Rich_s

Hate to depress you further but realistically Manning will be here at least until Christmas. No way will the club lose face but if things are looking shite by Christmas/New Year then he'll be gone.

He's doing OK. Having media skills and blowing smoke up fans arses post match won't win games. Too early for me to judge him really.

Sorry to chip in so late but back in 70's during the Starsky and Hutch era my Nan made my Mum & Dad and myself the Starsky chunky knit cardy thing with identical pattern to Starsky's. We used to sit watching Starsky and Hutch with our cardies on. I was a huge fan but above all Antonio Fargas (Huggy Bear) was my favourite. About 15-20 years back he was in panto at Weston super Mare. I saw him outside the playhouse and as a grown adult I was so made up to see him but so awestuck I couldn't go and say hi.

I do find “florist” pathetic but don’t really overly care for these terms. What really irks me is the personal attacks on posters who just so happen to have a different opinion from the person who feels it necessary to demean the posters contribution. It’s got particularly bad on otib over the last couple of years. The days of banter and lively debate have unfortunately given way to those who regard themselves as self-appointed moderators who behind the anonymity of their keyboard regard themselves as having the guts to post something that they wouldn’t say to a stranger over a pre-match pint. that really boils my piss ?

He won’t walk when there’s chance of being paid to leave. I have some sympathy for the constraints he’s operating in but I can’t get away from the fact I think he’s been poor to average for an experienced manager.

If there’s any leadership and true ambition at the club then he should be gone in the summer and a replacement already lined up. However I expect him to limp on for a while into next season. I’m amazed how the fans have by and large stuck with him. I believe this is more to do with the language he speaks post match and little to do with results which by and large have been midling to poor.

70’s. I used to sit on my Dad’s shoulders on the terrace at the far end. He got a better job so we then ended up sitting in the Williams. I really thought we were the bollocks when we had proper seats to sit in.

Crikey just goes to show how different opinions are. NP may work out but he’d only be a 2 or 3 for me. Football is a results game and I would without question have expected better. I genuinely don’t understand the support he gets from the fans but we’ve all got different opinions and I presume fellow fans are seeing something I’m not.

Absolutely! Was about to post the same thing. Regardless of football I hope NP makes a speedy recovery but having an open-ended leave of absence is not an ideal situation. The club cannot and should not sack NP due to illness but like any other business are well within their rights to employ an interim leader. They can’t let the current situation continue without a strategy. Unfortunately I’m mindful that I’m talking Bristol City and thinking there might be a strategy is complete folly.

So you'll post a dedicated thread picking out his weakness. As has previously been said the kid should be cut some slack. Just staggered that there seems to be an obsession with having something to moan about.

OTIB will go into meltdown tonight if we lose. I don’t think the corner is even close to being turned so this will be tight. Results at home are awful and the expectation from the crowd could affect the performance.

Think we must have become very WOKE. Back in the day fists would have been raised and satisfaction demanded. These days it's important to be sensitive to other fans feelings and allow oneself to be punched in the mouth.

The story was reported in the EP at the time so I guess it must be true.

Are they being shown a video of Marlon Harewood scoring?

Staggering double save by Fielding. Back pair of Osborne and Nosworthy looks solid. Swindon lad lost the plot. Obvious straight red even for this ref.