Jeez

There’s a quality player in there, difference compared to Palmer etc is that Twine is Mannings guy & will want to build the a team around that, not just him but he will be a building block towards that. Don’t be surprised about him being an undisclosed transfer & our 1st signing followed by endless speculation about the price. Burnley won’t recoup all their cash but will monetise the asset enough as they come back down.

This thread typifies the weirdness of following city. Everyone is crying out for progress but at same time lots are poo pooing a player like Twine who is arguably the minimum level throughout the squad / 1st 11 you need you win promotion. Bear in mind that we generally struggle to attract players (see Azzaz transfer etc) There’s a chance we can land Twine due to the Manning connection but here the consensus is he’s not good enough for City. Who should we go after & why would they sign for us?

Nothing like Kasey palmer to me. We’ve been better with Twine than without.

Be interesting to factor in players sold & there respective value - eg Webster, Kelly, Brownhill etc

Sorry lads I just laid a bet on at 3:1 odds - that’s probably jinxed it. TBF did same last week too tho.

Did the sky sports reporter nod off or is there really nothing to report?

We all know the sacking was very harsh but this time it really, really pissed off the most prolific & respected contributors on here. Just like social media influencing that sentiment spreads & keeps being reinforced by a wider community. Credit to Manning coming into that maelstrom created for him & digging his way through it. I would have preferred NP saw out the contract & left with dignity but change was made & it would be odd to not give Manning next season to see the project through. Its rare an L1 player hits the ground running in 1st season in championship so why are we expecting the same from a L1 coach?

Why does he? He didn’t ask for the job, when given the task he’s applied his approach (like it or not) we can see there are some learnings going on hence the mixed results & performances. You’re conflating the actions of the board with Mannings role.

Yeah it’s not bad but……Just focus on the god damn Mother ****ing football side of things.

Might be a good season to skip. City despite their lack of achievement has always been a wonderful escape from the day to day & bookmarks the weekend. However, this season it feels toxic & confused; since Pearson got the boot, even this place has become a bit of a misery lab too, the likes I’ve never witnessed before following city. That said, we’ll renew - but attend less games.

In 4 months - you’re joking? right?

Not a popular opinion but I'm inclined to give him time, despite our experiences, he is seen as a promising young coach in the wider football world. To be clear I've not enjoyed the football that much but we have risen to the occasion against stronger teams & TBH I have some reservations about his ability to step up as a charismatic leader but, he's come into a toxic environment & hasn't had a chance to relax into the role in any way. But.......... The season is a right off, we will find enough points to stay up & he will learn from the relentless brickbats the fanbase is quite rightly giving him & he's young (for a head coach) so he's still building the maturity in position. If he's as smart as the image he presents he will learn quickly or fail fast. The board will be forced to back him in the summer, especially as we will see a lot of traffic in player movement - this is a good window to recruit to the type of football he wants to play. No doubt JL & BT massively underestimated the job NP & Co were doing, but binning off Manning early doors to make them wear their mistake doesn't help anyone. If anything it should encourage the board to properly invest in the squad. With more of his type of squad & having gone through a tough initiation to the championship, we might find ourselves with an actual identity & a method for dealing with teams we've struggled against.

His should be starting - 1st half last few games chances have fallen for Wells that Tommy puts away, usually time he gets on the service/opportunities are drying up. Rightly would be pissed especially as he’s a fan - probably spending his days off visiting places like Glasgow, Bournemouth etc scoping where he’s living next season. It won’t be here.

You think Ashton hand picked LJ & Holden? No chance! Those appointments had SL & JL written all over them.

It wasn’t terrific

This is a good point - whilst he’s not hitting the brief right now, with the appropriate support & recruitment designed to match his style of play we stand more of a chance of top 6. The timing was all off with the hire, but we’re here now & accept he’s in the role - over to the powers that be to put their money where their mouth is & build a top 6 squad that matches the coaches philosophy because they took us to this situation.

When you put it like that - hell yeah lets boo every touch & cheer every time he can’t control it.

The players need some fire in their belly’s. Can’t help but feel that’s the bit that’s missing. Cool, Calm but no real urgency. The coach creates the behaviours & he needs to look further than the technical aspects.

Disagree - they were set up to fail today & slowly lost belief as the game progressed. Big learning point for the coaching team today.

Just back & sorry if this is a repeat as yet not read the thread I’m fully supportive of Manning but today he got that massively wrong. Possibly our strongest squad options to start with - he got startng line up wrong & also the subs. We we’re playing well creating chances but not finishing until Bell went off with injury - Sykes to us seem the obvious replacement. Seem all down hill from there onwards. Off the back of an excellent win, full compliment of attacking players to utilise we’re treated to 90+ mins of Nakhi being a yard off everything. Hopefully, the coaching team will learn from this.

Can’t recall such a strong bench for us in years. Also the new vintage graphics are very good, proper football styling.

This is The key factor here At one point recently you could “distribute” your ticket & pass it on via email, super easy! - this option has now disappeared and you have to reassign to a member. This so especially annoying when you want to share with non members, frankly it’s not worth the effort and this so probably why there are empty ST seats around the ground in general.

9 Of the final 14 matches are against teams below us/bottom end. Probably means nowt but roll the current form forward & we can be confident of a strong finish -possible highest finish in years.

Excellent tonight.

It’s weird isn’t it. I’m encouraged by him, think with backing & a full pre-season we could actually be on for achieving something more.