Bristol City fans' view

No its not true.

 

Lets not wave the white flag just yet, I'll reserve judgement until we've been beat 4-0 by Ipswich next week.

 

Exactly. Our fans were brilliant considering we were 3 0 down. Theirs were very quiet hence "3 0 and you still don't sing"

 

We all know Bristol City are a poor team. We know the manager. Yes we are playing catch up. Still surprised that LJ is in a job. He won't be there at the end of the season I bet.

 

At least LJ thinks we like him.! Fair play to him though if it's right we signed Mawson and Roberts for £60k
and got £9 million for them.


http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-city-boss-lee-johnson-286001

 

I keep reading these comments from little Lee.

He once said the animosity was born out of him leaving, when in reality it was because he was ever here in the first place.

 

Improved in second half of second half goal we scored only the chance we really put goalkeeper under pressure
Free kicks outside of area crossed straight into goalkeepers hands on several times.Not into melle of our players.
One instance in first half should have had a penalty. Nailed on agaInst run of play but still a pen.
Not closing players down cost us goals.
First one leaving Adam davies to come out and try to smother ball.
They dropped off in second half (Bristol)Any better we could have rescued a point but we were not.

 

Under normal circumstances having lost the number of consecutive games he did, at most Clubs
he should not have been surprised if he had been sacked. Patrick Cryne stood by him and then he
left to take the job at Bristol. There's very little loyalty in football these days.

Years ago the priority was to play week in week out. These days some players don't seem to mind that they're
not playing just as long as they are getting the dosh. Take today for example I find it very sad that Hourihane
who would have been first name on the team sheet for us, didn't get on the field for Villa.
If that continues, I wonder if he will come to regret moving.?

 

He might look back fondly on his time at Barnsley, but regret leaving? I doubt it.

If it doesn't work out him at Villa, he'll just move to another championship club and will still be on much better money than we could afford to pay him.

I've just watched the football highlights and found it a surreal feeling watching so many of last season's players with other clubs. Most will play against us again this season. Very sad.

Moneys killed it for us. Once they've gone and had a taste of what the numerous other championship clubs can offer, that's that. Not just for our ex players, but players at most clubs at this level.

 

It's a self imposed flagance though isn't it, mate? We set the wage budget and appear to have set it at "average league 1" rather than "low championship" so we can't keep shrugging our shoulders and saying pft state of the game today!
Losing players due to not paying existing ones marginally more will cost us a lot more long term. Case in point I don't think Robbo and scowen would have really wanted that much more money to stay and I think with that spine we wouldn't have capitulated yesterday.

 

What does any of that actually mean?

 

Haven't we just offered Yiadom "marginally" more money to extend his contract?

I'm sorry mate, but how much is "marginally more"? Is it enough to bridge the gap between the lower championship clubs and the rest? I think it's a drop in the ocean when clubs come knocking with offers. The players that have left have all at least doubled their wages. How do you compete with that?

Blackburn and Wigan both paid considerably more in wages than us last season and both got relegated.

It's OK to suggest that it's naive to partly put our situation down to being a "have not" amongst the "haves", but it's a fact that the vast majority of clubs in this league have rich boards, pay big wages and big fees for players.

Nothing is black and white really, otherwise we'd be making it a lot easier.

 

Lee Johnson and the Bristol City fans can think what they want, both are irrelevant.

 

Belief man otherwise it just gets too complicated, anxious and depressing

 

A third of the clubs in the championship are receiving 'parachute ' money, we don't stand a chance, marginally increases in wages are dwarfed with other clubs, we really are unable to 'compete' & it stinks, feeder club, cannon fodder, soft touches, call it what you will, it hurts & it stinks.....

 

Can compete n we are doing, competed last season we will compete this season, look at Huddersfield....i understand where you are coming from but a club competes within the finances and sustainability it can afford for long term stability of the club, everthings possible....look at all the money spent by clubs last season without reward.....n look at one or two clubs that spent big this season n still lost first game ........keep the belief pal

 

I am one of the people who think the club have to have a structure, it's one that will perplex, frustrate & annoy, but we don't have a choice, the stakes get bigger & as we have 'pilfered' lower league teams, we are fair game for bigger clubs, Swansea have done it to us & a spurs or city will do it to them, if they want a player they get him, bigger stakes & bigger money.
Rochdale who we played recently would LOVE to be in our position, it's the football pyramid & when we think we are moving to a higher level, our financial restraints are there to quickly bring us back to earth.

 

Agreed and unfortunately its the way it is of which none of us can change. The only way things can change is extremely wealthy owner or the FA change the way money is distributed and controlled in terms of club income and player contracts. So no point getting too hung up on things we cant change. Atb W