Andi Weimann

[GrahamC]

His goal yesterday was his 45th at Championship level for us, the same number as Nicky Maynard managed in red & he’s now 3 behind the great Wayne Allison.

I cannot work out the last player to get 50 goals for us at this level, maybe Tom Ritchie? But seeing as he has now scored 24 in his last 48 league games for us (pretty sure that we can all work out that is a one in two strike rate) & of course that doesn’t include a single penalty, it is a truly phenomenal effort & seeing as he now only needs 5 more, he looks odds on to get there.

I know some are now regretting their stereotyping of him as someone who “just runs around” “almost stealing a living” but let’s be completely honest, we would be absolutely fecked without him, wouldn’t we? 

[CS Red]

Always thought Wiemann is excellent player at this level. Did Lee Peacock score 50+ goals?

[GrahamC]

Just now, CS Red said:

Always thought Wiemann is excellent player at this level. Did Lee Peacock score 50+ goals?

He didn’t score any at Championship level.

[CS Red]

Very true.

[Kid in the Riot]

Shhhh the transfer window is still open 

[Guest]

15 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

we would be absolutely fecked without him,

Without a shadow of a doubt 

Seem to remember a story about Fam reaching 50 goals for us though 

[BCFCGav]

Fam reached 51 for us, but some were in the cups, not sure how many he did accrue in the league.

[GrahamC]

2 minutes ago, BCFCGav said:

Fam reached 51 for us, but some were in the cups, not sure how many he did accrue in the league.

46.

[The Gasbuster]

20 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

we would be absolutely fecked without him, wouldn’t we? 

We have fecked him about , mind.

LJ brought him in and played him up front, I think he got 5 goals in 5 games at the start of the season ?

LJ then decides to play him wide, and the goals dry up.

Play him up top, or behind a front two, and the guy delivers.

Long may it continue !

[Kid in the Riot]

https://www.bcfc.co.uk/fanzone/club-history/all-time-goalscorers/

List of all players to score over 50 goals for City 

[Davefevs]

51 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

His goal yesterday was his 45th at Championship level for us, the same number as Nicky Maynard managed in red & he’s now 3 behind the great Wayne Allison.

I cannot work out the last player to get 50 goals for us at this level, maybe Tom Ritchie? But seeing as he has now scored 24 in his last 48 league games for us (pretty sure that we can all work out that is a one in two strike rate) & of course that doesn’t include a single penalty, it is a truly phenomenal effort & seeing as he now only needs 5 more, he looks odds on to get there.

I know some are now regretting their stereotyping of him as someone who “just runs around” “almost stealing a living” but let’s be completely honest, we would be absolutely fecked without him, wouldn’t we? 

Probably is Ritchie looking at the list Kid linked.

[GrahamC]

34 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Probably is Ritchie looking at the list Kid linked.

I looked it up, Tom “only” scored 37 at that level for us, but that’s because he also scored 40 top flight goals.

Peerless since Atyeo for me.

[Robbored]

Tony ‘tap in’ Thorpe scored. 50+ goals for City - he hardly gets a mention these days.

Edited August 7, 2022 by Robbored

[redysteadygo]

47 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

https://www.bcfc.co.uk/fanzone/club-history/all-time-goalscorers/

List of all players to score over 50 goals for City 

Saw 21 of the 27 on the list play. 

Cidered Abroad will top that and a few others I suspect.

[RedEd73]

My first City match was in 1988. I've had my favourites over the years, but Andi is my all time City fave. 

[cidered abroad]

7 minutes ago, redysteadygo said:

Saw 21 of the 27 on the list play. 

Cidered Abroad will top that and a few others I suspect.

Sorry but I missed.

Tot Walsh, Sammy Gilligan, Billy Maxwell, Albert Keating, Johnny Paul & Len Townsend.

My parents should have had me fifty years earlier!

 

 

 

 

[italian dave]

13 minutes ago, Robbored said:

Tony ‘tap in’ Thorpe scored. 50+ goals for City - he hardly gets a mention these days.

Just about to post exactly the same RR. And that's an incredible goals/game ratio - 1 in every 2 he started.

Nice to see him yesterday. 

[italian dave]

17 minutes ago, redysteadygo said:

Saw 21 of the 27 on the list play. 

Cidered Abroad will top that and a few others I suspect.

 

6 minutes ago, cidered abroad said:

Sorry but I missed.

Tot Walsh, Sammy Gilligan, Billy Maxwell, Albert Keating, Johnny Paul & Len Townsend.

My parents should have had me fifty years earlier!

 

 

 

 

I'm guessing you missed the same 6!

Some going though! I've been watching City for more than half a century and still only tick 16 of them!

[Bris Red]

2 hours ago, GrahamC said:

His goal yesterday was his 45th at Championship level for us, the same number as Nicky Maynard managed in red & he’s now 3 behind the great Wayne Allison.

I cannot work out the last player to get 50 goals for us at this level, maybe Tom Ritchie? But seeing as he has now scored 24 in his last 48 league games for us (pretty sure that we can all work out that is a one in two strike rate) & of course that doesn’t include a single penalty, it is a truly phenomenal effort & seeing as he now only needs 5 more, he looks odds on to get there.

I know some are now regretting their stereotyping of him as someone who “just runs around” “almost stealing a living” but let’s be completely honest, we would be absolutely fecked without him, wouldn’t we? 

Probably the best single bit of business Nige has done since he has been here was getting Andi to sign a new contract last year. He is a superb player at this level IMO.

[bcfc01]

4 minutes ago, bris red said:

Probably the best single bit of business Nige has done since he has been here was getting Andi to sign a new contract last year. He is a superb player at this level IMO.

Good shout, spot on.

[NcnsBcfc]

2 hours ago, GrahamC said:

46.

And he took penalties as well of course.

[GrahamC]

1 hour ago, Robbored said:

Tony ‘tap in’ Thorpe scored. 50+ goals for City - he hardly gets a mention these days.

2 of those were at Championship level, the only ones in his entire career.

Benny Lennartsson also said he was the worst professional he ever worked with, which is why he sent him off on loan.

He was brilliant in the third tier, but never did it above that.

Edited August 7, 2022 by GrahamC

[Sweeneys Penalties]

1 hour ago, redysteadygo said:

Saw 21 of the 27 on the list play. 

Cidered Abroad will top that and a few others I suspect.

14 for me

[Midred]

2 hours ago, The Gasbuster said:

We have fecked him about , mind.

LJ brought him in and played him up front, I think he got 5 goals in 5 games at the start of the season ?

LJ then decides to play him wide, and the goals dry up.

Play him up top, or behind a front two, and the guy delivers.

Long may it continue !

Were they the games when Fam was banned or injured? Fam was shoe horned back in and the goals dried up.

[shelts]

Lots of humble pie and myself included . He’s proved to be a very good signing and what a comeback after a serious injury . 
Fingers crossed he stays with us for a few more seasons . 

[The Bard]

6 minutes ago, Midred said:

Were they the games when Fam was banned or injured? Fam was shoe horned back in and the goals dried up.

As last season showed , he needs a number 9 next to him or in front of him to do his best work.  LJ was too bothered trying to shoehorn lesser players into the team so moved him wide.

[redysteadygo]

2 hours ago, italian dave said:

 

I'm guessing you missed the same 6!

Some going though! I've been watching City for more than half a century and still only tick 16 of them!

67 years for me although in my playing years only saw about six games a season. Night games and bank holidays.

[bcfc01]

1 hour ago, The Bard said:

As last season showed , he needs a number 9 next to him or in front of him to do his best work.  LJ was too bothered trying to shoehorn lesser players into the team so moved him wide.

Not necessarily imo.

A couple of quick intelligent players around him will see the runs he makes and which are currently ignored.

It would also allow us to keep the ball on the ground.

[italian dave]

1 hour ago, NcnsBcfc said:

And he took penalties as well of course.

What are those? 

[redsince1994]

Be impressed if anyone saw Brian Clark on that list 

[Henry]

I think Pearson deserves a lot of credit for Weinmans form (as well as the player himself). He resigned him and played him in his favourite/best position generally. For me, he’s never looked like a proper goal scorer until Pearson came in.

If Johnson had managed to get him to score 20 goals in a season, he’d be shoehorning ‘his’ achievement in every interview.

[Davefevs]

6 hours ago, GrahamC said:

I looked it up, Tom “only” scored 37 at that level for us, but that’s because he also scored 40 top flight goals.

Peerless since Atyeo for me.

Yeah, I meant Champ and above.

[Redrascal2]

7 hours ago, GrahamC said:

His goal yesterday was his 45th at Championship level for us, the same number as Nicky Maynard managed in red & he’s now 3 behind the great Wayne Allison.

I cannot work out the last player to get 50 goals for us at this level, maybe Tom Ritchie? But seeing as he has now scored 24 in his last 48 league games for us (pretty sure that we can all work out that is a one in two strike rate) & of course that doesn’t include a single penalty, it is a truly phenomenal effort & seeing as he now only needs 5 more, he looks odds on to get there.

I know some are now regretting their stereotyping of him as someone who “just runs around” “almost stealing a living” but let’s be completely honest, we would be absolutely fecked without him, wouldn’t we? 

What a shame we don't have a team around him to support his remarkable efforts for Bristol City. 

[bcfcredandwhite]

Weimann is our saviour 

When we got him, I popped over to the Derby forum to thank them for allowing us to get him. 
Their reply was that he wasn’t good enough for Derby - he couldn’t take them where they wanted to go - but he’d do a job for little ole Brizzle. 
Fk them - and I expect Andi to feel the same.  
 

[downendcity]

Is this the same Weimann who "just runs around a lot"?

[slartibartfast]

3 hours ago, redsince1994 said:

Be impressed if anyone saw Brian Clark on that list 

Why, I did ,plus 16 others .

[PHILINFRANCE]

7 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

Why, I did ,plus 16 others .

So did I, along with the great John Atyeo and Terry Bush.

I’m struggling, though, to recall if I saw all three in the same team.

[Club and Country]

8 hours ago, downendcity said:

Is this the same Weimann who "just runs around a lot"?

I think a lot of people including myself are now eating humble pie on that one

however it’s worth noting, under Johnson, generally that was all he did 

[Port Said Red]

All Galleys goals were at this level, as Alan Dicks famously said when we got promotion, his goals kept us in the 2nd division while he built a side capable of getting to the 1st.

Edited August 8, 2022 by Port Said Red

[GrahamC]

8 hours ago, Davefevs said:

Yeah, I meant Champ and above.

Absolutely, I mean you can hardly say Tom’s 77 (in his first spell) didn’t come at the highest standard when over half of them were scored in the top division.

I still don’t think those who never saw him play then understand just how good he was at his peak.

Ridiculously modest bloke, too.

[Major Isewater]

19 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Absolutely, I mean you can hardly say Tom’s 77 (in his first spell) didn’t come at the highest standard when over half of them were scored in the top division.

I still don’t think those who never saw him play then understand just how good he was at his peak.

Ridiculously modest bloke, too.

Sir Tom just never looked like a top class forward . He was lanky, not terribly muscular but boy did he earn his corn . 
Top bloke. Top ‘baller.

[KegCity]

35 minutes ago, Club and Country said:

I think a lot of people including myself are now eating humble pie on that one

however it’s worth noting, under Johnson, generally that was all he did 

Exactly. When played out of position it's all he did. Now he's back in his proper position he's doing what he does best.

[slartibartfast]

1 hour ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

So did I, along with the great John Atyeo and Terry Bush.

I’m struggling, though, to recall if I saw all three in the same team.

You would have done, I'm pretty sure I did. Don't forget TB actually started off as the old wing-half .

[PHILINFRANCE]

1 hour ago, slartibartfast said:

You would have done, I'm pretty sure I did. Don't forget TB actually started off as the old wing-half .

Yes, perhaps, as you suggest, Terry Bush was playing as a wing half if ever I saw him, John Atyeo and Brian Clark playing together in the same team.

When I first started watching City (1965/66 season), I am pretty sure the front two were John Atyeo and Brian Clark; of course, John Atyeo retired at the end of that season.

The following season would then have been Brian Clark paired with Terry Bush, before Brian Clark retired at the end of that season, replaced later by John Galley.

Consequently, if I did see all three play together in the same team, it must have been in the 1965/66 season, with TB playing, as you say, as a wing half, unless he was playing as part of a front three.

I wonder if that was possible, as the back five (2-6) I recall back then were Tony Ford, Alec Briggs, Gordon Parr, Jack Connor and Gordon Low. 

  

[chinapig]

3 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

Yes, perhaps, as you suggest, Terry Bush was playing as a wing half if ever I saw him, John Atyeo and Brian Clark playing together in the same team.

When I first started watching City (1965/66 season), I am pretty sure the front two were John Atyeo and Brian Clark; of course, John Atyeo retired at the end of that season.

The following season would then have been Brian Clark paired with Terry Bush, before Brian Clark retired at the end of that season, replaced later by John Galley.

Consequently, if I did see all three play together in the same team, it must have been in the 1965/66 season, with TB playing, as you say, as a wing half, unless he was playing as part of a front three.

I wonder if that was possible, as the back five (2-6) I recall back then were Tony Ford, Alec Briggs, Gordon Parr, Jack Connor and Gordon Low. 

  

Brian Clark moved to Huddersfield in a swap with Johnny Quigley then went to Cardiff and played alongside John Toshack for a while.

I think he played for a few other clubs before he retired.

Because of Atyeo's status Brian is a bit of a forgotten hero.

[bcfc01]

15 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

Yes, perhaps, as you suggest, Terry Bush was playing as a wing half if ever I saw him, John Atyeo and Brian Clark playing together in the same team.

When I first started watching City (1965/66 season), I am pretty sure the front two were John Atyeo and Brian Clark; of course, John Atyeo retired at the end of that season.

The following season would then have been Brian Clark paired with Terry Bush, before Brian Clark retired at the end of that season, replaced later by John Galley.

Consequently, if I did see all three play together in the same team, it must have been in the 1965/66 season, with TB playing, as you say, as a wing half, unless he was playing as part of a front three.

I wonder if that was possible, as the back five (2-6) I recall back then were Tony Ford, Alec Briggs, Gordon Parr, Jack Connor and Gordon Low. 

  

Brian Clark was only 23 in 1966, he played on for another 12/13 years ending up with Newport.

[PHILINFRANCE]

12 minutes ago, chinapig said:

Brian Clark moved to Huddersfield in a swap with Johnny Quigley then went to Cardiff and played alongside John Toshack for a while.

I think he played for a few other clubs before he retired.

Because of Atyeo's status Brian is a bit of a forgotten hero.

Ah, Yes, I remember now.

I know he stopped playing for City, but, with the passing of (my) years, I thought he had retired, as I recall John Galley signing shortly after.

JQ, of course, was replaced by Bobby Kellard.

5 minutes ago, bcfc01 said:

Brian Clark was only 23 in 1966, he played on for another 12/13 years ending up with Newport.

I never realised (had forgotten) he was that young when he left City, although, of course, to a young boy all men look old.

[slartibartfast]

1 hour ago, chinapig said:

Brian Clark moved to Huddersfield in a swap with Johnny Quigley then went to Cardiff and played alongside John Toshack for a while.

I think he played for a few other clubs before he retired.

Because of Atyeo's status Brian is a bit of a forgotten hero.

Bournemouth & Boscombe  ( that's one club )

[slartibartfast]

54 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

Ah, Yes, I remember now.

I know he stopped playing for City, but, with the passing of (my) years, I thought he had retired, as I recall John Galley signing shortly after.

JQ, of course, was replaced by Bobby Kellard.

I never realised (had forgotten) he was that young when he left City, although, of course, to a young boy all men look old.

Dec 67

[chinapig]

11 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

Bournemouth & Boscombe  ( that's one club )

None of that AFC Bournemouth nonsense!

[Swede]

Tony Tony Thorpe was one of my favourite players. Rarely got offside due to his timing of his runs. Glad to see he gets a mention.

I think Weimann's a terrific player and he's definitely benefiting from playing in his correct position. Let's not forget his goal on Saturday was a lovely bit of attacking play and great composure to finish.  Long may it continue.

[downendcity]

5 hours ago, Club and Country said:

I think a lot of people including myself are now eating humble pie on that one

however it’s worth noting, under Johnson, generally that was all he did 

We've had too many "square peg" players played in "round holes".

[Bristol Oil Services]

Even when he was "just running around" I never felt he was "stealing a wage." An honourable pro. 

[Mr Popodopolous]

His record speaks for itself- especially under NP.

Let's not forget too the assists, plus the intangibles yet important bits such as energy, clever runs, movement, versatility- and feeding into energy and versatility where required, self-sacrifice for the team.

[downendcity]

1 hour ago, Bristol Oil Services said:

Even when he was "just running around" I never felt he was "stealing a wage." An honourable pro. 

Prior to last season all too often I felt his effectiveness was limited by the abilities of those he played with. In particular, to make the most of his movement and ability to create space, we needed players in midfield with the vision to see this and ability to play the pass to take advantage. I thought that Palmer might be that player, but was sadly mistaken.

[bcfc01]

2 hours ago, downendcity said:

Prior to last season all too often I felt his effectiveness was limited by the abilities of those he played with. In particular, to make the most of his movement and ability to create space, we needed players in midfield with the vision to see this and ability to play the pass to take advantage. I thought that Palmer might be that player, but was sadly mistaken.

Martin and especially Semenyo assisted most of his goals it seemed. The lack of midfield assists was negated. Maybe someone has the stats to confirm it.