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gava88
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to be appointed manager of our rivals Bristol City at 11am

Just wondered what you guys thought of him? Doesn't seem a bad appointment from the outside. Just wanted a brief summary of your opinions/what style of football?
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Si Robin
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He's a God in these parts and rightly so.

He's not liked much elsewhere from what I can see.

As for his football, strong defence and a lot of long ball (Cotterball I believe they call it in Burnley or Portsmouth). It's the team spirit he builds and getting players to play above themselves that is his real strength.
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Benctfc
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Took us to league 1 from non league.
Won L2 with Notts County
Kept Pompey in Championship with no money
Kept Forest in championship when in a bad position
Solid at Burnley built most of the side that Coyle had when they got promoted to the prem.
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everyman
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gava88 wrote:to be appointed manager of our rivals Bristol City at 11am

Just wondered what you guys thought of him? Doesn't seem a bad appointment from the outside. Just wanted a brief summary of your opinions/what style of football?
Was loved here and still is,will kick ass and get the best out of those who want to play for him ?
He has a genuine passion for the game.
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THECHOIRBOY
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Bristol City fans are not that happy.......

http://www.otib.co.uk/index.php?/forum/ ... ball-chat/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Rather than select a thread you can see across most threads there is not much positivity towards him....

Though this one made me laugh

http://www.otib.co.uk/index.php?/topic/ ... erill-out/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Ralph
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they're a bunch of ungrateful gits. God is going there and they're complaining. Just wish he would come back home to us
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THECHOIRBOY
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Will be very interesting to see what happens with Marlon. I work with a couple of City fans who really like him as a player. Wonder if Cotts will think he is good enough for L1?
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horlickfanclub
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hopefully he will appoint his old mate Yates as number 2. do us all a favour.
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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horlickfanclub wrote:hopefully he will appoint his old mate Yates as number 2. do us all a favour.
Might take city on a seven game unbeaten run to safety.
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Nesty
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horlickfanclub wrote:hopefully he will appoint his old mate Yates as number 2. do us all a favour.
Unlikely. Why would MY go from manager in L2 to assistant a division higher?
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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Nesty wrote:
horlickfanclub wrote:hopefully he will appoint his old mate Yates as number 2. do us all a favour.
Unlikely. Why would MY go from manager in L2 to assistant a division higher?
Cotterill himself did the same when he went up to be ass man at Stoke.

Amazing how well Downing has done as number two since being sacked.
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51/84
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perhaps he will loan us Marlon again
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Robin
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As others have said a fantastic man motivator who I would have back here in a shot, perhaps we can swop for Yates?

His teams are hard working, motivated and extremely well organised but the football can be quite direct.
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Malabus
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Proved himself as a L2 manager. At a higher level average to poor.
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asl
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51/84 wrote:perhaps he will loan us Marlon again
Yea...we could do with another central midfielder...
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taxidave
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horlickfanclub wrote:hopefully he will appoint his old mate Yates as number 2. do us all a favour.
What a great idea and then we could make Neil Howarth gaffer !!
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RED ROB
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Blimey. Never seen that sort of reaction to any new manager.
I wouldn't want him back though, his brand of football, if he hasn't changed, lives with Wilkinson in the 70's.
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Nesty
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RED ROB wrote:Blimey. Never seen that sort of reaction to any new manager.
I wouldn't want him back though, his brand of football, if he hasn't changed, lives with Wilkinson in the 70's.
reminds me of the reaction when we appointed Gould
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Uppy
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Malabus wrote:Proved himself as a L2 manager. At a higher level average to poor.
I'd agree with that. His style of football can be very effective in League 2, and there's no doubt that he can get people playing for him. He'll do a good job this year by getting everybody working hard, but I think he'll struggle once it comes to building his own team, as he only knows how to play one way.

Best manager we've ever had by far, though.
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RED ROB
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Yes Nesty, I was one of those who didn't want him here.
SC was lucky in the time we had the nucleus of a good side and Paul Baker came in with more money that we'd ever seen spent on our club.
A good partnership.
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C.V
Best manager we have ever had no others have come any where near.If he hadn't of been here Baker would probably not have put himself forward to be Chairman.He knew we had a gem and he backed him if Hayward had remained we would still be playing non league football as he or the other directors never had the money to take us to the next level.Good luck to Steve hope he turns it around at Bristol City and proves the doubters wrong.
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Nesty
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i hope he succeeds
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taxidave
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I must admit it was very strange and indeed most unusual for the chairman to be stood at the back of the room, rather than being sat at the top table, during the press conference .
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Malabus
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHfB5OIqQvs&sns=em" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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robinsrule
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FAO Bristol City fans:

Since I can't post on your forum without paying (fair enough, keeps the trolls off from other teams) I'd thought I'd share my balanced views on Cotters. It appears that he hasn't adapted his management style much from his days here - so you can expect something like "It's my way or the highway" in terms of his philosophy. Which is OK if you are Sir Alex Ferguson, otherwise an ability to adapt to players and formations is a plus point which Sir Steve is definitely lacking. That said, if he has a group of trusted players at City and gets off to a good start he will get the team sweating blood and tears for him. He was brilliant at motivating the team here, even if that did involve a lot of shouting and swearing at the players. Rarely did we see back to back bad performances here under his tenure. He knows how to get teams across the finish line, and I have no doubt whatsoever that you will start climbing the table soon.

He may alienate some fans and players along the way, and his management record since leaving us has been patchy to say the least, but looking at your league position I'd say you are in need of someone who will fight for the manager and their shirt. You have plenty of time to get out of danger and I certainly think that Cotterill will help you climb the league in the short term. After that - who knows?!
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I wonder if he has spoken to Yates yet to find out about his opponents on Saturday.
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Malabus
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taxidave wrote:I wonder if he has spoken to Yates yet to find out about his opponents on Saturday.
Think Bristol City want to win.
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Ralph
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robinsrule wrote:FAO Bristol City fans:

Since I can't post on your forum without paying !
i saw that but figured there was still a free section.. apparantly not
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little mo
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C.V wrote:Best manager we have ever had no others have come any where near.If he hadn't of been here Baker would probably not have put himself forward to be Chairman.He knew we had a gem and he backed him if Hayward had remained we would still be playing non league football as he or the other directors never had the money to take us to the next level.Good luck to Steve hope he turns it around at Bristol City and proves the doubters wrong.
Spot on CV
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Malabus
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Ralph wrote:
robinsrule wrote:FAO Bristol City fans:

Since I can't post on your forum without paying !
i saw that but figured there was still a free section.. apparantly not
Free...they welcome my posts without editing them. Nice bunch of moderators on there.
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RED ROB
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Good luck to him, they are writing him off before he's had one game.
Big club syndrome surfaces yet again :lol: :lol:
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Ralph
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Malabus wrote:
Ralph wrote:
robinsrule wrote:FAO Bristol City fans:

Since I can't post on your forum without paying !
i saw that but figured there was still a free section.. apparantly not
Free...they welcome my posts without editing them. Nice bunch of moderators on there.
don't quote me :P asl edited your post before in the other thread
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mattyboi
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:
Nesty wrote:
horlickfanclub wrote:hopefully he will appoint his old mate Yates as number 2. do us all a favour.
Unlikely. Why would MY go from manager in L2 to assistant a division higher?
Cotterill himself did the same when he went up to be ass man at Stoke.

Amazing how well Downing has done as number two since being sacked.
SC was never assistant manager at Stoke, he was incharge, he left stoke to be assistant at Sunderland in the premiership!
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Robin
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I don't understand the big club syndrome comment, Cotts has recently managed Burnley, Pompey and Forest all much bigger clubs than Bristol City.
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Andy
Ralph wrote:
robinsrule wrote:FAO Bristol City fans:

Since I can't post on your forum without paying !
i saw that but figured there was still a free section.. apparantly not
And there I was thinking that we cant read and we cant write was just a song we sang...

On this page:

http://www.otib.co.uk/index.php?app=cor ... n=register" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

is the line:

"You do not have to purchase a package to complete registration."

Then dont tick the box and just click continue down the bottom and you are through to the registration pages...

Simples...
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