boadle Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Seems to know his stuff. Not afraid to name names as well. Says that City have a network of players all over the country and not one speculative name appears on 'websites' that the club haven't looked at / considered / met. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedTop Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Seems to know his stuff. Not afraid to name names as well. Says that City have a network of players all over the country and not one speculative name appears on 'websites' that the club haven't looked at / considered / met.Great. In which case, may I suggest that the other day I heard Christiano Ronaldo and Thierry Henry might be coming to Ashton Gate. Obver to you, Pete. Go get 'em... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcnick Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Comes across as having done a very hard-working and impressive job. Mentioned the Irish goal-scorer who has had a few good reviews on here and says he, amongst others, has been checkedout throroughly. The obvious conclusion being that he was not what City were looking for. The Criterea is not just whether a player is talented but GJ must 'be able to take him home for tea!' - personality and fitting in the team is clearly a major factor. Apparently PJ has had two strikers playing in the Portugese league looked out but nothing came of it. He emphasised that they have all bases, or rather leagues, covered - he cited Liam Fontaine from the Premiership, Showumni from the Championship, McAllister from scotland, Noble from the lower leagues and he recounted how he was responsible for bringing Adriano Basso to GJ's attention from Barnet when a goalkeeper was needed. Given the quality that has come in I think scouting is an area in the club where there has been a massive improvement. In my opinion we're fortunate to have all three Johnson's here and PJ was the forgotten man until this interview draw attention to the credit he deserves for his hand in bringing some bargain basement but quality signings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmegaSnake Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Comes across as having done a very hard-working and impressive job. Mentioned the Irish goal-scorer who has had a few good reviews on here and says he, amongst others, has been checkedout throroughly. The obvious conclusion being that he was not what City were looking for. The Criterea is not just whether a player is talented but GJ must 'be able to take him home for tea!' - personality and fitting in the team is clearly a major factor. Apparently PJ has had two strikers playing in the Portugese league looked out but nothing came of it. He emphasised that they have all bases, or rather leagues, covered - he cited Liam Fontaine from the Premiership, Showumni from the Championship, McAllister from scotland, Noble from the lower leagues and he recounted how he was responsible for bringing Adriano Basso to GJ's attention from Barnet when a goalkeeper was needed. Given the quality that has come in I think scouting is an area in the club where there has been a massive improvement. In my opinion we're fortunate to have all three Johnson's here and PJ was the forgotten man until this interview draw attention to the credit he deserves for his hand in bringing some bargain basement but quality signings.Totally agree, he sounded like a top guy on his interview on world, seems to know his stuff. He's scouted out some quality signings, long may it continue. (I believe he was responsible for the signings of McCallister, McCoombe, Basso and Enoch) All top class signings, look forward to some more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazareth Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Wasn't Basso a Tinnion signing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmegaSnake Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Wasn't Basso a Tinnion signing?I don't thinkso no, didn't he come to us christmas last year? around the same time as noble? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazareth Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I don't thinkso no, didn't he come to us christmas last year? around the same time as noble?He signed permanently around then yeah, but I think he was already on the books on a short-term deal when Johnson arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 "The goalkeeper was signed in October 2005 as back up to current number one Steve Phillips.The former Woking keeper recently had a three-month trial spell with former Premiership champions Arsenal before being signed up until the end of 2005 by Gary Johnson.Became number one midway through the 2005/06 season and has held that position ever since." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcchris2016 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 yeah, i 100% agree that we can be safe that with this guy as the chief scout. We will spot many bargains in the next few years. If only some city fans gives the new players time to settle in and adopt to Bristol City (such as Wilson and Andrews)doing a good job Johnson (uhhhh, the other one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderman Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Anyone know when the Oldham extended highlights are being shown on World? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedTop Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 So did Johnson recommend Johnson to Johnson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRed Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 So did Johnson recommend Johnson to Johnson?So did Johnson recommend Johnson to Johnson?Oh - you mean "Gal" ?CodeRed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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