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6 minutes ago, Roger Red Hat said:

Excellent news. Not bad for a bloke that just runs around a lot.

“Almost stealing a living” apparently…

Delighted for him, no one works harder & whilst I cannot claim to have in depth knowledge of Austrian football I would be amazed if they had 22 better players than him.

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We've got an Austrian international ?

https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/vienna-calling-as-austria-select-weimann/

Andi Weimann has been rewarded for his outstanding City form with a call-up by Austria.

Weimann, who has scored 18 goals in his best ever return along with nine assists, has been selected in the squad to prepare for next Thursday’s World Cup qualifier against Wales.

After numerous stand-by nominations in the seven years since the last of his 14 caps, the ever-humble Weimann is delighted to get the call, telling Robins TV: “Playing for your country is an incredible honour and I’ve never given up hope of being selected for Austria again. I’ve just tried to work hard for City and contribute with goals and assists and hopefully I’ll get noticed.”

Austria play Wales in Cardiff on March 26th  (7.45pm) with the winners facing Scotland or Ukraine to decide who goes to Qatar.

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He’s added more goals to his game this season - that’s the difference and I’d imagine the main reason why he’s been called up. 

AW has always had goals in him and he could reach the 20 goals mark this season. I’m not sure whether he’s ever bagged 20 in a season before.

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3 minutes ago, Robbored said:

He’s added more goals to his game this season - that’s the difference and I’d imagine the main reason why he’s been called up. 

AW has always had goals in him and he could reach the 20 goals mark this season. I’m not sure whether he’s ever bagged 20 in a season before.

Now you have opened a "how many goals will Andy get this season" 

I think he will net another six in the championship that brings him up to 24.

I wish all the best to him and hope he does well playing for his country.

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54 minutes ago, Roger Red Hat said:

Excellent news. Not bad for a bloke that just runs around a lot.

And ‘Flaps’ a lot

One of our experts on here likes to refer to him as ‘Flappy’

For his effort every single game and his professionalism , his work to get back from serious injury , his call up back to the Austrian Squad is so so deserved and a reward for bloody hard work

For the reasons I’ve highlighted there are few City Players in 50 odd years , that I have admired , and respected more

At a period where we have been a mess for 3 years or so , when it would be easy to let his standards drop , his attitude  is really quite stunning

 

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25 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Great news for Andi….selfishly I’d rather he rested up during the break.

Season is done, get him on the International scene and increase his value, as I have been saying for a while he is the one we will definitely have bids for, far too good for us.

He has one really good pay day left in him for a top 6 Champ or lower Prem team.

Will be gutted to see him go but teams like Fulham, Brighton, Palace and Southampton et al must be looking at him.

Still laugh at one poster on here describing him as having a "foot like a banjo" !!

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Fantastic news and massively well deserved.

Andi has been a model pro for us and regardless of how poorly the rest of the team are performing, you just know you can always rely on him to give everything he has when he’s on the pitch.

Just goes to show what he can do when he’s played in his proper position, rather than stuck out wide.  He even said when we signed him yhat his best position was in the centre, but some people at the club didn’t appear to listen!

With the way our defence have leaked goals this season, I dread to think where we’d be in the table now if we hadn’t re-signed him.

Top bloke!!!

 

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3 minutes ago, BrizzleRed said:

Fantastic news and massively well deserved.

Andi has been a model pro for us and regardless of how poorly the rest of the team are performing, you just know you can always rely on him to give everything he has when he’s on the pitch.

Just goes to show what he can do when he’s played in his proper position, rather than stuck out wide.  He even said when we signed him yhat his best position was in the centre, but some people at the club didn’t appear to listen!

With the way our defence have leaked goals this season, I dread to think where we’d be in the table now if we hadn’t re-signed him.

Top bloke!!!

 

We would be in the bottom 3, that's where we would be.

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Definitely well deserved and somewhat surprised it hasn’t happened earlier. Player of the Season by some distance. And if all of the other players in the City squad gave the same commitment and effort as him, I doubt we would be where we are in the table. Not his fault we can’t defend a lead he has given us!

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1 hour ago, GrahamC said:

“Almost stealing a living” apparently…

Delighted for him, no one works harder & whilst I cannot claim to have in depth knowledge of Austrian football I would be amazed if they had 22 better players than him.

I'd definitely agree with you which makes it seem somewhat surprising he appears to have only got the call up due to withdrawals from the original squad. 

https://www.oefb.at/oefb/News/Aenderungen-im-Nationalteam-Kader-3

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Andi was played far too deep or too wide for much of his time here and I credit Pearson for realising that if you play him in a central attacking line he'll get goals.

Of course, there's more to his game than that and I like the way he helps out all over the pitch. If anyone can be said to be "he's here, he's there, he's every flaming where" it's him. 

We are lucky indeed that he decided to stick around and re-sign for us after he was initially released. If he'd decided to return to the continent, our season would've been an even bigger struggle.  

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1 minute ago, Red-Robbo said:

Andi was played far too deep or too wide for much of his time here and I credit Pearson for realising that if you play him in a central attacking line he'll get goals.

Of course, there's more to his game than that and I like the way he helps out all over the pitch. If anyone can be said to be "he's here, he's there, he's every flaming where" it's him. 

We are lucky indeed that he decided to stick around and re-sign for us after he was initially released. If he'd decided to return to the continent, our season would've been an even bigger struggle.  

Believe he was offered a contract by Stoke but fortunately only for 2 years & Birmingham also held talks with him.

Think we’d have gone down if he had chosen differently.

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6 minutes ago, Wealwayseatcheese said:

Selfishly I would prefer him to score the winner at Legoland against Wales then pull up his shirt to reveal a City t-shirt underneath ??

I would accept him scoring a late winner and then running the length of the pitch doing a Scotty celebration.

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3 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said:

Andi was played far too deep or too wide for much of his time here and I credit Pearson for realising that if you play him in a central attacking line he'll get goals.

Of course, there's more to his game than that and I like the way he helps out all over the pitch. If anyone can be said to be "he's here, he's there, he's every flaming where" it's him. 

We are lucky indeed that he decided to stick around and re-sign for us after he was initially released. If he'd decided to return to the continent, our season would've been an even bigger struggle.  

Yes, credit for NP here, he definitely knows how to get the best out of Weimann.

 

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2 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Believe he was offered a contract by Stoke but fortunately only for 2 years & Birmingham also held talks with him.

Think we’d have gone down if he had chosen differently.

His injury destroyed any hope Holden had of being a success here.

Not saying Holden should still be our manager but he was basically finished when Weimann was injured.

Safe to say we would be in real relegation trouble if the same had happened this season.

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1 hour ago, redsince1994 said:

27 (18g, 9a) goal contributions in 39 games for a team 18th in the table, whilst playing about 5 different positions.

Absolutely remarkable, so deserved to get a call up.

Also on the back of a really bad injury keeping him out for more or less a season.

 

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17 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said:

Andi was played far too deep or too wide for much of his time here and I credit Pearson for realising that if you play him in a central attacking line he'll get goals.

Of course, there's more to his game than that and I like the way he helps out all over the pitch. If anyone can be said to be "he's here, he's there, he's every flaming where" it's him. 

We are lucky indeed that he decided to stick around and re-sign for us after he was initially released. If he'd decided to return to the continent, our season would've been an even bigger struggle.  

In effect a £20k p.w. forward who we signed for £0m on £10k p.w (figures allegeded), albeit on a 3 year contract.  That extra year, was the clincher as @GrahamCmentions above, which some of us (me included) thought might end up being a year too long, but acceptable in the circumstances, looks a master-stroke.

Martin has proved that at 33 you can still perform at this level…Andi is 3 years younger.

9 minutes ago, Waconda said:

His injury destroyed any hope Holden had of being a success here.

Not saying Holden should still be our manager but he was basically finished when Weimann was injured.

Safe to say we would be in real relegation trouble if the same had happened this season.

Yep, Holden-ball was hugely dependent on Paterson and Weimann.  Shame.  Imagine being able to combine their strengths into a single player?  Wouldn’t be at Bristol City would they!

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4th highest goal scorer and 6th highest assists, average of 5th puts him top across the two, so basically the best player in the Championship. Slightly less facetiously it shows what happens when decent ability (eg 100+ games in the Premier League) and hard work/attitude intersect. Not always played in the right way, but one of the relatively few transfers we’ve got spot on over the last few years. 20+ goals and 10+ assists would be exceptional given the season we’ve had.

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2 hours ago, Gazred said:

We've got an Austrian international ?

https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/vienna-calling-as-austria-select-weimann/

Andi Weimann has been rewarded for his outstanding City form with a call-up by Austria.

Weimann, who has scored 18 goals in his best ever return along with nine assists, has been selected in the squad to prepare for next Thursday’s World Cup qualifier against Wales.

After numerous stand-by nominations in the seven years since the last of his 14 caps, the ever-humble Weimann is delighted to get the call, telling Robins TV: “Playing for your country is an incredible honour and I’ve never given up hope of being selected for Austria again. I’ve just tried to work hard for City and contribute with goals and assists and hopefully I’ll get noticed.”

Austria play Wales in Cardiff on March 26th  (7.45pm) with the winners facing Scotland or Ukraine to decide who goes to Qatar.

That's a little confusing as Wales actually play Austria on Thursday 24th March at 19-45 not the 26th which is Saturday. It's also on S4C for those that don't have Sky.

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19 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said:

Hope Derby didn't put an international call up clause in when we signed him.

Luckily that contract expired so that should not be relevent, however I'm hoping WRDCFC supporters think we'll be paying them an extra wedge.

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27 minutes ago, pillred said:

That's a little confusing as Wales actually play Austria on Thursday 24th March at 19-45 not the 26th which is Saturday. It's also on S4C for those that don't have Sky.

Hang on are you saying our esteemed website got something wrong?? I can hardly believe it 

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So well deserved, he’s always brought a lot to a team but with his now prolific goal involvements (18 goals and 9 assists! Phenomenal) it must’ve been an easy call for the Austrian coach. I’m sure many of us will watch their play off with interest! Forza Andi Weimann.

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13 hours ago, Gazred said:

We've got an Austrian international ?

https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/vienna-calling-as-austria-select-weimann/

Andi Weimann has been rewarded for his outstanding City form with a call-up by Austria.

Weimann, who has scored 18 goals in his best ever return along with nine assists, has been selected in the squad to prepare for next Thursday’s World Cup qualifier against Wales.

After numerous stand-by nominations in the seven years since the last of his 14 caps, the ever-humble Weimann is delighted to get the call, telling Robins TV: “Playing for your country is an incredible honour and I’ve never given up hope of being selected for Austria again. I’ve just tried to work hard for City and contribute with goals and assists and hopefully I’ll get noticed.”

Austria play Wales in Cardiff on March 26th  (7.45pm) with the winners facing Scotland or Ukraine to decide who goes to Qatar.

Great he can help stop Wales and Scotland qualifying ?

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On 20/03/2022 at 09:33, Robbored said:

AW has always had goals in him and he could reach the 20 goals mark this season. I’m not sure whether he’s ever bagged 20 in a season before.

You obviously didn’t read the club’s statement on this which was on the “official site” - you know, the only source of Bristol City info which you trust. Can’t believe you’ve commented on this without consulting your info Bible first - anyway, if you had, you’d have read that this season’s goal return for Andi so far represents the most goals he’s ever scored in a single season before. Therefore he has not so far ‘ever bagged 20 in a season before’ ... ??

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Hold my hands up. In previous seasons/ pre-injury I questioned his ability. Never his desire. There were times where I argued, “well what if I run around for 90 minutes and look like a grafter, will I get a game?”

However, this is why I’m not in football and probably never should be. He has had an absolute stormer of a season thoroughly deserves an international start let alone a call up, and I for one stand corrected. I also feel the coaching staff and Nige should get some praise as well, for getting the best out of him where others did not. Well done Andi. 

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46 minutes ago, Super said:

Do i need to read the whole thread to get this?!

No. Redoxo created a thread 48hrs after the original. In fairness to him it had dropped to page 2 and he evidently hadn’t seen it, created a new thread, but now they’ve been merged. 

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6 hours ago, real_bristol said:

Hold my hands up. In previous seasons/ pre-injury I questioned his ability. Never his desire. There were times where I argued, “well what if I run around for 90 minutes and look like a grafter, will I get a game?”

However, this is why I’m not in football and probably never should be. He has had an absolute stormer of a season thoroughly deserves an international start let alone a call up, and I for one stand corrected. I also feel the coaching staff and Nige should get some praise as well, for getting the best out of him where others did not. Well done Andi. 

Agreed, im not convinced hes the second coming of messi, but as a hard runner and when hes got a chance at a first time instinctive finish, he has been fantastic 

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Totally deserved, Happy for him.

In theory if all went according to plan could Kalas and Weimann be featuring at a World Cup? 

I digress, hope he steps up and takes his chance big time.

Top pro, self sacrifice for the team as we've seen him play at CM, RM, RW and even RWB!

Was on a different wavelength mid season to our tactics under LJ in 2018/19 with his excellent early runs that we didn't pick up. His quality and versatility has always been there.

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Expect a phone call from either; Everton,Watford,Norwich,Burnley this summer and the departure of our top scorer as we cash in..... as its what we seem to do?

Fient hope that we may get sell on fees if prev departures move on to other clubs which could stop that happening.

There can be no doubt however that we will be off loading who we can to save/make money and to give NP some wiggle room.

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18 hours ago, Simon bristol said:

Agreed, im not convinced hes the second coming of messi, but as a hard runner and when hes got a chance at a first time instinctive finish, he has been fantastic 

No second coming, he has always been this good,

Just misused in the past.

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