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14 minutes ago, eardun said:

I particularly liked the bit where he said that we can talk about being ambitious (which is why he joined us) but we have to show that in terms of our actions re the squad in the summer. Over to you SL. 

Yup, very interesting. I said on another thread a few weeks back that i personally feel he will get backed heavily this summer. 

Twine is so frustrating, certainly gets himself into good positions but his end product just seems to be lacking more often than not.

Undoubtedly he is a talented neat and tidy player but he just feels like yet another one of those that just flatters to deceive.

utterly laughable clearly a mile offside 

great move and finish that 

9 hours ago, And Its Smith said:

Very good interview with Dele Alli on MNF. He seems in a much better place now, mentally. Talking about wanting it again and being hungry. Only 28.  Will be interesting to see where he goes next.  Wants to go to the World Cup in 2026.  His priority needs to be going to somewhere where he will play. 

I would be absolutely amazed if he is ever in contention for England again. We have far too much talent in the position he plays and even more coming through at u21 level and below. It would take a monumental turn around in form and consistency from Dele and also a manager who is willing to take a risk and block the pathway of a younger player coming through the England youth system. Cannot see it personally.

I think he realistically just needs to get back playing regular football again, i agree with @Fpcity actually that a move to Celtic or Rangers could be very good shout just to kickstart his career again.

43 minutes ago, Super said:

Another class goal has to be on the plane.

Just scored another!

Agreed he is such a talent.

In forward areas we are as strong as any nation in the world at the monent especially with the depth of talent we have. 

It's defensively i worry and on tonights showing Pickford is not a goalkeeper that should fill us with any confidence going into a major tournament..

It's a tough one, you can see glimpses of his quality but i agree with the general consensus that he probably hasn't done enough to warrant the quoted £4 million plus im sure a fairly decent wage on top of that.

As others have said, we have been down this road before with players like Kasey Palmer, Kalas etc etc. Big transfer fee's and wages for players that just haven't produced for us. Twine could be different of course but it would be a big gamble based on what we have seen from him thus far. 

What i am intrigued to see this summer is what sort of budget Manning is going to have to play with. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see a LJ style warchest given to Manning this summer in which case it wouldn't surprise me at all if we did sign Twine..

1 hour ago, Shauntaylor85 said:

Exactly this and those wins were both thrilling and we created numerous chances. Unlike the Blackburn game. 

Performances and results? Are you joking? It’s been dire and scrappy! 

Blackburn at Home was 'dire' was it? fair enough if you think it was but our definition of the word is obviously miles apart. Again Plymouth away was a hard fought victory where we were by far the better team for large periods and deservedly won. We got lucky against Leicester granted but we still won the game.

Look im by far the biggest fan of Manning and the absolute disgraceful way that Nige was treated but lets look objectively at recent results and give Manning some credit.

9 minutes ago, FNQ said:

Thing is there’s nothing much different being dished up on the pitch week on week, we’re watching the same dross over and over and over again.. there’s nothing being offered by the club performance wise to change the narrative. And if the changes to the squad over the summer are modest as we are being led to believe and not wholesale, why should we remotely believe LM will be able to deliver anything different next term? It’s friggin depressing, I can’t get why you don’t see that?

Harsh, especially off the back of winning 5-0 at home (did we EVER batter a team at home like that under Pearson?) and solid albeit battling at time performances against Plymouth and Leicester.. 

I loved Pearson and was gutted to see him go as much as the next person but recent results and performances have given me hope that Manning can get things right. I've gone from fully wanting the bloke gone to being able to rationally look at it now and see small glimpses that he could be on to something.

Certainly not ideal though but it would be foolish to not remember that we were horrendously inconsistent under Pearson.

9 hours ago, luke_bristol said:

Season was written off in October really. Really need a good season next year to make up for it.

Indeed. I would go even further to say that the board effectively wrote the season off in the summer by not giving Nige the proper funding that was clearly needed.

Manning has done enough (results wise at least) to be properly backed in the summer. Give him the tools that are needed and then we can properly judge IMO.

Penoooo

Cannot stand Birmingham! how many times have they almost been relegated out of this league and saved themselves by the skin of their teeth.. as others have said we should have sent them down in 2017.. they stayed up on the last day of the season in 2014 aswell getting a lucky last minute draw to stay up. Relegation to the third tier has been a long time coming for them 

2 minutes ago, luke_bristol said:

Foden off injured 

Hopefully not too serious. We need to wrap him up in cotton wool now in the run up to the Euro's 

6 hours ago, Slacker said:

It's hard to believe we are still the same club as we were back then.

We haven't even come close as a club to the togetherness and the fan connection that we had in 14/15. It was the us v the world siege mentality that Cotts instilled in the club that i loved at the time. We so desperately need that again IMO, that is when this football club is at it's best.

Just now, The turtle said:

And by August he'll probably be elsewhere 

Indeed, this is why personally feel we need to pay the quoted £4 mill and sign him in the summer, he is clearly a quality player at this level and we have wasted far more than 4/5 mill on a lot lot worse players in the past.

Just now, W-S-M Seagull said:

The way I saw it was that Manning could see we were playing badly and were lucky to go in at 0-0 so he hooked AM off and went to a back 5 to shut up shop and play for the point. I don't like that. 

Or you could spin it the other way and say it was decent game management to play for the point.. A point away from home is never a bad one..

Take the point and move on, one positive for me was i thought Twine looked really promising in spells and he will only get better IMO.

Shouldn't have to be relying on our keeper like this, embarrassing really.

Max Buffon!!!

Have we got O'neills for another season i wonder? 

Today was more like, was fully expecting a poor result and performance today but credit to the manager and the team i was pleasantly surprised. 

Need to keep this up for the rest of the season now, we clearly have the ability its just finding that consistency.

get in nakeersss

Legs look like they are starting to go to me, echo what others were saying around me in the ground yesterday that he has been fairly underwhelming since he has come here..

1 hour ago, Fredford89 said:

Let the Pearson Obsession die if anything think he’s laid down the foundations as he did when he last left Leicester

Twine was the big January signing he starts we beat Leicester get off Pearsons parsnip and give Manning a chance 

**** Bristol Sport.

5 minutes ago, lenred said:

What a hair island Steve has! 

Proper!