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I never though that NP was doing a particularly good job (with the team) I understood his impact away from the playing side. I don't think I ever called for his head - I just questioned if we were going anywhere under him & if he was getting the best out of players - his record was pretty poor here generally & our dreadful home form, inability to string any results together were getting tedious. I thought timing was questionable, but not the overall decision to replace him. What I can't fathom, is the way his tenure here is looked back on by so many (mainly on here, in fairness) This a great forum for an opinion, so long as it's in line with what the vocal few think... present facts to question some of the opinions of situations & you get the everyone constructive face palm emoji from people who can't construct an counter to back up their own opinions... love it.!

Tinnion - absolute disaster who should never have been given the job & left with most people pitying him for the blight on his CV & impact on legendary status at the club.... MP - 61 W - 22 D - 22 L - 17 Win % - 36.07% PPG - 1.44 Pearson - one of the best managers we've had - the big name that many had craved, who was outrageously replaced with some people still fawning over his departure now..... MP - 131 W - 42 D - 31 L - 58 Win % - 32.1% PPG - 1.2 Well that's a little awkward..!

Comparing their time here - not their overall managerial career... I'm looking it up now & it seems that the "failure" (I agree, it was) of BT's time in charge here wasn't all that different to NP's time here.

I see your affection to NP goes beyond just his press conferences then.... I'm glad you've had the opportunity to aquaint yourself with his todger

Funnily enough I did that.! Transfermarket didn't list anything on the page it gave me & I wasn't that fussed about looking around for it. It just made me wonder how their stats might compare - seeing as there is some weird love in with NP, from some, yet Tinnions reign was a complete disaster.

It would be quite interesting to see Brian Tinnions managerial stats here - which were generally regarded as a disaster - compared to Nigel Pearsons. Of course, they both managed us in different divisions, but then our squad would have been equivalently different. I don't know how they'd actually stack up as Tinnions stats don't seem to be easily found - but I know for a fact that Pearsons were underwhelming. EDIT - also, on topic, has he not just tweeted a couple of factual references to the season just gone..? Academy players coming through - true. Finished higher than we have for several years - true. Progress..? Questionable I suppose - but factually correct. Of course he's going to look at the positive slant in his assements. Next season, with a summer window & pre-season under his belt, is the only fair way to judge LM. Personally I think he has done OK generally. Certainly alot of work to do & improvements to be made - but there were also some encouraging signs aswell. Next season will be interesting.!

That doesn't make him a bad loan signing - just an unlucky one.

Likewise - if we'd have followed up that Southampton win with wins against the beatable trio of QPR, Sheff Weds & Cardiff, with all other results being the same, then we'd be going into the final game just 1 point off the play-offs. We aren't a million miles away from challenging.

Not if we are competing against a 3 year offer. I don't think that's something we should be considering for him. 1 year, definitely. Possible an agreeable option on a 3nd year, based of appearances/availability during the 1st year.

I'd certainly offer him something that suits us - that then depends whether that is agreeable to him. Probably 1 year on a salary that fits our budgets. Problem being that he'd walk into any league 1 club on a 2 or maybe even 3 year deal. Plenty of other championship clubs would snap him up on a year or 2 deal. We'd probably need to offer him 2 years to stand a chance of getting him to sign it - so it really depends on whether we see value in that or whether we are confident in investing that wedge in a younger player. MJ has been excellent for us & I'd love to see him stay, but I think he'll get better/longer offers from elsewhere & that will sway him into a move away.

I find it hard to believe that this is genuine, as there are no spelling errors!

Agreed. Logistically it would be good if Brum & Plymouth stay up & Sheff Weds are a far more appealing fixture than Blackburn (way better away support aswell) Having said that - it would be somewhat pleasing to see Birmingham finally drop down to the humiliation of a league trip to the Mem.! What will be will be & with 4 teams battling to avoid the drop on the final day, it will make for interesting twists & turns as the matches unfold.

Oh come on..! How can any of them not be overwhelmed by the excitement if winning 2 of their last 11 games. Results aside, they can be even more excited about having scored an aggregate total of 4 (four) goals during those last 11 games. If that isn't something to get the juices flowing with excitement, I don't know what is..! There is "something special" happening. Goodnight Gasheads.!

Manning himself always says don't get over excited by the wins & don't get to down about the losses. If only some of our fans would actually listen to him & let him get on with his job.! It's too early to judge him properly. He needs a summer window & a pre-season with the squad. Of course, it can take much linger than that still - but it will be interesting to see where we are around Christmas time, half way through next season & a good year under his charge. It looks like this season should see an improved points total on any season since LJ was here, so that's progress, albeit slow & steady.

We scored more in injury time tonight than they have in the last 7 games..!