Off Topic Keeping the Faith in Jnr is the Key.

ALWAYS BELIEVE

 

City conceded a joint 5th 66 goals, and Johnson will know this leaky defence will need to be patched


AF was a part of that leaky defence,so is part of that problem,this needs addressing i believe.

 

I've never had much faith in LJ as a manager to be honest, but I always want the manager of Bristol City to succeed, whoever he is.

 

It's only ever seemed to be that things are going really well, or completely or utter s***e under LJ. Turning around the form-book towards the end of last season was impressive, but setting a record losing streak was shocking, and following the collapse against Cardiff at home, I was calling for his head.

I don't think anyone has the right to declare 'keeping faith is key', just give him a chance to show that the decision to keep him around was justified. I've said elsewhere that if we're in the bottom three after the first ten games then that'd be failure and I'd again be amongst those saying 'get rid'.

 

I know I'm in the minority but I think generally LJ has done ok.

If you take that 12 game streak in the middle of last season out his record would be impressive.

The problem for LJ is that many people have made their minds up (which I completely understand), so as soon as we hit a bad patch it all starts again.

 

Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how was the show? Lee would not have survived with any other team, given the horribly embarrassing record setting losing streak, and so he's racked up a lot of demerit points in my books, However like most other supporters I want him to succeed because by that happening my football team succeeds, and that in the end is all that matters.

So far this off season I like what I see, in that the reaction is off to a good start, but I don't think we are close to where we need to be and would hope that more juicy signings are in the works. Come on Lee please show me I'm wrong on my assessment of your managerial skills. Good luck.

 

It's hard for some people to look past the bad streak we had, which let's face it, was pretty bad! But on paper LJ has been one our most successful championship managers in games played. There isn't a lot wrong with this current squad. A few more positions need strengthening but the squad as a whole is looking good. I'd say a GK and a creative CM would be job done. Chuck in some young loans from the prem and mid table should be easily achieved.

 

I admit I'm a fickle fan where managers are concerned; winning streak and they are great, losing streak and I want them gone.
Last season is history and my opinions have been reset back to nothing.
We will see where we are after 10 games.

 

I like that people are saying give him ten games. Where we after 10 games last season?

 

The Manager has got everything he could possibly need

1) The seeming total indulgence of the owner irrespective of our results and performances at times
2) Money to spend
3) The 3 Transfer Windows he wanted

Now it's time for Johnson to prove that all of this faith is justified, and the only way of gauging improvements will be how the league table looks after 15 games.

 

Exactly he has had everything on a plate,now show your worth.

 

Whilst I agree with all of these statements, it is still worth remembering that we are far from being big-spenders in this league. All the newly relegated teams have their parachute money, plus the likes of Leeds and Villa also have money to burn. Our poxy £5m that we have spent is peanuts compared to what some larger teams are spending. Some of them have even been chasing John Terry recently - I doubt if he has even heard of us!
At the time of writing this - with our current bunch, including the new signings, I think Lee (or any other manager tbh) would be doing well if we are knocking around mid-table at Christmas.

 

That's a fair point, but we will be outspending quite a few clubs in this division too.

Given the roller coaster ride of last season, I think mid table obscurity will be a blessed relief !

 

Not sure if there's a definitive list out there, but I would guess maybe we'd be around 16th in terms of financial resources (SL's personal backing aside), ahead of Barnsley, Bolton, Brentford, Burton, Ipswich, Millwall, Preston & Sheffield Utd.

 

My list were those exact teams !
I'm not sure about the spending power (or ambitions) of the likes of Birmingham, Forest, QPR, Reading and co, but would imagine that Villa, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Derby (especially now they're selling Tom Ince), Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday will be spending relatively big money to try and get promotion.

 

Agreed, which is why I think it'd be difficult for us to try and force our way to the Premiership through spending alone. In recent years, Burnley, Brighton and Huddersfield have set good examples of being able to achieve highly without overly lavish spending and I hope we can follow in those footsteps. A solid mid-table finish this season would represent suitable progress though.

 

Preston may well struggle now Grayson has gone. If we finish very far behind them we will certainly be under achieving.