Cotterill wants mentality to be better at City. please log in to view this image 'And he insists his biggest challenge is to alter the "mind-set" of the entire club, from the board room and staff right down to the fans who pay their money to follow the team.' Steve Cotterill has revealed what he believes is the biggest challenge facing him in his role as Bristol City manager. Recruited in early December to succeed sacked head coach Sean O'Driscoll, the former Cheltenham Town boss was handed a brief to keep the Robins in League One. Although there has been an upturn in results since his arrival, City remain in the bottom four and Cotterill faces a fight to stave off the threat of relegation between now and the end of the season. Yet while staying up represents a compelling short-term priority, Cotterill is also considering the bigger picture. And he insists his biggest challenge is to alter the "mind-set" of the entire club, from the board room and staff right down to the fans who pay their money to follow the team. He warned: It will take time for me to get it (the club) where I want to get it and that is for two reasons. "Firstly, it takes time to ingrain my way of doing things into the players and, secondly, it takes time to get the mentality of the whole club to where I want it to be. "I've only been here for two-and-a-half months, but that is the big thing as far as I'm concerned. It is something I think we need to work on here. By that, I mean the mentality of the whole club. I'm not saying it is a bad mentality, I just think it could be better." Since the decision was taken to sack Gary Johnson as boss with the team 14th in the Championship in March 2010, City have endured nearly four seasons of struggle. Their long battle to retain Championship status was finally lost last spring, since when the Robins have been near the foot of League One. Saturday's heavy 3-0 defeat at Sheffield United represented the latest in a long line of setbacks and has made Cotterill even more determined to bring back the good times. "I knew about the club before I came here and, now I know a few more people personally, it makes me want to do the job even better and to make a success of it. "We have a really, really good club here. We have had people following us around the country and we have a really good fan-base. When the fans back the players, the noise that comes out is fantastic. "We have a great owner, we have a good chairman, we have a good group of lads and a lot of the employees here are good people. It makes me want to do well for them all. I'm enjoying life at Bristol City, it is a good club and I think we can make it a better one." Read more: http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/...tory-20704271-detail/story.html#ixzz2uPupg0Px It just get's more bizzare.. please log in to view this image ' I mean the mentality of the whole club. I'm not saying it is a bad mentality, I just think it could be better.'
Usual nonsense yet again combined with all the excuses under the sun from a man who I believe clearly now is not up to the task. The whole demeanour of the club is rotten to the core, and although we have criticised previous managers for not being able to keep us from falling apart it is becoming obvious that the rotting smell that has set in is coming from a higher office. Our club has fallen apart under the Lansdown regime and the long term security that was vaguely promised is about to go down the drain. Shame on all those to blame because you have probably taken Bristol City in to the backwaters, and 10 years may be the penalty of your mistakes, and I read many things in to SC"s diatribe of a negative nature but he is just covering up for your lack of ability to do the job. Disgraceful!
Chairman,Managers,Coaches, Players......the lot, all say what they want us to hear. Its like a job interview.......you sell yourself as the best thing since sliced bread and people walk away happy with hearing that. Its all pr bullshite...........be great if he came out and said "to be honest guys, I am fcuk'd!...I don't know who to pick,where to play them or what formation to use. The boys arn't really tired, just lazy and cant be arsed as they get a mega pay check each month anyways. Besides, the chairman is too busy with other stuff to help me so I just keep plodding along. I must be doing it right as I still get paid!"
I am one of those who believed a couple of years ago that a split dressing room was our biggest problem. However, with the passing of three managers, all of whom I believe, did their level best to bring success on the pitch, this set of comments by SC now confirms what most of the remaining City supporters have not wanted to believe. That the club is rotten and dying. Slowly for the last four years, but it will accelerate very rapidly if we go to League Two and The Conference by the end of next season. This is a very clear challenge from SC to the Board to change. Either he will leave of his own volition if we go down this season. And if not, will the Board be unable to publicly acknowledge that what he is saying is true and sack him to keep their cosy little club as they want it?
I'm sure it was under SL that we nearly reached the heady heights of the premiership, how things have changed. Is it me or have things changed since SL moved to the Channel Islands and his son took over?
Says he's got to change mind set of the everyone including the fans, so some fans shout back heard it all before, rotten to the bone, **** times, nope nothing wrong with our mind set is there
EGO is bigger than his ability to make things work, he should sit down and think.... when I arrived after the bloke that got me out of the sh*** at .......... the team had most of the possession and failed to convert goals hence all the draws. So when we won we did this, when we lost it was due to that and to be honest I am not sure what I did and when and why, to alleviate the bigger hole I am digging myself into I need to become positive and not harp on about this that and the other... bigger picture makes me sound great, but actually all I have to do is not get relegated and that is looming big...I should put the team and the results before my egoist persona and concentrate on a few wins
Football isn't a difficult game but when you look at it. Very few managers at any level are successful, and even fewer are very successful and retain jobs for many years like Arsene Wenger and SAF did.
I'm sick to the stomach that the club I've supported approx 45 years is in the position it finds it self in. I don't knock SL of what he wanted for the club but the decisions that has been made by him and the board since the walk out of Steve Coppell is a astounding and disastrous. Too much emphasis was made of the world cup bid, building the new stadium, academy etc (running before we could walk comes to mind). I believe when this all went tits and SL's leaving Bristol for his tax haven, the interest in the club took a massive backward step. IMO if SL is serious about progress with Bristol City, weather we go down or not, there needs to be an almighty clear out. With such a downward spiral in the past 5 years there must be problems with everything down there. What ever is happening down there AIN'T WORKING
It is quite alarming though that a chairman,CEO,owner...whatever he is now....can watch whats happening and do little about it. Sure he has chopped and changed manangers like a tarts knickers, but to what end? And a few changes in the boardroom have gone on, but again...with what outcome? Since the giddy heights of THAT day in the sunshine, we have been in absolute turmoil pretty much constantly. Is he THAT rich he just thinks "ah well, whatever, I 'spose I will have to bail 'em out again". Relegation this term may well be the final straw for SL and Co...............
No idea what he is really on about. What is his way? What is his mentality apart from he is brilliant and everybody else needs to change?
He could explain his football philosophy. Why use four centre halves in a side, why he no longer allows an obvious talent a free role, detail on pressing and defensive lines, use of ex academy players v blaming tiredeness, the weather and the mentality of others.
I believe we have two left backs and one right back in the club but none playing in that position. Was surprised how easily the Sheff. Utd. player got past Kylie (a central defender I believe who was quite high up the pitch) leading up to one of the goals. when we play 4-4-2 or 4-3-2-1 or whatever, shouldn't the back 4 contain 2 fullbacks? or am I just a dinosaur in footballing terms?
Just looking back, I believe that 3 of SC's wins had Cunningham playing as one full back and Williams as the other and 1 win with Cunningham and Maloney as fullbacks???
We're stuck with SC whether we like it or not, and we may be stuck with him for some time Now if the board had advertised the job after sacking the incompetent SOD, like any normal company would do, things might have been different had we seen a better class of Manager apply. Doubtful I know but................
Exactly the points I've made before, after the Sheffield United game he was nearly in tears when being interviewed, infact he was so upset the interview had to be cut short, he said it how it is, what the performance was like and what he thought of the players.. so of course OTIB goes into moan mode and whines about everything he says, when he's just stating what we're all thinking, but he gets criticised Can't win..
i agree Lan, we all know things are still poor, but i believe we are in a better state now than when SOD was here IMHO, its still not good enough and i didnt really want SC but we need to get behind him and the team, because anything else at this time would NOT help at all! I dont really think anything SC does or says will be good enough to the majority even if he keeps us up! I'll continue to go and get behind them and hope and pray things turn around and we at least stay up, if we do or dont things will all come out in the wash over the close season.
