The Exiled Robin

Rarely can a signing have been made so under the radar as Scott Wagstaff's arrival at Ashton Gate last week.  Not a hint of a rumour until the day before, and not one of the more famous names around the leagues, Wagstaff's introduction had many a fan scrabbling around in their memory banks to work out who he was, where he played, and in some instances, when they'd seen him play. Totally overshadowed by the signing of Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and his #WED explosion onto City fans' Twitter timelines, Wagstaff has been portrayed in the local media as the sort of industrious wide man we haven't really seen since Michael McIndoe left the club - not that any of the more recent inhabitants were particularly lazy, but the balance O'Driscoll is clearly looking for certainly involves all of the midfield tracking back and being part of the defensive unit - something which leads me to suggest he'd be one of the least unhappy to see Albert Adomah leave Ashton Gate, as ar...

Undoubtedly the headline signing of the summer so far, Paul Anderson made way this week for Jay Emmanuel-Thomas' arrival from Ipswich Town, a somewhat maverick character but one City fans will remember in particular for a stunning performance when directing unfashionable Doncaster (now, who was their manager that day?) to a 5-2 demolition at Ashton Gate. The flourish of his signing was matched by significant fan's excitement, at the potential of having an impact player who can unlock games and score stunning goals as well as cause havoc amongst the opposition defence, the type of player we've seen all too rarely over these past few, fairly barren years.  A crescendo was reached when 'JET' took to Twitter, engaged in mass interaction with his new fans and introduced them to #WED (apparently an abbreviation of an East-London phrase What Else Den), seemingly exclusively used by JET.  If he'd had a massive and expensive PR team behind him, I doubt they could have...