what are the chances?

[highpeakblade]

brizzle city have sacked o'driscoll and i reckon danny wilson might well be a front runner for the job i don't know what you lot think?

so lets say wilson got the job......what you reckon? Shoots them up the table and into the play offs or at minimum higher than united?

 

[madeinsheffield]

Don't, just don't!

 

[Deadly_D'Jaffo]

Don't Bristol City have a strong squad on paper? Baldock and JET alone should be enough to win them games?

Wilson is the ideal manager for Bristol City at the minute. He is good at stabilising clubs and organising teams.

 

[Ollessendro]

Wilson was in charge at City for 4 years and achieved fook all. They'll be looking for someone else.

The bigger question is should we sack Clough and go back in for SO'D?!

 

[brownie4583]

Wilson was in charge at City for 4 years and achieved fook all. They'll be looking for someone else.

The bigger question is should we sack Clough and go back in for SO'D?!

No way...we don't want that tippy tappy crap at the Lane

 

[sheffielder]

Strange that Wilson gets linked to alot of jobs but never gets them. Carlisle and Notts County being the latest so I can't see Bristol City going back to him especially as he spooned promotion after promotion for them

 

[highpeakblade]

Strange that Wilson gets linked to alot of jobs but never gets them. Carlisle and Notts County being the latest so I can't see Bristol City going back to him especially as he spooned promotion after promotion for them

He might have spooned promotion after promotion with them but he still a win percentage of nearly half his games whilst there and he also won them the JPT or whatever it was......and he gets linked with vacant managers jobs because his track record isn't terrible at this level. He's bagged a couple of promotions as a manager and not many managers who are available these days have done that and he did a decent job in his last job with us steering us to play-offs a couple of times in tough circumstances.

That is why Bristol might well want another punt at him. He's one of the best unemployed gaffers on the market at the minute for this level and his track record aint too shabby.

 

[blade too long]

they could go for Dave Jones if they wait a week

 

[oldblade]

The bigger question is should we sack Clough and go back in for SO'D?!

Clough was certainly not my first choice to be manager, but he was a lot nearer to being my first choice than Sean O'Driscoll.

 

[sheffielder]

He might have spooned promotion after promotion with them but he still a win percentage of nearly half his games whilst there and he also won them the JPT or whatever it was......and he gets linked with vacant managers jobs because his track record isn't terrible at this level. He's bagged a couple of promotions as a manager and not many managers who are available these days have done that and he did a decent job in his last job with us steering us to play-offs a couple of times in tough circumstances.

That is why Bristol might well want another punt at him. He's one of the best unemployed gaffers on the market at the minute for this level and his track record aint too shabby.

There is that win percentage thing again. I will leave you with wiki as your friend

 

[highpeakblade]

There is that win percentage thing again. I will leave you with wiki as your friend

Fair play mate suit yourself but the truth of the matter is all I have done is replied to your theories with a bit of fact

Wilson has got one of the best managerial records for this level of all of the current available managers hence why he is linked with every job that opens us at this level, all makes very perfect sense.

As for Bristol taking him back....I could see it definitely, he didn't gain promotion with them but he got them a cup all be it the tin pot one and overall his win ratio was still half decent. This is why I backed him when he came to the lane, his track record isn't that terrible and to add to that I don't think we did the right thing in sacking him when we did.

 

[sheffielder]

Fair play mate suit yourself but the truth of the matter is all I have done is replied to your theories with a bit of fact

Wilson has got one of the best managerial records for this level of all of the current available managers hence why he is linked with every job that opens us at this level, all makes very perfect sense.

As for Bristol taking him back....I could see it definitely, he didn't gain promotion with them but he got them a cup all be it the tin pot one and overall his win ratio was still half decent. This is why I backed him when he came to the lane, his track record isn't that terrible and to add to that I don't think we did the right thing in sacking him when we did.

Well let me know when he does get a job and then you can deal with that fact. Win percentages don't get you promoted, wins in the big games do which Wilson fails at miserably. We didn't beat Charlton or the pigs home or away so didn't get promoted. They were the games that mattered and not the home loss against Oldham before you chuck that back

He spent alot of money at Bristol City and failed them 4 years in a row and does well when he inherits a good squad. When he has to buy bring some in himself why not just look at Westlake, McMahon, Flynn or Porter.

I think he is a good coach but don't let him anywhere near the purse strings and bringing in egos like Robson and Kitson ended up killing him.

 

[Damski]

I have often wondered this season where we'd be if we'd have kept Wilson. I think that we'd have still finished the same way last season - That being 5th and losing in the play-offs. But he'd have us mid-table at least by now. I think sacking him was a mistake. They took a punt on Weir, and it failed. Now we have the type of manager we should've had instead of Weir, but it's 12 games too late. Wilson's good at this level. We'd never have done much more than consolidation in The Championship with him at the helm, but he would've got us there, eventually.

 

[billyblademan]

This season, we've realised how good Danny Wilson was.

Problem is, with the squad we've got, our best chance of points is to play defensive football, aim to not concede, and hope we get a goal from a rare attack, and a spark of quality from somewhere. Or a set piece.

Cloughy is realising the same now.

As a result, fans aren't particularly happy. It's not massively exciting, and relies on your defence staying steadfast. Danny's issue was that towards the end of his rein, the defence didn't - see Stevenage and Crawley. With our team, it's bloody hard to come back from being a goal down, as reflected in the fact we haven't come from behind to win for some time now!

 

[Balham]

This season, we've realised how good Danny Wilson was.

Problem is, with the squad we've got, our best chance of points is to play defensive football, aim to not concede, and hope we get a goal from a rare attack, and a spark of quality from somewhere. Or a set piece.

Chicken and egg. Wilson, being a defensive manager, built a defensive squad when what he should have been doing was building an attacking squad because we're currently performing well below our expected levels.

I was unimpressed with Wilson's second season and we shouldn't use our performance this year to detract from the fact that with the budget we had last year we should have been promoted.

 

[oldblade]

He might have spooned promotion after promotion with them but he still a win percentage of nearly half his games whilst there and he also won them the JPT or whatever it was......and he gets linked with vacant managers jobs because his track record isn't terrible at this level. He's bagged a couple of promotions as a manager and not many managers who are available these days have done that and he did a decent job in his last job with us steering us to play-offs a couple of times in tough circumstances.

That is why Bristol might well want another punt at him. He's one of the best unemployed gaffers on the market at the minute for this level and his track record aint too shabby.

I don't think Wilson is a bad manager, but I do not think you can argue that his first season with us equated to difficult circumstances. He had an exceptionally strong squad for the third division and most managers at this level would have considered themselves in clover if they had a squad to match. The fact that we didn't get promotion that season can only be regarded as a failure.

 

[Fiery Blade]

He might have spooned promotion after promotion with them but he still a win percentage of nearly half his games whilst there and he also won them the JPT or whatever it was......and he gets linked with vacant managers jobs because his track record isn't terrible at this level. He's bagged a couple of promotions as a manager and not many managers who are available these days have done that and he did a decent job in his last job with us steering us to play-offs a couple of times in tough circumstances.

That is why Bristol might well want another punt at him. He's one of the best unemployed gaffers on the market at the minute for this level and his track record aint too shabby.

Is he your dad ?

 

[grafikhaus]

Wilson was in charge at City for 4 years and achieved fook all. They'll be looking for someone else.

The bigger question is should we sack Clough and go back in for SO'D?!

I hope you're joking! S O'D found the right chemistry at Donnie and has been a disaster ever since.

 

[blade too long]

Id rather have syphulus than Sean O,Driscoll

hes a small club manager