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45 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

Just to prove it doesn’t only happen when things are bad. I’ll take a wild guess as to which bullet will get the most attention…!

People misread what I say and don’t listen properly at times. I want players to be emotional but recognise you need to be in control and not make rash actions”

"We need to take the emotion out of it"

Now apparently we didn't listen. 

Same as the players don't listen when we have lost. 

Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. 

I really want to have some belief in this guy, because I don't have any modicum of belief in anyone above him. 

But all I see and hear is a blagger. 

8 hours ago, Silvio Dante said:

But the issue is that you don’t debate. You’ve brought up a few times “The Truth” and when asked to expand have said “It’s something you deny” as opposed to giving any kind of coherent argument. You get the memes and facepalms not because others have lost - but because you can’t, or won’t, give coherent points.

In respect of being sick of snidey posts, I’d argue you’re equally as guilty - across multiple threads in the last 48 hours you’ve referred to “Nige Groupies” and brought him up unprompted on at least one thread. You’ve then just gone on a bizarre rant at @GrahamC when a valid point has been made about the providence of signing Medube (where Tinnion was very vocal on Twitter as to how good the signing was, so the player not playing is very relevant criticism).

Supporting a team isn’t assuming Brian Tinnion is infallible- in fact, evidence in senior roles is very much the contrary.

I’d argue that supporting a team is very much not just blindly shouting how awesome everything is - in fact, we often mock the other lot because of their lack of ability to critique, so it’s actually the opposite of your final sentence. You blindly not questioning and “FFS showing a bit of support” is actually the meat and drink to other fans.

If you want to avoid the facepalms, debate. Or keep shouting at clouds and think something’s happening that isn’t.

And for everyone else I apologise if this makes the Medube thread “hot” - we’re not signing him (we hope!)

(Aside on DM - I saw a theory earlier that we weren’t playing him so we didn’t alert teams to him. Utter nonsense. We’ve agreed a fee. If we want him he’s our player. He’s not playing because he was pony when he did play and because the coaching staff have seen him for 3 months and concluded he’s not good enough).

8 hours ago, cotswoldred2 said:

Sick of all the snidey posts tbh, just like a bunch of old 'wimmin' sticking in the boot when patently there is no justification at all, it says OTIB on the tin and yet some /most seem to delight in undermining this club and what it is obviously striding for. Is it a Bristol malaise that has to constantly attack individuals? The very people who have the best interests for Bristol City, I know football fans are fickle by nature but this forum currently is demonstrating a dislike for the club and most certainly the people who are employed by the club.

Dare anyone actually call out these posts they are quickly dealt with by a follow up of :laugh:'s or face palms....or even memes demonstrating to me they have lost the argument and resort to basic trolling.

This forum must be food and drink to the other lot, FFS show a bit of support.

Christ. 

The irony.

8 hours ago, cotswoldred2 said:

Give it a rest a lot of water under that bridge, Tinnion must be front and centre in everyone's thoughts on here to continually slag off. God how I dislike internet bullies, IF he was in the same room as him you would be fawning all over Tinman wouldn't you?

There was the 3 Lions debacle when it was then to voice any points to the ensemble and not even a titter, the keyboards are so much safer eh?

I'd love to be in the same room as him. 

I can assure you that I wouldn't be 'fawning all over him'.

Quite the opposite.

The club know the discontent.

If sales were going well, they would be shouting it from the rooftops at the earliest opportunity. 

The silence speaks volumes.

33 minutes ago, Fjmcity said:

While I 1000% agree with the view that Nigel Pearson is not the saintly martyr he has been held up as, All the things you’ve said can be true at the same time.

apart from the tinnion thing. The pillorying of a club legend on here has been nothing short of disgusting 

'Legend' is a term far too easily used. 

Nonetheless, I have no particular problem with the term with reference to his playing days. I wouldn't use it myself in that context, but I can understand the exuberance that would lead to it. 

'Club Legend' is not only short of the mark, but is absolutely laughable given his history post playing.

1 hour ago, RedZepperin said:

When all the truth comes out about Nigel Pearson's departure, the final story might not be quite the Disney film that some people are expecting, full of heroes and villains. Maybe, just maybe, Jon Lansdown is not a bumbling buffoon, perhaps Brian Tinnion is not actually an evil schemer and, possibly, Nigel isn't the ideal employee everyone would want to have working for them. 

And maybe, just maybe, we will get to the Premier League under the Lansdowns. 

Neither scenario the remotest bit likely.

2 hours ago, cotswoldred2 said:

Your question was a grovelling cringe. 

Someone should vet you.

Utter rubbish,

Well, you would know.

Well done lads. 

Good day's work by all accounts.

I'll say it again. 

When I was at Ashton Gate in the Eighties, I used to dream of it looking somewhat like it does now. 

If only I had known how it would impinge on the atmosphere and matchday experience. 

Would I want the return of the AG of the Eighties?

No. 

But sometimes..

...yes.

16 hours ago, Sir Geoff said:

James seen in a better light. A year or so ago people ( no podcasts being mentioned) kept banging on that his legs had gone. 

Another good solid season finally appreciated by the majority of the fanbase and even praise from 'that' podcast.

Aah... the old "legs have gone" statements, when the whole team are struggling.

People on here saying that about Nahki a few weeks ago. 

Just because someone is over 30. 

Pathetic.

8 hours ago, redsquirrel said:

i want to go and watch some 20/20 cricket somewhere if anyone else fancies it

Might be up for that. 

Zummerzet, not Gloz though.

1 hour ago, Kid in the Riot said:

This may be as good as we get and he's not even talking about City.

I think the article reminds us of his character traits though, and the hubris of the man. 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2024/04/17/bristol-bears-back-attacking-steve-landsdown-premiership/

 

Well, guess what Steve?

A lot of your football fans are bored ****less of football right now. 

S.U.A.F.O.

Thanks for reminding me. 

No sell-on clause for Andy Cole. 

Probably the most knuckleheaded decision pre-Lansdowns.

Plenty since, mind.

2 hours ago, Robbored said:

It wasn’t so long ago that he had a chat with Pat Lam telling him to go back to playing in the Bears way  and Lam did - I don’t think that the Bears have lost since.

Still not his place to be interfering.

I honestly wish that he would just appoint himself as head coach of both the football and the rugby. 

That's what he wants to be.

59 minutes ago, Topper 123 said:

12000 already renewed 

Whopper 123.

3 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

Absolutely is. I have a suspicion that Steve's presence at a few recent games isn't just about him wanting to see how Manning is getting on.

1 minute ago, red panda said:

Perhaps you'd be kind enough to tell us who you think he should have brought though (or for that matter why Pearson didn't bring anyone through himself during the first part of this season, apart from a few sub appearances for Yeboah).

Or maybe, just maybe, there might be something in the simple explanation that others have put forward but you seem unwilling to accept?

I'm not talking about the first part of the season. I'm talking about now when our games are 'dead rubbers'.

And I am also talking about his non-existent record of blooding youth in his career to date. 

You're welcome.

1 hour ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said:

You are forever quoting how much you spend and every time it's more than the last and it's now up to £1800.  Are you going into the Gents at Ashton Gate to powder your nose?

 

Damn that inflation. 

Damn that 5-0

 

He has explained how he comes to that figure. 

Whatever the figure is, it ain't cheap. 

How about responding to his general point, rather than semantics?

23 minutes ago, Leabrook said:

Who the **** knows to be honest. I’m just bored of all the sticks being used to beat him with.  I’d have sacked him before this run but now it’s happened let’s just get behind him and see what happens 

Fair enough. 

I don't have much faith in him, as I am sure you can tell, but as I have stated it's the hierarchy that my problem is with. 

I genuinely hope that Manning proves me wrong. And that is possible. 

I can't say the same for the ownership.

Just now, Leabrook said:

Maybe he looked there first 

So nobody worth giving a chance at either Oxford or here, despite looking. 

Okay then.

20 hours ago, Nescot said:

Can’t say anything positive it’s not allowed on here.

Are you allowed on here today?

8 hours ago, Silvio Dante said:

Liams first press conference at Oxford: “You look to academies first, why wouldn’t you”

Liams first press conference here:

”I understand the importance of players to see the pathway, and the most rewarding thing for academy staff is where you see someone make a debut. But also from a pure business perspective you invest huge sums in the academy, why wouldn’t you look there first? That doesn’t mean you take everyone from there but it’s the first place you look…..we’ll definitely look there first then go external after that”

Just leaving those here. And guess how many he brought through at Oxford.

Smacks to me of someone that knows that he doesn't have what it takes to nurture them. Which is fair enough from his point of view. 

But then why come out with shite like the above?

And it doesn't fit with this club's professed agenda. 

Of course, they could always force him to blood the youngsters and make him do what his predecessor had to. 

They ****ing won't though.

2 hours ago, petehinton said:

It’s been a real mess of a season from every angle, when you look at it properly objectively. 
 

- Board to not agree on whether to sack and replace current manager and coaching staff over the summer, before pre-season starts. Dily dally, leave it too late, have to stick with. 
 

- Sell best player after the season starts (I have no real gripe with, Alex wanted to go, was inevitable he was going to). Don’t allow money for ANY replacements. 

- Owner appears on local business podcast in his place of residence to discuss the deal. Allow that to be the only time he’s publicly heard from all year.

- CEO leaves by ‘mutual consent’ after basically flagging he has no idea why he was brought in because the owners son is allowed to do whatever he wants, to the commercial detriment of a club in commercial difficulty. 
 

- Publicly say ‘we don’t actually need a CEO with the new structure’. Appoint someone who’s essentially a good accountant as Group CEO of three sporting clubs. 
 

- Ask manager to resign when sitting 7th (?) in the table. Are shocked he doesn’t want to. Cause him to go nuclear in the press, because no one at the club can string a sentence together when speaking externally. 
 

- Sack relatively popular manager after spirited performance in the middle of an enormous injury crisis

- Realising you’ve massively misread the room, make things even worse and double down on saying the team should be pushing for promotion, trying to look ambitious to get the fans excited. Fans react by saying that’s unrealistic and naive. 
 

- Roll out the Chairman who knows nothing about medical or physical performance, to explain why the most senior and experienced medical professional the club has ever had has also been dismissed. Proceed to pick up more muscle injuries than you had before sacking. 
 

- Say we have a clear playing identity from ‘first team to u11s’ which is front foot, high press, and aggressive. Proceed to appoint a head coach who built his teams to be very methodical, slow in their build up and keeping possession as much as possible. 
 

- Magically make budget available in January that wasn’t available in the summer in trying to bring in an attacking midfielder, key to the head coach’s style of play despite saying the squad is the best we’ve ever had at this level and just needed a better coach to move us on. 
 

- Lose out on number 1 target, so loan in a player for 4 months with no buy option, because you didn’t want to pay the fee that the parent club will probably still demand in the summer. 
 

- Sign a relatively unknown youth prospect with an option to buy. Blame lack of game time in Belgium due to mysterious (or made up?) visa issues. Proceed to not play him. 
 

- Sign 2 players on a permanent, but loan them back to their parent clubs, not strengthening the squad depth or quality in any way. 
 

- Sign a very promising young player from Ireland. Lie & say he is currently doing a 3 month ‘mini pre season’ to hide that he’s injured and can’t train or play. 
 

- Head coach near enough admits he can’t play the way he wants to, and way he was brought in to, with the squad he has. 
 

- In the middle of very poor run of results and performances with ST renewals on the horizon, Technical Director to appear on local radio and disclose confidential information as he can’t answer hard questions. Interview to have corrections added to it when published in local written press. 
 

- In the same poor run, head coach is clearly concerned for his job so out of nowhere implies the squad is weaker than last years, so maybe expectations should be lowered. 
 

- To get people excited for new year, use main striker who Technical Director has publicly admitted has rejected 3 contract offers in pictures and videos for ‘more of this to come next season’ comms. 
 

Have I missed anything?

Nope. I think that's about it. 

Except for the previous two decades of similar, of course.

7 hours ago, Super said:

Pearson is gone move on ffs.

I'll move on when it's proved the right decision. 

Don't hold your breath.