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Phileas Fogg

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  1. In all seriousness i’m not sure - I imagine what he’s really saying is he wants players to work to a game plan regardless of external factors.
  2. Basically, it’s clear you have a very basic understanding of the game - which is fine. Just makes it all the more amusing when you mansplain to people. I respect it (in a way) even if it’s not that funny.
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  4. I think an interesting barometer to judge Manning by is Joe Edwards at Millwall. Similar sized clubs with similar expectations, both appointed within a day of each other.. Manning slightly better win % but inflated by FA Cup games. Very similar in age, both allegedly highly thought of.. just that Millwall cut their losses ASAP.
  5. It’s all relative though - Arsenal are expected to achieve those things. We aren’t - thus, in my view, it would be more satisfying to support a club like ours with everything to achieve than support a club where - given the invincibles season - that’s probably as good as it’ll ever be. Saying that though, generally winning must be fun. Regardless of 2016, I imagine supporting Leicester this season is fun.
  6. I’m not so sure - I feel like the club culture at Arsenal has been infiltrated by the reactionary YouTuber generation which has cheapened it. Highbury was a proper stadium, but the Emirates (like the Etihad) epitomises a soulless bowl. Personally i’d find it very boring to support them. This season being an outlier.
  7. I’m only saying those clubs because I imagine the novelty of European away days has probably worn off for Arsenal/Spurs fans - ok, Everton admittedly is a bit different.. but you get my point. Clubs that can always predict where or whereabouts they’ll be in the table and what they’ll achieve.
  8. Exactly - a club like Reading or Watford; with very little identity, would be boring. Likewise a Fulham or Burnley; yo-yo club who’s best aspiration realistically is survival or lower-mid table prem. Like being in eternal purgatory. It must be worse to support a club that has a ceiling.. for example, Watford (barring huge investment) can only get so big. We’ve got the luxury, perhaps a curse, of being in a relatively unique situation of being a massively under achieving club relative to our catchment area.
  9. I think actually we’re fairly exciting - granted, success is rare.. but it’s not boring. I’d much rather support City than Arsenal/Spurs/Palace/Everton.. actually an awful lot of Prem sides. Even Man City.. despite all the success I imagine it feels a bit hollow. I think it must be fun to support Liverpool under Klopp.. Rangers upon returning to the SPL.. Villa under Emery and initially Newcastle under current regime.. and smaller team that gets to the prem against the odds (Luton, Swansea).. I think on this front we’re ok. Our failure is always augmented by the idea that, theoretically, we could be a pretty big club with our catchment area.
  10. It was a shame that the club lost Adam Baker in the media department - at the very least there should be a fan in there. Winning "social media club of the year" or whatever it is is seen a real KPI for the club - JL is creative director of "Fever Pitch" which is a Bristol Sport media agency. I believe this means that JL will ultimatlely have sign-off on bigger projects like this. Lots of very snazzy social media stuff, but I've always felt since Baker left the social media team often fail to read the room - and occasionally can be pretty rude to fans in doing so. In the same way the team's management/board misses having some experience and expertise - having a media agency without enough actual fans of the club is always going to cause issues.
  11. Even having Zak Vyner is a bit odd. I get that he's a home grown talent - which is probably what they're trying to convey - but the other players they've chosen are cult heroes. Just an weird graphic.
  12. I did think it was a very odd choice for the poster. I can understand the manager to an extent.. but Tinnion? How many other clubs would put someone in his role on a season ticket graphic?
  13. That's quite a claim considering your personal vendetta about Gary Johnson - which clearly still exists. It doesn't matter if it's minimal or not, this isn't change.org - it's a place for people to exchange ideas.
  14. Taking this on a slight tangent - from when I've been watching (roughly 05' onwards) I think this is my list of best/worst appointments taking into account the context of the time they were appointed 1) Cotterill (Was exactly what we needed at the time to galvanise the club) 2) GJ (Longest period of sustained success - probably here 2 years too long in hindsight) 3) Pearson (Brilliant ambitious appointment.. frustratingly exactly the calibre of manager we needed after Cotterill) ... then it gets a lot harder 4) SO'D (Tricky one - didn't warm to him, football was turgid and club on a downward spiral.. only 4th by virtue of making some excellent signings (pound for pound) and being able to identify that the club needed a root and branch review) 5) LJ (Been discussed on here more than any other - some real highs and some real lows - there will always be a "what might have been" question regarding the funds he was allowed compared to other managers) 6) Millen (Uninspiring choice, remember him doing ok but not a particularly memorable period) 7) Manning (Only above the others as this is still an ongoing situation - to date though, boring football, uninspiring interviews, controversial appointment.. but who can forget Southampton!) 8 ) McInnes (Similar to Millen's tenure, fairly unremarkable. At the time was seen as a fairly exciting choice if I remember correctly - lower than Millen by virtue of some of the terrible signings he lumbered us with) 9) Holden (Just a ridiculous appointment. Likeable guy, and really wanted him to do well - but was clearly out of his depth). 10) Coppell (Textbook Lansdown marquee appointment - big name, on paper very ambitious - but that trumps the substance - clearly shouldn't have been anywhere near the role)
  15. It would be quite funny if the crowd started singing various songs about previous managers - I wonder how obscure we could get? Would be a real achievement if the crowd starting singing in appreciation of erstwhile caretaker manager Steve Wigley.
  16. If this was a former City player people on here would be celebrating it - doesn’t matter that much really.
  17. You’re not allowed to speculate i’m afraid. OS or nothing for you.
  18. Exactly - people like to lump Johnson and Manning together regarding interviews, but stylistically I think they were actually very different.
  19. Sorry my friend, I appreciate your in depth input but I’m only really interested in the macro so forgive me for not engaging with your in depth knowledge of the micro.
  20. Tory election strategists would be delighted with this post - unequivocal proof that ‘nudge theory’ works.
  21. That would’ve been so much better. The ideal solution would be to have a home ‘end’ behind a goal, with away fans in nearest adjacent corner. With a solution like the above, I have no doubt it would’ve produced a much better atmosphere - even if the away support location is the same.
  22. You really think a vociferous atmosphere isn’t an advantage?!
  23. Toney has done well imo. He’s also one of the few in the squad who I feel has a genuine winners mentality. I’d probably want him on an important penalty ahead of anyone else in that squad.
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