MATT BCFC

1 minute ago, Fpcity said:

I've said that before, and how much time and cost would that take? 

Well technically gifted players normally cost more so probably more than we can or SL would be willing to spend. 

I felt like under Pearson we probably needed a few more to be good enough for playoffs. Under Manning I honestly feel like we need a whole new squad to play his style. 

Had a read up on him as didn't know much to be honest.

Some positives; was part of the Man City group. Did well at a Belgium club. Did well at MK Don's, awful start to his next season but seems they lost a lot of players and has done very well so far at Oxford. 

Also apparently had a big influence on Declan Rice coming through ag West Ham. 

We have appointed worst managers under SL. My my main worry is the timing would have definitely helped him if we has given a full summer and lots of injuries currently. 

Trying to change the style of football at this stage of the season with a rookie manager feels very risky. 

If we don't announce anyone today seems very likely we didn't have anyone lined up. 

Fully expecting another Holden standard appointment to be honest. 

Hopefully we stay up and The Lansdownes sell up in the summer. Cos will only be a matter of time until we are back in league one otherwise.

51 minutes ago, Ghost Rider said:

I'm not arguing with you here, I'm trust trying to learn. Is that your opinion, or is there some hard stats about Lampards teams being susceptible to counter attacks and conceding from set pieces?  Was that with every club he was at? I've haven't heard this before.   

Remember it being highlighted by a few tactics nerds and journalists such as Jonathan Wilson. 

Obviously he could have learnt from it and improved but would be a worry for me.

Lampard clearly isn't a very good coach. His teams consistently cannot defend against set plays or counter attacks. He also likes to blame every one but himself.

I'm all for high press, attacking and possession based football but trying to implement that at this point of the season with our squad would be risky I think. 

This is the straw that broke the camels back for most our fans.

I personally had enough of SL a while a go. There was no coming back from the Holden fiasco. 

He's done a couple of good things for this club but the negatives far outweigh the positives for me. 

He's had plenty of time to change but his ego clearly gets in the way. If the next appointment ends up any good it will be more luck than judgement.  

I live in Buckinghamshire so know a few Wycombe fans. This lad is special and often compared to Eze (who they had on loan and raved about). 

Feels like penny has finally dropped for us, exactly type of player we should be getting in. Promoting Tinnion could be one of the best decisions our club has ever made.

1 minute ago, Davefevs said:

Says his name is Dave?

I used to play football with him I believe he owns Huboo and is a Bristol City fan.

He does seem to be a confidence player  and I would worry if he doesn't start well could be a bad signing for Bournemouth. 

Wish him there though seems like a decent lad and fee seems a decent amount provided we have a sell on.  

Excellent news! We have been crying out for this kind of director of football role with someone who actually understands football. Not only that but a man who loves the club and we all know we can 100% trust him! 

Long term think this could prove to be massive us! 

I have heard he was very highly thought of at Arsenal when he was there. 

Met him once decent bloke but never worked out for him here. 

He's definitely a handy player to have. Gives us the option to bypass a high pressing side for example. 

You do need players who are going to run beyond him to make him effective though and we didn't have that in the first half yesterday. 

I imagine last night he was frustrated with his performance as wants to get back in the side. Happy to see that personally.

Overaction I thought. Just sounded like a manager who wants to be given the opportunity to get couple more players in.

Did well tonight against a very direct and physical side. First half was an awful game to be honest but we played some decent stuff second half and reacted well to their goal. 

I don't understand why he's not on the left of a back 3? Feel like Atkinson would be better in the middle as well. 

Was really impressed with West Brom when we played them at their place. I think Ismael is a decent manager but was a poor fit for them. They have a lot of aging players which isn't great when you want to play his high pressing vertical football.

Not a huge Bruce fan but seems like a sensible appointment. 

Didn't Obafemi Martins report being 21 when he was actually 28? 

17 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

The couple of times I’ve seen him for Eng u19s (not whole matches) he looks to be as good (if not better) than his peers….all of whom with the odd exception are attached to PL clubs.

Its not like a 17 year old (as he was at the start of the season) came into an established team as the token youngster and was helped along the way.  He’s come into a team going through a difficult rebuild where he’s excelled and influenced team performances.

Absolute effing nugget on our hands.

I haven’t been this excited about a youngster since Tammy and he wasn’t ours.  Even HNM didn’t have the sane impact as Alex Scott.

Am I going OTT?

Also worth a mention that there's some other really really highly rated players in that England under 19s team. Tottenham fans been saying Dane Scarlett is going to be a world class striker. Aaron Ramsey (not that one) and Carney Chukwuemeka from Villa meant to be 2 of the most promising youngsters in Europe. 

So to even get in the squad let alone look one of the best players is very impressive! 

11 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

The couple of times I’ve seen him for Eng u19s (not whole matches) he looks to be as good (if not better) than his peers….all of whom with the odd exception are attached to PL clubs.

Its not like a 17 year old (as he was at the start of the season) came into an established team as the token youngster and was helped along the way.  He’s come into a team going through a difficult rebuild where he’s excelled and influenced team performances.

Absolute effing nugget on our hands.

I haven’t been this excited about a youngster since Tammy and he wasn’t ours.  Even HNM didn’t have the sane impact as Alex Scott.

Am I going OTT?

Don't think you are! He has like a playstation player first touch, can use both feet, good at set plays, good positional awareness, can score goals, great composure, good vision and seems to have an excellent attitude. 

He's recently (alongside Massengo to be fair) been controlling games as well which I've not seen at this level since Kalvin Phillips. 

I really hope we can keep him for a couple of seasons and build a team around him. Could really see us being serious promotion candidates then.

Alex Scott really is a potential elite player for me. I've not seen many young English players with his level of technical ability let a lone City players.

I know he has the Grealish comparisons but he reminds me a lot more of Bernardo Silva. 

If we were more ruthless in winning positions, we would win a lot more. We could have easily killed this game off in the first half. We just lack a bit of quality in the wide areas for me. 

We are heading in the right direction, we actually look a good side now. We are just a couple of players short from being playoff contenders next season.

Having not lived in Bristol for 11 years I have learnt we are seen as a small club to most. We are generally seen as a similar sized club to Rotherham, Luton, etc. 

Our big problem is we haven't been overly successful in the past or played in the premier League.

People generally see the likes of Hull, Huddersfield, Watford and Swansea as bigger clubs than us even though we probably have a bigger fan base. Just they have played in the premier League and we haven't. 

Been a real pleasure to watch him and Scott in midfield together last 3 games. Not sure I've seen technically two better players play for us. How old are they 20 and 19? Pretty much ran 3 games in a row now. 

Think we are lucky to have them both. They look like they could easily become elite level players.