Match Day Thread City v Millwall

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Not 45, not 50, not 55, not even 60 but 63 signings all made by LJ, now that is context or even content.
Josh Brownhill
Gary O’Neil
Lee Tomlin
Diego De Girolamo
Hordur Magnusson
Jack Challis
Kodi Lyons-Foster
Shabazz Omofe
Denis Begovic
Callum O’Dowda
Ivan Lucic
Taylor Moore
Jamie Paterson
Peter Odemwingie
Gustav Engvall
Joel Ekstrand
Adam Matthews
Tammy Abraham
Fabian Giefer
David Cotterill
Milan Djuric
Jens Hegeler
Bailey Wright
Matty Taylor
Tin Plavotic
Eros Pisano
Freddie Hinds
Famara Diedhiou
Nathan Baker
Niclas Eliasson
Luke Steele
Tyreeq Bakinson
Rory Holden
Antoine Semenyo
Jonathan Leko
Cauley Woodrow
Ryan Kent
Lois Diony
Liam Walsh
Marley Watkins
Adam Webster
Hakeeb Adelakun
Andreas Weimann
Jack Hunt
Mo Eisa
Niki Maenpaa
Jay Dasilva
Tomas Kalas
Kasey Palmer
Stefan Marinovic
Daniel Bentley
Louis Britton
Robbie Cundy
Rene Gilmartin
Tommy Rowe
Sammie Szmodics
Han-Noah Massengo
Adam Nagy
Ashley Williams
Rodri
Pedro Pereira
Benik Afobe


Here they are for all to see, just count them, Impressive, he started 17th and ended up 12th position after 4.5 years, now that is Key, no honours and just over 1 place a year progression.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/every-bristol-city-signing-made-3776658
Be good to have some of them back, the board opted to get rid without the thought of progression....but hey ho!!
I await the old ffp comments!!
 
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Well to your first point, why did he abandon his own ideas has to be a question, why did he sign players he didn't intend to use, sounds to me he didn't have the control we were led to believe.
Also the article you are referring to regarding nobody joined without his say so was produced May 2019, 3 years into his tenure. so we don't know when that was setup, my guess is quite close to when the article was produced...
Are we saying that we now have Holden in full control of who comes in and who goes out??

As previously stated Mr Johnson never put in place his identity, his model of play, his system of play, his project, his big picture call it whatever you want. He did the opposite with time and resources at his disposal. Why it’s simple, he was not skilled enough and strong willed enough to do it. In Mr Johnson’s coaching speak he was going through constantly the storming stage of development. He did not put in place his trusted leaders to implement his vision and set standards.

Lee Johnson stated in 2016/17 it would take three windows to shape the squad as he would like it, and that he should be judged on his side then ..
 
Be good to have some of them back, the board opted to get rid without the thought of progression....but hey ho!!
I await the old ffp comments!!

Be good to maybe have two or three of them back and also offload several others still with us on that list.

My god there is a hell of a lot of utter dross on that list.

But a couple of points that are the reality of our situation and not the fantasy.
Firstly we were not progressing into a consistent team with these players, secondly and far more importantly how exactly do you believe that Brownhill, Reid, Bryan, Kelly and Webster would have reacted had we not allowed them to leave for bigger and better things or were they forced out?

Our transfer policy started off OK but is now dysfunctional, we have 3 ex Chelsea players probably not worth a third of the 15mil we spent on them, Massengo we would probably be lucky to get 1mil for him now, the decision makers (whoever they maybe) are not getting it right and haven't done so now for 3 seasons and they are certainly not prioritising the right areas, it is totally pointless signing another striker (like the paper talk) until we have sorted centre midfield and wing back positions.
 
Be good to maybe have two or three of them back and also offload several others still with us on that list.

My god there is a hell of a lot of utter dross on that list.

But a couple of points that are the reality of our situation and not the fantasy.
Firstly we were not progressing into a consistent team with these players, secondly and far more importantly how exactly do you believe that Brownhill, Reid, Bryan, Kelly and Webster would have reacted had we not allowed them to leave for bigger and better things or were they forced out?

Our transfer policy started off OK but is now dysfunctional, we have 3 ex Chelsea players probably not worth a third of the 15mil we spent on them, Massengo we would probably be lucky to get 1mil for him now, the decision makers (whoever they maybe) are not getting it right and haven't done so now for 3 seasons and they are certainly not prioritising the right areas, it is totally pointless signing another striker (like the paper talk) until we have sorted centre midfield and wing back positions.

Palmer in Bristol City terms was not cheap. He was bought to play in a team that approached its football how?

Bristol City went from short passing to long passing to high pressing to counter attack to wingers to wingless to two up top, one, target men ... There were no fundamental priorities to Lee Johnson’s football. When the approaches are that varied a consequence was haphazard recruitment = There was never a bigger playing picture guiding this.