January transfer window: Who left, who signed and who went out on loan at Bristol City? By Danjnewman please log in to view this image January marked a frantic and eventful month for Bristol City in the transfer window. Plenty of new faces arrived through the door at Ashton Gate as head coach Lee Johnson and chief operating officer Mark Ashton went about their business. The club also waved goodbye to a few faces and saw a couple of players leave on loan. Here's a rundown of everything that happened at City last month. Incomings Jens Hegeler (signed on permanent deal from Hertha Berlin) please log in to view this image The 28-year-old midfielder penned a two-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee on January 4 and has put in some strong performances already for the Robins. Milan Djuric (signed on permanent deal from Cesena) please log in to view this image The big striker signed a two-and-a-half year contract for an undisclosed amount. Djuric, 26, previously netted seven goals in 14 matches for Cesena. Bailey Wright (signed on permanent deal from Preston NE) please log in to view this image The Australian defender– who captained City on Tuesday night against Sheffield Wednesday – penned a two-and-a-half year deal with the option of a further year on January 6. Fabian Giefer (signed on loan from Schalke) please log in to view this image The former Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper will spent the rest of the season on loan with City after joining on January 19. City could make deal permanent in the summer. Matty Taylor (signed on permanent deal from Bristol Rovers) please log in to view this image The Bristol Rovers forward traded the Memorial Stadium for Ashton Gate and became the first in 30 years to trade clubs in a sublime deadline day move for both sides. David Cotterill (signed on loan from Birmingham City) please log in to view this image The winger started his career at City and after falling out-of-favour at the Blues, was snapped up by Lee Johnson on deadline day. Freddie Hinds and Tin Plavotic (Hinds from Luton Town and Plavotic from FC Pasching) please log in to view this image Eighteen-year-old Hinds swapped Luton for City and will go into Jamie McCalister's development side. Nineteen-year-old Plavotic, meanwhile, has along with Hinds penned a two-and-a-half-year deal. Outs Wes Burns please log in to view this image The striker had spent the first half of the season at Aberdeen where he bagged just one goal. He returned to City but was sold to League One side Fleetwood on January 19. Luke Freeman please log in to view this image The former Arsenal winger, after winning the League One title and JPT with City, was sold to QPR on Monday and linked up with former City teammate and loanee Matt Smith. Joel Ekstrand please log in to view this image The Swedish international joined on a free in the summer but after two appearances had his contract terminated on deadline day. Injury and illness ravaged his time at Ashton Gate. Richard O'Donnell please log in to view this image The goalkeeper completed a switch to Championship strugglers Rotherham United on January 19. Loan deals please log in to view this image Taylor Moore, pictured above middle, (joined League One Bury for remainder of season) Paul Arnold Garita (joined League Two Plymouth for remainder of season) Diego Di Girolamo, pictured above right, (signed for League Two Cheltenham for remainder of season) Max O'Leary (Remains at National League South side Bath City for rest of the campaign) Ivan Lucic, pictured above left, (Switched to Danish side Aalborg for rest of season) Tin Plavotic (joined Cheltenham Town for remainder of term) http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/januar...bristol-city/story-30103402-detail/story.html
don't know if I'm alone, but feeling a little confused as to what line up jnrs going to play, cot"s slips in that's a given, but that bench is gonna be a little crowded.and there are some big egos involved there, if jnr pulls this one off, fair play, he"ll have proved himself. looks like a system for we"ll score one more than you football, lovely for the neutral but in a dogfight,?
I'm concerned about our back line. We have concentrated on attacking players and that's fine to a point - plus we are going to lose Tammy in the summer so a replacement is a must, but we are leaking goals at an alarming rate, particularly late goals, which has been our downfall. What did LJ/MA do about plugging our defence? Ok that new GK looked pretty good to me vs Forest, but I think our real weakness lies just in front of him.
Keep a clean sheet you don't lose.......in my opinion that's our main problem which LJ needs to address......if he does that then we will be fine, if he doesn't, it will be a scrap until the end of the season and the end to his reign as manager..
