“@Jamie

Gary would of been proud of verbal spin like that himself.

Your comment are old and quite frankly daft. To suggest for every person to criticise Johnson there are 15000 who don't would suggest there is only 1 person losing the faith.

You are way out of touch and obviously are not living in the real world and seemingly have own agenda.

Whilst you stroke Johnson's already over inflated ego I assume you have seen the accounts for City this morning?

It just shows that going on has we currently are is unsustainable in the bigger picture and it's more important than ever we reach the Prem ASAP and play a brand of football to keep the punters coming back.

I personally couldn't give a toss about Gary Johnson but I do care about my football club, Im of the opinion he does not have the required ability to take us any further.

We have the best squad of players since Johnson arrived yet the football doesn't support this fact.

If you wish to keep breathing life in to the myth that Johnson is some kind of special manager than thats your look out but believe me the tide is turning and many are getting fed up with the football on offer and Johnson patronising and egotistical comments when things are not going his way.

You always believe=blind faith.




We ar aboput to have a new spanking stadium approved what the point if we are only attracting 13000 as a also ran side in the Championship.”

“COME ON YOU REDS.

Its probably too late to join the debate if that's what it is on here these days, but as always, debated by a few who apparently speak for so many. I just wonder how many of you have actually played the great game?? and if so were you ever winners?? I say this because so many of your comments are from those who sound like losers or gaz- heads.
Remember It aint over till the fat lady sings, all for one, one for all. The trophy for the championship is a sexy looking trophy and i want to have it at Bristol City FC. Look at it and tell me you dont want it too!.
Almost every team in the Championship has a history that explains just why they are here. They want to win, they are winners.We want to be winners too. And why not???
We have to respect the comments of true city supporters as well as understand the comments from people who quite clearly have no idea of football and the mechanics of the game. You dont peak before your time. Looking ahead at the fixtures, checking the results, scrutinising the team selections ahead of the fixtures......Who would be a football manager??
Gary Johnson is without any doubt the best prepared, the most approachable, one of the best equipped modern day managers in the championship.
The media love him for that and so do we. Gary Johnson is one of the best modern day managers in the English game. He is Our manager he is the manager of the Bristol City Team. For every negg on here who for whatever reason writes him down, remember there are at least fifteen thousand who disagree.
WE ALWAYS BELIEVE WE`ER BRISTOL CITY WE ALWAYS BELIEVE.”

“@Mike

Who's moaning we didn't win 5-0? I'd settle for 2-0! We've play well for two 45 minute periods at home this season. The first half against QPR and the second half against Plymouth, 7 draws from 15 is midtable form not promotion.

I assume you were there on Saturday? What did you make of the performance?

As for Hartley I can only assume you don't listen to local radio or read any of the local football forums.

Mind you if I was a Scottish international with years of playing for Hearts and Glasgow Celtic behind me and was kept out the side by an abysmal Lee Johnson Id have to question what the hell is going on.

Let be honest Lee Johnson isn't half the player Paul Hartley is and never will be but regardless plays.

I genuinely thought when the new midfielders were brought in to the club we had seen the back of LJ, how naive of me, Sno plays out of position and Hartley as to play second fiddle to a League 1 player.”

“As usual the clowns are on here complaining that we didn't win 5-0 on Saturday.

Also, where have these rumours come from about Hartley wanting out? The only place I have read this is on this website... from 'fans' that dont know they are born.”

“Marcus - harking back to the dark days of before is a reminder about how far we have come. There is no guarantee that if we sacked GJ and replaced him with someone else we would not sink line a stone, like Ipswich for example. I went to every home game and several away games last year and the only thing that held us back last year was our lack of having a finisher. This year Maynard has gained the necessary experience to step up and be our best scorer arguably since Andy Cole. I agree that our brand of football is disappointing and that playing more offensively would be more attractive but we are fifth in the league, 3 points off top. Of the teams around us three have just been relegated and have budgets far bigger than ours.

Have a little faith. If we were three points off the bottom you may have justifiable grounds to gripe.

If we win against Forest and play well perhaps Glenn will take all the credit for telling Gary where he is going wrong? After all, it was my backing him that made us play so badly Saturday, apparently.”

“Responding to Bob/jibbywib. Whilst on the subject of memories I get the feeling yours is as short as a goldfish because we played ultra-defensive last year and missed out on the play-offs, so we know that tactic does not work and puts off the paying fans from attending.

Lets stop playing the 'we are a League One side punching above our weight' card right now.
We have a Scottish international midfielder who is not being picked. A promising scottish striker who has not been seen since September. A very capable midfielder from the Bristol area who hasn't put a foot wrong but cannot make the starting eleven. A very talented Ajax midfielder who is playing out of position. Three centre-halves playing in home games when only two are required. A fiasco of a goalkeeping situation. No Championship quality wingers, and a Youth policy that has been redundant since.... when did Gary take the reigns again?

THAT is why we are turning in dour performances like Saturday.

And yes, we are up against some quality teams, and have to be cautious away from home, but Saturday was a blunder by management. Sheffield Wednesday had a wedge of players out and turned up fresh from a 4-1 mauling at Watford.

That is way fans are irate.”

“Yes I remember the dark days! ....But that is so irrelevant today!

I think when we have played a more open and expansive formation and team we look so much better(Plymouth second half), trying to chissel out 1-0 wins isn't the way forward and quite frankly I amazed and shocked that you are suggesting that Gary is getting it right by attempting this !?

We've dropped 6 points at home in recent weeks by attempting to 'hang on' to a one goal lead and have been pegged back every time. Penny dropped yet?

Surely we'd be better to actually have a go? I think Johnson plays on the whole 'the Championship is a tough league' thing and pays the opposition too much respect and plays in to there hands more often than not.

Not to mention the fact that Lee can play when we play more central covereing midfielders, that's just a fact.

Also why do you assume that if we played with a more offensive mentality we'd do worse? you never know it might work whist entertaining the support ast the same time.

Also remember when Johnson took the job he actually said himself that play an entertaining brand of football was important ans was what kept the punters coming back........”

“Marcus, I can only assume that you and the others on here with negative views on GJ are either not blesses with long memories or were not around for all the years of struggle when we were flitting around in the bottom divisons without any hope of troubling the top flight.

The dilemma is an easy one, true enough were are not playing the most attractive football ever seen at AG but would you rather we start playing open expansive football and become exposed by the quality of the teams were are up against or keep it tight and have a realistic chance of ending up in or around the play offs.”

“@Rob

We were VERY poor again! This is the real point yet like most on here you just want to sweep it under the carpet. Being 5th in the league in early Novemeber is not really that important and let's be honest its a bloody poor league 2 wins and you are top, 2 losses and you drop to midtable!- I think performance's and form are more of a sign of what to expect in the bigger picture.

When the East End sing that song about Johnson going to take us up I just cringe.

The man has absolutely no tactical awareness or ability and I'm afraid over the past 12 months or so we are starting to see Johnson's limitations as a manager and I have to question if has the ability and know how as a top end Championship manager .

Rumours that Hartleys wants out and reports that allegedly Johnson ordered for a supporter to be removed from the stadium at half time for voicing his opinon that the formation wasn't right!

The ego is out of control and unfortuately poeple like you are partly to blame as you constant back him up regardless of the facts making him untouchable.

Two very hard away matches to come. be amazed if we took anything from either on Saturdays performance.”

“If we lose Hartley because GJ insists on playing his lad it will be a disaster. Couldn't agree more with David's comments, Hartley changed the game and allowed Sno to get forward and cause problems. If GJ couldn't see that, there is something wrong.

BTW Rob, I have got some perspective, it's just a shame, and sometimes quite puzzling, that we don't seem to be making the most of our opportunities tactically.”