Mr Popodopolous Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 10 hours ago, BobBobSuperBob said: If he stays long enough he will have the worst managerial record for anyone ever His win percentage is going down like a blind batsmens batting average Spudski banging that drum of a near 40% win ratio feels a long time ago now eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 8 hours ago, GrahamC said: Followed by 10th and 10th, so no, it wasn't a fluke at all. I don't think 10th can be considered a success, it also shows no improvement year on year so if you are happy with that then fair enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 1 minute ago, pillred said: I don't think 10th can be considered a success, it also shows no improvement year on year so if you are happy with that then fair enough Still our best prolonged period since 1980. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Still our best prolonged period since 1980. I know you are right of course but does not say a lot though, I just mean that since that heady finish has not done much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 3 minutes ago, pillred said: I know you are right of course but does not say a lot though, I just mean that since that heady finish has not done much. You mean GJ generally? Yeah he's bounced around the lower divisions though one big exception- perhaps his last hurrah was taking Yeovil up in 12-13 which was a major achievement. Wage budget £1m when he went up, he was never going to keep them up that season was a free hit really. You are right also, doesn't say a lot three top 10 finishes in 2nd tier about football generally, other than it's been slim pickings for a lot of our history. Still I think we would take that for the forseeable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 6 hours ago, Numero Uno said: But we didn't "keep it tight", Norwich should have been 4 or 5-1 up at half time. Luckily for us they were wasteful and we were still in the game. If hoping the opposition miss great chances is part of the "plan" then he needs to come up with a better one!!! 4 or 5 up? Really? There was Naismith's inexplicable miss and then that other occasion where the ball flashed across the goal but the oncoming runner didn't make contact. Bobby let them off in the first half by shooting tamely at the keeper and we had ample opportunity to score from lots of corners, one of which required a save off the line. Norwich had 1 on target shot all match. We had 7. The first half wasn't very good as a spectacle, but to suggest we could have taken a thrashing is wide of the mark IMO. For once we had a bit more urgency in getting the ball away from the danger zone. Bryan got outpaced over and over again, but little was created by the visitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 3 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: You mean GJ generally? Yeah he's bounced around the lower divisions though one big exception- perhaps his last hurrah was taking Yeovil up in 12-13 which was a major achievement. Wage budget £1m when he went up, he was never going to keep them up that season was a free hit really. You are right also, doesn't say a lot three top 10 finishes in 2nd tier about football generally, other than it's been slim pickings for a lot of our history. Still I think we would take that for the forseeable! yes we can only dream of such giddy heights at the moment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 3 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said: 4 or 5 up? Really? There was Naismith's inexplicable miss and then that other occasion where the ball flashed across the goal but the oncoming runner didn't make contact. Bobby let them off in the first half by shooting tamely at the keeper and we had ample opportunity to score from lots of corners, one of which required a save off the line. Norwich had 1 on target shot all match. We had 7. The first half wasn't very good as a spectacle, but to suggest we could have taken a thrashing is wide of the mark IMO. For once we had a bit more urgency in getting the ball away from the danger zone. Bryan got outpaced over and over again, but little was created by the visitors. Didn't we hit the woodwork in the first half also? O'Dowda? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviestevieneville Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 16 hours ago, Swede said: Definately a game of two halves. We were turgid in the first half. Cotts and Bryan looked off the pace, why? Because Junior played wing backs Saturday & both were flogged to death. Cotts was struggling. It was crying out for Paterson. He would've done more than a labouring Tomlin. Junior's so preoccupied with the opposition that it's affecting everything. A stirring second half only reinforces my opinion that we have the tools but no one to use them properly. We got that draw (& it could've been a win) in spite of him not because of him. I'd have Paterson washing the kit , it's all he's fit for. Terrible signing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Exile Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 7 minutes ago, pillred said: I know you are right of course but does not say a lot though, I just mean that since that heady finish has not done much. I for one really enjoyed GJ's time here. And to his credit he's still in work! He built a side that not only made the play-offs but very nearly repeated the trick the following season. He always had his detractors but he'd be one of my favourite managers of the past 40 years, the Gate was buzzing much of the time. Happy days! One of the consequences of LJs contrasting gloom-fest is that the family reputation is in danger of being trashed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 3 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Didn't we hit the woodwork in the first half also? O'Dowda? Correct. I'd forgotten that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted March 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Didn't we hit the woodwork in the first half also? O'Dowda? We did and Ruddy pulled off a terrific save from Odowda's shot but Norwich had decent chances as well. City should have won it on the second half performance but yet again missed chances cost us. The sooner Tammy is fit the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted March 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 6 minutes ago, Red Exile said: One of the consequences of LJs contrasting gloom-fest is that the family reputation is in danger of being trashed. What reputation would that be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Exile Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 1 minute ago, Robbored said: What reputation would that be? Fair enough...I'll concede that the Johnson name carries some baggage with some on here, but I was thinking of GJ's deserved reputation for footballing success...which his son seems unlikely to enjoy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 8 minutes ago, Robbored said: We did and Ruddy pulled off a terrific save from Odowda's shot but Norwich had decent chances as well. City should have won it on the second half performance but yet again missed chances cost us. The sooner Tammy is fit the better. Ruddy was on the bench, Evil Twin. They had McGovern in goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted March 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, Red Exile said: Fair enough...I'll concede that the Johnson name carries some baggage with some on here, but I was thinking of GJ's deserved reputation for footballing success...which his son seems unlikely to enjoy... Senior Johnson has a reputation for being a yo-yo lower league manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted March 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said: Ruddy was on the bench, Evil Twin. They had McGovern in goal. I stand corrected but it was a top save whoever was in goal. I was right behind it and it was destined for the top corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossi the Robin Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 7 hours ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said: He did it because he started with two up top against Fulham and we were played off the park. Surely you were there and saw it? We had Gary O'Neill out, and he decided to put five in midfield, starting out 4-1-4-1. The object was to contain Norwich to half time, and then use the subs to gain an advantage in the second half. Unfortunately the plan was derailed by a mistake from young Zak Vyner, but otherwise seemed to work pretty well to me. Once again it was only our failure to take clear chances that cost us the match last night. The notion that he wasted two substitutions is ridiculous. It makes no sense at all. If he had started 4-4-2 and we had been taken apart in midfield as we were against Fulham, what would he have done? If you start with an attacking intention and then get caught out, where do you go? Three up front? Four up front? Whatever you do, it ain't going to be easy to come back from being behind. Last night, however, we had options and he took them by making the right substitutions. I thought Djuric looked awesome against a tiring defence last night, but I suspect he wouldn't have been nearly so effective if he'd started. Norwich could have been easily 3-0 up at half time We didn't have a single shot until about 35 mins Awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 11 minutes ago, Robbored said: We did and Ruddy pulled off a terrific save from Odowda's shot but Norwich had decent chances as well. City should have won it on the second half performance but yet again missed chances cost us. The sooner Tammy is fit the better. Agreed on all that, had we won it would have been a fair result I think- based on the second half. I barely remember a major Norwich attempt on goal 2nd half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Exile Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 Just now, Robbored said: Senior Johnson has a reputation for being a yo-yo lower league manager. I was thinking of his time with us, which, as I say, I thoroughly enjoyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted March 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 1 minute ago, Rossi the Robin said: Norwich could have been easily 3-0 up at half time We didn't have a single shot until about 35 mins Awful Not sure Norwich should have been 3-0 up at ht. Citys first shot on goal was a daisy cutter straight at the keeper in the 26th min. A cheer went up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted March 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 3 minutes ago, Red Exile said: I was thinking of his time with us, which, as I say, I thoroughly enjoyed. Each to there own I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Exile Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 1 minute ago, Robbored said: Each to there own I guess. Yep, happy days! I feel a tad sorry for those on here...and I know you're not the only one Robbo...who can't look back on them with affection. Amongst the best times at the club in decades. They seem a long way off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted March 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, Red Exile said: Yep, happy days! I feel a tad sorry for those on here...and I know you're not the only one Robbo...who can't look back on them with affection. Amongst the best times at the club in decades. They seem a long way off. Well...I'm pleased you were able to enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 24 minutes ago, Robbored said: We did and Ruddy pulled off a terrific save from Odowda's shot but Norwich had decent chances as well. City should have won it on the second half performance but yet again missed chances cost us. The sooner Tammy is fit the better. Absolutely, then we can start getting leads to throw away again ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossi the Robin Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 12 minutes ago, Robbored said: Not sure Norwich should have been 3-0 up at ht. Citys first shot on goal was a daisy cutter straight at the keeper in the 26th min. A cheer went up. Fair enough, defo 2 nil though and a daisy cutter on 26 mins isn't much better than what I said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 10 minutes ago, Red Exile said: Yep, happy days! I feel a tad sorry for those on here...and I know you're not the only one Robbo...who can't look back on them with affection. Amongst the best times at the club in decades. They seem a long way off. Not amongst the best Steve, the best. Much as I was grateful to Cotts for getting us up so quickly I haven't enjoyed any times since then as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmycolour Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 18 hours ago, Br1stolCityBoy said: You've just been listening to LJs interview on Radio Bristol. Total load of crap. We started with Korey Smith playing up front. So why couldn't Taylor play in that role. Our manager is shot. Try telling SL that.he can't see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 18 hours ago, Up The City! said: Yep, shit first half but the last 20 minutes I absolutely loved. Could of won that with a bit of luck. Apart from the goal we gave away I'm sure the first half was part of the plan. Keep it tight. Stay in the game etc and have a real go at them in the second half. Ah, so he's got a plan to keep it tight in the first half now!. Perhaps he should have come up with a plan when we were 2 and 3 nil up,in games! Or perhaps he actually has no plan at all, it's just dependant on if the opposition take their chances or not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 4 hours ago, Red-Robbo said: 4 or 5 up? Really? There was Naismith's inexplicable miss and then that other occasion where the ball flashed across the goal but the oncoming runner didn't make contact. Bobby let them off in the first half by shooting tamely at the keeper and we had ample opportunity to score from lots of corners, one of which required a save off the line. Norwich had 1 on target shot all match. We had 7. The first half wasn't very good as a spectacle, but to suggest we could have taken a thrashing is wide of the mark IMO. For once we had a bit more urgency in getting the ball away from the danger zone. Bryan got outpaced over and over again, but little was created by the visitors. And the simple cross that Jerome put over the blokes head. That's 4 they should have scored then!!! The ball that flashed across goal was a sitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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