Without adding PL quality players we’d be on a hiding to nothing most weeks. We’d still be back where we started as our players would have to be paid PL wages, and would then have played in the PL for a season, our best players would still want to play at the highest level possible and for the highest wages possible, so likely would leave to go to PL clubs as soon as we were relegated back to the championship. Didn’t Cardiff pretty much do that last time, now look where they are.
Yep, most of the them now admit the high of promotion was swiftly removed with dread at getting bumped week in and week our, and replaced with gloom.
The estimated average weekly wage of a Bristol City player in the 2023/24 squad FLW examines the Bristol City wage bill with the aid of Capology https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/t...of-a-bristol-city-player-in-the-202324-squad/
NP is doing a good job getting the average wage down by 2 grand a week per player. Also the squad is far smaller than back then under the largesse of Ashton which makes Pearson's efforts all the more praiseworthy.
Bristol City’s perfect transfer window sets up Nigel Pearson’s Premier League dream Bristol City’s season gets underway against Preston - and there’s a feeling of optimism around Ashton Gate. https://www.bristolworld.com/sport/...p-nigel-pearsons-premier-league-dream-4244189
giving the " playing for real time" a thought . if there is someone "upstairs" with a stop watch clicking the stop and starts a normal game of few stoppages and say 4 goals with 40 throw ins and 15 freekicks 10 goal kicks was around 45+3 90+3 now that could be 45+10 / 90 +15? ..
Nigel Pearson clarifies Alex Scott situation and outlines key Bristol City failing against PNE Alex Scott absence from the Bristol City squad led to inevitable transfer talk but Nigel Pearson insists the Bournemouth and Wolves transfer target is injured https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/nigel-pearson-bristol-alex-scott-8657197
Bristol City v Oxford United injury news as five ruled out and four doubts Latest injury news ahead of Bristol City v Oxford United in the EFL Carabao Cup. https://www.bristolworld.com/sport/...ews-as-five-ruled-out-and-four-doubts-4246237
Bristol City striker searches for right formula as he starts how he means to go on Sam Bell opened his account for the campaign against Preston North End and he breaks down the art of finishing, learning a new position and his targets for 2023/24 https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-striker-searches-right-8661196
‘Could face disappointment again’: Bristol City v Oxford United prediction https://the72.co.uk/2023/08/08/coul...gain-bristol-city-v-oxford-united-prediction/
please log in to view this image Tommy Conway @tommyconway__ Beyond gutted. As you may have seen, I’ll be cheering the boys on from the sidelines for a bit & doing everything I can to be back on the pitch soon
Scott & now Conway injured, our injuries don’t ever seem to improve. Is it left field to think Bell can play through the middle rather than left side, Mehmeti on the left?.
Hard to believe, as all I read on here is how those days of injuries are gone under the new regime…. It was all down to poor training previously, apparently?
WE SEEM TO GET A LOT of injuries whilst not actually playing a game ... training! is something wrong ... not warming up going to hard trying new moves???
'Beyond gutted' - Bristol City suffer major injury blow with striker out for up to three months Tommy Conway suffered the injury in Bristol City's season opener against Preston North End on Saturday https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-striker-injury-blow-8663918
How much money Bristol City, Bristol Rovers, and Leeds United could earn from Carabao Cup Are both Bristol clubs up for the Carabao Cup? Here’s the financial rewards teams get for progressing. https://www.bristolworld.com/sport/...ds-united-could-earn-from-carabao-cup-4248034