Derek

We have a puppet coach who has his strings being pulled by insecure people above him who are out of their depth and know how to fail. You do not treat loyal and talented employees the way Bristol City do if you want to be successful. They keep repeating the same mistakes. There is only one way Bristol City are going and that is not up.

Progress has been made sadly in the wrong direction.

Sacking a roadworthy Rolls Royce and replacing it with an unroadworthy Reliant Robin does not make good business sense. It appears to be the decision of a rich owner who has bought his son a toy and his son has had a tantrum because he does not want anyone else to play with his toy.

Nigel Pearson sorted out all the problems at the football club up to his level of responsibility but was unable to change or influence those above him who have a long record of mistakes and failure. Give Nigel Pearson total control of the football club and things will improve dramatically. I can dream but the owner wont do it.

XG is meaningless rubbish made up by someone who thinks they are clever.

Based on the last 5 league games Bristol City and Blackburn Rovers are the bottom two clubs. Blackburn have scored 6 goals and conceded 12 City have scored 3 goals and conceded 7 Not bad for a top 6 side!

Repeating previous mistakes. Undermine and sack the clubs previous proper manager in Steve Cotterill. Replace him with a young coach that can be influenced and controlled by those above him. Young coach creates a team that plays tippy tappy rubbish with no end product. With the help of Mr Ashton acquires lots of players with similar abilities which creates problems as lots of them do not get to play and it also blocks development of the young players at the club. On the plus side the pitch size is adjusted and the grass cut to the correct length. Nigel Pearson is a level above Steve Cotterill and clearly Knows what he is doing. To sack him after he cleared up the almighty mess made by those running the club is disgraceful. Whilst he was able to change everything for the better up to his level of responsibility he was unable to influence or change those above him. When you keep doing the same things you keep getting the same results.

AFTER 60 PLUS YEARS OF SUPPORTING BRISTOL CITY THATS ME FINNISHED WITH THEM.

Yes, but the 5-yard sideways pass is often (if not usually) the right pass. The player who plays the 5-yarder rather than going for the killer pass is likely to be doing the right thing. Good football is based on the 5-yard pass. Are you Lee Johnson?

You need to analyse the types of passes being made. Anyone can pass the ball 5 yards sideways.

L J teams played tippy tappy rubbish with very little or no end product. They were difficult to watch even when they won. A Nigel Pearson team is completely different.

Suggest you take a look at Ben Fosters Fozcast Football Managers what really happens behind closed doors. On you tube start at about 5 minutes in and listen to what he says about Nigel Pearson.