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1 hour ago, CiderHider said:

Stats suggest he is a below average keeper in this division, nothing special at all, can't kick, does not communicate with his defenders, he's a sap and needs to find another club, i'm sick of him.

 

 

I mean, that's just factually incorrect.

2 hours ago, PFree said:

Okay, beaten in the end by a side who were better than us, but fair play, we gave it a real go. Along with most others, I’ve been really disappointed after the last three games but tonight felt different.

Finally, well done to our fans who made the journey, horrible place to get to and it takes flipping ages.

 

Means nothing, unless we see a similar performance (and more importantly, three points) on Sunday.

3 minutes ago, petehinton said:

When you look at what was said when Pearson was sacked, along with the medical dept, compared to these stats, our league position, and our list of injured players….

 

It’s actually hilarious.  

Experts knew better than JL and Tinnion.

Who could have guessed.

Anyhow - off to bed.

11 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

They all play tomorrow.

True - just gives me the heebie-jeebies looking at the table in its current format.

My take on it - for those that care.

Manning's problem is that he can nail the setup like he did today - and its great.

•  Played Knight alongside Wells for the front-two press (this needed to have been done much earlier as a general change of his setup and not just tonight).

• Against an open team, who we always do favourably against, but especially when using more of a press.

• Triggered the press weel in correct transition phases when they played into their pockets (Davis, Taunzebe, Luongo, Morsy).

• Pushed McCrorie and Pring high to pin them back when in possession, and forced them to start transitions from deeper meaning easier to close in the space in behind with their players pinned (see point three).

Credit for all of that. But he struggles when opposition adapt - Cardiff did it Saturday after 25 minutes, Sheffield Wednesday did it after half time not that we were in that game at all, Ipswich did it using subs on the 61st (Hamadi, Burns, inparticular). Its the fact that Manning doesnt adjust quick enough, hes looking for evidence of problems before correcting them instead of anticipating said problems (Pring's fitness, TGH struggling second half defensively) which then lead directly to the goals we concede. Its happened in almost every game that we get worse after half time. The in-game management just isnt there, and nor is the motivation and previous character we had, like after that second equaliser - heads drop; add on he's already blamed players directly at least three times individually or generally in press conferences and being younger players they're goign to be more prone to drips in form, they need encouragement, not just critique granted that we can't speak for what goes on in training but performances of said younger players have not been good for a while (Conway, Bell, TGH, etc).

Its not a sustainable situation, and ultimately the performance matters little if we don't get at least a point out of games like that.

3 minutes ago, Super said:

Sunday really feels like a massive game.

...Because it is?

Five games in hand within the teams below us. Yuck.

6 minutes ago, Tim Monaghan said:

This is nothing to do with Manning tonight, sorry. You can say that about the last 2 results, but this one’s on the players. Gutless and weak. 

Disagree -

 - He's aware that Pring may not be fully fit, the second they bought on Burns, he should have at least bought Roberts on for fresh legs.
 - Vyner has struggled the entire half against Hamadi - should have switched him and Dickie around at worst.
 - TGH has struggled defensively the entire game - has the option to bring King on for experience that was lost with Wells going off to go sit back into a low block again and preserve, playing on the break.

He simply doesnt stay adaptable. He's too rigid in his thinking.

TGH not concentrating - again. Thats all three set pieces on review now.

*Sigh*

What a ball on the stretch by Sykes - glad hes back.

And.. there it is.

Ipswich have gotten 25 points from having been in losing positions - long way to go yet.

... And hit the bar, dammit.

TGH fell asleep back post - need to focus more on the ball instead of dragging back Moore.

1 minute ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said:

Tinnion resigned- it's all well documented .

His resignation did , however, bring in a period of great fun (mainly) and an 'almost' moment.

If you think LM will resign or be fired in the next 24-48 hours then you may well be disappointed.

He got to resign simply due to the fact of being SLs friend.

Manning won't get that allowance.

1 hour ago, ExiledAjax said:

Have any of our previous heavy defeats brought about seismic change that has delivered long-term success?

Tinnion getting sacked for GJ.

42 minutes ago, TDarwall said:

Really disagree. We were ok v Hull, just lost out in a very tight game.

 

Could be wrong, but Orr(?) got injured and we lost any fluidity.

14 hours ago, phantom said:

I wonder if he's got around to the Red Arrows PowerPoint yet? 

Of course they're to blame 

They're lacklustre and look disinterested, if they don't want to put in 100% for the shirt they should foxtrot Oscar 

Yet not an issue under NP - so that shouldn't be the case. Can't agree to that Phantom, sorry.

Unless, like LJ, Manning is just an awful man-manager and losing the squad.

41 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

I think TGH has been really poor of late.

Not put together a consistent run of performances in ages.

He seems to get a free pass on here because he scored against Boro but I think he’s really dipped in form since the West Ham games. 

Definition of flattered to deceive, I'm surprised we offered him a deal to be honest.

Will end up in League One. No awareness nor consistency. No real strength besides the odd delivery. No aggression.

14 hours ago, Northern Red said:

Tbh I think he was going regardless of what's happened in the last few months.

He was gone the second they sacked Pearson.

2 hours ago, Bedminster said:

NP going was correct. He was never going to take us to the next level and he did a brilliant job here. Our mistake was appointing Manning. 
 

This weird narrative on here that the football was brilliant and NP was a god is laughable. 

He was getting what he could out of a limited squad with limited sometimes curtailed investment while reducing the wage bill from the eye watering £35m per annum under LJ and MA.

No other manager, available freely or who would come to us, has his squad building and infrastructure skills. He deserved a proper CEO (Alexander) to help support him, proper recruitment, and not Tinnion sticking his d*** in the pie.

As for the bit in bold - reread my post. Where have I said the football was brilliant. Sh** attempt deflection at best. Give me some real counterpoints otherwise why post.

Who do we get that's better that would work with these amateurs in these constraints like NP did.

15 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Snatch your hand off for that.

If we pick up 3 points this week that’s more than I currently expect.

Try this month.

3 hours ago, Grey Fox said:

None

It's not none though is it. Statistically.

Highest relegated point tally is Peterboro with 54.

5 minutes ago, petehinton said:

TGH was only allowed to happen when it came to light how serious McCrorie’s illness was, and even then it was a real plead for it to be allowed. 
 

Had McCrorie not been ill, TGH wouldn’t be here

Even worse recruitment then, as TGH was as good at RB as I am at Salsa dancing.

I like him, but his position sense and concentration need massive work across the pitch.

Just cant take Ian seriously when hes commenting complete bollocks.

Sure thing Ian - who said they had a plan when if Scott left? - Pearson.

Instead we loan in TGH - complete failure in recruitment - and that rests squarely at Tinnion's door.

"Didn't sort out the financial mess", **** me sideways.