MyBrotherErnie

I always think about this graphic with VAR. Seems pretty intuitive that the system shouldn't be used for decisions that are closer than the margin of error inherent to the technology. If the call is too close for the system to be certain that the player is offside, then surely it isn't a clear and obvious error by the lino/referee. My bigger problem with VAR is that it's part of a culture making football more like a science, rather than something entertaining. I guess ultimately the only way to escape that is to reduce the sums of money invested in the game (which I can't see happening any time soon).

Bristol is a city, so presumably most of those results are about the place not us (however massive we may be).

Exactly! If they want someone more visible on the training ground, hire someone for that role under Pearson. There's no way on earth Tinnion is better placed than Pearson to make judgements about team selection, style of play and recruitment. Tinnion is a club legend but the longer this goes on the more he becomes one of 'them', rather than one of 'us'.

At least he's wearing the training kit, so he's ready to be "out on the grass"...

I keep coming back to our team on Saturday -- starting Joseph James, 4 players on the bench who have never played in the league, a 17 year old, and 2 goalkeepers. Expecting us to be doing any better than we are is just fantasy; there's a huge difference between introducing some academy players into a team of experienced pros, and fielding lots of teenagers and expecting them to be promotion contenders immediately. I do wonder if recent successes with academy players has made Lansdown and Tinnion think that youth can be relied upon more than is actually realistic.

Just posted his goodbye message on Twitter. Noticeable (but unsurprising!) who doesn't receive any thanks... The rest just reinforces to me all the more that everyone bar the board and ownership were fully committed to NP's project and the new team identity. https://twitter.com/jasoneuell/status/1719009755094483396

But what does it stand for? It's so much easier to support a club who embody values I agree with.

Protest at the next rugby game and then maybe one of them will be there to hear it!

Pearson's record with signings is so much better than the previous administration. Clear why each signing was made, low expenditure so low risk, and mostly very successful (even the 'failures' you mention haven't performed that badly and could still come good). Compare that to the dozens of expensive players LJ brought in with no real idea of how to use them, ultimately making huge losses with 0 impact (Szmodics, Eisa, Engvall, Palmer, Watkins to name a few). Recruitment is just one of several areas where Pearson has transformed the club culture for the better.

Pearson is more than right to be angry. He got brought in to do a job (with clear expectations and constraints) and has performed very well. Now those above him in the hierarchy won't even respect him enough to have a proper conversation about the future. Embarrassing from the Lansdowns, and we'd fully deserve the chaos that would ensue if we got rid of Pearson and his approach now.

Seems crazy to me that Oliver is allowed to work in the UAE and then a few days later ref a game with a club owned by them. An obvious conflict of interest, and something that can only weaken trust in refereeing further.

All relevant to us, but especially interesting from 37:40. Clearly if the usual process for new kits takes 18 months, judging O'Neills too harshly on a timetable much much shorter than that seems a bit unfair. The real proof will be in less rushed kits, starting with the away kit.

Also depends if £2m is the initial fee, or the total value of the package, of course. Similar to reports of us paying £8m for Massengo, when in reality the amount we will actually end up having paid will be much lower than that.

Not a pretty picture for us!

Is this serious? He's played over 100 games, mostly quite well with a few excellent games and a few weak games. In a weak and inexperienced squad as a young player. Would have been good to have recouped at least some of the investment but not a bad signing overall, let alone one of the worst in our history.