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That's completely fair enough. With the exception of Cotterill's title-winning season, we've been lacklustre for many years

Also, going through a rough patch doesn't immediately mean a manager is out of his depth. Shortly after the start of the 22-23 season, Pearson managed 10 points from 13 games - with probably a batter group of players

And he got 10 points in the four games before that

If you take his last 16 league games, he's won six of them. That's a win percentage of 37.5. That's not terrible. And during that time, we've also beaten West Ham and drawn with Forest twice.

He isn't out of his depth

Yes good point - I thought of that after I posted

3 wins from 13 - or 6 from 16 if you start that statistic three games earlier

To be fair, no manager in Bristol City's history has been handed such a poisoned chalice (i.e. being brought in following an unpopular sacking). That's amplified his shortcomings massively. And to be fair, many people would've stayed away today due to it being a lunchtime kickoff on Mother's Day.

Shame on them if that's the case. They get paid a lot of money and people pay a lot of money to watch them

I thought it was a good interview on the whole. He's an articulate and intelligent guy

Who was the 17 year old making his debut in defence? I'd argue that the available players were very similar in both games

Yeah we lost at home to them as well, back in October

Well, we scored two goals away to a high-flying team, led twice, made Ipswich look ordinary for all of the first half, and generally worked really hard

That's a fair opinion, though i think we looked really good against Ipswich

Yes true - and Pearson had longer to work with the players

So what we can deduce from these stats is that neither Manning nor Pearson performed particularly well, but Pearson performed slightly less bad than Manning

Im pretty sure professional scouts don't only watch football matches on TV

I was responding to this statement: "If any manager delivered that sort of record then the mood is going to be exactly the same."

Pearson managed 12 points from his first 15 games?

It's not shockingly bad. We drew with and then beat Premier League West Ham, drew with Premier League Forest twice, beat high-flying Southampton, won away at Boro, drew away at Coventry...

3 wins out of 15 wasn't it? Not exactly great

We gave them a really good game in the second half. I imagine most Ipswich fans would say that was one of the tougher games they've had all season

To be fair, it took a long time to get that right

We've made the second best team in the league look ordinary. If we lose this, it'll be due to an individual mistake rather than how Manning has set us up

Was Pearson passionate?