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Going well then.

Are you OK Travis? Quoting yourself is a really weird look.

I'll be honest, the pitch zoning was actually quite clever. Just not sure how it applied during the second half of his tenure when we were camped in our own half. Made it just slightly redundant. I maintain LJs main issue has and always will be man management.

... I can dream.

I wouldn't have an issue with the Lansdowns if JL was made Chairman of the Flyers and Fever Pitch but removed from BCFC Chairmanship, and Tinnion sacked. Appoint Mark Warburton to be Director of Football, Pearson as Manager, and appoint Gavin Marshall as Chairman as the only other current active Director on the board - https://www.bristol-sport.co.uk/bristol-sport-group-confirms-new-board-roles-for-kelly-and-marshall/. Horseman back in as Head of Youth Development. Let them then proceed to get on with it, plan for the rest of the season and the summer and kick on next season. Don't interfere, just set the budgets (i.e. £5m limit plus player trading, use available wage budget after James, King, and other contracts finish, wage caps (if felt necessary to avoid an MA repeat) and aims. Step back. Don't leave it to two people completely under-qualified for the task at hand.

Think all the evidence is there as Fevs has pointed out for all. Chucking figures at an interview thinking it makes him sound clever. Then turns out he's colour-blind and can't read.

But your point about "win at Leciester/WBA hasnt been addressed" or thereof is literally a what if.... The entire point of this thread is a what if. Viewpoints being discussed on prospective results is literal all hypothetical, I've said viewpoints could change to the better if we pick up unexpected points - but you've not addressed what happens in the opposite scenario, and brushed it off with 'all this “what ifs” you mention, I really don’t find interesting, and pretty pointless', you're just avoiding the crux of the argument that this entire thread asks.

View point would shift more the point. But as I said, I don't think, for example, beating WBA and drawing Leicester would help Mannings case when the point of the orignal post was a minimum of two wins, and at least five good performances (indicating separate of any result). So hypothetically, say we win at WBA, drawing Leicester; but then go onto draw at Rotherham and lose the rest of our games this season - what then? The post isn't nonsense - it's questioning what the goals should be to end of season now we're ultimately 95% safe of relegation.

He's not referenced WBA or Leicester as I think he's ignoring the idea of us picking up anything against them. I'm of the same mind being frank. If we get anything pretty sure @Numero Uno viewpoint would shift slightly. But say we draw against both, doubt then losing all three of the aforementioned fixtures around us alleviates any pressure on Manning. Appreciate the optimism of thinking we'll get diddly out of Leicester and WBA though, wish I was as optimistic.

Worked for Millwall sacking Edwards, so far. And Wednesday replacing Xisco with Rohl.

Quoting his OP post" Two wins MINIMUM out of Huddersfield, Blackburn and Rotherham A MINIMUM of five of our remaining nine games where people come away generally having enjoyed the football on offer. Not sure where you've pulled wins against WBA and Leicester unless you mean the tongue in cheek off-comments made as we do worse against teams under or around us under Manning in general and misconstrued them.

Kettle, Black. You've answered nothing yet as to why Manning should or deserves be given more time. Still waiting on a viewpoint. Anything.

What about Numero's post is unreasonable? If we let Pearson get away with worse he would be equally critiqued, like he was before the WBA when his job was on the line.

That's very kind. Lansdown was about 40% if that, South Stand barely half full. I'd say around 15k if that.

Disagree. Don't think the fan culture has been quite this bad since we've been back at this level, part of that is leadership, part of that is Manning. We'll see with the ST renewals imo.

I mean. It's not going to happen though is it? Not without a massive slice of pure luck. The law of statistics is that they average out across a season - for example for xG we're 19th for a reason - we pose no threat - below both Huddersfield and QPR for xG for. (https://footystats.org/england/championship/xg). Backed up where our first shot came in the 72nd minute ultimately. We're being saved by being clinical. It's not impossible - but it simply doesn't bode well longer term for performances to be what they have been.

No mention of the results. Performances.

Thats just a delusional observation - quote anybody saying anything remotely close to that. Think it more the case that people just want to see us be competitive and semi-competent. Not whatever that was served up today - or against Cardiff, Wed, Millwall, QPR, and Preston. In something that's not a cup fixture.

Fans have opinions - good and bad - as performances and results dictate. Its not up to you to decide whether fans should/not be able to have a vent on a board which is for all fans. At the end of the day. Consensus seems to be what I've read that; great, three points, we should now avoid relegation. The inverse seems to be worry that all this has done if provide Manning time that he, longer terms, may not be qualified for nor deserve based on results and performances during his tenure. Which considering overall 10-game form - 3W, 2D, 5L, seems fairly balanced to me.

Name them. I'll start - Stoke and Birmingham we can all agree were poor under NP, however, I'd argue I could name three Manning fixtures worse. Sheff Wed, Cardiff, QPR (H+A), Preston (A), Millwall - all immediately spring to mind. Guarantee the numbers don't favour Manning - who didn't (and shouldn't) have the excuse of injuries for the majority of his tenure so far considering we've also had a window to strengthen in the interim. The only period under Pearson anywhere near as bad to performances under Manning was when he first had to step in - with a horrific squad culture, CEO running down his contract and bleeding £375kpw down the drain on life support with regards to FFP.

Pointless comment - we wouldn't be here discussing the club if we didn't care.

If we had competent people - why not? On paper we have one of the highest commercial/stadium incomes in the league (events, concerts etc), which gives us a leg up over those with legacy or smaller grounds (Rotherham, Preston, QPR, Millwall, even Norwich). Brentford and Sheff Utd managed it with similar turnovers.

Not hard to do when you haven't had a shot at goal up to the point of the sub. And when you're inexplicably starting Cornick instead of Sykes in the first instance.

Are you braindead?

I'd agree if I saw evidence of him getting a tune out of more than one player in that squad today. The only one is Mehmeti for me - Conway, TGH, Pring, have regressed since he's come in. But that's merely my observation and therefore an opinion.