Let's just review what we are calling our own team, all of these expressions of joy I have taken from current threads... Doom and gloom, F*****g dog ****e poor, Absolutely f******g crap, Just plain crap, Abysmal, Very poor, Laughing stock, Gutless, Worthless, No pride, Money grabbers, Lazy. I admit to adding some to the list, I don't disagree with any of them. Makes you proud don't it.. Perhaps you would like to add your own and let these people know how we feel, your thoughts can be good or bad, it's up to you but I'm personally right pissed off and I'm thinking about chucking this forum business right out of my life-style. I never, ever thought I'd say it. please log in to view this image
Just shows what people think Wize when we can't be arsed to even comment on them!.........yes, we really are THAT pissed off with it all
The whole club from has been horrendously mismanaged by rank amateurs who should know better for years, and that is the cleanest and most comprehensive summary I can give. I am at times utterly ashamed and angry at what we've become.
You seemed to be upset wize with the negative posters who use foul language to express their concerns rather than just their concerns. The bad language has increased as our fortunes have decreased regrettably. My only comment on this subject is that this is the nightmare created by Steve Lansdown and I question if he or any of his cohorts have any clue what they are dong? It just doesn't make any sense does it, and how many of us would like to be a fly in the boardroom/dressing room down at Ashton Gate.
There are very few positives running through the club either at the moment- Most of us cant see a way forward either, which I think makes it doubly frustrating. I think we could all stomach it better if there was light at the end of the tunnel- Words of the month like 5 pillars, The brand etc are boring to someone who worked in large corporate companies who used these Boss speak phrases constantly- I do fear that if we go down again, it could take a very long time before any glory days come back
Ownership decisions on management. Gary Johnson turned out to be a good decision, but gave into fans pressure to sack him. Steve Coppell was a great decision someone who could take us further, who knows what really went wrong. Keith Millen not the best choice but the ship needed steadying quick, not a bad first season then went tits up. Del McInnes was the upcoming manager that a huge majority of us wanted just didn't work. SoD was another manager a majority of the fans wanted, turned out not to be the one for a fight. Steve Cotterill not everyone's cup of tea but a record of not having relegation so could show some fight to halt the slide (not really working yet) I didn't want Millen or Cotterill but in fairness to Millen he done better than I thought he would, I just thought he was to nice. Cotterilll in my opinion has made an error and won't correct it in signing Al Bad, hopefully time will correct that. Lansdown has chucked money at these managers to help them make the footballing decisions. Jon Lansdown not everyone's cup of tea but a fan since he was 6 like us wants to see his team do well. The Lansdown's are not some of these chairman who just in it for money they are just like us with more money at the end of the day they are supporters of Bristol City FC. Promise of a new stadium which was ruined rightly or wrongly, so they've decided to fund the redevelopment of AG to bring our stadium into the 21st century. We are only in debt to one person who shows no sign of reclaiming the money. You could safely say he will never get that money back but to wipe it out involves tax implications in stuff like inheritance capital gains tax or what ever they call it. So my question to all those against SL and Son what is it you would do differently? Because they've taken advise from the people they employ for the footballing decisions and that's the managers at the time. I'm glad they are here and not some foreign ownership because I can't see anyone else showing interest in our club.
A lot of us believe, if my reading of the various comments is correct, that something is horribly wrong deep within the bowels of Bristol City and nobody knows what it is or how to cure it. It has been eating away at the soul of our club from around the time that GJ departed and Steve Coppell arrived at our doorstep to rave reviews from our supporters. That euphoria was dashed when he departed without a word in double quick time and we have wondered what went on behind closed doors ever since and, indeed, we are still asking the same overall questions about the same old problems. We have based our future on made up business phrases,( remember the 5 pillars)?, but worst of all we have hired managers who for some reason have an tremendous ability to bring in even worse players than their predecessor. Where do we turn next is the big question and I have lost patience with most things Bristol City and that is something I never believed I would think, but times they are a changing.
A lot of us believe, if my reading of the various comments is correct, that something is horribly wrong deep within the bowels of Bristol City and nobody knows what it is or how to cure it. It has been eating away at the soul of our club from around the time that GJ departed and Steve Coppell arrived at our doorstep to rave reviews from our supporters. That euphoria was dashed when he departed without a word in double quick time and we have wondered what went on behind closed doors ever since and, indeed, we are still asking the same overall questions about the same old problems. We have based our future on made up business phrases,( remember the 5 pillars)?, but worst of all we have hired managers who for some reason have an tremendous ability to bring in even worse players than their predecessor. Where do we turn next is the big question and I have lost patience with most things Bristol City and that is something I never believed I would think, but times they are a changing.
it's boring. There's no longer that sense of buzz and excitement when heading into a game... We need that spark back!
I agree with RedorDead. The alternatives could be worse. I'll make a stupid prediction, within 5-6 years we will probably be in the same league as Cardiff City. Medication time!!!
1) Not waste £50m on taking the club to the brink of their lowest league position for 33 years. The money could have been slightly better spent ! 2) Not chase managers who clearly dont want the job in the first place. If they are keen on being our Manager then they will apply for the vacancy - duh !!. 3) Not sign an over the hill goalkeeper behind a new managers back which then totally undermines his position 4) Not employ a new manager at a critical time just because he's a personal friend of yours without doing the necessary due diligence and looking at other applicants. Of course you need to actually need to advertise the job first to know who might be interested ! 5) Not give jobs to the boys (Millen & Tins) just because they are there The club is riddled with a terminal cancer, largely of its own making at the moment, and no-one knows if there is a cure. As I've also said a hundred times, we are also run by rank amateurs who are not fit for purpose. Nowhere else in the footballing world can there be a club as poorly run as ours with a billionaire owner. It's just mental
1, it was the mangers recommendation's of the value of the players if you or I was running the club that's who we would take advice of the Manager. Is Rooney worth 300k a week? David Moyles things so, so the board backed him. 2. We've never been the hotbed of these good managers why not try and persuade one to come, we would of all wanted to try to get the best for or club. 3 The over the hill keeper just came back from England World Cup duty I think all of us was excited about that one, it's only rumours that it was behind Coppels back. 4 you can have that one as I agree with you. 5 if every club didn't employ jobs for boys no one would ever get started, lots of assistant managers become good managers and some fail no one has a crystal ball. You've based your answers on past failings maybe it's just down to luck, Swansea got lucky with Martinez and improved on it going forward Norwich got stuffed 7-1 by Colchester so they went out and employed the manager that beat them so took a chance on luck. Southampton took a chance on a physio. A lot of it trying to get better for yourself is luck, we just don't seem to have any at the moment apart from keeping our name and wearing red.
I do think this years team has a bit more backbone than last years - I think the side lacks: 1. Leadership on the pitch 2. Pace (look at the difference Burns makes) 3. A creative midfield player 4. Confidence
I agree with Simon, we don't have any leaders on the pitch and tried to long without width. We dug this hole when Kelly went injured they should of got an ageing hard midfielder that would stock up the defence someone like Cisse sort of player. We went without wingers in the first part of the season so we had no plan B to fall back on. Cotterill went and got Al Bad when the defence was starting to work and forgot about the problem being central midfield. Pack will give you nice passes occasionally out of midfield but he's not a hound them down you ain't coming through defensive midfielder.
To be fair to Mr Lansdown and fans Gary Johnson wasted millions and throttled a player. He got rid of himself. Nobody with half a brain would have asked Mr Lansdown to run BCFC like he has. Any opinion fans have on how the club is ran are null and void. Without fundamental change to the clubs rules, ownership of its former asset any ideal such as fans represetatives on the board, a community centred FC etc are irrelevent. I would have never put the FC at risk like Mr Lansdown has by running the FC 120% and more past its income. The losses could have re-developed Ashton Gate years ago, instead of being almost thrown down the crapper. Mr Lansdown has the FC as his toy. The five pillars was a blue print. It barely lasted a season. Now once agin the club has no obvious long term strategy apart from re-developing Ashton Gate, but even that is shrouded in mystery by what Bristol Sport really is. Elements of the FC are being moved into the control of Bristol Sport already without thorough explanation of what the consequences are to support.
