Never to the dark side Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 Radio Bristol starting at 6pm 3 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerseybean Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/pearson-on-sound-of-the-city/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slack Bladder Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 Bless 'im he's doing his best not to get us excited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curr Avon Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 (edited) Just now - Unless circumstances change, its unlikely that we'll do more business...... Edited July 25, 2022 by Curr Avon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 Any updates would be gratefully appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curr Avon Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 Anyone really impressed you? (in pre-season) Yeah, but I'm not going to name 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malago Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 Ouch. Pathway dig at LJ. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 Says the players are in better condition than they were this time last year, praised them for how well they looked after themselves during the close season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curr Avon Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 How's Antoine doing? Hopefully we'll get him back at some point in September. Not good news about Kalas, doesn't know when he'll be back over 'grumbly issue' (injury). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al3xrh0des Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 Kalas injury not making much progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malago Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 HNM a squad player who may get pitch time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRaw Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 (edited) Sounds like HNM looking to run his cotract down Edited July 25, 2022 by RedRaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curr Avon Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 We've invested a lot of time and money in him (HNM) and there's absolutely nothing happening (in terms of transfer activity). I can't tell you what's in his brain or his representative's brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curr Avon Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 (Vyner) He's had a good pre-season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 (edited) He's definitely not happy about the Massengo situation. Offer on the table for a year, no progress, no transfer interest. Edited July 25, 2022 by Northern Red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malago Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 Zak a front liner. Had a good preseason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshbristol Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 Sounds to me like massengo will be sold and that vyner is still with the club only because the lack of numbers in defence . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 Asked whether he's excited/stimulated by the challenge of building a team and changing the club - "that's why I'm here, if it was just about being a head coach of a team I wouldn't bother" It's time consuming, difficult, problematic, but at this stage of his career it's what he wants to do. About being part of a group who want to move the club in a different direction and are prepared to take the challenges on. No point moaning about the situation we're in, up to us as a club to find solutions. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, joshbristol said: Sounds to me like massengo will be sold. The problem is nobody seems to want to buy him. Perhaps he and his agent should reflect on that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRaw Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 He does babble on a bit but if you listen and take it in, everything he says makes sense and is on point……he seems to have every angle covered 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Coach Posted July 25, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 (edited) Recap I've taken from NP tonight: Nigel wants to be competitive. May just be me. But wants this squad of players to aim high this coming season Squad looking fitter than last season Naismith secured a better contract offer here than at Luton. Naismith excited at the project at Bristol City. Confident Sykes & Wilson have the technicality, motivation and desire to be successful. Something that is often not talked about in players. 3 players that were brought in on a free helped us massively due to our financial predicament. Wants to achieve his 3 year objective as originally set out. However, now believes it may take a bit longer due to our situation and the current market. Still has ambition to sign more players. Less likely to do more business due to current financial challenges. But states things could change. Highlighted there has been interest from some clubs with a couple of our players but doesn't want to lose any of these players. Will not disclose who's impressed him this pre-season. Spoke with Tins, wants to put some young players out on loan. Due to the numbers, cannot afford to do so. Young players pathways could be disrupted as numbers are short in the squad. Joe Williams - always going to be a concern with his injury record. Joe may not play 2 games in a short space of time (i.e, Saturday, Tues, Saturday). Semenyo - Hoping to be back in September from injury. Kalas - Not making much progress on his injury. Something that has cropped up before Massengo - No update on Massengo contract. Offer on the table for over a season more or less to sign. Squad player who may get game time (sounds like he won't be a first starter going forward). No interest in him from other clubs. Sounds like he will run contract down. Vyner - Appears to me the club cannot offload him. Sounds like he's just making up the squad numbers. NP highlights he's had a good pre-season however. In terms of the operation of the football club. Wants those high up to take on the challenge of moving up the ladder and having the ambition to progress. Understands the challenges and issues but everyone involved with the club needs to find a way to progress. Loan Players - Not keen. You sign PL loan players, their wages are high and it bites into the wage budget. Not a cheap option. Again, not ruling out but would have to be the right loan signing. Also highlights other Championship clubs are chasing the same young players to loan. Starting XI for Saturday not yet finalised. Knows the bulk of his first XI but players still have 4 days to change his mind. Edited July 25, 2022 by The Coach 11 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerseybean Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 My synopsis: Priceless NP, great insights and a very good interview IMO ‘Excited’ (in the context of the new season) NP ‘it’s not a word a tend to use’ ‘Hard to align being competitive and being sustainable’ but we need to Lots of agent/media speculation ‘I have no time for that kind of crap’ ‘I’ve another two years on my contract and it’s all about achieving the objective, even if the time-scale is ultimately longer’ If you have players you want to move on but can’t you have to make the most of them and certainly ensure they don’t make a nuisance of themselves I work for and with the club There’s no approach from us that involves ‘selling bull’ when looking to attract new players, we are just honest with people Twentyman went ‘fishing’ for players who have impressed pre-season and NP gave it a straight-bat and wasn’t drawn into naming anybody, although he acknowledged that there had been individuals who’d shone Managing Joe Williams (in terms of protecting him) was raised, NP ‘he’s done exceptionally well but we have to ensure the maintenance of him is taken care of’ AS - hopefully back in September, TK - has a ‘grumbly problem’ it’s hard to put a time line on it, HNM an offer is on the table so it’s in his hands, he remains a squad player there’s nothing happening re him committing himself to the Club or moving on, ZV - we need players and while we aren’t flushed with players and he’s contracted to us so we need to ‘ensuring he’s on-side’ he gets minutes in readiness I’m here because I’m stimulated by being apart of those who want to move the club in a different direction, so it’s successful in the present and in the future, if I was just a Head Coach I would not be here. We need an approach which finds solutions to our problems. We are making really important progress in many areas The people who are in the building/set-up are all taking forward the challenge (to progress BCFC) once people are in ‘survival mode’ you have to manage the situation and sometimes that means managing people out GT ‘How do you quantify progress?’ NP ‘We have to be more successful in terms of points as that’s a tangible measure. I believe in building teams not collecting players’ The risk is, of course, this takes longer and I came to the club because of the necessity to change things, it makes sense to do things differently Loan players were explored by GT, NP responded ‘I’ve used loan players wherever I’ve been, loans aren’t cheap and we certainly need the right culture if we are going to bring them to the club, so this season I think it is more viable - if they are the right ones - our enquiries to-date have not been successful but it’s not for the lack of trying 10 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pl00peh91 Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 Thought Nige was very open today, really do enjoy listening to him speak 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, The Coach said: Recap I've taken from NP tonight: Nigel wants to be competitive. May just be me. But wants this squad of players to aim high this coming season Squad looking fitter than last season Naismith secured a better contract offer here than at Luton. Naismith excited at the project at Bristol City. Confident Sykes & Wilson have the technicality, motivation and desire to be successful. Something that is often not talked about in players. 3 players that were brought in on a free helped us massively due to our financial predicament. Wants to achieve his 3 year objective as originally set out. However, now believes it may take a bit longer due to our situation and the current market. Still has ambition to sign more players. Less likely to do more business due to current financial challenges. But states things could change. Highlighted there has been interest from some clubs with a couple of our players but doesn't want to lose any of these players. Will not disclose who's impressed him this pre-season. Spoke with Tins, wants to put some young players out on loan. Due to the numbers, cannot afford to do so. Young players pathways could be disrupted as numbers are short in the squad. Joe Williams - always going to be a concern with his injury record. Joe may not play 2 games in a short space of time (i.e, Saturday, Tues, Saturday). Semenyo - Hoping to be back in September from injury. Kalas - Not making much progress on his injury. Something that has cropped up before Massengo - No update on Massengo contract. Offer on the table for over a season more or less to sign. Squad player who may get game time (sounds like he won't be a first starter going forward). No interest in him from other clubs. Sounds like he will run contract down. Vyner - Appears to me the club cannot offload him. Sounds like he's just making up the squad numbers. NP highlights he's had a good pre-season however. In terms of the operation of the football club. Wants those high up to take on the challenge of moving up the ladder and having the ambition to progress. Understands the challenges and issues but everyone involved with the club needs to find a way to progress. Loan Players - Not keen. You sign PL loan players, their wages are high and it bites into the wage budget. Not a cheap option. Again, not ruling out but would have to be the right loan signing. Also highlights other Championship clubs are chasing the same young players to loan. Starting XI for Saturday not yet finalised. Knows the bulk of his first XI but players still have 4 days to change his mind. On loans, he did say that we've made some enquiries with PL clubs but they take these youngsters on tours with them and want to have a look at what level they're at before deciding what to do with them, exactly the same as we've been doing with our own youngsters. Also said that the reason he hasn't brought loans in up to this point is that the existing culture at the club wasn't strong enough to have players in who wouldn't be here the year after. Is a viable option this year because the culture is stronger than it's been at any point since he's been here, they have to be the right player though. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the red rules Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 He also said there had been some interest in some of our players that we don't particularly want to move on I'm guessing that's Scott Weimann and Semenyo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezo Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 37 minutes ago, Malago said: Ouch. Pathway dig at LJ. And collecting players but not knowing how they fit into a system. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonRobin21 Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 There was a brief but special mention for Dylan Kadji towards the end when discussing loans. Keep an eye on the lad this season. Nige is a big fan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RedRock Posted July 25, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, Pezo said: And collecting players but not knowing how they fit into a system. Yep, that was one of the main things I took from the piece. Wants to build a team, not collect individuals. That’s a significant change in the Club’s/ Ashton’s approach and about ******* time! Pearson was/is absolutely the right choice. Smart, with a clear plan and ruthless when needs to be. I like. Nearly all issues I had under LJ/MA have been or are being addressed. Great foundation being constructed on which we can move forward. We may surprise a few this Season and more optimistic about things than I have been for years. 21 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 Interesting & as usual, open & honest. Certainly dampening down too much enthusiasm by saying no Semenyo before September, implying Kalas’ injury isn’t improving & pretty much ruling out further transfers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo II Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 (edited) He’s right to temper expectations. Nothing wrong with having a good feeling about things, but progress not promotion needs to be the watch word, I feel. Edited July 25, 2022 by samo II 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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