Scrumpylegs

The Leicester forum (Foxes-talk) is a good read at the moment. If anyone thinks that Manning has had a hard time on this forum they should read the ‘Enzo Out?’ thread. Bearing in mind they’re top of the league with four games to go, the poll shows that 88% think that their manager should be sacked! Even talk of Warnock on there

I don’t think Conway is going anywhere in the summer. A players ‘star’ falls as quickly as it rises. A poor end of the season has pretty much put any prospect of a big money move to bed now. He’s under contract to summer 2025. Even if he doesn’t sign a contract we still get the compensation set by the tribunal so the club holds all the cards here.

What the hell is going on with this forum lately? Some of the replies to this poster are bang out of order. This is not the only thread that I’ve seen this stuff on now and I think some people need to get a grip and chill out a bit! I’ve been on this forum for years and we’ve had some big old debates over the years but always without the ‘nastiness’. And before anyone asks, I don’t, and never have, worked for Bristol Sport.

Don’t see the point in sacking myself. I think the main problem is the squad itself not the manager. You point out that we have the option to ‘just write off what we’ve built towards for the last 3 years’ but I’m thinking - well what is that exactly? How many players in this squad are top 6 championship quality? Just who would we be building a team around right now? Managers are not magicians and I would say that NO manager can turn this squad into a top six side - basically the players are not good enough! Then we’re back to a rebuild anyway. Only time will tell if Manning can ‘pick a player’. We’ll have to see in the transfer window I guess. Keep hold (for now) I’d say.

This is a decent loan. Think Twine is the type of player we need to give Tommy the goal scoring opportunities he’s been starved of in recent games. This will help Tommy’s development and show us how far along he really is! Be interesting to see how the system is tweaked to accommodate him.

Nige is gone now and isn’t coming back. Not many supported this but it happened anyway. As fans we worry about the direction of the club but we are essentially all just passengers - to pretend otherwise is laughable. This isn’t just a Lansdown thing though - it’s a ‘football’ thing and has been for many years. I get that at a time like this we might be thinking that ‘any’ owners have got be be better than these but is this really the case? Any owner coming forward who isn’t a fan or who has no local ties is by definition an investor. Whist there is an argument that BCFC is already a rich man’s plaything at least there’s some sort of ‘legacy’ in place (stadium) and no-one could ever suggest that BCFC has ever been a ‘cash cow’ for the Lansdown family. There are far too many narcissistic, idiot owners in football. The odds on us getting shot of the Lansdowns and then somehow picking up some sort of generous and benevolent billionaire are zero I’m afraid. Be careful what you wish for.

Dean Smith available now. Would there be any takers on here for him?

Is that a first? All of the french outfield players are ‘non~white’. I’m sure the Front Nationale will still celebrate the french victory if they do win! ?

Doubling down on your comments there. Very brave - that might come back to bite you in the ass I reckon!!??

I saw the stream with the Reading commentary. Hillarious. At half time I thought the two commentators were about to start scrapping when one started really laying into the Reading team saying how bad they were and how they had absolutely no chance of staying up. They spent the whole half time having a full on row!! They were absolutely slating the Reading team and the management right up until they got a goal back and we then seemed to collapse. They were not too complementary about BCFC either - (even before the meltdown) describing us repeatedly as a ‘bang average’ team.

All this stuff about legal process etc etc is just a load of old b******ks. Anyone who has heard the audio will know exactly what happened that night. Sometimes things ARE exactly as they appear - simple as that! Why do some people feel the need to question even the most obvious and straightforward! Just making themselves look like complete numptys! Oh and for what it’s worth I do consider myself a leftie!!

I’m firmly in the camp who believe that it is almost totally irrelevant who the manger is. Basically this squad is far from championship standard and it will inevitably find its true level - regardless of who is picking the team. Until this squad is completely overhauled we are in a ‘no win’ situation (literally). Things have been so dire for so long now that I genuinely cannot see how league one would be any worse. Just need a full reset. We’ll be back, but who knows how long that will take? If there’s one thing that City fans should have by now it’s patience!! COYR

Also, the fact that he is well known will go against him. Courts have a tendency to be less lenient when sentencing high profile cases. You never know though - he might be acquitted - although few on this forum seem to be considering the possibility that he didn’t do it!

Barton won’t get a fine. Not a chance. Best case scenario is a suspended prison sentence and he loses all ‘credit’ for taking this to trial. Offence is made more serious by previous violent offences. Also, the fact the the assault has happened in the workplace won’t play well!!

There is no 'fair' solution. I accept the Villa scenario is a problem but this doesn't affect the Championship where all teams have played the same number of games. Is it fair that teams and players in good form when the league stopped have to start from scratch effectively? Is it fair that teams that had tired or injured players now have full, (potentially) fit squads available? Sometimes things aren't fair. That's life. Matches stopped because they had to. No-one conspired to do this to deny West Brom the title or because Reading had played more home games than Barnsley. It just is what it is. Looking forward to the NEW season now. This will coincide with our release from restrictions (hopefully) and will be all the more sweeter for it!