Saturday, November 17, 2007
Bristol City manager decorates dressing room
Gary Johnson spends much of his spare time decorating the walls of the home dressing room at Ashton Gate.
But it is a flair for psychology, rather than DIY, that drives the man who is threatening to take Bristol City back to the top flight of English football after an absence of 28 years.
Johnson demands an ultra-positive approach from his players. His methods of achieving it include the use of photographs, lists, messages, tables and written challenges, all posted around the pegs where his team change for home games.
There are pictures of every member of the first-team squad, taken after a goal has been scored, amid the celebrations of promotion to the Championship last season or, in the case of the goalkeepers, making flying saves.
But it is a flair for psychology, rather than DIY, that drives the man who is threatening to take Bristol City back to the top flight of English football after an absence of 28 years.
Johnson demands an ultra-positive approach from his players. His methods of achieving it include the use of photographs, lists, messages, tables and written challenges, all posted around the pegs where his team change for home games.
There are pictures of every member of the first-team squad, taken after a goal has been scored, amid the celebrations of promotion to the Championship last season or, in the case of the goalkeepers, making flying saves.
