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No indeed and not expecting it mate. He lost me with the infamous “it’s my club” comment a few years ago. He’s just doubling down for me all the time now.

A bit of humility from Lansdown would go a long way, but personally I don’t see any coming back from this for him.

Indeed Pete and to a lot of players it’s just a job.

@headhunter a shame in some ways this interview was done before Nige’s podcast with Allardyce!

One thing is for sure it was an entertaining interview and podcast! “I learnt afterwards it was for results”. What a sly, snide thing to have done, exposing Lansdown further really. It does pose the question, what reason was he given? His comment about “ask me in 12 months” was interesting, it’d be great to hear an interview after he’s bound by whatever he’s signed. More than anything it was good to hear from him and that he’s getting better. Cheers Nige!

Absolutely mate you can only base things on what you hear and know yourself.

I’ve said here before Fevs I heard he was involved in both the sacking and the appointment. I get your points but I’ve a different opinion based on I was told by an impeccable source.

Spot on Pete. Confirms all we thought and feared really.

Absolutely incredible but depressingly believable all at the same time. This just confirms all we thought last October/November. This season has been unforgettable for all the wrong reasons, they need to go.

Great post Pete. It’s with comments like this I am actually starting to warm a little to Manning, and at the very least have some sympathy. If he can continue to carefully craft a “it’s not me it’s them” narrative (carefully as Nige did this very well to his downfall) then he will get fans on side. We all saw October/November for what it was after all, FBCs latest podcast confirming it. To your other point I understand it’s two signings at the moment.

Agreed with you both. A big thank you to @headhunter and the FBC team for finally getting this interview, it is appreciated. I found it all a bit like our season in general; a couple of good bits, some disappointing bits and an overall sense of bullshit and lies. I think Dave and Ian did a pretty decent job. I appreciate you will want to keep a cordial relationship established for future opportunities, but I did think there were a few times he could’ve been challenged further. It was an opportunity for him to show a bit of humility, even some transparency, but I didn’t hear anything. Whilst the attendances were acknowledged, signing off with a positive message to the fans would’ve at least been something. More than anything it was a good reminder that for this season and potentially next Manning isn’t really the problem. Well done Dave and Ian though and thank you.

That’s way down then Fevs?

Many thanks @headhunter. Did you manage to do this in a typical FBC balanced style and ask some of the key questions of this unforgettable-for-the-wrong-reasons season? I appreciate it can be different when actually faced with a club employee but I think you are more GT than 3 Peaps!

Well quite. His previous game before playing his first for us was against Germany in South Africa at the World Cup.

A superb point Silvio, the Coppell situation may explain a lot of his decision making since. Whilst I agree with your points it’s a shame it didn’t work out as at the point of his appointment we really thought “this is it!”.

Fourteen years ago today we appointed Steve Coppell. Perhaps of all Lansdown’s appointments this was the one where we all really thought we were kicking on to the next level, with someone of his experience of getting to and staying in the Premier League. I remember thinking when GJ was sacked how we must’ve have / should have someone good lined up, and on this occasion we actually really, really did. We never got to see it transpire of course as 4 months later he was gone before it’d ever really got started. Whilst the Nige situation is jarring, Coppell is perhaps the biggest missed opportunity of them all during Lansdown’s tenure, such a shame it didn’t get a chance.

His first goal, very nice too.

Never have I once deliberated over getting a season ticket over the last 26 seasons. Until now. Against perhaps my better judgment I’ve renewed now, but it feels truly odd to do so after what has been a truly appalling and unforgettable for the wrong reasons season. I feel more disconnected from our club than at anytime I’ve been supporting them, and if it wasn’t for the non-football aspects of match day I’d have binned it off years ago. We live in hope of course, as a City fan that’s what we do. Perhaps it will all come together under Manning. Perhaps he will be gone by Christmas and we will go around the Lansdown roller coaster yet again. I thought it was time to get off it to be honest. But to quote Michael Corleone, just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in.

Absolutely this! Doesn’t matter about the size or facilities this is the most important thing. Some of the new grounds have great facilities but they are miles from anywhere and have no community feel or soul.

Great to have Pompey back in the Championship with us, proper football clubs and fans. Great to see some of the Cotts lads getting promoted again!

Much better pre match, don’t get the after match idea at all, lots of people have to get back for various commitments or travel arrangements.

What a night that was! Agreed, best season of my City supporting life without question. To see us get promoted, win the title and get the JPT was just incredible. I believe I am correct in saying Cotts is the only manager in our history to win two trophies in a season too. A decent social media post by the club on it TBF, including the great man who so often seems airbrushed from Lansdown’s Bristol City.

Agreed. We’d regressed to the pre international break shite we’ve come to hate from Manning. I thought he’d moved on from that the last few games, but it was back and the crowd didn’t like it. Credit where it’s due though he changed it second half and it was much better.

You keep posting balanced sensible points Graham. Likewise I didn’t want Nige sacked and don’t think Manning is all that either. For me though he’s never been the key issue at our club, but I’ve seen enough in the last (prior to today at least) few games to think that we need to see how his assured reign will pan out without fighting each other every week.

When I read the post title I thought “WTF?!”, you hooked me in you tinker! Everyone around us was saying the same. She was superb, one of the best referees we’ve had this season IMHO.