NEW post - a feature on the specific challenges facing our new gaffer: http://theseventytwo.com/football-l...-mcinnes-lift-bristol-city-from-the-basement/
"In January of that season, with the side nestled nicely in the top six and surprising everyone with their slick, passing style of football, Gary Johnson decided it wasn’t working and Dele Adebola was signed. Instead of playing the ball neatly from the back, working it through catalysts in midfield such as Lee Johnson and David Noble, defenders suddenly started hoofing the ball 50 yards forward. This approach wheedled a play-off position but never seemed to sit comfortably with the players" The above quote is spot on and IMO was the downfall of GJ. Even though many fans liked Adebola and he was a tryer.......it was IMO the worst signing GJ ever made.....for the reason it totally change our football at the time... It was the downfall, a style that Keef failed to change sucessfully....
I thought that was one of the best articles I've read about our club in quite some time, everything was spot on and I 100% whole-heartedly agree with it, it was almost as if I had written that myself. I also agree with you onefor, I tried to like Adebola, I really did, but he was, is, and has been inept at this level of football for quite sometime, long before we got him, despite his efforts, he was a cart horse and the total opposite direction to how we played in the 18 months BEFORE he arrived. I'm not blaming Dele, I am solely laying the blame at GJ's feet. The football was never the same again after that January transfer window.
Cheers guys. Like you, I had no beef with Adebola himself, he worked hard, scored some key goals and gave us an edge at times but it was the effect on the rest of the team, as discussed
