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Hogg said to Manning "Why don't you bring Mabude on"? Manning replied "We've already got 10 dire players on the pitch, why would I want to put on another"?

I doubt he even play a significant role in a team that finishes in the bottom six either.

The only thing our players are frightened of is a tackle or any other physical challenge come to that. I've seen them going in harder than we do in the women's game.

I would imagine bribery is involved somewhere with a smattering of corruption.

Jay is about as Welsh as my big toe. I bet he can't even sing their National Anthem or speak any Welsh. It's getting beyond ridiculous. I certainly don't expect him to be donning wellies and chasing sheep around a field, which I thought was a prerequisite. He might be coming round the mountains though for all I know.

For those who are not renewing but still have a bit of love for City and want to watch games, can I suggest a subscription to a VPN and RobinsTV. A lot cheaper than a season ticket and great value if more than one of you are watching. You get to watch the away games too. The only downside is that you have to listen to Downsy

Boring football, Poor win ratio, sliding down the table and higher prices. You can see where this is going.

I'm still waiting to see some of the high performance that place was supposed to produce. Maybe they should have called it The Pulled Hamstring Centre.

I don't think it matters much any more NTTDS because the other lot have become a non-entity.

The more often that you reduce the quality of the product and increase the price you charge for it, the sooner the tipping point will come. This is particularly true during a cost of living crisis.

He's not going to progress playing at that level.

I would imagine that the prawn cocktail seats will be empty

There will be a lot of boo-ing if we lose 5 on the trot and it will be highly likely that we will be questioning whether Bernard Manning is actually up to the job. After all, it's his tactics that seem to be causing the problem (or lack of any tactics). The bottom 3 are looking very close now. Next years season cards not on sale yet either - I wonder why that is !!!

Had a decent 2nd half last night and I suspect he was instructed to push forward and take on defenders as opposed to try not to lose the ball and pass backwards and sideways. How much is down to the player and how much is down to the manager and the instructions he is normally given? If you want that type of player to succeed, then you have to give him freedom and allow him to take on defenders otherwise you may as well not play him at all.

When I think we are going to be mullered by anyone, we always seem to win. That's the only element of positivity I have tonight. If we do get mullered, Manning's position becomes almost untenable. A boy trying to do a mans job, I think.

He decided that as he said the same thing after the last 3 defeats, he had nothing else to say and he was probably scared about the amount of stick he would get spouting the same bullshit all over again. There comes a time when saying "we can work on the positives" won't cut it any more when there aint any.

After we lose our 4th game on the bounce, Liam will still be trying to focus on the positives. If you are fast dropping towards the relegation zone, then it's about time he started focusing on the negatives, typically motivation, tactics and overall game management.

A spanking live on Sky will not do morale any good especially when it must be pretty low anyway after 3 defeats on the bounce and a trajectory heading very quickly towards League one. I really hope we are going to see a reaction from the team tonight but I suspect that the gameplan will be another Manningball effort with 0 shots on target. Will have to watch in the pub or a dodgy stream tonight but we might look a lot worse in HD, so a stream might be the best bet. If you haven't got the stomach to watch then there is always Radio Brizzle and if you can't even bear to listen, then even the pub is out as they will be showing the game. I think the only people likely to enjoy tonight will be the tractor boys and gasheads. Possibly the fans of the bottom 3 may be happy to see us heading in their direction too. I just hope that we do not get an embarrassing spanking.

Presumably that means it's not on Robins TV then does it?

Having lost the card, I hope he had the sense to cancel it. So it can probably go in the bin

I can imagine that Ipswich will find it fairly easy to play against boring old Manningball. That said, it seems that we can up our performances against the better teams if it suits us.

When did a managers second stint at any club lead to a good outcome though?

That didn't end well last time, did it

Thanks for that Liam. Now have a serious look at the negatives. i.e your coaching, tactics, motivation skills and decision making.

I've had enough of Manningball. Lets see some proper football starting on Tuesday night. I don't know what his win ratio has been since he came here but it seems utterly abysmal. To think that we had a manager that knew what he was doing just a few weeks ago.