“What a difference a game makes… David James’ last competitive match was England’s World Cup clash against Germany - seen by millions. His next competitive (we use the word loosely) match after joining Bristol City is Millwall at home. Former Three Lions to the Lions in one swoop. Marvellous.”Saturday’s Sun (don’t ask why I was reading it - not sure myself) reacts to the news of David James’ move to Bristol City by belittling the Championship. Because of course, as we all know (and as the likes of the Sun and Sky Sports tell us), the Premier League is the…
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The Monday Profile: Kalifa Cissé
During his time at Reading, Steve Coppell rarely missed an opportunity to reunite with former charges and his signing of Kalifa Cissé for Bristol City was predicted on these pages on the manager’s arrival at Ashton Gate in the Spring. The Dreux born, Malian international’s time at the Madejski hinged on two matches against Chelsea. Signed for an estimated £600,000 at the onset of the Royals’ second Premier League season, his low key arrival was evidence of the Berkshire club’s lack of spending power at the top table. Along with other cut price signings by EPL standards such as Marek…
The Coppell Strategy
The manner of Steve Coppell’s appointment by stealth at Bristol City will have surprised few long time observers of the Liverpool University graduate. The new Robins’ manager’s likely actions tend to go unnoticed by the Fourth Estate and yet, as with so many of his decisions, once made, it all makes perfect sense. The Ashton Gate club are a mitt like fit for the 2006-7 Premier League Manager of the Season and his arrival will provoke a summer of expectation atop Clifton Down. City can expect a methodical, step-by-step approach from the new man and the evidence of his job…
Championship Letters 9: Gary Johnson as Vasily Ivanovich Bazarov
The first signs of restlessness at Ashton Gate for some time have seen Bristol City fans cast doubt on the decision making of their hero Gary Johnson and a sustained dip in form has led to squirming by the Avon Gorge. In Ivan Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons, the patriarchal Vasily Ivanovich Bazarov has lost touch with modern ideas, clinging on to traditional values and displaying unquestioning devotion to his nihilist son, Yevgeny. Robin’s fans main quibble of the moment is the continued selection of Johnson’s son Lee, an alleged case of nepotism to place alongside the cases of Graham Wilkins,…
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