FBC Podcast: 22/23 Season Preview [2 & 3] with Gareth Chilcott & Gary Owers

[headhunter]

DaveP hosts two more 22/23 season previews with the former rugby player and lifelong City fan Gareth Chilcott plus former City player Gary Owers.

Our discussions touch on most of the topics featuring on this forum and if you're travelling to Hull they'll cover off a couple of hours on the journey! 

https://foreverbristolcity.podbean.com/e/2223-season-preview-2-with-gareth-chilcott/

https://foreverbristolcity.podbean.com/e/2223-season-preview-3-with-gary-owers/  [AURAL HEALTH WARNING - IF OFFENDED BY Ian Gay, stay away!!!]

We're planning a live broadcast from 2.30 PM on Saturday with Mark giving us match updates from the MKM and DaveP & Ian relaying the news from around the grounds in all Divisions of the EFL. - our attempt at Sky's Soccer Saturday!

[Davefevs]

Good pod Dave.

Mark Ashton fibbed to Ian Gay about loan fees, you can see it in the annual accounts (if you hard enough).  Not really in MA’s interests to say anything other than that is it, just like on the flip-side he was happy to say we had sell-ons even though it’s “commercially sensitive”.  Naive to believe him…and yet he still repeats it.

If Dan Bentley got sold, we’d go at get a number one to replace him with the fee received, plus the amortisation and wages saved.

For info, Baker played RCB2 as a left footer at the start of last season, to allow Atkinson to play LCB2 on his natural side.  Gary is right, we do get fixated by saying left footers can’t play right side, but we have no issue the other way around.  Dasilva did fine at RWB too.

Pring is back “on the grass” confirmed by Nige today, but obviously after you recorded.

The other consideration re Vyner or Klose is who is best to pair with new-boy Kane Wilson, who has played a fair bit at RB in his fledgling career.  He’s played LB too.  Do you want experience or athleticism.  Partnerships can be so key.

This is the first full pre-season Joe Williams has completed with us.  It can be so important to build the strength over that period rather than trying to play catch-up.

No talk of Alex Scott in centre midfield until you started talking about the forwards (thanks Gary)!!!

You end up talking yourself into a cul-de-sac when you talk about “best eleven” and then you reverse-up when talking about having to rest Martin….that’s why you have a squad of players who can come in.  It’s fine to talk about the eleven for a game, like Hull, but over a 46 game season you only have to look at minutes played to see players all get their minutes.

We might start to evolve counter-attacking towards possession this season.  We aren’t gonna become Swansea overnight, but the reports from Bournemouth are that we kept the ball much better…which was evident from the friendlies I watched.

Spot on re compo….you’ve been paying attention!

Ian is right re “someone has to want to buy him”….but if you drop your asking price, you might find buyers.  There’s a big difference in setting a asking price to put people off, and setting one to attract interest.  What we don’t know is if Han does want to go, does he only want to go home, rather than to the best bidder.

Just because we aren't open re contracts, doesn’t mean talks aren’t happening.  The club have been very good in stopping stories coming out.

I think the days of large signing on fees and treble wages when signing OOC are over…clubs are skint.

1.5 points a game is 69 pts, top 8/9!!!

will hold Ian to his 12-14th when he’s moaning because we are 11th!