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ashton_fan

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  1. I think Nige's health was an issue in so much as he wasn't feeling great and probably said some things he would have normally kept to himself when he was ok, and as a result his relationship with the owners was broken.
  2. I remember when we were at our lowest ebb in Div 4 we had a hard core of 4000 fans who would turn up for home league games no matter what. It puts into perspective our current 'problems'.
  3. I wonder if he'll risk starting Twine or just give him 30 minutes in the second half?
  4. Maybe I'm a bit different to most on here but I've seen enough positive changes since Manning took over to be optimistic about next season. Although the ppg are roughly the same as before there have been some noticeable changes: . we look more solid defensively . we can put runs of wins together . we are able to beat sides near the top of the league when at our best (which we couldn't before) On the negative side, the main issue is we're not scoring enough goals, but this could potentially be addressed in the summer with two or three additions to the squad. I don't expect the owners to throw money at Manning but if as expected Conway goes for say £6m I would expect all of that plus maybe a bit more (say £2m) to get the players we require. I can see why he wanted Twine, in the one game he played he was always looking to play the ball forward and it will be interesting to see if our form picks up once he gets a run of games. We also need a forward player who can hold the ball up, eg a younger version of Chris Martin. Regarding Tinnion I always enjoyed watching him as a player and he's also done a great job with the Academy. He's found his new role more challenging but he's always done his best for the club so doesn't deserve the abuse he's been getting from some of the playground bullies on here. He's not so good on the media side so could do with some training in that aspect perhaps but he's fairly new to the job just like Manning so they both deserve more time before people label them as a failure or a success.
  5. That's fair enough but if we make a step improvement next season will you give him credit for his role in appointing Manning? People are judging far too early.
  6. I don't know how we won that game, WBA hit the woodwork so many times. It was after that I believed it must be our season for promotion, and so it proved.
  7. Home games were pretty dire before Manning arrived, the only decent home win under Pearson was against Plymouth. The only other home game we won was against Coventry and that was extremely fortunate. We lost to Birmingham, Norwich, Stoke and Ipswich. Under Manning we've won 5 home games in the league, so I can't see how things have got much worse?
  8. I'd have thought the next two against WBA and Leicester, wouldn't we expect them to attack us and have most of the ball?
  9. It doesn't nullify the point because the injuries we've picked up to Bell, Pring (although back now) and James might well not have happened without those extra matches
  10. "For the last time" - you sound like one of my old schoolmasters, I would have replied but it's obviously not allowed!
  11. To get to the 59 points from last season we need 4 wins from the last 12 which we should achieve fairly easily. In all the stats quoted on here the 4 cup games against Premier League opposition aren't taken into account, they show what we're now capable of but also they must have had a detrimental effect on our league form through the resulting fixture congestion, so it will be interesting to see if our league form picks up now we haven't got that additional burden.
  12. The indisputable evidence was that it IS Mother's Day today and the match took place at lunchtime when most families are out together, but I should have known that only negative comments are allowed on the forum these days!
  13. Pearson signed him as a squad player because we were short on numbers, but he rated him as effective to change things from the bench as he "makes things happen"
  14. There are still 9 games left, if we finish in the top half it will be the first time since LJ left and will be seen as a success. Nobody's going to be sacked this season. Why try and pre-judge failure that hasn't happened yet?
  15. The low turnout today was mainly due to ST holders staying home for mother's day, should be back to normal by next game
  16. No, but we're not going down either
  17. You've missed the point, I simply stated that Swansea had no shots on target and @formerly known as ivan said .. but they should have had which is irrelevant
  18. They missed the target because O'Leary was so well positioned they didn't have much to aim at? Do you count it when we miss too?
  19. So you think they had a shot on target? Or are you counting 'nearly on target' too? Why can't you be happy we won?
  20. We did ok second half, and didn't allow Swansea a shot on target, should probably have had more than one with the chances we created. All the people sat round me went home happy, and we can put to bed any thought of relegation now. To say it was the worst performance of the season is ridiculous.
  21. We seem to be a bit more streaky under Manning than we were with Pearson, so once we get one win we're likely to get another soon after which will get us to 50 points. Once we have a couple more back from injury, especially Twine who was impressive in his only appearance, we'll start climbing the table again.
  22. Players gave everything, Burns killed us near the end but if Wells chance had gone in it would have been different. Good effort, only one team has won there
  23. When we've lost recently it's only been by the odd goal, get a grip!
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