Mendip City

This is interesting. would be good to see our “mission” or aims stated somewhere. Closest we ever get is “we want to be successful”. “We want the premier league” but no timescale, no long term vision. My believe is there is no vision other than “hopefully hang on in the championship and don’t spend too much doing it”. I guess publishing that wouldn’t look good!

That’s harsh…. and I couldn’t stand LJ…..

Yeah surely this, JL wouldn’t be taking a technical decision over the manager. he should, however, have been all over things like: is this person a good fit for BCFC? would he have the correct media presence? Will supporters warm to him? etc. The biggest mistake was us (presumably led by Tinnion) dictating the sort of football and manager, sorry coach, we wanted rather than getting people in and saying “here’s a group of players, a decent academy, not a lot of money to spend… what would you do to make the most of it?” You never know the candidates might have had better ideas than BT!!!

Good point @Davefevs these players are decent. It’s not about making them technically better - if they can’t do things now they never will. It’s about getting them organised and confident in what they do. Manning should have taken a pragmatic approach and evolved things, not a revolution - but is he capable/flexible enough? I agree, it’s time to pull the trigger now. It’s a shame to have to start again but that’s the reality of it.

I think he looks like midfield would suit him (if/when fully fit).

Aka “not me guv”

So….. the underperforming Nige Pearson’s results will keep us up!

So….. the underperforming Nige Pearson’s results will keep us up!

Imagine the interview - those two droning on with JL doodling new badges and not paying attention.

I liked that He asked about plan b…. Manning had no coherent answer… kept talking about working hard

Have we been better defensively? Before this abysmal run, when results were looking better, I seem to remember feeling Max O’Leary being our best and most heavily employed player.

Oh was that him!!! Brilliant. I reckon Andy sensed blood again on Saturday!! Seriously, I’d like to think Radio Bristol would keep him on our games for a while. He’s just the man for what are becoming turbulent times.

Great performance @Davefevs Special mention for Andy Howard, as others have said, well done on that post-match interview. Actually asking Manning some challenging questions. Best since 20man left.

I was listening to Radio 5 Live yesterday as I was walking the dog, the Burnley Bournemouth game was on and Clinton Morrison stated “Burnley are playing as if following a manual”. I got exactly what he meant and it’s exactly what we’ve become under Manning…. a team filling a plan… regardless of the accuracy of the plan or whether all the parts needed are there to complete that plan.

Maybe not helped by constant rotation. Though that’s chicken and egg… make yourself undroppable.

In fairness, if you exclude everyone who left early and everyone left angrily booing LM…. 30 blokes is pretty much everyone!

Or did he mean top end of the division below - optimistic in my view!

Williams didn’t have a great game but more worryingly is the amount of moaning arguing, heads-down out there. I counted those “behaviours” variously from: Dickie, Roberts, Williams, Sykes, Conway. It doesn’t appear a happy or fully committed camp. At best they are very confused about their roles.

I’d also question why Williams was decided to be the best man to mark their (significantly taller) top scorer at a corner.

No there’s no hope for Manning. You can simplify this even further. When we appoint managers/manager-style characters they tend to do well here…. as you’ve listed. When we appoint young-up-and-coming or head coach types it goes wrong: LM, LJ, SOD, DMc, BT, DH…. There are probably more and you can take the manager v coach story right back to the days of Cooper, Jordan and then appointing a coach with no managerial experience (Lumsden)… why has the club not learnt?

Good suggestion. strong character, knows what he’s doing, would show Tinnion up for what he is…. So, sadly, there’s 3 reasons he won’t get a job here.

Trouble is, he’s not even likeable is he? Monotone, bland, robotic and lacking in personality are one thing… he may not be able to change but a bit of humility wouldn’t go a miss. Would it kill him to apologise to us supporters for that no-show? He genuinely thinks this is nothing to do with him. He’s a theorist, it’s learnt from books and courses but he’s showing no ability to adapt to situations, there is zero creativity on the pitch or in his decision making.

He’s bought a dud, is well outside the warranty period, he’s maintained it but not improved it but wants his money back… he’s either left in this limbo position or going to have to take a financial hit.

Once he’s learned “tempo/la pausa” I assume his loan will be cancelled and he’ll be transferred to Strictly Come Dancing.

This might be we’ll known to others but was news to me, according to wiki, the ref was once on our books….. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Allison