converted then. 11th position 34 39 114,7 % West Bromwich Albion 2th position 72 48 66,7 % Millwall FC 5th position 60 35 58,3 % Blackburn Rovers 13th position 63 34 54,0 % Fulham FC 6th position 75 40 53,3 % Nottingham Forest 4th position 71 34 47,9 % Stoke City 21th position 69 33 47,8 % Reading FC 14th position 70 33 47,1 % Wigan Athletic 22th position 53 24 45,3 % Preston North End 9th position 89 36 40,4 % Brentford FC 3th position 102 41 40,2 % Charlton Athletic 19th position 85 34 40,0 % Luton Town 24th position 83 32 38,6 % Queens Park Rangers 15th position 114 44 38,6 % Huddersfield Town 20th position 80 30 37,5 % Cardiff City 12th position 105 38 36,2 % Barnsley FC 23th position 89 32 36,0 % Derby County 17th position 70 24 34,3 % Hull City 8th position 125 40 32,0 % Leeds United 1th position 146 43 29,5 % Sheffield Wednesday 7th position 133 37 27,8 % Middlesbrough FC 16th position 99 26 26,3 % Swansea City 10th position 121 31 25,6 % Birmingham City 18th position 148 31 20,9 % MORE NEWS After six-week searchStruber appointed new Barnsley boss - former Salzburg coach replaces Stendel Transfermarkt can confirmKeller an option to succeed Stendel at Barnsley - several other clubs interested 266 updatesChampionship market values: Breakthrough for Bielik - Butland in free fall Two others involvedCar crash after drinking session - Derby captain Keogh out for season with knee injury Possible Championship moveMost valuable German free agent - Holtby in negotiations with Blackburn? View all news BESUCHERZAHLEN # Stadium Average attendees 1 Elland Road Leeds United 35.198 2 City Ground Nottingham Forest 27.681 3 Pride Park Stadium Derby County 26.587 4 Hillsborough Sheffield Wednesday 23.923 5 The Hawthorns West Bromwich Albion 23.899 View stats TABLE CHAMPIONSHIP 19/20 # Club Matches +/- Pts 1 Leeds 26 22 52 2 West Brom 26 20 52 3 Brentford 27 20 43 4 Nottm Forest 25 9 43 5 Millwall 27 3 43 6 Fulham 26 10 42 7 Sheff Wed 26 11 39 8 Hull City 26 6 39 9 Preston NE 26 4 39 10 Swansea 25 1 38 11 Bristol City 26 -1 38 12 Cardiff 26 -2 37 13 Blackburn 26 0 36 14 Reading 25 5 35 15 QPR 26 -4 35 16 Middlesbrough 26 -6 33 17 Derby 25 -9 30 18 Birmingham 26 -12 29 19 Charlton 25 -2 28 20 Huddersfield 26 -12 28 21 Stoke City 26 -9 24 22 Wigan 26 -15 23 23 Barnsley FC 25 -15 21 24 Luton 26 -24 21 To complete table Yes we are top! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 The personal attacks on LJ are unnecessary. Cast your minds back 5-6-7 years (cant remember the exact year) Lee Johnson scored against Cardiff on New Years Day, ******* brilliant East End Bouncing we won 3-0 i. I was sick (hung over to ****) Johnson loves this club, and every thing he does is what he believes is for the best. But Lee you are done mate, I will applaud you and respect you for everything you have done for this team, you are CAF and for that I love you. But time to go. We need a change. JOHNSON OUT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 25 minutes ago, Nogbad the Bad said: Cotterill didn't spend alot on the likes of Ayling, Smith, Freeman, Wilbraham, - wages perhaps, but it was a very small and compact squad. And herein lies another issue. The LJ/MA combo criminally undersold Ayling & Freeman (whose combined value is probably about 20m) because he was unable to get the best out of them. Seem familiar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 19 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: And herein lies another issue. The LJ/MA combo criminally undersold Ayling & Freeman (whose combined value is probably about 20m) because he was unable to get the best out of them. Seem familiar? Undersold Ayling? Hindsight a wonderful thing. Adam Matthews was keeping him out the team, his contract running down, clearly wanted a move, piss gate at Cheltenham, £750,000 seemed a good amount at the time. Undersold no. Sometimes players move on and it just clicks at another club. Leeds and Ayling seems to be a good fit. Regarding Freeman I always rated him, not sure he ever got the credit he deserved on here? Again rumours of wanting a move back to London, contract running down, £300k ridiculous cheap I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Nogbad the Bad said: Didn't he have to sell Baldock a few games into the promotion season? Play a young Joe Bryan instead of an international, Cunningham? Sign young players like Ayling, Freeman, Korey Smith and play them? Get us promoted playing entertaining football packed with goals? Nightmare? Dreamland more like. He was allowed to sign Agard after Baldock left, not a bad compromise. 'young' Joe Bryan had featured in our side for a good 18 months before cotts, also cunningham wasn't as good a wing back as full back so formation benefitted Joe Who told us to sign Korey Smith again..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 2 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Why do you hope he’s joking? Employing the guy who holds the record for the most promotions ever in our game seems sensible ... Mostly his teams come straight back down or he gets sacked because they’re looking like it. He doesn’t have a record of continued success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 41 minutes ago, Spoons said: Undersold Ayling? Hindsight a wonderful thing. Adam Matthews was keeping him out the team, his contract running down, clearly wanted a move, piss gate at Cheltenham, £750,000 seemed a good amount at the time. Undersold no. Sometimes players move on and it just clicks at another club. Leeds and Ayling seems to be a good fit. Regarding Freeman I always rated him, not sure he ever got the credit he deserved on here? Again rumours of wanting a move back to London, contract running down, £300k ridiculous cheap I agree. I’ve never heard anyone one suggest we got a good fee for Ayling before. He may not have suited the style LJ wanted but he was sold too cheaply, just as Freeman was. And I’m a long time LJ supporter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted January 2, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 6 hours ago, Red-Robbo said: I beg to differ. Fammy is on target for 14 this season, but behind him there's **** all in terms of out-and-out attacking threat. Anyway, I was saying the Nketiah antics and Afobe are among the excuses Johnson would put to the board to explain our relatively poor performance. I'm not making those excuses myself. We are 7th in the table on goals scored and 18th on goals conceded, I would suggest that conceding is a far bigger issue than not scoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 7 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Why do you think LJ can’t take us into the top six? You posted on here recently: “Every player I’ve heard discussing LJ’s coaching is complimentary about his ability...” Perhaps Wilbs’ recent interview has made you realise that’s just not true ... I think you can be a decent coach and not make a great manager. And IMO that’s what Johnson is. A decent coach/head coach. He has had the time and backing to demonstrate that he can turn us into a ‘next level’ team, ie a serious threat to the playoffs. This will be his fourth full season here and the fourth one in which we will not finish in the playoffs - IMO. It’s time for fresh ideas. The evidence is there that we are not a serious threat to the top six under his management. He’s done a lot of good here and it should be changed while he can still walk out the building with his head held high. It’s going to get toxic again with another couple of defeats, and he doesn’t deserve to be jeered out of the club for the good he’s done, which people are very quick to forget. As for your last paragraph, believe it or not, I form my opinions based on what I see not interviews with old players. I couldn’t give a toss if Wilbs didn’t rate him tbh. He’s developed better players than Wilbs and enhanced their value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 10 hours ago, RedDave said: We are two points off the play offs. So is every other team in the division! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 11 minutes ago, Matty_Taylor_is_god said: Exactly and I bet their fan bases aren’t embarrassing themselves and over reacting Fair point and calls for his head are premature imo BUT you could also argue that no other Manager in the division would embarrass themselves and literally take the piss out of the fan base by talking about more box entries after a 4-0 home reverse...........that was as embarrassing as anything I have heard or even read on here (and that takes some doing) in a long time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 11 hours ago, RedDave said: We are two points off the play offs. And when it's 4... "We're only 4 points off the playoffs". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 12 minutes ago, Numero Uno said: no other Manager in the division would embarrass themselves and literally take the piss out of the fan base by talking about more box entries You can bet yer arse that if he was manager @Rudolf Hucker would certainly be pointing to his record of box entries . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 12 hours ago, Davefevs said: Got himself a red card too today. Unless it gets overturned, that’s what a 3 game touchline? Not very helpful is it in our current situation. Actually might be a good thing. Keep him up in the bloody stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Maesknoll Red said: We are 7th in the table on goals scored and 18th on goals conceded, I would suggest that conceding is a far bigger issue than not scoring. So you think we don't need to bring in another striker to replace Afobe?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Maesknoll Red said: We are 7th in the table on goals scored and 18th on goals conceded, I would suggest that conceding is a far bigger issue than not scoring. It's a funny one. Looking at the stats, it appears to be an obvious conclusion to make. But I do wonder if being more potent up top - a fit Afobe, or the wunder kid Eddie - with pace or power and clinical finishing, might have a knock on consequence of improving us at the back. Might spread belief across the team. And beyond. We might, once or twice, have scored first, where instead we fell behind; or, against Blackburn say, have equalised before they doubled their lead. In that game, scored the one that went across the face of goal and merely needed a tap in. I can't help thinking having more threat and thrust up front will improve the team all over, putting the opposition's defence under greater pressure, and simultaneously easing the pressure on our own (maybe it doesn't work like that, which I look forward to someone on here telling me). And I do think LJ has been unlucky, first with the Eddie to Leeds thing, then Afobe's injury. To be a promotion or play off contender, he needs an upgrade on Fam (as might any future coach here). Having said that, it is Lee's job here to deal with injuries and setbacks and things going wrong. To "manage," in spite of things. The Eddie/Afobe attacking situation has derailed the first half of this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 8 hours ago, Spoons said: We are the second lowest creater of chances in the league. Only 194 chances created all season. Perhaps cos everyone else creates dozens of chances when they play our defence?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 7 hours ago, Leveller said: Mostly his teams come straight back down or he gets sacked because they’re looking like it. He doesn’t have a record of continued success. Exactly. He is short term-ism personified. He doesn't build for sustainable success, so is the antithesis of what SL has very publicly said he wants at City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 8 hours ago, Nogbad the Bad said: Didn't he have to sell Baldock a few games into the promotion season? Play a young Joe Bryan instead of an international, Cunningham? Sign young players like Ayling, Freeman, Korey Smith and play them? Get us promoted playing entertaining football packed with goals? Nightmare? Dreamland more like. 1 hour ago, Matty_Taylor_is_god said: We would have got relegated so pretty irrelevant all your points The first 3 points above were in direct reply to points made by another poster - hardly 'irrelevant' then! Btw. Cotterill had never been relegated in a 20 year managerial career despite taking on clubs in crisis more than once.He was a master at avoiding relegation and had earned the opportunity to do the same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 7 hours ago, Leveller said: I’ve never heard anyone one suggest we got a good fee for Ayling before. He may not have suited the style LJ wanted but he was sold too cheaply, just as Freeman was. And I’m a long time LJ supporter. Ayling, Freeman, seems like an age ago. And the end of an era where, for whatever reason, we were hopeless at selling at the right time. But over the more recent past I don't think anyone can question the fact that we've got a whole lot better at it, whether that's down to LJ, MA, someone else, or a combination of all three. Compare Ayling and Freemen to Reid, Flint, Webster, Kelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 9 hours ago, ziderheadarmy said: @Robbored Keith Dawe Its on the official site I’m shocked you weren’t aware... https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/steve-cotterill-relieved-of-his-duties/ Dear oh dear.............. What is it about ‘no major decisions at AG are made without SLs approval.’ that you don’t understand? We all knew that SC was about to be sacked at the Senior Reds Xmas lunch when SL was guest speaker. Dawe may have dismissed him but under orders from SL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 7 hours ago, hodge said: He was allowed to sign Agard after Baldock left, not a bad compromise. 'young' Joe Bryan had featured in our side for a good 18 months before cotts, also cunningham wasn't as good a wing back as full back so formation benefitted Joe Who told us to sign Korey Smith again..? What I said above were facts that put Cotterill in the good light he deserved. Your reply seems to come from a position where you are determined to give him no credit at all. Who 'told us' to sign Korey Smith? Nobody. LJ may have given him a good report if asked but Cotterill was his own man who would only have signed Korey if he wanted to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedorDead BCFC Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, Nogbad the Bad said: What I said above were facts that put Cotterill in the good light he deserved. Your reply seems to come from a position where you are determined to give him no credit at all. Who 'told us' to sign Korey Smith? Nobody. LJ may have given him a good report if asked but Cotterill was his own man who would only have signed Korey if he wanted to. Wasn’t Korey Smith a swap deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dastardly and Muttley Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 3 minutes ago, RedorDead BCFC said: Wasn’t Korey Smith a swap deal? Believe so, Liam Kelly going through other way if my memory serves. Always liked Kelly and had been disappointed when he left. Guess we got the better end of the deal in the end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 5 minutes ago, RedorDead BCFC said: Wasn’t Korey Smith a swap deal? Yes - Liam Kelly went the other way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveInSA Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 11 hours ago, Red-Robbo said: I would be surprised if Johnson's position was under imminent threat. I mean, it wouldn't be astounding if he went, but it would surprise me given the faith Lansdown has in Lee, his preference for a long-termist approach, and the fact that Lee has banked the excuses of the last-minute NKetiah gazumping in August and Afobe's devastating injury as to why we present so little goal threat. I would not be surprised if the thought of maybe ousting him has been discussed - however informally - by the directors, but as others have said, I think Lansdown will stick with his man, at least until he tries to steady the ship with new signings. If Lee goes it'll be more likely to happen near or at the end of the season, if we seem to have gone backwards. If Lee achieves any slight advance on last term's placing, I think he'll remain in the job. Our problem isn’t scoring goals, ironic though it is. Our problem is defending properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Nogbad the Bad said: Btw. Cotterill had never been relegated in a 20 year managerial career despite taking on clubs in crisis more than once.He was a master at avoiding relegation and had earned the opportunity to do the same here. . Cotts is a great lower league manager, but he's only been consistent at a higher level with Burnley - and their season finishes are below those achieved by Johnson. His second tier time at Pompey and Forest was poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, DaveInSA said: Our problem isn’t scoring goals, ironic though it is. Our problem is defending properly. It hadn't been until recently. But my point was not that the defence is OK. My point was that the Nketiah disappointment and Afobe injury will be used by Johnson as an excuse for under-performance when he speaks to the owner. "It threw our while season, boss" etc. We do need a new striker though. We can't have more matches where Semenyo and Rodri are the forwards we have on the bench. We've scored 6 times in the last 6 games, 3 of those against the bottom club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natchfever Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 11 hours ago, RedEyez said: I would say after 46 games, if we haven’t improved upon last years final league position . Happy with 7th then, and 6th the next year failing at the semi playoff stage, then 5th, losing at the Wembley play off final, most of the time playing generally turgid, uninspiring, negative football through 23 home games, with a revolving door of speculative signings who don't fit whatever system is dreamt up on the day ? Improving league position should only satisfy if accompanied by other improvements in my view, because if SL really wants sustainability, then the risk of diminishing matchday revenue might concern him.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Robbored said: We all knew that SC was about to be sacked at the Senior Reds Xmas lunch when SL was guest speaker. I think you meant to say that you learned of Cotterill's sacking, rather than that he was about to be sacked, otherwise you're conferring enormous importance in your lunches. SL certainly will have a long to-do list when he axes a manager, but I'm hopeful telling the manager himself is a bit higher on that list than telling the Senior Reds Xmas Lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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